KIS Student Profile
Kodaikanal International School is academically selective and prepares students for entry into colleges and universities around the world. KIS is a boarding school and strives to maintain its essential nature by limiting day students to 25 % of its total student numbers.
KIS current student enrolment is 582 represented by 40 different nationalities of which there are 257 girls and 325 boys. Of these 90 are staff children and 27 day scholars. 44% of students are non-Indian nationals and 41% of the KIS student body declares Christianity as their faith. KIS has a deliberate policy to encourage student diversity through financial aid and a significant contribution is made available to children from mission and charitable organizational backgrounds.
Meet KIS students:
| Tyler Stengele - Grade 9 Class of 2013 |
Hometown: Kodaikanal
Years at KIS: 9 years
Clubs & organizations: Ooty basketball team, KIS school band, SoEx Green Team
Hobbies & sports: American football, basketball, soccer, collecting sports cards, and model cars and planes
Music: Euphonium
Languages: Speaks Tamil, English
Favorite teacher: Mr Mitchell
Favorite class: Band
Favorite SoEx program: The Green Team - forest restoration on the Claverack compound
“KIS has given me the opportunity to visit people in need. I enjoy SoEx because I’m a hands-on type of person… when I see the need for help, I want to jump right in.”
- Tyler Stengele
| Ananda Boga - Grade 12 Class of 2010 |
Hometown: Bombay / Mumbai
Years at KIS: 2nd year
Clubs & organizations: SoEx
Hobbies & Sports: Cricket
Music: Listening to Bollywood music
Languages: Speaks Hindi, English, Marathi
Favorite teacher: Mr Mathew Joseph
Favorite class: Hindi
Favorite SoEx program: Mercy Home Food Distribution, Dining Hall supervision
“I would like to see KIS show even more care towards the environment.”
- Ananda Boga
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