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The Enrichment Programme, PASSAGE, is Woodstock School's holistic approach to extending learning beyond the classroom. It integrates six elements: Arts and Sciences, Service and Spirituality, Athletics and Adventure, Global Understanding and Leadership, and Expeditions of Discovery. The programme aims to develop Passion and Perseverance across disciplines and to take students on journeys that deepen academic and personal growth. Activities span creative, scientific, and leadership experiences that complement classroom work.
Centre for Imagination transforms Woodstock's learning by fostering creativity and innovation. It supports collaborative, arts-centered exploration as part of the Enrichment Programme. The student experience includes creative performance and expression, including dance, music, and visual arts as part of holistic activities.
Woodstock welcomes students from around the world and supports language and cultural integration through the English as an Additional Language (EAL) programme. The EAL provision helps non-native English speakers access Woodstock's curriculum and develop confidence in everyday communication, with beginner and mainstream pathways across grades. Summer programmes include English, EAL, and related modules, and cultural and global experiences are enriched by activities such as Model United Nations. The MUN program exposes students to diplomacy and global issues.
Activity Week offers off-campus experiences that blend culture, service, and adventure, from exploring frescoes and glaciers to engaging with local communities. Woodstock also supports social and hobby activities via dance, sports, and debates in Model United Nations. Weekly PASSAGE activities expose students to athletics, including rock climbing and ultimate frisbee, integrating recreation into student life.
Woodstock's Development Outreach Student Team (DOST) leads service projects in Mussoorie and nearby villages, including professional development for farmers, vocational training for women, and e-waste management. Projects extend to Claremont Orphanage, Sippancoat slum, Waste Warriors, Liter of Light, and Vishwa Vidya, focusing on education, skills training, and environmental initiatives. The program grew from Woodstock's response to 2013 floods and landslides and remains a central part of student life, emphasizing sustainable community engagement.
Summer at Woodstock – Leadership provides a practical, values-based approach to leadership development for young people. The course introduces tools for visioning, planning, and decision-making, and helps participants identify guiding values to inform their choices. It emphasizes experiential learning, covering creativity, critical thinking, communication, collaboration and reflection. It uses real-life challenges and projects, including outdoor activities, to cultivate leadership skills.
Sports are central to Woodstock's wellbeing, with a range of options including badminton, basketball, cricket, cross-country, football, swimming, squash, table tennis, and volleyball. Weekly PASSAGE activities extend physical challenge to rock climbing and ultimate frisbee, tying fitness to personal growth. Outdoor Learning builds resilience and leadership through off-campus expeditions and service in the Himalayas. Activity Week and the broader residential culture support social connection and mental and physical health.
Woodstock School is an international boarding school located at 6,500 feet in the Indian Himalayas in Landour, Mussoorie. The school serves 500 students from ages 3 to 18, offering boarding options starting in Grade 6. Academically, the institution is transitioning its high school curriculum to incorporate Cambridge IGCSE assessments in Grades 9 and 10, alongside Advanced Placement courses and a specialized Woodstock Diploma in the senior years. Notable campus facilities include the Win Mumby Gym and the Hanifl Centre for Outdoor Education, which integrates the mountain landscape directly into student learning. A distinctive signature initiative is the PASSAGE enrichment programme, providing targeted activities in sports, music composition, drama, and language clubs. Additionally, the school features an annual Activity Week where students travel to regional locations for outdoor expeditions and community engagement projects, such as student-led water conservation and reforestation efforts along the hillsides. Students also host an annual basketball tournament.
