Mahatma Gandhi International School

French Exchange Students at MGIS

As a continuation of our exchange-programme with the prestigious  Lycee international school of Saint-Germaine en laye, a group of fifteen students and three teachers arrived in Ahmedabad on the 15th of February, for a two-week stay. All of the French students and teachers were put up with host families from MGIS, and over the past couple [...]

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Students get art lessons from professionals!

On the 19th of this month, a group of artists from places as diverse as Austria, Gujurat and Poland came to MGIS in order to conduct two art workshops for children in grades 3, 5, 6 and 7. The Lone Tree: The first of the two workshops, this one was for students of grade 3 and [...]

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Catching Up With Our Alumni!

Our first batch gave their exams in may 2007, and there were many unanswered questions and apprehensions back then. Nonetheless, all our appeared for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme and most passed with flying colors; in fact two of our students attained top scores among IB schools worldwide. It has been a long time since [...]

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MGIS Wins ISA Award

It is with great pride that we announce that Mahatma Gandhi International School has been declared the recipient of the International School Award for 2009! Facilitated by the British Council (for the Department for children, schools and families UK) in India, the ISA is an accreditation scheme that recognizes and rewards “good practice in adding an [...]

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Insomniac Dream play their first show!

This past month, the current school band, Insomniac Dream played their very first show at the Visual Art Hutessingh Center (CEPT) as part of a concert dedicated to the alternative-rock music scene of Ahmedabad.  The concert was organized and sponsored almost entirely by the music fans in the city and the band-members too were involved [...]

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Educational Exchange Programme between MGIS and Mercedes College

This week, Mahatma Gandhi International School (MGIS) welcomed thirteen 9th grade students and three teachers of Mercedes College (Australia) for an exciting, activity-packed fourteen day stay. The aussies are living with their Indian host families interacting with them to gain a first hand exposure to Indian culture, and an insider’s perspective on people, families, and [...]

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The Hitchhiker Performance

With their latest effort, the current batch of DP2 students pushed the envelope for the school’s theatre productions. This time, not only were the students responsible for every aspect of the play’s performance, but they also decided to tackle the daunting task of writing a script entirely from scratch!  “The Hitchhiker” is the result of [...]

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Mahabharata Performance (see slide show inside)

On 24 February 2009, the theatre arts students of Grade 12 (DP2) performed three episodes of the Indian epic ‘Mahabharata‘. Their performance was a part of the curriculum and was well received by the audience. The objective of the play was to understand the characters, the epic and transpose it to contemporary Indian values. Mahabharata Written, produced [...]

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