1st October, 2012

Dear Parent,

Greetings from ABPS

At the outset of a promising, productive and challenging academic year which liesahead, let met thank you for reaffirming your faith in the institution by your valuablecontribution, candid opinion and suggestions. I congratulate you for havingresponded to our call by making time to be present for the Class-wise ParentTeachers Meting, held during the first term, in the interest of your child and theinstitution. We look forward to your continual support, in all our student orientedactivities meticulously planned for the ‘Welfare’ of your child, entrusted to our care.

An institution ought to be a vibrant social organization, a place where the course oflife is charted for each child. School is where a child’s confidence is built up, hisability discovered, his attitudes shaped and his personality developed.

The institution takes pride in the quality of education, the cornerstone of which is itsbelief in nurturing the ‘whole child’. Our goal is to provide students with aneducational experience that will serve as a catalyst for a successful future.

The educational objectives and the methodology of teaching is thus focused onlearner-oriented education, value with stress on life skills, thus giving it a holisticdimension. We believe that ‘Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivationand a pinch of creativity’.

Our endeavor of successfully adopting a holistic approach in education has also beenaugmented in the spheres of sports and co-curricular activities, with this reportbearing testimony in our pursuit for excellence.

Wish you a Happy Reading.

Sincerely yours,

Jaya R KamatPrincipal

THE ADITYA BIRLA PUBLIC SCHOOL, KUMARAPATNAM

BI-ANNUAL REPORT – APRIL 2012 TO SEPTEMBER 2012

Shared Vision - Academics

Results

CBSE Board Pass % - Chennai Region – 99.66 % School Pass % - 100%o Cent percent results for the fourteenth consecutive year.o Master. Sampath Kumar M Ballary, Sandesh R Modi, Miss. Chinmayi B Teggi and

Miss. Priyanka B P shared the school topper position with 100%.o They were awarded Certificate of Merit by The Central Board of Secondary

Education, Delhi for their outstanding performance in the board examination andobtaining Grade A1 in all the five subjects.

o 94% of the students have secured First Class.o 54% of the students have secured distinction, a significant achievement.

Pre University State Board

Pass % - at State Level 48.93% College Pass % - 100%Highest in Haveri District

Science Stream pass % - 100Master. Aakash Jain is the college topper of the Science Stream with 90.33% in aggregate,90.25% in PCMB and he secured 97 in Chemistry.

Commerce Stream pass% - 100 - Highest in Haveri DistrictMiss. Harini N is the college topper of the Commerce Stream with 94% in aggregate, 100in Accountancy, 99 in Business Studies, 98 in Statistics and 95 in Economics.Miss. Pooja A Diggewadi is the second college topper of the Commerce Stream with 93.17% in aggregate, 99 in Accountancy and Business Studies.Miss. Anchal Chaudhary is the third college topper of the Commerce Stream with 92.50 %in aggregate, 100 in Accountancy and Business Studies and 94 in Statistics.

24 students of our college have sought admission into various prestigious professionalcolleges during the academic year 2012– 13.

Rewarding Results - Top ranking in the CET

o Master. Aakash Jain the college topper with 7443th rank in Engineering.o Master. Arun Duggani, the second college topper with 6394th rank in Engineering.o High CET ranking in Engineering/Medical has gained them Engineering/ Medical

seat in the top colleges of the State.

Building on a Strong Foundation

The institution has successfully conducted the class-wise Parent Teachers Meeting of allclasses – LKG to II PU as scheduled in the institutional planning during the first term of theschool/college year with cent percent attendance from the parents. The interactionbetween the parents and the teachers yielded fruitful results.

Enrichment Programme

Regular workshops are attended by the teaching staff to keep themselves abreast with themodern Education system and the latest trends in teaching.

Orientation in Physics: Mr. Shivaprasad V R, Lecturer in Physics, attended a day’s subject-wise tele satellite orientation programme for the lecturers of the PU College at the BRCCentre, Haveri on 26th June 2012 to enhance the Board results.

Orientation in Chemistry: Mr. Venkatesh Murthy, Lecturer in Chemistry, attended a day’ssubject-wise tele satellite orientation programme for the lecturers of the PU College at theBRC Centre, Haveri on 27th June 2012 to enhance the Board results.

