Principal’s Report 2012-2013

Principal’s Report 2012-2013

Honourable Chief Guest of the evening Shri Sayeed Rasheed, I.Po.S,, Vice President of MTCES, Dr. M.O.Koshy , the Secretary, Shri P.M. Abraham IAS (Retd), Treasurer Mr. T.C. George , the Chaplain Rev. Joseph John, members of the executive committee , Principal of STCS, Mrs. Shiny Mathew, Principal of STHSS, Mr. Jacob T Varghese, Principal in-charge of STTTC, Mrs. Anila Chacko, Principal of STIST , Dr. Usha Thomas ,distinguished guests, parents, members of the staff and my dear children.

On behalf of the members of STRS and on my own behalf, I extend a warm and cordial welcome to all of you this evening. The academic year 2012-13 has been a very eventful and fruitful one. The year witnessed many milestones of excellent achievements in academics, co-curricular activities, sports and games, which aim at improving the quality of education and all-round development of the students. I feel proud and privileged to present before you a brief report of the achievements of the school for the academic year 2012-13
The academic year began with the Holy Communion Service on the 20th of May 2012. The service was led by Rt. Rev. Gregorios Mar Stephanos, Bishop of Kunnamkulam-Malabar Diocese of the Mar Thoma Church which was followed by the Staff Retreat. Orientation programmes for the teachers were held from 20th to 22nd May 2012. The resource persons addressed the teachers were Dr. D Babu Paul, Former Additional Chief Secretary and member Ombudsman for local self-government institutions of Kerala, Rev. Bobby Mathew, Faculty, E J Institute of Evangelism, Thiruvalla, Rev. Alexander Thomas, Adoor Diocese, Kannamcodu Centre and subject oriented classes by subject experts.

Classes started for the students in a spaced manner. The students of classes X and XII had special classes from the 2nd of May 2012. Regular school began for class VIII upwards on the 23rd May and by the 7th of June the whole school geared up in full strength.

The school now has a total strength of 3523 students spread over 79 divisions from Pre Primary to Class XII

The Results of the ICSE/ISC 2012 Board Examinations

The school presented 159 students at the ICSE (X) 2012 examination out of which 149 students secured DISTINCTION and 10 secured FIRST CLASS. Navina Mohan and Jyotsna Karan came FIRST with 97.4 %. Aparna J K stood SECOND with 97.3 % and EMIL TOM JOHN and NIRANJANA PRASANNAKUMAR shared the THIRD position with 97.1 %. 21 students secured 100 % marks in Computer Science, 11 students secured 100% marks in Mathematics, 4 students secured 100% in Environmental Education and 2 students secured 100% in Economics.

1. 
   C Pazhani Raj 146
   
2. 
   Nayana Renjit 243
   
3. 
   Neeta M Cherian 622
   
4. 
   Reshma Mathew 1046
   
5. 
   Prabin S 1049
   
6. 
   Aravind H 1686
   
7. 
   Vishnu Prasad S 2046
   
8. 
   Suchetha Gopidas 2098
   
9. 
   Sreeram T M 2100
   
10. 
    Sarayu S 2147
    
11. 
    Rakhul S Prakash 2276
    
12. 
    Naveen P J 2460
    
13. 
    Smrithy Sivakumar 2512
    
14. 
    Varghese George 2700
    
15. 
    Ann Sheryl M 3012
    
16. 
    Priyanka Mahesh 3035
    
17. 
    Parvathy S 3655
    
18. 
    Gayathry Anil 3696
    
19. 
    Sabari Chand P 4975
    
20. 
    Suman S 4981
    

5 of our students have qualified and are eligible for the scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) component under the INSPIRE scheme. This is based on their results at the ISC (Class XII) March 2012 Examination as they are among the top 1% achievers at the ISC (Class XII) 2012 Examinations.

