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One of the most looked forward events of the year, the Alumni 2045 was conducted recently in the school with much pomp and show. The trendsetters of tomorrow took a ride of being an alumni today! It was a delightful moment to watch Std 10th students tell their success stories from all walks of life.

Be it designing clothes for Hollywood celebrities, Bollywood film direction and designing BMWs and Ferraris to robotic engineering and programming languages in Sanskrit, each field was different from one another.

This just goes to prove that we are all unique and it’s this uniqueness that brings out our greatness. All this is only possible by following the Millennium National School mantra of dedication and perseverance. The youngsters seemed like they had touched the sky already and turned their dream of touching the stars into reality.

How did that happen? They all shared their experiences and the common thread running through them were the values of being human in life. This was the sole motivating force behind their success tales.

It was this value that helped them see and be in tune with future trends. For example finding the connection between Marine Biology and Medicine in 2022, where you could cure cancer with seaweed and perform surgery with corals.

So this is a lesson for our existing students. When we interweave our values with our innate talent and hard work, we churn out tried and proven success stories like these. Our alumni students did it. You can do it too!

Maths is something you either love or hate. Mr. Mark Saul, PhD and an eminent Mathematician who hails from the East Coast, USA, visited our School on 12th December, 2014 and showed us how to fall in love with Maths.

The house was packed with anticipating and excited children. He merely shared his vast experiences and told a story of Maths, starting with the history of astronomy to the different theorems. Whether it was solving Ptolemy’s theorem or the Pythagorous Theorem or Casey’s theorem, it was clear that Mr. Mark Saul had a way of making Maths simple, fun, and easy to understand. Simply because he had so much fun with it.

Interspersed with interesting quizzes and humour, he made Maths learning and concepts a cakewalk. The kids were neither overwhelmed nor bored. They seemed to relate very well with his level of knowledge. He had a knack of gauging the level of the class. He gave the kids a chance to evaluate their Maths level. Constant feedback galvanized the kids and got the Maths juices flowing with “OMG! How easy is that?”
He sure has a way of picking out gifted children with his superb teaching skills!

Millennium National School Kindergarten celebrated Teachers’ Day on Thursday, August 28, 2014 in the KG section. The entire theme was conceptualized beautifully on thanksgiving to the teachers from their students in different art forms such as prayer, poetry, songs, stories, dance, movies and a skit.

Teachers’ Day was actually the birthday of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the second President of India, who was also a great teacher. The teachers showed photos of him and said that his students used to love him. He told his students that instead of celebrating his birthday on the 5th of September, they should celebrate Teacher’s Day on that day. Such was his reverence for all teachers.

This celebration of Teachers’ Day was great fun. It included a beautiful prayer, “Shakti de, buddhi de”, a beautiful dance, a shloka about teachers “Gurur Bramha, Gurur Vishnu”, a video story about teachers and lastly a skit for the teachers performed by the Sr Kg kids.

This grand celebration of thanks struck a chord deep within our hearts. When thanks comes from the heart, it never ceases to uplift our spirits. And what better way to express our thanks than towards our teachers who make us who we are in life.

They not only educate kids but help them become responsible citizens of the future. They encourage and inspire kids to move towards success. So here is our Salute to all the teachers!

Every kid loves fruits. But they love fruit salad more. Why is that so? It’s because of the fruit salad making experience which involves so much creativity as to choose which fruits and which topping to put in the salad. Will it be the King of fruits mango with fresh cream or bananas, apples and grapes with yoghurt and sugar?

Kids hate eating so you have to make food an interesting experience for them. Fruit salad is a great way for kids to get the vitamins and nutrients that they need to grow and stay healthy.

The KG Kids at Millennium National School had such fun making fruit salad out of apples, pomegranates and bananas recently. It was an experience of a lifetime for them, which made them feel very accomplished and independent.
Cutting the bananas with a plastic knife, peeling pomegranates on their own, then adding yoghurt and sugar to make the fruit salad tasty. Ooh! The joy of making and eating is far greater than just eating.

Munching on their yummy fruit salad surely made the kids very happy.

Mrs. Anuradha Prabhudesai was here at Millennium National School on Monday, 29th September at 9:30 am to share her inspiring experiences with our 9th and 10th Std students through her presentation on the Kargil Shauryagtha.