Orientation in Mathematics : Mrs. Shailashree K, Lecturer in Mathematics, attended aday’s subject-wise tele satellite orientation programme for the lecturers of the PU Collegeat the BRC Centre, Haveri on 28th June 2012 to enhance the Board results.

Orientation in Biology : Mr. Satish K, Lecturer in Biology attended the Tele satelliteprogramme for Biology, organized by DDPUE, at Haveri on 29th June 2012.

First Aid Training : Mr. Satish K , Mrs. Maria S M and Mrs. Jyothi Mary attended First Aidtraining programme organized by Dr.S.V.Gopalpur at Grasim Medical Centre on 4th July2012.

Science Forum : Mr.Shivaprasad V R, Lecturer in Physics, Mr.Venkatesha Murthy, Lecturerin Chemistry, Mr.Satish K , Lecturer in Biology, Mr.Shivakumar , Lecturer in ComputerScience and Mrs.Shailashree, Lecturer in Mathematics attended Science Foruminauguration programme organized by DDPUE, Haveri at SV Independent Science College,Haveri on 12th July 2012.

Hindi Workshop : Mrs. Pushpalatha and Mrs. Geetha H K, Hindi Teachers attended HindiTeachers workshop held at Radha Kishen Fomra School, Mathura from 26th to 31st July2012.

Tele satellite orientation:

Mrs. Shailashree K, Lecturer in Statistics attended the Statistics Lecturers forum meetingconducted at Hosamani Siddappa PU College, Ranebennur on 23rd August, 2012.

‘Personality Development Training Programme’ - All the staff of The Aditya Birla PublicSchool and Polyfibers PU College attended two days ‘Personality Development TrainingProgramme’ on 29th and 30th May 2012 conducted by NIIT Limited Bangalore.

School/College Elections: A replica of Parliamentary Electoral with the filling ofnominations, contesting for elections, selection of symbols, preparation of ballot paper,voting by students, counting and declaration of results of the Deputy Head Boy, DeputyHead Girl and Head Boy and Head Girl under the supervision of the Chief ElectionCommissioner. The formation of School and College cabinet with Master. PreethGangarade as Head Boy, Miss. Hima Hegde as Head Girl, Master. Akshaykanth D L DeputyHead Boy, Miss. Anupashree C A as Deputy Head Girl and Master. Varun M Angadi asPresident and Miss. Geethanjali N as Vice President. The regular cabinet meetings and themock parliament sessions have awakened a sense of responsibility and loyalty to theinstitution. The ruling cabinet and the opposition committee assumed responsibilities withthe oath taking ceremony held on 23rd June 2012 as the most solemn part of the cabinetinaugural function. Cabinet meeting chaired by the speaker and the mock parliamentsession held twice a year ensure the smooth working of the cabinet and offersaccountability of the leaders.

NCC: 33 cadets of class IX attended combined Annual Training Camp at Kondajji from 11th

to 20th September, 2012.

Glorious Wins - Sports Achievements at Pre University Departmental Level

Our college Basket ball, Football, Handball, Table Tennis and Shuttle Badminton teamswere winners at the Taluk Level and selected for District Level.

The following students of our college selected for State Level in different events and thedetails are as follows:

a. Basket ball : Master. Manjunath H K, Ajay T M, Shivakumar, Yallesh Kumar, MurthyP H and Kotresh N G.

b. Foot ball : Master. Madhu P A, Kiran Kumar S and Sai Kumar A P.

c. Handball : Master. Beeresh S G, Darshan Patil, Shylendra Yadav, and Miss. ShivaniKushaw, Nidhi Salaria, Bhagyalakshmi N K, Sangeetha M.

d. Shuttle Badminton : Master. Nikhil M S and Harsha J.

e. Table Tennis : Master. Rushab A K and Miss. Sakshi Joshi, Sushma S.

Excelling in the Literary and the Cultural Field we have as winners at Taluk Levelcompetition held at Ranebennur and selected for District Level.

Miss. Nidhi Salaria and Miss. Kavya M L of I PU Science in English Debate, Miss. SabreenBanu of II PU Science in Science Debate in English, Miss. Tejashwini K R of II PU Commercein Science Debate in Kannada and Miss. Pooja R Sharma of I PU Science in English EssayWriting.

