Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (I.C.S.E.)
Saligao-Goa
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NEWS LETTER
2008-2009
Dear
Parents,
People who have confidence in their personal worth seem to be
magnets for success and happiness.
Good things drop in their laps regularly, their relationships are
long-lasting, their projects are carried to completion.
To use the imagery of the English
poet William Blake, ‘they catch joy on the wing”
To help our students get rid of negative attitudes, have a sense
of self- worth, gain the healthy confidence needed to realize one’s
dreams, -----
this, is what we try to do at
Mater Dei:- 1.
Focus on the child’s potential, not his/her limitations.
2.Make him devote himself to something he does well. 3. Let him
see himself as successful in whatever he undertakes.
4. Break away from other people’s expectations and
5. Build up a network
of supportive relationships,…
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this, dear parents, is where you come in.
It is not important that your child has limitations.
Capitalize on his potential.
Self – confidence, is slippery when we set out to catch it for
its own sake. Usually it
comes as a by- product. We
lose ourselves in service or work, in friendship or love, and suddenly
one day, we realize we are confident and happy.
That is what we need to aim for our children.
To
this end, various activities are provided at Mater Dei , and students
are sent up for competitions in different fields and at various levels –
school, state, national and international. The raison d’etre ?
To unearth the hidden talents in
the young generation, making them stronger in fundamentals and more
competitive in the present – day context while more importantly helping
them to discover their potential and excel in the same.
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The
highlights of the many and
varied activities held in the course of the year in public speaking,
elocution, dance, drama, choral singing, Socially useful productive
work, Art & Craft, Project work, subject wise Assignments, etc were
showcased on the occasion of our annual
‘OPEN EVENING’ which also
included an Exhibition of Class Projects, Art, Craft and the Prize
Distribution, held on 28th March ’09.
Dr.Carmo
D’Souza,
author, Reader at Salgaonkar College of Law,
Some of the annual
features with due
modifications/variations yearly were:-
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Anniversary
of the Foundation Day
of the
School on the 12th of July celebrated with an All-Faith
Prayer Meet; a Social Gathering comprising an entertainment programme
interspersed with party games and refreshments.
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I- Day &
R-Day
celebs. On
15th Aug., & 26th Jan. resptly.:- Flag salutation
ceremony, Extempore speeches; Classwise Drills and National Integration
Songs.
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VANAMAHOTSAVA:
Scrap - book,
environmental actvs. at the Assembly; Class Projects on Environmental
Awareness & Conservation etc.
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Creativity Day: -
The Principal’s birthday was celebrated with joy and enthusiasm by the
students, with creative items.
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QUICK
THINKING EXERCISES & CREATIVE ACTVS.
at the school ASSEMBLY.
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Talks/celebrations on major festivals -Christmas; Diwali; ID;
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Extempore
talks
on current affairs/topical interest.
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Mercy
Visits
this year, to SERRA , Home
for Senior
Citizens in Altinho, Panaji at
X’MAS TIME. The following students accompanied by the Principal¸ & the
Vice-
Principal, entertained and interacted with the inmates with music
& song, and sing – alongs and distributed cheer cards made in their Art
class, and refreshments. The participants were:- Aurora D’Souza, Abbas
Arsiwala, Noon Kon King, Darren D’Souza, Ehab Hejazeen, Dana Marie
Cardoso, Olivia D’Cruz. Augustine D’Souza gifted assorted biscuits for
the visit.
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SCHOOL X’MAS PROGRAMME included
Class decorations as S.U.P.W., in which Stds. IX,
X & I stood
1st, 2nd and 3rd
resptly.
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Four
EDUCATIONAL
EXCURSIONS
for the
various sections of the school were held separately to places of
cultural/ scientific/historical/ environmental interest.
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Nature
Rambles
for
mainly Jr. pupils.
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View
points/Mini debates
mainly on subjects of topical
interest, for the senior students.
