Blossoms - Atomic Energy Central School, Kaiga.

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Blossoms2019

Atomic Energy Central School, Kaiga

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Team EditorialMr. K. Ramachandran Principal Editor -in- ChiefMrs Roma Kachhap Vice Principal Chief PatronMrs. Meenakshi V PGT (English) Compilation and EditingMr Amol Pathak TGT (English) Fact Check & Proof Reading

Editorial

…And it is time to begin a new chapter in the history of AECS, Kaiga. Known for its exotic locale and insatiable spirit, Kaiga has remained a favourite haunt of people with love for nature and learning. Kaiga community has always offered the school an unstinting support and unrestricted flow of brains and talents year after year. This time too the students of our school have reached new heights and we have captured every moment of their life in school. We hope that you would appreciate the efforts in our new ‘Control + Enter mode’ and encourage us to reach new zeniths.

Editorial Team

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RANKERS’ POINTList of students who got A1 in all subjects in the year 2018-19

I A1 ANSH JHA2 NAWAZ MOMIN3 PRANAB SINGH4 ROHAN B.5 SREEROOP BANDYOPADHYAY6 V. SANTOSH7 VAIRAJGURAM8 VIRAJ SHRIKANT UMBARDAND9 AIMAN KHANUMKHAJE KHAN10 DRISHTI PRAJAPATI11 MAYUKHA ARUN12 PURVA UDAY DESAI13 RUTUJA AMOL SHUKLA14 RUJUTAAMOL SHUKLA15 SHUBHASMITA SUNAKAR SAHOO16 SHUBHI KUMARI17 SREELAKSHMI U.

I B1 AARAV JOSHI2 AAYUSH RAJ GUPTA3 ANUNAND C.P.4 DAKSH NARENDRA GAMIT5 ISHAAN VINOD6 PUSHP RAJ GUPTA7 R.PRETHVI8 REHAAN G.9 ROSHAN GUNAGI10 SHAURYA VERMA11 SHYAM12 STEFAN SANGEET13 YASWANT BALAJI THATIKONDA14 ANUBHA SMRITI15 ANVITA SATHI16 PRANITA SACHIN ROKADE17 RIZEENAFSHA FATIMA18 SHANVI YADAV19 SHREYA JAISWAL20 SHRUTIKA SRIDHAR HUTAGI

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I C1 AASHISH ARAVIND BAGEWADI2 HRITHVIK S. S3 MOHAN H.4 PRAJWAL ADIGA5 SHUBHAM SUBASH GUNAGI6 TANMAY SHIVANAND AMBIG7 TANMAYA NAGESH KHARVI8 DEEKSHA SURESH BABURAOKAR9 DHATHRI R.10 GUNJAN GOKUL DHEPI11 J.SAMIKA12 KEERTI MADHUSUDHAN13 MADHURYA S.14 MANYA SURESH NAIK15 S. VAISHNAVI16 SAANVI SHANTARAM GOOKANMANE17 SAMPRADA SANTOSH BANDEKAR18 SHRADDHA RAVI BYADAGI19 SINCHANA MAHANTESH SAJJAN20 SRUSHTI SHIVANAND NAIK21 TVISHA MAHESH PATGAR22 VARSHA BANGARI23 VRINDANA GARAJ SHET24 ANVI SANJAY KUDTARKAR

I D1 AMAN UPESH FONDEKAR2 AYAN SAYED3 ATHARV C GAONKAR4 GANESH NILESH BANDEKAR5 K DRUVACHARAN6 MOHAK R B7 PRATHAM KISHOR M8 SUDHEENDRA S P9 ADYA M10 ANUJA M. M.11 KHUSHI P NAIK12 PRANAMYA M13 PRERANA M14 PRIYADARSHINI M15 RIYA SHANTA H16 SAFINA NADAF17 SAKSHI K B18 SHRIRATNA N SHET19 SONAL S NAIK20 TANMAYI S21 VAISHNAVI KAMAT22 ARYAN ABHILASH23 ROHAN RAVI RATHOD24 KANIKA SHIVRAJ POL

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II A1 ANAGH KRISHNA R2 DHRUVA NIMMANA GOTI3 RYAAN DAVIS4 SAMARTH D BANDEKAR5 SHORYA6 SHLOK KUMAR A.C.7 ADRIKA KARMAKAR8 U.V. HASINI9 SAANVI SAHOO

II B1 DWARAMPUDI BALA RAMA KRISHNA REDDY2 RAYAN SURESH3 GADDAPARA SRIVAS REDDY4 SHUBHANSH AGARWAL5 SURYA BALAKRISHNA6 ANUGYA7 E SUBHALEKHA8 MANASI SAGAR AHIRE9 S HARINI10 SMITA BHAT11 SOUMYA G SHET12 SOUPARNIKA K S13 SURABHI CHANDRA

II C1 ABHINAV BORKAR2 ABHINAV VIJAYKUMAR GADAD3 ADITYA NARAYAN4 AKASH METAGUD5 ANMOL SANTOSH MANJREKAR6 DARSHAN KOLVEKAR7 DIGANTH KANKAT8 DIGANTH KRISHNAMURTHY9 JYOTISH KUMAR

10 MANVIK NAIK11 SRIVATSA BALAGA12 S.SHREYAS13 SATVIK PAVANKUMAR GOWDA14 SHREYAS MALI15 SOHAM SATEESH TENDULKAR16 MOHAMMAD ZAYAN J. MARAKKAR17 AKSHARA HEMANT SIRSIKAR18 DIVYASHREE K19 HIYA HARDIK KATARIYA20 MANVI MANOJ21 PRATIGYA GOND22 RACHANA RAVI BORAGAVI23 UNNATTI VIVEKANAND BHINGE

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II D1 AARON A GOUNAL2 ANUP GUNAGI3 PRASHASTH R.KAMAT4 PREM S. BANAVALI5 SALMAN MALIK6 SHRIVATSA A. KULKARNI7 SOHAN S. SHETTY8 SUTEJ S. GOWDA9 YATIRAJ R. NAIK

10 AKSHARA K. BANDEKAR11 AKSHARA P. KAMAT12 AKSHATA D. KULAL13 ANANYA VERNEKAR14 ANVI P. DHAVADE15 HARSHITA M. HARIKANTRA16 MADHUSHRI N. GODACHINAMALKI17 NIYATI K. NAIK18 PRAGATI M.N.19 SHRADDHA G. MUMBAIKAR20 VISMITA VIPIN KUMAR21 YASHASWINI N. SWAMY

III A1 GUNTI AJAY SRIVATSA2 NATHAN J CHERIAN3 PEARL TITUS4 PRALVISH D’SOUZA5 STEPHEN FINNY6 THANMAY P7 VIVEK V. PRABHU8 ANAMIKA A9 ROSHNI R. KALGUTKAR10 TEJASWI B.11 KASHISH S.