They are:

1. 
   Suman S
   
2. 
   Neeta Miriam Cherian
   
3. 
   Nayana Renjit
   
4. 
   Ann Sheryl Mathew
   
5. 
   C. Pazhani Raj Thanuj
   

Name	College
Nayana Renjit	B.Tech,E.C.E, N.I.T, Calicut
Pazhani Raj Thanuj	B Tech , N.I.T. Calicut
Ratan George S	B.Tech, Comp Science., Manipal Ins. Of Technology
Suman S	B.Arch, C.E.T,Trivandrum
Parameswaran V	Centre for excellence in Basic Sciences, Bombay
Sabari Chand P	CUSAT, Mechanical Engineering
Rohit Jacob Samuel	TOC-H Engineering College, Cochin
Philip Mathew C	Madras Christian College
Surabi J	Symbiosis, Photography
Athulya Joselet	Madras Christian College
Chris Lionel Joseph	Garden City College, Bangalore
Arya Rachel Thomas	Madras Christian College
Aparna J	Madras Christian College
Vimal P Thomas	Madras Christian College
Tina Mariam Eapen	Women’s Christian College
Smrithy Sivakumar	B.E, E.C.E, H.B.T.I, Kanpur

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  Academics reputation
  
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  Competence of faculty
  
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  Co-curricular Education
  
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  Infrastructure Provision
  
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  Individual attention to students
  
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  Internationalism
  
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  Teacher welfare and development
  
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  Sports education
  
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  Leadership / Management quality
  
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  Parental involvement
  
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  Life skills and conflict management
  
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  Special needs education
  
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  Value for money
  
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  Community service
  

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  Jonathan George Koshie (XI) - First Prize - Light Music English (Male)
  
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  Joann Rachel Jacob (XI) - First Prize - Light Music English (Female)
  
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  K.K Anjali Mohandas (XI) - First Prize - Bharatanatyam
  
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  Pooja Padmakumar (XI) - Second Prize – Extempore (English)
  
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  Pooja Padmakumar & Jachin Jose Victor (XI) - Third Prize in Debate
  

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  Aditya Pazhoor Abraham (X) – Second Prize for Declamation – English He was also selected for the All India ICSE/ISC cultural meet held at Kolkata
  
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  Mahendra Sreekumar (X) - Second Prize - Light Music – English (Male)
  
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  Sanjay Santhosh (X)- Second Prize - Light Music - Malayalam (Male)
  
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  Anita Mathew (IX) - Third Prize - Extempore (English)
  

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  Kerala State Sub Junior Champion -Singles
  
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  Kerala State Sub Junior Champion –Doubles
  
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  Winner- All Kerala Junior Ranking Championship – Doubles – Calicut
  
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  Winner – Trivandrum Dist. Championship – Singles
  
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  Winner – Trivandrum Dist. Championship – Doubles
  
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  Winner – Oxford School Badminton Championship- Singles
  
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  Winner – Oxford School Badminton Championship – Doubles
  
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  ABR –All Kerala Badminton Championship – Singles
  

The Santhome Fest was inaugurated on 26th July 2012. The Santhome Fest was inaugurated with the lighting of the lamp by last years Individual Champions and the Principal. The Competitions kick started with the Patriotic Song competition in the quadrangle. For two days (26^th July and 28^th July) competitions ranging from Light Music, Classical Music, Ganamala, Declamation, Mime, Rhythmania, Burn the Floor, Static Stances etc were held in different venues of the school All programmes showcased the brilliant talents of our students. Their go-getter attitude and stunning performances created a tough time for the judges but in the end, the best of the best were showered with accolades. The GREEN house went at each competition with tooth and nail and was adjudged the champion house at the fest.

Individual Champions:-

Sub junior : A.J. Sangeetha (VI)

Intermediates : Keerthana P S (VIII)

Senior : Shruti Laju (X)

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  SAN REVO 2012 was one rocking affair organized by the Class XII students. On the 7^th July, STRS was witness to a spectacular display of talents by participants of eight different schools. The show featured seven competitions from which our judges lauded the Loyola School as Champions and Chinmaya Vidyalaya as the runners up.
  
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  La Fest 2012 : Was an event hosted by the Loyola School and our students put their best foot forward and hauled away the second runners up trophy.
  
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  Colosseum 2012 : Hosted by STCS on 22^nd June our school bagged the RUNNER UP trophy.
  
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  In the Chempaka Fest (Cre8) our school won the runners up trophy.
  
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  31 of our students participated in the Shastra Prathiba Matsaram . Results are awaited.
  
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  Sidharth J of class VII won the first prize in the Painting competition conducted by the District Wild Life and Forest Department and also the third prize in the painting competition conducted by VSSC in connection with the World Space Week Celebrations . He won a cash prize of Rs. 1000/-.
  
