| Good Shepherd International School | |
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| Address | |
| M.Palada P.O. Niligris district Ooty, Tamil Nadu., India |
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| Information | |
| Type | Private, fully residential |
| Motto | TRUTH,TRUST,TRIUMPH |
| Established | February 1977 |
| Founded | February 1977 |
| Founder & Principal | Dr. P C Thomas |
| Number of students | 750 |
| Website | [http://www.gsis.ac.in |
Good Shepherd International School is a full time boarding school located at Ootacamund, in Nilgiris, India on a 70-acre campus. Facilities on the campus include classrooms and laboratory blocks, two lecture theatres,two indoor sports complexes, rifle ranges,fields and courts for tennis, golf, volley ball, basketball, squash, hockey, cricket and association football. Stables and equestrian facilities, and two swimming pools, and a medical centre.
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10th grade students take the ICSE, Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (Grades up to X). A science course and a commerce course are offered. The science course requires the following subjects to be taken: Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Education, Indian History, a Indian language (Marathi, Hindu, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam). A foreign language is not available at the school in this curriculum.
The IGCSE, International General Certificate of Secondary Education (Grades IX to X) is offered to all students seeking future international education, and is available with two options; the science section and the commerce section. The subjects offered at the science section are Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math, English Language] & Composition, Second Language (French, Thai, or Hindi), and a additional subject (English Literature, Geography, or Business Studies)
The school also offers the Cambridge International Primary Programme at Primary School (Classes up to VI), the Cambridge Lower Secondary Programme at Middle School and the IGCSE Curriculum of the Cambridge International Examinations (classes 4 to X10 and the IB, International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme of the International Baccalaureate Organisation (classes 11 and 12).
Sports at the school include Football (Soccer), Basketball, Tennis, Swimming, Water Polo, Cricket, Volleyball, Hockey, Table Tennis, Badminton, Squash, and Golf, and all students are required to take part in various sports during their school career. Performing Arts include Western and Indian Music, Brass and Pipe Bands, Choirs, Solo Singing, and a wide variety of traditional and modern instruments. Trinity College of London – Music Theory and Practical Examinations. Classical, Folk and Western Dances. Every year at the Founder's Day ceremony students perform various dances and shows. Outward bound activities offered are camping, trekking, and mountaineering All grades have a week of mountaineering activities. The school takes part in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.
The school has a unit of the Sea Cadet Corps, and is a registered centre of the NASA for field study and leadership training, and takes about 65 students every year ona field study trip to the NASA Space Center; Huntsville, Alabama.
The school is a recognized examination centre for the Trinity College of Music. Trinity Guildhall offers a range of grade examinations for all instruments and voice across nine levels from Initial to Grade 8 and beyond for students showing a high level of interest. Students may choose from a variety of different instruments like the Piano, Violin, Keyboard, Guitar, Recorder, Drum kit, Snare drum, Saxophone, Trumpet, Flute, Xylophone, Baritone, Euphonium, etc., for the TCL Practical Examinations. All high school and middle school students are required to take the Theory Music Exams.