III B1 AYUSH PUNATHIL2 KAPIL SWAROOP3 MANAS G. PAWAR4 TUSHAR R. S.5 PASCHALE H. TITUS6 SANAVI S. SAWARKAR7 B. SREE SAMYUKTHA

III C1 HRITWIK R GUNAGA2 MRIDUL S

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3 PRANAV PRAVEEN4 SAMARTH J PARULEKAR5 DISHA KUMARI KOLI

III D1 SANDEEP ASHOK

IV A1 SARVESH NAYAK2 APOORVA NAIK3 AVANTIKA HARI4 HARSHINI K

IV B1 JAY JOSHI2 APOORVA HARISH3 DIVYASRI4 STUTI PATHAK5 SHUBHRA SHRIKANT UMBARDAND

IV C1 C MITHUN GOWDA

IV D1 ADARSH PATIL2 NAITIK V NAIK3 SUPREETH R AGADI4 VIVEK R5 DEEPTI U BHOVI6 GAGANA VENKATESH NAIK7 PRANATI HEGDE8 TANVI ANAND9 VINANTI NAYAK

V A1 NANDAN B NAIR2 PALNI SINGH3 SHIVANI R

V B1 ANSHU KUMAR2 DARSHAN B R3 HOOR MOMIN4 MEENAKSHI KRISHNAN5 SIA A BABHALE6 TESSA REJI7 TAPASYA SHUKLA

V C1 K ROHIT2 SACHIN

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Aditi B Nayak Chinmayi S. Aaron Vinod

K. Sai Satvika Rohan J. Cherian S. Afreen

3 GURUDEEP4 BRUNDA5 SHAMITA NAYAK

V D1 CHETAN H.2 SANKETH S NAIK3 ADITI S. ULVEKAR4 BHOOMIKA R. K.5 DYUTI BHAT6 MANYA J.7 SPOORTHI D.S.

CLASS VIName Overall

PositionAggregate

ADITI B NAYAK 1 1177.35CHINMAYI S. 2 1173.75

AARON VINOD 3 1165.15

CLASS VII

Name Overall Position Aggregate

K. SAI SATVIKA1 1173.95

ROHAN J CHERIAN2 1160.25

S. AFREEN3 1156.75

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Aditi Krishnan Renish D'souza Diya Revankar

Meher Raheem Niranjan Rajeev Nischay M Gaonkar

CLASS VIIIName Overall

PositionAggregate

ADITI KRISHNAN 1 1178.75RENISH D' SOUZA 2 1156.1DIYA REVANKAR 3 1150

CLASS IXName Overall Position Aggregate

MEHER RAHEEM 1 477NIRANJAN RAJEEV 2 475

NISHCHAY M. GAONKAR 3 473

CLASS X-AISSE

Name School Rank TotalS.T. SHASHANK I 484/500

S. ASHIQ II 482/500REETHIKA RAJEEV III 479/500

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S.T. Shashank S. Ashiq Reethika Rajeev

S.T. Shashank Reethika Sadiya Jeevika S.Ashiq Apoorv Kumar

SUBJECT TOPPERS LIST AISSE (X) :- 2018-19Subject Toppers List

SL. No Subject Name of the student Marks1 ENGLISH SADIYA MULLA 97

S T SHASHANK 98REETHIKA RAJEEV 98

SADIYA MULLA 982 HINDI

APOORV KUMAR 98S ASHIQ 100

JEEVIKA HEBBAR 1003 MATHSREETHIKA RAJEEV 100

4 SCIENCE S T SHASHANK 975 SOCIAL SCIENCE REETHIKA RAJEEV 97

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TOPPERS-XI- COMMERCE

1 KHAIRUNNISA R. SHAIKH 1 402

2 SAMIKSHA A. WAGREKAR 2 3823 ANDREA EDWARD 3 372

Shrivatsa Hegde R. Harshith Rohit R Mahatungade

TOPPERS-XI- SCIENCE

1 DEVIKA B. NAIR 1 4722 MAHIMA M. NAIK 2 4533 PRANAV PANDIT 3 449

CLASS XII-AISSCE-XII- Science-2019Name School Rank Total

SHRIVATSA HEGDE I 481/500R. HARSHIT II 470/500

ROHIT R MAHATUNGADE II 470/500

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Nitish V Prabhu Shejal C. Gaonkar Keerthi Shankar

CLASS XII-AISSCE-XII- Commerce-2019Name School Rank Total

NITISH V PRABHU I 462/500SHEJAL C. GAONKAR II 425/500

KEETHI SHANKAR III 415/500

ATOMIC ENERGY CENTRAL SCHOOL, KAIGAAISSCE (XII)-2019

SUBJECT TOPPERS LIST

S. No Subject Name of the student Marks

1 ENGLISH R HARSHITH 952 MATHEMATICS SHRIVATSA HEGDE 97

PHYSICS SHRIVATSA HEGDE 98

4 CHEMISTRY SHRIVATSA HEGDE 98

SHRIVATSA HEGDE 95

R HARSHITH 95

AMISHA D HANBAR 955 BIOLOGY

RITIKA SRIVASTAVA 95

6 COMPUTER SCIENCE VINESH S TALPANKAR 99

7 ECONOMICS NITISH V PRABHU 98

8 BUSINESS STUDIES NITISH V PRABHU 96

9 ACCOUNTANCY NITISH V PRABHU 80

10 INFORMATICS PRACTICES NITISH V PRABHU 98

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Shrivatsa Nitish R.Harshit Amisha Ritika Vinesh

0.1% Holder in Physics

EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONSNational Talent Search Examination: Three of our Students qualified in NTSE Level-2. Master Ashiq, Ms Shruti Mookherjee and Master Apoorv Kumar have clinched it. Presently, Master Ashiq is pursuing Class XI in AECS, Kaiga. Mr Debendra Meher, TGT (Maths/Phy) was in Charge of NTSE.

