DearParents,

DearParents,

It iswithpleasure that I sharewithyounewsofwhateverhashappened inSchool in the last

month.

1. I’llstartwiththecontinuedimprovementofInfrastructureandotherFacilities:

a) PRIMARYBLOCK–

i) ThewallsandotherareasofthePYPBlockhavebeenpaintedwiththemesto

complementtheWholeEducationcurriculum.

ii) TheMusicRoomwaspartitionedtoenablethestudentstopractisetheirskills

without disturbing other groups. New Guitar stands have been installed to

increaseworkspace.

iii) ThePlayareabehindthePrimaryBlockwasequippedwithanewplaystation,

trampolineandamini-obstaclecourse.

b) MYPBLOCK

i) We have begun work on the MYP floor: Additional information boards and

postershavebeenputup.

ii) TheRoomwheretheStoreusedtobeisbeingreadiedfortheSTEAMlabthatwill

comeupthere.

c) SECONDARYBLOCK

i) ThebasementclassroomsNo.12&13havebeenprovidedwithadditional

lightsandfans.

ii) NewhosepipesandwaterconnectionshavebeenprovidedintheChemistry

andBioLaboratories.

iii) AdditionalStudentlockerswerepurchasedandputonthegroundfloor.

Principal’s Newsletter

September 2017

September 2017

d) KITCHEN&DINING–

i) TheKitchenandDininghallshavebeenprovidedwithnewheavy-dutyportable

dustbinsforDryandWetWaste.

ii) AnewWinterHalterDishwasherhasbeeninstalledintheKitchentoensure

improvedhygieneandefficiency.

iii) AnewExhaustSystemhasbeenpositionedandisoperationalintheKitchen.

Thishasgreatlyhelpedwiththeworkcomfortlevelsforkitchenstaff.

iv) Anew380litreWaterCoolerhasbeeninstalledintheDininghall.

v) Newheavy-dutyelectrichanddryershavebeeninstalledintheDiningHallin

bothwashareasneartheentrance.

vi) TheHandwashareashavebeenprovidedwithnewtapsandmirrors.

vii) AseparateGarbageroomfortemporarystorageofwastefromtheKitchenand

otherSchoolareaswasconstructedneartheperimeterwall.

2. Academicmatters:

a) Mid-TermTestswereconductedforClasses6–10&12from13th–22ndSeptember.

b) AsessiononAcademicHonestywastakenacrossallthegradesofMYPinthethirdweek

ofSeptember.TheAssociateMYPCoordinator,Ms.Sony,andtheTeacherLibrarian,Ms.

Prasanna, introduced the concept of academic integrity to the students. Students

learnedtheimportanceofacademichonesty.

c) TOKRetreat:

TOKRetreatwasorganizedforGrade12studentsfor2dayson09&10September2017

atAlankritaResorts.41studentsalongwiththeTOKTeachersattendedthisRetreat.

DiplomastudentsmadetheirfinalTOKpresentationsduringthisRetreat.TOKTeachers

alsounpackedtheTOKEssaytitleswhichwerereleasedbytheIBOduringfirstweekof

September 2017. It was a huge learning experience for all the participants and we

receivedexcellentfeedbackfromthestudentsontheRetreat.

d) IamgivingbelowtheamendedIBDPgoalsfortheyear2017–2018.(Therewasanerror

intheonespublishedintheAugustnewsletter.)

DPGoalsfortheBatchof2018

• Aminimumoffour40+pointsand20studentswith35+scores.

• ADiplomapassrateof90%ascomparedto82%in2017.

• Diplomapointsaverageof34ascomparedto31.5in2017.

• CompletionofallIAs,EEs&TOKasperpublishedschedule.

Tothiseffect:

• TOKpresentationswillbecompletedbythe2ndweekofSeptember2017andunpacking

ofTOKessaysduring1stweekofOctober2017.

• TOKEssays,ExtendedEssays&90%ofIAstobecompletedby10January2018.

• MidTerm1examinationswillbecompletedbeforetheDussehraBreak.

• Syllabuses in all the subjects will be completed by 15 December 2017 followed by

intensiverevisionclassesfor3monthsfromJanuarytoMarch2018.

• Dedicatedmentoringperiodsforallstudentsthroughouttheyear.

