Pinegrove School – With its High Standards, it has Raised the Bar
With an objective to develop a child into a good human being, having a well balanced and all-round well-developed personality, who can shoulder the responsibilities entrusted to him as a devoted citizen of the country, Pinegrove School is contribution its part amazingly in creating the future of the nation from last 26 years. In 1991 when School was started, there were very few students, but School management never compromised with their Mission & Vision, and as a result today Pinegrove School is renowned and respected for its high standards in moral and value education along with having a very strong reputation of maintaining the best academic standards coupled with good ethics and discipline.
The best endeavour of the school is to rely on individual attention, personal care, affection and encouragement, to inculcate the habit of self-discipline and to develop high standards in moral and value education. Pinegrove School is committed to make sincere efforts to shape and mould the children, with the help of modern educational techniques and psychological handling, into responsible citizens and all-round well developed personalities, who have respect for their parents, loyalty for their country and develop a sense of fair-play, honesty and love for all mankind.
About the School-
Pinegrove School is an English medium, co-educational, residential public school with approx 950 Boarders. It has two wings, one at Dharampur and the other at Subathu. Both branches are situated in the sylvan and pollution free environment of Himachal Pradesh. It is affiliated to the CBSE, is member of the prestigious IPSC (Indian Public School’s Conference), is also member of the British Council sponsored UKIERI (UK-India Educational Research Initiative) and GSP (Global School Programme), Round Square Conference, the NCC (National Cadet Corps), the IAYP (International Awards for Young People) which was the erstwhile Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Program and is ISO 9001:2008 certified.
Delivering Quality Education with SMART CLASSES-
Pinegrove is fully IT enabled for the future and has all the facilities for imparting high quality education, like IT enabled E-classrooms (SMART CLASSES) networked with the computer labs for Computer-Aided-Teaching. Speed-Typing is taught and assists children in preparing for the demands of modern-day society. The school lays great stress on academics, along with giving full attention to various disciplines of sports and other activities. Proper care for the health and hygiene of children is taken to provide them with well balanced and tasty food so that they do not miss home and adjust well to hostel-life.
First-rate Infrastructure-
The school possesses a state-of-the-Art Auditorium with seating capacity of 750, Indoor Multi-Gym, Badminton Hall, National-sized Swimming Pool, 10 Mtr Indoor Shooting Range, Lush-green Playfields for outdoor games like Cricket, Soccer, Hockey, 200M Athletic track, hard-courts for Basketball, Squash and Tennis and indoor games like Pool/Billiards, Table Tennis, and Chess are also played. The school also has well-equipped and tastefully architected Art, Craft and Needlework rooms, wonderful facilities for Dance, Drama, Music, Band, Cooking, Carpentry, Sculpture etc and apart from all this children also take part in NCC Camps, Parade, Mass PT and Karate as well. The school lays great stress on public speaking, which plays a big role in the overall personality development of the child and also tries to ensure that children develop their aesthetic senses along with inculcating a love for nature through annual outdoor camps. Children are often sent overseas on Exchange Programmes and visits, which adds another important dimension to their education.
Pledged to all-round development of children- Capt AJ Singh
In the words of the Executive Director, Capt AJ Singh, “As compared to a day school, in Pinegrove we are lucky to have the time, inclination and infrastructure to do a lot more in the direction of child development. A rigorous routine keeps the students healthy and extremely busy. The well-knit schedule of a wide variety of sports and activities, adds to the all-round development and smartness of the child and undoubtedly brings him much closer to having acquired an exemplary education.”