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DGS 2027 · New classesLearning Pathways · Session 2027-28

Grades IX-XII at Doon Global School, Dehradun

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Imagine your teenager facing a difficult question, testing an idea and explaining a better answer after feedback. Playmakers helps turn “Can I handle this?” into “I know my next step”, with academic challenge, recovery and support together.

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First, a stronger classroom

For Every Student

Playmakers is how every Grade IX section is taught, through to XII, and the block excludes nobody. Inside it, an optional flagship cohort adds depth: a lighthouse, not a wall.

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Depth, not a race ahead

Reasoning in core subjects, fortnightly investigations and maths labs in IX-X, explain-and-retry feedback and exam-style application. Better use of existing periods.

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A voice and a wider horizon

At least 2 of 10-12 activities for each learner. An uncommon-careers series offers group research, rehearsal and supported sharing; quieter contribution routes count.

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Board preparation stays protected

In X and XII, the examination calendar takes priority, with no new large projects after October.

Our learning way

Think Deeply, Apply, Reflect, Lead

The lesson cycle runs in every core subject, inside the existing timetable: substitutions, never extra periods.

  1. Think deeplyBeyond recall
  2. ApplyUse what I know
  3. ReflectLearn from feedback
  4. LeadAct responsibly
A wider horizon

Activities and Uncommon Careers

Ten to twelve activities, at least two each

The planned menu, adapted to the school calendar: inter-house debate · MUN and youth parliament · science exhibition · coding hackathon · quiz league · dramatics and the annual production · sports tournaments · community service (NSS and NCC) · entrepreneurship day · art and design fest · a Doon-valley trek or field expedition · the school magazine and newsroom. Every student takes part in at least two, tracked by name.

The uncommon-careers series

Groups of two or three students research and present one uncommon career, such as marine engineering, data science, genomics, actuarial science, air-traffic control, food technology, forensic science or remote sensing: one presentation a month on the class calendar, with a rehearsal slot first. The content is graded; stage confidence is coached but never scored.

An optional deeper journey

The Flagship Cohort

30planned seats
IX-XIIfour-year journey
₹0*extra programme fee

A deeper experience for selected learners

  • Depth classes: the CBSE syllabus, taken deeper
  • A planned AI sixth subject*
  • Expert masterclasses, 1-2 a month
  • Career and exam exposure, and visits
  • 1:6 mentoring, the same mentor from IX to XII wherever possible
  • Selection test: 50% academics + 30% cognitive ability + 20% thinking skills
  • 2 hours 30 minutes, in English or Hindi where needed
  • Then a dossier or interaction, and a parent conversation
  • Scores shared privately; no public rank list

*Final programme terms and the AI subject route will be confirmed by DGS; school fees are separate. The core classroom experience is for every IX learner.

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Challenge and balance

Challenge, Recovery and Support Together

Progress you can follow

  • Goalkeepers learning updates and termly parent meetings
  • Cohort families also receive mentor contact

Steady under pressure

  • Sport and wellbeing stay in the plan
  • Cohort extra structured work, including home practice, is capped at 5 hours/week
  • Platform practice at 45 minutes/day

A supportive environment

  • Every student can name two go-to adults
  • Recovery windows are timetabled, not implied
  • Results discussed privately, process publicly

Parent partnership

  • At home: protect sleep
  • Discuss progress
  • Avoid rank comparisons
The road to April 2027

Planned Milestones

Nov-Dec 2026Pilot + cohort registrations
Jan-Feb 2027Review + cohort selection
April 2027Session 2027-28 launch
Common questions

Playmakers FAQ

No. Playmakers begins with a stronger classroom for every Grade IX learner, on a journey through XII. The flagship cohort is an optional deeper journey inside it, with 30 planned seats. The core classroom experience is for every IX learner.

No. Board preparation stays protected: in X and XII, the examination calendar takes priority, with no new large projects after October. See how DGS students have done in the CBSE board results.

A selection test weighted 50% academics, 30% cognitive ability and 20% thinking skills, lasting 2 hours 30 minutes, in English or Hindi where needed; then a dossier or interaction, and a parent conversation. Scores are shared privately, with no public rank list.

The planned extra programme fee is ₹0. Final programme terms will be confirmed by DGS, and school fees are separate.

An AI sixth subject is planned for the flagship cohort. The AI subject route will be confirmed by DGS.

Both, in one class. Playmakers is how every Grade IX section learns, through to XII, and it excludes nobody. The flagship cohort is 30 selected students inside it, with depth classes and 1:6 mentoring: a lighthouse, not a wall.

For every student, the new way of learning runs inside the existing timetable: substitutions, never extra periods. In the cohort, extra structured work, including home practice, is capped at 5 hours a week, and platform practice at 45 minutes a day.

It is planned for session 2027-28: a pilot and cohort registrations in November-December 2026, review and cohort selection in January-February 2027, and the launch in April 2027.

One school. One ladder. Three doors.

Learning Pathways at DGS

Grade I Wonder starts here Every child. Every section. Explore Sparks Grades VI-VII Curiosity finds a direction Investigate. Design. Improve. Explore Pathfinders Grades IX-XII Ambition finds its footing Perform. Achieve. Lead. You are here

Sparks light it. Pathfinders find it. Playmakers make it happen.

Your Next Step

Ask DGS about Grade IX entry and optional cohort registration.

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