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  Rejira K Robi of class XI won the following prizes:-
  

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  The award for the ‘Best Painting’ organized by the Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad
  
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  Second Prize in the Painting competition organized by the Kerala Revenue Department
  
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  Third Prize in the Inter School painting competition organised by Christ Nagar Higher Secondary School
  
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  Third prize in the painting competition conducted by the ‘Veedu’ Painting competition organised by Builders and Developers Pvt. Ltd.
  
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  Third Prize in the competition conducted by the Diary Development Department in connection with the World Milk Day, 2012
  
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  K J Shrutikeerthi won the First Prize in the Painting Competition in connection with the Gandhi Jayanthi Celebrations
  
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  In the quiz competitions held in Christ Nagar School Jobin A Chaman and Divya Mary of class X secured the 2^nd prize
  
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  In the quiz conducted by Rani Giri Church Lakshmi Menon and Vishak S of class IX secured the 3^rd prize
  
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  Anita Mathew (IX) won the second prize in English Elocution, Aslam Ahamed of class X won the second prize in the essay competition and Devika Sreekumar (IX) won the third prize in the Malayalam elocution conducted by the Ramakrishna Mission in association with the Department of Sports and Youth Affairs, Govt. of Kerala.
  
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  In the District Level Inter School Malayalam Competition conducted by Dr. P K Narayana Pillai Shastyabdhapoorthy Smaraka Rolling Trophy, Aishwarya Venugopal (XII) won the First Prize in Malayalam Recitation.
  
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  Anagha M S and Malavika P Nair won the gold medal in the Examination conducted by the Mahatma Gandhi Rastrabhasha Hindi Prachar Sabha
  
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  At the ABRSM graded Music exam conducted by the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music, 31 students participated in different grades.
  
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  In the United Christian Movement competitons 20 of our students participated and we won the Overall trophy: The following are the prize winners:-
  

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  Sanjana Scaria - IX B – First Prize – Essay Writing
  
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  Rohan Thomas – VIII D - First Prize- Western Music Solo
  

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  Akash Mallick – VIII B - Second Prize – Western Solo
  
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  Meenakshi Mallick-VI D – Second Prize – Western Solo
  
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  Ganga –VII A - First Prize - Malayalam Elocution
  
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  Sidharth G - First Prize – Drawing and Painting
  

NCO (Cyber Olympiad) - 16 students got below 500 ranks in National Level

NSO (Science Olympiad) - 8 students National level below 500 ranks

IMO (Maths Olympiad) - 7 students National Level below 500 Ranks

IEO (English Olympiad) - 28 students National Level below 500 Ranks
Six of our students gave a commendable performance in the second level 2012 Olympiad Examinations.

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  Rano Roy Kavanal (IX) and Ashok Suresh Das (XI) won the 1^st rank in the State for the National Cyber Olympiad.
  
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  Jobin J Chaman (X) won the 2^nd rank in the State in the International English Olympiad Examination
  
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  Vishak S (IX) won the 3^rd rank in the State in the Mathematics Olympiad and 246^th rank in the International level. He also won the Bronze medal.
  
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  Preethi Elizabeth Thomas (XII) and Nikhil George (XII) secured the 5^th and 13^th in the State for Second Level International English Olympiad and won a cash prize of Rs. 5000/-.and Rs. 2500/- respectively.
  
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  Akshara D B (VII) was the second Runner Up in the National Level Sip Abacus -Level 8 competition held at Pune
  
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  Kaveri A (VII) won the 3^rd Runner Up in the Grand Master Level of the Sip Abacus Competition.
  
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  Saina S Asok (VII) bagged the first Runner Up in the State Level Sip Abacus- Level 3 Competition.
  

A number of orientation and training programmes are organized to keep the teachers abreast the recent trends in methodology of the teaching-learning process in various areas and subjects. Orientation programmes for content enrichment, methodology and evaluation are organized from time to time to orient and train teachers in academic as well as life-skills like effective communication, stress management, time management and personal efficiency. Guest lectures are arranged regularly where eminent people from different walks of life address and guide the teachers and students on various subjects and recent trends in the field of education.

