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School Updates 2009-10
Abhyasa Continues To Shine
Sri Satya Sai Nigamagamam, Srinagar Colony, Hyderabad, witnessed the most thrilling Horlicks Wiz Kids event on 21st and 22nd of July 2009 where Abhyasa Residential School has proved its metal once again. 82 Schools…4500 students…and Abhyasa won the Best Dressed School, Best Cheering School and the Best Placard makers awards apart from outstanding performances in Creative Play and Folk Dance, emerging as winners. 1st Place in Mehandi Art competition to Bhakti Parthani and 3rd Place to Mitesh Agarwal in the Senior Category and 1st Place to Divya.P in the Junior Category added colour to Abhyasa’s achievements. The Folk dance performance representing styles from Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Austria and Brazil not only enthralled the audience but also won the appreciation of the hosts and the judges. In the words of Mr.Sultan Ahmed, the Host of the Horlicks event “it is amazing to see styles from four different countries on one stage.”
The other achievements include 3rd place in 30 Seconds to Fame to Anmol Israni, 3rd Place in Laughter Challenge to Jai Kishan and 2nd Place in Face Painting to Akash Deshmukh. Abhyasa also won Consolation prizes in Cloth Art and Junk Funk and Music Melody. Adding flavour to these, Suchitra is one among the top ten finalists for Wiz Team Activity, which tested the competency, confidence and character of a child.
Abhyasa’s uniqueness was proved when a boy participated in the Mehandi Art event grabbing the 3rd place among the senior level. The Theme given for Music Melody was ‘Dream Bigger’ and Abhyasa’s Dream of Lokah Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu was well received by one and all present over there. Horlicks Wizkids Activity 2009 was well-organized event in collaboration with Horlicks and Krayons.
On the both days of the events, all eyes were on the Abhyasites, who were enthusiastically cheering and dancing for Abhyasa and also for the other schools, exhibiting a Spirit of real friendly competition. It was heartening to watch them motivating and encouraging all the participants of each and every activity. A total of 370 Abhyasites were present in this scintillating event of Horlicks Wiz Kids 2009. The Highlight is that, this is the 3rd Consecutive year for Abhyasa to win first place in the events of Dance, Best Placard Makers and the Best Dressed School. Abhyasa has again demonstrated its creativity, Confidence and integrity by not only winning the above prizes, but also the Hearts of Everybody.
Astronomy Club Session (Space Club)
Abhyasa has began yet another exciting club filled with full of activities and experiential learning by introducing “SPACE CLUB”
It is a unique club running in selected Indian schools by Kuiper Research & Educational Services Pvt Ltd. Here Kids get chance to shake hands with Astronomy in a similar fashion like professional astronomers do – out in night sky. A perfect blend of activities and experiments to ensure learning by involvement and better scientific temperament are the key features of Space Club.
Right from learning basics of solar system to go up to the exploration of universe via galaxies after galaxies and from experiments in the classroom / school grounds to setting up high end telescopes in night sky away from city limits to explore the cosmic dance, is what Space club kids experience.
This is one club for kids to ask, explore, execute and learn. Here participation is by interest and choice and learning is by involvement.
It’s the Space Club – where Stars of school meet Stars in the sky.
A total of ten sessions will be under taken by the trained professionals from Kuiper Research & Educational Services Pvt Ltd during the year.
All the members of the Space club attended the Astronomy show case at Hari Hara Kalabhavan on 4th July 2009. Four students participated in a quiz related to astronomy and all students had a chance to go through the exhibits prepared by various schools ( who are already members of the Space club ). The details of the session are mentioned below:
Session1:
- Discussed in brief about Astronomy.
- Satellites sent by all the countries.
- Composition of various planets.
- Asteroids and meteors.
- Galaxies, stars, solar systems, planets.
- This session was attended by 38 students.
Session2:
- Inspired by the first session 13 more students joined the space club making it to a total of 51 students (divided into two batches).
- In this session a movie titled “Journey on Beam of Light” was shown. It was an exciting experience for children.
- Various maps related to space were shown and explained.
Abhyasa Opens a New Page in Its Golden History
Abhyasa always aims at nurturing her students by introducing new high profile courses for her students. Another feather has been added to Abhyasa’s cap in the form of The ABE (Associate of Business Executives, UK) course.
The ABE, a UK based professional body, has been offering high quality management education for more than 25 years and has more than 20000 students in countries like UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and China preparing for examinations. ABE is also the market leader in the cost-effective provision of quality assured British Management. Many universities in UK, USA, Canada, Australia & Europe and other professional institutes accept qualified ABE students for admission to their degree programmes and professional qualifications.
This course was launched in Abhyasa on 18th July 2009 by Mr. Ashok Anand who runs the SIDVIN School of Business Institute of Technology at Bangalore.
Abhyasa has become the first school in Andhra Pradesh to launch this Prestigious Business Management Course.
This is an additional course for classes 11 & 12 Commerce apart from the regular ISC syllabus. This course adds a certificate to the student’s profile even before he / she completes his / her 12th grade. This makes them stand apart in this world of competitive rat race.
ABE course is offered in a suit of progressive, flexible and affordable business qualifications, covering – Business Management, Business Information Systems, Financial Management, Human Resource Management, Marketing Management, Travel Management, Tourism Management and Hospitality Management.
As a starter our school has opted for the all round Business Management Certificate Course which covers the papers
- Introduction to Business,
- Introduction to Business Communication,
- Introduction to Quantitative Methods and
- Introduction to Accounting
At class 11 level and will continue with a Diploma Course at class 12 level covering
- Economic Principles and their Application to Business
- Organizational Behaviors
- Financial Accounting
- Quantitative Methods for Business and Management
- Marketing Policy, Planning and communication
- Human Resource Management
- Management in Action
- Managerial Accounting
- Principles of Business Law
- Systems Analysis and Design.
The classes have started with great earnest on 24th July 2009.
Jeevan Vidya Workshop Conducted At Abhyasa
All the family members of Abhyasa – from Academicians to Administrators have experienced the process of self-discovery during the three and half days (26th July to 29th July) workshop conducted on JEEVAN VIDYA. The Electronics and Communications professor from IIT, Kanpur – Shree Ganesh Bagaria has conducted the workshop on Jeevan Vidya – assisted by Prof. Pradeep, Faculty at IIIT, Hyderabad and Sree Suman. Mr. Rajul Asthana, Ex-Vice President, Satyam Computers, was also coordinating with the Jeevan Vidya Team.
Everyone enjoyed the essence of the workshop as they were able to identify real definitions of Self, Happiness and Prosperity.
The workshop started with the introduction of the Jeevan Vidya Team and their experiences. The main concepts that were discussed during the workshop were as follows:
- Identification of Self and Body
- Self-Exploration – on one’s own right – which is again based on Natural Action and on Mutual Fulfillment
- Every human being is the sum total of Self and Body.
- There is natural acceptance in every self, who is invariant, intact and it is uncorrupted by our pre-conditioning.
- Every one gets happiness which is universal for Individual, Time and Space.
- Harmony at six levels namely Self, Body, Family, Society, Nature and Existence were discussed in depth.
- Every Human being desires to be continuously happy and prosperous by having enough physical facilities which is nothing but Animal Consciousness.
- If every Human being desires to be continuously happy and prosperous by having enough physical facilities with right understanding and right feelings in relations, He or She lives with Human Consciousness.
- All the participants were enlightened especially with the introduction of nine feelings namely Trust, Respect, Affection, Care, Guidance, Reverence, Glory, Gratitude and Love which are essential to lead a harmonious life at family and organizational levels.
The participants were very enthusiastic to learn and explore about themselves. This was evident during their sharing at the evaluation (Mulyankan) session after the workshop. It was a great effort by Sree Ganesh Bagaria to impart knowledge of a complex topic with great passion and ease. He displayed his excellence as an inspiring teacher while delivering the workshop that added to the increase in the motivation levels of the staff. Every staff of Abhyasa was touched and had few takeaways that touched their heart. The workshop was very enlightening and had awakened the spirits of all the participants. The presence of some parents also added value to the workshop. The organizers, participants thanked Abhyasa for conducting such a soul-searching workshop which had stimulated the real consciousness of life.
