WELCOME ADDRESS TO NEW STUDENTS 2012.pdf · ORIENTATION PROGRAM FOR NEW STUDENTS 2:00 PM Address by Dr Matthew Sullivan, Principal, Dr (Mrs.) Bindu Hari, Senior Principal & Director

WELCOME ADDRESS TO

NEW STUDENTS

18 August, 2012

Dr Matthew Sullivan

Principal

WELCOME TO

THE TISB

FAMILY!!

ORIENTATION PROGRAM FOR NEW STUDENTS

2:00 PM Address by Dr Matthew Sullivan, Principal, Dr (Mrs.)

Bindu Hari, Senior Principal & Director and Dr K P

Gopalkrishna, Chairman to all new students and

their parent/guardians.

Venue: Auditorium.

2:45 PM An overview of Boarding in TISB, Mr Dhanvir

Fernandes, Deputy Principal Pastoral.

Venue: Auditorium.

3:15 PM Meeting for IB students and parents. Introduction by Dr

Azra Begum, Deputy Principal Academic followed by

presentation by Mrs Prabha Madhukumar, IB Coordinator.

Venue: Auditorium.

3:15 PM Meeting for IGCSE students and parents. Introduction by Dr

Matthew Sullivan, Principal followed by presentation by Mrs

Vijayalakshmi, IGCSE Coordinator.

Venue: Drama Room – Auditorium Building.

3.15 PM Meeting of Middle School Students and Parents. Introduction by Mr

Dhanvir Fernandes, Deputy Principal Pastoral followed by a

presentation by Mrs Madonna Francis, Middle School Coordinator.

Venue: Music Room—Auditorium Building.

3.45 PM Tea in portico. Parents to proceed to the Academic Block to meet

respective coordinators.

4:15 PM Address by Dr Matthew Sullivan, Principal to overseas parents and

students.

Venue: Auditorium.

• 5:00 PM Meeting with Boarding

Housemaster/Housemistress in

respective Boarding Houses for

all students and parents.

Venue: Respective Boarding Houses.

• 5:30 PM Parents Depart

• 6:00 PM Campus tour for students.

Schedule for 19th August, 2012

8.30 AM-4.00 PM: Student activities. Parents

may consult further with coordinators.

4.00 PM: Meeting for parents of IB students

(Grade XI and XII). Auditorium.

5.15 PM: Parents depart.

TISB STAFF INTRODUCTIONS

Senior Management Team

Dr Azra Begum – Deputy Principal Academic

Mr Dhanvir Fernandes – Deputy Principal Pastoral

Mrs Stephanie Jones & Mrs Sangeetha Mahadevan –Deputy

Principals Primary Years

Mrs Kitty Bell, Deputy Principal for Higher Education and Careers

Coordinators

Mrs Prabha Madhukumar – IB Coordinator

Mr Santanu Paul—Asst IB Coordinator

Mrs Vijayalakshmi–IGCSE Coordinator

• Mrs Chandra Subramaniam– Asst IGCSE Coordinator

• Mrs Madonna Francis– Middle School coordinator

• Mr Anurag Thoke – Asst Middle School Coordinator

• Mr Darren Jones—Creative Arts Coordinator

• Mrs Sandhya Kadam–College Counseling Coordinator

• Mr Anand Jerome CAS Coordinator [Boys Boarders] &

BHM BIH Grade XI

• Mrs Sampa Sanyal CAS Coordinator [Girls Boarders] &

BHM GIH Grade XII

• Mr Zarathusht Ragaby- TISB Trips Coordinator, CAS

Coordinator [Day Scholars], Master In Charge IAYP &

BHM JBIH Grade IX

•Mr Naveen Anjo Tom - HOD Social Science,

Master In charge Economics & BHM Grade XII

BIH

•Mr Vinayak Kulkarni– HOD Maths

•Mrs Sasikala Nair – HOD Science

•Mrs Manomita Banerjee – HOD Modern

Languages

•Mrs Anila George – HOD English

•Mrs Jyothy Menon- HOD EFL

Heads of Department; Masters& Mistresses in charge of subjects

• Mrs Eugene Barnaart – HOD Drama

• Mr Joseph De Metro– HOD Art

• Mr Tarun Biswas – HOD PE

• Mr Benny M D – HOD Library

• Mrs Archana Tripati – Mistress in charge

Hindi

• Ms Nandita – Mistress in charge French

• Ms Joanne– Mistress in charge Chinese

• Dr Alain Faure – Master in charge German

•Mrs Sonia Mathews – Mistress in charge Biology

Administrative team:

•Mr Ashok Hegde – Estate Manager

•Mr Raghavendra Prabhu and Mrs Ranjini - Bursary

•Mr Abad Irani – Registrar

•Mrs Deepa Kandiah – Admissions Officer

•Mrs Supriya Bose – Executive Secretary

•Mr Srinivasan–Transportation

•Mr Rohith and Mr Sudeep– Reception

•Mrs Jayashree – Stores

•Ms Colleen Nunez– Medical Centre

Boarding BIH

•Mr Gopinathan – Senior BHM - BIH

•Mr Adrian D’Monte - BHM Grade XII

•Mr Naveen Anjo Tom – BHM Grade XII

•Mr Anand Jerome – BHM Grade XI

•Mr Santanu Paul-BHM Grade XI

•Mr Bimal - BHM Grade X

•Mr Manoj Agarwal–BHM Grade X

•Mr Rajesh Kumar – BHM Grade X

Boarding JBIH:

Mr Alwin Rajan– Senior BHM

Mr Zarathusht Ragaby – BHM Grade IX

Mr David Wilson – BHM Grade VIII

Mr Vijayakumar –BHM Grade VII

Mr Jonathan Wright—BHM Grades IV-VI

Boarding GIH:

• Mrs Namrata Lund – Senior BHM

• Mrs Sampa Sanyal – BHM Grade XII

• Ms Bhaswati Bhar – Asst BHM Grade XII

• Ms Nitasha Chandran –BHM Grade XI

• Ms Leena Hatkar—Asst BHM Grade XI

• Mrs Nancy Vidyasagar –BHM Grade VII-X

• Mrs Mahua Bakshi—BHM Grade VII-X

• Mrs Babitha B N – Asst BHM Grade IV-VI

Academic Outcomes 2012

Excellent!!

Shruthi Badri

Amherst College

Physics

NTSE Scholarship

Topped Southeast Asia in UNSW examinations

$802,000 in scholarships

44 Points in IB

Damini Ghosh

Princeton University

Economics

Deputy Head Girl


10A* at IGCSE

Topped India in IGCSE Mathematics

Perfect 800 in SAT

43 Points in the IB

Paul Jolly

Harvey Mudd College

Engineering

Head of Boys Boarding House

Outstanding Achievement Award in Sports

Two perfect 800s in SAT


10 A* at IGCSE

43 Points in IB

Shruti Singapur

Harvey Mudd College

Physics

School Prefect

US National Merit Scholarship Winner

$40,000 in additional scholarships

Three perfect 800s in SAT

43 Points in IB

Manmeet Singh Saluja

National University of Singapore

Engineering

Perfect 800 in SAT

Ranked 2 in Middle East Region for NSO

42 Points in IB

Meher George Abrao

London School of Economics

Social Policy and Economics

School Prefect

42 Points in IB

Samir Mathrani

Columbia University

Computer Science and Mathematics

Deputy Head Boy

2 perfect 800s in the SAT

42 points in IB

Aman Mantena

Columbia University

Physics

Three perfect 800s in SAT

41 Points in IB

Yeshoda Karuturi

Washington University in St. Louis

Economics


41 Points

Chakshu Agarwal

Georgia Institute of Technology

Mechanical Engineering

Perfect 800 in SAT

40 Points in IB

Kushagra Kanoria

University of Michigan

Pure Mathematics


40 Points in IB

Tanvi Lal

Emory University

Liberal Arts


Head of Girls Boarding House

Outstanding Achievement Award in Sports

40 Points in IB

Nipun Parasrampuria

Harvey Mudd College

Engineering

Four perfect 800s in SAT

40 Points in IB

Devesh Saraf

Emory University

Business Management

IGCSE Global topper in Mathematics


40 Points in IB

Omkar Vichare

University of Pennsylvania

Economics and Mathematics

Head Boy

Perfect 800 in SAT

National Topper in IGCSE Computer Studies

40 Points in IB

Shrivant Bhartia

Northwestern University

Electrical Engineering

40 Points in IB

Sanaya Irani

University of Warwick

Politics and International Studies

Head Girl

39 Points in IB

Abhishek Goenka

Harvey Mudd College

Engineering

School Prefect


$20,000 Scholarship

39 Points

Karishma Kewalramani

University of California at Berkeley

Psychology and Political Science

School Prefect

Perfect 800 in SAT


Co-Founder of NGO Youthrise

39 Points in IB

Sharan Motiani

Tufts University

Economics

House Captain

Perfect 800 in SAT

39 Points in IB

Aneesha Reddy

University of Michigan

Engineering


39 Points

MEDHA AGARWAL

Medha Agarwal

University of Birmingham

Medicine

39 Points in IB

Vishal Khemka

New York University

Economics


School Prefect

39 Points in IB

Vivek Srinivasan

Georgia Institute of Technology

Engineering

Perfect 800 in the SAT

39 points in IB

Parigna Praveen

Duke University

International Studies and Music Technology

School Prefect

Two perfect 800s in the SAT

Topped India in IGCSE Music and English Lit.

