Shrishti Vidyashram Sr. Sec. School
SHRISHTI VIDYASHRAM SR. SEC. SCHOOL
ANNUAL REPORT – HIGH SCHOOL (2013-14) 10th April 2014
As G.K Chesterton had quoted, “Education is simply the soul of the society as it passed from one generation to another.
Swami Vivekananda has rightly said “Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man “, And We, The management and the staff at Shrishti would want that education by which character is formed, where the strength of mind is increased, the intellect is highly expanded, and by which one can stand on one's own feet. We have sacrificed all of our days, so that you children can have a better tomorrow.
I would like to sincerely extend a warm welcome to our most respected guest of honour, Dr. George Chandy, medical director, Miot. We are indeed honoured by your esteemed presence Sir!It’s a great privilege and pleasure to welcome the members of the management.I would also like to extend a cordial welcome to our trustee Mr S. Sreedhar, our correspondent, Mr T. Rajendiran,our Academic director, MrsAnandhiRajendiran, Vice-Principal of Matric, Mrs Esther Banu David, Parents, teachers, well-wishers and to all my dear students who have gathered here.
It is a great privilege and honour for me to present before you theAnnual report of Shrishti Vidyashram to elucidate the journey of events 2013 – 14.The Annual Report is an extensive or an encyclopedic outlook at our very own achievements at Shrishti.It was indeed a prodigious year of events and cultural activities which takes Shrishti to a mammoth level of delight and commendation.
Academic Excellence:
At the outset I would like to high light the board results of last year- 2013 March.
In Std 10 board examination(AISSE) we had 62 students and we had 100% result- 19 students secured clear A1 grade and 13 students secured A1 grade with upgradation in all 5 subjects.
Our sixth batch of STD. XII (AISSCE) students performed very well in the CBSE examinations. We had a 100% pass with 79 students clearing the XII CBSE stream.Our students S. Anantha Narayanan and H.V.Mahalakshmi secured District first and District second respectively.
This year in March 2014 -57 studentsappearedforstd 10 examination – 50 students wrote board exam and 7 students wrote school based exam. 162 students of std 12 appeared for their CBSE board examination.
Shrishti Vidyashram is concerned about the holistic development of the child. Hence, as per CBSE recommendations, we conduct formative assessments that provide powerful indications to this development. This includes the Open Text Book Assessment, Problem Solving Assessment, Value Based Questions and ASL-(Assessment of speaking and listening skills)that have been introduced by our educational system. With these, we do not need to hold the hands of our learners but allow them to take their own path for acquiring knowledge. Let us keep the flame of this passion burning alive and let this passion be pure and laborious, in intent and in expression because it is linked with igniting the minds of the curious, capable learners who are totally under our guidance.
Fresher’s Day for grade XI:
Fresher’s Day for grade XI was celebrated on 14th June, 2013. Group song of the students of STD XII thrilledand inspired the students of std 11to enter the portals of Shrishti with courage and vigour.
Investiture Ceremony:
July 3rd 2013 was a day of significant importance in the history of Shrishti for it witnessed the creation of yet another pack of dynamic leaders – The Investiture Ceremony of Shrishti schools. Though naïve and juvenile, these innocent hearts swelled with sturdy determination to lead their fellow Shristians to another prosperous year of growth and wisdom. The Chief Guest was Dr. VinayakShukla, HOD of Cardiology, CMC Vellore.
Sports Day:
Sports - a beautiful combination of 3 things – team spirit, allegiance to rules and regulations and copious display of patriotic fervor. Sports reveal character. Shrishti Vidyashram celebrated the 11th Annual Athletic meet on 15th August, 2013. The chief guestMr. SouravGhosal enthralled the audience with his outstanding speech. The four houses marched with astute precision and perfection. All classes displayed a resplendent show of color and gaiety with paraphernalia of events.
Teacher’s Day:
The teacher’s day was celebrated with great pomp and show on the 24th August, 2013 as a mark of respect and reverence to the teachers in commemoration with Dr.Radhakrishnan’s birthday.
Children’s Day:
Every year Children’s Day in Shrishti School is held with a lot of fun and grandeur. The school ‘wears’ a festive look with children being dressed in colourfulattire of all styles. The children’s day this year was celebrated on 1st November, 2013 in commemoration with the founder’s day. It commenced with an epic tamil play “VeerapandiKattabomman” by the staff of Shrishti Schools which held the students spell bound. The teachers continued the spirit of fun and laughter with the comedy play “Run-away teachers”. The children were kept in the fun environment through, the much awaited carnival, lucky-dip and the juke box.
