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100% SSC result!

June 26, 2008

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The good news just keeps rolling in!! Our school’s first SSC result is 100%! 32 students appeared, out of which 5 got 90% and above, 14 got 80% and above, 8 got 70% and above, and 5 got 60% and above. Since this was our first SSC result, it was very important that we got a good one, and boy, did we!

The students got excellent marks in Maths, Science and Social Studies, the list of which I have put below.

The reason why this is such a big deal is that none of the students who scored above 90% went for classes! They relied completely on what the school taught them, and completely believed in us! Well, it was both ways really… we believed in them too!

The Millennium family got another feather in its hat with this. The family’s bonds have been strengthened, and the determination to do better has grown stronger!

As I frequently mention, the teachers, Dr. Phatak and Arpita, have put in stupendous efforts behind this result. And boy, what an outcome!

To celebrate, we have decided to give a holiday to the school kids on 27th June 2008, and have a felicitation ceremony for the best performers on Monday, 20th June 2008 at 3:00 pm. All the parents are invited for the ceremony!

Here are photographs and marks of some students who excelled:

Juili Shivde: 92%. 50/50 in Sanskrit, 83/100 in English, 81/100 in Marathi, 97/100 in Science.

Tanvi Gunabharit: 90.61%. 150/150 in Mathematics.

Kajal Patel: 90.46%. 149/150 in Mathematics.

Aneri Shah: 90%

Kashmira Mehta: 90%. 98/100 in Social Studies.

Anish Anturkar: 44/50 in Hindi.

Abhishek Apte: 97/100 in Sanskrit.

Shweta Vaidya: 149/150 in Maths.

Well, one thing is for sure. We are going to miss these kids! After lots of teaching/shouting/lecturing/punishing/playing/enjoying/eating/dancing, we have to bid these kids adieu!

All the best and we are sure you have a wonderful future ahead!

Awesome Scholarship result. Again!

June 17, 2008

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We are really happy to announce that 3 of our students secured the Higher School Scholarship (Std.7)!

All the students who appeared for the Std.4 and Std.7 scholarship exams from the school passed with flying colours.

Here are our stars – Apoorva Ketkar, Manasi Bhopale and Shubhankar Pimplikar!

No doubt these children worked hard for the exams, but special mention must be made for the teachers who worked equally hard to get all the students the marks that they have got!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Open Day presentations online

June 17, 2008

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We had made a few presentations for parents, which enlisted some important things for parents as well as students. Now, you can access them online here.

We have explained in detail, our teaching plans for the year, as well as expectations from the students and parents. So, we thought it would be beneficial to have them uploaded on our website.

There’s more to come in this space – so keep watching!

School re-opening

June 12, 2008

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Well… I have broken my personal rule of updating the blog at least once a month! But, there were just too many things happening in the school while the kids were away for the summer vacation!

Firstly, the primary school building just got bigger. As of now, 1.5 times the original size! Then, we’ve changed teaching methodologies for the better for our higher classes (Std.5 to Std.9), so we were busy making content. We are in the process of making a nice PPT for all the changes that we have made to our teaching and content, and I’ll upload it once its ready (which will be before the open house, this Saturday) .

Here are the dates for the open house:

14th June 2008 (Saturday):

Nursery : 11:30 am

Jr. KG : 10:00 am

Sr. KG : 8:30 am

Std.1 : 2:30 pm

Std.2 : 4:00 pm

Std.3 : 5:00 pm

15th June 2008 (Sunday):

Std.4 : 8:00 am

Std.5 : 9:00 am

Std.6 : 10:00 am

Std.7,8,9 : 11:00 am

Here are the school re-opening dates:

Nursery : June 17, 2008 (Tuesday)

Jr. KG: June 19, 2008 (Thursday)

Sr. KG: June 19, 2008 (Thursday)

Std.1 to Std.9: June 16, 2008 (Monday)

If you are wondering what happened to Std.10 – they have been coming here since the 1st of June!

See you soon kids!

