City Montessori School, RDSO Branch
City Montessori School, RDSO Branch (or CMS RDSO) is a private school in Lucknow, India. It offers education up to the level of Class XII. It is a co-educational, English Medium institution affiliated to Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Board, New Delhi. The school has been ranked 6th in the "most respected secondary schools" in India list compiled by IMRB in 2007 History. CMS RDSO was established in 1964 under the guidance of Preeti Kaur. The school progressed under the leadership of the Principals, Mrs. Sindhi and Dr. Kamran. Leadership. The present Principal is  Swapna Mansharamani. The Vice Principal is Indu Mohan, who also heads the senior wing of the branch. The Junior in charge is Poonam Arora. Mrs. Victoria is the Primary in charge. Organization. CMS RDSO comprises four sections: Location. The school is located in RDSO Colony. Standardized test performance. In 2012 CMS RDSO produced the Lucknow city ICSE top student Gaurav Chandela who secured 98.6% in 2012 ICSE boards. The top ten position holders of CMS RDSO branch scored 95% and above in the ICSE boards in 2011-2012. Anika Pandey led the ISC Board in 2010-11 with 96.5% marks  in the Commerce stream. Ms. Anika and Manjari Yadav, secured the required cutoff for the Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi. Shagun Srivastava topped the ICSE Boards with 95.80% marks. Five students cleared the first stage of NTSE 2011. Shivansh Gaur qualified the IIT JEE 2011. Gaur also secured 92% marks in ISC Boards 2011. Extracurricular activities. CMS RDSO students participate in national and international competitions including International Robotics Olympiads, International Quality Circle Conventions, International Astronomy Olympiads, Environmental workshops, International Science festivals like Quanta, Macfair, Cofas, Celesta, SAARC Youth Festival, World Peace Festival, Children’s International Summer Village (CISV ) Camps, International School to School Exchange programmes, National Mathematics Olympiads, WIZMIC National Talent Search Examination and National Choral Singing Competitions and Sports Olympiads like EXSPO International.