S. Ashiq Shruti Mookherjee Apoorv Kumar

Pre-Regional Mathematics Olympiad was conducted on 25 August 2019 in AECS Kaiga. The students participated and qualified for the Regional Mathematics Olympiad are S. Ashiq of Class 11 A Niranjan Rajeev of Class 10 B, M. Sairam Suhas of Class 9B and Jagadish Sunil Pednekar Class 8 B. The result of Regional Mathematics Olympiad is awaited. Mrs Mini Maria Tomy, PGT-Maths was in charge of PRMO.

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Green Olympiad: Green Olympiad is a written examination conducted annually to create awareness about energy and resources available around us. This year about 149 students from classes IV-X enrolled for the same and Mrs Jyoti Gonsalves, TGT (Chem. /Bio.) was the coordinator from Secondary Classes, While Mr Ajit Shankar Madhale coordinated the activities for the primary.

Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT) conducts an exam annually to identify and train students with exceptional inclination in Physics. This exam was conducted on 24 November, 2019 in our school. About 13 students enrolled for the same. 9 students took NSEP for Physics, 6 students NSEC for Chemistry, 3 NSEB for Biology and 3 in NSEA for Astronomy. IAPT for the junior level was held on 17 November, 2019 and about 11 students attempted the exam. The result is expected in January. Mr D. Jayakumar, PGT (Physics) was in-charge of it.

Wild Wisdom Quiz: The World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) conducts an online quiz annually for raising awareness about wildlife among young children. The 11th edition of this was conducted in AECS, Kaiga on 19 November, 2019. The following students cleared the school level quiz and entered the state level round. Mr Amol Pathak- TGT-English and Mr Prem Chand Yadav PRT (SS) were in charges of it at the Primary and Secondary levels respectively.

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The following students qualified for the state level representation:

S. No Primary Secondary1 TANISH K – IV-B DEONA BRAGANZA VIII- A2 PRANAV PRAVEEN IV-C ARYAN HEGDE VIII-B

Vidhyarthi Vigyan Manthan (VVM) exam was organized in two spells in the school on 24 & 30 November, 2019. Students logged in successfully for it and finished it neatly. 69 Students of Classes VI - X participated in this. Mrs Jyoti Gonsalves TGT (Chem/Bio) coordinated the event. Two students, B. R. Darsha- Class VI & Anish Mukherjee- Class IX got selected for State Level Camp.

Spell I Spell II

STAVES OF STRENGTH“Call it a clan, call it a network; call it a tribe; call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you

are, you need one.” –Jane Howard

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We call it a league that helps the management in calling shots. The competent assemblage of teachers who sculpt every bit of the young minds entrusted with us. Mr K. Ramachandran, Principal, Mrs. Roma Kachhap, Vice- Principal marshal the academic and co-curricular ventures of the school assisted by various heads of the departments and committees at the Primary, Secondary and the Senior secondary levels. This comprises 7 PGTs, 17 TGTs including a Special Educator, 21 PRTs, 2 Prep Teachers, 1 Lab Assistant, 5 teachers on contract in TGTs and 6 in PRTs The support force include 3 at the Office, 5 work assistants and 10 CMC workers.

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY“Well- begun is half done!”

The school assembly is the index to the day’s activities. Keeping this in mind we have introduced a variety of activities in the assembly so that the students’ talents go from trickle to torrent. Assembly in Kannada has been introduced. Separate assemblies for Primary and secondary enable an enhanced attention and focused age- specific activities. Mrs. Meenakshi V. (PGT-English) is in charge of the assembly activities.

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INVESTITURE CEREMONYDreaming for success comes from working for it. Students of our school are trained to take up small leadership roles from a small age. This inculcates a sense of responsibility and astuteness in them. The investiture ceremony is the initiation of their role-modelling for the year. The newly constituted council took charge of the school activities on 2 July, 2019. The programme was presided over by the Chairman, LMC and Site Director, Shri R. Satyanarayana. Ms Mahima M Naik of Class XII- A is the School Captain and Savio John of Class XI- A is the School Vice-Captain for the Secondary, Ms Apoorva Harish & Jay Joshi of Class V-B are Captains for Girls and Boys respectively at the Primary level.

SCIENCE EXHIBITIONA School level Maths /Science/ Social Science and Teaching Aids Exhibition was conducted on 12July 2019. There were about 58 projects in Jr. Science and 6 entries in Sr. Science while

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there were 40 projects in Jr. Social Science and 17 in Mathematics from the senior category. A team of experts was constituted by Chairman LMC and Site Director to adjudge the entries. The winners represented our School in AECS 2, Hyderabad on 20 & 21October 2019. They students put on a valiant show. Master Renish D’souza of Class IX-C clinched the consolation position for his project on ‘Tsunami Mitigation Strategies’ while the Judges’ Special Prize was given to Ms Prerna P of Class VII for her avid spirit and uncanny understanding of concepts. Mr Amol Pathak and Mr Ravindra Singh presented their teaching aids in the exhibition. Mr Pramod Kumar and Mrs Mini Thomas were the coordinators for secondary and primary respectively.

WINNERS AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL- PRIMARY

S. NO NAME OF STUDENT CLASS/SEC

POSITION THEME

1 PRANAV SAIPRATEEK RANJAN

5 B I AUTOMATIC POWER SAVING STREET LIGHTS

2 EKANSHISADHANA

4C II MEASURING WHEEL

3 V P ASHWINKUMAR 5 B III ELECTRO MAGNETS

4 SERA AJAY

ANGELINA SUSAN5A5 B

CONS. AIR CONDITIONER

WINNERS AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL- SECONDARY & SENIOR SECONDARY

S. NO NAME OF STUDENT CLASS/SEC

POSITION THEME

1 HRISHIKESH .RADITYA

AAKASH.SROHAN .J

VIIIAVIIIAVIIIAVIIIA

FIRST AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC LIGHTS

2 ADARSH .M SECOND TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION

3 SHISHIR.G.REDDY VIC THIRD SMART HOME

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4 LAKSHMI ANUGNYA IXA CON HYPER LOOP

