Stage one - Foundation stones In November, a new art project began taking shape on the Woodstock campus. A joint collaboration between the Centre for Imagination, the Art Department, and the whole school community. This multi-phased project aimed to capture and make sense of the two years that we have just...
On Saturday, 11 December 2021, we witnessed the return of the Festival of Ideas, a Woodstock School institution which enables students to showcase their projects and talents to the wider community. The event is an initiative of the Centre for Imagination (CFI), Woodstock's dedicated interdisciplinary space, where students can pursue...
WOSA Asia’s formation last year has provided some much-needed encouragement for many alumni groups and networks in different regions to re-engage and strengthen their communities. One effort that we are quite excited to see building up, is from Bhutan. The alumni body from Bhutan is small, but represents a strong...
Woodstock hosted its second annual virtual college fair this year which consisted of a series of 5 fairs between Aug. 18 and Sept. 22. Various representatives from Canada, United Kingdom, United States, India, and Spain joined us through zoom with plenty of enthused students, marking a successful event. The fair commenced...
It’s always exciting to see how our alumni community are finding new ways to reconnect with one another. Over the past few months, a few alumni artists from our community got together to brainstorm forming an Arts Affinity Group. An Alumni Affinity Group is any group of alumni, staff, and friends...
Yasmin Padamsee Forbes, alumni from the class of 1987, shares her wonderful stories of travelling and change among the world with us. Having experience in sustainable tourism, human rights, and global development, Yasmin has developed a respectable career in serving people through representation and aid. She continues to create a...
Saturday, 30 October, was Worldwide Woodstock Day, our annual celebration for everyone in the school community, wherever they are in the world. In a typical year, alumni gather together in far-flung places across the globe, to mark their time in the Himalayan foothills and celebrate their shared Woodstock experiences. There is...
Summary: 2021 Virtual Reunion Sharon Seto '79, Reunion Committee Chair Over the weekend of July 30 - August 1, 2021, over 900 alumni, former and current staff, parents, and friends gathered for FWS/WOSA’s first, and hopefully not last, virtual reunion. We gathered Together Again in Parker Hall from 39 countries and every...
Marking Indian Independence Day is always a special date in the school calendar, and a chance for us to gather as a whole community to remember those who fought for the nation’s freedom, and everything that has been achieved since. On Sunday, 15 August, we celebrated the start of India’s 75th year of independence...
Woodstock hosted its second annual virtual college fair this year which consisted of a series of 5 fairs between Aug. 18 and Sept. 22. Various representatives from Canada, United Kingdom, United States, India, and Spain joined us through zoom with plenty of enthused students, marking a successful event. The fair commenced as...
Jamie Alter, Class of 1999, a successful YouTuber, actor, social media influencer, and a sports journalist, talks about his life experiences and journey. Jamie is the son of the late actor and Padma Shri, Tom Alter '68, and is a fourth-generation American born in India. His familial ties to Woodstock...
Rehan Khan, Class of 1988, is on a journey to serve others and make a difference in peoples lives. He has been actively involved in the pharmaceutical industry as one of the top leaders and truly believes in the positive role that the industry plays in peoples lives. Currently working as...
Over the last week, as one surveys the hills surrounding us, tell-tale plumes of smoke have signalled forest fires burning through the tinder-dry Himalayan woodland. They are always a feature of this time of year, and thankfully they rarely get close enough to campus to be of concern, although close enough to have empathy...
Centre For Imagination invited Rupali Lamba, a social media consultant to host a mini zoom series on graphic designing and social media for Upper Years at Woodstock last semester. During her sessions, she vividly presented what lies at the crux of the design as a medium, and the elements that...
Kilang Yanger, alumni from the Class of 2002, shares her journey of discovery and growth following her graduation from Woodstock. Being a scientist and having a Ph.D in cancer biology, as well as having completed a fellowship in regenerative medicine from Harvard Medical School, Kilang has contributed to an entire...
