Newsletter:
VALLABH JYOTI
June– Sept 2005
For Internal Circulation only
KUDOS TO THE MERITORIOUS
STUDENTS
Vallabh Ashram School is proud of its
students who achieved excellent results in the class X AISSE
and class XII, 2003 - 2004.
In class X out of 87 students who appeared for the examintion,
55 students secured 60% & above. Further in class XII,
out of 70 students who appeared for the examination, 50
students obtained 60% and above.
TOPPERS OF X &
XII
Class
X |
Class
XII (Sc) |
Class
XII (Com) |
Position |
Name |
% |
Position |
Name |
% |
Position |
Name |
% |
I |
Juhi Jain |
91 |
I |
Yuvrajsingh
Jadeja |
88.8 |
I |
Jaikrishna
Jariwala |
85.4 |
II |
Roshni
Majumder |
89.6 |
II |
Sunil
T |
87.6 |
II |
Hirenkumar
Dabhi |
79.8 |
III |
Shreya
Shah |
89.4 |
III |
Tejas
Patel |
86 |
III |
Bhargava
Upadhyay
|
78.6 |
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It is also a matter of great pride to us that our students
have secured admissions in the prestigious institutions
of India. students have been selected for admission into
the prestigious medical & engineering colleges. Our
congratulations & best wishes to all of them.
GEO FEST 2004
Geo fest, the Five Day International Geography Olympiad,
being organized by the city Montessori School, Lucknow,
is an intellectual challenge to the contestants from India
& abroad. It provides a greater exposure and opportunity
to the students all over the country and overseas, to interact
with each other.
Vallabh Ashram School with its junior team comprising of
Amruta Singh, Roshani Majumder, Juhi Jain, Rahul Mahajan,
Insiya Pardiwala, Megha John, Aakanksha Rathod & Amit
Desai participated in this gala event held from 12th to
16th April 2004. They participated in all events like Geo
Talk, Geo Display, Geo Creation, Model Making, Catchy Caption,
Model Display, Voice & Vision etc. The efforts of the
team leader Mrs. Trupti Sakaria and our Geography teacher
Mr. Sanjib Bhadra, in preparing the students brought laurels
to the Institution. Giving a stunning performance, our students
secured II position in Model Making Category and our school
was placed 11th at the International level among 103 schools
from India & abroad contesting for it.
INVESTITURE CEREMONY
In a Solemn Investiture Ceremony, the New Student's
council took up the charge from the old Student's Council
and pledged their oaths of office on 24th June, 2004. Speaking
on the occasion, the Principal appreciated the dedication
shown by the Ex - student's council in performing their
jobs during their tenure and advised the students to embark
upon the path of Satya and to follow the voice of conscience
and discharge their duties virtuously.
The newly appointed student's Council members for the year
2004 - 2005 are as follows:
| Head boy |
Niraj Ganjawala |
| Head Girl |
Roshni Majumder |
| Sports Captain |
Lalit Kheni
Vaishali Patel |
| Cultural Heaeds |
Parth Bahvsar
Shreya Shah
Amrita Singh |
| Discipline Captains |
Dhara Desai
Chinmay M Rupawala
Jay Shah
Pooja patel
Swapnil Desai |
| Cleanliness Captains |
Abdul Pardiwala
Shreemad Patel
Nidhi Singh
Dhara Parekh |
| Red House Captain |
Krunal Patel |
| Red House Vice Captain |
Rahul Mahajan |
| Red House Jr. Captain |
Shreyansh Patel |
| Blue House Captain |
Avnish Kalhan |
| Blue House Vice Captain |
Shweni Digavkar |
| Blue House Jr. Captain |
Alisha T Desai |
| Green House Captain |
Bonny Naik |
| Green House Vice Captain |
Jenish Patel |
| Green House Jr. Captain |
Janki V. Shah |
| Yellow House Captain |
Samit Patel |
| Yellow House Vice Captain |
Priyank Desai |
| Yellow House Jr. Captain |
Divsha A. Patel |
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We hope that the new prefects will live up to the high expectations.
