AECS Magnolia Maaruti Public School

AECS Magnolia Maaruti Public School, a CBSE affiliated school is the youngest member of Amrith Educational and Cultural Society, Karnataka. The school was established in the year 2007.Constructed on a two-acre sprawling campus, the school is strategically located on Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore.

Salient features of the school are :
Integrated program for various Olympiads, KVPY, NTSE and IIT JEE.
Also with Fiit-jee from grade 7 to Grade 12.
Integrated coaching for All-India Medical Entrance AIMEE and state Medical and Engineering entrance exams.


Syllabus: CBSE
Location: AECS Magnolia Maaruti Public School
No. 36/909, Arakere,
Bannerghatta Road,
Bangalore- 560076
Phone: 080-26485622, 26481811
Email: magnoliams06@yahoo.com

Website: aecsgroup.in
Class: Pre-KG to Class 12
Admissions: Admissions are open for Pre-Kg to grade XII for academic year 2012 – 13. Application forms for can be collected from school office and submitted along with required documents and fees for confirmation.

Activities: Chess,badminton, volley ball and basket ball, athletics, yoga, meditation, breathing exercises and Aerobics.Special Coaching for junior and senior students and separate swimming pools for juniors and seniors.

Bala Vidya Mandir - from Chennai to Bengaluru, 2011

BVM (Bala Vidya Mandir) Global having roots in Chennai is beginning its new school in Bengaluru from 2011. It is located in South Bangalore and is starting with the primary classes. They have a branch in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

Syllabus: CBSE

Location: BVM Global @ Nandi Woods
Nandi Woods Campus
67/1 & 67/2, Yelenahalli Village,
Begur Hobli,
SOS Village Post,
Off Bannergatta Road,
Bengaluru 560 076
Phone: 96320 66018
 
Website: nandiwoods.bvmglobal.org
Classes: For 2011-2012: Pre-KG till Class 5
 
Admissions: Applications are available online or can be had from the school(free). Admission to KG is by lots and for higher classes through entrance exam.
Siblings and teacher's children will be given preference in admissions. (Mentioned in the site)
 
Fees: The Chennai Schools charge around 40K refundable deposit and above 40K fees for KG.
 
Remarks: The school has a good standing in Chennai and I hope they bring in the same here.
Some highlights they had mentioned are:
They have play-way and activity method of learning and stress towards academics is in higher classes only.
No exams till Class 5.Continuous assessment is followed.
No uniforms till class 5.
Vedic Heritage is taught as part of curriculum.
Wi-Fi enabled campus.

Admissions for 2010 in Presidency School

Presidency School in Bilekahalli (Bangalore South)(CBSE) has started issuing forms for 2010.

Admissions are on for Pre-KG,LKG,UKG , Classes 1 to 11th.

Class 11 has 2 Science streams:(those in Class 10 ICSE/CBSE can apply)
Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Biology
Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Computer Science

Eligibility: for Pre-KG: 2 years 6 months as on May 31st of the academic year
LKG: 3 years 6 months and so on for other classes

Criteria: Interaction for Pre-KG to UKG. Class 1 to 5 has tests in English, Second Language, Maths
Class 5 and above: Tests in English, Second Language, Maths, Science

You can contact the office for forms or download it from their site. You can fill up an online enquiry form also.

Office address:
Presidency School ( Bangalore South )
S.No 80/1 , Bilekahalli ( Near Anugraha Layout)
Off Bannerghatta Road
Bangalore - 76
Phone: 080-2648 5648/49, 080-32982086
email:presidency_bilekahalli@yahoo.co.in

Update on Sherwood High School

Update (Feb 26, 2010): I am late in checking out about Sherwood High. Admissions are going on in full swing and their website is up and running. One thing is that the map is reversed, so check it out well to know the location.
They have put up a lot of facilities and it looks like the fees are reasonanble for the slew of facilities.

You can look up the website for all the facilities, to name a few:

CCTV and surveillance, GPRS in buses, RFID for all, video conferencing for staff-parent interaction, veg meal cafetaria, Indoor games complex, skating, meditation rooms with zen garden. Also they are going green with rain water harvesting and solar power plant.

Akash David Ryall, principal of Bethany and Education Director of Greenwood High is now going to be heading Sherwood High. The principal is going to be Mrs. Cheryl Ann D'souza, the past principal of Gopal National School (input from an user)

For the earlier post: Sherwood High, check out here.

