Hiranandani Foundation School, Powai

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Hiranandani Foundation School is situated in Powai, Mumbai. The school pursues the IB, IGSCE board as well as ICSE and ISC. It is an English medium school. But Hindi is also taught [1]

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History

The Hiranandani Foundation School was established in 1990 in Hiranandani Gardens with a handful of students and now it has grown to 2,610 students. The school started up with ICSE and then ISC and IBDP were introduced. [2]

Campus

The Hiranandani Foundation School at Powai comprises two buildings. The old school building is a four-storeyed building, which consists of two wings, and a playing field. The new school building was inaugurated on 13 June 2007, and is only used by the secondary section. The new school building is five storied as well, but is much larger than the other school. The new school was included for the students from ninth to twelfth for the first two years. The secondary section has been extended to eleventh standard in 2007-2008, and twelfth in 2009 and after.

Principals

Houses

The houses are Alpha (red), Beta (deep green), Delta (fluorescent blue) and Sigma (medium yellow).

Motto

The school's motto is "Mens sana in corpore sano" ("A Sound Mind in a Sound Body").

Events celebrated

Sports day Annual day Cross country marathon HFS MUN HFS Stock Exchange HFS Mindscape HFS Liga

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References

  1. "Best schools in Mumbai | List of Top Schools in Mumbai | Sqoolz".
  2. "3. Hiranandani Foundation School, Powai". 20 September 2017.


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