3) CAS

REPORTONCASACTIVITIES

House:Orion

Goal-TodesignanddelivercomputereducationfortheKondakalSecondarySchool,

andrenovateandoperationalizetheComputerlabthere.Thestudentsalsoplantoput

upanexhibitiononComputerLiteracyDay(2ndDec).

WorkinProgress-Fundswereraisedbythestudentsbysellingtheself-made,eco-

friendlyGaneshIdol.

TheComputerRoomhasalreadybeenidentified.Theschoolisassistingwithrepairsof

electricalwiringandtheoldunuseddesktops.TheHouseteachershavesentoutappeals

to students to organize donations of old or discarded computer equipment for this

project.

House:Pegasus

Goal-TosetupaCommunityKitchenthatwillprovidenutritiousmid-daymealstothe

studentsofKondakalvillagefreeofcost.Theprojectwillalsoprovideemploymentto

womenofthevillageastheirserviceswillbelargelyused.

PresentSituation

Thestorageroomthatwillbe

usedforKitchen

Progress–Studentshavebeendividedintogroupsandeachgivenassignedtasks.The

students and teacherswillworkwithpersonnel atNIRD (National InstituteofRural

Development)fortheconstructionofalow-costcommunitykitchen,inthefirstweekof

October.SofarRs12,000/=hasbeencollectedthroughthemakingofGaneshidols.

Aplanhasbeendrawnuptoconducta5kmruninthemonthofNovember.Aninvite

willbesenttoallteachers,studentsandparents.

House:Phoenix

Planofaction-ToteachCommunicativeEnglishtotheKondakalSecondarySchool

studentsandsetupaSchoolLibraryby15thDecember2017.

Progress:

ThestudentsofPhoenixHousehavevisitedtheschooltwiceandhavealreadycovered

theteachingofgreetings,introducingothers,talkingaboutone’slikesanddislikes,and

tellingthetime.

TosetuptheLibraryattheCommunitySchoolasuccessfulbookdrivewasconducted

from5th–8thSeptemberand110age-appropriatebookswerecollected.Adonationof

Rs.7000wasalsoreceivedfromtheStaffClub.

House:Hercules

Goal-Toimprovethefitnesslevelsandproficiencyinsports,culminatinginacombined

SportsDay (aMeet involving the three community schools in Kondakal,Mokila and

Thanda)hostedonourSchoolgrounds.

Progress-ThestudentsoftheHerculesHousewerebriefedbytheSportsCoacheson

the skills andproceduresof teachingand the responsibility asStudentTrainer.Two

sessionsoftraininghavealreadytakenplaceforKondakalPrimarySchoolforFootball

and Cricket. The Annual Sports Day for the Kondakal Community School has been

plannedinthemonthofJanuary.

4.WholeEducation:

a) PeaktoLead-Mt.Elbrus:

TwostudentsofGrade9fromIndusHyderabad,VigneshKannanandRushilPandya,

madethebravedecisiontoattempttoscaleMtElbrus(5,642m)-TheRoofofEurope.It

isthehighestpeakintheEuropeancontinentandoneoftheSevenSummits.

OurstudentswerepartofagroupthatincludedotherstudentsfromIndusBangalore

thatwenton the trek.WecongratulateVigneshandRushil, for reaching the summit

camp.Theywereforcedtoturnbackthereafterduetoinclementweather.Leadership

isbestlearntexperientiallyandwearesuretheseboyshavelearnedalotabouthowto

lead themselves.Theyareonly inGrade9and theywillnodoubt carry the learning

forwardtodowellinthefutureinotherareas,too.

VIGNESHKANNANRUSHILPANDYA

b) SessiononAffectiveSkills,Grade6:

Grade6hadasessiononAffectiveskillstolearntopracticestrategiestohelpdevelop

mental focus, being aware of one's body-mind connections and to demonstrate

perseverance. To succeed in their endeavors, they have to practice strategies to

overcome impulsiveness, anger, stress, anxiety and practice resilience. They have to

knowhowtofailwellandbouncebackafteradversitiesandfailures.Onewhomasters

theseskillsissuretoleadajoyous,peacefulandsuccessfullife.

c) Royal Commonwealth Essay: Nine students of IISH participated in the Royal

CommonwealthEssayCompetition2017. Over12,300youngpeoplefromacrossthe

Commonwealth entered the Competition. This year’s theme invited young people to

reflectonthetopicof‘ACommonwealthforPeace’.