5 PRASHANT .J.KS.ASHIQ

KEDARNAYAKPRANAV.S.G

XIAXIAXIAXIA

FIRST AGRICULTURE

6 MAHAAN .N.BHAT XIIA SECOND ALCOHOL DETECTOR7 PRANAV S.G

PRASHANT J.KS.ASHIQ

KEDAR NAYAK

XIA THIRD MINIATURE TESLA COIL

8 PRANAV S.GPRASHANT J.K

S.ASHIQKEDAR NAYAK

XIA CONS. ZEOLITE

9 RENISH D’SOUZA IXC FIRST PRE TSUNAMI MITIGATION MEASURES

10 K.SAISATVIKASHREJALRAUT

VIIICVIIIC

SECOND ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE

11 C.SAIHASITHACHRISEL FERNANDES

SAMANTH B.NALWIN A.D

IXCIXBIXAIXA

THIRD AERO PHONICS

12 B.KUSAL SAIK.L.SONIKA

LAXMI MANOJANISH .M

IXBIXAIXBIXC

CONS. THE HIMALAYAS

13 SAMIKSHA A.WPRATIKSHA

SWEETA

XIIBXIIBXIIB

FIRST TAX

14 RUCHITHA .ALAXMI

AKSHATA

XIIBXIIBXIIB

SECOND INFRASTRUCTURE —SMART CITY

15 ANDREA .ERAJATHPRATEEK

XIIBXIIBXIIB

THIRD ADULTERATION OF FOOD ITEMS

16 PRERNA .PSHREEYA D.C

VIIBVIIB

FIRST PERSPECTIVE OF SOLIDS

17 ADYUTH .VHARI PRASADPRATIKSHA P.KK.U.TANMITA

XCXCXCXC

SECOND LILL’S METHOD FOR GRAPHICAL SOLUTIONS OF

EQUATIONS

18 PRASHANT .J.KS.ASHIQ

KEDAR NAYAKPRANAV.S.G

XIAXIAXIAXIA

THIRD LINEAR PROGRAMMING

19 SANTOSH .K VIIA CONS. MEASUREMENT OF VOLUME OF IRREGULAR SHAPED OBJECTS

AND ITS APPLICATION

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Science Exhibition- Primary

Renish D'Souza felicitated at AECS-2, Hyderabad Prerna P – Judges’ Special Prize

SURGE OF TIMEBest Class Awards:

The best class award is constituted this year to encourage the students to maintain their immediate surroundings in a productive and healthier way. The best classes are chosen on month long observation with regard to neat uniform, discipline inside and outside the class, maintenance of school property, keeping the class bulletin boards informative, proactiveness and commitment towards learning, respect for teachers and so on. A committee of teachers at the primary and the secondary observe the classes before deciding upon the best ones. The classes that are chosen as the best ones so far are:

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Primary Secondary Senior SecondaryV-B

Class Teacher: Ms. Deeparani SahuVI-C

Class Teacher: Mrs Smitha Kamat_____

IV- AClass Teacher: Mrs Anna K.K

_____ XII- BClass Teacher: Mrs Sheela Sudhakar

I – DClass Teacher: Mrs Eliza. B

VII-BClass Teacher: Mr Sanjay Gowda

_______

Best Class Award

Activity Based Learning:

Activities are an integral part of effective learning. The teachers here facilitate activity oriented learning that would go a long way in the development of the child. Here is a glimpse of some of them:

Going Artsy: All year long children are trained at art for some competition or the other. The AECS students never fail to make their strokes unnoticed in the competitions. Here is a

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. -Confucius

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glimpse of training sessions. Mr P.K Mohanty, TGT-SS (Art) is the brain behind all these endeavours.

Lyrical Legacy: AECS, Kaiga has a long history of leaving formidable imprints in dance and music in AEES circles. Here is a glimpse of musical trainings that have become a part of every child’s growing up. Mr Tapan Kumar Chakraborty, Music Teacher is the Kapellmeister of AECS, Kaiga’s musical strivings.

A contingent of 20 participants represented the school in the Inter- AECS Cultural Music Meet held between 8-10 November at Narora, Uttar Pradesh. The participants took part in vocal classical and light (Solo), group, percussion and string instruments category. Though they could not clinch any prize, they put on a valiant show.

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Time and Tide: Automatic School bell system is installed in AECS, Kaiga to facilitate rightly timed periods and avoidance of human error in ascertainment. A digital clock has also been installed at the school entrance. All the classrooms are fitted with clocks too.

Keepers of Time

FROM THE ANNALSInternational Yoga Day: 5th International Yoga Day was observed in AECS, Kaiga on 21 June 2019. The students of our school experienced the unity of body, mind and soul through yogic practices. It is recognized as a powerful activism to orient the world towards healthy living. The renowned yoga exponents of Kaiga Township honoured the school with their presence. Smt Usha Nair and Smt Rajashri Pandit at the Primary Wing, Shri S.A Kanti at the secondary wing for 6, 7 & 8 and Shri Basavaraj Huggi and Shri Kashinath Khade in the Recreation Club for the older students demonstrated yoga postures for the children while the children were earnest in following the instructions. Mrs. Sheela Sudhakar and Mrs Naseem Banu Shaikh were in charge of the activities at the Secondary and Primary levels. Here is a glimpse of it.

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Independence Day: 73rd Independence Day was celebrated on 15 August, 2019 with pomp and show this year too. While the colony was still limping back to normalcy due to the floods that battered the spirits of the people, the management and the school showed a great spirit in pronouncing solidarity and never-say die spirit announcing the world ‘Hum honge Kamiyab.’

Sadbhavana Diwas: ‘Sadbhavana’, is the resolve to be the embodiments of goodwill even at the face of unfairness. The day aims to celebrate the bonafide spirit of the former Prime Minister late Shri Rajiv Gandhi. The day, 20 August, 2019 was marked by a special assembly for paying obeisance to the leader. Ms Deona Braganza of Class VIII A and Mr Nilesh Pandya, TGT (Hin. /Sans.) shared their views on the leader and his vision for India in English and Hindi respectively.

Teachers Day: A good teacher is the one who teaches from the heart and not from the book. The heart that speaks is always fondly remembered and honoured rightly by the students year after year. This year too Teachers Day was celebrated with a great splendor on 5 September 2019. Students of Class XI & XII put themselves in to the shoes of their teachers and experienced how it feels it to be educators. They also put on a grand show

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for felicitating and entertaining the teachers. It was a gala time that students and teachers would remember for a long time to come. Mrs Sheela Sudhakar, Mrs. Vinaya K and Mr. Pramod coordinated the activities for the day.

Hindi Diwas: Hindi Diwas is the day of commemoration of adaptation of Hindi Language as one of the two official languages. Competitions were conducted in our school on 14 September 2019 to identify and honour the distinguishable bent of students towards Hindi Language and expression. Mr Vikram Singh Yogi, TGT (Hin – Sanskrit) and Mr Shiv Shanker Gautam coordinated the programmes at the Primary and the secondary levels.

