Sherwood College

Infobox_School
name = Sherwood College


imagesize = 100
motto = Mereat Quisque Palmam
established = 1869
type = Private
affiliation = ICSE
district =
grades = 2-12
principal = Mr. Sandhu
head of school =
dean =
faculty = 90
staff =
students = 600
enrollment =
athletics = Soccer, Cricket, Tennis, Basketball, Swimming, Field Hockey, Badminton, Track and Field
colors =
mascot =
free_label = Houses
free_text = Robin Hood, Friar Tuck, Little John, Allen A Dale
free_label2 = Motto
free_text2 = " Mereat Quisque Palmam - Let each one merit his prize. "
location = Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
information = [phone]
website = [http://www.sherwood.edu.in/ Sherwood College, Nainital]

Sherwood College established 1869, is a boarding school, established by the British in India to educate British boys and the Indian elite during the Raj. Today it is a co-educational boarding school.

It is located on Ayarpatta Hill in Nainital, Uttarakhand, nestled between the hills bordering the reserve forest and the Governor's golf links.

The school follows the ICSE system, and the school year runs from early March to early December with a 3 week summer break in June after Founders' Week (30th May-5th June).

At Sherwood, emphasis has always been placed on an all-round education, which means that apart from academics, it is mandatory for all students to participate in sports and extra-curricular cultural activities, such as theatre, music (both Indian and Western), fine arts, elocution, debating, and bi-annual group excursions out of town, etc.

Sherwood has long been known for the high quality of its football and cricket teams. The school is equipped with tennis, basketball, squash, and indoor badminton courts, as well as a swimming pool built by the students themselves in 1954 and a large playground that doubles as sports field and venue for the annual school fête. The school's soccer team has impressed people all over the state after winning the Sanawar tournament and the home tournament(whose inaugaral title and runners up was won by both the school teams.)

The chapel (dedicated to Saint Barnabas) is situated on the front 'quad' or quadrangle, which faces an extraordinary panorama of the Kumaon hills descending into the "Terai" (the plains).

The School Colours

Sherwood was named after the Sherwood Rangers and the school flag borrowed from their colours - bottle green, maroon and silver. The houses are Allen-a-Dale or AD (Red) , Robin Hood RH(Green), Friar Tuck FT(Blue) and Little John LJ (Yellow), named after Robin Hood and his Merry Men. Among the recent additions we cannot forget the purple banner of the ladies(Maid Marian).

The School Song

O Sherwood fair to thee we sing
Our song of ardent praise
May all the hills with echoes ring
Until the end of days

May Sherwood’s spirit stronger grow
With each day’s rising sun
May Sherwood’s flag victorious flow
When each day’s battle’s done

The days we spent within thy walls
Our hearts with memories fill
And when we’re gone where duty calls
Those thoughts will linger still

O Happy days of sterling worth
May we thy greatness see
The greatest days we have on earth
O Sherwood are with thee

O Evening star from out the deep
Shine down upon us here
Watch oe’r us while in peace we sleep
Rest Sherwood without fear

And when the morning light breaks forth
Ye sons of Sherwood rise
And strive that Sherwood’s name and worth
May mount unto the skies!

School's Motto

In Latin it is, "Mereat Quisque Palmam" that stands for Let each one merit his own prize.

Principals

Sherwood has had 13 principals in its 135+ years of establishment. Some notable names are Mr. D.R.A. Mountford (1973-2003), Rev. R.C. Llewelyn (1951-1966), Rev. A. Binns (1932-1947) and Mr. C.H. Dixon(1907-1932).

Famous Alumni

Amitabh Bachchan, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, Kabir Bedi, Jim Corbett, General V. N. Sharma, Major Somnath Sharma PVC (India's first Param Vir Chakra recipient), Virendra Dayal, Wg Cdr Rohit Kumar Singh (Distinguished IAF Officer), Dalip Tahil, Marcus Murch, Col. Anshu Trivedi (Kargil Hero, C.O. 18'th Garhwal Rifles), Sir Kul Rattan Chadha ( [http://sherwoodcollege.com/greats/index.htm] )

External links

* [http://www.sherwood.edu.in School's Website]
* [http://www.oldsherwoodians.com Old Sherwoodians]
* [http://www.sherwoodcollege.net Pictures from Sherwood College]