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Nonsters – Monsters with nonsense names

Class 5 have been reading a poem by Lewis Carroll titled “Jaberwocky” which is a poem that describes a monster named the Jaberwocky using nonsense words (read the poem here). Nonsense words were created by merging two or more words together to make a brand new word. Class 5 had fun creating some of their…

Children’s Day at the J.W. Marriot

As a tribute to International Children’s Day, on November 21, 2014, the J.W. Marriot Hotel in Mussoorie graciously invited the the Garhwal English Medium School Class 1 and 2 to celebrate the holiday at their hotel. The Marriot executive staff had organized an exciting schedule for the kids filled with crafts, games, remarkable snacks, and…

Nutritious Meals for the Garhwal English Medium School!

Thanks again to Mr. Narang from the Mars Group, the Garhwal English Medium School children now enjoy nutritious lunches every day. This is perhaps the only nutritious meal of the day for most of our children, 80% of whom are below their height and growth percentile. Meals consist of lentils, rice and a vegetable. And…

Engineers without borders visit

Yesterday our the Garhwal English Medium School kids got to be engineers for the day. The mission was to build a tower to the specifications of our visiting Engineers Without Borders Students from Cal Poly Tech in USA. They were judged on the tallest, the strongest, the most economical, the prettiest and whose tower met…

When I grow up

Children in Sainji talk about their futures, education and what school means them.…

the Garhwal English Medium School Newsletter 2013 – 2014

It is hard to believe that a year and a half has passed since our last letter, but it has. This letter is long over due, but nonetheless, better late than never.  This time around  we want to focus on all the blessings the Garhwal English Medium School has received and accomplishments we have  achieved.…