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Westwood
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Dr. M.P. Chhaya was the Director (Education) and Principal of BharatiyaVidya Bhavan School, New Delhi for over 15 years. He was closely involved in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) project initiated by Sri Rajiv Gandhi for 5 years. At present, he is the Director of all the 85 Chinmaya Mission's Schools throughout India, Director-Governing Board, Global Schools Foundation (Singapore) and has established Calorx Teachers University, Ahmedabad. Dr. M.P. Chhaya has authored several books, including ‘Effective Principals’, and currently writes for bi monthly newsletters, which are read by more than 600 principals and teachers.
Parents,
I am inspired by the possibilities that exist for our school this year and in the years to come. Whether you are new to Westwood School or have been a part of our community for some time, please accept my invitation to participate with us, as we prepare our students for the future. The school's management, excellent faculty, dedicated support staff and our esteemed parents should align together to support us in achieving the school’s vision. Our mission is simple yet holds the key to build the future of the country - Westwood will work towards Physical, Intellectual, Social, Emotional and Moral growth of all children.
At Westwood we ensure that the academic requirements of all students are fulfilled and that they would not need any external assistance or tutoring. To add to this, instead of regular classrooms the school has designed subject rooms that help students to access pertinent resources at one place fostering a sense of inquisitiveness, persuasiveness, and innovation, thus ensuring your child remains lively, open to learning and gains immensely from the overall learning environment.
It is my pleasure to welcome you to The Westwood School community where we are profoundly dedicated and ensure that each and every student receives consistent attention and academic support from our team of educators.
Best regards,
DR. M.P. CHHAYA
An alumnus of Rajkumar College, Rajkot and NDA, Sqn Ldr Patel is a renowned name in setting up of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and management for educational institutions. His impeccable career journey includes serving Indian Air Force as a pilot and later, as a consultant to Navrachna Education Trust, Global Education Foundation (Singapore) and others. With BhartiyaVidya Bhavan, he worked towards imparting training to teachers & establishing school improvement systems. He also served The Galaxy Education System as a unit head and as a coordinator for Gujarat Nature Conservation Society-Nature Education Park Sqn Ldr Arun Patel contributed his learning to his teaching tenure at Amrit Vidyalaya, Kalol (Vadodara) which makes K-12 education accessible to every student of the community. He has intensively worked towards setting up of the tribal school- Mahatma Gandhi Global Indian Eklavya School, Tilakwada.
Friends,
With great humility and gratitude we present to you - The Westwood School, Rajkot, an English Medium Co-educational institution.
Our years of hard work and dream have culminated into this flagship educational enterprise in Rajkot and we have opened its gates to take children into its portals so that it could become an Alma Mater that would be their proud identity for years to come.
It is our constant effort to provide our students with the best teachers, world-class curriculum, and setting up an environment that induces a holistic growth in them, inspiring every child to become a leader of tomorrow.
We have also formulated a year-round improvement programme for teachers and their pedagogy to ensure our children receive the best and latest in education.
Come, visit our school, walk around the campus and interact with our staff to ease your doubts. We are sure that you will approve of the good hands that your children will be in, here at Westwood School.
I beseech you to please give us your children and we shall keep our promise and give back good human beings who have had fun, are confident, have high self-esteem and a sense of purpose in life.
With warm regards,
He is an effective leader with an ability to empower management and lead teams to achieve company objectives. With over 11 years of experience in various industries such as Education, Banking and Learning & Development. He has conducted trainings at Schools, Colleges and Corporates on Soft Skills, Financial Literacy, Personality Development and Employability Competency.
He has completed Real Estate Management from ILEAD, Kolkata and a course in Teaching Oral Communication from London College of Music. He is a Certified Financial Planner from International College of Financial Planning.He is also a Sports enthusiast. He has played Hockey for the Gujarat State junior team. He is a Black Belt in Jeet Kune – Do. He is also an Avid Runner, Cyclist and was appointed Race Director for Porbandar Half Marathon.
A very warm welcome to The Westwood School.
"Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us, there is a private hope and dream which fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation" - Plato.
