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From
a meeting in Kanpur in 1887 of friends, Mr. Powell, Mr. & Mrs. Foy
and Brig. Condon, who became our Founders, came the first school
at Jabarkhet along the Tehri road. This provided education in the
hills for some twenty children. It was established as a Non-Conformist
School though, from the beginning, as far as funds permitted, no
child of any denomination was refused admission. In 1894, the school
was shifted to the present Wynberg Estate and the years onward form
a romance of love, faith and generosity and sacrificial service
of those who built up what is now the great work of 'Wynberg-Allen'.
In
1916 the Governing Society was formed. The object of the Society was to provide
for and give to children, wholly or partly of European descent, an education based
on Protestant Christian principles; to maintain such children and to give them
an academic and practical training conducive to economic welfare and happiness.
Upto
1926, boys and girls had been accommodated on the Wynberg estate.
In that year, however, older boys were transferred to the new Henry
Allen Memorial School built on an adjacent hill which became the
Senior School for Class 7 and upwards.
In
1963, the school became a co-educational institution. In 1968, a modern block,
consisting of class rooms, dormitory accommodation for Junior boys and members
of staff, was opened in Wynberg. We now have a new auditorium, gymnasium and a
science block (including a computer lab) in Allen, the Senior School. The school
is managed by the Wynberg Homes Society, a society registered under the Societies
Act of 1860, on inter-denominational lines through a representative and influential
Board of Management appointed by it. The
work of the Society has made continuous and great progress. The school now accommodates
around 700 children and is second to none in the country in the varied facilities
it offers and the results it has achieved. Physical and moral welfare receive
equally careful attention as do academic interests from dedicated and capable
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