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Murree Christian School was a small private boarding school founded in 1956. It closed in June 2021. It was a founding member of the South Asian Inter-Scholastic Association (SAISA) in 1972, and was a highly regarded educational institution in Pakistan. It was located near the resort town of Murree, Pakistan, at over 7000 ft. elevation in the foothills of the Himalayan mountains in Pakistan.^[1] The main high school building, made of stone, is a former garrison Church, serving as a Church of Scotland congregation for British soldiers in training in the hill station of Murree, until the church was given to the Anglican Diocese of Lahore during Partition of India and Pakistan in 1947. It was unused until the newly formed Murree Christian School started renovating and refurbishing the deconsecrated church. Several other buildings are used as elementary classrooms, staff housing as well as boarding hostels (dorms). Until 2011, high school boys were housed at a building which was formerly Sandes Soldiers Home, for convalescent soldiers of the British Indian Army.

Murree Christian School is one of the better known international boarding schools on the Indian Subcontinent, established to serve the needs of the expatriate communities in and around Pakistan. It was established after the Partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 which made it increasingly difficult for children to continue to attend other similar schools in India such as Woodstock School in Mussoorie, and Hebron School in Ootacamund, and Kodaikanal International School in Kodaikanal. Attendance in the early 1960s quickly rose to over 100 pupils and the first graduating class was celebrated in 1964. Through the 1970s and up until 2001, the school boasted a multinational community of over 150 students and over 50 expatriate staff from over 25 countries.

History

Murree Christian School 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 Murree District, Punjab province. The school had been functioning without notoriety until 5 August 2002 when gunmen attacked the school killing six people, none of whom were students or expatriates.^[2] The school returned to normalcy with increased security after this attack. Since the mid-1960s, not all students have been from missionary families; some are children of expatriate workers of diplomatic missions, non-governmental organisations, or multinational corporations in Pakistan. Some students were from the small Pakistani Christian community, but because the national curriculum of Pakistan is not taught, Pakistani students have very limited options for tertiary education domestically. Courses are taught in English, with supplementary classes for European and Asian native-language speakers as well as Urdu as a foreign language for students.

Sports

MCS was the smallest member of SAISA (the South Asia International Schools Association) with enrolment under 100 students after reopening in 2004. SAISA facilitates athletic and cultural interaction with other international schools in the region. MCS students join with students from other schools in South Asia for sports tournaments and occasional fine arts productions. Meeting other students from different backgrounds, forming friendships, sharing victory and defeat are some of the beneficial experiences that MCS students have gained from participating in SAISA events. MCS students also contributed much to the Association through their sense of sportsmanship, manners, cheerful cooperation and team spirit, frequently winning the sportsmanship awards. In preparation for these tournaments, students spent many afternoons after school training and practicing.^[1]

Boarding life

General information

All the elementary boarders were housed in a separate building as a group with the boarding parents. Junior and senior high-school boarders had separate departments divided by gender. Grades 7–9 were in the junior-high boys and girls, and students in grades 10 to 12 were in the senior high boys and girls boarding departments. Normally a husband/wife would work together for each boarding department, but single boarding parents were also allowed especially when staffing was limited.^[1]

Admissions

General Information

Murree Christian School was established primarily to meet the educational needs of the missionary community working in and around Pakistan. Applications were accepted from families working in other areas who understand the historical evangelical Christian background of the school and accept its centrality in school life. Subsequently, the school did contact applicants for an interview. The school also accepted applicants from an English as a Second Language (ESL) background on the condition that they have English proficiency and prior English-language schooling experience.^[1]

The school did not admit students from Muslim backgrounds due to Pakistani regulations.^[3]

Education

Elementary curriculum

In the Elementary Department the aim was to give the children a strong foundation across the curriculum. It had a staff of one full-time teacher and benefitted from the input of many other staff on a part-time basis.

