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Highclerc School, later Kodaikanal International School, opens

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Highclerc School, later Kodaikanal International School, opens
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Margaret Eddy opened Highclerc School at Kodaikanal for missionary children on 1 July 1901; it became Kodaikanal International School.

Margaret Eddy held a conference at Kodaikanal on 1 June 1901 that set up a committee to find teachers and a building for a school. Highclerc School opened to students on 1 July 1901, mainly for the children of American missionaries. Eddy served as principal without salary until 1905. The school later grew into Kodaikanal International School.

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