At The Westwood School our mission is to provide an outstanding education and inspire our students to engage in both academic and enriching extra-curricular programmes. Our curriculum develops student learning and understanding, a culture of thinking, inquiry and reflection, resilience and independence, always focused upon developing the whole child and tomorrow’s citizens.
We initiated the Westwood School, with the vision to provide an excellent opportunity to the students and parents looking for holistic development. We have created an infrastructure that provides one of the best environments for learning and education. We believe education is not limited to the four walls of the classrooms and therefore freedom to explore and integrate, are provided as long as the learning objectives/outcomes are achieved. We want our children to have a spark in life and therefore we constantly look for people who are experts in the field to interact, share, exchange ideas and mentor them so that they can reach the next level.
In this current times of ever growing competitiveness, education has to remain in the fore-front to enable us to march forward & take our rightful place in the society. We at Westwood, will remain committed to providing our students with good teaching faculty, infrastructure, amenities, and resources so that they get the best exposure to face the challenges of life head on.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand. “ - Albert Einstein
Our imagination sees no limits. We intend to keep learning, keep growing and keep moving ahead to be able to provide what is best for all the stake holders (students, teachers, parents and all others involved) of the Westwood School.
A highly talented professional with Masters in International Business Management from Monash University, Australia and Bachelors in Foreign Trade, he was a Peer Mentor and guided many international students and also was awarded ‘Highest Achieving Student of the Year’ at Monash University. He received Certificate for successfully completing ‘Leadership and Cross Cultural Communication’. He was ranked 3rd in overall college ranking and received ‘Certificate of Merit’ for brilliant performance in studies at Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, Pune.
There is no better way to pay back to the society than by providing education, which would create better human beings and make them engines of growth for tomorrow. It is for this very reason that we forayed into education.
The entire purpose of education is to provide holistic education for your child, encompassing – academics, co-curricular activities, sports education, life-skills learning, values and creating leaders of tomorrow. Our endeavour is to provide world class education facilities, and set bench mark in learning outcomes. The campus, sports and academic facilities all bear testimony to this effort.
We have realized that the future is abstract and unknown but the youth in our hands are real and can be moulded. The words by Franklin D. Roosevelt "We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future." perfectly describes our aim at The Westwood School. Every child should be able to interpret, analyse their learning outcome, with the ability to think critically, to solve not just what’s in the text books, but also be able to apply what has been taught in class to real world challenges and problems with innovative solution to problems. In short knowing and doing.
In order to impart quality education, we have given equal importance to the software ‘our teachers’ who have been provided continuous teacher training by renowned educationists and trainers, in order to deliver real value education and excellence in academics. Teachers are trained not only to teach well but are also expected to inspire confidence and trust in their students and become role models. The School encourages students to learn about themselves and their constantly changing environment, while at the same time offering support and guidance as they practice decision-making and social skills.
To end my note, I would like to share a quote by Anthony de Mello "There are two educations, One that teaches how to make a living and the other how to live." So at The Westwood School, we do not simply teach students how to make a living instead; we prepare them for how to live.
The seeds of an idea have been sown, and seed has turned into a strong sapling, waiting to grow tall and wide to bear fruits for generations to come.
She has served in the field of education for the past 20 years. With Graduation in English Literature and Post Graduation in Education from the University of Mumbai, she has worked at various institutions such as St. Joseph’s Convent Panchgani, St Joseph’s Convent, Bandra, Mumbai, Anand Niketan, Satellite, Gujarat. She has also headed institutions such as St Joseph’s Convent Bandra, Anand Niketan Mehsana, and is currently serving The Westwood School as Principal.
Education in India needs to foster Competence, Creativity and Reflection, so that students can be transformed into Agents of Social Change. This has a double pronged effect. It makes the students better people and through them, it will make our world a better place.
Hence at Westwood, we focus on Right Attitude, Knowledge and Values so that our students turn out to be responsible and conscientious adults. To achieve this objective we have the following salient features:
At Westwood no effort is spared to prepare students for lifelong success and personal fulfillment. We are confident, that considering our aim and objectives, as well as our strengths, we are able to contribute our very best, to our students and to the society at large.
Bindi Thomas
Principal
