Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul.

Dream deep, for every dream leads the goal.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

It is the changes that we all go through our lives that constantly improves us, and with Maya Angelou’s words portraying this thought in the most dazzling way possible, I would like to wish you all a very pleasant morning.

On behalf of the management, staff and students of the Modern Secular Public School, Shergarh Cheema (Sangrur), I cordially welcome our Chief Guest. I also welcome the other invited dignitaries and all parents to this occasion that is our School’s Annual Function & the Prize Distribution Ceremony.

In Modern Secular Public School, Shergarh Cheema (Sangrur),, we believe that every individual has a lot of potential, and that potential can help accomplish wonders. That is why; it is fair to say that we thus believe that the future of the world starts here. The session of 2018-19 was a great year, and I consider it a moment of pride to showcase to you all the achievements and development that the school, staff and students undertook.

The school currently has a strength of 1248 students, 52 academic staff, 4 administrative staff and 5 multi-tasking staff.

Vision determines directions of effort and prioritizing deployment of resources at our disposal, and our vision is to make our school one of the best schools of our city by providing quality education to our students through best in class academic facilities and churn out citizens who is inspiring leaders with a humane touch.

Excellence in academics is the hallmark of a good institution and details of this year’s achievers in academics are as shown on the slide.

Teachers Empowerment Programs:

“Teachers are also learners.” Staying updated is the key to success in any field, especially, in education. Our teachers constantly strive to stay updated by attending workshops & various training Programs.

Our teachers also attended workshops conducted by Extra marks to enhance their skills.

Student Achievements:

The competition is not only among the fellow students of Modern Secular Public School, Shergarh Cheema (Sangrur).  They need to extend their boundaries and emerge as victors among other students of the city.

In this era of English taking over all other languages, it was indeed a very heart warming and beautiful moment when our students took part and won in Competitions.

Assemblies are an essential part of schools, for they not only promote a sense of collective belonging to the school but they also educate the students in various ways. Best Assembly Trophies were awarded to the winning classes, along with the Best Class Awards.

Co- Curricular Activities

By providing a conducive and encouraging environment, the students are mentored to participate in a variety of intra and interschool activities/competitions. It enables the student to grow in confidence, knowledge & enhance their all-round development.

 Some of the co-curricular activities for Primary are outlined as follows:

1.    Hindi Skit

2.    File Making

3.    Hand Painting

4.    T-Shirt Painting

5.    Hindi Subject Story Telling Competition

6.    Hindi Subject Enrichment Program

Moving over to co-curricular activities for Secondary:

1.    Solo Dance Competition

2.    Skit Competition

3.    Singing Competition

4.    Drawing Competition

5.    Debate Competition

Aside from individual activities, group activities were also conducted.

Student Achievement Programs

To ensure that our students are equipped to face any challenge, we have focused on few Student   Enrichment programs which are as follows:

1.    Procter & Gamble Awareness Program for Mothers and Daughters

2.    Career Counseling for Parents and Students

3.    Lectures by Invited Parents

As said by Martin Rees, “Crucial to science education is hands in involvement: showing, not just telling; real experiments and field trips and not just Virtual Reality.”

In times of need, it our basic responsibility to help those who need it, and with this thought, the students organized a Community Outreach Program and Donation Drive for Flood Victims.

To add a new flavour to the daily assemblies, themes are given to corresponding sections of the school, along with one day being dedicated to any special day of the week.

Various clubs are introduced for skill development and to generate inquisitiveness and interest and encourage students to bring out creativity. This year we have introduced clubs for Primary and Secondary class students.

Celebration of Events

Along with these, various events are celebrated with a lot of vigour and fun. Some of them are:

1.    Republic Day

2.    Independence Day

3.    Yoga Day

4.    Teachers’ Day

5.    Sports Day

6.    Children’s Day

7.   Investiture Ceremony

Besides these, a lot of events were also conducted, such as:

1.    Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, conducted regularly on Saturdays

2.    Quami Ekta

3.    Rashtriya Ekta Divas

4.    Term End Exhibition for Primary and Secondary

New Initiatives

With gaining knowledge and conducting contests, many events are celebrated. These events are not only educational but also fun. Some of the initiatives taken this year are:

1.    Vann Mahotsav

2.    Pustak Mahotsav

3.    Measles & Rubella Vaccination

And a lot more concepts were introduced.

Events Cutting Across Groups

To improve upon and inspire an individual is great, but greater still is inspiring a group, and with this in our mind, we organize Parent Orientation and PTAs.

School Improvement Programs

Constant improvement is the key to success. In this endeavour, we have introduced a few infrastructural and other developments:

1.    Water Purifier

2.    CCTV's in all locations etc.

Conclusion

To conclude, this year, we all took more collective step towards our vision, and while one step was taken, many more are to go, and it is certainly achievable.

Thank you n have a great time always!!

KAMALVIR SINGH

PRINCIPAL