NEEV ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PROFILE 2022-2023 IB Code: 050390, UCAS Code: 42086, CEEB Code: 671201
A C A D E M Y
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Neev is an ecosystem of learning and growth where learners discover passions and strengths through interdisciplinary learning, travel across India, field trips and engagement with inspiring speakers, intra and inter school sports, arts, literary and cultural events, service, internships, and diverse academic choices. Student initiatives in leadership, service, inclusion, reading, writing, arts and sports, drives our school’s culture and upholds values. We nurture reading as an essential habit for lifelong learning. Our unique parent community of entrepreneurs, change-makers and risk-takers, educated at leading universities in India and abroad and with global work experience value, support and partner in the progressive learning Neev’s vision delivers. Impact beyond our walls leads to Neev hosting the largest children’s literature festival, a book award set up to recognise great children’s literature from India, and our upcoming Teacher Training Institute for education reform. As Bangalore’s only city center IB school our 15 acre verdant campus is located to not only avoid long commutes that can be a tradeoff in a rapidly urbanizing India, but to be a vibrant learning culture driven by community interaction.
CAMPUS DETAILS VISION MISSION
Neev Academy, Yemalur - Kempapura Main Road, Yemalur, Bengaluru, Karnataka - 560037 +919148146446
Reimagining excellence in education in a changing India Building knowledge, self-awareness and relationships with people and the environment, to lead happy, healthy, impactful lives.
VALUES
Grit, Honor, Grace
LEADERSHIP
neevacademy.org
neevacademy@neevschools.com
NEEV ACADEMY STATISTICS
128
732
Total faculty
Total Students
2011
Founding Year
Curriculum
IB (PYP, MYP & DP) & ICSE
Graduated DP batches
3
Kavita Gupta Sabharwal, Director kgupta@neevschools.com
Gouri Kar, Head of Senior School
Nationalities
gouri.kar@neevschools.com
Colin Leslie Kelman, Co-ordinator, Diploma Programme colin.kelman@neevschools.com
Parull Khanna, Head - Student Advancement Cell
parull.khanna@neevschools.com
Supported languages in school
OPERATIONAL CALENDAR Term 1 - July to November
Australian, Brazilian, Canadian, French, German, Indian, American, Korean, Sri Lankan, British English, Hindi, Kannada, French, Spanish
Term 2 - December to May
Definition of Learning
Neev’s learning culture focuses on a whole child approach with the aim to keep the uniqueness of each individual as they grow with us from the age of 18 months to 18 years. The learning framework continued to build on this belief while keeping ‘relationship building’ and ‘the well-being’ at the core of our teaching and learning practices. These beliefs helped us to articulate the definition of learning stated below as five impacts that we seek Self-directed learners who will be able to learn autonomously throughout their lives in order to achieve their potential, keep pace with change and meet emerging opportunities. Effective Communicators and engage with people, ideas, stories, and emotions positively and capably across multiple environments as part of their engagement with others. Empathetic Collaborators, who will be able to lead and contribute to the design of thoughtful solutions and responses to opportunities in an increasingly interconnected and complex world. Highly capable Disciplinary Thinkers who are able to use sophisticated tools and strategies to learn, extend and transfer their learning and engage positively in the complex and ambiguous world around them. Community Builders who use their developing skills and dispositions to understand, take personal ownership, and commit to supporting the positive development of their local and global communities and all elements involved.
