Aradhana Academy October 2013 - Newsletter

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Aradhana Layout, Arekere, IIMB Post, Bangalore 560076.

Website: www.aradhanaacademy.com Email: [email protected]

Save the Date!

Inaugural Day

Art & Craft Exhibition

October 26, 2013

Annual Sports Day

January 26, 2014

N E W S L E T T E R

From the Principals desk

When I believe I can, then I can acquire the ability to do iteven if I didnt have it in the beginning.

Hello and welcome back to the Aradhana Family. Wehave begun yet another year (2013 - 14) with bigger dreams

and greater aspirations for our students. In AradhanaAcademy, academics has always been of primary importance,

but in todays razor edged competitive world, it is importantthat our students are given lessons in life skills to move on in

life with confidence. To achieve this, our school has initiatedactivities that includes sports and art and crafts, clubs like The

Literary and Dramatics Club, The Science Club, The I.T.Club, The Eco club, The Home Science club, to name a few.

I am also happy to announce that we are a part of InternationalSchool Award an accreditation scheme for curriculum based

international work in school. The aim is to give our school aninternational ethos.

We also understand that technology is making a hugedifference in our lives, and to keep up with it, we now have a

portal where parents can check the performance of their wardsand all activities taking place in school.

As a part of our effort to stay connected and keep all of youupdated, every year we bring out our newsletter.

I feel extremely delighted to present the first newsletter of thisyear.

I thank the newsletter team for their effort and hard work.

Parents, students and staff, we are allpartners in our commitmentto excellence. We will

continue to work together inmaintaining our academic and

extra-curricular programs.Thank you and God bless.

Sr. Moly Parayil

Principal

Vol. 1 | 2013ARADHANA ACADEMY

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June 2013, the students of Aradhana

School excitedly set foot into the campuswith hope in their eyes and joy in their

hearts. The highlight of the welcomeceremony was the Swagatam song put to

lively rhythmic steps. Sr. Moly addressedthe students and conveyed her message of

obedience, punctuality and hard work.Keeping with the tradition of the Aradhana

family, all the staff members wereintroduced to the students and parents. The

most unique part of the function was thenew School Anthem rendered by the

teachers. The function created the rightatmosphere to usher in the new academic

year.


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THE MESSENGER OCTOBER 2013

Vanamahotsava was celebrated on 5t

July 2013. Sr. Moly,our principal presided over the function. Sr. Lalitha, our

vice-principal was the guest of honour. The function wasorganized by the students of class VIII. The program began

with a prayer followed by a skit, mime and a song. All theevents were woven around creating awareness and saving

the environment.Keeping up with the

spirit ofVanamahotsava, the

students of class 8presented saplings to

Sr. Moly and Sr.Lalitha. The program

culminated withstudents taking an oath

to save and protect theenvironment.

Independence Day, organized by the students of class 6went on to become one of the most memorablecelebrations of the month. The day came alive with

students dressed up as freedom fighters. This wasaccompanied by soulful singing of Vande Mataram by the

school choir. The entire campus became vibrant as thesenior students performed dances to the beats of the

patriotic songs.The presence of our chief guest, Major Aditi, from the

Indian army added to the patriotic fervor. Her message tothe students about standing up to the countrys need was

truly inspiring. Our principal Sr.Moly, in an equally

inspiring speechconveyed the

importance of beingresponsible citizens.

The students put upan impressive show.

It was truly a day toreckon.

Vanamahotsava

Independence Day

Investiture CeremonyOn 15th June 2013, Aradhana School conductedschool elections for the new office bearers.

Classes 5th

to 9th

exercised their votes. Theresults were announced on19th of June. In

keeping with the solemn tradition, the newoffice bearers were inducted into the school

cabinet at a ceremony for the current year 2013 2014. The smartly turned out members had

the proud privilege to march alongside thechief guest Kavita Agarwal. The student

council took an oath to put up their best anduphold the honour and discipline of their

school. Parents of the elected members werealso present at the ceremony.

Mango Fest

Aradhana Kids World celebrated the Mango

Fest on 21st

June 2013. The entire buildingwas bathed in yellow with children dressed in

yellow as well. The teachers looked their bestin yellow saris. The classrooms were adorned

with theme charts. The children sang songsand participated in lots of activities, which

were specially designed for them. They madecollages with hand impressions and painted

pictures with sponges. The fest concluded

with the kids feasting on mangoes.

