School with hostel facility Kodaikanal International School, Kodaikanal

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Welcome to Kodaikanal International School, a unique school with an extraordinary history and tradition spanning well over a hundred years! Our keen focus on our students, commitment to quality and dedication to continuous improvement empowers our students to handle whatever life may throw at them. Our greatest strength lies in our commitment to community ? the crafting together of a shared vision.

From our establishment in 1901 as an American residential school for the children of missionaries in South India, our many milestones include a number of ?firsts? ? from when we became the first IB school, first international school in India (and the third in Asia) by adopting the International Baccalaureate Diploma program in 1976 among only nine other schools worldwide; to when we became the first school in India to have its own separate campus for camping and outdoor activities in 1994.

As our Principal, Corey Stixrud, once said: ?Learning happens when we learn directly about a new culture?not from a textbook but from our roommate, or a new friend. Learning grows out of our successes and our failures. It happens when we study, work, talk, play, pray, share, reflect, argue?and when we make up. Granted, it doesn?t happen all the time, but a community that is imbued with the spirit of learning finds that learning is an ongoing continuous process.?