SMIC’SGolden Jubilee Special Edition

In the Glow of 50 Golden Years

Transforming Lives to Make a Difference

Take a step back in time to a bygone era and

partake in the delights of redolent reminiscences.

THE HERALD

N e w s L e t t e r October 2016VOl. 11

ST. MARY’S INTER COLLEGE, ETAWAHEstd. 1967

ST. MARY’S INTER COLLEGEETAWAH, U.P. 206 001

PH: 05688-254626

PrincipalFr Binoy Joseph

ManagerFr Joby Joseph

Vice PrincipalSr Suma CMC

HeadmistressSr Alphons CMC

EditorsMr Manu Scaria (Chief Editor)

Mr Tomin k George

Editorial AssistanceMr Alok Dixit,

Mr Abin K Joseph

PhotographyMr Ashish George,Mr Prince Thomas,Mr Binil Augustine

The Herald

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier, If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other, If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

THE HERALD

Dear Parents, Teachers, Students and Well wishers,

Its time of Jubilation, filled with golden memories and a heart full of gratitude. We are in the Glow of 50 golden years. The Golden Jubilee celebrations began with pomp and show on 16th July with its inauguration on the Patroness' Day. We are going to witness a number of activities throughout the year before its culmination on 1st May 2017. It is an occasion for Marians to look back with a sense of gratitude to the past. The pioneering members have offered their blood and sweat with a vision and mission to develop this institution to its present stature. It is also an occasion for us to look ahead with enthusiasm and courage. Let us strive together to achieve our goals and fulfil our dreams.

Let me take this opportunity to extend my heartfelt Golden Jubilee greetings to each one of you.

Thank You,

Fr Binoy Joseph Parackal

Mr Tomy Joseph Mr George Jacob Mr Princekutty Thomas

Mrs Kajol Kiran David

STAff SECRETARIES

DIVULGING THE INAUGURALCEREMONY Of JUBILEE

The word ‘Golden Jubilee’ Jaws the volume for the aura of glory in which our school lies submerged. For a period of five decades, it has unfailingly sent out students who are capable of being good citizens on whom the nation can count for help, guidance and the upliftment of the downtrodden. SMIC corroborated the start of something novel, which would never be rubbernecked again but left on the pages of SMIC’s history.

The Lighting of the Lamp by the honourable guests and dignitaries on the stage, along with Rev. Dr Joseph Mundakathil marked the official beginning of the Golden Jubilee Celebration Programme, signifying the passage and progress from darkness (ignorance) to light (knowledge and enlightenment).

And... Then… came the most awaited and important moment of the celebration, with the chief guest formally inaugurating the Golden Jubilee Celebration with a declaration to the effect and releasing colourful balloons in the sky spreading the message of gaiety and good cheer.

The celebration continued in the evening. The evening part began with a Holy Mass at Christ The King Church by His Grace Most Rev. Dr Albert D’Sousa, Archbishop of Agra along with priests from sister concerns. Soon after the Holy Mass, a colourful get together tagged on. Speaking on the occasion His Grace said that Jubilees were the occasions to look back and retrospect to march forward with more vigour and oomph.

Today will give place to tomorrow and tomorrow will dawn into a day after and yet another 50 years will fade into oblivion.

ST ANTONY’S HOUSESr Captain (boys) : Aryan DangarSr Captain (Girls) : Areeba IrfanSr Vice Captain (boys) : Prakhar TiwariSr Vice Captain (Girls) : AgratiJr Captain : Prince Pratap SinghJr Vice Captain : Varun Pratap Singh

The newly elected office bearers are:College Captain : Ishita JainCollege Vice Captain : Harshit SharmaJr College Captain : Agrim TiwariJr Vice Captain : Ojaswi Yadav

MOTHER TERESA’S HOUSESr Captain (boys) : Arpit Jain Sr Captain (Girls) : Kavya GuptaSr Vice Captain (boys) : Umang YadavSr Vice Captain (Girls) : Ann JacobJr Captain : Swayam SinghJr Vice Captain : Bhavika Tiwari

I N V E S T I T U R E C E R E M O N Y A N D INAUGURATION Of CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

The Investiture ceremony denotes investment in being leaders and the trust and confidence we repose in newly invested office bearers for the involvement of the students’ community in day-to-day functioning of the school, since we believe in child centric approach.

Investiture ceremony and inauguration of co-curricular activities was demeanoured along with the inaugural function of Jubilee. Rev Fr Binoy Joseph, the Principal administered the oath of service. Rev. Fr Thomas Ezhikad, the President of St Thomas Educational Society; Fr Joby, the Manager; Fr Binoy, the Principal; Sr Suma, the Vice-Principal and Sr Alphons, the Headmistress adorned the captains and vice captains with badges and sashes. They stood upright with their heads held high and their hearts in humility as each of them picked up their precious flags. The ceremony was more bejewelled with gaudy cultural shows.