CURRICULUM AT NEEV ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTS MYP (Grades 9&10)
Studies in Language and Literature
DP (Grade 11&12) English A Language and Literature DP(HL/SL) EnglishGrade A Literature 11-12(HL/SL)
MYP English Grade 9-10 Hindi French Spanish
Hindi B (HL/SL) French (Ab initio/ B SL) Spanish (Ab initio/ B SL)
Integrated Humanities
Economics (HL/SL) History (HL/SL) Geography (HL/SL) Psychology (HL/SL) Business Management (HL/SL) Environmental Systems and Societies (SL)
Language Acquisition
Individuals and Societies
Physics (HL/SL) Chemistry (HL/SL) Biology (HL/SL) Computer Science (HL/SL) Sports, Exercise and Health Science (HL/SL) Environmental Systems and Societies (SL)
Physics Chemistry Biology
Sciences
Extended Level Standard Level
Mathematics
Visual Arts Theatre Music
Arts
Analysis and Approaches (HL/SL) Applications and Interpretations (HL/SL) Visual Arts (HL/SL) Theatre (HL/SL)
*Physical Education is a compulsory activity for all high schools students
DP HIGHLIGHTS NUMBER OF CURRENT STUDENTS
32
M2024
M2022
44/45
44/45
M2020
M2021
M2022
dwide 1.5 orl 3 W
M2021
M2021
37
M2022
4.52 M2020
16 6.02 M2021
5.76 M2022
COHORT SCORE RANGE
AVERAGE CORE POINTS
M2020
16 38.62
wide 5 .2 orld W
W
W
35/45
2.5
M2020
AVERAGE SUBJECT GRADE
BATCH HIGHEST SCORE
1.47
30.11
dwide 31.9 orl 8 W
100%
dwide 5.3 orl 3 W
M2021
ide 85.8 ldw 5 or
M2020
ide 88.9 ldw 3 or
100%
%
16% 100
W
ide 85. 16% ldw or
%
wide 3 orld 3 W
BATCH AVERAGE SCORE
% OF STUDENTS THAT EARNED A DIPLOMA
dwide 29.6 orl 5 W
M2023
dwide 5.0 orl 8 W
18
2.2 M2022
STUDENTS STUDYING IN INDIA
4
2
7
M2020
M2021
M2022
16 25-35 33-44 30-44 M2020
M2021
Assessment and Grading in DP Report cards on academic and pastoral aspects are issued at the end of term 1 and term 2 in Grade 11 and at the end of term 1 and the mock examinations, in Grade 12. Two grades are awarded: An achievement grade which is formed from a combination of continuous assessment (40%) during the term and the end-of-term examination (60%). A grade scale from 1 to 7 (seven being the highest), is used to report achievement grades. An effort grade which is based on formative tasks and non academic parameters such as academic honesty, independent work, self-management, communication, creativity, class participation and collaboration. A grade scale A to D (A being the highest) is used to report effort grades. Predicted grades are based on a student’s body of work matched to overall subject grade descriptors. There is a very close correlation between our predicted grades and the final diploma programme results.
THE DP CORE Theory of Knowledge (ToK): Neev has a successful ToK course with several students obtaining the highest grade. In May 2022, 45% of the class obtained grade A, and approximately 45% obtained grade B. IDEAS@NEEV is a lecture series we began with leading industrialists, entrepreneurs, historians, artists, writers, which brings multiple perspectives to our students. Engagement with multiple perspectives is a foundational aspect of the ToK course. The school also extends this with sessions by experts from science, visual art, language and math. At the end of the first year, our DP students share their growing understanding with the community via the TOK exhibition. The students’ enriched metacognitive knowledge is evident in their presentations, which contain complex ideas appropriately modified for a general audience. The Extended Essay (EE): EE at Neev aims to develop students’ research capability by allowing them to go through all steps of research, beginning with exploration and a literature review to a viva voce for reflection on the entire process. Our students have chosen interesting EE topics across subject groups, ranging from language & literature (analyzing the language in a 1000 page cookbook, comparative studies across genres besides individual piece analysis), math (analyzing shorelines), and world studies (language learning, maternal care) besides the more typical ones in Physics, Economics, Visual Arts, Theater, Geography and Business Management. We see a growing maturity in the choices our DP students are making for their research interests.
Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS): All three strands of CAS are equally important at Neev and are expected to be demonstrated across the two years of the DP. Creativity gives students the opportunity to take an idea and develop it into an original product; activity ensures that students develop a healthy lifestyle through physical exercise and exertion; service brings students together with the community around them in response to an authentic need. A few CAS projects created by Neev students often combine more than one CAS strand leading to engagement at several levels of personal and interpersonal learning. A few of the ‘named’ CAS projects are: •
‘Griseo’ helps teenagers cope with stress through webinars and articles.
