525 days left to complete construction of the secondary school

First snow - October 2012

Classroom nearing completion

Treats from His Eminence Thuksey Rinpoche

Gardening competition 2012

Infant school garden in bloom

Talent Show August 2012

Talent Show - August 2012

Founders Day September 2012

Student project work

Residence 4

North Block nearing completion

Mudslide Defenses

Buttressed section

Emirates Glass LEAF Awards 2012

Druk White Lotus School and Arup Associates received the award for 'Best Sustainable Development'.

Gardens being tended

Evacuation procedures

Students practicing evacuation drill

School re-opened on 4th March 2013 after the long winter break.

Some new students joined the school, making 705 in total, aged 4-16.

The Construction Programme for this year is already underway with foundations and the first layers of stone already laid for the Residence 4 South block.

The Landscaping Team have been very busy during April planting trees on the school campus and in the "Dragon Garden" adventure playground being built this year. The new plant nursery is cultivating lots of small fruit trees for planting on the campus in future years. We are seeking funding to help with the Landscaping Programme to create a beautiful learning environment for the students.

We are 95% of the way towards our fundraising target for completing the construction of the Druk White Lotus School in Shey for students from Nursery to Secondary School Year 10.

We are aiming to finish construction by the end of 2014.

We are proud of what has been achieved and grateful for the generous help from our supporters.

Please help us complete the final phase of this exceptional project

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Talks on Buddhist Gardens and a Landscape Design for the Druk White Lotus School 23/01/2013 Reserve your free tickets here for Tuesday 26th February 2013 to hear a talk, in London, on Buddhist gardens by a world expert on the history of western as well as eastern gardens. Tom Turner will be [ ... ] + Full Story	Landscaping 27/10/2012 We wish to create a lush garden landscape for the school community. We started this year in April with a volunteer landscape architect, Yiannis Baltagiannis, creating planted areas along the central r [ ... ] + Full Story
Construction progress 27/10/2012 2012 was a busy year. Two IT-enabled classrooms were built, plus the North block of Residence 4 which will accommodate 44 remote area students. The masonry work on the mudslide defenses was also compl [ ... ] + Full Story	Gardening Competition 27/10/2012 The students worked hard on designing, planting and nurturing their gardens over the spring and summer. The landscape architecture volunteer Yiannis Baltagiannis awarded certificates and trophies to t [ ... ] + Full Story
2nd edition of DrukSkat school magazine 11/10/2012 The recently published 2nd edition of "DrukSkat" the school magazine is available here to download. + Full Story	The Emirates Glass LEAF Awards 2012 24/09/2012 Druk White Lotus School and Arup Associates received The Emirates Glass LEAF Award for 'Best Sustainable Development' on 21st September 2012. Rachel Glynn and Sean Macintosh accepted the award on beha [ ... ] + Full Story

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Druk White Lotus aims to ‘walk-the-talk’ as a sustainable community, located in Ladakh’s high-altitude desert environment. The planning and design of the campus and its buildings combine local knowledge and materials with “simple-smart” technology. Design excellence has been recognised through various international awards, most recently in 2009 by an award for ‘Inspiring Design’ from the British Council of School Environments and a ‘Design for Asia Grand Award’, presented in Hong Kong.

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