“The highest education is that which does not merely give us information
but makes our life in harmony with all existence.” –Rabindranath Tagore
We worry about what our child
will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. To celebrate the
journey of learning we embraced the My Good School program.
My Good School Program for schools helps empower students by creating an
environment for the personal and social development of an individual. By
subscribing to our philosophy of quality in education, offering an environment
where experiential learning is made possible through activities beyond just
study brings to life learning that would otherwise be theoretical and
uncoordinated.
The Four S’s (Service, Skill, Sports, and Study) play a great role in our
journey of learning.
The first S SERVICE:
Service learning is a spin on both community service and project based
learning, it’s important for students to understand their important role in a
community. Service learning projects can be life changing for students. They
learn empathy for others, and may even get the real life experience they need
which will inspire them to find a career. Through helping others students may
find that they want to go into the human services field or even go more global
by joining the Peace Corps.
To develop
the Service skills we do; Community Outreach programs
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Organic Farming
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Environment Awareness Rallies
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Cleanliness Drive
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Educating Community
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Green School Audit Program
SKILL: About
90 per cent of employment opportunities require vocational skills. Only 20
percent of our graduates get employed. The rest are unable to get suitable
employment due to the lack of employable skills. In general, apart from the
core subject expertise, some of the prominent employable skills that employers
seek are:
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communication skills (verbal and written)
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attitude towards work
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lifelong learning
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selfmanagement
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teamwork
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problem solving
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selfmotivation
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stress management
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creativity
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technology/IT skills
Integration
of skill development into education is essential for skilling to give wings to
children. Skill development will remain a dream if carried out in isolation
through skill centres alone. It has to be imparted in schools alongside
academics hence we conduct:
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Inter House Competitions
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Exhibitions
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Annual Day
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Inter Class Competitions
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Bookaroo English Literature Festival was organised at the school
● We stood First at the Patriotic
Dance Competition organised at the Government High School, Bali
● The
brilliant young girls Muskan Rathod and Devika
Choudhury got an opportunity to experience the Values based leadership programme at The Shri Ram Ananta Aspen
Leadership School this summer.
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Our students got acknowledgements at the Heritage Girls School, IIMUN
● For writing
skills, children were exposed to Launchora ‘Creative Skill Development Program’
aimed at helping students to discover and develop their creativity through
storytelling. Fifty Eight students published their stories on Launchora.
● Our
students participated at the Silver Jubilee Commemorative Young Thinkers Conclave 2018 at Mayo Girls
School, Ajmer.
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Vinita Sirvi got 3rd position in Extempore
Competition amongst 24 schools
● Divya
Chundawat and Muskan Rathod got Best Critic Choice Award in script writing
amongst 19 schools
● And the new
addition to our skill development program is; our students have enrolled
themselves for the National Scouts and Guides program.
SPORTS
& STUDY: They resemble the two sides of the same coin. If sports
education is carried out accompanied with the academic curriculum, the overall
personality of the student is increased to quite an extent. The qualities of
the leadership, sharing, team spirit and tolerance are learnt from sports.
Sports education not only teaches the students to maintain the physical
stamina, but also the habit of obedience, discipline,
Opportunities
are created to keep children evolved with sports and study by conducting:
Inter House
Competitions Inter School Competitions District Competitions State Level
Competitions Exchange Programs
Project/
Experimental Study Outdoor Education
Literary
Week
Student Led Conferences
Some of the achievements are:
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We stood First at the Republic Day Parade at Government
High School, Bali.
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We participated
at the Under 19 District Cricket Tournaments: Icchuk Soni of class XII was selected to represent State Level
Cricket Tournament.
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Our team participated at the Under 14
District Cricket Tournaments
● Football team participated
at the CBSE Clusters
● Athletics teams represented
at the Districts
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Under 17
Football Tournament; Parikshit of class
XI was selected to represent State Level Football Tournament.