Our kids get scholarship in the Ganit Pradnya Mathematics competition

March 17, 2008

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Success surely is a well known thing to these children of Std.5. After cracking the Ganit Pravinya, and getting selected amongst a few in Maharashtra, Mahimna Kelkar, Sayli Bapat, Chinmay Markale, Kaustubh Vinchure and Shubhang Kulkarni, were selected in the top 90 students of Maharashtra amongst thousands who had appeared. They will be given a scholarship and the prize distribution ceremony will be held on 12/04/2008, 5.00 PM, at Amar Hind Mandal, Dadar-West, Mumbai-28.

Here is a link to the website: http://www.mumbaiganitmandal.com/marresult_std_v.htm

The school is proud of them, and we hope they and other students continue to win such awards/scholarships! The children worked really hard – of course, with the support of our teachers, and made sure they made the school and everyone around them really proud!

Sports Achievements

March 6, 2008

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Our kids have excelled again in sports! Raghavendra Tupekar and Saurabh Hejib won the Gold and silver medals at the District Level Skating Competition. Then, our girls from Std.6 won the District Level Qualifiers in Basketball, and have progressed to Quarter finals in the next step.

The point to note here is that these kids have learnt the sport they have excelled in, in the school. This reflects on our philosophy that a child should be an all rounder – all the way. The kids who excel in other schools usually go for training to some other institute – the school hardly coaches them. But our philosophy, that, all kids must learn to play all the sports taught in the school, is carrying off very well.

Our heartfelt congratulations to the kids!

Annual Gathering – 2007 – 2008

February 14, 2008

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As usual, the Gathering was a blast. We all had tremendous fun organizing it, and the kids had tremendous fun taking part in it! As we frequently mention, we do this for the kids – so that kids can enjoy a little and also be a part of an organized process. We make sure our kids know how things are organized and the rationale behind them. For instance, the house captains and the head boy and head girl played pivotal roles in the gathering this year. They came to know how dances are laid out, how anchoring is done, how children are dispatched to their parents after their stage show is done with etc. They came to know how decisions are taken at run time.

This year we had a Mallakhamb demo at the Yashwantrao Auditorium. This was the first time in all these years that we took the mallakhamb stands to there (it was a first for the Yashwantrao people too!). Parents were amazed to see our 4th boys do great things on the stage. Even climbing up a mallakhamb is really difficult! Here is a picture to show one of the pyramids:

Mallakhamb is a traditional Indian sport. We make sure all our kids know of this activity, as it requires maximum fitness and has not got publicity it deserves. Girls do a variation, on the rope – unfortunately, the auditorium could not provide us a strong beam on which we could hang the rope and show this demo too.

We were also going to miss our 10th Std kids who were going to be busy studying. Or so we thought. We missed them all day. But they couldn’t let go of our final dance! All of them appeared just before the end of the last sessions for the final dance! Our final dance is a medley of all the dances that are part of the annual gathering, all to a totally different beat.

Well, the fun is over now, and every one is back to academics.

The hunt was on!

December 21, 2007

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We had our super annual feature – the Treasure Hunt!

The kids went crazy again. We had it for kids from Std.5 to Std.10. It was the first time for Std.5 – so their clues were easy. The rest, however, had to struggle. The Std.10 kids found it to be really easy though – sure enough – they have been playing this game for the past 3 years! Its very difficult to capture images or video of the electric atmosphere during the treasure hunt. We’ve tried, and not completely succeeded. I have some pictures, and some video. Check them out.

Just to give you a hint of the types of clues we give, here is a really easy one:

A room so huge with a wall of stones
Where we bend, twist and turn as if we have no bones
Kids can climb like monkeys and prance around
On this pillar of wood, look hard, the clue must be found

Can you guess which one this is? Well, its the Mallakhamb which we have in our gymnastics hall.

And here is a relatively difficult one:

I was writing out the next clue for you when all the words fell to the floor and got jumbled up. And since I was so busy, I had no time to straighten it out for you. Can you put the words in the right places and figure out for yourself where you have to go for the next clue?

Clues: Four, all, ground, door, there, glass, more, walls, around, but, floor, room

Can you guess this one? Its “There is a room on the ground with more walls than four. It was glass all around it, but has no door”
What is it? The Lower Dining Hall!

We made about 250 such clues for the kids of varying level of difficulty. Arpita Madam was the star of the planning, while Dr. Phatak, the star of implementation. Kudos to these two!

