Greenwood High International School

Greenwood High International School, Bengaluru
Address
No.8-14, Chickkawadayarapura, Near Heggondahalli, Gunjur Post, Varthur Sarjapur, Bangalore-560087, Karnataka, India
Information
School type International Residential School co-ed
Motto Rooted in Knowledge
Established 2004
Chairman Mr Bijay Agarwal
Director Mrs Niru Agarwal & Mr Manas Mehrotra
Principal Mr Aloysius D'Mello
Vice principal Mrs Elizabeth Joseph
International students Yes
Classes Nursery — Grade 12
Average class size 30
Student to teacher ratio 11:1
Campus size 40 acres (160,000 m2)
Sports Basketball,Football,Swimming,Skating,Lawn Tennis,Chess,Cricket,Badminton etc.
Average SAT scores Yes
Affiliations IB, IGCSE, ICSE, ISC
Website www.greenwoodhigh.edu.in

Greenwood High is an International day cum . It is established under Greenwood High trust in 2004. The main campus which is 20 acre is slocated in Sarjapur road near Gunjur village in Bangalore, Karnataka India. This trust also runs 3 preools in Bangalore located in Koramangala, Whitefield Main road and Bannerghatta road and two pre schools in Nagpur and Kolkata near Salt Lake.

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam (Ex President India) has visited this school in 2012 to address the students[1] about importance of self learning. Their futuristic curriculum lays equal emphasis on academics and personality development.In Jan 2014, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia has performed in this school for students and shared his thoughts about classical music and flute as a musical instrument.[2]

Greenwood High was the only school from Bangalore to donate for Uttarakhand Floods in 2013.It has sent goods worth INR50 lakh[3] and monetary donation over INR3 lakhs.

Curriculum

GWH follows IB DP (International Baccalaureate Diploma Program), IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) and ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) curricula. It has completed the IB authorization[4] process in 2011 and became an IB world school. Presently it is offering IB diploma program from ages 14 up to 19 years for secondary school. Greenwood High is now affiliated to ISC also which commences from 2015-16.

For Primary & Middle classes i.e. 1 to 10th, it offers both ICSE & IGCSE curriculum. GWH offers Spanish, German & French as a second language option for IGCSE. IGCSE exams are conducted by CIE, (Cambridge International Examination).

Accreditation

This school is accredited by the University of Cambridge, UK; the International Baccalaureate, Geneva, and ICSE council, New Delhi.

Facilities

This school is situated on 22 acres of land. It has one admin block and 3 respective blocks for ICSE, IGCSE & IB curriculum. The campus has two separate dormitories for Boys and Girls. Their library has a collection of more than 22,000 titles, including books, Journals, Magazines and e-resources, which are available for students and teachers alike. The campus has a half-Olympic-sized swimming pool, 2 Basketball courts, 1 Volleyball court, 2 Lawn Tennis Courts, Hockey ground,Hore house, Skating rink, and a Cricket field.

School Houses

The school compromises of four Houses namely 1. Ruby House 2.Sapphire House 3. Topaz House 4. Emerald House

Awards & Recognitions

  1. Its main campus has been recently awarded as "Fastest Emerging day cum boarding International School in South India"[5]
  2. This school has been ranked 9th[6] position in Day cum Boarding school in India by The Education-World, which has conducted survey in 21 cities and education hubs across India to rate 725 schools in September 2013.
  3. Greenwood High International School awarded one of the “100 Best Schools in India” by Engineering Watch.[7] The award ceremony was a part of the India's Most Authentic School Summit 2013 organized by Engineering Watch on 21 July 2013 at Scope Convention Centre, Delhi.
  4. Education excellence award for Best International school[8] in Bangalore and Best ICSE Day cum Boarding school[9] by Brand Academy in 2012.New Delhi.

Sports & Extracurricular Activity Achievements

Greenwood High lays equal emphasized on academics and extracurricular activities.[10] Chess is a part of curriculum in this school.[11] To promote extra curricular activities it invites famous personalities and experts in the campus, who interact with students and share their thoughts.

Over 700 students[12] has participated in a play pied piper of Hamelin which was directed by Arundhati Raja who is a founder of Jagriti Theater.[13] Theater is a subject in IGCSE & IB course.

Aroon Raman,[14] a famous author whose research and innovation company works in the area of materials science and has won critical acclaim for developing scientific talent at the grassroots,has visited and interacted with IB & IGCSE students of this schools.[15] The theme was "The Story Within Us All’

This school's students have won many state and national level tournaments & awards .Below are few mentions.

