Pome Pees et ee ey See ene ene crea! or the Annual Sports Day on ‘Sunday, Dec 18, We will begin by felicitating the jubilee batches: Gold (1966), Ruby (1976) and Silver (1991). HOXA reunion, open ee ee eee nests field, The career guidance sessions will be on Dec 17 or 19. Details of cunion willbemade available by HOXA shortly Se ee eer ce eer) aoa Heritage of Hazaribag ‘Blood Donation Awareness On July 8°, Mr. Subhashis Das, an alumnus who has been doing path breaking research on the megaliths of Jharkhand, On August 2" an awareness programme on blood donation was conducted by Jharkhand Voluntary Blood Donors Association, Jamshedpur. (VBDA). Mr. Sunil Mukherjee, (President, VBDA) Mr. S.K. Singh (Vice President) and Mr. Pradeep Ghoshal (Secretary) presented a lively and informative session. Through this they made the addressed the students students understand the myriad benefits of the noble act of of Classes VITI-XII on donating blood. Besides, their objective was to motivate the “The Heritage of students’ parents and relatives to participate in HOXA's blood. Hazaribag and its Significance”. A meticulously prepared donation camp. presentation brought the students up close to the cultural heritage of Hazaribag, helped them appreciate the rich history and culture of the region. They are now more convinced about contributing to spreading the awareness and preserving the legacy, A few weeks later Mr. Das spoke an international conference on megaliths in Kyoto, Japan. ‘PlantingTrees, Caring for Future Early in July the students of Std III were trained in the art of planting and caring for trees. They brought saplings and planted them on the school campus assisted by "Founder's Day August 5°, Fr. John Moore's birthday, celebrated as Founder's Day, is always special. Assemblies were conducted by different sections on the school to pay respect to Fr. Moore. The blood donation camp, organised by HOXA in association their teachers and the ground with the Red Cross Society in Inigo Hall, attracted many more staff Mr. Dilip, Dinesh and R donors this time. After screening and testing for hemoglobin, Vikash. 135 units were collected, reportedly the highest by any NGO in Hazaribag “Loyola Day Eight assemblies over two ‘weeks with themes related to the life and spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the Founder of the Jesuit Order, prepared the school community for the celebration of Loyola Day on July 31°, The main function, which included a short presentation on the life of the saint, was held in Magis Jubile Auditorium on July 30°. The cultural programme was followed by singing competitions for the Middle and Senior School students. The Principal gave a message urging the students to dream big and pursue it with faith, courage and determination, [Demise of Ms Indubala Das (Kachhap) Former teacher, Mrs. Indu Kachhap, passed away on 15* Aug. She had joined St. Xavier's on 1" Jan 1969 when Fr. M. J. Doyle, S. J. was the Principal. She taught Hindi and Sanskrit in Classes TV to VII and retired from service in March 2002, after 34 years of devoted service at St. Xavier's. Mrs. Indu Kachchap, was known to bea woman of compassion and cheerfulness among her coll nd student Pr ke era er trea ete kr ReadeDealer's Hazartbag Times Independence Day Independence Day, was celebrated with the hoisting of the National Flag by the Principal, patriotic singing and an inspiring speech by Vice Captain, Adya Manu. Then everyone moved to Magis Jubilee Auditorium fora cultural programme honouring the freedom fighters and leaders of independent India and depicting the cultural diversity of the country. The students who received the highest marks in Std XII CBSE exam 2016 in the Science (Riya Pandey) and Commerce Stream (Akansha) were awarded the Fr. Micahel Mulheam Memorial Scholarship. The best performing Std X student of the previous academic year who continues in the school in Std XI (Rashi Priya) received the Suniti Banerjee Scholarship. The school used this occasion to felicitate HOXAn volunteers and doctors (both alumni and others) in recognition of their dedicated service to HOXA's free weekly Rashi Priv Riya Pandey ‘Akasa FEN Sates Abgih och ih Medical Clinic. The Sunday clinic also offered free medical checkup to the students of Classes 1-10 from April to August by a general physician, dentist and an ophthalmologist. The service activities of the LTS volunteers were also recognised during the function. On Internet Addiction On August 31a research scholar from CIP, Ranchi, Ms. Anshu Som made a presentation to the senior school teachers on the use and misuse of internet by students. The surveys conducted by her and others have brought to light the fact that students venture into pom sites. She would follow up this talk by speaking to parents and then to the students on the problem and suggest means by which students can be helped. October-2016. Inter Jesuit Schools Elocution and Speech Contest The annual Inter Jesuit Schools Elocution and Speech Contest was held in St. Xavier's, Sahibganj, on Aug 27°. Ten Jesuit schools from West