Glendale Academy – Enriching the lives of kids from day one

While every school promises to offer a wholesome education to its students, there are a very few who actually stay true to their word. From providing a nurturing environment to ensuring that they are happy and physically fit, wholesome education goes far beyond the classroom. In fact, quite a few schools in Hyderabad don’t even have the amenities to offer it. Glendale Academy is definitely not one of them.

Established in 2003, the Glendale International School Hyderabad focuses on leadership, character, and intellectual competence of every student through various sports, activities, strong teaching methodology, and more. It strongly believes that even though the future will mostly revolve around technology, we must preserve our culture and traditions, and imbibe them in our future generations.

The founders, Anjum Babukhan and Basheerudin Babukhan, envisioned a school that was a blend of both, Indian and western education systems. Thus, they founded Glendale. Ms. Anjum is also the Director – Education at the moment, heading the school with passion and dedication.

She attended Harvard’s Strategy in Action Program and applies all her learnings on a daily basis. In 2006, she received her Early Childhood certification and today, she actively participates in XSEED conferences conducted across the world. She is a life-long learner and the school’s belief in Learning every day, loving every minute is inspired from the way she lives her life and motivates her students.

Glendale’s motto, sow a thought, reap a destiny, further showcases what kind of approach the school takes to learning and we can positively recommend it for all students.

Let’s talk more about the school:

How far is it from your place of residence?

Glendale Academy is perched in an expansive 11.2-acre campus in Golkonda, Hyderabad, beside Sun City. So, if you live in Hi-Tech City, Gachibowli, or Banjara Hills, the school is only 15 minutes away from you!

The campus houses everything we could hope for, for children to convert their thoughts into reality.

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The school offers a blend of Indian and Western education

Affiliated to CBSE and CIE, Glendale Academy has always taken pride in offering children global education until 12th grade.

The teaching methodology revolves around the Theory of Multiple Intelligences to tap into each child’s talents and to engage all the eight bits of intelligence that children have.

Traditional education only engages two of these while the teaching methodology at Glendale goes beyond that.

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Glendale Academy Fees

Glendale Academy has a Registration Fee of Rs.1000 and a Caution Deposit of Rs. 5000. Parents can pay the annual fee in three terms. The Annual Fees for Nursery Class is Rs.1,39,000. For Pre-Primary I and Pre-Primary II, the yearly fees is Rs.1,57,000 and Rs.1,85,000, respectively. 

Grades I and II have an annual fee of Rs.2,77,000, whereas III-V Grades have Rs.2,97,000 fees per annum. Grades from VI-VIII have an annual fee of Rs.3,05,000, while IX-X Grades have Rs.3,20,000 as yearly fees. For XI-XII Grades, Rs.3,50,000 is the academic fee per annum. 

The academy provides A/C Buses for the students, with extra transportation fees depending on the distance. If the student lives in a radius of 5km from the school, the transport fee for the term is Rs.10,000. If the range is around 5-10kms, the transport fee is Rs.13,500; for 10-15 km is the transport fee is Rs.14,500; and if the distance is more than 15kms, the transport fee is Rs.15,500. 

The information has been taken from a reliable source, even though the prices may vary from time to time. we encourage you to contact the school authorities or even visit the school once and clear all your doubts. This will help you evaluate and conclude.

Let’s talk about the campus and its infrastructure.

The 11.2-acre campus is a mini-world of education. From classrooms to studios to the sports infrastructure, everything has been built with the utmost care and deep thought, as an innovative step towards helping kids with their education.

Classrooms

The school allows only 25 students in each class. All classrooms are interactive and fully-equipped with the required technological tools. They are age-appropriate and highly engaging.

Laboratories

Apart from the traditional science and computer laboratories, Glendale Academy has a math lab, a fashion designing lab, a home science lab, and a mass media lab. All these laboratories encourage children to step into a world of interesting, innovative learning.

Library

Children are free to explore the vast library at their school and choose genres of their liking. From fiction to magazines to philosophy, the library is stocked with multiple books and subscriptions for its teachers and students alike. The school also offers a digital library with numerous online resources.

Amphitheater and multipurpose hall

Auditorium

Named after the Founder, Late Bashiruddin Babu Khan, the BBK Auditorium is sound-proof and seats 900. It is used for multiple school functions such as annual day, awards functions, competitions, and graduation ceremonies.

Playground

Glendale’s sports center has facilities for carrom and chess, table tennis, karate, tennis, squash, swimming, cricket, badminton, basketball, football, and skating.

Experienced and professional coaches in each sport help children find their true sport-calling. The school also offers specialized training to talented children.

Co-curricular activities

While music, craft, and physical activities are a part of Glendale’s curriculum, the school offers many more activities to its students. These include drama, dance, karate, yoga, arts & crafts, literary activities, and cultural activities.

Quizzes, inter- and intra-school competitions, and events are hosted regularly to give children a platform to showcase their skills.

Dining

In Glendale, you will find two dining halls. Trained chefs take care of meal preparation and hygiene and cater to over 1800 students each day.

Health and wellness

Annual general checkups, dental checkups, and eye checkups are conducted at the campus every year. Besides this, the school employs a nurse to cater to any medical issues that may arise. The infirmary is equipped with all basic medical facilities.

Transport

38 AC buses ply throughout the city to pick and drop children every day. The drivers are experienced and certified, and each bus has a lady helper.

Academics and Beyond at Glendale

The teaching methodology at Glendale taps into all the eight bits of intelligence (linguistic, musical, bodily, visual-spatial, logical-mathematical, intra-personal, interpersonal, and naturalistic) that we possess. The

Value Enrichment

Experiential learning is a major part of academia here. The school has enrichment studios, extra-curricular activities, a life skills studio, a language arts studio, and early childhood enrichment studio to facilitate the same.

The school also offers Value Added Activities such as:

• Kinder Musik: Music for multi-sensory development
• Primary Plus Magazine: Education newspaper that helps make reading a habit
• Workbooks: Neatly illustrated worksheets for different subjects
• EdSense: Platform for teachers to understand their students better
• Mobile App Development: Introducing mobile technology and programming
• ASSET: Helps develop English, Math, and Science skills

The list goes on, but we can clearly understand that Glendale Academy takes child development and learning very seriously. All the activities, teaching approach, and the learning studios are steps towards a common goal: To sow thoughts, to reap destinies.

Glendale in the news – A peek into its achievements

• Top 50 Schools in India (2017)
• Ranked 2nd Co-education Day School in Telangana (2017-18)
• Ranked 14th in India’s Top 1000 Schools (2017-18)
• Ranked 1st in Campus Infrastructure (2017)

Glendale Academy, through its extensive curriculum, helps engage all the eight intelligences in a person. It is among the few international schools in Hyderabad that offer so much to their students. You must definitely consider it for your little ones.