•
'The Joyful Peach' curates positive news and aims to spread positivity in the community.
•
‘Amarte ' - ‘Art while apart’- art sessions for people to de-stress.
•
‘Sole Warriors’ - Shodding migrant worker communities with recycled footwear
•
‘Hundred4Future’ - Crowdfunding and structuring savings for the parents for the education of underprivileged children.
•
‘Single Story’ - Developing English reading skills of young underprivi leged children.
M2022
STUDENTS STUDYING OVERSEAS
13
16 14
17
M2020
M2021
M2022
Assessing the core: Theory of Knowledge and the extended
essay are assessed, while CAS is not formally assessed but it is necessary to meet all requirements for the award of the diploma. The grade obtained in ToK (A-E) and in the EE (A-E) combine to give each student a maximum of three points. These points are referred to as core points.
MYP eASSESSMENT
2019 *
2020
2021
2022
51
55
53
52
SCORE RANGE
47-51
36-55
38-53
36-52
COHORT SIZE
4
20
22
31
YEAR HIGHEST SCORE
*first batch of eAssessment takers for school.
EXTRA CURRICULAR & SERVICES Student Advancement Cell (SAC)
SAC nurtures each child from Grade 1 to Grade 12, irrespective of learning difference, with support, services and/or opportunities to motivate them in growing and exploring their interests and passions and in turn assisting them to be - college, career and citizen ready. The domains in the SAC are - Learning Support, Behavior Counselling, College Counselling & Student Life
Student Life
Neev Academy believes in the process of learning by doing. By engaging students in hands-on experiences and reflection, they are better able to connect theories and knowledge learned in the classroom to real-world situations. In addition, Neev offers a variety of interest and choice activities during and after school hours to build strong school teams and develop a culture of sports, music, drama, writing and debate. We have student-led clubs in highschool. While in the primary and middle school we have expert-led classes in Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Music, Instruments, Pottery, Indian Art forms, Public Speaking, Bridge, Robotics and Sustainability. The student government at Neev, has a range of representation through all grade levels ensuring that students actively experience the working of a democracy. Leaders range from the President at the top to the House captains, vice captains & class representatives giving a fairly good representation of all ages of the student body. There is also a programming and fundraising coordinator and a student led newspaper - NeevTimes.
Learning Journeys
Neev thinks global and acts local in keeping with the IB philosophy. Our field trips focus locally in India where we ensure that our students get relevant opportunities for immersion in the traditions and culture of a diverse country. Learning journeys are embedded into curriculum, beginning in Grade4, growing progressively from 4 days to two weeks in Grade 9, allowing students to understand the grandeur and reality of India; from Hampi in the south to Ladakh and Rajasthan in the North, and from Gujarat and Maharashtra in the west to Nagaland, Assam and Meghalaya in the east. The Grade 11 students travel to Gudalur, built around the concept of identity. Where they study the lives of forest tribes in the region to enhance their social and civic sense and also to Northeast India, a cultural and biodiversity hotspot, trekking to and exploring regional identities and indigenous knowledge systems developed over centuries.
Academic Writing
DP students write extensively and intensively for core academic work and university applications. The writing capability they develop is one of the reasons why DP is considered to be university prep. Academic writing workshops lay a foundation in middle years and build it up through the years, helping students analyze, think critically and focus on technique and style. Understanding writing imperatives makes it easier for growing learners to write papers and essays moving forward, which they exercise through academic work, research and writing oriented internships and passion led research papers across learning areas.
Reading Initiative
Neev strives to build a strong foundational love for books, and grow that love over time. Our unique Reading team introduces students to great books using a calendar of genres and concepts. The team works with teachers to build literature into units of study to broaden perspectives. These efforts are amplified with the Neev Literature Festival (NLF), the Neev Book Award (NBA), and the NLF Reading Challenge, to spread the love for reading with a wider community.
