Good Shepherd International School, Ooty

2021-08-26T06:23:58Z

2405:201:E015:60A2:558D:FCE3:7964:193A:

{{short description|Residential school in Nilgiris, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2017}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{Advert|date=June 2021}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2021}}
{{COI|date=June 2021}}
}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Good Shephered International School
| image =
| motto = 'Truth, Trust, Triumph''
| established =
| founded = February 1977
| type = Private, fully residential school
| founder = Late. Dr. P.C. Thomas
| principal = Sheila Alexander
| streetaddress = M.Palada P.O.
| students = 800
| region = [[The Nilgiris District|Niligris district]]
| city = [[Ooty]]
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| country = India
| website = {{URL|http://www.gsis.ac.in}}
}}
[[File:PHOTO - DR P C THOMAS (1).jpg|thumb|right|160px|Dr. P.C. Thomas in 2012]]
'''Good Shepherd International School''' is a residential school founded in 1977, located at [[Ootacamund]] (Ooty), in [[Nilgiris]], Tamil Nadu, India on a {{convert|188|hectare|adj=on}} campus.<ref>{{cite web| title = School in Ooty simulates United Nations Assembly |publisher= The Hindu | url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/school-in-ooty-simulates-united-nations-assembly/article2581831.ece|date=30 October 2011| accessdate = 2014-03-06 | first = D. | last = Radhakrishnan }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Ooty students head for space camp in the U.S.| url =http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/06/stories/2010060660820200.htm| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100609043357/http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/06/stories/2010060660820200.htm| url-status =dead| archive-date =9 June 2010|date=6 Jun 2010| work = [[The Hindu]]| accessdate = 2014-03-06 }}</ref> Facilities on the campus include classrooms and [[laboratory]] blocks, two lecture theatres, two indoor sports complexes, rifle ranges, fields and courts for [[tennis]], [[golf]], [[volleyball]], [[basketball]], [[squash (sport)|squash]], [[field hockey|hockey]], [[cricket]], and [[association football]]. There are stables and equestrian facilities, two swimming pools, and a medical centre.

==Affiliations==
10th grade students take the [[Indian Certificate of Secondary Education]]. The following subjects to be taken: English, an Indian language ([[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Hindi]]) or a foreign language [[French language|French]], history, civics, and geography, any two from economics, [[math]], science (physics, chemistry, biology) and any one from art and computer applications.

12th grade students take the Indian School Certificate Examination.Any one of the following subject combinations are to be taken:

*Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics
*Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Psychology
*Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science
*Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Economics
*Accounts, Commerce, Economics, Business Studies
*Accounts, Commerce, Economics, Mathematics
*Accounts, Commerce, Economics, Psychology

The International General Certificate of Secondary Education (Grades IX to X) is offered to all students seeking future international education, and is available with two options; the Science section and the Commerce section. The subjects offered at the science section are biology, chemistry, physics, math, [[English language]] and composition, second language ([[Tamil language|Tamil]], French, Spanish, [[Thai language|Thai]], or Hindi), and an additional subject (English literature, geography, or business studies).

The school also offers the Cambridge Primary Programme at Primary School (Classes up to VI), the Cambridge Lower Secondary Programme at Middle School and the [[IGCSE]] Curriculum of the [[Cambridge International Examinations]] (classes 4 to 10) and the [[International Baccalaureate]] Diploma Programme of the International Baccalaureate Organisation (classes 11 and 12).

==Co-curricular activities==
The school include horse riding, [[association football|football (soccer)]], [[basketball]], [[tennis]], [[swimming (sport)|swimming]], [[water polo]], [[cricket]], [[volleyball]], [[field hockey|hockey]], [[table tennis]], [[badminton]], [[squash (sport)|squash]], and [[golf]]. Students are required to take part in sports. Performing arts include Western and Indian music, brass and pipe bands, choirs, solo singing, and traditional and modern instruments. Every year at the Founder's Day ceremony students perform dances and shows. Outward bound offered are camping, trekking, and mountaineering All grades have a week of mountaineering activities. The school takes part in the [[Duke of Edinburgh Award]] Scheme.

The school has a unit of the Sea Cadet Corps, and is a registered centre of NASA for field study and leadership training. 65 students go every year to the NASA Space Center, Huntsville, Alabama, United States.

==Music==
The school is a recognized examination centre for the Trinity College of Music. [[Trinity Guildhall]] offers a range of grade examinations for all instruments and voice across nine levels from Initial to Grade 8 and beyond. Students choose from instruments like the [[piano]], [[violin]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]], [[guitar]], recorder, drum kit, [[snare drum]], [[saxophone]], [[trumpet]], [[flute]], [[xylophone]], [[baritone]], [[euphonium]], etc., for the TCL Practical Examinations. All high school and middle school students are required to take the Theory Music Exams.

==See also==
{{Portal|Schools}}
*[[SSVM_Institutions, Coimbatore|SSVM_Institutions, Coimbatore]]
*[[SCAD World School, Palladam|SCAD World School, Coimbatore]]
*[[St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Ooty]]
* [[St. Joseph's Boys School]], [[Coonoor]]
* [[Breeks Memorial School]], [[Ooty]]
* [[Hebron School, Ooty]]
* [[Lawrence School, Lovedale]], [[Ooty]]
* [[Woodside School, Ooty]]
* [[Stanes School|Stanes Hr.Sec. School]], [[Coonoor]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|2|Shabeena=}}

==External links==
*[http://www.gsis.ac.in GSIS Official website]
*[http://gsfs.ac.in/ GSFS Official website]
*[http://www.shepherdian.com/ The GSIS alumni website]

{{coord missing|Tamil Nadu}}

[[Category:International schools in India]]
[[Category:Cambridge schools in India]]
[[Category:Boarding schools in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Primary schools in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Schools in Nilgiris district]]
[[Category:Education in Ooty]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1977]]
[[Category:1977 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]

Bharatpedia - User contributions [en]

Good Shepherd International School, Ooty