The Principal of Sri Sankara Vidyashramam Matriculation Higher Secondary School Kalpalatha Mohan and Vice Principal Sai Geetha Sathya visited the John Warner School, Hertfordshire, UK, for a week in early October 2009 under the Global School Partnership programme.
Principal of Sri Sankara Vidyashramam Kalpalatha Mohan (3rd from left) and Vice Principal Sai Geetha with the John Warner School team in Hertfordshire, UK.
The Parampara Heritage club of Sri Sankara Vidyashramam Matriculation Higher Secondary School has been chosen by INTACH for receiving a certificate of commendation for outstanding contribution of heritage conservation and awareness. The school is the first one in the State to receive this commendation.
The present and future Green Team projects undertaken by both the schools were discussed. Sankara School also enrolled in the Green I contest organised for school students as part of the International Green Building Congress 2009 in Hyderabad in September 2009. The school was chosen among the five best entries out of 129 participating schools.
Sowmeya A of VI Standard (who is a recipient of the scholarship given by the School Management) won the first prize for her project submitted to TERI- The Energy Institute, Gurgaon, in late November 2009.
Dr P Saravanan of Chemplast with the students of evening study centre.
To enable rural students to compete with their urban counterparts and to prevent school dropouts, Chemplast runs evening study centres in the villages near its plants at Mottur, Veeranur and Kozhipannai.
These study centres are open on all days of the week except Sundays and classes are conducted for a couple of hours daily. Qualified teachers train the 120 students at these centres. Children’s Day was celebrated this year and prizes were distributed amidst applaud of parents of the evening study centre children.
Prizes being distributed to the children of study
centres as part of Children’s Day celebrations