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  Mr. Pradeep S G , Teacher in Mathematics and Divya L , Teacher in Physics attended a workshop conducted by the ICSE council
  
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  Mrs. Jayasree V and Anita Thomas attended a workshop for setting up INTAC Heritage clubs
  
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  Mrs. Meena P S attended an Orientation programme for Accountancy Teachers
  
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  Mrs. Hema V R attended an Orientation programme for Economics Teachers
  
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  Mrs. Subha R B attended a Hindi Language Workshop from the Primary Section
  
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  Mrs. Susan Mathew attended an English Workshop organized by the ICSE Council
  
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  MS. Anita Thomas is the teacher selected from the school for the Counselling Course conducted by the Marthoma Guidance and Counselling Centre.
  

The Student Council is a body of elected members who have leadership qualities and organizational skills. This is to ensure a sense of democracy among the students. It plays a role as a liaison between the students and the school administration. The council comprises school leaders, prefects and class monitors. The Investiture ceremony was held on June 21, 2012. The office bearers and the Prefects were invested with the epaulettes and the badges by the Principal. Gokul Krishnan and Varsha Mary both of class XII was selected as the Head Boy and Head Girl respectively. The Principal at the very solemn ceremony conducted on this day also administered the oath of office. The ceremony came to a close with the Prayer and Benediction by the School Chaplain Rev Joseph John.

School Assemblies are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There is maximum student participation at these assemblies, which have gone a long way in helping students perfect their organizational skills, oratorical abilities and their team spirit. At these assemblies students are called at random to come up on to the dais to present the editorial, to read the news and to sum up the proceedings of the assembly. Mondays are earmarked for Class Assemblies, Wednesday for Value Education and Friday for Public Speaking. Each class puts up its assembly based on a theme. Each student in the class has some role to play. The school assemblies have therefore served as a platform for students to improve their general awareness and communication skills.

The junior choir comprising of students from classes V – VII and the senior choir comprise of students from classes VIII – XII enliven the school assembly. The services provided by Mr. Bejoy Mathew, the choirmaster is truly commendable. He gives regular practice to the school choir. We are greatly indebted to him.

Onam was celebrated with great fervour. The students participated enthusiastically in the Thumbi Thullal , Thiruvathira, Onam songs, Athapoovu Competition etc . The Secretary of the MTCES, Mr. P.M.Abraham graced the occasion with his presence. I congratulate the teachers and the students for putting up such a splendid show.

Christmas was celebrated in traditional manner with Carol singing, the Nativity scene and Santa Claus. The Christmas message was given by Rev. Mathew M Thomas who was the Chief Guest for the function. The collection that has been made for both these functions will be given to charity, as has been the practice in the previous years. All students participated with great enthusiasm.

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  Children’s Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm. Each division also brought out class Magazines. These magazines help students in developing their abilities in working as a team. Selected articles that feature in these magazines are used in the school magazines also. Class Proficiency prizes were distributed on the Children’s day. Children wore coloured dresses.
  
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  The Fun Streak and the Food Festival was held on the 17^th November 2012. Our School Chaplain Rev Joseph John and his wife inaugurated the Fun Streak and the Food Festival.
  
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  World Environment Day and World Aids Day were also celebrated during the extended School Assemblies.
  
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  Cleanliness Week was also observed in connection with Gandhi Jayanthi.
  
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  Study tours were also organized for classes V, VII, IX and XI.
  
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  The traffic club conducted a programme on traffic awareness for the students of Std. VIII on 30th November 2012 at 2.30 pm in the School
  

Enrolling of students and teachers for ‘Aadhar’ was done in the Auditorium from 30 July, 2012 to 9 August, 2012.

A debate competition was held for students of class IX and XI on that day. Devika Sreekumar of IX D was chosen as the best speaker. The highlight of the week was an entertaining talk given by Prof. Khyarunnisa.A, on the topic “Importance of Reading ”. On the same day, elocution was held for the middle school section. The topic given to each speaker was “ Co-education is beneficial for the students”. Sandra E of class VII secured the first prize. A special assembly was held in connection with the English week. For students of class V and VI a recitation competition was held in the same day.

In the present day where people live increasingly selfish lives, they cease to care for those less privileged than themselves. Keeping this in mind, in order to instill in students the need for helping and being compassionate to those in need, we have engaged in the following activities.

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  An amount of Rs. 20,000/- was collected through the sale of Christmas cards for the Grama Jyothi Special School
  
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  Stitched uniforms were distributed to all the students of the Government Primary School at Mukkolakkal
  
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  A sum of Rs. 10,000/- was made to the Mar Thoma Church , Kollam for the inmates of ‘Ashreya’
  
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  Our students also purchased stamps and flags for contribution to the National Association for the Blind and for the rehabilitation and welfare of ward widows as part of the Armed Forces Flag Day.
  