The Gold certificate was awarded to Utshaa Basu in the Junior Category and Ishita

Chawla in theSeniorCategory.ChaitraReddy received the silver certificate.Avinash

Boddu,Abhishek&Dhevinwonthebronzecertificate.

FivestudentsparticipatedintheUnder-grade6categoryandYuvanKancherlareceived

the gold certificate. Thank you toMsNagamani andMsPrasanna for organizing the

participationinthecompetition.

UtshaaBasuIshitaChawlaYuvanKancherla

Belowisthelinktothewebsite.

https://www.thercs.org/youth-and-education/the-queens-commonwealth-essay-

competition/2017-certificates/

d) SessiononDeepReading:

MsPushpitaandMsShrishtyconductedasessionforMYPstudentsontheimportance

ofdeepreading.Deepreadingistheactiveprocessofthoughtfulanddeliberatereading

carriedouttoenhanceone'scomprehensionandenjoymentofatextwithaviewtoself-

development and self-directed learning. Contrasted with skimming or superficial

reading,itisalsocalledslowreading.Studentsweregivenasetofbookstodeepread

andmaintainareadinglog.

ThetermdeepreadingwascoinedbySvenBirkertsinTheGutenbergElegies(1994):

"Reading,becausewecontrolit,isadaptabletoourneedsandrhythms.Wearefreeto

indulgeoursubjectiveassociativeimpulse;thetermIcoinedforthisisdeepreading:

theslowandmeditativepossessionofabook.Wedon'tjustreadthewords,wedream

ourlivesintheirvicinity."

e) AnewbloghasbeencreatedbyMsPrasannaPeri,ourTeacherLibrarian,fortheSr.

SchoolLibrary.Thisblogwillworkasaplatformforstudentsandteacherswherethey

canwritebookreviewsandotherarticles.

MsPrasannakeepsstartingvariousstrings,whichcanbebooktitlesorvarioustopics.

Anyone can reply by posting a comment.Ms Prasanna is the administrator and the

commentswillreachMsPrasannaforapproval.Onceapproved,thecontentispublic.

Anyonecanviewitbyusinghttps://writeindus.wordpress.com/.

Pleaseclickonthelinkaboveandencourageyourwardstocontribute.

f) Telugu Day - We celebrated Telugu Language Day with great enthusiasm on 8th

September. A beautiful and colourful presentation was put by the school Telugu

DepartmenttakingusbacktotheeraofthegreatTelugurulerKrishnadevarayaandhis

courtjesterTenaliRamakrishna.

g) Dr.UshaPasupulaticonductedChildSafetySessionforGrade-10Studentsastheywere

awayforthissessionduringAugustastheyhadgonefortheLeadershipcamp.

h) ThePYPNetworkMusicandDancefestivalwasconductedon14thSeptemberatthe

MeridienSchool.2studentsfromeachofthePYPgradesattendedit.Theylearntvarious

music and dance concepts inworkshops conducted bymusic and dance teachers of

variousPYPschools.

i) BathukammaandNavratricelebrations

ThePYPstudentsdressedtraditionallylookedbrightandadorable.Theyweregivena

briefaboutthereasonforthecelebrationandthedifferentwaysinwhichitiscelebrated

invariouspartsofthecountry.Postthat,theylearnthowtoperformtheBathukamma

andGarbafolkdance.

j) LeadershipCamp-Grade11(16thSeptember-22ndSeptember)

SoonafterthestudentsreachedIndusSchoolofLeadership,thestudentswerebriefed

aboutthefacility,itsperimeters,Dos&Don'tsandothercamp-relatedinformation.

Thewholebatchwasthendividedinto4groupsandeachgroupwasallottedatrainer

andteacherfortherestoftheirtimeatISL.

Asapartof leadership training, the studentswere systematicallyguided through the

followingactivities:

(i) Leadership Disposition Course emphasises teamwork and collaborative

strategies. Students got to experience the idea of risk taking, resilience and

collaboration.Theyunderstoodtheirstrengthsandchallenges.Attheendofit,it

appearedasifeachstudentwasmoreawareofhimselfandherself.

(ii) DiscoveryCourseoftenchallengesallparticipantsastheybalancethemselveson

planksandropes62feetabovetheground.Itinstilledself-confidenceandpushed

theboysandgirlstoout-reachtheirownpotentialandovercometheirfear.

(iii) Apart from this, students also did Pistol Shootingwhich exposed them to the

conceptsofgoalsettingandplanningeffectivelythroughexperientiallearning.

