This year's Goal-a-thon kicked off last night, with the first of a hat-trick of days with a football focus. Woodstock's annual charity five-a-side contest is this year raising money to help fund training on dairy farming practices for farmers in the Thatyur area in Uttarakhand. Fifty-one games placed over three days...
Earlier this week students from our DOST team (Development Outreach Student Team) had their first trip this school year to Dunda village, as part of Woodstock's community engagement programme. They sat down with the residents and gave their project proposals. Each project was approved by the community which means we...
Successful intelligence According to Robert Sternberg, Dean of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University in the United States, real success in life comes not from test scores and exam results but from what he defines as a synthesis of wisdom, intelligence and creativity – what he calls 'successful intelligence'. Sternberg experimented...
Woodstock School Principal, Dr Long, on how important perseverance is to achieving our full educational potential. Delaying gratification One of the most famous behavioural experiments of the 20th century was carried out at Stanford University in 1972. A marshmallow was offered to children on the understanding that if they could resist eating...
As students new and old settle into the routines of a new school year, there are three things you, as parents, can do to help ease the transition into boarding school life. Go easy on the telephone From time to time, your son or daughter will face challenges – from minor differences...
The Class of 2016 is over owing with bright, talented and passionate students. Here are a few of their stories this week as we prepare to come to an end of the year. Rishi @ Woodstock since 2010 Career Ambition: I want to become an Investment Banker. I would also like to become a...
The Class of 2016 is over owing with bright, talented and passionate students. Here are a few of their stories this week as we prepare to come to an end of the year. Aakriti @ Woodstock since 2012 Career Ambition: I hope to work as a diplomatic lawyer and work in foreign countries on...
Recently Steve Luukkonen, the head of Woodstock’s PE department, ran and completed the Boston marathon. It was not hard to miss the training and number of hours Steve put in, if you had been living on the hillside. We thought of talking with him and getting him to share his experience. How did...
“The Curse of the Ancient Greeks” Faris Nejad (Fardis Nouraninejad), Woodstock graduate, 1980 has recently received international recognition for the publication of his realistic contemporary fiction, “The Curse of the Ancient Greeks”, in two languages. (English and Greek). He has had the honor for his novel to be one of the...
Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner. Carlos Santana, Associated Press interview, September 1, 2004...
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity. John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Speech in Indianapolis, April 12, 1959...
Being assertive does not mean attacking or ignoring others feelings. It means that you are willing to hold up for yourself fairly-without attacking others. Albert Ellis, Michael Abrams, Lidia Dengelegi, The Art & Science of Rational Eating, 1992...
Paul Livingstone, an old student of Woodstock has been a professional concert sitarist having studied under the legendary Pandit Ravi Shankar. He is currently on a concert tour in India and will be performing at Woodstock this Wednesday. The recital will take place in the Media Centre auditorium at 5:00pm...
"Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much can be done if we are always doing." - Thomas Jefferson...
Uttrakhand Diwas on 9th November with a special lunch and tea which will include delicacies from Uttrakhand. The day will mark 12 years since the state of Uttrakhand was formed. Alumni who were in the Advance Band in the fall of 2000 will remember leading the parade in Mussoorie on...