Radcliffe School

Another new school starting off in Bangalore for June 2010 is Radcliffe School. And this is in addition to the slew of schools opening on Bannerghatta Road. They are going to open 150 schools over the next few years. Let's see how it gets going. They proclaim, you don't need to send your kids to tution anymore. That's something. They have an intelligent learning delivery model called IntelligeX.

Syllabus: CBSE
Location: Radcliffe School
15th Milestone,
Bannerghata Road, 
Bengaluru–560083
Phone: Mobile : 9341670121, 09379721116, 09379721114

email : admissions@radcliffe.in
SMS : RSE to 58888
Website: http://www.radcliffe.in/bengaluru/theschool.asp
Parent site: http://www.radcliffe.in/

Classes: Nursery to 5th
Activities: Cricket, football and athletics to chess and carom. Yoga,martial arts, aerobics. Both Indian and Western music. Craft and lots of club activities.

Fees: About 3600 Rs. per month.
Admissions: Admissions are on for 2010-2011. Admissions are simple. You get registration form and prospectus for Rs. 500. Submit it with documents and you will be called for interaction. Only for class 2 and above, child needs to attend with parents.

Daycare: Extended day care available.

Remark: They have mentioned that textbooks are specifically designed for Radcliffe schools and have a learning-by-doing approach. Teaching involves multimedia.
Another good thing is that, your kid is assured of admission in any Radcliffe school located elsewhere, for those on transfers.

Looks like a well-balanced school. Anyone has views about their other branches?

Podar International School

The Podar group is starting its first full-fledged school in Bangalore and is to be operational from June 2010. The group already has about 27 schools , mostly in Maharashtra. The schools have varied syllabus; CBSE, ICSE and International syllabus. Their Podar International School in Mumbai is rated as one of the best International schools in India.Hope their foray into Bangalore begins on the same note. Here they are starting with ICSE syllabus.

Syllabus: ICSE
Location: Podar International School,
No 3/2 Hommadevanhalli, Begur,

Opp. T. John College,
Off Bannerguhetta Road,
Bangalore
Phone : 080-32470252
Contact Person : Mr. Sunil Pawar (Ph : 09820404406 )
Toll Free No. : 1800-103-8866

Website: http://podar.org/ICSE-Bangalore/index.html (A brief introduction,message from the board and general facilities are mentioned. Other things like sports facilities and extra-curriculars have not been put up.)

Classes: They have a pre-primary section and a ICSE section ( 1st till 5th)
Admissions: Admissions are open now for 2010-2011.
Class 1 admissions does not involve any tests, but involves observation of alertness and verbal fluency
( All these details are in their website)
Eligibilty: LKG: 2006 born

Remark: They have white-boards and interactive software for computer based teaching.

Sherwood High

A fresh start to 2010, I decided to start posting on new schools. So the first school is Sherwood High.

This school is a venture of Bethany High school. The school was slated to take off from 2009, and presentations to that effect and site visits were made, but its only now that it has got grounded.
The management is recruiting a female principal, teachers and administartive staff only now. Admissions have already started and Mr. Johnson from Bethany High School is in-charge.

Syllabus: ICSE
Location: Sherwood High
Opp. Royal Hermitage
Basavannapura,
Bannerghatta Road,
Bangalore – 560 083

Website: http://www.sherwoodhigh.com/ (it is "under construction" and was supposed to be up on March 2009, stated on the site.Looks like things are moving slow)
Classes: Pre-nursery to 4th

Admissions: You will have to contact Mr.Johnson at Bethany high school. You can look up the address of Bethany High here. Application form costs Rs.200
Eligibilty: 3+ as on 31st May for Pre-KG.

Fees: Registration (includ. admission fees): 40,000 Rs.
Tution fees: 36,000 (annually)
Activity fees(for picnic, abacus, club,sports): 10,000 (yearly)
Uniform, books, transport, food are extra.

For the updated post: Update on Sherwood High

The Samhita Academy

For those parents in the south-west of Bangalore, who cannot find a Prakriya -like school in their vicinity, there is another new school, "The Samhita Academy" situated off Bannerghatta road.

