Schools of excellence

Sneha Sreekumar

True to its name the Shalom Hills Group of Schools swear by the moto World Peace through Education. It was educationist Dr. Lilly George’s immense love for children and her desire to serve the community in a valuable and productive way that paved the way to setting up a school that is an embodiment of excellence.

Armed with her deep faith in God, her strong resolve and hardworking nature, Dr. Geoerge saw her vision slowly coming to life after many years of toil. Under her leadership, with the complete support of her Shalom family, and with the unflinching faith and cooperation of the parental community, Shalom Hills International School, Shalom Presidency School and Shalom Hills Nursery Schools have grown today into incredibly vibrant and successful academic institutions that manage to combine cutting edge instruction with an old world school charm for its growing student body. She believes that ‘Education is Empowerment’ and provides a conducive environment for every child to bloom – instilling a sound moral base for character building and in keeping abreast with the constantly advancing technology for the holistic development of a child. Every corner of the school reflects her dream, her progressive thinking and love for the children.

Despite having a meticulously trained and more than competent faculty/staff, she can be seen in the school almost daily and is accessible 24/7. Under her guidance and leadership, her Shalom staff and students are empowered and encouraged to discover new and more creative depths to their nature and have also made their presence easily felt at national and international platforms winning innumerable awards.

Under Dr. George’s direction, education in the Shalom Presidency School is ‘a joyful and adventurous journey into learning’. She has also initialised a farsighted and inventive SAP – Step Ahead Programme – for the students, which covers all domains of knowledge. Her utmost priority is to ensure that the school offers a homely, safe and harmonious environment to all children, where they are gently initiated into the world of learning. Her farsighted approach that ‘Experience is the quintessence of education’ has resulted in every nook, step and corner of the school being utilized for unveiling the mysteries of Science n Nature to the children in the most natural way.

Dr. George is on the Governing Board of a number of educational institutions and takes active interest in spiritual activities and moral education.

Dr. George is also the Founder of Shalom Hills International School, which has received a number of honours and recognition. The school has earned a unique place in the ‘Guide to Excellence 2013 featuring the World’s best educational institutions, brought out by the Cambridge University Students Union, for offering ‘Top Class Education’.

The Shalom Group of Schools enjoys a special place in the arena of education in the millennium city and stands out for its value driven education which transforms these schools into exceptional environments for teaching and learning.

The focus on ethical and emotional intelligence, deepened relationships, social cohesion and a strong value-culture goes a long way in giving students the best chance of academic success. The teaching-learning process in our Schools rests on the premise that independent discovery effortlessly leads to academic excellence.
The classrooms throb with an atmosphere of exuberant discovery as the prescribed curriculum is innovatively tackled through unconventional techniques. Superior learning is encouraged through Step Ahead Programmes that are enjoyable and relevant to students’ lives interests and experiences.

In an endeavour to evolve young minds to higher levels and broader perspectives, education in Shalom Schools is rooted in universal ethics, in appreciation of common humanity and compassionate way of relating to each other. It helps in building soft skills which include training in emotional resilience along with academic pursuit.
A strong value system coupled with the staff’s moral purpose permeates the whole culture of the Shalom schools. The provision for students’ spiritual, moral and social development contributes to their excellent personal as well as academic development. As values and wisdom diminish in the society day by day, it becomes the moral responsibility of educational institutions to develop programmes for inculcating ethics and ethos in young minds.

As values and wisdom diminish in the society day by day, it becomes the moral responsibility of educational institutions to develop programmes for inculcating ethics and ethos in young minds. Shalom Schools are shouldering the mammoth yet delicate task of nurturing young minds with aplomb and dedication.