We wish them all good luck.
iACT TEACHER TRAINING WORKSHOP
A two day workshop for teachers of our School was organized
by iACT Bangalore (International Academy for Creative Teaching),
a prestigious division of Jain Group of Institutions from
11th to 12th June 2004 on the themes of Communication and
Presentation skills, Creativity and ethics in teaching. The
workshop was attended by 54 teachers and two eminent resource
trainers Dr. Gururaj Karajgari, Director iACT and Dr. Sandeep
Shastri, Dean Research & Social Science iACT facilitated
the workshop.
A creative teacher can mould in a positive direction, the
lives of thousands and thousands of students. Towards this
noble task and aimed at infusing creativity and innovation
in teaching, the workshop focused on communication skills
to enhance the self – confidence of teachers and help
them realize their true creative potential and develop their
ability to empathize, listen and work with others. The resource
team also discussed the barriers to creativity and provided
adequate techniques to make the teacher and the teaching process
a creative and fruitful endeavour.
With such eminent speakers from the renowned institution,
our teachers were enthused to contribute their valuable responses
and they opined in unison that the workshop had been a very
rewarding experience. In his valedictory address, the Principal
Dr. A. K. Gaur, hoped that the participants would put to practice
the things they had learnt in the workshop.
After the workshop, every member felt better equipped with
teaching and communication skills and left the workshop with
confidence and commitment.
YOGA TRAINING CENTRE
Yoga is a product of the perennial wisdom of India. It is
a science of health and healing. Yoga represents a process
through which one can learn how to live in the most integrated
way. Thus Yoga helps in:
1. Physical, Emotional,
Psychological & Intellectual growth.
2. Stress Management
3. Personality Development.
4. Developing a Positive Attitude
5. Learning to be a Team.
Recently Vallabh Ashram School has been selected as one of
the Yoga Centres to impart Yoga training to the students under
the scheme of Yoga Training in Central Board of Secondary
Education, New Delhi through Kaivalyadhama, Lonavla. Towards
this objective, Kaivalyadhama has deputed one more Yoga Instructor
to our school. Now we have one male & one female staff
to facilitate the successful implementation of Yoga. They
would be teaching Yoga to the students as well as the teachers
instilling Yogic values in them so that they could grow with
it as a way of life.
NAVCHETNA COUNSELLING & LEARNING
VARIATION CENTRE
Vallabh Ashram School shows great concern for the less gifted
children and to prove the same, a centre for these students
was initiated from this academic year. These special classes
are conducted as a great aid for such students who are normal
or bright as far as their intelligence is concerned but fail
to achieve their full potential due to learning gaps or learning
difficulties.
An additional well – trained Counsellor has also been
employed by the school to supervise these activities. We are
sure that these students will come at par with the rest of
the students and will feel motivated towards studies.
CAMPUS ROUND UP
DATE |
EVENT |
June 14 |
The School
re – opens after the summer break. |
June 24 |
The New
Students’ council is sworn in. |
June 25 |
Hand writing
Competition for classes I to IX |
July 01 |
English
Essay Writing Competition for std I to XII |
July 02 |
Guru Purnima
Celebrations. |
July 10 |
Inter –
House Swimming Competitions for std VI to XIIBlue
house lifts the first position |
July 15 |
Drawing
competition for Std I to IX |
| July 19 |
Science Quiz for Std I to
V |
| July 21 |
Science Quiz for Std VI to
XII |
| July 24 |
School Football Team (Under
– 14 & 19) participated in District
level Tournaments held at Vallabh Ashram School.
Both teams emerge champions. |
| August 9 |
Maths Quiz for Std I to XII |
| August 12 |
Singing Competition for Std
I to V |
| August 15 |
Inter – School Painting
Contest is organized in our school by Rajasthan
Pragati Mandal Charitable Trust – Vapi. |
| August 25 |
Poetry Recitation Contest
for Std I to V |
| September 8 |
Janmashtami & Teachers’
Day Celebrations |
| September 11 |
Talk on “Change Learning”
by our Academic Supervisor Mrs. Abha Kalhan. |
| September 13 |
Commencement of First Semester
Exams. |
| September 13 – 21 |
Computer Training Programme
for staff. |
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FELICITATION
On behalf of the Vallabh Ashram Family we’d like to
extend our felicitation to Master Niraj Vashi of Std XII (Com)
who has been the recipient of honour and success at the “Pepsodent
Shaktimaan Contest”.
