Dear Parents (students of Class 10),
I am sure that you, more than me, are
relieved that the more than a month long closure of educational institutions
has now come to an end and that your child’s education can continue. This
letter will show you how we have worked it out that your child’s education will
not have suffered.
I wish to thank you for your patience
while we waited anxiously for school to reopen. Your son’s educational well
being was always on my mind. All the
teachers tried their best to help your children through their blogs. While it
was challenging both to write and use the blogs, this month’s experience has
surely made all of us more computer literate! I am also grateful to the
teachers who continued the education of the class 10 students during most of
this period.
While we cannot deny that there might be
agitations in the future, we are confident that with the improved Teachers
blogs and your son’s better capability in using them, we can continue the
education of your children. We have taken steps to look after the boarders in
school with the help of the staff both residential and others.
Besides The “Teachers Blogs” your
children had been invited to attend classes informally from the 19th
August.
Taking the above statement into
consideration, your sons have lost a total of 10½ class days (counting two Saturdays as I full class day,
and not counting the 15th. We were able to have the Fitzpatrick
Tournament on the 29th & 30th July as most of the
teams were resident). That means they have missed
3465 minutes of class time. We shall be making up the time in the following
ways:
·
Increasing class time (Monday to Friday) by 40mins. We shall be getting 46 such days (according to the
regular school calendar (Sept : 12, Oct : 15, Nov : 19). Thus we will be making up 46 x 40 = 1840 minutes.
·
Saturdays will be full class days. We shall thus be adding 200 minutes of class time,
each day, to the 9 Saturdays left (according the regular school calendar - Sept
: 3, Oct : 2, Nov : 4). Thus we shall be making up 9 x 200 = 1800 minutes.
·
We need to also
increase the class days by
o
Restricting the Puja holidays from the 10th
to the 16th October.
Boarders will leave, as scheduled, on the 9th afternoon. Classes
will resume on the 17th October. Boarders will return on the 16th
October evening. We will gain 3 days here or 1110 minutes.
o
Sunday, 3rd
Nov is Diwali and not 2nd and 4th Nov will be a class
day, not part of a Diwali / Bhai Tika holiday : 740 mins
·
We shall thus be
getting through the above means 5490 minutes. We will have an extra 2025 minutes, :
·
Please note that
in order to focus on your child’s studies we have only earmarked two days for co-curricular events. Though
these days are working days we have not counted them so ! Preparation for those
events shall be done during the co-curricular activities periods and after
school. :
o Sports Day on
the 9th October. The
schedule of day will be as follows :
§ 9.00 – 10.00am : Parent-Teacher Meeting & 2nd
Card Test Results
§ 11.00am – 1.00pm : Sports (Mainly athletics, though
Classes 1 & 2 will have drills too).
o Children
& Teachers Day on the 14th November. The schedule will be as follows :
§ 9.00am : Teachers Felicitation & Annual Prize
Distribution
§ 11.00am : Class 10 Reminisce Programme
·
Please
note the following School calendar for
remaining part of the year :
o
10th
Sept : Boarders return to school
o
11th
& 12th Sept : Boarders Revision
o
13th
Sept : Classes Resume (school time 8.45am to 3.50pm : Monday to Saturday)
o
26th
Sept to 5th Oct : ICSE 2014 Selection Examinations commence
o
2nd
Oct : Gandhi Jayanti : Class Day
o
3rd
to 5th Oct : 2nd Card Test (Classes 1 to 9 and 11)
commence
o
9th
Oct : PTM / 2nd Card Test / Selection Exam Results & Sports Day.
Boarders go home for Puja holidays after Sports.
o
16th
Oct : 5pm : Boarders return from Puja holidays
o
17th
Oct : Classes commence after Puja Break
o
3rd
Nov : Diwali
o
4th
Nov : Class Day
o
5th
Nov : Bhai Tika : Holiday
o
14th
Nov : Children & Teachers day; Annual Prize Distribution; Class 10
Reminisce Programme
o
21st
Nov : Class 10 Final Examinations commence
o
30th
Nov : Class 10 Final Examinations end. Class 10 Boarders go home.
o
19th
Dec : 10.00am : Final Examination Results
o
20th
Dec : Christmas holidays commence
I really appreciate your concern and commitment for the education of my WARD.Your effort is highly applauded by me.
ReplyDelete