The curriculum covered all general subjects: math, English, science, Bible, social studies, computing, art, music, technology, library skills, personal and social education and physical education. Courses were adapted and extended as necessary in order to meet the varying needs of children from many different parts of the world. When staff was available the school also offered English as a Second language as well as German, French, Urdu and Korean.

Homework was given each day to be completed in study hall.

Elementary students took the IOWA tests of educational development each spring.

The National Institute for Learning Disabilities (NILD) was available to students with learning disabilities.

When possible the school was able to offer general music lessons as well as private lessons in piano and other instruments.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Murree Christian School
^ Six killed in attack on Murree school – Dawn Pakistan,
^ "Admissions." Murree Christian School. Retrieved on 1 February 2016.

[MCS-1] Murree Christian School

[2] Six killed in attack on Murree school – Dawn Pakistan,

[3] "Admissions." Murree Christian School. Retrieved on 1 February 2016.

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-'''Murree Christian School''' is a small private [[boarding school]] founded in 1956 currently for children in grades 4-12. It is a founding member of the [[SAISA|South Asian Inter-Scholastic Association (SAISA)]] in 1972, and remains a highly regarded educational institution in Pakistan. It is located near the resort town of Murree, Pakistan, at over 7000&nbsp;ft. elevation in the foothills of the [[Himalayas|Himalayan mountains]] in [[Pakistan]].<ref name="MCS">[http://www.mcs.org.pk/ Murree Christian School]</ref> The main high school building, made of stone, is a former garrison Church, serving as a [[Church of Scotland]] congregation for British soldiers in training in the hill station of [[Murree]], until the church was given to the [[Anglican]] Diocese of [[Lahore]] during [[Partition of India and Pakistan]] in [[1947]], but was not used until the newly formed Murree Christian School started renovating and refurbishing the [[deconsecrated]] [[church (building)|church]]. Several other buildings are used as elementary classrooms, staff housing as well as boarding hostels (dorms).  Until 2011, high school boys were housed at a building which was formerly Sandes Soldiers Home, for convalescent soldiers of the British Indian Army.
+'''Murree Christian School''' was a small private [[boarding school]] founded in 1956. It closed in June 2021. It was a founding member of the [[SAISA|South Asian Inter-Scholastic Association (SAISA)]] in 1972, and was a highly regarded educational institution in Pakistan. It was located near the resort town of Murree, Pakistan, at over 7000&nbsp;ft. elevation in the foothills of the [[Himalayas|Himalayan mountains]] in Pakistan.<ref name="MCS">[http://www.mcs.org.pk/ Murree Christian School]</ref> The main high school building, made of stone, is a former garrison Church, serving as a [[Church of Scotland]] congregation for British soldiers in training in the hill station of [[Murree]], until the church was given to the [[Anglican]] Diocese of [[Lahore]] during [[Partition of India and Pakistan]] in 1947. It was unused until the newly formed Murree Christian School started renovating and refurbishing the [[deconsecrated]] church. Several other buildings are used as elementary classrooms, staff housing as well as boarding hostels (dorms).  Until 2011, high school boys were housed at a building which was formerly Sandes Soldiers Home, for convalescent soldiers of the British Indian Army.
-Murree Christian School is one of the better known international boarding schools on the Indian Subcontinent, established to serve the needs of the expatriate communities in and around Pakistan after the [[Partition of India and Pakistan]] in [[1947]] made it increasingly difficult for children to continue to attend other similar schools in [[India]] such as [[Woodstock School]] in [[Mussoorie]], and [[Hebron School]] in [[Ootacamund]], and [[Kodaikanal International School]] in [[Kodaikanal]]. Attendance in the early 1960s quickly rose to over 100 pupils and the first graduating class was celebrated in 1964. Through the 1970s and up until 2001, the school boasted a multinational community of over 150 students and over 50 expatriate staff from over 25 countries. The [[terrorist attacks]] on [[11 September 2001]] in the [[United States of America]] resulted in unrest and violence across the region. Subsequently many expatriate workers were forced to evacuate and the school had to close down temporarily. Classes resumed in February of 2002, and by the start of the new academic year in August 2002 enrolment was back at over 150 students.
