Extremely sorry for not posting for 3 months! As the school grows, we find ourselves getting caught up in lots of things – from daily administration to future planning, to facing anti-social elements.
First, we had a great Independence Day celebration. Children performed a traditional lezim, sang the national anthem, and did a march past. Phatak sir, then gave flags to the newly elected house captains (what an election campaign that was! More on that later…).
Captains and vice captains for the academic year 2008-2009 are:
Emerald
Captain:Jui Apte
Vice-Captain: Shubhankar Deshpande
Ruby
Captain: Prateek Deo
Vice-Captain: Rujuta Kelkar
Sapphire
Captain: Sejal Mehta
Vice-Captain: Malhaar Shah
Topaz
Captain: Shubhankar Pimplikar
Vice-Captain: Siddhi Salvekar
In general, August is a great season in the school, when the plants are at their greenest and flowers bloom like never before. As you can see in the pictures, everything looks so fresh! A note about our gardens – we have over 200 types of plants, and number-wise, we have over 2000! We are planning to introduce a gardening hour for our students, where they get to learn basics of gardening and plants in general.
Next, we had Gokulashtami, where all the children performed the “Dahi-Handi” breaking ritual. They didn’t actually break the handi, and the dahi was subsituted by kurmure and sakhar futane. So, not only did the children enjoy making pyramids, they also enjoyed eating whatever was in the handi!
Now, coming up is the Diwali party for all students and Bhondala for KG children…