Shri Mukesh Khanna’s “Shaktimaan” is one
of the top 100 satellite serials of our country. Niraj was
selected to be a part of one of the episodes of this television
serial as he had won the “Pepsodent Shaktimaan Contest”.
(By sending the correct answers to the questions asked about
what Shaktimaan taught people in “Choti bhhoti Magar
Moti Batein”. Niraj had participated in all the contests
and won all the three prizes – the consolation prize,
the early bird prize (a Shaktimaan Watch) and the first prize
(a chance to act with Shaktimaan). Our heartiest congratulations
go to him.
GAMES & SPORTS
A REPORT
Sports has been an integral part of our curriculum since its
inception. Sports activities go round the year and the school
has glowing achievements in the field of sports. This year
our students performed extremely well at District & State
level tournaments and brought laurels for the school. We also
had the honour of hosting various district level tournaments
on our ground. Recently we had the District level Football
tournaments, Subrato Mukherjee competitions & District
level swimming competitions on our grounds. All these activities
on the field helps to build up an environment of sports awareness
and promotes love for sports among the students.
DISTRICT LEVEL COMPETITIONS
EVENT |
DATE |
VENUE |
POSITION |
Subrato Mukherjee
Football
(Under 14 & 17 Boys)
|
24.07.04 |
Vallabh Ashram School |
First(Selected for Subrato
Mukherjee State level tournament) |
Football (Open)
(Under 14, 16 & 19) |
04.08.04 |
Vallabh Ashram School |
First in all category (Selected
for State level) |
Basketball
Under 14 & 19 Boys
Under 19 Girls |
04.08.04 |
Vallabh Ashram School |
First in both category (Selected
for State Level)First (Selected for State Level) |
Badminton
|
| Under – 19 (Girls)Miss
Manjiri Karlekar |
|
RJJ School Valsad |
First |
Under
– 19 (Boys) |
| Abhishek Heranjal |
|
RJJ School Valsad |
Third |
| Shyam Heranjal |
|
RJJ School Valsad |
Fifth |
| Praveen Thirukonda |
|
RJJ School Valsad |
Fifth |
| Swimming |
13.08.04 |
Vallabh Ashram School |
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Name
of the Event |
Name of
the Student |
Position
achieved |
50
mts Back Strock (U – 14) |
Robin Patel |
3rd position |
50
mts Free Style Boys (U – 17) |
Prashant
J. Panchal |
1st position |
| 50 mts Free Style
(U – 19) |
Riday Supariwala |
1st position |
| 100 mts Free Style
(U – 14) |
Prashant J. Panchal |
2nd position |
| 100 mts Breast
Strock (U – 14) |
Rohan Desai |
1st position |
| 100 mts Breast
Strock (U – 14) |
Nirav Patel |
2nd position |
| 100 mts Breast
Strock (U – 14) |
Prasad Chauhan |
3rd position |
| 100 mts Breast
Strock (U – 17) |
Ankit Y. Patel |
1st position |
| 100 mts Breast
Strock (U – 17) |
Vrishin Thakkar |
2nd position |
| 200 mts free Style
(U – 19) |
Ali Husain S. Kapadia |
1st position |
| 200 mts Free Style
(U – 19) |
Prashant J. Panchal |
2nd position |
| 200 mts Free
Style (U – 14) |
Nirav Patel |
3rd position |
| 100 mts Back Strock
(U – 14) |
Robin Patel |
3rd position |
| 400 mts Free Style
(U – 14) |
Nirav Patel |
2nd position |
| 400 mts Free Style
(U – 14) |
Abhishek N Patel |
3rd position |
| |
|
|
| 400 mts Free Style
(U – 19) |
Ali Husain Kapadia |
1st position |
| 50 mts Breast
Strock (U – 14) |
Nirav Patel |
2nd position |
| 50 mts Breast
Stroke (U – 17) |
Ankit Y Patel |
2nd position |
| 50 mts Breast
Stroke (U – 17) |
Vrishin Thakker |
1st position |
| |
|
|
| 50 mts Breast
Stroke (U – 19) |
Spandan Vadodaria |
2nd position |
| Table Tennis |
16.08.04 |
Ganesh Vadi, Valsad |
Reached upto Quarter final |
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STATE LEVELOTHER IPSC TOURNAMENT
1. The School Football Team (Under – 14) representing
Valsad District participated at the state level Football tournaments
held at St. Xavier’s High School, Bhiloda, Himmatnagar
from 21st to 23rd August, 2004. In all we played 3 league matches,
out of which we won two matches i.e. against Jamnagar &
Sabarkantha. We lost the third match against Surat by 1 –
2.
