BOARDING NEWSLETTER

OCTOBER 2019

Despite the holidays this month, boarders have been a busy

bunch and boarding has seen much activity this month.

To mark the occasion of

Gandhi Jayanti on 2nd

October and raise awareness

on the importance of

cleanliness, the grade 11

boarder girls proposed,

organized and carried out a

successful cleanup drive in

and around Handenahalli

Village nearby our school.

We are proud of you!!

The Royal Thai Consulate – General in Chennai organized a

Thai Community Day for the Thais in Bangalore. Our Thai

boarders represented the event at Christ University and enjoyed

socializing with their community students.

Boarders volunteered for the blood donation camp for teachers

and students organized by the infirmary team with the help of

blood bank, Sagar Hospital, Jayanagar. The students were

involved in issue of donor certificate, providing refreshments to

the donors, boosting the morale of anxious donors.

Our two grade 12 students also donated blood – Aryaman

Verma and Yogeshwar Gunturu.

School within the school - We started gardening project in

Handenahalli school adopted by the boarding. We cleaned and

levelled the plot of land.

School within the school – Personalized attention continued in

full steam for grade 9 and above students and students involved

actively and sincerely in the opportunity on offer.

Bhavyata from Grade 11 participated in the Mt. Everest Base

Camp (5357M) and Mt. Kala Patthar Summit (5643M), Nepal.

Kudos!!

During the long weekend between 5th Oct and 8th October on

account of Dusshera, we planned 2 days trip within Bangalore.

The first trip was to Wonderla Amusement and Water Park.

Students had loads of fun, adventurous dry rides and amazing

water rides.

The second trip was sumptuous special dinner at Barbeque

Nation, Sarjapura Road.

The boarding houses were decorated with colourful rangolis to

mark the festival of Dushhera, the victory of good over the evil.

Dusserah Greetings - “Only education can empower an individual to win over the evils of society.”

And thereby bring peace and prosperity in our lives.

School within the school: Deep reading- Boarders finished

reading the 1st book “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind”. Well

done students!! for such creative reflections in the Reading

Journal of the book.

They have started

with the 2nd book

“Jonathon Living

Seagull” for the month of October.

Our boarders also took initiative in the community kitchen

during the long weekend and helped in food distribution as well.

We are proud of you boys!!

School within the school – Boarding Orchestra continues in full

enthusiasm and the participants are practising various genre

songs- EI condor pass and Ode to Joy by Beethoven. We look

forward them to perform well in the orchestra.

The “Green Heart” gardening project saw boarders making the

garden look more beautiful by coloring the fence around. The

seeds are sprouted and we are waiting to harvest the groundnut

plants. Keep patience students, your efforts are going to reap and

reward soon.

Boarders enjoyed the Diwali celebration. It started with the

lighting of the lamp by our respected Principal Mrs. Sarojini

Rao, Vice Principal Ms. Aditi Pant and Head of Boarding Mr.

Ragaby. This was followed by a short cultural programme and

socials night.

The month ended with the mega sporting event –Eagle Cup

2019-20 from 22nd to 24th October. Kudos to all the boarders

involved in the organizing of the event, the late night

preparations and month long efforts and every single child who

participated!! Their participation in the various events was

evident and noteworthy; made all of us proud.

PHOTO MEMORIES OF THE MONTH

Wish you and your family a very Happy Diwali!! See you at the

other end of the month really soon.

Regards,

Zarathusht Ragaby

Head of Boarding, IISB