Children’s Day: A memorable day in the history of AECS, Kaiga; the children’s day was celebrated on 14 November, 2019 with joy and fervor. The day was a treat for the children as the school decided to hold its CCA Group Dance Competition in the Recreation Club on that day. It was followed by a film screening of “Mission Mangal” for the older group. Children enjoyed it out and out and felt that this day would be treasured in their memory forever.

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Mission Mangal Screening

CCA Day: The grand finale of co-curricular activities for the year was held on 23 November 2019. The Site Director and Chairman LMC, Shri R. Satyanarayana graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and Smt Sheela Satyanarayana illumed the event with her graceful presence. Shri N Nagaich, former Director, HR, NPCIL was the special guest for the occasion. Abdul Kalam House was the Winner of the year and J.C. Bose is the Runners-up at the primary level and at the secondary level it is J C Bose & Abdul Kalam houses were winners and runners up.

Annual Sports Meet: 31stAnnual Sports Meet was celebrated with great enthusiasm in AECS Kaiga on 5 December, 2019. Site Director & Chairman LMC graced the occasion as the Chief Guest of the day. As many as 326 sporting champions were honoured. The March past by the four house stole the show. There was a series of aerobics exercise performed in synchrony was the jewel in the crown. There was a sensational volleyball match between staff and the students. Aryabhatta and CV. Raman Houses clinched the

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Winners & Runners-up positions respectively at the Primary level and Aryabhatta and JC. Bose Houses took the Winners & Runners-up positions for the overall championship at the secondary level. Mr Shiv Shanker Goutam, PRT is in charge of sports activities for the Primary and Mrs Jeena Kumari & Mr. Anil N Deshpande, TGT- PETs at the secondary.

OBSERVANCESSwatchhta Pakwada: As part of Swatchch Bharath Abhiyan, a cleaning drive was taken up by the NCC Unit of AECS, Kaiga in Mallapur Village on 20 October, 2019. The cadets showed a great spirit in cleaning up the neighbourhood and awakening mindfulness among the residents. The team was headed by our jubilant commandants Mr Nikhil Surendra Hatwalane and Mr Bhupendra Thakur and their camaraderie of colleagues and cadets. There were also special programmes in the assembly all through the throughout the week insisting upon the theme of the year, ‘Plastic Waste Awareness and Management'

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Vigilance Awareness Week is observed every year in the last week of October to prod the collective consciousness of the citizens of today and tomorrow in the prevention and foil of corruption of any form. In connection with this AECS, Kaiga conducted various activities from 28 Oct.-02 Nov., 2019 to create awareness among the young citizens about the nature, extent and the consequences of the extant scenario. Rangoli, Slogan Writing, poster drawing, essay writing were conducted by the NPCIL Management. The winners were suitably rewarded at the plant site. The school too organized a rally and a marathon run to bring the public also into awareness loop. Various activities in the assembly drove home the point that corruption, an evil has to be stopped hook or crook. A pledge was

administered in Hindi and English for the staff on this occasion. Mrs Sheela Sudhakar, PGT

(Eco.) was in charge of the programmes.

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Vigilance Day Pledge Rally Marathon

Winners of the competition conducted by the NPCIL for Vigilance Awareness

SLOGAN WRITING COMPETITION

S.NO. NAME CLASS SECTION POSITION1 DEEPTI T.E. VIII B I2 SONIKA K.L. IX A II3 CHRISEL FERNANDES IX B III

POSTER COMPETITION

S.NO. NAME CLASS SECTION POSITION1 RADHIKA R.M. VII A I2 ANANYA PHAYDE VII C II3 CHARVI V C III

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ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION

S.NO. NAME CLASS SECTION POSITION1 SHRINIDHI S. XI A I2 JEEVIKA HEBBAR XI A II3 SIRISHA M. XI A III

RESULTS OF COMPETITIONS CONDUCTED BY School

RANGOLI COMPETITION (senior group)

S.NO. NAME CLASS SECTION POSITION1 ANJALI

SHRINIDHI S.XI A I

2 SNEHALVARSHA

X A II

3 PRAGNATANISHA

IX C III

Junior group

S.NO. NAME CLASS SECTION POSITION1 RAINA Z. NADAF

SHUBHANGIVI C I

2 NILA SOUMYAANGELA CAROL

VI A II

3 DEVIKAALFINA

VII B III

PAINTING COMPETITION

S.NO. NAME CLASS SECTION POSITION1 TANUSHREE IV B I2 B. SREE SAMYUKTHA IV B II3 CHARVI V. BHAT V C III

Library Week: National Library Week was observed in AECS, Kaiga from19-25 November 2019, as an inventive measure for the student community to know the value of libraries and their role in their development as thinking individuals. In view with this the following competitions were conducted in the guidance of Mr S.D. Naik, the librarian of our school and the results are as follows:

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S NO NAME CLASS&SECTION COMPETITION

1 PASCHALE IV B STORY TELLING2 PRALVISH DSOUZA IV A STORY TELLING3 ADITI GUNAGA IV D STORY TELLING4 APOORVA HARISH V B STORY TELLING5 NAITIK V NAIK V D STORY TELLING6 HARSHINI KAMATCHI V A STORY TELLING7 ADITI VI B SPEECH 8 SANKET NAIK VI B SPEECH 9 DYUTI BHAT VI B SPEECH

10 CHETANASREE VII C SPEECH 11 ASHITHA J VII A SPEECH12 PAVITRA D N VII B SPEECH 13 K SAI SATVIKA VIII C SPEECH 14 PRATEEKSHA BILGI VIII B SPEECH 15 K NISHA KASHYAP VIIIB SPEECH 16 RENISH DSOUZA IX C BOOK REVIEW17 ALWIN ANTHONY DOUGLAS IX A BOOK REVIEW18 ABHINANDAN N M IX A BOOK REVIEW19 SNEHAL D’SOUZA X C BOOK REVIEW20 ADISHREE P U X C BOOK REVIEW21 ANIKETH N X A BOOK REVIEW22 SADIYA MULLA XI A G K TEST23 S ASHIQ XI A G K TEST24 PREETHIKA J A XI A G K TEST25 JEEVIKA HEBBAR XI A G K TEST26 DEVIKA NAIR XII A G K TEST27 SONA PHILO JOSHY XII A G K TEST28 SAMIKSHA WAGREKAR XII B G K TEST29 ANDREA EDWARD XII B G K TEST

Story Telling Conduct of the Competitions

Assembly Activity

Communal Harmony Week including Quami Ekta Diwas was observed in AECS, Kaiga between 19 & 25 November, 2019 to celebrate the variety in our culture and our striving to stay as one despite divergence. Students presented a variety programmes like speeches,

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songs and conversations in the special assembly arranged for the purpose. Mrs Vinaya K. PGT (Comp. Sc) was in charge of the programmes.