  1. Vidya Ramesh ( IB DP ) student has been awarded prestigious National Innovation Foundation award instituted by the union department of science and technology (Govt. of India) for her compassionate idea to make life easier for street vendors who use handcarts.[16] The award was presented by former President A P J Abdul Kalam on 19 Jan 2014.[17]
  2. Shraddha Somanath, a KG student of this school has won silver medal[18] at[19] Asian School Chess championship held in Sri Lanka between 30 August and 6 September, where as many as 385 children in different age categories from 15 countries has participated.[20][21][22][23]
  3. Umang Bhatia, 11th IB student has got three acceptances in the Golden Digital Circuit.[24]
  4. Aashna Majmudar of Grade 8 has represented Karnataka State Junior Basketball Team in the 40thSub-Junior National Basketball Championship[25] held at Patliputra Sports Complex (Patna, Bihar) from August 18–25, 2013.
  5. Mrigank Shekhar of greenwood High has secured 10th[26] Rank in the MaRRS International Spelling Bee held on 29 June 2013.
  6. GWH is winner[27] of the Mahindra Football National Inter-school Championship in 2012.
  7. Greenwood High has also record of winning inter-school chess tournament in Bangalore 5 times[28] in a row.
  8. Shraddha Somanath of KG II has got 2nd Place and won Silver Medal in the Under-5 Girls Category of the National School Chess Championship[29] at Chennai from 9 to 11 June 2013.
  9. Suchitra Rameesh a grade 7 student has finished No.1 in the under 12 (C Category Girls) in the Indian Golf union national merit list and 4th in the All India Juniors in Dec 2011.[30]

Management

Bijay Kumar Agarwal[31] who is Chairman of the Board of Trustees and also the chairman of Salarpuria Sattva Group,[32] a reputed property developer and aerospace business[33][34] company in Bangalore India. The Managing Trustee are Niru Agarwal, Manas Mehrotra, Sanjay Jhunjhunwala, Jagannath Subbarao, Meena Jhunjhunwala and Shrikant Jhunjjhunwala.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Abdul Kalam's day out with school children - Bangalore - DNA". Dnaindia.com. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  2. ↑ Flute phenomenon Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia in Bangalore
  3. ↑ Std IX students trigger a Rs 50L U'khand relief effort in Bangalore
  4. ↑ Tuesday, December 24, 2013 (2011-03-03). "Greenwood High is now an IB World School for the Diploma Programme". Business Standard. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  5. ↑ Fastest emerging Day cum Boarding School in South India http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=27465
  6. ↑ "Article Window". Epaper.timesofindia.com. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  7. ↑ Greenwood High International School awarded one of the 100 Best Schools in India
  8. ↑ Best International School in Bangalore
  9. ↑ Best International School award
  10. ↑ "Run in the Sun, a marathon to support GoSports Foundation". India Education Dairy. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Schools make kids don thinking caps". Epaper.timesofindia.com. 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  12. ↑ Young artists set stage on fire with The Pied Piper of Hamelin
  13. ↑ Watch the Pied Piper of Hamelin
  14. ↑ Aroon Raman
  15. ↑ An author talk in Greenwood High International School during in the 3rd week of December 2013
  16. ↑ Bangalore City student bags national award - City student bags national award
  17. ↑ School student carts away accolades for her ideas
  18. ↑ "Bangalore’s chess champ makes the right moves". The Hindu. 2013-09-07. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  19. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Tournament-Database". Chess-results.com. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  20. ↑ Tuesday, Dec 24, 2013 (2013-09-12). "Not a pawn, She's the queen". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  21. ↑ S S Shreekumar. "Meet Shraddha, the 5-year-old chess prodigy". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  22. ↑ ess prodigy
  23. ↑ "Bangalore girl does India proud - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  24. ↑ Tuesday, Dec 24, 2013. "Sweet 16 shutterbug!". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  25. ↑ "Results: 40th National Basketball Championship". Indiabasketball.org. 2013-08-18. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  26. ↑ "MaRRS International Spelling Bee - Greenwood High International School | Bangalore | IB school | IGCSE Schools Bengaluru | International Schools Bangalore | Best International School". Greenwoodhigh.edu.in. 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  27. ↑ http://mobilepaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=31&sectid=edid=&edlabel=TOIBG&mydateHid=10-11-2012&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Bangalore&edname=&articleid=Ar03102&publabel=TOI
  28. ↑ "GREENWOOD HIGH WON INTER SCHOOL CHESS TITLE - Greenwood High International School | Bangalore | IB school | IGCSE Schools Bengaluru | International Schools Bangalore | Best International School". Greenwoodhigh.edu.in. 2013-08-28. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  29. ↑ "NATIONAL SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP - Greenwood High International School | Bangalore | IB school | IGCSE Schools Bengaluru | International Schools Bangalore | Best International School". Greenwoodhigh.edu.in. 2013-06-13. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  30. ↑ TWB (2012-02-15). "A stroke of brilliance – Suchitra Ramesh of Greenwood High excels at Golf". This Week Bangalore. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  31. ↑ "Bijay Agarwal, CMD : A Man Who Dared to Dream Big". LookBangalore.com. 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  32. ↑ ": Sattva Group :". Sattvagroup.in. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  33. ↑ Anjana Chandramouly (2011-01-31). "Salarpuria Sattva buys 2 cos in aerospace sector | Business Line". Thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  34. ↑ Our Bureau (2012-03-08). "Salarpuria Sattva acquiring one more aerospace company | Business Line". Thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 2013-12-24.

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