School Notes: Insight into 7Ds for setting and achieving goals

Students were also introduced to the importance of examinations and the seriousness that is called for. The difference between being a privileged and underprivileged children was brought to their notice. Mr Pote believes,“Failures are just the initial trails of success.” He shared his thoughts on failures,encouraging and motivating children to do think practical. He cited the example of Abrahm Lincoln to motivate students.

“If the plan doesn’t work,change the plan,but not the goal”,is the philosophy with which Mr Pote works.

The program was conducted free at Aatre Rangmandir so that the students of Kalyan can gain as much insight as possible and build their tower of success with the bricks of knowledge from Mr Pote.

Saraswati Mandir High School SSC results

Like every year,we have achieved grand success at SSC examinations held in March this year.

The overall percentage of the school (English/Marathi) medium is 98.81.

The overall percentage of English medium is 98.32 and the overall percentage of Marathi medium is 99.36.

Abhay Narahari Nadkrani secured 95.64% and stood first in the school. Ninety-four students secured distinction and 128 secured first class.

We extend congratulations to the successful students and the teachers who motivated and guided them.

Marking a memorable first day of school

Sou. Laxmibai English Medium School began its new academic year from June 17 with a bang. The Principal and teachers of all the sections left no stone unturned in making the first day one of the most memorable for students. The school was decorated with balloons,flowers and rangoli. Refreshing magic show,educational movie,game rides and entertainment were the attractions of the day.

Shri. Prasad Kulkarni ,Principal of the school greeted and welcomed the students of every section. It was also an added celebration due to the 100% SSC result. The children returned with happy memories.

Jon Pritkin interacts with students of Ryan

Ryan International School invited Jon Pritkin,Guinness Record Holder in 2009 for rolling frying pans in 30 seconds,to interact with students and talk about ‘anti-bulliying’.

Pritkin tore a phone book in half,bent a steel rod with his teeth,broke a baseball bat on his knee and rolled a metal frying pan with his hands like a sandwich wrap,to draw the attention of the children and then spoke to them on how he suffered abuse at the hands of children and elders for having a speech impediment and learning disability coupled with a weight problem. He graduated,thanks to his ‘never-give-up’ attitude.

He spoke to students of Ryan International School ICSE (Malad) to inspire them to stand up for classmates who may be the target of bullies and to convince those who are victims of bullying never to give up. He narrated numerous instances where he was bullied and incurred abuse from peers and neighborhood children and elders. He said,“When you make fun of someone,it hurts. Words hurt.” The marks of stitches on his chin stand proof of his being tripped in childhood by fellow mates. It was in his high school that a teacher befriended him and spent time with him and helped him overcome his speech problems.

He told students to confide in parents and teachers so that they understand the child being a victim of bulliying and take necessary corrective measures. It is necessary today to be cautious as children are bullied even on social networking sites. He mentioned that his wife and mother were the source of strength to achieve what he is today and said he found out at a later stage that his daughter was also a victim of bullying at school. Pritkin felt that had he confided in someone,he could have dealt with the problem better rather than being withdrawn and even contemplating suicide.

This being his first visit to the city,the Ryan International Group of Institutions have scheduled his visits to their schools in Sanpada,Nerul and Kharghar.

Neti Srinivasan,COO of Ryan International Group of Institutions,said such interactive sessions with leading personalities are a common aspect of the group to generate a sense of awareness among students and to bring about a sense of involvement in them to help their fellow classmates. He said it was essential to educate the parents and the teachers about bulliying,both within and outside classrooms so that this anomaly can be dealt with accordingly.

Laurels for St Lawrence High School

The management and teachers of St. Lawrence High School are proud at the laurels our HSC and SSC students have brought.

The aggregate precentage for the Science Section Junior College is 91 and for Commerce,it is 89.28.

Toppers in Science Stream

Nikita More 78.50%

Ankitkumar Gajra 75.67%

Deekshitha Belchada 75%

Toppers IN Commerce Section

Manisha Joshi 78.33%

Joan Maria Coelho 75.83%

Jamini Jain 73.67%

SSC aggregate percentage 99.32

With Distinction 49

First Class 72

Second Class 26

Toppers for SSC

Rohit Naik 93.45%

Ankit Tiwari 91.27%

Shubham More 90.55%

The students of St Lawrence High School have proved that a task can be difficult but not impossible to accomplish. The only message can be: “Have dreams of achieving high and with courage realise them. Give more importance to critics and fault finders on your journey to success because the critics keep us alert paves way for our achievements.”

The teachers’ effort is reflected through the students achievement.

Stories come alive at Vissanji Academy

As part of the school’s golden jubilee celebrations,Lady Ratanbai & Sir Mathuradas Vissanji Academy organised ‘Story Carnival’ on June 21 in association with Ideas Box,a part of the Amar Chitra Katha group. The school believes that stories are the best way to impart values among children. The theme for this carnival was ‘save the environment’. The event started with the school band playing for a ‘Green Parade’,where children were dressed as endangered species and trees and marched in the school with slogans to save the environment.

Expert storytellers used methods like puppets and ventriloquism to tell stories to the enthusiastic children and workshops and competitions in story writing and storytelling for teachers and senior students followed. The auditorium was converted into a story land and various characters and magical creatures adorned the walls. The students were asked to come dressed as story characters. Participation was key and each student and teacher was part of the preparation,fun and learning activities that were conducted.

The school showed great initiative in hosting this innovative and motivational event. It was a successful and a grand event for students and teachers.