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{{Short description|private school in Kalinjur}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox school
|name = Ida Scudder School
|image = Scudder school.PNG
|motto = Lighted to Lighten
|location =
|streetaddress = No.1, Kalinjur Main Road,
|city = [[Vellore]]
|state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
|country = [[India]]
|coordinates = {{Coord|12.945237|79.13469|type:edu|display=inline,title}}
|type = Private, Non-residential, Co-educational
|established = 
|schoolboard = [[Indian Certificate of Secondary Education|Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE)]] / [[Indian School Certificate|Indian School Certificate (ISC)]]
|chairman = Dr J V Peter, Director, [[Christian Medical College & Hospital|CMCH]]
|principal = Dr Daniel Gunabalan
|free_label = Correspondent
|free_text = Dr Vinu Moses
|affiliations = [[Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations|The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE)]]
|website= http://www.scudderschool.ac.in/
}}

'''Ida Scudder School''' is a private, non-residential, co-educational school located at [[Kalinjur]] in [[Vellore]], [[Tamil Nadu]],<ref name=con>{{cite web|title=Contact Us|url=http://www.scudderschool.ac.in/contact.html|publisher=Ida Scudder School|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801192028/http://www.scudderschool.ac.in/contact.html|archive-date=2013-08-01|df=}}</ref> [[India]]. The school is affiliated with [[Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations|Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE)]], and has classes from Std.1 to [[Higher Secondary]].<ref name=shis>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.scudderschool.ac.in/history.html|publisher=Ida Scudder School|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730191624/http://www.scudderschool.ac.in/history.html|archive-date=2012-07-30|df=}}</ref>

== History ==
The school is named after the American medical missionary, Dr. [[Ida S. Scudder]], who founded the [[Christian Medical College & Hospital|Christian Medical College]], Vellore. The school was started on 13 June 1969<ref name=shis/> by a group of faculty of the Christian Medical College, when there were only a few schools in Vellore. The initial capital for this venture was raised by the faculty by providing a month's salary of theirs. The salary for the employees in the initial months were paid by some parents.

== Affiliations ==
The school is affiliated to [[Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations|Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE)]], [[New Delhi]]. Students are prepared for the [[Indian Certificate of Secondary Education|Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE)]] examinations at the [[Tenth grade]] level, and for the [[Indian School Certificate|Indian School Certificate (ISC)]] examinations at the [[Twelfth grade]] level.<ref name=shis/>

== Annual events ==
Some of the events organised around the year include the annual [[sports day]], [[Parade|march past]], the variety entertainment show, [[Tenth grade|10th grade]] and [[Twelfth grade|12th grade]] talent shows, farewells, IHA's and the [[Christmas]] program.<ref>{{cite web|title=Highlights Of the Academic Year 2005 - 2006|url=http://www.scudderschool.ac.in/kaeildoscope/highlights.pdf|publisher=Ida Scudder School|access-date=22 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003142957/http://www.scudderschool.ac.in/kaeildoscope/highlights.pdf|archive-date=3 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Academic and extra-curricular performance ==
The school has performed and won prizes at state and national levels. The school won the first rank in [[Vellore district]] in the State-level Science Talent Search Examination conducted for [[Sixth grade|Sixth Standard]] students by the Unified Council in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vellore student tops in talent exam|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/vellore-student-tops-in-talent-exam/article1273744.ece|accessdate=22 July 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=9 June 2008}}</ref> The school also won the overall championship trophy in the mathematical competition for school students conducted by the [[Vellore Institute of Technology|VIT University]] in 2011. About 810 students from 25 schools took part in the contest.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mathematical contest organised for school students|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/mathematical-contest-organised-for-school-students/article1123309.ece|accessdate=22 July 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 January 2011}}</ref> In 2007-2008, the school won the state ISC/ICSE championships in basketball, athletics, and were the semi-finalists in basketball at the all India inter-ICSE school competitions.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} Recently{{when|date=August 2018}} the school basketball team won the ASISC National Basketball Competition.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Education in Tamil Nadu}}

[[Category:Primary schools in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Schools in Vellore district]]
[[Category:Education in Vellore]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1969]]
[[Category:1969 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]

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