2. Our under – 14 Football Team participated at the IPSC
Soccer 2004 held at Dehra Dun from 15 – 19 August 2004.
We defeated Modern School, Delhi & Daly College in the league
matches. However, we faced defeat from Welham Boys, Dehra Dun
and Bhavan’s Baroda in the remaining league matches.
3. Our students Vaibhav Nadkarni, Abhishek Heranjal, Praveen
Thirukonda & Shyam Heranjal accompanied by our games teacher
Mr. Santosh Srivastava have gone to participate in the IPSC
Badminton Tournament hosted by Lawrence School, Lovedale, Ooty
(Tamil Nadu). We wish them all the best.
4. Our Under – 17 Basketball Team of boys & girls
escorted by our teachers Mr. Rajan Mishra & Mrs. Malti Desai
participated in the state level Basketball Tournament held at
Disa (Palanpur) from 17th to 20th September 2004.
5. Our School Swimming Team is participating in the XXXI All
India Public Schools’ Aquatic Meet 2004 organized by Motilal
Nehru College of Sport, Sonipat (Haryana) from 22nd to 26th
September 2004. We wish them all creditable success.
IPSC CULTURAL FESTIVAL 2004:
A REPORT
The All India Inter Public Schools’
Cultural Festival for the year 2004 was held at Mayo College
Girls’ School, Ajmer. Around 800 students from leading
public schools all over our country participated in this Mega
Festival held from 2nd to 4th September 2004. IPSC Cultural
Festival is an excellent meeting ground where one gets the chance
to explore one’s talents, share one’s ideas, compete
keenly and above all, share the joy of each one’s victory.
Vallabh Ashram School put its best foot forward at Mayo College
Girls’ School, Ajmer as a debut team. Twenty Seven students
of our senior school accompanied by 10 teachers participated
in various Cultural disciplines like Dance, Music, Art &
Craft, Drama, Computer, Quiz, English and Hindi Literary etc.
The group was fortunate also to have the privileged presence
of Shri Dinesh K. Sakaria, Trustee Shreevallabh Shikshan Sangeet
Ashram with them at Ajmer.
Though we did not win in many events but we definitely left
an impact. Our students performed superbly in most of the events.
Individually too, many of our students brought laurels to themselves
and the school. The most amazing performance was given by Kum.
Shreya Shah and Kum. Nidhi Singh who emerged victorious by bagging
the first position in Puppet Making.
It is also a matter of great pride & joy for all of us that
Vallabh Ashram School was placed 11th at the National level
among 20 leading prestigious schools from all over India contesting
for it.
All in all, the trip to Ajmer was a great success and a valuable
learning experience for both students & teachers. It did
immense good to the students in terms of enhancing their confidence,
ability to interact with others and learning about other cultures.
In the end, we would like to thank our Principal Dr. A. K. Gaur
under whose able guidance we were able to achieve all this.
We hope to improve and achieve more laurels in the years to
come. Given below is a brief account of our overall performance:
DISCIPLINE |
POSITION SECURED
|
|
1. DANCE |
a |
Group
Folk Dance |
V |
b |
Choreography
for Girls |
V |
c |
Choreography
for Boys |
V |
2.
MUSIC |
a |
INDIAN
MUSIC |
i |
Classical
Solo |
VII |
ii |
Light Classical
Geet / Bhajan |
VI |
iii |
Instrumental
Classical Solo |
VI |
b |
WESTERN MUSIC |
i |
Vocal Solo |
VII |
3.