Celebrations:
Just to highlight the importance of all religions and to work in harmony, the school celebrated Ramzan, Diwali, Christmas and Pongal with grand gaiety with children displaying their talents with an array of shows like dance, music, skits, mimes and much more. All in all, they never forget to work with unity in diversity.
Competitions:
The academic year was indeed successful not just in academics but also in terms of students exposing their talents to stalwarts outside school. Just to mention a few……Our students PradeepVardhan and Harish of XI stood first in the Regional Science Expo held in Chennai Public School and were selected to display their project at the National Science Expo in Delhi. To add on, we had Rishi John Mathew of grade VII winning a Laureate at the KathaUtsav held in Delhi for his story writing. We also emerged victorious at the VIT Math Meet bagging many prizes and secondin the overall championship. InoVIT – A science contest organized by the VIT University-our students outshined in the Quiz in the higher secondary and senior school category with XI and X graders winning cash prizes of Rs.15,000/- and Rs. 10,000/- respectively. Nethaji of Grade IX won the first place in the Scientific Skill Test conducted during the National Science Day held on 6th March 2014 at the Vellore Science Centre.
Sports and Games report:
This year witnessed the vibrant achievement and sportsmanship of our students. Jesse Owens rightly said, “We all have dreams”. For dreams to become reality, students need a lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort. Our students participated in cluster meets of football and athletics, Skating tournament and VIT Tournament and bagged many prizes and emerged winners. In Chief Minister’s trophy for Tennis – S. Nantheep Kumar of grade XI and M. Akshita of grade IX qualified for the State Level Tennis Tournament. Sanjit Krishna of grade XI and S.P. Vaaruni of grade IX represented the Vellore district in State Level Basketball Tournament.
Special Weeks:
‘Library Week’ titled “INSULAM LIBRIS – fun in the island of books” was celebrated in remembrance with Library Day from 11th Nov. to 15th Nov. 2013. Competitions were held for different classes ranging from tiny tots of LKG to our grown up XI graders which included topics ranging from Fancy Dress, Speeches, Poem Recitation, Ex-Tempore and Storytelling. A ‘Reading Hour’ was also organized on November 15th. The prizes for these competitions were distributed at the grand finale held on 26th November 2013. Mr. Bobby Benedict, M/D of B&B Builders was the Chief Guest.
The ‘Communal Harmony’ Campaign week had been celebrated with much patriotism and fervour from 19th to 25th November, 2013. Our school hosted numerous activities during this week which consisted of Poster Making, Debate, Seminars and Essay competitions. Fund collection boxes were circulated to all classes for voluntary contribution for the Flag Day.
Primary Project:
The project for the primary was held on 23rd October, 2013. The children like scientific stalwarts demonstrated their models made of different gadgets and delighted their listenersas they spoke with much confidence. First graders worked on the topic ‘Boon & Bane of Science’ while the second graders spoke on poetry and literary figures. The third graders displayed models based on Social Science taking us on a world tour to learn about different cultures and people. The IV and V graders conducted various scientific experiments. The highlights of these experiments included volcanic eruption, Ocean in a bottle, Dance Eggs in the bottle, Illusions and Elevator mechanisms. Overall a well structured and a spontaneous programme that gave the young conquerors a better vision of the past and the future.
Utsav:
“Utsav”, true to its name, is a magnificent festival celebrated each year in Shrishti, to help students unravel their latent talents in the most splendid style possible.This year we had in February 2014. It is a rare privilege of exposure of glittering talents honed by dedicated teachers. Utsav unfolded not only cultural extravaganza but also a sight of satisfaction to the parents and teachers together for having moulded children into a dynamic and versatile personality. The students exhibited singing, dancing, acting and presentation skills which left the audience spell bound and a sense of pride to the staff and parents of Shrishti.
Australia tour & Staff Picnic:
The school management organized a tour to Australia in December for a period of 9 days. Children relished memorable moments by visiting many places. Opera House, Harbour Bridge, Tarango Zoo andBondai Beach were the high lights.The important feature that enticed the students was their designing of formula one cars at the Menai High School in Sydney.
The management had also arranged a picnic for the staff of Shrishti schools in the month of February to break the monotony of work and to relish time with their co-workers. Teachers forgot all their worries of teaching and corrections and enjoyed the trip to Muthukadu Boat House and the very enjoyable MGM Theme Park, Chennai.
Clubs: (Literary, IHA, Eco Club Home Science)
Shrishti has been blessed with a set of committed staff whose work has sharpened the students to a very large extent. They have helped in incorporating a set of clubs in the school campus to enable children fine tune their skills and carry the legacy further. We have the IHA club which is a pedestal where the child’s creative growth stems out of its shell. This year we hadmany eccentric events. To name a few - face painting, dance, Adzap, dumb charades, Best out of waste, singing, various art work, ramp walk, flower making and vegetable carving .
