Samaritan Residential Schools

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Samaritan Residential Schools
Elagiri Hills, Tamil Nadu

India
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TypePrivate
MottoLEARN, LEAD SUCCEED
Established1984
FounderE. A. G. Moses
Staff30
Faculty25
GradesKG–XII
GenderBoys and Girls
Number of students200
Average class size20
LanguageEnglish
Campus size30 acres (120,000 m2)
Campus typeRural
Affiliation CBSE & Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education
Information+91-4179-295 126
Website www.samaritanschool.com

Samaritan Residential School is a co-educational boarding school in Elagiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, South India, providing education for students from all over India, Nepal and several other countries from around the world. The school is promoted and run by the Samaritan Educational Trust, Chennai. The management of the school consists of the Founder-Correspondent of the SBOA Schools of Chennai and other eminent educational consultants.

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History

Formerly known as the Yelagiri Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, it was established in 1984 and managed by the Yelagiri Educational Trust. The school was taken over in 1994 by the Samaritan Educational Trust and renamed as the Samaritan Matriculation and Higher Secondary School. Since then, the management of the school has been divided for decentralised administration. Now known as the Samaritan Residential School, the school is divided into the Samaritan Public School, Matriculation and Higher Secondary divisions.[ citation needed ]

Education

The school is recognised by the Education Board of the Government of Tamil Nadu and sends its students for the Matriculation Examination in Class 10 and the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) in Class 12.

The school also offers CBSE for classes KG - Class 8 for the academic year starting in 2010.

The Academic year for the school starts in the first week of June and ends in the second week of April. With small breaks during September–October and December–January, the school closes for summer in March–April.

Location

Samaritan Residential School is located, 4,100 feet (1,200 m) above sea level, in a valley in Elagiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, South India. With pleasant temperatures ranging between 15 °C and 30 °C, the 45-acre (180,000 m2) school campus is a beautiful setting with trees-filled fields and gardens.

The school is nestled away from the hustle and bustle of city life, with quiet and peaceful surroundings provided by its closeness to the reserve forests of the Eastern Ghats.

The nearest airports are located at Chennai, 250 km away, and Bangalore, 100 km away. The school is well connected by road and rail with trains from all over India. The closest railway station is Jolarpet.

Campus

The main campus accommodates both the school buildings and classrooms and also the separate hostels for small children, boys and girls are close by to provide easy access to the school. The administrative office is at the entrance to the school and is open to visitors, parents and guests.

A spacious sports field separates the office from the school buildings which are separate according to the different grade levels. The hostels for the boys is close to the school buildings and the hostels for the girls and small children are provided more seclusion and safety. More than 75% of the staff are housed on the campus and strategically located on campus to provide maximum supervision.

Hostels

Founder

E.A.G Moses founded Samaritan Schools in 1984. His 4 sons Neville, Rufus, Timothy and Barnabas and wife Helen helped run the school.

Student body

The school has a diverse and cosmopolitan student body represented from several states in India as well as students from other countries. Some of the states of India include Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Delhi, West Bengal and others. Students are also represented from neighbouring countries like Nepal and Sri Lanka as well as others like Kuwait, South Korea, Thailand and the United States among others. The school also provides education to local tribal children of Elagiri Hills.

House Teams

The school has six house teams which provides students an opportunity to compete and engage in sports, games, cultural competitions and events. The public school, which comprises the lower classes from KG to Class 5, has the Rajiv Gandhi House and the Martin Luther King Jr. House. The higher classes have four houses - William Carey, Ida Scudder, George Muller and Amy Carmichael.

Sports Facilities

Curricular Activities

Co-Curricular Chess ClubMath ClubPhilately ClubTechnology ClubElectronics ClubScience ClubEnvironment ClubPhotography ClubMusic ClubFine Arts ClubLiterature ClubCommunity Service ClubBird Watching Club
Extra CurricularSportsJunior Red Cross Mallakhamb Adventure SportsRoad Safety PatrolSchool ChoirBrass BandScouts and GuidesDuke of Edinburgh AwardGardeningDairy Farming

IGNOU Certificate Courses

The school has announced a collaboration with the Samaritan Community College, certified by the Indira Gandhi National Open University. Both the school and the college are promoted and managed by the Samaritan Educational Trust, a charitable non-profit trust based in Chennai. Students will be able to take 6 month certificate courses through the college and certificates will be issued by IGNOU. Selected courses relevant to student education will be offered.

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