Internship Opportunities
Over the last 3 years our students have got opportunities to intern at various organizations in their areas of interest from the likes of Takshashila Institute and IDFC Foundation for the students interested in Public Policy to Mahindra Aerospace for the students who were interested in mechanical engineering. Some other organizations include - Investment firms FinTech Capital and HSBC, Research companies IBM and Frolle to advertising firms JWT and Dentsu Mcgarry Bowen.
University Journeys
GBP 7000
Architecture Biology 1
INR 1000000
English Applied Physics Fashion Studies
M2020
Business Studies Mechanical Engineering History
ACT
1540
1360
1590
1350
1480
1390
M2020
M2021
Aerospace Engineering Media & communication Neuroscience
M2021
M2023
M2022
NO TAKERS
2
Finance
SAT
Psychology
34
Economics
Computer Science
34
Biomedical Sciences
NO TAKERS
USD 1472600
1260
Medicine 13
Applied Mathematics and Physics
33
International Relations
1490
Total Financial Aid
34
No. of Scholarships
Standardized Testing highest and Averages over the years
Diverse Area of study selected by M2022
Scholarships Received (M2022)
M2022
AVERAGE
M2023
HIGHEST SCORE
University Acceptances USA American University, Washington, D.C. Arizona State University Babson College Binghamton University Boston University Brown University Drexel University Earlham College Fordham University Franklin & Marshall College George Washington University Hampshire College Iowa State University IUPUI Knox College Massachusetts College of Art and Design Middlebury College Mount Holyoke College Ohio State University OTIS College of Art & Design Pace University Penn State University Pratt Institute Purdue University Rochester Institute of Technology Rutgers University School of the Art Institute of Chicago School of Visual Arts Simmons University Smith College Swarthmore College Syracuse University Temple University Texas A&M University The College of Wooster The Savannah College of Art and Design University at Buffalo University of California - Berkeley University of California - Los Angeles University of California - Riverside University of California - San Diego University of California - Santa Barbara University of California - Santa Cruz University of California – Davis University of California – Irvine University of California Merced University of Colorado Boulder University of Connecticut University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Maryland University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Michigan Ann Arbor University of Minnesota - Duluth University of Minnesota Twin Cities University of Pittsburg
University of Rochester University of South Florida University of Southern California University of Texas A&M University of Texas Dallas University of Texas Tyler University of the Atlantic University of Virginia University of Washington University of Wisconsin-Madison Virginia Tech Wheaton College Wichita State University
UK
Birmingham City University Cardiff University Coventry University Kingston University Penrhyn Road Campus Lancaster University London School of Economics Loughborough University Newcastle University Northumbria University Oxford Brookes University Queen Mary University of London Queen's University Belfast Royal Holloway Sheffield Hallam University SOAS University of London Solent University The University of Edinburgh The University of Sheffield University of Birmingham University of Bristol University of Dundee University of Edinburgh University of Exeter University of Leeds University of Manchester University of Nottingham University of Portsmouth University of Reading University of Southampton University of St Andrews University of Strathclyde University Of Surrey University of the Creative Arts London University of Warwick University of Westminster
INDIA
AUSTRALIA
Ahmedabad University Ashoka University Bennett University FLAME University KREA University O.P. Jindal Global University Plaksha University St Joseph’s College
Bond University Monash University University of Melbourne University of Sydney
CANADA
EUROPE
Concordia University Concordia University Dalhousie University McGill University McMaster University Ontario College of Art & Design Queen's University University of Alberta University of British Columbia University of Guelph University of Ottawa University of Toronto University of Waterloo York University
SINGAPORE
Lasalle College of the Arts Nanyang Technological University National University of Singapore
IRELAND
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland National University of Ireland, Galway
MALAYSIA
University of Nottingham
Amsterdam University École Polytechnique Eindhoven University of Technology Groningen University IE University Spain Leiden University Maastricht University TU/ Delft TU/ Eindhoven Twente University University of Utrecht Utrecht University