Topped Karnataka in solo piano

39 Points in IB

Rhea Karia

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Business Management and Technology

House Captain

10 A* at IGCSE

39 points in IB

COLLEGE

PLACEMENTS 2012 All Records Broken!!

715 admission offers for 122 students

(a 16% increase on 2011 figures)

USA

•Columbia University

•Princeton University

•Stanford University

•University of Pennsylvania

•Cornell University

•University of Chicago

•Duke University

•Harvey Mudd College

•Carnegie Mellon University

•Northwestern University

•University of California, Berkeley

•New York University, Stern School of Business

UK

London School of Economics

Imperial College London

Kings College London

University College London

University of Warwick

Bristol University

St Andrews University

CANADA

• McGill University

• University of British Columbia

• University of Toronto

LIBERAL ARTS AND SPECIALIST

INSTITUTES

• Amherst College

• Claremont McKenna College

• Central St Martin’s College of Art, London

• Parsons School of Design

• Hong Kong University of Science and

Technology

• Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne

2012 SCHOLARSHIPS:

USD $6,800,000.00 (a 94% increase on 2011 figures)

TOP SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS 2012

SHRUTHI BADRI

Destination: Amherst College Subject: Physics

Total Scholarship amount: $ 802,600 Other Acceptances : University of British Columbia Harvey Mudd College Macalester College Oberlin College Reed College

EASHAA PAREKH

Destination: Syracuse University Subject: Architecture

Total Scholarship amount: $ 448,000 Other Acceptances: Maryland Institute College of Art Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts New York University Parsons The New School for Design Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Pratt Institute Savannah College of Art and Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago University of the Arts London

AMAYA ILLURI Destination: Wheaton College Subject: Liberal Arts

Total Scholarship amount: $ 369,500 Other Acceptances: Clark University Denison University Lewis & Clark College University of British Columbia Hampshire College

ATUL SHASTRY Destination: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Subject: Chemical Engineering

Total Scholarship amount: $ 351,256 Other Acceptances: Berea College University of Cincinnati Indiana University at Bloomington University of Louisville The Ohio State University

DURGA JAYARAMAN Destination: Middlebury College Subject: Religious Studies and Philosophy

Total Scholarship amount: $ 348,000 Other Acceptances: Colorado College Connecticut College Davidson College Macalester College Trinity College Tufts University Wesleyan University

KANIKA BALI Destination: Hong Kong University Subject: Business Management

Total Scholarship amount: $ 316,591 Other Acceptances: Babson College Grinnell College The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Indiana University at Bloomington University of Richmond

IGCSE RESULTS 2012

AMAZING!

• 69% of all examinations Grade A*-A

• 90% of all examinations Grades A*-B

• 98% of all examinations Grades A*-C

ABHINAV JHA 9A* WILLIAM SCHMITT 9A*

GUHAN MURUGANANDAM 9A* ROOHI DALAL 9 A*

ANIKA NAGPAL 9A* WEERACHAI AREECHITSAKUL 9A*

MALAY GAJAMER 8A*, 1A ANKITA MANDAVA 8A*, 1A

PARUL AGRAWAL 8A*, 1A BHAI JAIVEER SINGH 8A*, 1A

SAGAR PRAMOD JAJOO 8A*, 1A DIVYA MEHTA 8A*, 1A

SARAYU KRISHNA 8A*, 1A KARAN ARORA 8A*, 1A

JUHI GOENKA 8A*, 1A CHIRAG MOHAN PARVANGADA 8A*, 1A

GROWTH

• 210 new students this year, from all

corners of the globe.

• 985 in total.

• Nearly 50:50 girl/boy ratio in IB.

• 55% international students.

DIVERSITY

Count of

Name Grade

Nationality PKG KG 1 KG 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Grand Total AUSTRALIAN 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 10 BANGLADESHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 BELGIAN 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 BRITISH 1 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 3 5 0 1 5 5 2 46 CANADIAN 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 9 DUTCH 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 FRENCH 2 1 2 5 1 5 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 25 GERMAN 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 15 INDIAN 6 7 12 16 20 11 20 21 28 31 34 43 45 83 77 454 INDONESIAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 IRISH 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 JAPANESE 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 KOREAN 0 1 3 0 1 3 1 3 4 4 5 7 8 13 8 61 MALAYSIAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 NEPALESE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 NIGERIA 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 RUSSIAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 SINGAPOREAN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 SWEEDISH 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 TANZANIAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 THAI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 2 4 5 2 23 USA 6 9 15 16 12 22 24 23 23 29 28 28 16 19 24 294

Grand Total 18 28 41 50 51 50 52 62 61 77 75 86 85 131 118 985

KEY EVENTS 2011-2012

• VIVUM 2012

• ISTA Theatre Workshop at TISB

• Himalayan Trek.