Co-Curricular Activities – Creating future leaders with concrete human values.Co-Curricular Activities forms an integral part of the student’s life in The Aditya Birla PublicSchool, Kumarapatnam. Care is taken that each activity provides opportunities for thestudents to exhibit their inner talents and shed their inhibition.It gives them lots of scope to develop their self confidence and inculcate team spirit bymaking them work in a group. The co-curricular activities designed here, brings out thecreative talents of each and every child.Glimpses of the various co-curricular activities are attached herewith at the end of thereport.Primary SectionGreeting card making was conducted for the classes I to V on 13th June 2012.

Inter house Spell Bee competition was conducted for the classes I to II and Coconut shellcraft making competition was conducted for the classes III to V on 20th June 2012.

Inter house Spell Bee competition was conducted for the classes III to V and Greeting cardmaking competition was conducted for the classes I and II on 27th June 2012.

Paper bag making competition for classes I and II and Utility bag making competition forclasses III to V was conducted on 4th July 2012.

Rakhi card making for boys and Rakhi Making for girls was conducted for classes I to V on18th July 2012.

Picture identification competition was conducted for classes LKG and UKG on 19th July2012.

Paper/cloth doll making/dressing for classes I and II and Puppet making competition forclasses III – V was conducted on 1st August, 2012.

Inter-House Group dance competition for classes I to V was conducted on 8th August,2012.

Clay Modeling for classes I and II and Collage Making for the classes III to V was conductedon 29th August, 2012 .

Rhymes Competition for KG children was held on 30th August. 2012.

Inter House Quiz competition for the classes I & II and Individual Photo Frame makingcompetition for the classes III to V was conducted on 12th September 2012.

Drawing competition was conducted and Yellow color day was observed for the classesLKG and UKG respectively on 21st September 2012.

Secondary SectionPublic Speech competition was conducted for the classes VI to X on 30th June 2012.

Rakhi card making competition for boys and Rakhi making competition for girls wasconducted for classes VI to VIII and also Rakhi card making for boys and Mehandidesigning for girls for classes IX and X was conducted on 7th July 2012.

Inter house Variety Entertainment competition was conducted for classes VI to X on thetheme “Comedy in Tragedy” on 21st July 2012.

Extempore competition for classes VI – VIII, Throw ball match for girls and Cricket matchfor boys for classes IX and X was conducted on 6th August, 2012

Devotional and Folk Song competition for classes VI – X was conducted on 18th August,2012.

Debate competition for classes IX and X, Hand Ball match for girls and Cricket match forboys for classes VI – VIII was conducted on 25th August, 2012.

Inter house Advertisement Making competition was conducted for the classes VI to X on7th September 2012.

Vegetable carving competition for girls and clay modeling competition for boys for theclasses VI to X was conducted on 15th September 2012.

Senior Secondary SectionGreeting card making for boys and Rakhi making for Girls was conducted for classes XI andXII on 12th July 2012.

Group Dance competition was conducted for classes XI and XII on 20th July 2012.

Mock press competition for classes XI and XII was conducted on 31st August, 2012.

Events of Significance

World Environment Day on the 5th June 2012 Students planted the sapling on theoccasion and various programmes like collage making, skit regarding awareness of WorldEnvironment Day were conducted.

Eco Club Initiative : Plants were planted by students of each house and all the facultymembers.

Rakshabandhan was celebrated on 2nd August 2012. The entire institution participated inthis solemn celebration, strengthening the bond of love. The uniqueness of thecelebration was the visit of the students from Renuka Yellamma Vidhayala School for Deaffrom Ranebennur and entertained us with wonderful dances. The students of our schooltired Rakhi to the blind students as a gesture of social outreaching programme.

Sri Krishna Janmashtami was celebrated on 10th August, 2012. Nursery kids presented ashow on Dahi Handi.

Independence Day was celebrated with true spirit of patriotism on 15th August, 2012.Master. Aakash Jain, the college topper of II PUC Science, unfolded the National flag anddelivered a befitting message. Mr. Rajendra Jain, Unit Head, Grasim Industries Limited,Kumarapatnam presided over the function. The top ten meritorious students of AISSE andII PU Board were awarded cash prizes by the Management and their parents werefelicitated for their contribution in the success of their children.