Bengal and Jharkhand participated. ‘The three students who represented our school was accompanied Fr. Rosner Xalxo, S.J. Shashwat of VII B secured the 9" position in the junior category elocution and Shashwat of XA was placed the 5* in the senior elocution. Priyanshu Vats of IXA secured the 5* position in extempore speech. Our overall rank was 8", In essay writing the rank of the school was 5* among the 16 participating schools. Shashwal VIB Shashwat XA Priyanshu Vats IX A. Teachers’ Day Students showed their affection, respect and gratitude for their teachers through an endearing on-stage performance. The added attraction this year was a commemoration of the life and work of Mother Teresa on the occasion of her being declared a saint by the Catholic Church. The audience on 5° September included the staff and the students of Std VI-XII. The younger students witnessed the same programme two days earlier. A skit on Anne Sullivan, the teacher of Helen Keller was much appreciated. Mr. Cyprian Surin, Binay Mohan Choudhury and Mr. Naushad Zafar who completed 25 years and Mr. Ehsanul Haque who completed 15 years of service in the school recently were honoured on the occasion. Page 2Dealer's Hazartbag Times ‘Youth Parliament A beautifully realistic Youth Parliament was presented on 7° September by the students of Std VIII under the guidance of the Social Science teachers Md Ziauddin and Mr. Zamir Arif, The problem of child labour was first presented by a role play to set up the context, Then our student parliamentarians represented the diverse cultures and languages of India. The debate was focused on child labour as gleaned from the documents of the Ministry of Parliamentary affairs. All the students and teachers of the high school were kept spell-bound by the uplifting performance. ‘We Got Garbage! Mr. Srikrishna, an environmental engineer from Banglore, representing the software company, Mindtree, and Mr. Taufiq from the local NGO Nayee Kiran addressed the students of Std VI-XIT on 14° September on the issue of waste management. A. pilot project has been launched by them in Ward No. 14 of Hazaribag. The project recognises the contribution of the rag-pickers (now called safai mitr) and helps them to earn some income. Recycling and composting are integral to P their approach to waste management. The students i took a cleanliness oath and promised to help with the initiative, = oe ‘October-2046. In Service Training of Teachers Groups of teachers attended five different capacity building programmes organized by CBSE Centre for Excellence, Kolkata at various schools in Hazaribag during this quarter. The themes included CCE, Life Skills, Assessment of Speaking and Listening, and Gender Sensitivit Besides these, a two-day workshop (Sep 20-21) for all the teachers on improving their language skills as the second part of the workshop organized by Educational Initiatives, Ahmedabad. The first part was held in May. The resource persons were Ms. Sudeshna Roy and Ms. Ratnabali Mukherjee, The focus this time was on grammar and vocabulary. ‘The same team was joined by Ms Moushumi Sharma to conduct a mid-year review of Mindspark with the Maths teachers of Std Ili-VIII. They were introduced to the PTTR (Plan-Teach-Track-Remediate) model of integration of Mindspark with classroom practices. ‘Compassionate Outreach The practice of sharing roti with the hungry through roti bank continues the first week every month, The Xaverian spirit of compassion and generosity was reflected in the sum of @7 lacs 30 thousand collected by the students and handed over to Educare, an agency that supports children affected by thalassemia, Two months later the students made another collection of @2 lacs 56 thousand. It was given to the family of two students (brother and sister) of St. Xavier's. Their father had been hospitalised for over a month with serious head injuries following a road accident.’s Hazartba " Sports and Games Jharkhand State Table Tennis Championship was held at St. Xavier's 7- 10 July. About 125 players participated. Kumar Shreshth of 9C emerged the champion of the tournament in the under 16 age group. Our school was the venue of the Hazaribag Sahodaya Inter-school Chess Tournament, Aug 25-28. Our high school team comprising of Suyash Patel, Sai Kishan, Ramnik, ‘Ayush and Roshan Oraon took the runners up trophy in the senior category. Our junior team was placed in the 4* position. TheJHAKAS Football Tournament was organized by the Tribal Support Trust early August. Forty two teams took part Our school team defeated | some strong football clubs | towin the championship. The 36" Fr. Kevin Grogan Memorial Football Tournament was held at St. Xavier's School, Bokaro Steel City, 26-28 August. Our team played the final match of the tournament for the fifth consecutive year. But we lost the final match to St. Robert's, Hazaribag. In the inter-house matches Volleyball boys’ champions were Xavier while Britto were the girls' champions. Xavier secured the first position in senior boys' football. 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