Woodstock School
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| Motto | Education for a World of Difference |
| Established | 1854 |
| Principal | Dr. David Laurenson |
| Levels | Elementary, Middle and High |
| Enrollment | 500 |
| Location | Mussoorie, India  |
| Mascot | Tigers |
| Colors | Brown and Gold |
| Website | http://www.woodstock.ac.in |
Woodstock School is a Christian, international, co-educational, residential school located in Landour, a small hill station contiguous with the town of Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.
Woodstock is among the more well-known boarding schools of the Indian subcontinent and south asia, especially among those with significant numbers of expatriate students and teachers. ==History==
The school traces its origin to 1854 when a group of English ladies were enlisted by British officers and American missionaries to provide a Protestant education for girls.
During the school's 150-year history, Woodstock has achieved several milestones.
- 1854 - Woodstock is founded in the hills of Mussoorie.
- 1901 - The school is elevated to the status of a college.
- 1922 - The school becomes coeducational, interdenominational and multinational (both day students and boarders are part of the student body).
- 1959 - The school becomes the third high school outside North America and the first in Asia to receive U.S. accreditation through the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
- 1990 - The Association of Indian Universities accepts the Woodstock diploma as an equivalent to the Indian school leaving examination.
- 2002 - The school is ranked as the No. 2 residential school in India by Outlook Magazine.
- 2007 - The school becomes the first school in Asia to receive the International Credential from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
- 2009 - The school is ranked as the No.1 International School in India]].
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[edit] Campus
The campus of Woodstock is set in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains. It is spread over an area of about 250 acres (1.0 km2) and is located in a forest region with a variety of flora, including pine, rhododendron and oak. The terrain of the campus has an altitudinal range of 350 meters from its lowest point to the highest point.
Because of its geographic location, the campus often sees monkeys in, on and around its buildings and residences. The two types of monkeys most often encountered are rhesus macaques and languors.
The Media Center is a multi-purpose building used by the High School. It consists of three general classrooms, a journalism workshop and computer lab, a visual arts room, and a 150-seat multi-purpose auditorium (MC Auditorium) where plays and student recitals are performed, although it is sometimes used as an art gallery and a meeting space. There are also two other small, flexible classrooms in the building.
The new $2 million gym is due to be finished in September of 2009, and is located slightly above the high school building.
It also houses the Vera Marley Library. It holds an impressive collection of over 40,000 volumes, along with dozens of periodicals from India and the rest of the world. It also houses a flexible computer lab, which doubles as a classroom, study space, three offices, and a smaller computer nicknamed "The Stacks."
[edit] Academics
Woodstock provides several options for its graduating students. As the school is accredited by the Middle States Association, the standard Woodstock diploma is equivalent to that of a U.S. high school diploma. The school is a testing center for College Board exams, including the SAT and Advanced Placement tests and provides instruction in preparation for AP exams. Additionally, IGCSE exams and preparation are offered at Woodstock during grade 10. The school also prepares students for continuing education in India with the Woodstock Indian Marksheet, which is accepted by the Association of Indian Universities as an equivalent to the 10+2 stage in the Indian education system.
Woodstock runs on the IGCSE and AP system. In 10th grade, students are required to take a number of IGCSE examinations. In 11th and 12th grade, all students must take and AP English course and, in 12th grade, typically take an AP science course (most AP science courses are taught in two years).
Woodstock is a partner along with Kodaikanal International School in the SAGE Program, which encourages students from countries around the world to study at Woodstock or Kodai in effort to better understand the world and different cultures.
Woodstock also has a reciprocal agreement with Carey Baptist Grammar School (Australia) whereby each year 2 students from both schools are awarded the William Carey Scholarship and given the opportunity swap schools for a semester.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Jonathan Mark Kenoyer '70
- Robert E. Scott '62
- Robert Griffiths '52
- Nayantara Sahgal '43
- Davina Stephens '86
- Tom Alter, '68
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