(iv) ConvergentAcidRiverwasacollaborativeactivitywhereateamhadtoworkasa

single unit. Themain aimof this activitywas to help students understand the

importance of collaboration, teamwork and goal-setting through real-life

simulations.

Theirexcitementwaspalpable!Thestudentstrekkeddownhillandafteraboutan

hour of walk, they had then to charter their own course using the map and

compass towards the base camp. Some groups had a tough time missing the

landmarksandlatercorrectingtheircourse.Reachingcampsitetheypitchedtheir

owntentsinthebasecamp,spentthenightamidstnatureandleftearlymorning

backtotheISLcampus.

TheexperiencedtrainersatISLalsoconductedasessionon'LeadershipthroughHistory'

emphasizingtheimportanceofhavingavisioninlife.

Theiroutboundlearningwasmadecompletewithtrekking,cooking,mapreadingand

locating,tentpitchingandotheroutdooractivities.Theylearnedandhadalotoffunwith

activities like river crossing and paintball. The variety of first-hand experiences of

cooking,carryingtheirrawsuppliesintheirbackpacks,cookingwithfirewood,etc.were

thoroughlyenjoyedbythem.

5daysofthistripwerespentasagroupwithampleactivities,collaboration,planning,

goalsettingandreflection.Studentshadtoreflectafterthecompletionofeveryactivity.

They shared their experiences, mistakes made, learning and future applications in

improving theirpersonality. Studentswoundup their final day’s sessionwithoverall

reflection[questionnaire-based]andabonfire.

Students were very thankful to the training crew, the admin support staff and the

cateringdepartment.TheyISLteamwasveryappreciativeofthegroupofstudentsand

advisedthemtousetheirlearninginreallifetoexcelandbecomeleadersoftomorrow.

5. SPORTS:

a) AnInter-SchoolSwimmingmeetwasorganizedbyGlendaleAcademyon1stSeptember

2017.NineSchoolparticipatedintheSwimmingmeet.Morethan250studentsfromnine

schoolsparticipatedinthismeet.OurStudentswon1gold,5silverand5bronzemedals.

ADITYAITHA

Thewinnersare:

NameoftheStudent Grade Event Position

AdityaItha 7 50Mfreestyle Gold

25Mbreaststroke Silver

VaidehiCheedella 11 50Mbackstroke Silver

TanmayaRamprasad 11 50mbreaststroke Silver

YashVedantReddyZore

RishvinJasti

MohitReddy

AdityaItha

7

7

7

7

4x25mfreestyle

relayUnder-14boys

Silver

VaidehiCheedella

TanmayaRamprasad

Toritacharavarty

AashianaReddyZore

11

11

5

6

4x50mfreestyle

relayUnder-18girls

Silver

Toritacharavarty 5 50Mfreestyle Bronze

25mbreaststroke Bronze

VeerannagariSukeshwarReddy

MereddySriramReddy

KandulaKarthikSaiVigneshReddy

MirMujtabaHidayathAli

12

12

12

12

4x50mfreestyle

relayUnder-18boys

Bronze

Toritacharavarty

UrviGupta

SannhitaSarvepalli

AashianaReddyZore

5

5

6

6

4x25mfreestyle

relayUnder-12girls

Bronze

MereddySriramReddy 12 100Mbreaststroke Bronze

b) Three of our students: Anmol Das, Rishik Thimmaiahgari, and Vedik Veeramaneni

participatedinanAITATournamentorganizedbytheSaniaMirzaTennisAcademyfrom

9thto11thSep2017.Playersfromfivestates,Telangana,AndhraPradesh,TamilNadu,

Kerala,andKarnatakaparticipated inthis.32studentswhoareAITArankingholders

participatedinthiscompetition.

AnmolDasreachedthesemifinals.Anmolcurrentlyholdsthe514thrankAll-Indiaunder

14category.Hisdeterminationandtechniquehelpedhimreachthesemifinalsdefeating

the2ndseedandallIndia214rankplayer.Welldone,Anmol!

c) IGCSE&IBDPInter-HouseCompetitionswereheldonthe6thand8thofSep2017after

schoolhours.Itwasplayedonknockoutbasis.Theresultswere:

Soccer-Boys

Hercules–First

Orion–Second

Pegasus–Third

Phoenix-Fourth

Basketball-Girls

d) Hercules–First

Orion–Second

Pegasus–Third

Phoenix-Fourth

e) OurstudentsparticipatedinafriendlySoccermatchon2ndSep2017againstSreenidhi

InternationalSchool.Ourteamwonthematch4-3.

f) AthleticTrialsforthePYPstudentsofGrades3,4and5wereheldonthe18th&19thof

September. The city Schools of Indus also participated. The selected studentswill be

representingourschoolinthePYPNetworkCompetitionthatisbeingconductedbythe

SreenidhiInternationalSchoolinthemonthofFeb2018.Theselectedstudentswillbe

givenextraCoaching.