Milestones

Only school from India featured in Cambridge (UK) University’s SU ‘Guide to Excellence’ as the best school for nurturing ‘Humanitarian Values’ in its young learners. (2013).
Won several gold medals and trophies in ‘Tournament of Champions’ competition held at the Yale University (USA) for three consecutive years.
Global winners from among 5000 scholars (from schools across Australia, Canada, China, Honk Kong, Bahrain, Cambodia, India with 65 schools across the country, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Malaysia, UAE, Norway, Oman, USA, Turkey, Pakistan).
A global community of future scholars to discover their strengths and skills, and thereby discussing issues and ideas based on different events: Debate, Collaborative writing, Scholars Challenge and The Scholars Bowl – marking their passage to Yale university.
* 2018-19: 76 medals and 5 trophies bagging the best Debater Award and being the only School to be the Flag Bearer in Tournament of Champions held in Yale University, New Haven, U.S.A.
* 2017-18: 75 medals in Global Round held in Yale University, New Haven, U.S.A.
* 2016-17 : 20 medals in Global Round held in Yale University, New Haven, U.S.A.
Global Round competitions
* 2019-20: 150 medals and 1 trophy in Global Round at Beijing, China.
* 2018-19: 260 medals and 7 trophies in Global Round at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
* 2017-18: 160 medals and 6 trophies in Global Round at Hanoi, Vietnam.
* 2016-17: 48 medals in Global Round at Bangkok.
* 2015-16: 15 medals in Global Round at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
* 2014-15: 1 Gold and 3 Silver at Singapore  WINNERS with 1st position in the 4th Korea-India Quiz Competition 2019 by Embassy of the Republic of Korea and UNIC (United Nations Information Centre) where Shalomites outshone 23000 participants from 70 Schools and awarded Free trip to South Korea.

WINNERS AT SRCC – Model Youth Parliament 2016. Only school breathing its way through top-notch Delhi University Colleges like St.Stephens College, Miranda House, Lady Sri Ram etc to get Laurels from Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi, in Model Youth Parliament 2016.

Only school to win the Platinum Award for Excellence in the International Schools Cyber Fair 2013 – Explore & Unite, organised by the Global SchoolNet Foundation, USA  International & National level Olympiad Achievers and Winners in Maths, Science, English, Hindi, Logistic Rearing.

CBSE Subjects toppers in Board Examinations in Class 10th & 12th.
Shri Utsav: Achievers of Top position, after competing with top schools of Delhi – NCR in Theatre & Dramatics, Choreography for 4 consecutive years (conducted by Sri Ram school).
Kshitij Kalashri Award in the 13th International Child Art Exhibition.

Winners of the 4th Indo-Nepal 9-A Side Football Championship held in Nepal  Shalomites as International Champions in Golf and Football  Shalom Champs at National level in Boxing, Skating, Ice-Skating, Gymnastic, Basket-Ball.
National Level winners in Mathematics Olympiad at the International Society Olympiad and awarded a Free trip to Singapore.

Awards and Accolades

ISA Award and recognition by British Council  Recognised as one of the Top 10 Schools of Gurugram  India’s Top 5 Innovative Teaching Schools announced by The Education World.
School Excellence Award By The Brain Feed.

The ‘Margdarshan Award’ For The Best School In Innovation and Excellence In Mentorship by Knowledge Resource Development And Welfare Group (KRDWG).
Sustainable School Award By Climate Miles  Shalom among Top 20 Schools of India by Engineering Watch School Summit For Value Centricity & Future Readiness In STEM (Science Technology, Engineering & Maths) Education.
Best School In Gurugram For Excellence In Academics By EET (Education Expo T.V)  Performance Excellence Award In International Olympiad of English, Science & Mathematics.

Outstanding School Award for Securing 3rd Position (Level-2) in International Olympiad  National Education Award for Best International School by One Planet Research Orgn  ECON Education Summit Award- for its Green School Initiatives.

National Education Award for the Best International School in Innovative Teaching Practices by Indo–Italian Organization, One Planet Research Organization.

Top 3 ‘Best Schools of Gurugram’ By Asia’s Premier Digital Magazine Digital. Learning  Best Disciplined School At Horlicks Wiz Kids.

World Education Award for its Project On Multiple Intelligences.
Best Mobile Planetarium And Astronomy Activities By Parakh NGO.