14th Jeevan Vidya National Convention : A Report
The 14th National Convention of Jeevan Vidya was held at Abhyasa Residential School, Toopran, Medak, near Hyderabad from 1st to 4th October, 2009. The convention which is conducted annually offers a forum and opportunity for people who are associated with Jeevan Vidya to meet others from all over the country who have been engaged in Understanding, Sharing and Implementing Jeevan Vidya ‐ Madhyasth Darshan over the last decade or so.
This was for the first time that the convention was held in south India. Shri Nagaraj Sharmaji fondly called as Baba, who is the propounder of the Jeevan Vidya – Madhyasth Darshan philosophy graced the event and interacted with participants on all four days of the event. The first day of the event started with Shri Nagaraji’s discourse. On the second day, Baba spoke on Education and how every human being wants and is capable of progress towards Right Understanding. Third day of the event had speakers talking on various aspects of Jeevan Vidya. On the fourth day, Baba said “Only with the understanding of the Universal Human Order, one can move from animal consciousness to human consciousness and fulfill one’s role in the system responsibly”.
There is no exaggeration in saying that everyone including volunteers from IIIT felt a deep sense of gratitude towards the Abhyasa management, teachers, staff and students who have been very warm and played a major role for the event to happen. Delicious food was arranged to all the participants and the prabodhaks.
Thanks to all the volunteers, prabodhaks and participants, Jeevan Vidya Sammelan 2009 was very successful.
Samaikyata - The Sports Festival for the Rural Youth
Abhyasa has taken up Social Responsibility as its major imparting tool for both her students and the neighbourhood. Journeying in that direction Abhyasa has conducted Games and Sports meet for the local youth under the banner “SAMAIKYATA”. This activity encourages spirited participation, sportsmanship and working for unity. The main motive of this event was to motivate and inspire the rural youth to take up social responsibility.
“Samaikyata – The Sports Festival for the Youth” was held between 18th July 2009 to 02nd August 2009. The response for the Invitation was overwhelming from every nook and corner of Toopran Mandal.
There were 16 cricket teams and 10 volley ball teams participating in league / knock out matches. Red-hot Sun could not beat the energy and power of the rural youth. There were many thrilling moments where all the spectators held their breath and watched the events. Cheers went on persuading the participants and it was a great sporting event conducted by Abhyasa. Cricket team from Jyoti Vidyala emerged as winner and the Padalapalli team stood as runners up. In Volleyball – Team from Nacharam emerged as winner and the Vadiyaram team completed the event as runners up. Happiness and the feeling of being recognized were clearly seen over the faces of the rural youth.
The closing ceremony was held on 02nd of August 2009, the day popularly celebrated as Friendship Day, all over the world. 250 local youth have attended the event. The programme began with a song “Loka Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu” by Abhyasa students. The participants voiced out their feelings about the event and every one thanked Abhyasa for conducting such an event with a hope that the trend will continue further forever and ever. It was touching to hear the Friendship day and patriotic songs rendered by the local youth. Some of the representatives had an opportunity to place their requests to the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Toopran, Mr.Siddaiah. It was quite inspiring to hear the poetry of Sree Ramanaiah, Freedom Fighter from Toopran.
The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr.Siddaiah, and M.R.O Mr.Ramachari were the Guests of Honour at the closing ceremony. Both the guests appreciated Abhyasa for being socially responsible and suggested to the students and the youth to take this opportunity to share ideas and act socially responsible. Mr.Vinaayaka Kalleetla thanked all the participants and made it clear that the country would progress if youth comes forward and behave responsibly towards the society. The winners and runners were given away the prizes by D.S.P. – Mr.Siddaiah, M.R.O – Mr. Ramachari and the school Principal Mr.Vinaayaka Kalleetla. Dr. Prasad, Vice-Principal concluded the event by saying present day youth should engineer bridges between communities which would lead to “Loka Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu”.
Abhyasa thanks all the participants, guests, and the press reporters for making the event a big hit. The programme was followed by dinner served by Abhyasa students for all the participants and guests. May the spirit attract more hands and hearts!!!
Anveshana - Mathematics and Science Fest - 2009
Abhyasa has taken up Social Responsibility as its major imparting tool for both her students and the neighbourhood. Journeying in that direction Abhyasa has conducted Games and Sports meet for the local youth under the banner “SAMAIKYATA”. This activity encourages spirited participation, sportsmanship and working for unity. The main motive of this event was to motivate and inspire the rural youth to take up social responsibility.
“Samaikyata – The Sports Festival for the Youth” was held between 18th July 2009 to 02nd August 2009. The response for the Invitation was overwhelming from every nook and corner of Toopran Mandal.
There were 16 cricket teams and 10 volley ball teams participating in league / knock out matches. Red-hot Sun could not beat the energy and power of the rural youth. There were many thrilling moments where all the spectators held their breath and watched the events. Cheers went on persuading the participants and it was a great sporting event conducted by Abhyasa. Cricket team from Jyoti Vidyala emerged as winner and the Padalapalli team stood as runners up. In Volleyball – Team from Nacharam emerged as winner and the Vadiyaram team completed the event as runners up. Happiness and the feeling of being recognized were clearly seen over the faces of the rural youth.
The closing ceremony was held on 02nd of August 2009, the day popularly celebrated as Friendship Day, all over the world. 250 local youth have attended the event. The programme began with a song “Loka Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu” by Abhyasa students. The participants voiced out their feelings about the event and every one thanked Abhyasa for conducting such an event with a hope that the trend will continue further forever and ever. It was touching to hear the Friendship day and patriotic songs rendered by the local youth. Some of the representatives had an opportunity to place their requests to the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Toopran, Mr.Siddaiah. It was quite inspiring to hear the poetry of Sree Ramanaiah, Freedom Fighter from Toopran.
The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr.Siddaiah, and M.R.O Mr.Ramachari were the Guests of Honour at the closing ceremony. Both the guests appreciated Abhyasa for being socially responsible and suggested to the students and the youth to take this opportunity to share ideas and act socially responsible. Mr.Vinaayaka Kalleetla thanked all the participants and made it clear that the country would progress if youth comes forward and behave responsibly towards the society. The winners and runners were given away the prizes by D.S.P. – Mr.Siddaiah, M.R.O – Mr. Ramachari and the school Principal Mr.Vinaayaka Kalleetla. Dr. Prasad, Vice-Principal concluded the event by saying present day youth should engineer bridges between communities which would lead to “Loka Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu”.
Abhyasa thanks all the participants, guests, and the press reporters for making the event a big hit. The programme was followed by dinner served by Abhyasa students for all the participants and guests. May the spirit attract more hands and hearts!!!
Details of Events and Winners:
S.No | Event Name | Ist Prize Winners | II Prize Winner |
| 1 | Quiz | Gitanjali Senior School | St.Joseph’s School Habsiguda and St.Martin’s High School |
| 2 | Science Behind Situation | H.P.S, Begumpet | St.Joseph’s Public School,Kingkoti |
| 3 | Maths Individual Contest | St.Joseph’s Public School,Kingkoti | H.P.S, Begumpet |
| 4 | Just a Minute | Gitanjali Senior School | Kalpha School |
| 5 | Math Team Activity | H.P.S, Begumpet | |
| 6 | Fancy Dress | H.P.S, Begumpet | Rama Devi Public School |
| 7 | Model Presentation | H.P.S, Begumpet and St.Joseph’s Public School | Sherwood Public School |
Team Abhyasa Visits Shivani Steel Alloys - Hyderabad
Another day has painted its beautiful memories in the dairies of Abhyasa students as they have gone through a field trip that gave them an experiential learning. The objectives of conducting this field trip were to provide the students an opportunity of
- Having a practical understanding on – Management and its functions being exercised in a business house,
- Understanding the process of executing a work order received from a client
- How demand is met with regular supply and
- How the stock ledgers are maintained in a manufacturing organization.
The class XI and XII students of Commerce were taken to Shivani Steel Alloys Manufacturing Company which is into manufacturing of Steel Alloys, with two units located at Patancheru and Ankenpally villages in Hyderabad.