Poem Recitation Special Speech

Constitution Day was celebrated with a great zeal in Atomic Energy Central School, Kaiga, on 26 November, 2019. Mr. K.P Ganesh, TGT (So. Sc) elaborated upon the aspects of Indian Constitution, its formation, deliberations, and protection of rights of every individual. Mr K. Ramachandran, Principal spoke on how hard earned our freedom is and how protected we are through such erudite constitution. He also insisted on the responsibility that we hold as citizens to protect, preserve and uphold the values our constitution imparts.

As Part of National Energy Conservation Day Celebration-2019, various competitions like Essay Writing, Poster Making & Quiz competitions are conducted by NPCIL on 3 December, 2019 for the students and the community with an aim to put the theory of conservation into practice. Mr T.K. Prabhakaran, TGT- (Eng. /So. Sc) was in charge of the conduct and selection of meritorious entries. The following are the winners of various competitions:

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S.NO TITLE OF THE EVENT PARTICIPANT CATEGORY

NAMES OF THE WINNERS

1 POSTER MAKINGTHEME: SOLAR ENERGY

CLASSES IV- V B. TEJASVI – IV-A – I POSITIOND. DIVYASRI – V-B – II POSITION

M. HARSHINI - V- A - III POSITION

2 ESSAY WRITINGTOPIC: RECYCLE FROM THE WASTE

CLASSES VI, VII & VIII SAI SATVIKA-VIII-C-I POSITIONASHITA J - VII- A- II POSITION

SHREJAL ROUT – VIII- C-III POSITION

3 QUIZ COMPETITIONTHEME: ENERGY CONSERVATION

CLASSES IX-XII ADITYA PATIL – X-B I POSITIONRENISH D’SOUZA – X- C II

POSITIONA. MOHIT – X- B - III POSITION

IN HIGH GEARFire Drill: In order to make the children understand the dangers and the mechanisms involved in handling fire, our school organized a Fire Drill on account of Fire Service Week from 14-20 April, 2019. The students were taught to handle the fiery misery in case of any with cool.

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In connection with this, many competitions were conducted by the NPCIL Management. Here is the list of competition & prize winners:

CLASS V & VI – POSTER DRAWING1 K. ROHIT VI - B I2 APOORVA HARISH V – B II3 PALNI SINGH VI - A III4 MANYA J VI - C IV

CLASS VII & VIII –POSTER DRAWING

1 K. SAI SATVIKA VIII - C I2 DEONA BRAGANZA VIII - A II3 SANDRA SAJAN VIII - A III4 HANSIKA N VII - A IV

CLASS -VII STUDENTS-ESSAY WRITING

1 ASHITHA J VII - A I2 CHINMAY S VII - B II3 KRISHNANU T VII - C II4 HARI KISHAN VII - A III

CLASS - VIII -ELOCUTION1 S. AFREEN VIII - C I2 PRATEEKSHA R.B VIII - B II3 GAUTAMI VIII - B III4 ARYAN H VIII - B IV

CLASS IX & XII-IMPROMPTU DRAWING

1 KUSHAL IX - B I2 K.L.SONIKA IX - A II3 RAKSHITA R, KUNDAPUR X - C III4 NAKUL N XII - A IV

SLOGAN WRITINGHINDI

1 DIVANSHI AGRAWAL VI-C I

2 SAUJANYA RAI XII-B II3 YOGESH VI C III4 JESSICA J IX-C CONS5 ADITI B. NAYAK VI B CONS6 AISHWARYA NAIK X-A CONS.

KANNADA1 DIVYA REVANKAR VIII A I2 ASHITA J VI A II

3 NITISH PRABHU XII B III4 DARSHIT P IX B CONS

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5 PRATHIKSHA BILIGI VII B CONS6 HARSHAL H GOLSALVES VII B CONS

ENGLISH

1 GOWRI MANOJ VIII A I2 SHRUTI MOOKHERJI X C II3 C. GAGAN GOWDA VII B III4 PANKAJ P. NAIK XII B CONS5 ALWIN ANTHONY DOUGHLAS VIII A CONS

Career Guidance:

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

In keeping with this, a career counselling session was arranged on 17 August, 2019 and 3 of the former students of AECS, Kaiga graced the occasion and shared their progressive ideas. Ms Neelima Rajiv, a medical student, Ms Sukanya Rao, an architect by profession and Ms Prashanthi R, a student of Liberal Arts interacted with the students.

Career Guidance Session

Co-curricular Activities: Co-curricular activities supplement and complement the mainstream learning activities, kindling various spheres of development in children. In keeping with this, various activities were conducted all over the year. Mrs Anuuradha R., Prep. Teacher, Mrs Florance Menezes PRT (SS), Mrs K. Indumathi TGT (SS) and Mrs Meenakshi V., PGT were in charge of the activities at the Primary, secondary and Senior Secondary level.

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Cadet Arena: 22 Cadets of II year underwent their Combined Annual Training Camp from 7-16 June, 2019 at Polytechnic College, Karwar. This programme was hosted by 8 KAR- NCC UNIT, Karwar. Batch V enrolled for the 2019-21 session has been enrolled. Cadets from Class VIII were selected on strict parameters by Petty Officer Mr. Shankar on 26 June 2019. The Candidature include the following:

Year Junior Division(Boys)

Junior Wing(Girls)

Total

I 16 12 28II 16 6 22

Total number of Cadets 50

NCC Sessions are conducted every week twice on Wednesday and Thursday and there

would be 40 sessions in all for the year.

Merry Go-Round: Educational trips are an attempt to create informal classrooms. Such trips enable the students open up and release all the pent up energy towards learning

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something creative and relevant. As an attempt to make our children understand the mores and modes of living and learning, our school planned a number of trips to various classes. The aim was to make them understand the land forms, the architecture, the terrains and spectrum of sheer variety of everything ancient and modern. The students came home with a thorough experience of all things wise and wonderful. Shri N. Paranjothi PGT-(SS) & Mrs. Naseem B Shaikh PRT (SS) were in charges. Here is a list of places visited.

