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Methodist High School

Methodist High School was established in Kanpur, India in 1876 by Miss Isabella Thoburn, a Christian Missionary Educationist from the U.S.A., who felt the need for an education for girls and women in the city of Kanpur. Her school was called "The Girls High School" and was situated in the North West Tannery Bungalow in Civil Lines, on the banks of the river Ganges. The school was shifted to the present premises in 1889.

The school had a change in name in 1895. "The Girls High School" became "The Methodist High School". Soon, the Middle and the Left Wings were constructed and by 1912, the Right Wing was ready for occupation.

Miss Thoburn died in 1901 but her good work was carried on by the dedicated missionaries to India who came from the Methodist Church in America. The school grew in numbers in staff and students and the buildings multiplied as the need arose. It has a large compound with four buildings: Elementary school (Nursery and KG), Primary School (I to V) and Senior School (VI to XII). The buildings are all brick and the Senior School has a distinct British Raj architecture with open verandas and arches. Today, we have the Evelyn Strader Block, a mammoth project that was a Quasqicentennial gift to the school, under the Principal-ship of the dynamic lady, Mrs. Helen Brown.

Today, the school has a strength of 2500 students from Nursery to XII. We offer Science, Commerce and Arts streams at the ISC level and we have a record of excellent results in the same. We have also been doing equally well at all the Inter School Competitions and have won many of the coveted trophies in Kanpur city.

The school ahs grown in leaps and bounds. We are one of the foremost institutions in the city, both in academics and in extra curricular activities and are ever ready to be of service in the better interest of the nation.

Our School _ "now"

List of Principals GHS –MHS 1876 Miss Isabella Thoburn 1878 Miss Easton 1890 Miss Harvey 1891 Miss McBurne 1892 Miss A. Lauck 1904 Miss Lawson 1906 Miss Pool 1910 Miss Lawson (again) 1914 Miss Whiting 1918 Miss Shroeppel 1920 Miss Whiting (again) 1931 Miss Bragg 1933 Miss Hutchens 1939 Miss Bragg (again) 1947 Miss Irene Wells 1952 Miss Strader 1980 Dr. (Miss) F. Rolston 1981 Miss K. Lee 1989 Mrs. H. Brown 2006 Mrs. Y. Cabral

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