Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, South India Altitude: 7200 feet, never hot, never very cold KIS is ranked...

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: admissions@kis.inPrincipal: Adrian Moody (Australian)

principal@kis.in Local contact in Rockville:

Clarence Maloney ct_maloney@hotmail.com, or Iti Maloney iti_maloney@hotmail.com tel. 301-315-8075