We may well live and work in our beautiful Himalayan environment but sometimes we need a change. Staff will be jetting off around the world during the break to recharge their batteries.Dean of Academics, Amy Seefeldt, is heading to Cambodia to visit her aunt, Dora Warren '70, and is looking...
The Woodstock campus is like a ghost town with all students and many staff departed for the summer vacation.For those staff who are still around, the first day of the holiday saw the heavens open and pre-monsoon showers hit Mussoorie, scuppering plans for a dip in the pool for many.Mist sat...
A red carpet adorned the aisle and stopped at steps that led to the Parker Hall stage. The stage itself was decorated with purple and black cloth draped across silver netted bows, Sapere Aude's proud class colours. The class entered the hall in pairs, led by chaplain the Revd Howard Wilkins,...
Five Grade 10 students - Namrata Mohapatra, Kethayun Mehta, Sasha Kenny, Sonam Deki and Seerat Jhajj - voluntarily represented Woodstock School in a two hour bazaar trash pick-up on Saturday. This occasion was organised as an Awareness Campaign - SAVE YOUR PLANET. Our students have again done us proud, Woodstock....
Woodstock School’s Class of 2012 graduated on Saturday (June 2) in an emotional and inspiring ceremony held in the school’s Win Mumby gym.The Class of 2012, named Sapere Aude (Dare to be Wise), consisted of 89 students, hailing from a total of 16 different nations around the world, including the United...
Somewhere Over the Rainbow, arranged and performed by the jazz band, opened the senior school awards assembly in Parker Hall on May 30. Head of senior school, David Anderson asked the students who had been at Woodstock since Grade 7 or earlier to stand and be recognised before 16 students were presented with...
Our 2nd ever GAP Semester graduated last week. Many of you know that this is a 90-day semester that takes place entirely in the Himalaya. The programme spans across Garhwal, Kumaon and the Lahul-Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh.If I have ever doubted myself on the value of the program or get...
Junior school has pledged a committment to this remarkable community and environment in which we all live. The first in our series of three reports is from a Grade 4 environmental journey to Sirkhanda. Teacher Sue Rollins and her fourth graders have written the report below on how they are...
The Oxford dictionary defines commitment as engagement or dedication, or to pledge oneself to something. At Woodstock, Dana and Judy ('69) Crider's service to the school is a perfect example of dedication. Married for 40 years, almost 33 of which they have worked at Woodstock, they have built their lives...
As part of the holistic educational experience at Woodstock, students and staff can take advantage of the superb climbing room in the school's Win Mumby gym. It is used by students of all ages, from as young as the early childhood programme and kindergarten through to students in Grade 12.Rock climbing...
Woodstock's Grade 7 and 8 girls' basketball team won the inaugural American Schools in India Activities Conference (ASIAC) at the weekend, held at the American Embassy School in Delhi. The Tigers won all four of their pool games to secure a seeded slot in the semi-finals, where they beat the...
In her ongoing series Hazel Ebenezer, Development Associate, Journalism, was asked to choose a Woodstock family for her latest People, Passion and Potential story. Hazel, a year ten student who began at Woodstock in ECP opted for the Bhandari family. Read her latest journal and see why this family was...
Woodstock boys' team won the 12th Win Mumby All India Basketball tournament on Saturday, beating Welham Boys' School 47-42 in a closely-contested and tense final. It means the Tigers have now won back-to-back championships, and is all the more impressive after the team bounced back after defeat to Welham Boys'...
Development Associate, Isabella Vogel attended the latest school production. Around the World in 80 days, by Mark Brown, has been adapted from the novel of the same name by Jules Verne. Read her story below.Each semester, the talented students of Woodstock put on a drama production. This semester, it was...
The Woodstock Jazz Band, under the leadership of Ms Lindsay Boyd, played to a packed Win Mumby Gymnasium at the annual Pep Rally. Eight boys schools and seven girls schools from as far away as Delhi filled the bleachers to watch the opening ceremony. Games began last night and continue...