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U 17 Girls Football Team
participated at the Heritage Girls School at the Women's Soccer Tournament
Outcomes of the My Good School
What we achieve
while following the philosophy of MY GOOD SCHOOL! To validate our philosophy we
would like to share few success stories of
our exstudents of The Fabindia School.
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Karanveer
Singh Adha [201011] student
of The Fabindia School, Bali graduated from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He has
been awarded a Special Scholarship by the German Government for doing PHD in
Integrated Optoelectronics and Electronic device for broadband digital to
analog conversion at Braunschweig University of Technology in Germany. The
Scholarship Fund is about 32975 Euro annually that is about 28 Lakh rupees.
While studying his PHD he will be doing research on integrated Optoelectronics
device point, broadband and digital tools analogy.
AWARDS
The Good News doesn’t end here:
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The strong vision of The Fabindia School which was
seen 25 years ago of being a Green School was fulfilled. The School has been
awarded the “School Change Maker Award” from
1200 schools in the entire country. It
is among the first four Best Changemaker Schools.
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We were
awarded the Best Global School Awards by Mansha Global Education Awards
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Mr. Dutt was
awarded at the Ink Idea
International Education Awards for Excellence in Sustainable
Practices in Education
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We have
upgraded few of our teachers for their hard work, commitment and their long
association with the school.
New
appointments for better administration were created:
● Mrs. Bharti Rao as the new
Vice Principal
● Mr. Byju Joseph as the Dean of
CBSE & Career Guidance
● Mr. Sandeep Singh as Manager Administration
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Mr. Ajay
Vijayvargi as the Dean of Learning Forward at the Fabindia School
● Mrs. Kusum Sharma as the
Dean of My Good School
● Mrs. Prerna Rathod as Middle
School Coordinator,
● Mrs. Sharmila Vijayvargi as
Primary School Coordinator
When we take so
much care of our children by giving them best of the opportunities, we take
care of our staff as well. To do so, we partnered with
Learning
Forward an
international organisation for supporting teachers for their professional
development.
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We have
enrolled teachers with Edthena, VideoPowered Professional Learning
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Mr. Ajay
Vijaywargi participated at the ScooNews Global Educators Fest 2018 at The
Durbar Hall, Fateh Prakash Palace, Udaipur; sponsored by Learning Forward,
India
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Ms. Bharti Rao and Ms. Kusum Sharma attended the
Regional Summit of School Principals on "Dealing with Failures
Developing Resilience in School Children" organized by MGD Girls School, Jaipur.
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Teachers Celebrated
joy of Learning; by Hosting Learning Forward Retreat at The Fabindia School,
Bali, Delegates, Principals from thirteen schools in and around Bali
participated at the retreat.
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The story of the PLP at the Fabindia school was an
exciting success which was published on the International CORWIN
BLOG
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Our Gold Badge teachers are working to help schools
deliver better governance.
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The Sanskar
Public School, Koselao has partnered with Learning Forward India to work
closely with The Fabindia School.
Last
but not the least few worth appreciating initiatives:
● Our school
has been selected to establish an Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) a government initiative by the Atal Innovation Mission,
NITI Aayog. We have been sanctioned
20 lakh to set up The Tinkering Lab, to teach robotics, Science, Engineering
skills, Computer skill and Mathematics skills.
● School is
setting up a Life Page Centre at The Fabindia School Bali, for Career guidance
and Planning for every student in the School starting Class VIII to XII.
● Have set up
NTA (National Testing Agency) to practice for Entrance
or Competitive Exams
● We have been appointed for NIOS Study and Exam Centre (National
Institute of Open School)
With this I close my report and wish to thank you all for coming over to
the Fabindia School to celebrate the JOY OF LEARNING!
Have a Great Evening!
EDUCATOR: Mr. Tarun Mishra was selected as the Educator this Week. He shared his views on the importance of motivation to choose an appropriate career. He told students to find their hidden talents and make their talent as their profession. He illustrated the topic with the help of a "talent chart" which motivated the students to find their talents on their own. 
