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Fountainhead School

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Opened
  
2005

Head of School
  
Vardan Kabra

Employees
  
500+

Founded
  
1 April 2005

Chairperson
  
Parag Shah

PYP Principal
  
Ankita Kabra

Phone
  
080001 30031

Number of students
  
1,636

Fountainhead School

Established
  
April 1, 2005 (2005-04-01)

Address
  
Opp. Ambetha Water Tank, Kunkni Gam, Rander-Dandi Road, Olpad, Surat, Gujarat 395005

Motto
  
To Nurture Leaders through Primary Greatness

Similar
  
Tapti Valley Internatio, L P Savani Group of Schools, Presidency School, TNJ Internatio School, Citizen's Higher Secondar

Profiles

The Fountainhead School, Surat, India, is an independent, co-educational day school, affiliated to the International Baccalaureate and CIE, which imparts education from pre-kindergarten through Grade 12. Fountainhead Preschool was commenced by IIT Mumbai and IIM Ahmedabad graduates, Mr. Vardan Kabra and Mrs. Ankita Diwekar Kabra. Later, they collaborated with Mr. Parag Shah for a bigger campus in Kunkuni village. The present strength of school is around 1,600 students and it is intended to expand to at least 2,300.

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Admission

There is a fair and transparent procedure for admissions. Assessments and previous class results are the main criteria for the same.

Academic Curriculum

The mode for instructions is English. It provides students with the values, skills, and experiences that will allow them to be competitive applicants for university.

The school's curriculum is segregated into four main curriculum programs.

∗They are considering the IBMYP for future.

School activities and sports

Extracurricular activities include sports, performing arts, dance, visual arts, academic games and other interests. In IB PY, physical education is being offered as PSPE (Personal, Social & Physical Education). Accordingly, the school has divided PSPE in 3 broad strands namely:

  • Active living
  • Interaction
  • Identity
  • Besides, Karate, Skating, Football, Basketball, Athletics, Ultimate Frisbee, Yoga, Volleyball, Table tennis, Fitness/ Gym training (Grade 5 Onwards) are also offered. Fountainhead has participated in national/international tournaments. The school involves students for taking CSR initiatives through various projects like learning camps for the underprivileged, Umeed ki cycle, Blood donation camps and joy of giving week.

    Facilities

    The school campus is spread over 9.8 acres (4.0 ha) which includes a library, one swimming pool , a physical education area, computer labs,science and math labs, playgrounds, a performing arts center (including a mini-sized theater).

    Student Services

    The School provides Student Support Services for:

  • Psychological and behavior Counseling
  • Special Needs Support
  • Additional English Language Support
  • Staff

    Ankita Diwekar Kabra (born 7 April 1980) is the Primary School Principal and Deputy Head of School at Fountainhead School. Ankita grew up in the suburbs of Mumbai and completed her schooling from Cosmopolitan Education Society’s Sheth C D Barfiwala High School. She holds qualifications as a Computer Science Engineer from the University of Mumbai.

    References

    Fountainhead School Wikipedia