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  The Santhomes Kids Fest: The various competitions are conducted in a spaced manner through out the year.
  
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  At the assemblies held in the Primary section Std IV puts up class assembly every Thursday the Santhome Kids Choir also sings new hymns and the message is given to the students by the school chaplain.
  
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  Onam , Children’s Day and Christmas were celebrated with enthusiasm in the Primary section. Participation by all the students was confirmed in these celebrations.
  

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   Cyriac C Joseph - Class IV – I prize in the KVB Menon Memorial District school Chess Tournament and won a cash prize of Rs. 750 /-
   
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   B Manjari - Class II – I prize in the Centre Level Accelarated Mental Learning
   
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   Aanie Kathryn –Class IV – passed the requirements in Mental and Gymnastics Development for Green Belt 5^th Kyn, in karate.
   
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   Adithya Prathap – Class IV
   

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  II prize in Mental Arithmetic – Grade 7
  
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  III prize in Abacus – Grade 10
  

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   Niranjan Jith A - Class III
   

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  Honoured by Bala Gokulam for his achievements in the State Level for Music and various Arts.
  
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  I Prize in folk song, Malayalam Recitation, fancy dress competition conducted by the Gandhian Studies.
  
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  Honoured as ‘Shalabha Raja’ – the Championship Title in the Shalabha Mela State Level Arts Competition.
  
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  Karthik Ram S – Class IV – Gold Medal winner in the 13^th Online Mental Arithmetic Competition
  

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   Ishitha Kiran Nayar –Class IV
   

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  3^rd Runner up – Level 3 (Sip Abacus)
  
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  II Place – Girls Red Tournament (Kerala Tennis Association)
  

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   Aavanthika S R – Class III – Champion – Level 1 – (Sip Abacus)
   
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   Amanda Arun – Class III – I Prize – Level 1 – (Sip Abacus)
   

The Aptitude Tests and Counselling were conducted for the 10th standard. The Counselling session was mandatory for all tenth standard students. Various issues related to studies, stress, timetable setting and subject choices for the 11^th standard were discussed. Problems brought forth during the counselling were addressed. During this year Life Skill Education classes were started in the Junior school to prepare the students to face the challenges of modern life .

Counselling is also given to the slow learners, children with attention deficit disorder and other personal problems by Ms Hannah Moncy, the School Counsellor. We are very grateful to both Ms Betty Ninan George and Ms Hannah Moncy Kakkassery for the painstaking services rendered to our students.
REMEDIAL CLASSES : Students requiring remedial coaching were identified immediately after the First Mid Term Examination. These students were given remedial coaching according to a fixed timetable during the zero periods. The parents were also informed. Whenever the students failed to make much progress the parents were called for a discussion with the Principal, Headmistress and the Teacher concerned. In certain cases these students were also sent to the school Counsellor.

Staff

We have a committed band of 116 teachers and 11 administrative staff and supportive staff. With their spirit of dedication and guidance we are able to attain our desired objectives and set targets.

Staff Retirement

Mr. Joseph Varkey , Accountant, retired at the beginning of this academic year after putting in several years of dedicated fruitful and loyal service to the Institution. We are indeed grateful to him for his contribution.

Staff Resignation

Mrs. Leeja Ann Cherian who served as the Head Mistress of the Play school has resigned. Mrs. Sajula H who served as the Malayalam Teacher resigned and joined the Government Service.

New Appointments

The following teachers joined the school this year – Miss Anita Thomas, Mrs. Lakshmi Devi, Mrs. Sini Sudha, Ms. Surumy and Mrs. Piali Chakrabarti.

On behalf of the Santhome Fraternity, I wish them a happy and prosperous tenure here.

NCC

Our Troop comes under No:1 (K) AIR SQN NCC Pettah, Thiruvananthapuram with a strength of 100 cadets. Cadets were selected from the 8th Standard. Boys and Girls (Junior Division). The period of Cadetship in Junior Division is 2 years. Parades are conducted and drill was taught. Classes are taken on Principles of Flight, Aeromodelling, AeroEngine, Ecology, Organisational Structure of Air Force, weapons etc with Flag saluting and hoisting on ceremonial days.

11. Anuraj Hari - Class XI science

13. Geo Zajo - Class XI commerce