It was a pleasant meeting Mr.Subba Rao – Manager (Finance) who accompanied the team Abhyasa to both the units of Shivani Steel Alloys Patancheru and the later the one at Ankenapally. At the Patancheru Unit he explained the process – how orders are received from the clients. He also elucidated the following processes:
- Quoting a Tender by Shivani Steel Alloys
- Preparation of Cost Sheet
- Receiving a Work Order from a client
- Executing a Work Order
- How the samples of Shivani Alloys are tested by their clients before giving a bulk order
- The Role of Marketing department in this process
- The Role of Production and Finance departments
- The process of manufacturing of Steel Alloys
Later, the team was taken to the second unit which was located at Ankenapally. Mr.Subba Rao explained to the students about how the process of POSDC (Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing and Controlling) is being practiced at Shivani. Being a Finance manager – he concentrated on Finance Function of Management. He explained how funds are raised and allocated for a business. He discussed about the following topics:
- Credit worthiness of a businessman.
- Business Intelligence to be shown by a businessman.
- The commitment to be shown by every entrepreneur while paying the loans back to the banker.
- Preparation of Working Capital Projections
- How will the banker review the Working Capital Projections submitted by the banker
- What are the parameters looked into, to rate the credit worthiness of the client by the banker
- When and how to go for IPO (Initial Public Offering) and GDR (Global Depositary Receipt)
- The rules and regulations to be followed for IPO and GDR
- Different business strategies to be followed by the business man to get settled in the market.
It was a mind-blowing experience for the students to watch the manufacturing process of steel alloys. Immense pleasure could be found on their faces as they were explained how the alloys were manufactured with latest technology. It was a precious experience for them to have watched the Process live where the iron and steel were melted at around 180 Celsius and poured into the moulds. Followed by a knowledge sharing session, how Shivani Alloys meets the demand with its uninterrupted supply, team Abhyasa had experienced how a business house equates the demand with its supply.
Mr.Subba Rao explained that FIFO method of inventory was followed and he also explained why such method had been adopted by Shivani. Students were very happy to gain a first hand information about the topics studied in.
It was a successful event wherein thee Commerce Department t has invested their best efforts to get their children educated on practical grounds. We will continue to motivate our students to create wealth instead of acquiring wealth…
Class XI & XII Science visited Swasthya – 2009
An exhibition of Biology organized at Kamineni Hospital, Narkedpally on 07.11.2009 with the help of Dr.Suseela (parent of M.Satwik of Class X). The exhibits were kept in different blocks according to the specialization of the subject like Viral disease – Swine flu, Ophthalmology, E.N.T., General nursing, General medicine, Cardiology, Human anatomy, Gynecology, Pediatrics, Pathology, Orthopedics, Radiology and Psychiatry. First they went to the swine flu block, where model of virus, preventive measure of this dreadful disease were learnt. Then they moved on to all the blocks one by one where the students had seen models of working of the eye, correction of eye defects through lenses, Florence Nightingale, different levels of specialization in nursing, various diseases‐their mode of transmission, preventive measures etc. In cardiology block pupils, were explained about angiogram, angioplasty, and reasons for various heart diseases like atherosclerosis, arterioscleroses, and heart attack, stroke and control measures. Then the team proceeded to the most interesting and awaiting block – anatomy block where they observed the dissected frog, various stages of human embryos, human body parts (specimens) like heart, brain, muscles, joints, lungs, kidney, ovary, testis, uterus, skeleton and operated diseased parts like liver cirrhosis, cancerous breast, ovarian cysts, cancerous pharynx and dissected human dead body showing abdominal and thoracic body parts. Later they moved to Gynecology block where the team observed ovary tumor (20kgs), charts showing phases of menstrual cycle, model shows the fertilization implantation and conception, process of delivery depicted through models, birth control methods and Intra Uterine Devices like copper – T loop etc. In pediatrics, they got about child care and nutrition, ICU of new born babies, light therapy and also few maternal care tips. Then we move to the pathology, orthopedics and psychiatry blocks where students have learnt about various types of diseases, mode of transmission, preventive measures, diseases which cannot be cured easily, various types of fractures, X – rays, Prosthetic parts ( Jaipur foot, hand etc.) Mental disorders, causes for mental illness and treatment etc. The team which left Abhyasa at around 2.00 p.m returned to campus at around 5.30 p.m. Students shared their experiences in the Assembly in the next day morning.
On 13.11.2009, Class IX (ICSE and IGCSE) was taken to NIRD students had an experiential understanding of eco friendly practices and rural technology. Students also studied the preparation of data of regular wages and their working hours statistically and how to apply those data to draw histograms, bar graphs, frequency polygons and also in pie charts. NIRD (National Institute for Rural Development) was established in Government of India in Rural Technological Park in Hyderabad in 1999. Its main aim is to sustain the rural
development. Students from Abhyasa visited the following units at NIRD.
- Vermi composting unit
- Handmade paper unit
- Solar technology‐solar lantern
- Leaf plate and cup making
- Bee keeping and Honey production
- National building centre
The following are the learning outcomes of the field trip:
- Students viewed the technique of vermi compost which is useful in soil conservation (organic farming)
- Students learn the technique of solar lantern, a measure to conserve energy.
- Students understood the concept of tree free paper.
- The attitude of respect towards rural practices.
On 17.11.2009, Class XI & XII students were taken to the Sree Ram Sagar Project
Which is constructed on the river Godavari at about 762 km downstream of Nashik. The catchment area of the dam is 91,750 Sq.km .The dam is about 13000 cuseks. Sri Rama Sagar happens to be one of the multinational projects, means it not only supplies water to neighboring villages but also generates electricity through hydropower. Water is supplied through canals having the highest capacity .Water resources are distributed to the Nizambad, Karimnagar, Warangal and Nalgonda districts.
The dam has 42 gates. Its length is 956 m and height is 42.672 m .It took us about 3 ½ ‐ 4 hrs to see the entire project. Team Abhyasa were able to see the gates and were lucky enough to see the hydro‐electric power generator. It had huge turbines each producing about 9 MW of power. There were 3 such units and 4th was under construction. It was an awesome experience and all of them were left with was amazement.
Their next stop was “The Nirmal Toys and Arts Industrial”, Adilabad. It was a toyshop where they sold toys crafted from wood and even miniature paintings. Each and every thing on sale ranging from key chains to pen stands to showpieces was hand made. And we were indeed lucky, since we were able to meet the craftsmen and interact with them. We saw there artist behind those beautiful miniature paintings. We were surprised by the perfection of each brushstroke.
At about 5.30pm team started their return to Abhyasa, eager to share the experience with our other schoolmates.
Class VII was taken to Zoological park on 18.11.2009
The subjects that were integrated with this field trip were Biological Sciences, Computer Science, and Languages. The team started at 8.30 a.m in the School Bus along with 2 sumos. All the necessary arrangements for food were made in advance as the event was well planned in advance. The field trip was well enjoyed by the students as their learning has seen new angles. They watched various kinds of birds, tortoises, Tigers, baboons, apes, wolves, hyenas , jackals, deers, horned stags, 4 lions, bears of Indian Himalayan type, tortoises, alligators, crocodiles, turtles along with a large variety of parrots, peacocks, pigeons, lories which could speak , crowned parrots, doves, pigeons and fowls of strange colours and in strange size too, sloth bear, emus and wild bears. By the time they had lunch..lo.. it rained cats and dogs. Once the sky got cleared they started their learning. African bisons, hippopotamus, African giraffe which has been recently brought into this zoo from New Delhi, large number of eers and stags, elephants, variety of love birds chirping on the branches of trees inside the cages, panthers, monkeys of various species etc. were observed by the students. A variety of monkeys such as a baboons chimpanzee, lion tailed macapae, sacred baboon, pantheratigris, jaguar, leopards and sloth bear were awesome. Their next visit was to the reptiles den. On the way to the reptiles den they saw water dogs which were cute and were swimming in the water. Pythons, russels viper, green iguanas, Indian cobras, rat snakes, star tortoises, land monitor lizards, a large variety of huge Indian chamelians and many nonvenemous snakes. They shared their experiences in the next day’s assembly.
Class IV & V were taken to Birla Temple and Planetarium and Museum on 19.11.2009.
Students learnt about recognizing and interpreting about space, planets, Melkyurays, cosmos, asteroids, commets and Galaxies. This helped to schematize the picture of our Universe whenever they learn about it. This also helped them to estimate the size of the Universe. The students were amazed to experience some of the facts related to Universe.