It was started this year, 2009 and the founder is Shibulal, COO of Infosys. He and his wife started the Advaith foundation in 2004 and their first venture "Ankur" was for under-priviledged children. They have boarding with meals for about 1000 students. They hope to incubate some of the kids into the main stream academy with a 20:80(priviledged student) ratio.

Their teaching methods are no rote memorization, open-minded and innovative thinking. Students are encouraged to have mutual respect for all sections of society.

Syllabus: CBSE
Location: The Samhita Academy
#52, Lakshmipura Village, Jigani Hobli,
Anekal Taluk (Off Bannerghatta Road),
Bangalore – 560083

Phone:  080 27837001 (8:30 - 3:30 on weekdays)
Ranjini Shridhar: 90087 90372, 90080 32163
email: info@samhitaacademy.com
Website: http://www.thesamhitaacademy.com/

Classes: Nursery till 6th
Activities: Art, Craft, Music, Adventure sports, football, hockey, cricket, volleyball, throwball, basketball, chess, carrom.
Second language: Hindi, Kannada

Admissions: Open throughtout the year. Now they are admitting students for 2010-2011.
Fees: I read somewhere it is about 25K plus an admission fee. You can expect a 10% increase in fees yearly.

Remark: The aim of the founders and their noble mission can be found here. You can read about them from their website.

Teachers are trained by the Teacher Foundation of the Ratan Tata Trust. Foremost they want to imbibe a sense of love and a nurturing environment.

The school also has a day-care facility for nursery students.

Have you visited the school? Did you like the environment? Hope to hear from you.

PSBB Learning Leadership Academy ( PSBB - LLA )

One of the best schools in Chennai, the PSBB started its Bangalore branch in collaberation with the Brigade Construction Group. A few years back, they split and Brigade started its own school. Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan (PSBB) Millenium schools have been set up in collaboration Learning Leadership Foundation and PSBB Group of Schools in Chennai.

Syllabus: CBSE
Location: PSBB Learning Leadership Academy ( Pre - Primary Campus)
# 75/A, Hulimavu Gate, Bannerghatta Main Road,
Bangalore – 560 076
Phone: 080–2648 4901/ 2648 4902

PSBB Learning Leadership Academy (Main Campus)
# 52, Sahasra Deepika Road, Laxmipura Village,
Near Tulip Resort, Off Banneratta Main Road,
Bangalore-560083
Phone: 080–110329119

email: psbblla@gmail.com
Website: http://www.psbbmillenniumschool.org/PSBBSchools/about_us.aspx

Languages offered: Hindi , Kannada, Sanskrit
Activities: Music, Dance, Karate Yoga, Craft. Sports: Cricket, Volleyball, Basket Ball, Foot Ball, Hand Ball, Table Tennis.

 Admission: In the first week of November 2008, application forms were issued for Rs.300. Admission based on written test and interaction.
Fees: I consider fees to be nominal considering the hike in fees by all other branded ones. Fees is 11,500 per term for three terms. That's going to be about 35K per annum. I guess the bus fees is around 15K per annum. Admission fee of 40K which is non-refundable.

Remarks: Due to the popularity of PSBB Chennai, many from there would consider this school here. I don't know how far this is on par with the Chennai branch. Initially on splitting, Brigade school fared better, but PSBB Bangalore has caught up now. They have wired digital "Smart" Classrooms.

Anyone wishes to share their personal experience, do comment so.

Ryan International School

Ryan International school is a network of schools located in North,West and South India.
It has schools in 3 locations in Bangalore.

Syllabus: All three are ICSE syllabus
Location: 1) Behind Hindustan Lever, Near AECS Layout, Kudnahalli, MH Colony, Bangalore
Phone: 080 2847 5080 (D) / 6450 2645 / 46
2) Vederapura Village, Gentinagalli Road, Behind Police Reserve Training Center, Yelahanka, Hebbal, Bangalore
Phone: 080-6570 9795 / 96 , 080- 2856 0233 (D)
3) Opp. Confident Cascade, Bannergatta Main Road, Bangalore
Phone: 080 2782 8213 / 14 / 15
Admission: Don't know exactly when it starts, but one friend of ours did it in December.
Fees: About 50K plus an extra 50K initial.
Activities: Yoga, sports, laughter therapy
Bus: An international school's bus was lagging when I saw one on the streets the other day.
Remark: There seems to be a lot of writing work, don't know what others have to say. School seems to be fine.

Web site: http://www.ryaninternational.org/