THE SCHOOL
Brook International School (BIS) owns its name because of its location on the beautiful bank of the famous fresh water lake, Sasthamcotta. Owned and managed by the VIVA TRUST under the chairmanship of Rev. Dr. Abraham Thalothil, the school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, as per CBSE Code 930717.
The Trust is dedicated and committed to the society through quality and value based education, which is, for us, a mission with a vision of breaking barriers and building bridges for a bright future.
LOCATION
The school is located in Sasthamcotta, near Kollam. With its lake, landscapes and further cultural sights Sasthamcotta is renowned as centre for eco-tourism and perfectly connected to the National Highways and the railway system.
VISION
Our vision is to build a strong foundation for a value and quality based education in order to bring up children as real and responsible citizens. While working with international cognitive processes and teaching methods, we do not neglect traditional and ethnical values. The goals of Brook International are aimed at empowering young people to achieve academic excellence along with systematic training in sports, arts, music, dance and further extra curricular activities. According to our understanding of education, fixed principles such as encouragement, tolerance, praise, appreciation, security, faith, creativity, acceptance and love form the cornerstones of our philosophy of education.
HISTORY
The school was build in 2005 and started with classes from LKG to Std VI in the academic year 2005/06. Since then subsequent classes have been added and now, in 2008, we are happy to introduce Std IX as the highest class. This continous progress will be completed by the year 2011 when Std XII will be the highest class and finish school on A-level.
Apart from the wonderful surrounding of the school, BIS offers a rich scope of in-class opportunities for scientific studies. Suffiently designed classrooms, a library, language lab, audivisual centre and computer networks provide a perfect environment for students and teachers. Moreover, a football field and a playground make sure that there are enough things to do off the school.
Various clubs and societies encourage the students to take part in the school’s life and organize projects, discuss with others and learn about interesting topics, such as in the eco-club, green-club, science-club; or learn foreign languages like German, French or Spanish.
MEDICAL CARE
Once a year a team of specialist doctors comes to BIS and examines all students in a medical check-up. Here, we pay special attention to eye sight, hearing and dental care. The health status and medical advice is communicated to parents in order to make sure nothing gets lost.
FACULTY
Our faculty consists of experienced, dedicated and intelligent post graduate teachers with training in education and the English language. In collaboration with reputable international education institutions Brook International is eager to keep its teachers at the utmost level of education.
The most exclusive feature of BIS is its connection to European and North American institutions that send teacher trainees and teachers from all over the world to Sasthamcotta for internships and practical training. This exchange is organized by Florian Mohr, Heidelberg University, in his programme BROOK INTERNATIONAL EUROPE.
CURRICULUM AND REGULATIONS
Courses are offered from Kindergarden upto A-levels according to the CBSE syllabus.
As means of communication English is established all over the school area. Hindi and Malayalam are compulsory for every student.
Admission is granted on basis of an entrance test and regular payment of the school fees.
ADVISORY BOARD BROOK INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Principal and Director Rev. Dr. Abraham Thalothil
Dr. M.C. Philipose
Dr. B. Janardhanan Pillai
Prof. C.K. Felix
Dr. Sumithran
Mr. P. Alphonse
Dr. Jaya Thekkayam
Dr. Noel Jose
Prof. M D Retnamma
Mr. Alexander Vaidhyan
Adv. Shaiju Koshy
Mr. Florian Mohr