• TISBMUN II plus competitions in India and

abroad.

• Hindi trip to Golden Triangle.

• German Exchange

• American Exchange

• Presentations by Universities from across the

globe.

• National University of Singapore Science Summer

School

• Spanish Language Course in Spain

• IAYP Gold Adventure Trip.

• Prize Day

• Special Weeks for each Department

• Youthrise Trip

• Sports Week

• Music Concerts for PY, Middle and Senior

Schools

• Art exhibitions for PY, Middle and Senior Schools

• Whole School Drama Production: Oliver!

• Whole School Cultural Event.

• Theatre workshop by Kolkata playwright Pranab

Mukherjee.

• Art, Drama and Music Showcases for

Middle School, IGCSE and IB Students.

• Inter-house, interschool and international

sports and cultural competitions.

• Boarders’ Formal Dinners with

distinguished VIP speakers.

• Ethnic Day.

• Special Dinners for every Grade.

• Principal’s Poetry, Short Story, Book Review,

Photography and Debate Competitions

• Trinity College Speech and Drama and Music

Examinations

• Inter-school Science Quiz

• IB Science Symposium

• International Mathematics and English

Olympiads, National Science Olympiad, New

South Wales Assessments.

• Creative Technology Summer Camp

• SAT summer training camp

• Business and Industrial Visits

• Field Trips

• Swimming Galas

• Information Mornings

• Parent-Teacher Conferences

• Science Fair

• Multicultural Week

• Graduation Ceremonies

• Entrepreneurship Day

• Alumni Speakers

KEY AMBITIONS

2012-2013

• Highest quality teaching which stretches

and challenges students at the highest levels

• Highest quality results

• Pastoral excellence

• Global Diversity in Admissions.

• Total Commitment to Students.

• Total Support of Staff.

WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION

OF EXCELLENCE

TISB has been ranked one of the top five

international schools in the WORLD by The

Good Schools Guide (UK).

OUR MISSION

• To enable students from anywhere in the world

to achieve their dreams and reach their

potential in whatever they aim to do.

• To provide unparalleled academic excellence

and wonderful future career prospects in a

humane and caring pastoral environment.

• To promote ethical practices and the

development of social awareness and

responsibility in all of our students.

• To establish a community whose strength lies

in its integrity, loyalty, honesty and dedication

to achieve great things in life with clear vision

and humility.

• To widen the intellectual horizons of students

through global exposure to activities in the

arts, sciences, competitions and social

services.

• To stimulate well-being and character

development through cultural, social, academic

and sporting co-curricular activities at the

highest level.

• To foster independence of mind and spirit

through kindly guidance and nurturing.

• To set the highest of professional and

educational standards and goals and to strive

with passion and perseverance towards them.

• To encourage all students to aim high in

whatever they do, and to impose no limits on

students’ ambitions.

• To take pride in, praise, promote and support

all that is excellent in our students.

• To provide loving care, support and

encouragement equally to students of all

backgrounds and nationalities, all races and

religions, creating within the school a

harmonious multicultural learning

environment in which all students are equally

important, happy and successful.

WELCOME

TO THE TISB

FAMILY!

ANNOUNCEMENTS TO PARENTS:

• If there is any change in your email id, please go to the

reception and give the details.

• Please meet with Mr Srinivasan, Travel Coordinator at

the Administrative Block if you wish to speak with him

regarding holiday travel arrangements for Boarders or

bus arrangements for Day Scholars.

• If you have any TRIPS consent forms to be submitted or

need to talk about school trips please meet with Mr

Zarathusht Ragaby – TISB Trips Coordinator. He will be

available at the Portico area – Academic Block.

• If you need to submit medical forms, agreement forms

or reports, etc. please meet with the Registry team in

the Portico Area – Academic Block.

THANK YOU!!

WISHING YOU SUCCESS AND

HAPPINESS IN

2012-2013!!

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WELCOME ADDRESS TO NEW STUDENTS 2012.pdf · ORIENTATION PROGRAM FOR NEW STUDENTS 2:00 PM Address by Dr Matthew Sullivan, Principal, Dr (Mrs.) Bindu Hari, Senior Principal & Director