What was I upto? I was the “Helper“. No – I wasn’t letting the kids cheat – I was there to help them solve puzzles – though at a price! 5 minutes! Costly, you might say, but things are expensive these days! And was I rich! By the end of the Hunt, I had penalized about 6 groups! Thats half an hour!

Our structure was that the students had to solve 8 clues and find the treasure. There were 30 groups from Std.5 to Std.10 who took part in the Treasure Hunt. Each group was divided according to houses, and each had an equal share of easy, medium and hard puzzles.

We feel that by doing such things, we are giving the children something that they will cherish as memories for the rest of their lives. At the same time, we are honing their analytical skills and improving their stamina (they run around the campus umpteen times). What do you feel? Let us know about it in the comments!

Houses introduced. Captains introduced. Head Boy and Head Girl introduced.

December 19, 2007

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We have created houses for children from Std.5 and above, and have named captains for each house. We have also elected a Head Boy and a Head Girl to monitor over all the houses.

The houses names are Red, Yellow, Blue and Green. The Captains for each are: Red: Nivedita Patil, Green: Indraneel Khune, Blue: Aishwarya Lele, Yellow: Tanvi Shaligram. The Head Boy elected is: Sameer Deshmukh, and the Head Girl elected is: Naina Mehendale.

The responsibilities of each has been defined and explained. We have kept points for every house, that the Head Boy and Girl maintain. Every misbehaviour results in points being deducted. Each house is supposed to maintain its own forum and blog. A panel of teachers will review this forum and blog at the end of every month and give points on creativity and neatness.

Questions answered

November 28, 2007

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I will now try to list down and answer some of the most common admission related questions I hear from parents.

1. What if me and my family are out of the country or in another city? What happens then? Can I still secure admission?
Yes! You can still secure admission. You basically need to read our website really carefully. Look at the admission procedure. Make sure you have understood all the rules and regulations of the school. Take a look at our sample papers etc. Let us know how your child has fared on the sample tests. After you let us know, someone you know can come and fill out the admission form for you, and pay the deposit to secure the admission.

2. How can they make their child actually appear for the eligibility test?
We can make your child appear for the test once you come to Pune.

3. How can they send the required documents?
You can give us the required documents once you get to Pune.

4. Can we fill the form online?
Unfortunately, no. It occupies a very high position on our to-do lists. 🙂 Till we manage to do it, someone needs to physically fill out a form in the school.

5. Do we need to attend the first parents meeting?
Yes. This meeting is very important. Especially for new parents. Here, Dr. Phatak talks about the various rules and regulations that you need to know about. He also explains what is going to be done in the year for a particular class. ID cards and van details are mentioned on this day.

6. What do we do if we miss it?
You will have to learn as you go along.

7. Can my ward join in between the year?
That depends on whether we have place in that class.

8. Can you suggest a good time and age for us to move?
The move to India should be planned in such a way that your child gets a break from school. (S)he should also get some time to adjust to the Indian surroundings – the weather, the neighbours, the food/water, the surroundings etc. If enough time isn’t given, then the school adds on to the list of things that need to be adjusted to quickly. And that can be difficult. We are very accommodating to students who come from other places, because we know what they are going through. You, the parent, needs to be accommodating too. The child should get at least a 15 day break before school starts.
About the age, we suggest as early as possible. Before Std.3. After that, it becomes increasingly difficult to adjust to the Indian conditions, and studies. The Indians stress on writing, while in other countries its more on reading. Not that children don’t adjust- they do, and we have a lot of them who have – its just that their patience tends to run out.

9. What about water and the food? Can my child adjust to it?
In the school, yes. We serve non oily, non spicy vegetarian food (Marathi food). Our water is membrane filtered (filters germs upto 3 microns) – so its very safe. We serve standard milk for breakfast. But, we don’t force children, who have come from out of India, to eat everything from the first day. We give them some time. But eventually, they have to eat at least the first serving of what is given to them.

10. Why does Millennium admit children who are 3 years of age into JUNIOR KG? Shouldn’t they be going to Nursery?
This is because according to the Government circular, a child can be 5 years old when he goes to Std.1. This means that the child should be in Nursery when (s)he is 2 years old.

I shall keep adding to this post as and when I get any other questions.