+Murree Christian School is one of the better known international boarding schools on the Indian Subcontinent, established to serve the needs of the expatriate communities in and around Pakistan. It was established after the [[Partition of India and Pakistan]] in 1947 which made it increasingly difficult for children to continue to attend other similar schools in India such as [[Woodstock School]] in [[Mussoorie]], and [[Hebron School]] in [[Ootacamund]], and [[Kodaikanal International School]] in [[Kodaikanal]]. Attendance in the early 1960s quickly rose to over 100 pupils and the first graduating class was celebrated in 1964. Through the 1970s and up until 2001, the school boasted a multinational community of over 150 students and over 50 expatriate staff from over 25 countries.
-In the second week of the new academic year, on 5 August 2002, Murree Christian School was attacked by six gunmen from the banned [[terrorist group]] [[Lashkar-e-Jhangvi]] (LeJ) in what is now known as the Murree Christian School attack. Though the attack was unprecedented, foreigners in Pakistan had been targeted earlier in the year, including the February murder of journalist [[Daniel Pearl]] in [[Karachi]], the head of the [[South Asia]] bureau of the [[Wall Street Journal]]. In March, the Protestant International Church in the Diplomatic Enclave of [[Islamabad]] was attacked, leaving five dead.  In June, the [[Attacks on U.S consulate in Karachi|bombing of the US Consulate in Karachi]] resulted in 12 dead. Following the attack on [[Taxila]] Christian Hospital on 7 August, by what were believed to be gunmen of the same terrorist group that attacked Murree Christian School, the school board decided to temporarily close the school. Within three weeks, a decision was made to temporarily move to [[Chiang Mai]], [[Thailand]], to run independently under the auspices of [[Chiang Mai International School]], a [[Church of Christ in Thailand]] school, serving the expatriate and local population in northern Thailand. The following year, MCS students boarded with MCS house parents, but attended Chiang Mai International School. In August 2004, the security situation was assessed to have improved, and under tight security, Murree Christian School reopened at the original site of Gharial, in Murree.
-The essential philosophy of Murree Christian School is to maintain a school in which a high quality of international education may be offered in a Christian atmosphere to prepare students for university education [[North America]], [[Western Europe]], and [[South Korea]]; in the respective home-countries of attending children.
-Murree Christian School exists so that students may learn and enjoy learning that occurs both inside and outside of the classroom. The school supports and acts according to a Christian worldview, believing that the Bible and Christian experience are essential to the fullest well-being of students. As a boarding school, Murree Christian School has a unique role to play in the lives of its students encouraging independence and responsibility through being a home away-from-home.
-<ref name="mcs.org.pk">http://www.mcs.org.pk</ref>
 ==History==
 [[File:MCS High-School Building.JPG|thumbnail|right|MCS High-School Building.]]
-Murree Christian School was founded in 1956 to educate the children of [[Missionary|missionaries]] in Pakistan<ref name="MCS"/> and is located near the tiny crossroads town of [[Jhika Gali]] which is in the [[Murree (Tehsil)|Murree hills]] of [[Rawalpindi District]], [[Punjab (Pakistan)|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 <ref>[http://www.dawn.com/2002/08/06/top2.htm Six killed in attack on Murree school - Dawn Pakistan],</ref> the school has since returned to normalcy with increased security. Since the mid-1960s, not all students have been from missionary families; some are children of expatriate workers of diplomatic missions, non-governmental organisations, or multinational corporations in Pakistan.  Some students are from the small Pakistani Christian community, but because the national curriculum of Pakistan is not taught, Pakistani students have very limited options for tertiary education domestically. Courses are taught in English, with supplementary classes for European and Asian native-language speakers as well as Urdu as a foreign language for students.