6. UpdatesfromthePlacementsOffice:

a) TheGuidance&PlacementDepartmentwasawardedtheEducationWorldGrandJury

Awards2017.Wehavereceived theAll-India2ndrankunder the ‘CareerCounselling

Leader’.Welldone,MsDeeptiChitkara!

b) RiaThimmaiahgari’sMeritScholarship:

Ria qualified for the Semi-final in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship. As one of

approximately16,000highschoolseniorswhoareSemi-finalists,shehasanopportunity

tocontinueinthecompetitionforsome7,500NationalMeritScholarshipstobeoffered

nextspring.Congratulations,Ria!

c) VisitfromthefollowingUniversities

i) UniversityofAlberta–Canada

Location:Edmonton(Capital),Alberta,Canada

Aworld-classeducation,rankedinTop100universitiesglobally.

ii) KingsCollegeLondon–UK

One of the top 25 universities in the world and one of the oldest and most

prestigiousinEngland.

iii) SarahLawrenceCollege–USA

SarahLawrenceisknownforitspioneeringapproachtoeducation,richhistoryof

impassionedintellectualandcivicengagement,andvibrant,successfulalumni.

iv) DenisonUniversity–USA

Foundedin1831,itisOhio'ssecond-oldestliberalartscollege.

v) TrinityCollege–USA

AhighlyselectiveliberalartscollegeintheheartofHartford,Connecticut,Trinity

prepares students to be leaders unafraid of forging new paths: ABET-Approved

Engineering Program, Human Rights Program, Interdisciplinary Science Center,

Study-Away,Internshipandresearchopportunities.

vi) RinglingSchoolofArt&Design–USA

Named#1DigitalMediaArtsCollege inNorthAmericaby ImagineFXmagazine,

ListedamongtheTop25FilmSchoolsintheWorldbyTheHollywoodReporter.

vii) BostonUniversity–USA

Itisaleadingprivateresearchinstitutionwithtwoprimarycampusesintheheart

ofBostonandprogramsaroundtheworld.BUhasbeennamedtotheAssociation

of American Universities (AAU)—a prestigious association of top research

universitiesintheUnitedStatesandCanada.

viii) UniversityofSouthernCalifornia-USA

The city also provides a wide array of opportunities for students looking for

internshipsandjobs.

7. Othernews:

a) CommunityProjectsessionbyMsBaljeeton22ndSeptember:

AsessiononcommunityprojectwastakenbytheHeadofMiddleSchool,MsBaljeet.The

CommunityProjectisamajoractivityforstudentstocompleteinyearthree(8thgrade)

oftheMYPprogramatIndusInternationalSchool.Thecommunityprojectfocuseson

community and service and gives students an opportunity to develop awareness of

needsinvariouscommunitiesandaddressthoseneedsthroughservicelearning.The

studentshavetoinvestigate,plan,actandreflectontheirproject.Theaimofthisproject

is to serve the community tomake a positive difference in the lives of people. This

projectwouldfinallyculminateinapersonalprojectattheendofyear5inMYP.

b) Anawardtooneofourparents:

Wearehappytoannouncethatoneofourparents,Dr.MarkandeyaGorantla(CMDand

ChiefScientificOfficeratATGCBiotechPvt.Ltd.)hasbeenpresentedwithanawardfor

“Best Innovator of Year 2017” in the field of agriculture by the Department of

Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India. The award was presented by the

HonourableUnionMinisterforScienceandTechnologyfor innovativetechnologyfor

pestcontrolmanagementwithouttheuseofharmfulchemicalpesticides.