Teachers’ Day was celebrated on the 5th of September, 2012 in a special way under theable leadership of Master. Varun M Angadi , President, Miss. Geetanjali , Vice President,Master. Preet Gangrade, Head Boy and Miss. Hima Hegde, Head Girl with the efficientteam of cabinet ministers. The students shouldered the responsibility of the felicitationprogramme, put forth a scintillating cultural show.Mr. Satyanarayana D, Lecturer in Commerce and Mrs. Saroja More, Assistant Mistress,was awarded “Best Teacher Award’ for the year 2011 - 12 by the Management for Collegeand School section respectively.

Expressing Gratitude: A farewell function was arranged on 7th April 2012 in connectionwith :Mrs. Suvarna S Bandekar, Assistant Mistress who resigned because of her personalproblem after putting in 4 years of dedicated service to the institution. She joined ourinstitution as Assistant Mistress in the year 2008.Mrs. Pushpalatha, Ayah who retired on superannuation after putting in 27 years fruitfuland deducted service to the institution. She joined our institution as Ayah in the year1941.Mr. Maheshappa, Attender who retired on superannuation after putting of 36 yearsfruitful and dedicated service to the institution. He joined our institution as Attender inthe year 1976.Principal, Vice Principal and Staff shared their experience and wished them all the best forfuture endeavor.

Visitors:

Dr.Raju Mistri, COO, Pulp and Fiber, Talent Management, ABMC Mumbai visited ourschool on 18th and 19th June, 2012 and had an interaction session with the Staff and II PUstudents.

Mr.Sandeep Singh from corporate level joined as Executive Assistant to ManagingDirector, Pulp and Fiber Business Mumbai visited our school on 13th July 2012.

Sri. Manoj Sarangi, Chief Information Security Officer and Sri. Vinay Morje, TechnicalOffice Head from ABMCL, Mumbai visited our institution on 22nd August, 2012.

All the visitors were very happy with the physical infrastructure, discipline, academicexcellence and sports achievement of our institution.

Infrastructural Development

To add value to the existing education system, the Management has successfully providedthe following infrastructural facilities:

1. Quota stone flooring for multi purpose hall and corridor.2. New playing equipments for children’s park.3. Renovation of staff room, boys and girls toilets.

Thanks

All of us at ‘The Aditya Birla Public School’ place on record our deep gratitude, sincerethanks and appreciation to :

i. Dr. Shyam Ganguli, Chief Education Officer, for his constant guidance andmotivation.

ii. Mr. Rajendra Jain, President of Grasim Education Society, Kumarapatnamfor his keen personal interest, shown in the smooth functioning of theschool.

iii. School Managing Committee for their moral support.iv. Parent for their abiding trust in the institution.

*****

Planting the Saplings on Environment Day.June 5th

Election Procedure for School CabinetMembers

Oath taking by PUC students after allotting theDepartments.

Sports : football match by PUC boys

Investure Ceremony : Mini Parliament withnewly elected Cabinet Members.

Sports: Basket Ball competition conducted forPUC girls.

Oh! The Ball is in your court. ! Throw ballcompetition PU I against PU II girls

Preparing Rakhi and greeting cards to mark thespirit of Rakshabhandan : By PUC Boys

Inter – House Dance Competition(C C A):Primary students rocking the stage

Mock Press PU Section (C C A): -Ekta- kapoorFace to Face with the Reporter.

Raksha Bandhan-A bond of respect and protectionSocial outreaching Programme : Tying the bond withdifferently abled students of Sewa Ashram Davangare.

Guard of Honour: Mr: Aakash Jain Topper ofScience stream receiving the guard of honour

our: Mr: Poonachha Topper in commerce streamreceiving the guard of honour

Independence Day: Celebration with ManagementMembers.

Fancy Dress :Pre primary section. Celebration of Sri Krishna Janmastami with LordKrishna and his group.

New Initiative (CCA) : Ad – Mad show by HighSchool students

Cricket Match :Teachers Vs Students in view ofTeachers’ Day.

Best Teacher: The Best Teacher award for thecollege is awarded to Mr:Satya Narayan .D

Token Of Respect : Celebration of Teachers’ day Best Teacher: The Best Teacher award for schoolis awarded to Mrs: Saroja . M .More

Joy with Teachers: Cultural Activities towardsGURUVANDANA

Vegetable Carving : Co- Curricular Activity bythe students of high section.

Clay Modeling: Exhibits from High schoolsection.