School notes from Chennai

April 09, 2012 04:19 pm | Updated 04:19 pm IST

Students of Harrington House School.

Students of Harrington House School.

International Women's Day was celebrated at SBOA Matriculation and HSS recently. The chief guest was Dr.Rekha Shetty, Managing Director of Farstar Distribution Network. Poems extolling the virtues of women were read out by Mrs. Mahalakshmi ( Dept. of English) and Mr. Sunderraraman ( Dept.of Tamil). A vote of thanks was proposed by Mrs. Hema of the French Dept.

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Robo Olympics 2012, an Inter school Robotic Competition organised by Tech Knowledge Education, was held recently in the city to hunt for Techno brains in schools. It was to test the expertise in designing robots to play Soccer, Sumo wrestling using Lego Robotic Kits. More than 260 students from 20 schools participated in this event and participants from Chennai Public School brought laurels to the school by bagging the maximum prizes.

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PSBB, Siruseri, students from pre KG to Std V did a project on Prithvi Rakshati Rakshata – Earth protects those who protect it”. Students displayed their skills and exhibited interesting models and charts. Pollution, revolution, natural beauty and Jammu and Kashmir and saving nature for the future were some of the topics.

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H. Afreen of Std VI, Princess MHSS received a silver medal and a merit certificate at the inter school state level silambam tournament at Thiruvanamalai. She was placed second and felicitated by the Chairperson and Founder Correspondent Mrs. I Mamola Shariff and others.

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Vailankanni MHSS organised graduation day for the senior kindergarten students. Dr. Mrs. Banumathi Thambidurai, Chairperson, gave away the certificates. Dr. Kantharaj, Director Dept of Biomedical, St. Peter’s University delivered the address. A. Bright Rathinam, Principal of the school, presided.

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Students of Harrington House School celebrated their golden jubilee year recently. The students performed the different dances from the states of India. The chief guest for the evening was Mr. Yousuf Ali, Principal, Special Judge CBI, Mrs Grace George, Chairperson, Alpha Group of Institutions and actor Prashanth. Mrs. Bharati Mahadevan, headmistress of the school thanked everyone for making the celebration a success.

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S'aint Don Bosco Primary School celebrated its graduation day recently. UKG students were awarded their certificates. Former Bishop of Dharmapuri diocese Rev. Fr. Antony Joseph (SDB) was the chief guest. Rev. Fr. Balasamy (SDB) Correspondent of the school, was also present.

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