+Murree Christian School was founded in 1956 to educate the children of [[Missionary|missionaries]] in Pakistan<ref name="MCS"/> and is located near the tiny crossroads town of [[Jhika Gali]] which is in the [[Murree (Tehsil)|Murree hills]] of [[Murree District]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] province. The school had been functioning without notoriety until 5 August 2002 when gunmen attacked the school killing six people, none of whom were students or expatriates.<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/2002/08/06/top2.htm Six killed in attack on Murree school – Dawn Pakistan],</ref> The school returned to normalcy with increased security after this attack. Since the mid-1960s, not all students have been from missionary families; some are children of expatriate workers of diplomatic missions, non-governmental organisations, or multinational corporations in Pakistan. Some students were from the small Pakistani Christian community, but because the national curriculum of Pakistan is not taught, Pakistani students have very limited options for tertiary education domestically. Courses are taught in English, with supplementary classes for European and Asian native-language speakers as well as Urdu as a foreign language for students.
 ==Sports==
 [[File:MCS Gym.JPG|thumbnail|right|MCS Gym]]
-MCS is the smallest member of [[SAISA]] (the South Asia International Schools Association) with enrolment under 100 students after reopening in 2004. SAISA facilitates athletic and cultural interaction with other international schools in the region. MCS students join with students from other schools in South Asia for sports tournaments and occasional fine arts productions. Meeting other students from different backgrounds, forming friendships, sharing victory and defeat are some of the beneficial experiences that MCS students have gained from participating in SAISA events. MCS students have also contributed much to the Association through their sense of sportsmanship, manners, cheerful cooperation and team spirit, frequently winning the sportsmanship award.. In preparation for these tournaments, students spend many afternoons after school training and practicing.
+MCS was the smallest member of [[SAISA]] (the South Asia International Schools Association) with enrolment under 100 students after reopening in 2004. SAISA facilitates athletic and cultural interaction with other international schools in the region. MCS students join with students from other schools in South Asia for sports tournaments and occasional fine arts productions. Meeting other students from different backgrounds, forming friendships, sharing victory and defeat are some of the beneficial experiences that MCS students have gained from participating in SAISA events. MCS students also contributed much to the Association through their sense of sportsmanship, manners, cheerful cooperation and team spirit, frequently winning the sportsmanship awards. In preparation for these tournaments, students spent many afternoons after school training and practicing.<ref name="MCS" />
+==Boarding life==
-<ref name="mcs.org.pk"/>
+===General information===
-==Boarding Life==
+All the elementary boarders were housed in a separate building as a group with the boarding parents. Junior and senior high-school boarders had separate departments divided by gender. Grades 7–9 were in the junior-high boys and girls, and students in grades 10 to 12 were in the senior high boys and girls boarding departments. Normally a husband/wife would work together for each boarding department, but single boarding parents were also allowed especially when staffing was limited.<ref name="MCS" />
-===General Information===
-The Boarding Departments at Murree Christian School seek to provide a warm, family atmosphere where children can find and develop Christian faith, and where each child’s qualities can be recognized and developed within God’s loving purposes. The school’s Boarding Department aims to do this by:<br />
-[[File:MCS view of the Himalayas.JPG|thumbnail|right|The view from the MCS Hostel of the Himalayan Mountains]]
-# Providing a variety of devotional and discipling experiences.
-# Providing a safe place with loving acceptance.
-# Working in co-operation with the child’s family – always building into that more important relationship of parent and child.
-# Defending each child’s reputation.
-# Giving consistent loving discipline developed within God’s loving purposes.
-# Working in close co-operation with the greater school community.
-# Providing a place of fun and creativity as well as learning of appropriate social skills for the present and for re-entry into their “home” countries.
-All the elementary boarders are housed in one group with the boarding parents. Junior and Senior High School boarders have separate departments divided by gender. Grades 7 to 9 are in the Junior High boys and girls, and students in grades 10 to 12 are in the Senior High boys and girls boarding departments. Normally a husband/wife work together for each boarding department, but we also sometimes single boarding parents are accepted as well.
-More detailed information on boarding can be found [http://www.mcs.org.pk/general-information-3 here]
-<ref name="mcs.org.pk"/>
-==Donations==
