Thomas Stanes established
Stanes High School in the year 1875. The school is situated
in the town of Coonoor at an altitude of 1875 metres above
msl in the lush blue/green Nilgiris Hills of South India.
The motto of the school ‘Nisi Dominus Frustra’
is taken from Psalm 127:1 “Unless the Lord builds
the house, its builders labour in vain”. The school
is run on Christian principles and has stood witness to
its motto during the past 147 years.
While the
High School class prepares children for the Anglo Indian
School leaving Certificate, the Higher Secondary section
prepares the children for the Tamilnadu Higher Secondary
State Board Examinations. The Directorate of School Education,
Government of Tamilnadu, conducts both the exams.
The school is co-educational and admits both boarders
and day scholars. It is run on Public School lines with
a special stress on four major areas viz. high academic
achievement, character building, discipline and sports.
The
teaching and residential staff are expected to have the
requisite qualifications and experience,with a strong
sense of dedication,call to vocation and devotion to duty.
Their calling is to exercise the care of a parent for
their pupils who are, of necessity separated from their
parents during the day and in the case of the boarders
for many months of the year.