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SCOUT
-GUIDE
THINKING
DAY:
In the 12 after
school 2 – hour well – attended
Meetings, the scouts & guides were trained, got acquainted
with the Law & Promise, and contested patrolwise in
First Aid, knots, the morse code, tracking sings, thrift
exercises, patrol corners, gadget- making and other ‘Be
Prepared’ actvs.,
‘Thinking Day’
on 22nd
of Feb, this year was observed
with a patrol corner cook-out
and spontaneous hilarious items
by the Scout & guides. The Daffodil
Patrol emerged winner.
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Five of our students viz. Tabitha Dapprich IX; Ruben Fernandes
IX; Noon Kong King VII; Dana Marie Cardoso VI; Yshanna D’Souza VI
accomplanied by the Science teacher attended a Work shop on ‘Toys
from Thrash’ conducted by the N.I.O., Panaji.
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In the classwise
Advertisement contest’08 held
in June – Stds. IX; IV; &.
X. stood
1st,
2nd,
&
3rd
resptly.
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The
ceremonial Passing - Out
Parade of Std.
X; and Passing Down the Torch
ceremony and Send-off by the school; was held as is annually done.
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In the inter – class General
Knowledge Contest:
Std.
VII – stood 1st
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THE MATER DEI CARNIVAL FIESTA
an annual feature of the school, had 44 students participating in the
Fancy Dress this year. 22 students participated in the Sr. Category and
22 students in the Jr. Category. Sr. Category:-
Parvati Dapprich as
Executioner - 1st
Prize; Neil Pillai
as
Slumdog Millionaire – 2nd
Prize; Farid Badri
as Lawrence of Arabia - 2nd
Prize; Ian D’Souza
as Were Wolf- 2nd Prize; Sirine Badri
as Cleopatra – 3rd
Prize.
Jr.
Category:- Ketan Chetry as Subash Chandra Bose
– 1st Prize;
Gloria Deshmukh as Mozart
–2nd Prize;
DjanDabiri as an American Indian
– 3rd Prize;
Ms. Tanya Mendonca, Ms. Venita Coelho & Commander (Retd.) John Eric
Gomes
were the judges.
The Carnival Fiesta, a mini fund-raiser was a great
success, also,
in terms of fun, camaredarie &
fellowship, thanks to the co-operation of the parents, particularly the
Carnival Fiesta Core
Committee ’08 -09 comprising Ms. Soona D’Mello,
Ms.Farah Arsiwala,
Ms.Candice Tyrell,
Ms. Lina D’Souza & Ms Jacquelin Hejazeen.
A big Thank you to them !
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Earth Day was joyously
celebrated by Stds. K.G. I & II with a lively,
interactive session on ‘Our Earth’ by the Principal, 2 senior
students viz. Anandita Rao & Abbas Arsiwala, and a musical jungle
masquerade, with every pupil depicting something in nature and talking
on/enacting the same.
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The movie ‘Slumdog
Millionaire’ was screened, & the implications of the same discussed.
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In the inter – class
Science Quiz Contest:
Stds. VII; II & IV – stood 1st, 2nd & 3rd
resptly.
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Dheep
Caldeira
of Std. X gave an impressive
Power – point presentation on ‘Water Management’ at the
State level Science Seminar.
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Games
like football, volley ball, basket ball, table-tennis & carrom along
with the games are played on a regular basis and students participated
in tournaments at various levels.
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We are glad that we have got most of
our students into the
reading habit, if the orders placed
by them for good books from
‘SCHOLASTIC’
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In their S.U.P.W.
classes, the boys do wood craft and have made utility articles like
towel racks; cap racks, bag stands, lectern, coffee table etc. while the
girls are trained in needle work, knitting, glass painting etc.
ACHIEVEMENTS
in
the
year 2008-09:-
·
In
the public examinations of the I.C.S.E. as usual we have
achieved cent per cent
results with 34% students securing Distinction, 33% First Class &
33% Second Class.
·
On the
occasion of International Day
against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking in the Essay Competition on
the same subject held in June ’08 conducted by the Director General of
Police,
·
March:- At
of the International
Assessments Tests held in Aug’08
for Indian schools conducted by the Educational Testing Centre of
New South
Wales and its co-ordinator Macmillan India Ltd. – 49 of our
students appeared in
English; 39 in Science; 43 in Maths & 27 in Computer Skills all in which
they were declared to have
demonstrated high level skills.
