TEACHERS’ SEMINAR- St. Mary’s Geyzing                                 

                                            

Teaching is a skill and knowledge is power. For the betterment of teaching skills and to bring about an effective and meaningful change and to enhance the quality in teaching the children St. Mary’s Convent School started the Scholastic Year 2014 with two days teachers’ seminar which was held on 14 – 15 February 2014 which was beautifully and enthusiastically conducted by Rev. Fr. Augusty SDB, Rector of Don Bosco Kalimpong.

The seminar started at 8.30 am. On the first day the rules and regulations was read by the teachers and explained by the Principal, keeping in mind the legacy of our Founder Don Bosco and to make known to the children the rules first, before punishing them.

On the second day Rev. Fr. Augusty, SDB, gave all the important key factors to become a highly effective and best teacher. He had various exercises which were thoroughly entertaining and knowledgeable as well. The seminar ended with lots of appreciation and all the teachers enjoyed and looked forward to another seminar of this type next year.

Ms Anjina Lhamu Tamang            

                                                                         NEW SCHOLASTIC YEAR 2014-15

                                         

On 25^th February 2014, the prayer service for the opening of the New Scholastic Year 2014-15 was observed. The event started with the lighting of the lamp by Rev. Fr. Walter Crasta, the Parish Priest and Sr. Nirmala Tigga, the superior, a teacher representative and the School Captains. This was followed by a beautiful and meaningful prayer dance and Scripture Reading from the Bible.

The different symbols of the lives of the students were offered such as uniform, ball, book, incense sticks, fruits and bread, school photo etc.  asking God’s blessing.  The time table of ICSE examinations too was offered asking God’s blessing upon the 22 students of our school, who would appear for the Board Examinations this year.

Rev. Fr. Walter, encouraged the students to do always best in their studies and to be good students of the school. He said that they must be grateful to their parents who put them in this good school. He advised them to obey their teachers, respect them and to be good always.

The prayer service concluded with the song  “On this School your blessings Lord”.

Mr. G.K Kaphlay

 

INVESTITURE CEREMONY

“Uneasy is the head that wears the crown”; “With power comes great responsibility”.

St Mary’s Convent School, Geyzing organized   the   investiture ceremony for  the  year  2014-15.     The morning assembly on 1st March 2014 was indeed special as it witnessed the oath-taking ceremony by school’s senior and junior prefectrial board. The function started with a prayer song and lighting of the lamp by Sr. Superior Sr. Nirmala Tigga, followed by Scripture reading from the Holy Bible. The occasion was graced by our Sr. Superior, who congratulated the badge holders and encouraged them to shoulder their duties with ‘loyalty, truth and honour’. The Principal, Sr. Lily D’Suoza inspired the students and encouraged them to excel in their future endeavors. It was a defining moment for newly elected Head boy Aayush Chettri and the Head girl Sumnima Rai to receive the School Flag and Badge from Superior. Other posts such as Sports Captain, Cultural Captain, Language Captain, Discipline Captain, House Captains  and  Class  Captains  were also  announced  by  Mrs  Bhawana  Tamang,  the    Co-ordinator of the school.

The Students Council took the pledge to hold school’s motto of “Virtue and Knowledge” in high esteem and to fulfill their duties impartially with the best of their competence, character and enthusiasm. “Students of today are the visionaries and torch bearers of tomorrow, when we develop personality, skill, mind, we develop responsible human beings with leadership qualities”

 Ms.Anjina L. Tamang                                            

 

A WORKSHOP for classes VIII- X

The Workshop was based on how to develop ourselves and encourage ourselves organized by Mrs. Soma Banerjee and Mr. Ajay from Pearson Longman. In the beginning Mrs. Soma told us to smile and enjoy every moment and we realized how precious our smile is. She helped us to build up our self confidence and to be open. She not only motivated us but advised us to think positive and to aim higher. She taught us that strong will power will enable us to reach our goal. Strong will power, determination, hard work, discipline and concentration are the key to achieve success in our life. She instilled in us to say no to bad habits. She also instructed that no career is inferior.

The things that really touched every one’s heart were that to achieve our goal we should have initiative, optimism, commitment, seriousness, smartness and drive. She told us to think big and never give up. She made us aware that attitude and ability leads to success. Our talents are the gifts of God and we should make good use of them. She informed us to recognize people from inside and always read good, inspiring and motivating books. We should recognize knowledge as a key to living and to develop learning skills. She advised us that confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. She gave us tips to manage time. Lastly she taught us to be positive by following the given quotations:

• If you fail, never give up because FAIL means First ATTEMPT IN Learning.
• End is not the end, in fact END means Effort Never Dies.
• If you get NO as an answer, remember NO means Next Opportunity.

Throughout this session we learnt a lot of things and got inspired. We all enjoyed each moment by smiling and being confident.

 By Sumnima Rai