Woodstock School, Mussoorie, India

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Senior Symposium schedule

May 17, 2012 By Adviser Leave a Comment

Friday 18th May: Period 1: Novels Dealing With Parallel Universes Shelby: Parallel Universes: The Looking-Glass Wars by Frank Beddor. Trang: A Path to Maturity: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. Akira: No Difference: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki … [Read More...]

Letter to Readers

May 7, 2012 By Fileona Dkhar Leave a Comment

Dear Readers, Because we are currently having exams, the Tiger team will not be able to publish any new articles until the exams are over. We will, however, keep updating the Epic Fail cartoons on a daily basis. At the end of the exam period we will come back with articles on Junior Senior … [Read More...]

Students do teacher surveys, mixed opinions from all

April 30, 2012 By Shalaka Ghiara Leave a Comment

Recently, there has been a hubbub over teacher surveys; rather, student surveys, as some say; but, really, they are student surveys of teachers. This is an annual assessment that students yearn for and anticipate excitedly, and one that looms around the corner, everyday, for some teachers. But what … [Read More...]

Tae Haeng Lee wows audience at Jazz Jam

April 30, 2012 By Suvrat Garg Leave a Comment

This year’s Jazz Jam took place on Saturday, 28 April. Jazz Jam this year was very different than it has been in the past for various reasons. This was the first time that Ms. Lindsay Boyd of the music department ever conducted the concert. It was also the first time, the Woodstock acapella … [Read More...]

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Jazz Jam, a mocktail induced musical evening

April 30, 2012 By Zarka Shabir Leave a Comment

Following the Woodstock tradition of celebrating musical talent, weeks of long drawn practices held throughout the year came together to recreate the relaxed and “hipster” mood of the … [Read More...]

Safety first, initial BBBS plans cancelled

April 29, 2012 By Bhumin Leave a Comment

Big Brother Big Sister Day, which took place Saturday, April 28, in the gym, was initially planned as a hike for the participating Senior School and Junior School students. However, due to safety … [Read More...]

School hosts TV show, shows off menu variety

April 25, 2012 By Zarina Masih 2 Comments

Rocky Singh and Mayur Sharma, the hosts of Highway On My Plate, an NDTV “Good Times” show, came to Woodstock to sample the food on Tuesday, April 24. Woodstock served its chicken and vegetarian, … [Read More...]

OPINIONS

Shalaka’s Column- Duck Rising

May 11, 2012 By Shalaka Ghiara Leave a Comment

How comfortable are people listening to an ebook? Some ridiculous claims on TV are that people multitask while listening to a story. How comfortable is it to “curl up” with a cold, flat tablet … [Read More...]

Suvrat’s Column: ‘Because I love Woodstock’

May 9, 2012 By Suvrat Garg Leave a Comment

Did anybody else notice how much better lunch was when the Highway On My Plate crew came to school to film their episode? Seafood burgers and Tabasco sauce! I mean, seriously? I'm not the type of … [Read More...]

Yeshe’s Column-Seemingly Complicated:The new intellectual?

May 3, 2012 By Yeshe Rapten Leave a Comment

We will believe anything complicated. So as you sit in the high school library and the smartest kid in your class approaches you, as soon as he starts talking about Spinoza and some theory of … [Read More...]

JUNIOR SCHOOL

Edgehill students ‘hike’ to the bazaar

March 9, 2012 By Adviser Leave a Comment

By Abigail Govaki and Vatsala Chaudhry On Feb. 18, Edgehill dorm went to bazaar. It all just started out as being a hike, but everyone turned out to be unhappy about going on a hike. … [Read More...]

Woodstockers tell their Valentine’s Day stories

March 9, 2012 By Adviser Leave a Comment

By Joon Kang, Summer Kang and Yala Jamir Valentine’s Day has a long history going back hundreds and hundreds years, with many different stories about how it actually began. There are … [Read More...]

Food and games welcome students back

March 8, 2012 By Adviser Leave a Comment

By Anahita Baluja and Puruva Chakravarty On Friday, Feb. 10, Woodstock School put on a Welcome Back Dinner for the whole of Junior School. The purpose was for all the students to come back … [Read More...]

SPORTS

First Impression: Uniforms were clear winners and losers

April 23, 2012 By Yeshe Rapten Leave a Comment

With their puke-colored jerseys that were lined with an ambiguous maroonish-brown, the Welham boys made it hard to like them. The white elephant at the center of their jerseys did show some school … [Read More...]

Tigers defeat Welham, repeat as Win Mumby champs

April 21, 2012 By Paresh Khetan Leave a Comment

The Woodstock Tigers won the Win Mumby tournament for the second time running, beating Welham Boys 47-42 in the finals. Matthew Sailo and Zachary Vignali led the charge, scoring 17 and 20 points … [Read More...]

Win Mumby: Girls knocked out in semi finals

April 21, 2012 By Ankita Suna Leave a Comment

The game looked promising after two minutes as Woodstock scored the first basket, by team captain Hadisa Wali. During the middle of the second quarter, the Woodstock girls remained close behind … [Read More...]

PROFILES

Passion and Red Bull, a concoction of Dr. Long’s worldview

February 28, 2012 By Fileona Dkhar Leave a Comment

During this semester’s first assembly, Senior School was presented with a Student Council video (Courtesy AnubUzirAryaman Productions) welcoming Dr. Jonathan Long, Woodstock’s new principal. A "Dr. Long" rendition of the infamous Barbra Streisand … [Read More...]

Mr. Chris Kjolhaug takes on Woodstock

February 27, 2012 By Bhumin Leave a Comment

Who was that guy who single-handedly helped the teachers almost beat the senior boys in a recent basketball scrimmage? It was none other than Mr. Chris Kjolhaug, the new math student-teacher. He recently joined the Woodstock community thanks to … [Read More...]

New librarian pushes online resources

February 27, 2012 By Bhumin Leave a Comment

Ms. Sarah Colwell joined Woodstock last semester as the new Junior School librarian but was moved to Senior School library due to Ms. Meenu Khan’s illness. Ms. Colwell initiated a newsletter that the community receives via email, and she now has … [Read More...]

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