-Donations from alumni and other benefactors to MCS have been used on multiple projects, such as:
-Gharial Site:
-*Improving the rooms and bathrooms on the 2nd floor of the MCS hostel.
-*Improving and extending Central Heating on the main floor of the Hostel
-*Building a new guard security office
-*Adding security equipment
-The school are continually evaluating sites in order to update them and make them more efficient to operate. Development projects that are next on the list to, work on as funds are available, are:
-At the Gharial Site:
-*New lights for stage and wiring for sound system about Rs 200,000
-*65 new individual, stack-able desks and chairs @ Rs 12,000 each = RS 780,000
-*A new digital projector for class room use = Rs 85,000.
-*Insulate and re-route the water distribution system and build a high pressure tank
-*Upgrade the external bathrooms in the high school
-*Seven sofa sets for boarding, staff room and our staff lounge @ Rs 25,000 each = Rs 175,000
 ==Admissions==
 ===General Information===
-Murree Christian School was established primarily to meet the educational needs of the missionary community working in and around Pakistan. Applications are accepted from families working in other areas who understand the historical evangelical Christian background of the school and accept it's centrality in school life. Application forms are available on the website, and mailed applications to Murree Christian School, along with $50 US non refundable application fee and recent school report cards will be reviewed. Subsequently the school will contact applicants for an interview. Accepting applicants from an English as a Second Language (ESL) background will be conditional on English proficiency and prior English-language schooling experience.
+Murree Christian School was established primarily to meet the educational needs of the missionary community working in and around Pakistan. Applications were accepted from families working in other areas who understand the historical evangelical Christian background of the school and accept its centrality in school life. Subsequently, the school did contact applicants for an interview. The school also accepted applicants from an English as a Second Language (ESL) background on the condition that they have English proficiency and prior English-language schooling experience.<ref name="MCS" />
+The school did not admit students from Muslim backgrounds due to Pakistani regulations.<ref>"[http://www.mcs.org.pk/#!admissions/c1rn6 Admissions]." Murree Christian School. Retrieved on 1 February 2016.</ref>
-Admissions form can be found [http://www.mcs.org.pk/uploads/Student%20Application%20Form%202013.docx here].
-<ref name="mcs.org.pk"/>
-School fees can be found [http://www.mcs.org.pk/uploads/images/Fee%20Schedule%202014%20one%20page.pdf here]
 ==Education==
-===Elementary Curriculum===
+===Elementary curriculum===
-In the Elementary Department the aim is to give the children a strong foundation across the curriculum. We have a staff of 1 full-time teacher and benefit from the input of many other staff on a part-time basis.
+In the Elementary Department the aim was to give the children a strong foundation across the curriculum. It had a staff of one full-time teacher and benefitted from the input of many other staff on a part-time basis.
-The curriculum covers all general subjects: Math, English, Science, Bible, Social Studies, Computing, Art, Music, Technology, Library Skills, Personal and Social Education and Physical Education. Courses are adapted and extended as necessary in order to meet the varying needs of children from many different parts of the world. When we have available staff we can also offer English as a Second language as well as German, French, Urdu and Korean.
+The curriculum covered all general subjects: math, English, science, Bible, social studies, computing, art, music, technology, library skills, personal and social education and physical education. Courses were adapted and extended as necessary in order to meet the varying needs of children from many different parts of the world. When  staff was available the school also offered English as a Second language as well as German, French, Urdu and Korean.
-Homework is given each day to be completed in study hall.
+Homework was given each day to be completed in study hall.
-Elementary students take the IOWA tests of Educational Development each spring.
+Elementary students took the IOWA tests of educational development each spring.
-The National Institute for Learning Disabilities (NILD) is available to students with learning disabilities.
+The National Institute for Learning Disabilities (NILD) was available to students with learning disabilities.
-When possible we are able to offer general music lessons as well as private lessons in piano and other instruments.
