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The Rachaprachanukroh School on Kamala Beach
Total number of students in primary grades 1-6: 500 Residential students in primary grades 1-6: 150 P1: 83, P2: 73, P3: 91, P4: 78, P5: 75, P6: 99 The Phuket Has Been Good to Us Foundation provides free English education every school day to all the 500 students in the primary grades 1-6. There are 360 secondary grade level students in the Kamala school. The school also has a kindergarten with a total of 50 students. There are 910 students who attend the Kamala School, 150 of them are residential. In the future we hope to expand to serve the entire student population of Kamala School. Headmaster: Khun Nawarat Samutkota Contact Phone: 076 279 239 Current English Teachers: P1-3: Caroline Thoyts and Laura Gray. P4-6 :Tammy McCray and Jonathan Higgins, assisted by Khun Kongsak Khoburi, supervised by Senior Teacher and English Program Coordinator, Laura Gray. 
Student ProfileSamrit Tongyenruan, nickname "Not," age 7, studies in Prathom 1 at Kamala School. Not says, I love coming to English class, because its fun and I like learning with my teacher, Caroline. He has only been studying English for one semester, but scored an incredible 97 percent on the oral examination. He can count to ten, identify colors, and answer yes or no questions. Not, who lives in Kamala, would like to be a soldier one day, but now is happy to spend time with his family, watch cartoons, and play football. Congratulations on your fantastic marks, Not! History 
The Baan Kamala School is located on Kamala Beach, just north of Patong. The original school located on this site was destroyed by the 2004 tsunami. Construction was sponsored by DKSH and
construction was carried out under the royal patronage of His Majesty the King of Thailand. Following the ground breaking ceremony in March 2006, the school
completed construction in May 2007.The Kamala school's official name is Rachaprachnukroh, which translates from the Thai as the "Royal Foundation for the Welfare of the People." The Rachaprachanukroh Foundation was established in 1963 after Cyclone Harriet killed 600 people and disrupted government services in Southern Thailand. The Rachaprachanukroh Foundation has, for the past 46 years, provided spontaneous emergency relief and support to the needy victims of natural disasters and epidemics, including fires, floods, cyclones, typhoons, and polio, cholera and AIDS. The fundamental principle of the foundation is to assist the victims of disasters and give them assurance that they can rebuild a better life after a tragedy. 
The King's foundation has established 44 Rachaprachanukroh schools all over Thailand, the Kamala school being the 36th. Rachaprachanukroh Schools, most of which are
boarding schools, become 'A Home and a School' offering kindergarten, primary and secondary education, free of charge. Honored to be connected with a school sponsored by HM the King and
his family, the Phuket Has Been Good to Us Foundation began operating an English language program for students in grades 1-3 in May, 2007.In the second year at Kamala, we expanded our program to include grade levels 1-6, with the total number of students involved in our program now exceeding 500. In October 2008, Phuket Has Been Good to Us Foundation began after-school and weekend programs for the residential students, called The Coconut Club. The school has granted our Foundation four classrooms, an office for the teachers, a space to house an English language library, and a recreation room for the Coconut Club. 
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