MOCK ELECTION: AN EDUCATIONAL TRANSfORMATIVE PROCESS fOR A BETTER DEMOCRACY

St Mary’s Inter College tabulated mock elections to introduce young people to the concept of elections before they have reached their voting age. The elections will give the participants an understanding of democracy, the role of government and parliament. The experience of elections plays a role in stimulating future young voters to cast their ballot.

ST FRANCIS’ HOUSESr Captain (boys) : Abhishek KumarSr Captain (Girls) : Mitali MishraSr Vice Captain (boys) : Arpit KumarSr Vice Captain (Girls) : Aasta DubeyJr Captain : Kabir VermaJr Vice Captain : Nishka Badwaraj

ST ALPHONSA’S HOUSESr Captain (boys) : Aditya KumarSr Captain (Girls) : Shreya BadauriaSr Vice Captain (boys) : Prateek KumarSr Vice Captain (Girls) : Tanya Shakya Jr Captain : Agrim TripathiJr Vice Captain : Dhruvika sharma

RUNNERS UP IN INTER SCHOOL SENIOR’S fOOTBALL COMPETITION

WITH THE INMATES Of DISTRICT JAIL

Students of SMIC staged a show in connection of Independence day celebration for the inmates in prison to lead them to experience the life-changing power of God that will free them from guilt, shame, negative emotions, and addictions by helping them to understand and embrace their identity as Sons and Heirs of God.

AN ‘EYE CAMP’ CODIfIED BY THE HEALTH CLUBFree Eye Check Up and Vision test camp was marshalled for the primary students by the Health Club at St Mary’s Inter College. The camp witnessed experienced doctors providing the best of check-up sessions and experienced advices to the children.

VIDYARAMBHA: AN INITIATION INTO KNOWLEDGE

Vidyarambha is the crux when young children are introduced into the world of alphabets or letters as they take their first step into the world of knowledge. This special ritual introduces young children to the process of learning. Why education should always be accompanied by a process that creates a sense of inclusion within a person, because empowerment without awareness can and has become disastrous for humanity. Keeping it in the mind, special Vidyarambha was held at St Mary’s Inter College on 6th April. The programme began with lighting of the lamp by the Chief Guest. On the occasion Fr Binoy Joseph, the

Principal; Fr Joby Joseph, the Manager; Sr Rosmy CMC the former Vice Principal and Sr Linet, the former Headmistress were also present on the stage. There was also a cultural show pomped by KG II students, welcoming their juniors.

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

A great day and a proud moment for every Indian. Gaiety and patriotic fervour marks 70th Independence Day celebrations at St Mary’s Inter College. The tricolour flag was hoisted by Dr Rajeev Yadav, The Chief Medical Officer, Etawah. Everyone on the campus was geared up and stirred with the vivacious stage show.

INTER SCHOOL KHO-KHO COMPETITIONInter school Girls Kho-Kho matches were organized at St Dominic’s Shikohabad. The matches were played on knock-out-basis in preliminary phase which were followed by quarter finals and semi finals. The final was played between St Mary’s Inter College and St Peter’s Jaswant Nagar in which St Mary’s as runners up in nail biting contest.

LITERARY fRONTRUNNERS

There was a walloping participation in literary competition in 2016. Many of our students ostended their endowment through their candid participation. And many of them were exceptionally copacetic. Winners were honoured at the assembly.

SPEECH COMPETITION

The ability to think critically is essential for our children today, who are being bombarded with humanistic ideas and political agendas in movies, TV, social media, music, literature, and even their textbooks.No matter how our children are bent, the ability to analyse ideas, and articulate their views confidently and persuasively will set them apart in whatever field they pursue.So to develop higher-level thinking skills through application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation and creativity, SMIC conducted an English speech competition on the topic “Dr APJ Abdul Kalam as my role model”.

fRIENDLY VOLLEYBALL MATCH

The Volleyball Friendly Match between Teachers and Students was held on Teacher’s Day. The competition between the student team and teacher team were fiercely. The audience was excited by the excellent performance and cheered a lot. Finally, teachers’ team won.The teachers and students not only honed their skills of playing volleyball, but also enhanced their friendship.

TEACHERS’ DAY CELEBRATION

Gusto and tribute smudged the Teachers’ Day celebration at St Mary’s Inter College on 4th Sept. Marians celebrated Teacher’s Day as a tribute to the valuable contributions made by teachers to the society. The Chief Guest of the day was Dr Rajesh Verma, The Principal at K.K.D.C, Etawah. The ceremony kicked off with a prayer dance. It was followed by a range of colourful cultural programmes and other activities which made the event special and memorable one.

COMMERCE CLUB

In order to meet the challenging needs of corporate world environment, it is not just sufficient for a student of commerce to be sound theoretically but must also be exposed to the outer world in a dynamic way to face practical situation. Commerce club at SMIC is a platform to enrich and empower the students with academic and technical excellence. A seminar was spruced up for the students of 11th and 12th by the commerce club on the topic ‘Financial Inclusion Necessary for the Sustainable Growth’.

