St. George's College, Mussoorie

St. George's College, Mussoorie
St. George's College
Location
Barlowganj, Mussoorie, India
Information
Motto	Virtus et Labor (Character and work)
Founded	1853; 171 years ago (1853)
Principal	Brother Ramesh Amalanathan
Grades	4 to 12
Gender	Boys
Age range	9 to 17
Number of students	~800
Area	400 acres (1.6 km2)
Houses	4
Affiliation	Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
Alumni	The Manorite Alumni Association
Website	www.sgconline.ac.in

30°26′07″N 78°05′16″E / 30.4351995°N 78.0877152°E / 30.4351995; 78.0877152 St. George's College, Mussoorie, is an all-boys boarding and non-boarding school in Mussoorie, in the state of Uttarakhand, India, affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations board. The school, an all-boys residential and non-residential institution, spreading over 400 acres (1.6 km²) of land, was founded in 1853 by the Capuchin Fathers and entrusted to the Society of the Brothers of St. Patrick (Ireland) in 1894. It was opened in a cottage known as Manor House; the name by which the campus is still known. The students are known as Manorites.

The school has an alumni network spread across the globe. In 2005, the Indian Air Force gifted the school a trainer jet aircraft, TS-11 Iskra, as a tribute to the distinguished service of the school's alumni in the armed forces.^[1]