Class VI were taken to a model village by name “Pothireddy Pet”.
which was awarded as “Indiramma Gramam” by the state government for the period 2006 and 2007 on 21.11.2009. The specialty of this village is they utilize all the benefits of various schemes of state and central Governments and all the citizens of the village get equal opportunity. The students visited the Zilla Parishad School initially. Students observed the how the assembly is conducted in the school. The discipline of the school was commendable. Later the Sarpanch joined team Abhyasa to give a demonstration of the drainage system of the village. Soon after this, team Abhyasa visited the Sneha Bala the primary school of the village, which is sponsored by UNICEF. The school had all modern teaching aids. After the visit, students moved to Sub Primary Health centre, which is again an ideal health centre. Soon after this, team Abhyasa moved to the second Primary school in the S.C. colony which was also maintained very well. The students had a debate with the Z.P.school students, which was a real example for knowledge sharing. Later the students visited an age old temple at Eduvelli, which is also called as Dakshina Kaasi by tge locals. After taking rest for 30 minutes there the students left for Akbarpet which was awarded Nirmal Gram Puraskar by the Central Government for the period 2007 and 2008. It was learnt by the students that it was the Sarpanch that had kept in a lot of hard work to educate the people on using the toilets. Students enjoyed the trip a lot.
Abhyasa's Quest at I.F.B, Lucknow
Good experiences are very rare and rarer they do come across at an early stage of our life. And one such experience came along disguised as the first international festival of Bio-Technology, hosted by City Montessori School, Lucknow. The festival was organized under the name of “Quest-09” from the 3rd of August, 2009.
It is a matter of immense pleasure and pride that a team of six students headed by Mrs.Sreelatha, Senior Biology Teacher, was selected to represent Abhyasa. The festival, in which 123 schools from 14 nations were invited, held a host of competitions and witnessed speeches by eminent scientists.
“The Quest” was declared open by the honourable former president of our nation, Dr.A.P.J.Kalam. In his inaugural address he enlightened the students about the topic that is close to his heart – “Bio-Technology”. Dr. Kalam emphasized on the role of today’s youth in expending the realms of this recent development. The great man spoke how other seriously expanding technologies, Nano-Technology and informatics, are intermingling with bio-technology. He expressed that we are discovering new horizons of scientific development and the key of the enhancement is in the young hands. His speech left all the young souls inspired and evoked, triggering a new zeal to excel in the forthcoming competitions.
Mr.Jagadish Gandhi from City Montessori Schools, Luknow, addressed the gathering to convey the message for world peace and global unity. He also stated that spirit of world peace could be inculcated at the schooling stage for the betterment of the world.
Another mind boggling aspect of the Quest was its competitions ranging from web-designing to collage, and from debate to quiz, the Quest had it all. The list of the activities in the Quest, contained – Debate, Seminar, Website Designing, Quiz, PowerPoint Presentations, Collage, Poster Making and Slogan Writing. The competitions were designed keeping in mind, to test both the intellectual as well as the creative part of the participants. The awesome global nature of it, altogether adds the much needed touch of competition.
Apart from all these scintillating features of this festival, one can never forget the amazing universe of knowledge put forth by the galaxy of eminent scientists present there. Some of the excellent speeches were made by Dr.D.Balasubramaniam who touched the complex concepts of Bio-Technology in a nutshell, Dr.Rakesh Tuli on “What Makes Us Human” and Dr.Nitya Anand who addressed the issues of Biotechnology and Healthcare.
The crux of the whole matter being, “The Quest 09” was a one in a million experience which was thoroughly experienced by team Abhyasa. They returned with a worthy experience, precious knowledge and zeal to……. EXCEL.
Abhyasa Achievements at Competitions Conducted by Association of ICSE and ISE Schools, AP Region
August 18th: Inter-School Quiz Competition at St.Martins High School, Bowenpally.
| Sl.No. | Name of the Participant | Class | Category |
| 1 | Anil Kumar. Ch | IX | Junior (ICSE) |
| 2 | Girish .N. Raut | X | Junior (ICSE) |
| 3 | Akash Deshmukh | XII | Senior (ISC) |
| 4 | Rahul Gupta | XII | Senior (ISC) |
The ISC team of Abhyasa stood at second position.
August 19th: Inter-School Declamation Contest at St.Josephs Public School, King Koti.
| Sl.No. | Name of the Participant | Sex | Class | Category |
| 1 | BHANU SIVA MOHAN PINNAM | BOY | VIII | Junior (ICSE) |
| 2 | PRIYANKA KISHORE SONONE | GIRL | XI | Senior (ISC) |
Priyanka Sonone of Class XI who declaimed a speech by Mrs. Indira Gandhi was placed 3rd in this competition.
August 21st and 22nd: AP Regional Drawing and Painting competition was held at Hyderabad Public School. Following 6 students from Abhyasa participated in the competition.
| Sl.No. | Name of the Participant | Sex | Class | Category |
| 1 | KUNAL AGARWAL | MALE | IX | Junior (ICSE) |
| 2 | KARTHIKEYA M | MALE | X | Junior (ICSE) |
| 3 | RAKESH REDDY | MALE | X | Junior (ICSE) |
| 4 | AKASH DESHMUKH | MALE | XII | Senior (ISC) |
| 5 | PRIYANKA KISHORE SONONE | FEMALE | XI | Senior (ISC) |
| 6 | SAI YOGESH DHANTAL | MALE | XII | Senior (ISC) |
August 21st: 4 students participated in the event ‘Tame the Flame’ organized by Gitanjali Devshala. Mohinish M of class VI was placed 2nd in the event ‘Best out of Waste.’ He also won a gift voucher of Rs.1000/-
August 24th: A contingent of 21 students participated in the Inter School Swimming Competition at MCH Pool, Secunderabad. The medal tally is as follows.
ISC ‐ BOYS
| Sl.No. | Name | Free Style | Breast Stroke | Back Stroke | Butterfly | 4X100 Relay | ||||
| 100 MTS | 50 MTS | 100 MTS | 50 MTS | 100 MTS | 50 MTS | 100 MTS | 50 MTS | |||
| 1 | Aditya Putta | Gold | Gold | Gold | ||||||
| 2 | Priyank B Shah | Gold | Silver | Gold | Gold | |||||
| 3 | Rahul Gupta | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Gold | |||||
| 4 | Arjun Singh | Bronze | Bronze | Gold | ||||||
| 5 | Vivek Nair | Silver | ||||||||
| 6 | Viswateja.M | Bronze | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
ICSE‐BOYS
| Sl.No. | Name | Free Style | Breast Stroke | Back Stroke | Butterfly | 4X100 Relay | ||||
| 100 MTS | 50 MTS | 100 MTS | 50 MTS | 100 MTS | 50 MTS | 100 MTS | 50 MTS | |||
| 1 | Aniket K | Bronze | Gold | |||||||
| 2 | Darshan.H | Bronze | Silver | Bronze | Gold | |||||
| 3 | Pushpak. K | Silver | Silver | |||||||
| 4 | Dewarshi Jaiswal | Gold | ||||||||
| 5 | Sahil Chhahl | Gold | ||||||||
ICSE‐GIRLS
| Sl.No. | Name | Free Style | Breast Stroke | Back Stroke | Butterfly | 4X100 Relay | ||||
| 100 MTS | 50 MTS | 100 MTS | 50 MTS | 100 MTS | 50 MTS | 100 MTS | 50 MTS | |||
| 1 | Apoorvi B Shah | Silver | Silver | Gold | ||||||
| 2 | Yugandhara. R | Silver | Gold | |||||||
| 3 | Suchitra K Swamy | Silver | ||||||||
| 4 | Sushumna. I | Gold | ||||||||
| 5 | Palak Gupta | Gold | ||||||||
Priyank B Shah of Class XII made news by bagging the Individual championship.
August 25th and 26th:Inter-School Basket Ball Tournament at Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, Hyderabad.
The Abhyasa ISC Basket Ball Team emerged champions while the ICSE boys’ team ended as Runners up. The girls ICSE team lost out in the First Round itself.