These assessments give valuable diagnosis and a comprehensive
picture of student skills in individual learning areas. Mater Dei
topped in
The gold
medal awardees were:
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Dheep Caldeira
– Std. X in
Science, Mathematics & Computer Skills.
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Anandita
Rao
– Std. X in English.
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Abbas
Arsiwala
– Std. X in Science.
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Kaushik
Chanekar
– Std. V in Computer Skill.
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Niall
Miranda
– Std. VII Mathematics.
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Shadwell da
Cunha
– Std. IV in Computer Skills
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Dana Marie
Cardoso
– Std. VI in English & Mathematics.
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Chelsea
Marie D’Mello
– Std. V in Mathematics & Computer Skills
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Sirine Badri
– Std. IV
in English.
The other outstanding achievement came from:-
English:
- High Distinction:
- Sirine Badri
IV.
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Distinction:-
Anandita Rao VIII; Kaushik Chanekar VII; Darren D’Souza VII;
Shadwell Da Cunha VI; Olivia D’Cruz
VI; Gwendoline VI; Nasya Pereira VI; Dana Marie Cardoso VI;
Chelsea D’Mello V. Ashbern D’Souza V; Parvati Dapprich IV;
Vianni Fernandes IV.
- Credit:--
John D’Souza X; Dheep Caldeira X
; Herman Campos X; Aaron D’Mello X;
Ruben Fernandes IX; Jacquelin Fernandes VIII; Nadiya Hejazen VIII;
Leslie D’Souza VII; Niall Miranda VII;
Yshanna D’Souza VI;
Merlyn D’Souza VI; Farid Badri VI; Augustine D’Souza V; Fiona Miranda V;
Whitney Wuzor V; .India Rodriquez IV; Clarissa D’Souza III.
Science:
-
Distinction:- Ruben Fernandes IX;
Yshanna D’Souza VI; Olivia
D’Cruz VI; Dana Marie Cardoso VI; Vianni FernandesIV.
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Credit:-
Dheep
Caldeira X; Abbas Arsiwala X;
Jacquelin Fernandes VIII; Kaushik Chanekar VII; Niall Miranda VII;
Leslie D’Souza VII; Farid Badri
VI; Leoncey Fernandes VI; Fiona Miranda V;
Chelsea D’Mello V; Parvati
Dapprich IV.
Maths:
-
Distinction: -Dheep Caldeira X; Niall Miranda VII; Dana Marie
Cardoso VI;Chelsea D’Mello V; Shivani Hubli IV; Shayn D’Souza III.
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Credit:-
Kaushik Chanekar VII; Darren
D’Souza VII; Yshanna D’Souza VI; Maya Kalsi VI; Leoncey Fernandes VI;
Neil Correia V; Ashbern D’Souza V; Sirine Badri IV; Parvati Dapprich IV
; Clarrisa D’Souza III.
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Distinction: -
Shadwell Da Cunha IV..
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Credit:-
Kaushik Chanekar VII; Niall Miranda VII; Darren
D’Souza
VII; Farid Badri VI, Dana Marie Cardoso VI; Chelsea D’Mello V; Sirine
Badri IV;
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At the
International Youth Fest ’08 conducted by
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In the
SAARC Youth Fest ’08
Tabitha Dapprich IX,
- stood 2nd
in
‘Kaleidoscopic Hues’.
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In the
On-the-spot Poetry Writing Contest held at taluka level, and
conducted by the Directorate of Art and Culture.
Dana Marie Cardoso and
Shalaka Mainkar stood – 1st & 2nd resptly.
in the Jr. Category. and
Anandita Rao stood – 3rd in the Sr. Category and were
awarded cash prizes.
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Unified Cyber Olympiad ’08
– 47 students were sent up.
Rachel Raiker VI, was the only student in
‘Excellent’
Category:-
Niall Miranda VII; Chelsea D’Mello V; Fiona Miranda V.
‘Very Good’
:-
Dheep Caldeira X; Aaron D’Mello X; Ehab Hejazeen VIII;
Kaushik Chanekar VII; Shadwell
Da Cunha VI; Dana Marie Cardoso VI; Yshanna D’Souza VI.