We also have the Eco Club and the Home Science club that concentrates on gardening and cookery. The Literary Club focuses on language development through speeches, drama, story writing and many more.
Work Education:
Perhaps the most important way to enhance Children’s pro social behavior is through Children’s capacity through empathy and sympathy. To incorporate these values and ideologies, XI graders visited many places- to help the aged and the young, to analyze the life style of villagers and the under privileged. Their visits to the Brammapuram Village, Paadashala, Annai Teresa Aged Home, Red Cross Old Age Home and Orphanage and the Aged Home at Anaicut - proved to be an experience which they would remember for a life time. They learnt that showing someone just a little bit of love makes a big difference in their lives!! Many of the students kept asking themselves and God- Why me! When so many do not have the basics of life.RU embarrassed to do good? Think!! It is so easy for us to point out when something is not okay but not that easy when we have to appreciate someone. Words of anger come out effortlessly but words of love need planning, preparation and right time to get expressed. Do not be embarrassed to do good. Life is too short!!!
Workshops:
For any organization to work successfully, the people need to be trained regularly and to teach better and effectively. Our teachers were not left behind in any area of training and workshops. The school provides all kinds of opportunities for the teachers and students to learn and improve their knowledge. The various workshops attended by our faculty are as follows:
- One day capacity building programme conducted by the DRS Education Society for 30 teachers on CCE & FA training
- FA Calendar workshops recommended by CBSE
- Subject wise workshops for teachers of English, Math, Science, Social Science, art and sports organized in various places around Tamilnadu
- Principal’s five day workshop mandated by CBSE on Effective SchoolManagement and School Skills
- Workshopon Life skills and Emotional Intelligence conducted by MARS Spell Bee Shine Academy
- The International Award for Young People, India - training workshop
- Workshop on ‘Problem of the Adolescence Group’ for the IX and X graders
Farewell:
Saturday, the 22nd of March, 2014 marked a day to wish our X and XII graders to fare them well in their future endeavors. Worthy words of correspondent, Mr. Rajendran’s a motivating speech by Mrs. AnandhiRajendiran, Director of Academics, the thoughts shared by teachers and the students did encourage the outgoing students.
Citizenship camp:
The Citizenship camp this year held on the 7th and 8th April, 2014 emerged successful and gave all participants a feeling of togetherness. It fostered team spirit, discipline, cooperation and sportsmanship. The citizenship camp this year witnessed a surfeit of events which included games, archaeological visits, camp fires, inspiring movies, singing and much more.
At this juncture I would like to personally thank our correspondent MrRajendran and director of academics MrsAnandhiRajendran for all the support they have given for the smooth running of CBSE curriculum. I would also like to thank Mr. Sridhar our trustee for expertise he would provide us, great thoughts now and then that would enlighten and help us strive the path of the vision that the founder of this institution had.
I need to record my thanks to all our multifaceted teachers who have worked tirelessly hardthroughout this academic year and shouldered various responsibilities to mould and guide these our children. Our office staff, service staff and Mr Suresh- manager, Mr Sridhar- AO and MrFrancies the floor supervisor for all the help theyhave rendered to the children, for the smooth running of the school.
Conclusion:
Lastly my graduates a thought for you to carryand hold on to ……
Similar to computer, our brains also have RAMs (Random Access Memory) and hard drives. The trick is to find interesting data to store in them and access this information using your CPU (Creative Processing Unit). Your CPU connects or associates one bit of information with a piece of data in another RAM or from your hard drive.
Your hard drive consists of experiences, education, successes, failures, learning and so on. Your RAMs can be in the form of multiple bubbles namely jokes, images, newspaper articles, ways to do things, current events, hit music and so on. How often you refresh your RAMs, ensures that the data there is fresh and ready to associate with older data from other RAMs and your hard drives. Rebooting is to constantly reset your senses. Challenge yourselves to see, hear, feel or experience something new each time.
My dear children - have the courage to think differently, the courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, the courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that you all must work towards and you’re sure to shine like the stars that twinkle above you.
Be a spark that will kindle the fire of brotherly love to be a better human being in the world given to us. Be true to the motto- Learn to lead!
Parents- your children learn from what they see- not from what they hear. So please be the kind of role model, you need to be to your children.
Let me end my report by the words of Albert Einstein.
There are 2 ways to live
You can live as if
Nothing is a miracle
Or you can live as if
Everything is a miracle.
Thank you.