Senior Boys Team that won the Gold:
| Sl.No. | Name of the Student | Medal |
| 1 | Ashay P Kadu | Gold |
| 2 | Vivek Nair | Gold |
| 3 | Mayur Sejpal | Gold |
| 4 | Aakash Deshmukh | Gold |
| 5 | Paramanshu Ch. | Gold |
| 6 | Sunil Bandi | Gold |
| 7 | Arjun Reddy | Gold |
| 8 | Sai Yogesh D | Gold |
| 9 | Arjun Singh T | Gold |
| 10 | Amith B | Gold |
| 11 | Palak Pandey | Gold |
| 12 | Kranthi Kumar M | Gold |
Junior Boys Team that won the Silver Medal:
| Sl.No. | Name of the Student | Medal |
| 1 | Harsh P Shah | Silver |
| 2 | Sahil Chahal | Silver |
| 3 | Mitesh Agarwal | Silver |
| 4 | Ronith Y | Silver |
| 5 | Ch.Sai Manohar | Silver |
| 6 | Dipin M | Silver |
| 7 | Nirav Kamdar | Silver |
| 8 | Garrav Rathod | Silver |
| 9 | Badrinath P | Silver |
| 10 | Mohith J | Silver |
| 11 | Pranav V | Silver |
| 12 | Dewarshi J | Silver |
The Junior Girls Team that represented Abhyasa at the regional sports meet.
| Sl.No. | Name of the Student |
| 1 | Palak Lathiwala |
| 2 | K Kruthika |
| 3 | Kamini Kishore J |
| 4 | Monika Vijaya Durga |
| 5 | R. Yasaswini |
| 6 | B Anusha |
| 7 | T Suhani |
| 8 | B Barkha |
| 9 | K Sri Swathi |
| 10 | G Likhita |
| 11 | R Divya |
| 12 | S Bandhavi |
August 27th: AP Regional Debate Competition was held at Gitanjali Devshala. E Anmol of ISC was selected as 2nd best speaker. Totally 4 students from Abhyasa participated.
| Sl.No. | Name of the Participant | Sex | Class | Category |
| 1 | ANIL KUMAR CH. | MALE | IX | Junior (ICSE) |
| 2 | SAI VAISHNAVI PIPPALLA | FEMALE | IX | Junior (ICSE) |
| 3 | AKASH DESHMUKH | MALE | XII | Senior (ISC) |
| 4 | ANMOL.E | MALE | XII | Senior (ISC) |
August 28th: AP Regional Creative Writing competition was held at Nasr School. The following students participated
| Sl.No. | Name of the Participant | Sex | Class | Category |
| 1 | SAMEER K | MALE | IX | Junior (ICSE) |
| 2 | SAI VAISHNAVI PIPPALLA | FEMALE | IX | Junior (ICSE) |
| 3 | PRIYANKA KISHORE SONONE | FEMALE | XI | Senior (ISC |
| 4 | ANMOL.E | MALE | XII | Senior (ISC) |
August 29th and 30th:A.P.Regional ICSE & ISC Athletic Meet was held at HPS, Begumpet, Hyderabad. The results are:
| Medal | ICSE | ISC | |
| BOYS | GIRLS | BOYS | |
| GOLD | 1 | ||
| SILVER | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| BRONZE | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 10 |
List of Students who won the medals at ICSE and ISC Regional Sports Meet in Athletics:
| Sl.No. | Name of the Participant | Event | Position | Category |
| 1 | Harshin Lalpet | 5 KM Walk | Gold | Sr. Boys |
| 2 | Sawan Yadav | 5 KM Walk | Silver | Jr.Boys |
| 3 | Sahil Chahal | High Jump | Silver | Jr.Boys |
| 4 | Monika Vijaya Durga P | 3 Km Walk | Silver | Jr.Boys |
| 5 | 5 Waseem Ahmed | 4 x 100 Relay | Silver | Sr. Boys |
| 6 | K Ashok Kumar | 4 x 100 Relay | Silver | Sr. Boys |
| 7 | Paramanshu Chowdary | 4 x 100 Relay | Silver | Sr. Boys |
| 8 | M Kranthi | 4 x 100 Relay | Silver | Sr. Boys |
| 9 | Arjun Reddy S | Discuss throw | Silver | Sr. Boys |
| 10 | Paramanshu Chowdary | Shotput | Silver | Sr. Boys |
| 11 | M Kranthi | High Jump | Silver | Sr. Boys |
| 12 | Praneeth G | Shotput | Bronze | Jr.Boys |
| 13 | R Yashaswini | 3 Km Walk | Bronze | Jr.Boys |
| 14 | Monika Vijaya Durga P | 800 M | Bronze | Jr.Boys |
| 15 | M Kranthi | Triple Jump | Bronze | Sr. Boys |
| 16 | D.Sai Yogesh | 1500 m Run | Bronze | Sr. Boys |
List of Abhyasa Students representing Andhra Pradesh at the National Level Meet:
| Sl.No. | Name of the Participant | Event | Category |
| 1 | Priyank Bharat Shat | Swimming | Sr. Boys |
| 2 | Aditya Putta | Swimming | Sr. Boys |
| 3 | Rahul Gupta | Swimming | Sr. Boys |
| 4 | M Viswa Teja | Swimming | Sr. Boys |
| 5 | Vivek Nair | Swimming | Sr. Boys |
| 6 | Apoorvi Bharat Shah | Swimming | Jr.Girls |
| 7 | C Yugandhara | Swimming | Jr.Girls |
| 8 | K Suchitra | Swimming | Jr.Girls |
| 9 | Darshan Hindocha | Swimming | Jr.Boys |
| 10 | Pushpak V Kavle | Swimming | Jr.Boys |
| 11 | Parmanshu Chowdary | Shotput | Sr. Boys |
| 12 | M Kranthi | Hi‐Jump | Sr. Boys |
| 13 | Sahil Chahal | Hi‐Jump | Jr.Boys |
| 14 | Arjun Reddy | Discuss Throw | Sr. Boys |
| 15 | Ashay Kadu | Basket Ball | Sr. Boys |
| 16 | Sunil Bandi | Basket Ball | Sr. Boys |
| 17 | Harshin Lalpet | 5 km walk | Sr. Boys |
| 18 | Sawan Yadav | 5 km walk | Jr.Boys |
| 19 | T Mounika | 3 km walk | Jr. Girls |
| 20 | Paramanshu Chowdary | Basket Ball | Sr. Boys |
| 21 | Yogesh Dantal | Basket Ball | Sr. Boys |
| 22 | Anusha B | Basket Ball | Jr. Girls |
| 23 | Dipin Mangtani | Basket Ball | Jr.Boys |
| 24 | Sai Manohar | Basket Ball | Jr.Boys |
Priyank wins the individual championship in swimming
Golden boys of Abhyasa at Swimming events.
Annual Adieu to Lord Ganesha
The campus echoed with the slogans “Ganapathi Bappa Moriya…. Aadha Laddu Khaliya….”.. It was a festive occasion at Abhyasa on 31.08.2009 where the little ones cheered for the Lord and gave him a pleasant adieu for the year. It all started on 23.08.2009 – on the day of Ganesh Chaturthi, when a group of selected students from each class sat to turn a lump of mud into sacred form of Lord Ganesha. By the end of the day there were 7 idols each in different poses and sizes, which filled the dais in the prayer hall on the campus. This is the practice taken up by Abhyasites for years together to save the environment from becoming a dump of plaster of paris Ganeshas. On the same day pooja was performed to all those idols amidst the chanting of Ganesh Gayatri apart from Abhishekam. Since then for a period of 9 days daily pooja was performed and it was on Monday, the 31st August 2009 – time had come to bid adieu to those eco friendly Ganeshas.
After a long Hom performed for Lord Ganesha, the stage was set for the immersion. Energy emanated enthusiasm ounted to its peaks and the devout Abhyasites started for the event of Lord Ganesha’s farewell for the year.
