Hebron School, Ooty
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Hebron School, Lushington Hall Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu 643001 Republic of India |
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Private International School Christian School |
| Motto |
Deo Supremo ("God First") |
| Established | 1899 |
| Principal | Mr. Howard Oldcorn |
| Grades | Class Preschool - 13 |
| Number of students | 8 pre-school 77 elementary school 62 junior high school 225 senior high school |
| Campus | Rural, 22 acres (89,000 m2) |
| Colour(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Publication |
Zenith Hebron Highlights |
| Former pupils | Hebronites |
| Website | www.hebronooty.org |
Hebron School is a co-educational day and boarding independent international Christian school in Ootacamund, the hill station also known as Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India. The school is a boarding school operated by a Protestant/Christian trust to educate the children of Christian workers and business families living predominantly in India, but also in other parts of the world.
The school is non-denominational.
The school traces its origin to 1899 when a group of Protestant missionaries, who had come to the hills on vacation and were staying at Brooklands Christian Guest Home in nearby Coonoor, decided it would be of benefit to their children to live year round in the temperate and clean surroundings of the Nilgiri hills. Due to the high altitude — Ooty being at 2300 m (7500 ft) above sea level — these hills enjoy year-round cool temperatures and abundant rainfall, and their climate has often been compared to Europe. Initially the school operated as a type of boarding house where children would stay, and either be home-educated in house or sent to one of the local schools. It was named Hebron School in 1902.
In February 1961, Lushington Boys School was started at Lushington Hall, Ooty - these premises had formerly been a hostel for boys from Breeks Memorial School. Hebron School, Lushington Hall's sister school for girls, was situated at the Silverdale campus in Coonoor, approximately 20 km away. As time progressed it was decided that co-education would be more beneficial to the children, and in 1974 the two schools were amalgamated, with the senior school at Lushington Hall Ooty (the senior girls were housed separately at Selborne) and the junior school at Coonoor. In 1977(?) the junior school moved to Ooty so that the whole school could be together. The Silverdale campus (often referred to as Hebron Coonoor or Titch Heb) was sold to Christian Mission Service and is now a children's home and industrial training institute.
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