ThisisthefirstsuchawardforTelanganaandAndhraPradeshState.Congratulations,

Dr.Gorantla.

c) CEO’sVisittoIISH:

Our CEO Lt. Gen Arjun Ray, PVSM, VSM (Retd.) visited IISH on 1st Sept 2017. He

addressedourTeachersabouttheroleof theTeachers inthe21stCentury.Withthe

digital revolution replaced by the new age revolution of AI (Artificial Intelligence)

teachersmaybecomeobsoleteiftheyarenotprepared.Inordertopreparechildrenfor

the jobs that do not exist, Teachers have to teach the child and not the subject by

unlockingtheirpotential, teachwhatgooglecannotteachandengagethestudents in

self-directedlearning.

Inshort,themantraofTeacher21isInnovationandDesignThinkingandthiscanbe

achievedthroughthepedagogyofthenewcurricula:

a) Coding,mathskills,

b) Applicationofcontent(criticalthinking&creativity)

c) Inter-disciplinaryknowledge

d) Collaborativelearningthroughdeepreading.

d) FirstinMathWorkshop:

Our school has tied up with First inMath to subscribe to an online application to

enhance the Math skills of our students in PYP & MYP. This platform provides the

students with self-paced practice sets for each topic aligned with the curriculum

andMathgamestoenhancelogicalandcriticalthinkingskills.Students'performance

willbecloselymonitoredbytheteacherandthetop3playersofthedaywillbeawarded

'Player of the Day' badges on a daily basiswhichwillmotivate the students. Those

studentswhoshowconsistentimprovementintheirperformancewillalsobeawarded

certificates.

MrNirdoshMathurfromFirstInMathconductedanorientationsessionforourMath

Teachers&PYPGradeTeachers. Teacherswere givenhands-onpracticeduring this

session.

Studentshadasmallintroductionsessionon19September2017forthesameandthey

wereprovidedwiththeirusernameandpasswords.Asecondsessionwasconductedon

20 September 2017. Students can access this website on their

computer/laptop/tablet/smartphone.Theyweregiven10tasksonthistoolaspartof

theirholidayhomework.Studentswereencouraged tocompletemore taskson their

owntoenhancetheirskills.

e) WorkshoponEmotionalIntelligenceforTeachers:

AworkshoponEmotionalIntelligencewasconductedon16September2017forallthe

teachers.DanielGolemanandotherrespectedauthoritiesonthesubjectofEmotional

Intelligencebelievethatitisanecessity,anindispensablequalityforaleadertopossess.

ThisworkshopwasconductedusinganewmodelcreatedbyHarvardUniversity‘Teams

atWork–Emotional Intelligence’.Teachersweregiventhe followingarticlestoread

twoweekspriortotheWorkshop.

a) WhatMakesaLeader?byDanielGoleman

b) 3signsyouaresecretlyannoyingyourcolleaguesbySarahGreen

c) EmotionalAgilitybySusanDavid&ChristinaCongleton

f) SessiononBlueWhaleGameon14thSeptember

Inordertosensitizethestudentstothedangersofthegameandandmakethemaware

oftheirrolesandresponsibilitiesasempatheticindividualsofthesociety,Dr.Pasupulati

andMsGopicaAnandconductedasessionontheBlueWhaleGame,andhowto‘defeat’

it.

Asitwasaninteractivesession,thestudentswereaskedtogivetheirresponses,views,

andopinionsontheBlueWhalegameanditseffects.Thestudents’readinesslevelswere

checkedbyaskingopen-endedquestionswhichthusfacilitatedhealthydiscussionon

thesameissue.

Themain focus of the session was on the causes and the strategies to avoid being

trappedinthegame.

Thepointsthatwerecoveredduringthissessionwere-

i) Onlinegames-boonorabane?

ii) Whywegetaddictedtogames–Causesandfactors(lowself-esteem)

iii) Whoisatfault-playerorthecurator?

iv) Whatarethestrategiesusedbythecreatorofbluewhale?(Emotional

v) manipulationinvolved)

vi) Justificationgivenbythethecreator.

vii) Who is vulnerable? How arewe responsible? Arewe there for each other? As a

studentcommunityhowcanwehelpstudentstosafeguardtheirself-esteem?How

canwehelpourselvesandourpeers?

Upcomingevents:

14thOctober PTMforGrades6–10and12

18th-22ndOctober DiwaliBreak

26thOctober RCAReportspublishedforGrade11

29thOctober InterHouseBattleofBands

ThismonthwehavethebrightfestivalofDiwali.Bestwishesforawarmglowinyourhearts

andplentyofsparkleinyourlives.Maywethenspreadboth!

Regards,

CPJoseph

PRINCIPAL