Amidst the holy Vedic chanting, Bhajans, slogans and drum beats all the Ganesha idols, safely and majestically, placed on the palanquins, were lifted off. We are sure, that Lord Ganesha enjoyed the ride on the shoulders of the students who became servants of the Lord Himself. The procession was led by 5 Human Ganeshas blessing all the passers by, followed by the groups of students religiously involved in Vedic Chanting, Bhajans. Slogan shouting, dancing, distributing prasadam etc.,
The procession reached the Toopran Lake by about 6.30 p.m and as the Sun sets the idols of Lord Ganesha were immersed amidst the chantings, ” Ganapathi Bappa Moraya…. Pudchya Varshi Lavkar Yaa..”, ” Ek Laddu phutla, Ganapati Bappa Uthala…”
Teacher's Day
Teachers’ Day has a touch of perfect tradition where the students perform Paada Pooja to their Gurus seeking their blessings. This is done to imbibe the culture of obedience towards Guru and also to revive the dying traditions.
It was at the evening session when the celebrations began. All the teachers were invited to the Priyanka’s Play Field on the campus. The students in order to test the agility and the alertness of their Gurus conducted a small game before starting Paada Pooja. Every teacher had to identify his nametag stuck on the chair within 5 minutes. Mind you… all teachers proved themselves to be in perfect shape. After the completion of Paada Pooja the programme continued with presentations to all the staff members along with
certificates of appreciation to a selected few for their consistent work and achievement.
Then followed the fun–filled activities. It was joyful to watch Teachers playing games over the stage conducted by the students. Games like – The Numbers Game, The Freeze, Count the Trampled Tomatoes etc., were the highlights of the programme. Of course, nothing can beat the dance performances presented by the students to entertain the staff.
Did we forget something? Yes. We did. The students decorated the dining hall beautifully transforming the whole ambience and inviting the staff for a special lunch. The students personally served every member till they were sure that all the bellies were full.
Founder's Day
It was colours, claps and cakes on the 06th of September 2009 on the campus as the day being the Founder’s day – the birthday of Princi, Mr.Vinaayaka Kalleetla. The student motorcade that took the Princi around took him all over the campus staring from the Temple. As the motorcade came to a halt, he was brought down on his feet so that they can step on the rhythms played by the heavy drums and the joy is immense in all those who shared a step with him. The dancing stopped only because the drummers were tired, not the Abhyasites.
It was in the afternoon, the birthday of Sreemathi Padmavathi Kalletla, on whose land, the Abhyasa buildings stand, was celebrated. The students performed a dance for her on the popular keertana “Muddugaare Yashoda….”..of Sree Annamacharya followed by cake cutting.
During the evening snacks time the Princi personally distributed sweets to all the Abhyasites, from security to students and from staff to workers.
In the evening there was a programme at Priyanka’s Playpen organized by the students, which witnessed dances, fun games and songs, and ramp walks. It was a pleasant surprise for many to see “Vinayaka.com” – the personal site of Princi launched on the occasion.
The class 9 batch of students who conducted the whole programme took the opportunity to announce their batch name – ARDENT – as always the custom at Abhyasa.
End of the day – 6th September 2009 scripted new experiences in the dairy of Abhyasa, which were so legibly written in everyone’s heart.
Commerce Activity Rocks The Campus On 06.12.2009
“Your friend is the person, who knows all about you, and still likes you”. It is the unique feeling and emotion – whatever we name it; it is the bond that constructs healthy relationship among all humans, irrespective of caste, creed and religion. It is a distinct religion whose language is globally accepted. It is nothing but the Friendship that makes all the impossible – possible. Abhyasa inculcated all these feelings by celebrating the Friendship day, 8th of August, 2010 wherein, the Activity Management had made the day a special one for the students. After the busy Sunday schedule– the students gathered at Anubhav – the Amphitheatre at 6.00 p.m for the programme.
Two stunning performances made the atmosphere bubbly and the fun began. Best friend pairs were identified among students. A balloon game was played where in one of the pair would collect the balloons with his/her mouth and the other one bursts the same. The team which bursts the maximum numbers within a minute would stand as the winner. Followed by another interesting programme, “How well do you know your friend?” – 5 different questions were asked to each of the pairs to identify how well do they know about their best friends. The questions were based on the likes and dislikes of the buddies. Lined up, there were hilarious jokes narrated by some students. Last but not the least, it was the speech of Master D.Sai Ram that attracted everybody and gave the message of real friendship. The programme ended with all the students celebrating the friendship by tying the friendship bands to their friends.
SA MEMARABLE VISIT TO BOMMALA KOLUVU ON VIJAYADASHIMI DAY
On Vijayadashimi day ,17th October,fourteen students of Abhyasa’s first batch of IGCSE students along with Mr.Vinaayaka Kalleetla,Our beloved Principal,Mr.CVK Sastry,Vice Principal and Mrs.Sita ,our Craft teacher went to witness the Bommala Koluvu in the mansion of Srimati Jamuna Ramana Rao ,the Deon of South Indian cinema ,AT Banjara Hills. A variety of traditional toys were arranged beautifully and in mind boggling order . It revived the cultural heritage of India .There were seven steps in which various toys were kept in the order from common man to celestial beings and finally to God .In fact in one of the sections the Ramayana was depicted with various events.The arrangement was not only to portray the tradition of India but also portrayed the Gods of Thailand, the western world and so on .
There was also a place, which supported through toys the environmental protection and showed how we are destroying the environment with mindless construction activity. It showed how urbanization is destroying the traditional farming system in India. Overall it was a trip to remember and really hats off to Srimati Jamuna garu for giving us a great opportunity to witness her Bommala koluvu.
Another interesting thing that we noticed was every one in the house had participation in the bommala koluvu,right from the 5 year old Grandson to 80 year old Grandpa. Some of the toys have been preserved for over six decades…and they look very bright and fresh. Few snaps taken by us:
A VISIT TO OLD AGE HOME
One of the major activities undertaken by the Student Gram Seva (Community Service) Management Committee is a visit to an old age home which Abhyasites look forward to, since they get an opportunity to touch the lives of the older generation. These little kids joined them for a day at the home for the aged at Narsapur as Abhyasites believe in the dictum, ‘Hands That Serve, Are Holier Than Lips that Pray’.
They distributed a cake, fruits and shawls to all of them. It was quite heartening the way the kids were received by the old. All students sung Bhajans for them and entertained them with excellent songs and mesmerizing dances. The expression on the countenance of the inmates of the Home, testifies their joy when the little ones had shown such a kind of concern towards them. All the team had returned to campus with mixed feelings.
INSPIRING YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS FROM ABHYASA AT ISB
It was claps, applauds and compliments for all the 14 Abhyasites along with the other participants who participated at the “Inspiring Young Entrepreneurs Work Shop” conducted in collaboration with Butterfly Fields from India and Camp BizSmart from US at the renowned international B‐School “ISB – Indian School of Business”. Thanks to the (Ex) Abhyasites Master Aashish and Master Abhishek who have passed on the information to Abhyasa that such kind of workshop has been organized.
The things moved very fast from Abhyasa, as usual. After the announcement in the Assembly, there was good response from all the students. As per Mr.Anantharajan, Vice‐President, Butterfly Fields – “Abhyasa is the only school that has sent 37 applications when compared to all the other schools in the twin cities” – this itself shows how concerned Abhyasa is towards her wards’ education. Hence Abhyasa could get 14 seats out of the restricted 48 seats for the workshop. This is another achievement – 30% of the seats in the workshop were allotted to Abhyasa itself. All the selected students were called for a meeting a day in advance and were explained the dos and don’ts of the workshop.
“It is heartening to see such a colourful uniform” – was the first comment from Mr.Sarat Chandra, CEO, Butterfly Fields. All the Abhyasites, formally dressed coolly walked into the workshop with all their Laptops and Headsets getting ready for the SKYPE meetings to be conducted for 5 days with the US team. Lo, their performance was too good and everybody appreciated about their behavior and team‐building skills. “I have never seen such a kind of students – they are unique when compared to other participants. They don’t make noise, they are never fussy and posses good interpersonal skills” – said all the facilitators of the workshop. All these comments demonstrate what Abhyasa is.
The gist of the 5 day workshop was as follows:
Day 1 – Formation of 8 teams – Team Building Activities (Construction of Paper Towers) – Importance of Effective Communication in life – Ice Breakers – Creative Thinking – Team Role Descriptions (Chief Executive Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Sales Officer and Chief Promotion Officer) – Definition of Team Goals – Projects, Goals and Constraints – Dinner.