An investment in knowledge paysthe best interest.Benjamin Franklin


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Teachers DayKISA Debate Marathon

The KISA debate for the year 2013 14 was hosted

by Aradhana School. It was an honour to havearound 40 ICSE schools for the competition.

Schools as far as Mysore and Chikmagalur

participated in the event. Mrs. Usha Rajgopalan, aneminent writer and environmentalist was the chiefguest. KISA debate saw some healthy competition,

enormous display of talent and some fiercedebating. The winners in junior category were the

students from Presidency School. Christ Academyclinched the trophy in the senior category.

Teachers Day was marked by a lot of joy and

enthusiasm. The students took the teachers bysurprise by organizing a program for them. Their

hard work showed as the stage reverberated with thesounds of music and dance. The highlight of the

function was the teachers participation in the danceand music.

Aradhana Academy has always stood forEducation for all. The school has sponsored the

education of many needy kids and has admittedmany kids who are academically challenged and

made it their mission to get them through school inflying colours.

Aradhana Academy organized a 4km Marathon on1

stSeptember 2013 to promote this cause.

Sr. Moly flagged off the marathon at 7.15 a.m. Theparticipants took off with great zeal from the

Aradhana Academy ground. Sr. Moly, our Vice-Principal Sr. Lalitha and others cheered the runners

as they reached the finishing point. In a smallceremony, prizes were given to the winners and

Participation Certificate to all participants. Theevent was a resounding success.

Marathon

KISA Debate

Teachers Day

On the 5th

of September, all the staff members of the

Aradhana family, visited auto Rajas Home of Hopewhich houses upto 400 abandoned people.

It was a humbling experience for the staff members.


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On 21st

September 2013, Aradhana Academy hosted Fiesta Dei Bambini aone of a kind inter pre-school festival for children between ages 2 and 5

years. The idea was to celebrate children, get them excited and involved.

The fete had a number of activities for pre-schoolers including fun withcolours, rhymes competition, lemon and spoon race, balls in the basket andfrog race. It was amazing to watch the kids recite the rhymes with such

confidence and ease. Prizes and certificates were handed out to the winnersand participants at the end of the event.

The function was well attended by parents, kids and representatives of

various schools.

Fiesta Dei Bambini


Kidsworld celebrated Grand Parents Day on

31st

August 2013. It was a day for the childrento show their gratitude and appreciation to

their grandparents.Children expressed their happiness in various

ways. L.K.G students performed a fashionshow representing the ethnic dresses of

different states of India.Games were conducted for the Grand parents.

All Grand Parents participated enthusiasticallyand contributed to the joy of the occasion..

UKG children enacted a wonderful play

Monkey and the cap-seller.After some songs and merriment, the programconcluded with a vote of thanks from Liya

Rachel. The tiny tots made it a memorable dayfor all the Grand Parents.

Grand Parents Day

Something to ponder about

ShramdhanaShramadana means Gift of Labour.

Implicit in this statement are tenets of service, cooperationrestraint and non-violence-the tenets Mahatma Gandhisincerely believed in and propagated.

Keeping up with ideals of Gandhiji, Aradhana Academyorganized Shramadana on the august occasion of Gandhi

Jayanti.The students of class VIII and IX, along with the entire

staff donated their time and effort in sprucing up thecampus and the surrounding areas.

The event began with the lilting prayer, RaghupatiRaghav Rajaram rendered by the teachers. It was

followed by a brief speech on Gandhji Jayanti by ourprincipal Sister Moly. She also informed us about

Guardian Angels Day which happened to fall on the sameday.

With the blessings from the guardian angel and SisterMolys good wishes the students formed small groups

headed by a teacher and went about de-weeding thegarden, watering the plants, cleaning up the litter in the

campus and sweepingthe adjacent road. In two

hours the campus stoodcompletely transformed.

It was good to see somuch enthusiasm and

energy in every singleperson involved.

In all the power ofcollective action came

through in full measure.

Can you tell how Attitude adds up to a hundred?

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