Student news and views, Woodstock School, Mussoorie, India
Little kids chuckled all around me as they ran across the playground of a small government school, just a few kilometers from our resort. I hid behind one of the broken walls of the main school building with little Sunita, while one of the other kids looked for us. We were playing hide and seek. […]
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School has just been in session for a month, and the Badminton team has already displayed their high-level skills through their achievements. In a recent tournament held at Wynberg Allen school, the senior girls’ team won gold, and the boys’ teams came second. The senior girls’ team was represented by Kiara Reavan and Frizia Rounak, […]
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The MY (Middle Years) No Device Week, is exactly what it sounds like — a week of minimal screen time for middle years students. Once every semester, for a week, students learn, play, and live without the assistance of technology. This year, No Device Week was the last week of August, from August 26 to […]
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On Saturday, August 24, the National Honor Society (NHS) organised Big Brother, Big Sister Day. Here are a few pictures to light up your day. Photos by Yuvraj Bhatia and Uma Sherpa
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As the term for the current principal, Dr. Jonathan Long, comes to a close, the new principal candidates, artfully chosen by the Search Committee, have briefly visited the school. In this series, we introduce the candidates and their educational philosophies: Dr. Lance Potter is originally from Sitka, Alaska, and grew up in Thailand. After graduating […]
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After receiving the news of Dr. Jonathon Long’s departure, The Board of Directors embarked on the process of finding a new principal, setting up a committee that is hoping to find the new leader before the end of the school year. Out of a pool of more than 600 applicants, the committee shortlisted 25. After […]
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Today, it’s not just teenagers and adults who are struggling to find a balance between the virtual world and the real world. Even little children are often found glued to screens. Most parents in the world today are concerned about what screen time may be doing to their kids’ mental and physical wellbeing. One of […]
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“Do you speak Hindi?” a bony, middle-aged man asked, with excitement on seeing Indians among the many foreigners as we arrived at the campsite. He was delighted to know that many of us spoke the same language as him. He called some other young boys to help us pitch our tents and bring us some […]
Read More…Like most mornings, the dorm parents who are on morning duty wake up at around 6:30 a.m. They get ready and head to the lounge. Some students who have morning practice have already started leaving for school, whereas the others are still sound asleep. To every single one of the students the dorm parents see […]
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On Sept. 12, the Woodstock Tigers girls team won the annual five-a-side indoor football tournament, which was hosted on the school campus. The after-school event was a huge success, with the finals, between the host team and Him Jyoti School, culminating in a Woodstock win of 9-2. The team consisted of eight out of the […]
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