It is rightly said that happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. For the Rainbow family — the students, teachers, parents, and staff who together make Rainbow International School and Rainbow Preschools what they are — the recognition received at the Retail and Hospitality Awards 2018 on 4th August represented exactly that joy: the formal acknowledgement of collective effort, consistent quality, and genuine community impact by an independent, credible panel of judges.
The Award: Best Preschool and Secondary School in Thane
Rainbow Preschools and Rainbow International School were jointly honoured at the Retail and Hospitality Awards 2018 with the title of 'The Best Preschool and Secondary School in Thane.' This dual recognition — across both the preschool and secondary school categories simultaneously — reflects the integrated excellence of the Rainbow educational family: from the earliest years of early childhood education through to the Board examinations of Class X and beyond.
The Retail and Hospitality Awards programme recognises outstanding organisations across service and community sectors — celebrating those that have distinguished themselves through quality, customer trust, and consistent delivery of excellence. For two Rainbow institutions to win in the education category reflects the school's standing as a trusted, high-quality institution in the Thane community.
What This Recognition Reflects
Awards are, ultimately, a reflection of what happens every day — in classrooms, on sports fields, in music rooms and art studios, at parent-teacher meetings and school events. The Retail and Hospitality Awards 2018 recognition reflects:
- Academic excellence — Rainbow International School's record of strong CBSE Board results across Class X and Class XII, reflecting the quality of teaching, curriculum delivery, and student preparation across all subjects
- Early childhood quality — Rainbow Preschools' reputation among Thane families as the most nurturing, most developmentally appropriate early childhood programme in the region
- Community trust — the thousands of families across Thane West and beyond who have chosen Rainbow for their children, and whose satisfaction with the education their children receive is the most powerful endorsement available
- Institutional leadership — the vision, consistency, and commitment of the Rainbow leadership team, whose investment in quality at every level of the institution makes awards like this possible
- Staff excellence — the teachers, coaches, counsellors, and support staff whose daily dedication provides the foundation on which Rainbow's reputation rests
Rainbow International School: A Record of Recognised Excellence
The Retail and Hospitality Awards 2018 recognition sits alongside a growing record of institutional awards that reflects the Rainbow community's consistent commitment to quality across all dimensions of school life. From national education summits to regional business awards, from government sports recognition to community media recognition, Rainbow International School and Rainbow Preschools have established themselves as institutions that are consistently recognised as the best — not just by one judge or one panel, but by the range of credible voices that constitute the school's wider community.
This consistency of recognition is not accidental — it is the outcome of an institutional culture that takes quality seriously at every level, from the condition of the campus to the preparation of lessons, from the maintenance of sports facilities to the warmth of the parent welcome.
Gratitude to the Rainbow Community
Every award that Rainbow International School and Rainbow Preschools receive belongs first and foremost to the people who make both institutions what they are: the students whose growth and achievement are the school's reason for existing, the teachers whose dedication and expertise are the school's most important resource, the parents whose trust and engagement are the foundation of the school community, and the support staff whose work behind the scenes makes everything else possible.
To receive recognition from an external, independent panel is gratifying — but the most meaningful recognition comes every day in the form of the families who choose Rainbow for their children, the alumni who speak warmly of their school years, and the students who come back as parents to enrol their own children in the institution that shaped them.
Conclusion
The 'Best Preschool and Secondary School in Thane' recognition at the Retail and Hospitality Awards 2018 is a proud chapter in Rainbow International School's ongoing story of excellence, community trust, and institutional commitment to the families of Thane West. Rainbow International School and Rainbow Preschool International together provide the most complete, most consistent, and most celebrated educational pathway available in Thane — from nursery to Class 12. Admissions for 2026–27 are open. We warmly invite every family to visit our campus and experience the Rainbow difference for themselves.