ART & CRAFT |
| a |
Imaginative Composition |
V |
| b |
Poster Making |
VII |
| c |
Collage |
IX |
| d |
Clay Modelling |
IX |
| e |
Cartooning |
VII |
f
|
Artificial Flower Making &
arrangements |
VI |
| g |
Traditional Rangoli |
VIII |
| h |
Puppet Making |
I |
4.
DRAMA |
| a |
Fancy Dress cum Elocution |
V |
| b |
Skit (English) |
VII |
5.
COMPUTER |
| a |
Web Page Designing |
V |
| b |
Computer Science Quiz |
not qualified |
| c |
Multimedia Presentation |
VII |
6.
QUIZ (On General Awareness) |
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not qualified |
7.
ENGLISH LITERARY |
| a |
Debate |
IX |
| b |
Creative Writing |
IX |
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INTER SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS
Our school students participated in the Inter – School
English Elocution / Hindi debate Competition organized by Vapi
Kannada Sangha on 15th August 2004. Three out of them bagged
the prizes. Kum. Insiya Pardiwala mesmerized the audience with
her impressive speech and won the first prize in English Elocution.
Kum. Priyesha Rathod secured third prize in English Elocutuion
(Junior Group) and Kum. Roshni Majumder stood second in the
Hindi Debate Competition.
At the Inter School Singing competition organized by Lions Club,
Valsad, our students secured third position.
Our Quiz teams participated in the Inter – School Quiz
Competition organized by Ashadham School, Vapi on 14th September
2004 and secured third position.
INTER - HOUSE COMPETITION
For our students, we plan and organize evenly spread activities
and events throughout the year aiming at developing their all
round personality. To inculcate the art of public speaking and
to motivate confidence in children, various competitions like
declamation, poetry recitation, debate etc. are conducted. Various
curricular & extra – curricular activities are also
organized from time to time to bring out the creative talents
of our school. We are sure that these house wise competitions
infuse a deep and profound interest among the students and promote
their participation in large numbers. The house – wise
overall point tally till date bears a testimony to their close
competition. It is as follows:
Aurobindo
House |
Tagore House |
Gandhi House |
Vivekanand
House |
36 points |
36 points |
41 points |
40 points |
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CLASSROOM DECORATION COMPETITION
The school organizes Classroom Decoration Competitions every
year for the classes I to XII. It gives a great impetus to the
latest talent in the field of creativity. It also gives the
children an opportunity to make illustrations of their imagination
and depict them in the form of charts and models. Keeping the
same in mind and to encourage our students to keep their classrooms
tidy and attractive, we organized a classroom decoration competition
on 27th August,2004. The students were more enthusiastic with
their efforts than our expectations.
MATHS OLYMPIAD
Maths Olympiad and other such scholastic aptitude competitions
pave the way for true understanding of concepts that is so essential
for doing well in competitive exams. Also recognition of merit
at an early age is bound to infuse a sense of achievement that
encourages students to do even better as they advance in age.
Around 150 students from our school participated in the Maths
Olympiad Contest held in the month of January 2004 and 15 of
our students did us proud as they secured all India ranking.
COMPUTER ORIENTATION PROGRAMME
The Computer department of our school organized a weeklong course
on ‘Page Maker (used in DTP) for our staff members. It
was excellent opportunity for our teachers to get acquainted
with various aspects of educational innovations & improvisations
with the help of educational technology. There was an excellent
response from all the teachers and the members were divided
into two groups to attend the classes, which was held from 13th
to 21st September 2004.
LECTURES TALK
1. Our Academic Supervisor Mrs. Abha Kalhan presented a talk
on the topic ‘Change Learning’ on 11th September
2004. it was a successful one as it created awareness among
our staff members as to how one should bring about changes in
learning. She also mentioned tips to improve teaching learning
process to make more effective and enjoyable.
2. on the occasion of ‘Energy Conservation Day’
our Chemistry teacher Mr. Venkataraghavan gave a lecture on
‘Renewable Sources of Energy’ to the students of
St. Joseph’s E. T. School, Valsad & RJJ School, Valsad.
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