The New Burn Hall School at Srinagar was established in the face of formidable difficulties and challenges after a spell of nine years following the tribal invasion in 1947. This time, Fr. J. Boerkamp was given this task to resurrect the institution: a challenge, which he accepted with remarkable courage and steadfast determination. As the founding father and the first principal of the school, Fr. Boerkamp rendered yeomen service to the cause of education in the valley. It was at the request of Msgr. Shanks, that Fr. Boerkamp came to Srinagar from Abottabad in 1956.

Today, Burn Hall School stands tall in the mind of the Kashmiri society. The school now boasts of top bureaucrats, efficient civil servants, illuminated politicians, eminent academicians and responsible citizens on its roll of Ex-students. We wish that this institution may produce many more wonderful and enlightened citizens for this society.