She served Union Bank of India for several years and has now opted for voluntary retirement to dedicate full time for the cause of Lakshya Foundation. This is an organization that spreads awareness about the Soldier’s Sacrifice. She formed Lakshya Foundation in October 2009 to streamline the activities and reach more people.

So what are all the things she did to spread the saga of sacrifice of our brave soldiers? She wrote articles in Marathi newspapers, gave more than 200 CD presentations and published a book-A Salute to our heroes-10 inspiring stories of Kargil war brave hearts.

A renowned actor and orator, she has worked in Televisions, films and serials. An ardent trekker, she has received many prestigious honours especially the one at the Kargil War Memorial in Drass.

She stated, that the success of the Kargil operation was largely due to outstanding personal bravery and exemplary leadership shown by our soldiers. Our Kargil war heroes displayed indomitable resolve, grit and determination, acting beyond the call of duty.

She had a magnetic and commanding personality and through her demo, video clips and storytelling style she infused the students with the spirit of patriotism. She was roused with passion for the Kargil war brave hearts. The students were clearly very excited and motivated and she had the blood surging through their veins. Her message was respect the soldier, love the soldier.

Our Kargil war heroes are still alive in our hearts. Soldiers may die but the armed forces lives on!

The hills came alive and looked like a bed of white roses, as everybody gathered there, dressed all in white and looking majestic on the 68th Independence Day on 15th August, 2014 at 7:15 AM, up on the hills on the basketball court.

The event, anchored by Mrs. Prajakta Bhide, commenced with a quote, “One individual may die for an idea; but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives. That is how the wheel of evolution moves on and the ideas and dreams of one nation are bequeathed to the next”.

These are thoughts which our great leaders like Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose believed in and lived up to. And it’s only because of their sacrifice and love towards our motherland that we all had the privilege to celebrate our 68th Independence Day! She extended a warm welcome to our guest, director, principal, teachers, parents and students.

The ceremony commenced with a March Past performed by our students of class 6th, 7th & 8th, where they touched upon the significance of each colour of the flag. A flag for a nation is a symbol of its thoughts, its people, and their beliefs. Our tricolor flag too has many things to say.

Orange is the colour of sacrifice and an urge to be in-depth to our motherland. White is the path of peace based on truth. Green symbolizes our love towards nature, plants and in turn signifies how a life depends on nature. Wheel stands for motion which denotes evolution. With strong patriotic feelings stirred up in our hearts, we stood up and sang our national anthem with pride, as our guest Mr Anand Karva, Vice chairperson of PTA hoisted our national flag.

As last year merged beautifully into this year, we saw the most noble investiture ceremony which is the handover ceremony. It was time to appreciate and applaud our serving house captains and also welcome our new captains. The Winner, Yellow house was felicitated by our director Mr Anvit Phatak, with the presentation of a trophy.

Mrs. Prajakta Bhide quoted, “We believe that we are entering an era of transformation and emerging out of our cocoons and transforming into beautiful butterflies.” She added even more colour to the event by introducing our magnificent choir that fanned the passion in our hearts with a patriotic song, ‘Arun gagan par , mahapragati ka, ab phir mangal gan utha… soya hindusthan utha’.

As the ceremony came to a close, we returned to our homes totally impassioned, full of pride, respect and an urge to do something in our own way towards our motherland India.

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The tiny tots celebrated Janmashtami, Lord Krishna’s birthday on 13th August in the KG premises. It began by teachers telling the kids the birth story of Krishna, his parents, his birth place, River Yamuna and his village name.

Next day, our teachers made three handi’s for nursery junior and senior kids and decorated them beautifully. Kids made pyramids with the help of teachers and kaka’s. Churmure, sakhar phutane were given as “Prasad” to the kids.

Before dahi handi was cracked, the kids were shown pictures of how Lord Krishna and his friends made pyramids to eat butter in the village. After breaking dahi handi, kids were dancing to the songs of Krishna. The little ones were enjoying the dancing and so were the teachers who were dancing with the kids.

The teachers concluded by telling a story of “kaliya mardan” to the kids. They used different teaching aids such as flash cards and drawing on the board to make the story interesting. The kids were given dahi kala for snacks for more enjoyment.

It was a complete and amazing day for the kids. Not only did they enjoy themselves thoroughly but they also learned about Lord Krishna and his life. They learned that there is simplicity even in Godliness and God in simplicity.

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