Greenwood High International School

Greenwood High is an educational institution in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It is located in Koramangala, Bannerghatta Road, Sarjapura road, and Whitefield.

The pre-school campus follows a mix of Montessori, Froebel’s (Kindergarten), Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theory, and Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence Theories.

Greenwood High has invited personalities to offer speeches and conduct seminars for the students. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam(ex-President India)^[1] Rahul Dravid,^[2]Hariprasad Chaurasia, Kautilya Pandit, Kiran Bedi^[3] and football champion Pauleta,^[4] have visited the Greenwood High campus to inspire the students.

Curriculum

GWH follows IB DP (International Baccalaureate Diploma Program),I GCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) and ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) curricula. It has completed the IB authorization^[5] 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 and Middle classes i.e. 1 to 10th, it offers both ICSE & IGCSE curriculum. GWH offers Spanish, German and 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 an admin block and blocks for ICSE, IGCSE and IB curriculum. The campus has separate dormitories for boys and girls. The library has 22,000 titles, including books, journals, magazines and e-resources. The campus has a half-Olympic-sized swimming pool, two basketball courts, one volleyball court, two lawn tennis courts, hockey ground, skating rink, and a cricket field.

School Houses

The houses are Ruby House, Sapphire House, Topaz House, and Emerald House.

Sports and extracurricular activity

^[6] Chess is a part of curriculum..^[7]

Over 700 students^[8] has participated in a play pied piper of Hamelin which was directed by Arundhati Raja who is a founder of Jagriti Theater.^[9] Theater is a subject in the IGCSE and IB course.

'roon Raman,^[10] an author whose research and innovation company works in the area of materials science and has won acclaim for developing scientific talent at the grassroots,has visited and interacted with IB and IGCSE students.^[11] The theme was "The Story Within Us All’

Students have won state and national level tournaments and awards. Below are a few mentions:

• An IB DP student has been awarded the National Innovation Foundation award instituted by the Union Department of Science and Technology (government of India) for an idea to make life easier for street vendors who use handcarts.^[12] The award was presented by former President A P J Abdul Kalam on 19 Jan 2014.^[13]
• A KG student has won a silver medal^[14] at^[15] Asian School Chess championship held in Sri Lanka between 30 August and 6 September, where 385 children of varying ages, from 15 countries, participated.^{[16][17][18][19]}
• An 11th IB student has got three acceptances in the Golden Digital Circuit.^[20]
• A student of Grade 8 has represented Karnataka State Junior Basketball Team in the 40thSub-Junior National Basketball Championship^[21] held at Patliputra Sports Complex (Patna, Bihar) from August 18–25, 2013.
• A student has secured 10th^[22] Rank in the MaRRS International Spelling Bee held on 29 June 2013.
• GWH was the winner^[23] of the Mahindra Football National Inter-school Championship in 2012.
• Greenwood High has won the inter-school chess tournament in Bangalore five times^[24] in a row.
• A student of KG II got second place and won Silver Medal in the Under-5 Girls Category of the National School Chess Championship^[25] at Chennai from 9 to 11 June 2013.
• 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.^[26]

Management

Bijay Kumar Agarwal^[27] who is Chairman of the Board of Trustees and also the chairman of Salarpuria Sattva Group,^[28] a reputed property developer and aerospace business^[29][30] company in Bangalore India. The Managing Trustee are Niru Agarwal, Manas Mehrotra, Sanjay Jhunjhunwala, Jagannath Subbarao, Meena Jhunjhunwala and Shrikant Jhunjjhunwala.

See also

• The International School Bangalore
• Trio World Academy
• Indus International School
• Treamis World School

References

External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 12°54′02″N 77°44′57″E / 12.9005°N 77.7492°E / 12.9005; 77.7492