+When possible the school was able to offer general music lessons as well as private lessons in piano and other instruments.
-===High School Curriculum===
-[[File:MCS Physics Class.JPG|thumb|An experiment preformed during an MCS Physics class.]]
-The curriculum follows an American system and students are able to take external Advanced Placement exams in certain subjects under the auspices of the Collegeboard to give successful students the ability to claim college-level credits at American liberal arts colleges. Recently, the following classes have been offered.
+[[File:MCS Physics Class.JPG|thumb|An experiment performed during an MCS Physics class.]]
-* English (AP English Literature)
-* Mathematics (AP Calculus AB & BC)
-* History (AP US History & AP World History)
-* Chemistry (AP Chemistry AB & BC)
-* Biology (AP Biology)
-* Physics (AP Physics (AB & BC)
-* Computer Sciences
-* Geography (AP Human Geography)
-* Psychology (AP Psychology)
-The following foreign languages may also be offered, depending available teachers – French, Spanish, German, Urdu, Korean, Swedish and Finnish.
-Other subjects also offered include Christian Studies, Physical Education, Art, Craft Design and Technology, Auto Mechanics and Music.
-Other subjects may be selected by the student in consultation with the High School Principal and taken through online classes.
-Testing Programs
-*Grades 7 and 8 - IOWA tests of Educational Development.
-*Grade 11 - Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
-*Grade 11 and 12 - Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
-*Grade 11 and 12 - Advanced Placement Exams (AP)
-These and other tests are given individually or to groups at other times needed.
-The National Institute for Learning Disabilities (NILD) is available to students with learning disabilities.
-When possible, the school offers general music lessons as well as private lessons in piano and other instruments.
-<ref name="mcs.org.pk"/>
-==Philosophy of Education==
-===Murree Christian School holds that===
-# God is the source of all truth. Christian education is about the quest for truth. God reveals the nature of truth in the person of his Son, Jesus Christ. He gives the Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth.
-# God is the source of all knowledge. Christian education is about the quest for knowledge. God has made himself known in history in the person of his Son, Jesus Christ. He gives the Holy Spirit to make himself known personally in the present.
-# God is the source of all wisdom. Christian education is about the quest for wisdom, the ability to use knowledge to the honour of God. The humility of God's wisdom is demonstrated in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
-# People do not exist in a spiritual, moral or social vacuum. They are created by God to live in right relationship with Him, with others and with the world.
-# A person cannot be educated into a right relationship with God. It is the sovereign work of God to change the human heart. Christian education is about seeking truth, excellence in the pursuit of knowledge, and growing in wisdom through discipleship.
-# The school's most vital role is to provide a caring, learning environment in which young people are able to find and develop an authentic, Christ-centred relationship with God.
-<ref name="mcs.org.pk"/>
-===Murree Christian School seeks to recognize===
-# The unique value, gifts and abilities of each individual student and staff member.
-# The value of the families it serves.
-# Differences in the learning styles and abilities; physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual development; and cultural orientations of its students.
-===Murree Christian School strives to===
-# Serve and support the Christian mission community by providing relevant, quality educational services for the children of missionaries, primarily in a Christian boarding school setting. As it is able, the school will offer services to those pursuing alternative approaches to the education of their children, and to support the mission community in the wider region.
-# Build on the unique sense of family within the whole missionary community in Pakistan and of extended family across the world.
-# Maintain a sense of unity, identity and purpose as a multi-cultural, multi-denominational community located in an Islamic country.
-# Relate positively to those who hold world-views different from its own.
-# Encourage students and staff to appreciate the physical beauty and cultural diversity of Pakistan.
-# Reach out and serve those in need.
-<ref name="mcs.org.pk"/>
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-[[Category:Rawalpindi District]]
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+[[Category:2021 disestablishments in Pakistan]]
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+[[Category:Defunct schools in Pakistan]]