S.No Class Place of Visit Date1 I-V SOCIETY PARK, KAIGA TOWNSHIP2 VI ULUVI TEMPLE & ANASI NATURE CAMP 3.11.193 VII GOKARNA TEMPLE & OM BEACH 9.11.194 VIII MURUDESHWAR TEMPLE & BEACH 17.11.195 IX -DO- 1.12.196 X -DO 9.11.197 XI8 XII

MURUDESHWAR TEMPLE & BEACH, GOKARNA BEACH 8.12.19

Parent Teacher Meeting: Parent Teacher Meetings were conducted twice so far for all the classes. There was a special meeting with the parents of Class X Students once on 26 August, 2019. The Site Director and Chairman LMC and his team of LMC members analyzed the result and counselled the students to perform better and parents to play a supportive role in preparation. Yet another meeting with the parents of late bloomers was once organized on 18 November, 2019. The Project Director 5 &6 Mr Ali Desnavi chaired the meeting and gave his suggestions to the parents for helping children coping up with stress

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during exam. He also gave his suggestions for improvement and scoring. Mr Manoj Agrahari, TGT (Maths/Phy.) was in charge of organizing these meetings.

Inter AECS Art Competition: Inter AECS Art Competition was conducted on 9 December, 2019. Mr Sanjeev K Bastawad and Mr Devindra V Naik of Karwar Primary School and Mr Ritish S Achari of KPC School, Kadra were the judges. They chose exemplary entries for the next stage of judgment to AEES headquarters. Mr. P.K. Mohanty, TGT (Art) in charge of facilitation and conduct of the event.

Artists at their best Creations on display Judges at Work

ACHIEVERS’ PROFILESelection to Elite League: The following students of our school have been admitted to various professional colleges.

S, No Name of the Student Institution to which selected1 SHRIVASTA HEGDE NIT, SURATKAL2 VINESH TALPANKAR NIT, SURATKAL3 ANUPAMA HARI RIE, MYSORE4 HARSHIT R JSS ENGINEERING COLLEGE, MYSORE5 SHREYAS HIRANJAL NIE ENGINEERING COLLEGE, MYSORE

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6 CHETAN GORAL NIE ENGINEERING COLLEGE, MYSORE7 SACHIKET NAIK BVB ENGINEERING COLLEGE, MYSORE8 VISHAL MESTA BVB ENGINEERING COLLEGE, MYSORE9 DARSHINI BC CHRIST COLLEGE, BANGALORE10 ANUSHMITHA SC CHRIST COLLEGE, BANGALORE11 RAJAT HEGDE JSS ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BANGALORE

Firebrands: Inter AECS Debate in Hindi was held in AECS, Manuguru on 28 August, 2019. The students of our school Ms. Tehseen Peerzade of 12-A and Anjali Kumari of 11- A won the zonal level against and qualified for the national level. Ms Spoorthi Suresh and Ms. Sai Hasitha of Class IX were adjudged 3rd in the junior category. Mr Nilesh Pandya (TGT-Hin/Sans) was in-charge for preparing students for debate.

All India Inter-AECS Zonal Debate, Manuguru

In Limbo and shining: The wonder child of our school master Mohammed Saqib of I D has made the heads whirl with his phenomenal stunts in limbo skating. He has achieved quite an impossible feat that wasn’t easy for his age. Master Saqib has got mentioned specially in the Record Holder Republic Records (UK), Perfect Book of World Records, International Book of World Records, High Range Book of World Records, Asian Book of World Records, India Book of Records and Limca book of Records for his continuous 25 minutes Limbo spinning for about 1030 times.

Md. Saqib

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Frigid Sport- Torrid Fight: The Junior girls’ team consisting Keerti Hukkeri, Yukthi Shree, Prathiksha, Sandhya, Adishree and Abhignya had got selected to represent Karnataka in the 56thNational Roller Skating Hockey Tournament held in Vizag and bagged the bronze medal. Keerti Hukkeri of Class X got an opportunity to represent India in roller skating hockey. She is the first female to enter the International arena from Karnataka. She had a chance to represent India in Barcelona and was the part of the team that got India its covetous 5th position.

Down: Keerti (Standing 3rd from Left)

Monumental! Ain’t it!? The Hindu Young World conducts a photo contest to bring to light the monuments that languish in silence in unknown corners of our country. “Somewhere Special” has featured a “someone special” of our school, Niranjana Rajkumar of Class VIII C, whose entry of Karwar Warship Museum got selected for publication.

Conserve and Convey: In keeping with creating an awareness on Energy conservation, the Ministry of Power, Government of India organized a state level drawing competition for children on 14 November 2019. Two of our champs Master K Rohit of class VI-B (Junior Category) and Miss Shrejal Rout of Class VIII-C (Senior Category) of our school clinched the consolation position at the state level painting competition conducted by CPRI, Bangaluru. Both secured a cash Prize cash worth 7500 each. Kudos to them.

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Shrejal Rout and Rohit receiving their Prizes

Posters that won laurels

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENTZeal Mill: Mr Nikhil Surendra Hatwalane, PRT, AECS Kaiga has completed successfully the Associate NCC training in Officers’ Training Academy, Kamptee, Nagpur for the Third Officer for NCC Naval Unit, Junior Division. He underwent a rigourous training session that lasted for 60 days under the proficient guidance of Officers of Army and Navy.

Enriched and Enthused: Three of our teachers, Mrs Jyoti Gonsalves, Mr Ravindra Singh and Mr Debendra Meher had the privilege of being nominated among 20 of other AECS teachers to the prestigious Teacher Training Programme conducted by the international experts and educators from CERN and Eco Point at Shiv Nadar School, Noida, between 22 and 26 April, 2019.

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AU REVOIR

Shri V Srinivasa Rao, Principal, AECS-Kaiga left on transfer to AECS, Manuguru on 15 June, 2019 We wish him a successful spell there.

Shri D.R Mohrir, PGT(Physics) was elevated to the post of Vice-Principal and transferred out of AECS-Kaiga and posted at AEJC-Mumbai. We wish him good luck.

Smt Vasanthi K, Headmistress left AECS, Kaiga on transfer on 1 October, 2019 to AECS-2 Hyderabad. We wish her luck on joining her family and friends.

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WELCOME WAGON

AECS-Kaiga welcomes Shri K. Ramachandran as the new captain of the ship. He takes over on his transfer from AECS-3 Tarapur.