Day 2 – Entrepreneurship Quiz & Review – Presentation of cases of Club One and Butterfly Fields – Where do ideas come from – Exercise 20 ways to use a product – Brainstorming and Affinity Analysis – Prioritizing top 3 ideas – Peer focus groups – Peer presentations and feedback – Videos of Steve Jobs launching the iPad – Dinner
Day 3 – Entrepreneurship Quiz & Review – Customer requirements, Features, Advantages and Benefits, Affinity Analysis, Market Research, Market Plan, scope, cost and schedule, Market trends, Market literacy quiz – Dinner.
Day 4 – Entrepreneurship Quiz & Review – Logo design examples and tips – Presentation Coaching – guidelines for Logo design – Dinner.
Day 5 – Entrepreneurship Quiz & Review – Presentation Coaching – Online presentations to US judges through SKYPE – presentations to winners – Dinner.
On Day 5, Dr.Micheal E.Gibbs, Founder and C.E.O of CampBizSmart, USA spoke to students and judged their presentations.
When it came to winning the events, Abhyasa left its mark. The team lead by Miss Apoorva Ghale as C.E.O (Class X IG) emerged as winner and the facilitator for this team was Master Aashish- an (Ex) Abhyasite. The team which was facilitated by Mr. Dasaradhi (Dean of Academics- Abhyasa) got a surprise – the student team leader got the best C.E.O of the event. All the students were given away the graduation certificates for completing the 5 day workshop successfully. Team Abhyasa has scripted yet another success story!!! Thanks to all the parents who co-operated and sent their wards to the workshop and all other members who have made this workshop a wonderful event. Let us have some glimpses of the workshop…
Nature Club – WWF(A.P.)
(Young climate saver programme – Report)
Objectives:
- To do away with the use of poly-bags by replacing paper bags.
- To make Toopran Town “A POLY BAG FREE ZONE”.
- To recycle used news papers (450 in number daily).
- To create an opportunity for financial upliftment of villagers of Toopran
Blue Uniform, Green Heart
Young Climate savers on their march to make Toopran town as poly bag free zone. Plan of action:
Nature club of Abhyasa School has taken the task of making Abhyasa campus Zero Waste Zone. Abhyasa School receives 450 news paper daily. Young climate savers of Abhyasa thought of recycling these news papers by making paper bags. These little soldiers are aware of hazardous nature of polythene bags. They planned to spread the awareness in society so that they can replace the poly bags with paper bags in Toopran Town and can help in Eco-friendly, Poly Bag free Toopran Town.
Work Done:
Spreading Awareness
- Shop to shop campaign was conducted to counsel the shop keepers and hawkers to make them understand the hazardous nature of poly-bags and utility of paper-bags.
- Home to home and person to person awareness was executed.
Awareness-stepping stone to green revolution
“Say No to Poly Bags, Demand For Paper Bags”
- 1000 fliers are printed in Telugu and English to spread awareness in local people under the slogan Say no To Poly-Bags; Demand for Paper Bags.
- Nearly 150 students of Nature club spread in the Toopran Town including residential area, market area, public places giving fliers and explaining that though poly-bags are attractive, they are destructive to nature and as well as our health.
- SAY NO TO POLY-BAGS rally was organised on 16.01.10 amidst shouting slogans and holding placard having the message in Hindi, Telugu and English.
- Street plays and puppet show were organised in other Govt. schools.
Spreading Awarness in The Local People Through Fliers
Survey of Toopran Market :
- Usage of Polythene bags/paper bags was conducted with the coverage of 100 shops of Toopran Market on NH-7(the Hyd., Toopran, Nizamabad High way).
- Survey of requirement of paper bags in each shop was done.
- Samples of required paper bag were collected.
Survey of Requirement of Paper Bags in Toopran Shops
Making paper bags and distribution:
Students have been preparing paper bags of different sizes and distributing to Bakery shops, sweet shops, medical shops, kirana shops, fancy bangle stores, hawkers, fruit and vegetable market.
Abhyasites in Action: Making & Distributing paper bags.
Paper bag making workshop:
- Young climate savers are determined to make Toopran as poly bag free zone. Paper bag workshop was organised for Toopran community. The workers of Abhyasa school were also trained. Nearly 25 people including men and women had participated in the camp.
- Students expressed the need of replacing hazardous poly bags with paper bags and inspired them to make paper bags and supply in market. This will increase their income apart from serving the mother earth.
- They also expressed that cows, sheep like animals are dying by consuming poly bags along with food waste. Those who are using poly bags are responsible for killing cows whom we worship as mother. They insisted that we should return poly bags and demand for paper bags.
- All participants learned making paper bags under the supervision of our students. They are happy and enthusiastic to carry out the project.
With 3R’s Resolution – Green Soldiers educating villagers to make paper bags.
Ready to Recylcle: Nature club members with the workers of the school at paper bag workshop
Feed Back:
The project of Abhyasa Nature club has been applauded by shop keepers and citizens of Toopran town.
The survey has been lauded by the press and media persons also and have given a good coverage in Sakshi Telugu Daily News paper of dated 17-01-2010 and Eenadu (district edition) of 17-1-2010.
Pushing Polythene Bag Aside:
A press cutting from “Eenadu”Telugu daily news paper lauding students effort.
From Pages To Performance:
Telugu daily “Sakshi” eulogising Nature Club of Abhyasa for anti poly bag campaign Conclusion.
On the whole, it has been a fruitful effort on the part of young climate savers of Abhyasa Residential School in extending its help in rectifying the very important issue i.e. saving earth from hazardous poly bags and at the same time rendering its immaculate services to the rural people.
From
Incharge Teachers Nature Club:
Mrs Rajrani Agrawal & Mr Andrews
Date: 17-01-2010
Report on youth climate saver programme (YCS)
A workshop was organized by Nature Club ‐ WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) A.P. at KBR National Park, Hyderabad on 8th January, 2010.
On the objective of making students the educator of climate change, they were trained to spread awareness related to threat of Climate Change, the need to adopt measures to reduce emission of green house gases and conservation of natural resources for sustainable environment.
Sai Ram D and Abhivardhan Sai of Class 8th were selected as Reporter and Educator respectively from Abhyasa’s Nature Club.
D.Sairam, selected as a reporter
D. Abhivardhan, selected as an educator
Mrs. Farida Tempal, Regional Director, A.P., WWF presided over the workshop and inspired the students to shoulder the responsibility as young climate savers by taking up the role of educator.
Students of nearly 12 schools from Hyderabad participated in this workshop resolved to take action against Climate Change.
Mr. Vikram a resource person of this workshop discussed at length about the climate change including Copenhagen Summit, need for adopting measures, causes, consequences and mitigation of climate change in an interesting way.
Regional Director Mrs. Farida Tempal,inspiring students
Abhyasa Nature Club Team
Mrs. Farida Tempal expressed that students also can make a change by simple means in their daily life in the following manner:
- Using bicycles for short distance, encouraging parents to use car pooling, using public transport, using energy efficient CFC bulb, etc.
- To bring the awareness among the shopkeepers regarding usage of plastic bags, children can sensitize the parents in returning the plastic bags and instead demand for paper bags.
- Avoid using “use and throw” articles like disposal plates, disposal cups and disposal glasses. Always keep an own water bottle, refill it, reuse it in place of disposal bottles.
She inspired the participating school managements to adopt sustainable measures like greening campus, recycling waste through vermi‐compost, conserving energy and water by following Recycling, Reuse, and Reduce (3R’s) attitude.
“Recycling of used newspaper by paper bag making and distributing in market” activity undertaken by Abhyasa was lauded by the Regional Director Mrs. Farida Temple.
Impressed by this activity, she announced her wish to implement it in Adilabad Tribal Area by supplying newspaper and training tribals to make paper bags and earning livelihood through the activity. She also informed the participants that she would highlight this activity of Abhyasa at WWF National Meet in New Delhi.
She proclaimed that this project of Abhyasa Residential School is going to be a representation of A.P. state in the WWF National Meet at New Delhi.
“Educate students to Educate Society” is a Nobel effort by Nature Club WWF. Let us hope for the best for a sustainable environment in near future.
