Murree Christian School

Murree Christian School is a small boarding school located at over 7000 ft. elevation in the foothills of the Himalayan mountains in Pakistan.^[1]

It was founded in 1956 to educate the children of missionaries in Pakistan^[1] and is located near the tiny crossroads town of Jhika Gali which is in the Murree hills of Rawalpindi District, Punjab province. The school had been functioning without notoriety until the 5th of August 2002 when gunmen attacked the school killing six people, none of whom were students or expatriates ^[2] the school has since returned to normalcy with increased security. Since the late 1970s students are no longer all from missionary families; some are from expatriate workers of consulates and embassies in Islamabad or other international companies. A few are from the small Pakistani Christian community. Courses are taught in English, with supplementary classes for European and Asian native-language speakers.

The main high school building, made of stone, is former Garrison Church, an Anglican congregation for soldiers in training in the hill station of Murrree. Several other buildings are used as elementary classrooms and hostels (boarding dorms). Boys above grade 6 are housed at a building which was formerly Sandes Soldiers Home, for convalescent soldiers of the British Indian Army.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Murree Christian School
2. ^ Six killed in attack on Murree school - Dawn Pakistan,