Shri. D. Jayakumar, PGT (Physics) has been transferred from AEHSS, Kalpakkam on public interest and posted at AECS, Kaiga.

Smt Sunitha Madhusudhan, PGT- English left us after a short stint at AECS Kaiga to join AECS 1, Jaduguda. We wish her a great stay there.

Mr. Amit K &Mr. Sikkandar M, PRTs both dynamic young chaps left for better prospects. We wish them a great future.

Ms R.K. Lakshmi (TGT- English/So.Sc) superannuated on 31 August, 2019 after years of glorious service.

Mr Chandappa Singe- PRT (SS) is superannuating on 31 of December, 2019. We wish him a happy retrial life.

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Smt Meenakshi V takes over as PGT (English) on her transfer from AECS-1 Jaduguda.

ASCENTMrs Ashwini Pramod Netrekar got elevated to the post of UDC with effect from 1 April, 2019. We wish her great heights.

SILVER JUBILEEAECS, Kaiga takes hearty pride in congratulating two of its members Shri D.N Seshadri, (TGT Chem /bio) and Mrs Rupa Kamat, UDC on completion of their 25 glorious years of service. We wish them all success in the years to come.

Shri D. N Seshadri Smt. Rupa Kamat

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OUTREACH AND COMMITMENTCorporate Social Responsibility: A pre-recruitment training was organized by the NPCIL Management, Kaiga at the KERC Hall, Phase I of Kaiga Township. As many as 500 candidates attended the programme on 22 September, 2019. Teachers of AECS, Kaiga, Mrs Mini Maria Tomy, Mr Manoj Agrahari, Mrs. K. Indumathi, Mr Amol Pathak Mr Bhupendra Thakur, and Mr Nagappa facilitated target oriented learning.

Graduate Electoral Identity: A voter awareness and enrolment campaign for graduates and teachers was organized at AECS Kaiga on 5 November, 2019.There was a meeting convened by the Principal presided by Shri D.R Naik, a social worker and lecturer from Mallikarjun College, Karwar along with Shri Harish Naik explained their purpose of visit and urged teachers and the graduate members of their family to enroll for the same. There are about 54 applications were submitted for the same.

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Inoculation: As per the universal Immunization protocol by the Government of India, the annual school immunization schedule campaign was organized in AECS, Kaiga on19 November, 2019 through the State Health Department. According to which, a DPT vaccination programme for children aged 5-6 years and TD vaccine for children aged between10 -11 and 16 years were inoculated on that day.

Art of Parenting: A talk on efficient parenting was organized at the school auditorium on 4 December, 2019. Shri Anadi Sinha, Outstanding Scientist & Associate Director, HR, NPCIL, Mumbai enthralled the audience with his informative talk and jovial disposition.

Adolescent Education: A talk on ‘Adolescent Education’ and Personal Hygiene was organized in the school for the girls of 6-9 in particular at the School auditorium on 7 December, 2019. Dr Anjali Gadgil, Medical Officer- G, KGS Hospital and former LMC Member gave an informative talk on much needed topics of personal hygiene and safety to the students of the target group.

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ROLL OF HONOURHere is the list of people who graced us with their presence as judges of various competitions. Some of them were magnanimous enough to train our children during house competitions and other events. We are proud to be associated with them.

Our Judges & Choreographers for various Competitions

SPORTS AND GAMESStudents of AECS, Kaiga participated in the following CBSE, Cluster Level matches:

Volleyball for Under 17 Boys, Athletics for Under 14,Under 16 and Under 18 Boys and Girls, Kabaddi for Under 17 girls and Under 19 Boys and Skating for Under 8, Under 10, Under 12 and Under 14 Boys and Girls. 6 boys and 1 girl participated in District level tournaments in Karwar and 5 students selected for Karnataka State level tournaments to be held in Udupi.

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Karwar District Sports Association conducted a Taluka level Athletic Meet in Maladevi Ground on 17 October, 2019 and Master Sunnyfun from Class 9-A won the 3rd prize in 100 Meters in under- 16 Category.

Master Mohan Patil of Class 10-B won the 1st Position in 200 meter race in Under 16 Category and U-18 Categories.

CBSE 8th Cluster Level Kabaddi Tournament 2019-20 was held in Sri Rajeshwari Vidhya Mandir from 28 September - 1st October 2019, Hulkoti, Gadag, Karnataka. Our Boys’ team consisting Preetesh C. Bandekar, Sankalp Naik, Samarth Premanand Naik, Mahaan N. Bhat, Nakul Raju Naik and Manish Khataokar of 12-A, Pratik Shetty of 12 B, Shankaranand Anand Mahale of 11-A and Mohan V. Patil of 10 A won the 2nd Runners-up position.

8th CBSE Cluster Level Athletic Meet for the year was held at Shikaripura, Shivmoga, Karnataka from 1-5 October, 2019. Master Mohan Patil won bronze in 100m and 200m respectively in U-17 Boys’ Category. Master Sankalp Naik sealed it with a Silver in Javelin Throw for U-19 boys. Arbaz Shaikh took part in Shot put forU-17 boys and Deona Braganza of Class VIII-A took part in U-14 Shot-put in Girls’ Category. Sachin Sharma of Class X-C took part in 800m for U-17 Boys, Nizba Khan in 100 and 200 M for U-17 Girls, Sunnyfun Fernando in 400m for Under 17 Boys and Krish Kumar in 100m and 200 m for Boys participated in the same with a great zeal and put on a brave fight.

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Arbaz Deona Braganza Nizba Khan Krish Kumar

Mohan Patil Sachin Sharma Sunnyfun Sankalp Naik

Master Sankalp Naik got selected for National in Javelin Throw after finishing 2nd at the Cluster Level and participated in CBSE National Level Athletic Meet held at Allons Public School, Bementara, Raipur, Chattisgarh.

First among Equals: Our Principal Mr K. Ramachandran participated in Badminton

Selection Trials for Golconda Team held in NFC, Hyderabad on 21 October, 2019 and got selected for DAE National Level representation to be held in Tarapur in February ’20.

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FOCAL POINT

Reflexive Mood Om Hari Kirubalan XII A Pony Tales Savio John XI-A

Dewy Drape Sandhya Rani, X-C A Distant Goal Mr Bhupendra Thakur

An Uphill Task Mrs Meenakshi V Miles to Go.... Shreyas Bandekar X- C