Pallikoodam
Pallikoodam (formerly known as Corpus Christi High School) is a high school in the Kalathilpady area of Kottayam in Kerala, India. It was established in 1967 by educator and women's rights activist, Mary Roy. The term "Pallikoodam" means school in the Malayalam and Tamil languages.
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Pallikoodam (formerly known as Corpus Christi High School) is a high school in the Kalathilpady area of Kottayam in Kerala, India. It was established in 1967 by educator and women's rights activist, Mary Roy. The term "Pallikoodam" means school in the Malayalam and Tamil languages.
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• Name — Pallikoodam • Type — Private • Head Label — Principal • Head — Mariamma Paul • City — Kottayam • State — Kerala • Country — India • Campus — Kalathilpady, Kottayam • Website — www.pallikoodam.org • Authority — Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
The campus
The campus
The campus of the school was designed by architect Laurie Baker and includes a swimming pool, basketball and volleyball courts, a football field, an 800-seat auditorium, and platforms for theatre and other performing arts. The school has a full-time faculty for sports, drama, music, dance and other arts.
Activities
Activities
The school has partnered with activist organisations including Greenpeace, EXNORA, and several NGOs in Kerala for projects. Victim relief efforts have been organised by the school in the wake of disasters such as the Orissa cyclones and the 2005 tsunami. The school was a subject of a documentary by the Indian broadcaster Doordarshan: Mary Roy and Corpus Christi. Projects of the school have been featured on BBC World and Star News.
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Emphasizes on mother tongue
Emphasizes on mother tongue
The school teaches English after 3rd standard. It helps students to think and speak in their mother tongue Malayalam at an early age which helps them love their own language.
Noted alumni
Noted alumni
• Arundhati Roy (Booker Prize winner, 1997) • Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas • Gokul Suresh (Indian actor) • Bobby-Sanjay (Indian scriptwriters) • Farhaan Faasil (Indian actor) • James Luke (Small Scale Industrialist, Hotelier and Stunt Double)
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