kodaikanal, tamil nadu, south india altitude: 7200 feet, never hot, never very cold kis is ranked...
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Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, South IndiaAltitude: 7200 feet, never hot, never very cold
KIS is ranked usually No 1 or 2 among the hundreds of “international schools” in India
School gate and chapel
Kodaikanal town and lake with Mount Perumal; school is middle-right side
“The plains,” 6000 feet down
Kodaikanal town, boat house
Town bazaar- population c. 50,000, summer tourist resort
Kodaikanal International School• Founded 1901 for children of
missionaries, with American curriculum• Became International School in 1970s, as
Non-Profit Company under independent School Council • 600 students, 30 nationalities, about half
Indians and half international students• Rep Chris van Hollen attended 2 years
Students attending under exchange program
School driveway- gymnasium on right
Kodaikanal School founded 1901 for missionaries’ children; photo before WW I
One of the 18 dormitories
Parent’s Visiting Week-- School chapel
Accreditation and Recognition• Middle States Association (1968)• IB Diploma (1976), now also Mid. & Elem. IB• Assn. of Indian Universities (1981)• Common Core States Standards Institute• Council of International Schools• Near East-South Asia Council of Overseas
Schools• National Honor Society• National Assn. of Student Councils, etc.
Library magazines– library has 40,000 books
9 Languages taught1. English (medium of instruction)2. French3. German4. Spanish5. Hindi6. Tamil (of Tamil Nadu state)7. Korean8. Dzong-ka (of Bhutan)9. Mandarin Chinese (being added now)
Facilties:74 classrooms6 science labs3 media centers225 computers2 mini theaters2 art studios
18 residential dorms with “dorm parents”100 staff houses/units2 dining halls- Western, Indian, veg, non-veg, Korean etc.5 tennis courts3 covered basketball courts1 fitness center, etc
Music festival in chapel- excellent Music Dept, Western & Indian music
High School Chorus practice
Drama Dept. performance
Middle School Musical Drama, 2012: “Too Many Princesses”
Visual Arts Exhibition: “IB topics: TOK” (Theory of Knowledge)
IB Visual Arts Exhibition
Indian Republic Day 2012- Indian dance
“Social Experience” in local orphanage(like SSL in MD schools)
Earth Day 2012: Students
planting native species
trees in deforested
hillsides
Hiking in the Palani Hills, Tamil Nadu
Rowing competition on Kodaikanal lake
Sports field, and Arts classroom building
Field Day (sports), 2012
Basketball in Covered Court
Presentation by one of 25 colleges/ universities visiting to attract KIS Class of 2012
Graduation, May 2011(Iti Maloney top left end)
Student exchanges• Exchange program agreement: --For American going there, no tuition or
residence cost, but pays travel and incidentals--For Indian coming here, pays usual fee to Kodaikanal, plus travel, and gets education here, maybe staying with the American family of exchange student going there
• Cost for individual US student (not under exchange agreement), about $17,000/year plus travel and incidentals
Exchange students 2012 just arrived, from Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Australia
US national Alumni Meeting in camp in PA; Also many Alumni Class Chapters & City Chapters
ContactsInformation: www.kis.inAddress: PO Box 25, Kodaikanal 624101, Tamil
Nadu, India Admissions & exchanges: [email protected]: Adrian Moody (Australian)
[email protected] Local contact in Rockville:
Clarence Maloney [email protected], or Iti Maloney [email protected] tel. 301-315-8075