By
Mrs. Rajrani Agrawal,
In‐charge Teacher,
Abhyasa Nature Club
ANVESHANA - Mathematics and Science Fest 2010
“Anveshana – 2010”, the Math and Science Fest – 2010 was held on 12th August, 2010(Thursday) in the Auditorium of New Knowledge centre.
The programme began with the lighting up of the lamp by the chief guest Dr. Andhra Dev and Mr. Sarath Kumar. They were accompanied by Mrs Veena Venugopal, Mrs Murthy, Mr CVK Sastry and Mr Dasaradhi. The programme was anchored by the Abhyasa students Master Shreyash Gampa of class XII and Ms. Harshita of class XI. They introduced the guests to the audience. A classical welcome dance was presented by the school dance group.
The following schools participated in the Math and Science Fest 2010. Gitanjali Public School;The HPS, Begumpet; St. Joseph, King Koti; St. Joseph, Malakpet; St. Joseph, Habsiguda; Sherwood Public School; St. Martin’s School, Princess Essin Girls’ High School; And the host Abhyasa Residential Public School.
The first item of the scheduled programme was the Maths and Science Quiz. Maths Teachers Mr Khaleel Ahmed and Mr. A. S. Dilip acted as the Quiz maters. The quiz comprised of 3 rounds namely Oral round, Visual round, and Rapid fire round. Each school was represented by 2 participants. The quiz was organized in a systematic manner and the audience, teachers, students and the guests were enthralled by the presentation and response of the participants. Audience too actively responded to some questions put to them. At the end, the 1st prize was shared by Abhyasa and St.Joseph, Malakpet and 2nd position went to Gitanajali Senior School.
Individual contest in Mathematics was held in the spacious Library hall of the new building. 5 sums (Olympiad level) were given to each participant. A total number of 16 students took part in it. The 1st position was secured by St. Joseph, Malakpet and 2nd position bagged by Gitanjali Senior School
Next item was a Just A Minute talk( JAM ), Master Avinash of class IX of Abhyasa and Srujana of the HPS,Begumapet shard the 1st prize and spoke on the topic “How Herbs can be used as medicines”.2nd place went to Keertana of St.Joseph ,Malakpet.
JAM was followed by ‘Science behind Situation”. The students from various schools did narrate the age old customs, such as putting Tilak (bindi) on the forehead, growing Tulsi plant in the houses, Chewing Pan (Tambulam) were good for health and were proved to be good by the science too. The first position was secured by Chertin Mathews of HPS and second place to Seema Jain of Sherwood Public School.
After the lunch break there was ‘Fancy Dress’ competition. Participants from various schools were attired in the roles of great Mathematicians and scientists such as Sir Issac Newton, Shakuntala Devi, Dr Mary Curie, Michael Faraday, etc. The audience was so impressed by their presentation and their contribution to the development of sciences. Master Vishal (VII B) and Ruchika K (VIII B) enacted as Sir Issac Newton and Shakuntala Devi respectively. In this category the 1st prize was secured by Momini of St.Joseph,Habsiguda and second price went to Sachin Singh of H.P.S ,Begumpet.
At the end we had much awaited, ‘Model Presentation’. All the schools have come up with innovative ideas and presented them as working scientific models. From Abhyasa Master Sameer (X) and Sanil (VII B) had displayed a flying balloon (Aero flight) based on the Bernoulli’s principle in a simple, Lucid and scientific manner. In this category the 1st prize was shared by Shreyas of Sherwood , and R.V.Sahithe of St.Joseph ,Malakpet. Second place was secured by Md.Jajammul Hussain of St.Joseph,King Koti.
Judges of the day were invited to express their views on the day long proceedings of Anveshana – 2010, Dr. Andhra Dev had advised the students to apply their skills in a scientific way, with due respect to our age old customs and traditions. Mr.Sharat has asked all the participants to improve on communication skills at the school level so that they can shine well in the career that they take up.
All the participants from different schools expressed their views. They were thrilled by participating in this Math and Science Fest – 2010 and learnt many new things, enriched their understanding in various concepts. Also, they expressed to participate again in such events in future.
Thus the Anveshana-2010, culminated with a photo session after the Tea and Snacks break.
Sharat Saurabh-A Scintillating Performance
25th October was the day of Primary School Children at Abhyasa. It was the I Semester End Programme after which all the students left for Dussera and Diwali break.
The show began at 6.00 p.m with the Chanting of the Rudram followed by Welcome address and introduction of the Guests by Vice Principal, Dr.P.Prasada Rao. The Guests present were Dr.Rama Linga Sastry, Prof.P.R.K.Murthy, Mr.Syed Sultan Ahmed and Dr.Vasudev Rangadas. A report on the academic performance and activities was presented by Mr.C.V.K.Sastry, Dean – Mathematics and Sciences followed by Administrative report by the Vice Principal, Dr.Prasada Rao – who presented the success story of Abhyasites in different events and competitions that took place during the Semester.
Then began, highlight of the day – the ballet entitled, ‘Celebrating Indian Culture.’ The ballet started with a prayer, offered to Mother Goddess by a little soul of Abhyasa, for an idea for Sharat Saurabh. The Mother appears and advises him to demonstrate the great Indian culture that was taught and practiced at school. His team then presents various aspects of Indian Culture..
It was indeed a great effort to depict the glorious Indian culture and some of the great characters, by taking examples from different states. Performances of the characters of Tiruvalluavar from Tamilnadu who discussed about Chastity, followed by the age old Santhal tribal dance from Jarkhand and Ratwa from Gujarat were awesome. Then the character of Jayadeva, presented in a dance form depicted the Love of Radha for Lord Krishna. An episode from the life of Sant Tukaram from Maharashtra showed his implicit obedience to his Lord Vittobha. The ballet also had dance forms like Kuchipudi from Andhra Pradesh, Mohini Attam and Boat dances from Kerala, Naga dance from Nagaland, Zagor dance form from Goa, apart from an intellectual discussion between Sri.A.K.Koul from Kashmir, Rabindranath Tagoreji and Swami Vivekananda. The ballet ended with a colorful formation comprising of all the participants in the foreground and a colorful display of fireworks in the background, expressing hope of SAMASTA LOKAH SUKHINO BHAVANTU.
All the guests were all praise for the performances and the effort that has gone in to make the programme successful. The programme ended with National Anthem.
A Glimpse of the Magical Moments
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Hemant Utsav
The Most Colourful Event of The Year 2009 in Abhyasa
The evening of 27th December 2009 was even more colourful for the family members of Abhyasa where the students put up a spectacular performance in the ‘Magic of the Mirror’ play staged as part of its 14th Annual Cultural Nite ‘Hemant Utsav’ Sri Sathya Sai Nigamagamam on Sunday the 27th December 2009. All the students, along with families and friends attended the programme which was a big hit.
Chief Guest Prof. D. Narasimha Reddy, Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Mr. M. Murali Mohan, Film Star and President ‐MAA (Movie Artists Association); Actress Jamuna and others graced the occasion. On this occasion, meritorious students and achievers of 10th and 12th Class were awarded Gold Medals both subject wise and overall performance wise. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Vinaayaka Kalleetla, Founder Principal ‐Abhyasa Residential School said that “unlike other schools where kids dance to filmi music, we always organise programs that are original and bring out the creativity and originality in the students “.
The multilingual one‐and‐a‐half hour play titled ‘Magic of the Mirror’ was an assortment of five stories taking place in different locations of the country and abroad, depicting the futility of a pretentious life that depends on approval and appreciation of others. The five stories viz., Story of Ramky (in English), The Necklace (in Hindi), Sonu & Minu (in English), Dongatakam (Hide and Seek ‐Telugu Drama), ‘The Gift of the Magi’ (in English) saw students act, sing and dance. Classical Dance, Burrakatha, Qawwali, Magic tricks, etc. were interspersed into the story. Prof.D.Narasimha Reddy said the students should behave responsibly and turn to be better individuals to change the fate of the the country. Film star Mr. Murali Mohan commenting on the program said that the children displayed excellent time sense and acting skills in beautiful get‐ups. He also applauded Abhyasa for conducting social service activities. All the teachers who have put in best efforts to make the programme a successful event were felicitated by Mr.Murali Mohan.
Let us have a look at the glimpses of the event……
