Mount Hermon School, an architectural wonder.
The structure of Mount Hermon School, Darjeeling, fabricated with natural native grey stone and concrete, features a 200 feet tall northern frontage offering views of the grand Kanchenjunga Ranges. The Earl of Lytton, the erstwhile and then Governor of Bengal, long defined the school’s gothic-styled architecture, elegant designs, and touch of royalty as “designed in Collegiate Gothic with Tudor arches and mullioned windows dominating it.”
Mount Hermon School, Darjeeling was established in the year 1895 by Emma L. Knowles from the British Protestant Episcopal Church, who became the first principal of the institution.
In 2019, the 18th-century educational institution completed 124 years, standing as an epitome of excellent learning and its founder’s vision to impart education in the Queen of Hills.
The school is located in the North Point, Singamari Darjeeling in the Indian State of West Bengal.The Christian Co-educational Boarding School follows its Latin motto – “Non-Scholæ Sed Vitæ Discimus” – meaning “We learn for life.”
Contrary to the schools in the Darjeeling region that have embraced the British Educational Style. Mount Hermon School adopts and follows the American Educational Style. The school is affiliated with the ICSE Board and offers subject categories in Arts, Science, and Commerce.
