| The Shri Ram School (TSRS) | |
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| NCR Delhi India |
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| Motto | Vidya Dadaati Vinayam (May Education Foster Humility) |
| Established | July 1988 |
| Chairperson | Manju Bharat Ram |
| Director | Mark Parkinson |
| Principal | Vivek Ramchandani (Founder Principal) |
| Campuses | Vasant Vihar, New Delhi; Moulsari Avenue, DLF III, Gurgaon; Aravali - Hamilton Court Complex, DLF IV, Gurgaon |
| Website | Official website |
The Shri Ram School is a co-educational private school in India.
Founded in July 1988, the Shri Ram School has three campuses spread across the National Capital Region of India. The first is the Junior School in Vasant Vihar, New Delhi to which was added the Senior School on Moulsari Avenue, DLF Phase III, Gurgaon in 1994.
The Shri Ram School - Aravali was established in 2000 at the request of DLF Limited. It is a common campus for Pravesh Vatika (Nursery), Upvan (Kindergarten) through to Class XII. It is situated at the Hamilton Court Complex, DLF Phase IV, Gurgaon. In 2009, a new branch, "The Shriram Millennium School" was opened in Noida.[1]
All the campuses follow a common curriculum.
The Special Education Needs Department was started in April 1997 to provide educational opportunities in smaller settings to children with special needs. Children aged four to ten years attend the Junior School at Vasant Vihar/Aravali and as they turn eleven years they move on to Senior School at Moulsari/Aravali respectively.
The school has recently started an e-class at Moodle for the students access only.
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Founded by Mrs. Manju Bharat Ram in July 1988 under the aegis of SRF Ltd. and now the SRF Foundation, TSRS began with the pre-primary section and a Form was added every year.
The Shri Ram School is a day-school with timings from 8.30a.m to 2.30p.m. Each Friday there is a Stay Back for all staff and students of the Senior Schools only, till 3.30 p.m. The staff of the Junior Schools refresh their skills through workshops and special training modules while the students enrich their learning by participating in inter-house activities.
Although it is an English medium school, Indian culture is strongly valued. It is one of the most sought after schools in the country. [2]
The school has four houses - Vasundhara (the earth - red) Sagar (the ocean - blue) Srishti (creation - green) Himgiri (mountains - yellow)
The Houses are allotted at random though siblings are given the same House.
The Student Council is elected at Senior School by the student body, whereas it is nominated at Junior School.
Investiture Ceremonies are performed each year at the Founder's Day celebrations. The Council leads the student body in matters of the school, house, sport and discipline.
The Shri Ram School's colours are red and yellow. Red symbolises vermillion and yellow symbolises turmeric - both of significance in traditional Indian rituals.
The Shri Ram School - Aravali's colours are reddish beige symbolising sandalwood and yellow for turmeric - these too have significance in Indian culture and Ayurveda.
Each campus is a zero garbage zone, it harvests its roof top rain water, recycles grey water, composts garbage, recycles paper and conserves energy. All campuses are polythene free zones and a fine of up to Rs. 50/- can be levied for the offense (by the Green Brigade).
The Junior Schools are equipped with a 'Green Brigade' that emphasises saving the environment within the school and in the neighbourhood. The Senior Schools have a Tiger Task Force that visits nearby tiger reserves and helps in any way that they can towards the conservation of the tiger - India's national animal.
Vidya Dadaati Vinayam - May Education Foster Humility.
The Shri Ram School boasts of the only documented Junior School curriculum in the State. It is the schools statement of purpose and establishes the learning outcomes expected of a student at the Junior School.
The school ascribes to the ISC and ICSE Boards. In addition, the IB Diploma Programme (since January 2005), administered by the International Baccalaureate (IB) [3] and the National Indian Open Schooling Certificate are offered at the Senior School.
"I have no doubt that your school belongs in the IB and the IB Diploma belongs in your school. It will be a wonderful fit both ways. In terms of your community work - as well as the overall ethos and philosophy of the school, - I would even say you are outstanding among IB schools already. I have no doubt that you will very soon become a "model" which other schools in your area who are considering taking on the Diploma will be directed to."
-Rick Nikolai, IB coordinator (, Seisen International School, Japan. (member of IB authorisation team)
The Junior School is nestled at the edge of the Ridge Forest on a 1.5-acre (6,100 m2) plot.
The school has a science laboratory, computer and ICT labs, music and dance rooms, lunch room, assembly hall sports facilities, a yoga room and an all weather performance area- Shri Manch.
The grey-green stone façade of Senior School, set amidst 6 acres (24,000 m2) of gently undulating green of the campus, is set against the desert landscape of Gurgaon. The building's design is based on 'clusters' of rooms for the Middle School, the Senior School and the Administrative offices. Ramps facilitate access for students and visitors. Interspersed in between are the Library, the computer laboratories, science laboratories, AV room, workshop room, the liberal arts studio, the auditorium, the gymnasium, the medical room, the SEN/NIOS rooms, the kitchens, the lunch area and staff rooms. The school's auditorium is rivalled possibly by the one at Epicentre, Gurgaon.
The Shri Ram School - Aravali sits at the heart of the Hamilton Court complex in DLF City, Phase IV, Gurgaon. Its large campus with basketball courts, a football ground, a cricket pitch, an outdoor stage and an amphitheatre provides a breadth of open space and greenery.
The building has two wings - the Junior and Senior, containing the library, science laboratories, Computer Laboratories, workshop room/AV room, SEN/NIOS rooms, art and craft rooms, music and dance studios, the lunch hall. A new wing for the Elementary School is under construction, designed for low consumption of energy - the rooms will not need to be lit during the days, they will be well ventilated and naturally insulated against the heat and cold, with solar panels on the roof and roof top rain water harvesting.
There is a plan to add another building in the DLF campus. An extra floor is also being added to the older school buildings of the DLF campus.
Each campus provides opportunity to the less advantaged in the community. Vasant Vihar plays host to Vidya Bal Vihar, Aravali to Vidya Comfort School, and Moulsari to Balwadi providing a space for 'slum' children to get their education in a 'proper school'.
The children of Class XI take part each year in Socially Useful and Productive Work during which they spend a week in a village, experiencing every aspect of village life and contributing to it. Prior to the trip, the village is asked for a wish list and the children offer physical labour to fulfil that need. For example, the students have constructed a road, built a shed in the cremation ground and a completely cemented basketball court - acquiring the skills needed to do so. The students work with the villagers, visit their homes and share their food thus gaining a true understanding of the challenges and strengths of rural India.
The children of the same age group that have opted for the IB Diploma Programme take on a similar initiative - that of Community, action, service (CAS).
In 2010, after the 2010 Leh floods, its students formed "Mission Julley", (Julley means 'hello' in the local language), an initiative which included a online community page and events, collected Rs 8 lakh for three schools and a Relief Camp in Leh. The entire parent and student body was involved in raising money.[4]