DRAWING COMPETITIONS M I C p ro v i d e s a my r i a d o f opportunities through many platforms to demonstrate their talent and a stepping-stone to achieving greater things in life.

A HELPING HAND: AN ENDEAVOUR BY THE MARIAN CORE GROUPThere can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children….a small effort of the inmates of Asha Niketan to spread

SAHODAYA INTER SCHOOL TABLE TENNIS COMPETITIONSt Mary’s Inter College Girls’ team scripted h i s t o r y b y clinching the victory in the Sahodaya Inter School Table Tennis championships with a resplendent victory. SMIC squared off St Peter’s, Jaswant Nagar in the final by the victory of 3-2 in the final.

BULLETIN BOARD COMPETITIONThe vivacity of the creative forum of SMIC is reflected here... A demiurgic presentation of students on various topics.

fANCY DRESS COMPETITION Scholastic and Co-Scholastic activities have an equal importance in school programme for the all round development of the child. Keeping this in view, St Mary’s Inter College conducted a Fancy Dress Competition for the children.

Children dressed up in their colourful costumes and depicted their character. The effort and hard work of children was highly commendable.

happiness by sharing…which is another form of caring through an effort of making Rakhi. The students took up the initiative to distribute the Rakhi with their sincere efforts.

INTER SCHOOL TABLE TENNIS COMPETITION

Inter School Table Tennis Championship was organized at St Peter’s Jaswant Nagar. In Senior Girl’s final, St Mary’s Inter College subdued their rival, St Francis Academy Auraiya by 3-1.

fR MATHOOR MEMORIAL BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP: INDOMITABLE fROM THE BEGINNING

Fr Joseph Mathoor memorial Inter school badminton competition was organized under the aegis of St Joseph Sr Sec. School, NTPC on 30th July 2016 and the result was totally favourable as the invincibility of the students of SMIC corroborated again as they ripened into the champions in both senior boys and girls.

PRORATION Of PROfICIENCY AWARDS:SURVIVAL Of THE fITTEST

St Mary’s Inter College always stands out from the rest of the educational institutions, be it academics, cultural activities or sports. Over the years SMIC has forged a number of excellent students in academics who, in the future take the reputation of the school to new heights. And what’s the better way to appreciate and congratulate them than awarding them with mementoes and certificates of appreciation!............keeping this in mind, the proficiency awards were doled out.

INTER SCHOOL CHESS AND CARROM WINNERS

Carrom Junior Girls 1st - Prashansha, Bhavya Agarwal

Carrom Senior Girls1st - Shivani Yadav and Rimi Gupta

Chess Junior Boys2nd - Mohit Yadav

Chess Senior Boys1st - Devansh Agarwal

A PRELUDE OF TINY TOTS’ BLOSSOMING :

Fancy Dress Competition of K.G Section

Principal’s Day Celebrations5th September, 2016 was the appropriate day for all the staff members and students of SMIC to express their love and gratitude for our Principal, as it was the occasion of the Principal's Day. The students presented bouquets and a hand-made greeting card as a token of love and thanks. He indeed extended his gratitude to the staff and students for their unstinted support and hard work to make SMIC one of the best institutes. He also expressed his expectations from staff and students in the form of hard work and loyalty.

Abhay Shukla Abhishek Tiwari Adity Dubey Akshat Jain Anhsul Sahal Ann Rose Ansh Agarwal Arpit Samadhya

Aryan Agrawal Ayush Kumar Ayushi Bholanath Thivari Devarshi Porwal Gagan Kumar Harshit Sharma Harshita Singh

Ishika Luthra Kavya Dubey Kunal Gupta Mariyam Ali Mayank Saxena Mritynjay Navya Agarwal Palak Singh

Prakhar Pratap Singh Prakhar Tripathi Pranlal Tripathi Prateek Dubey Riya Tripathi Sahar Sanjeev Pathak Sankalp Mishra Saral Agrawal

Shambhavi Avasthi Shasank Prakash Choudary Shashank Tomar Shashwat Garg Shivang Shekhar Shubhanjali Gupta Simon Choubey Somya

Umang Saxena Utkarsh Verma Vaishnavi Singh

Vinayak Sharda Vishal Yadav

AISSCE 2016TOPPERS

Toppers: Science Stream Topper: Commerce Stream

Bhavya Jaswani 95%

Somya Bansal 95%

Haroon Abdullah 93.8%

toppersPerfection is not attainable but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. This was the learning which was given to the students by the teachers. There were umpteen persevering students who practiced and excelled in the final assessment with top grade performance. Their willingness to work hard and indomitable willpower made the stardom of SMIC reaching at the peak level. Congratulation to all the glow bearers.

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