‘Good’
:-
Anandita Rao X;
Herman Campos X; Abbas Arsiwala X; Ruben Fernandes IX; Drishti Commar
IX; Dushyant Chandna IX, Nadiya Hejazeen VIII; Declan Rane VIII; Gunjan
Chandavat VIII; Noon Kong King VII; Darren D’Souza VII; Leslie D’Souza
VII; Bhagueshri Salgaonkar
VII; Charchit Chandavat VII; Maya Kalsi VI; Neil Pillai VI; Olivia
D’Cruz VI; Tommesh Commar V.
·
In the All – India
Kalabharathi Child Art Institute contest,
Noon
Kong King VII; Olivia D’Cruz VI; Marie Anglica Monteiro IV; & Antonio
D’Souza III were
awarded gold medals.
The rest received participation certificates.
·
In the
6th National Painting
Competition on Environment,
organized by M.D. Green Productivity Association,
Olivia D’Cruz VI, of Mater
Dei was awarded a Certificate of Excellence.
·
The school was awarded a
Certificate of Excellence at national level for
creating Environmental awareness
among children.
·
The parents of the following students
were sent GOOD
NEWS LETTER in the year 2008 -09. The recipients were:-
Ian D’Souza
VII- for an on-the-spot account of an observation made on
Discovery Channel, delivered in a scholarly manner.
Dana Marie Cardoso, Olivia D’Cruz;
& Victoria Lobo of class VI
– for their on-the-spot poems on ‘How I spent my vacation’.
Abbas Arsiwala X; Aurora D’Souza
IX; Tanya Commar VII & Darren D’Souza VII – for effectively
delivering of their speeches on I
– Day.
Class IX was the STAR OF
THE WEEK, for their composition of a hilarious skit, and spirited acting
on I – Day. Ehab Hejazeen VIII;
Bob Abreo VI; Alizah Alam III; Aaron Braz Monteiro II – for
‘Singing’ at Talent time.
Gloria Deshmukh
II – for her excellent performance on the violin at
Talent time.
Simran Botham VII - for
her proficiency in classical dance at Talent time.
Giovanni Cattonar
VII
– for his proficiency in Back Flips
displayed at Talent time.
Neil Pillai VI - for his proficiency in ‘Diablo’ displayed at Talent Time.
Ian D’Souza
VII- for his detailed & knowledgeable account at the school
Assembly of the Mumbai Bomb Blasts.
Farid Badri VI – for his
commendable performance in the skit composed mainly by him, on the
occasion of Vice-Principal’s Day.
Kaushik Chanekar VII – for
his brilliant performance in the inter- class SCIENCE QUIZ.
Niall Miranda VII; Sparsh Temani
III; Aaron Braz Monteiro II & Urvi Porob
I –for their good performance in the inter – class SCIENCE
QUIZ.
a Big
Thank to one of our parents,
Mr.
Henry Pffeifer for his
contribution of Rs. 10,000/- to the school.
The outgoing students of Std. X – 2008 – 09 batch for
offering a Scholarship for the Best
outgoing student of Std. X.
A big thank you to them for their kind thought !
And now it is our pleasure to thank all those parents who
have been thoughtful in however small a manner and for being supportive
to the school.
We
do hope you and yours have a happy and a fruitful holiday!
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:-
·
All book deposits and Initial fees if not already settled, may kindly be
paid by the 10th May’09
to facilitate timely receipt of books.
·
School
re-opens, after the summer vacation, on Monday 15th
June’09.
The students of Mater Dei Institution, Saligao, participated in
the International Assessments ’05 for Indian schools conducted by
the Educational Testing Centre of New South Wales. – 46 students
in English; 46 in Science; 47 in Maths & 20 in Computer Skills
all in which they were declared to have
demonstrated high level skills. Mater Dei topped in Goa
again this year while topping in
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40 senior students of Mater Dei Institution, Saligao,
were also sent up for the Academic Aptitude and Achievement
Tests 2005-06 in various subjects, conducted by the Institute of
Psychological & Educational Measurement, Allahabad, in which they
performed and scored well. The AAT scores help the students in
assessment of their abilities and in effective planning of educational
and vocational goals.
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