ANNUAL REPORT 2023 – 2024
Walt Whitman, an American poet rightly pointed out “Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you”.
Respected Chief Guest of our School’s 13 th Annual Day Celebration, Sri K K Ramachandran, President of this Glorious Day, Rev. Fr. Varghese Koothur, Smt Sundari Mohandas, Trikkur Panchayat President,, Rev. Fr Varghese Tharakan our Chairman, Rev Sr Alphonse Maria our Academic Director, Distinguished Dignitaries, PTA President, Trust Representative, Parish Trustee, Members of the Teaching and Non-Teaching Fraternity, Parents, Benefactors, Invited Guests, and my very dear children.
I am immensely happy to welcome you all to our school’s 13th Annual Day Celebration.
I would like to gratefully express my deep debt of gratitude to God the Father who has guided and carried us all through the years in the growth and developmental stages of this renowned School. Let us also bow our heads before St. Raphael our divine patron.
INTRODUCTION
The academic year 2023-24 was immeasurably splendid proving that great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. Our team work was tremendous resulting in admirable outcomes. As we share the yearly updates of our activities, we take the gratification to say that we did our best to do as we had planned and we are proud of our students and teachers who strive hard to achieve beyond their potential. We have focused on the holistic growth of the students. We have always been committed to create an environment in the school which helps the young minds to blossom and provide a platform for individual thinking and holistic development of the child’s personality. I feel extremely glad, proud and privileged to present the SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT, the gist of our activities and achievements of the Academic Year 2023-24.
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Class X students have showcased a remarkable execution of hard work with laudable 100% result in Central Board Secondary Education (CBSE)Examination 2023. Champions are the outcome of the repeated hard work, consistency and immovability to acquire the peak of not just their own but their trainers and coaches. The school honoured and appreciated the toppers in a glittering function. The students were in a bushel of unbridled euphoria when their hard earned success was celebrated. Hearty congratulations to all the children who made St. Raphael’s fame grow higher, taller and broader. Your peerless performance in the Board Exams always finds resonance with the splendid academic excellence of our School. My sincere and genuine appreciation to all the teachers for notching up sweet success proving that you are efficient and proficient in your subject besides being the lighthouse of morality, knowledge and sound wisdom.
HUMAN RESOURCE AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES.
STAFF ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMES
In the vast and diverse field of education, staying updated forms a vital parameter to enhance the process of teaching and learning. Our teachers constantly strive to learn and hone their skills by attending workshops and training programmes. There were Teacher Enrichment Workshops, Orientation Programmes in the school.
We are able to keep up high standards only because we ensure our teachers receive regular Professional development opportunities provided by the management and CBSE.
PARENTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
The PTA of our school has been striving with true spirit and determination for the success of this Institution. It has always endorsed the school in all its activities to achieve goals. It has always stood with us in the smooth functioning of our school. The PTA General Body for the academic year 2023 - 2024 was held on ….... ….. was elected as the PTA President of the academic year 2023- 2024. The school takes special interest in briefing the progress of their wards very frequently. A strong rapport between parents and teachers is very much essential. Keeping this in mind we conduct class wise P.TA. meetings throughout the academic year. It provides an opportunity for the teachers and parents alike to get an insight of the strength and weakness of a child. Communication processes through SMS, WhatsApp messaging and regular telephone contacts have strengthened relationships between the school and parent body and enhanced students’ overall performance.
Our 2023 - 24 school year has been packed with scholastic and co scholastic activities. Let us together look at all the exciting things we did at SRPS.
INVESTITURE CEREMONY
Investiture Ceremony is one of the most momentous occasions when the School Administration entrusts hope, faith and mantle of responsibility to the newly elected School Cabinet. The invigorating investiture ceremony was grandly held on 27th June 2023. A solemn procession led by the captains of the four houses and the leaders – elect was a real feast to the eyes and celebration tidings reached the skies. The school Principal administered the oath of office to the newly Elected School Council and they were honoured with sashes.
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON DRUG ADDICTION
A Street play was presented on the occasion of MP’S Excellence award and at the Mavinchodu centre providing a general awareness on illeffects of drug abuse.
RAPHA FEST
Rapha Fest is a time when talents are out on the spotlight and creativity expressed through skills finds centre stage. A two day - event carved a niche imprinting indelible impression in everyone’s lasting memory. Mr Shibu Machad ,All India Radio National Awardee & Dubbing Artist was the Invited Chief Guest. His precious presence and inspiring speech created a magical spell on the students as well as on the teachers. With a magic sway of eloquent words, he earned an endearing place in the hearts and minds of all as he delivered a powerful message on how to live and thrive, facing all the challenges that one could encounter in life. The winners of various competitions were awarded trophies, medals and certificates.
SPORTS DAY
Sports and Games are quite good for physical and mental health. Sports and games help the students develop leadership skills and equip them with enormous ability to set great goals and build personal character. Annual Sports Meet was most memorably celebrated on OCTOBER 19, 2023. Mr. Krishnadev T S, FCI Football player & Coach cum Manager of RONDOS was the Chief Guest. The entire day kept the students and teachers enormously passionate, convincingly courageous and energetically focused. Rev. Fr. Varghese Tharakan, the Chairman presided over the function. The Chief Guest delightedly declared the Sports Meet Open after a grand spectacle of power - packed parade. The athletic events got off to an energetic start. Running, Long Jump, Javelin Throw and Relay fostered team spirit. Claps of encouragement from House wise pavilion rented the air motivating the participants to win laurels for their respective Houses. Medals were given to winning teams and the winners of the Athletic Events were honoured instantly and students ultimately learnt practical lessons to explore, endure, tolerate and cooperate with each other, accepting defeats and triumphs as stepping stones to future success.
CELEBRATIONS
The festivals in India are rich in meaning and vibrant in energy. They help us express our love, feelings, talents and skills. World Bicycle day, World Blood Donors day, Doctors day, World Population day, Anti drugs day, Hiroshima Day, Malala day, Hindi diwas, World literacy day, International ozone day, etc were observed to give awareness on the importance of the days. Important National Festivals like Reading day, International Yoga Day, Independence Day, Teacher’s Day, Children’s Day, etc were celebrated with due significance. The Cultural Festivals such as Onam were also sensationally celebrated in a grand scale.
Highlights of year were Street play on Ill effects of drugs at the stage of MP’s excellence award, Indian Swathanthrya Samaram charithra thalukaliloode mega performance where about 100 students performed, VATSALYM – Mothers performed on the stage.
To make the children more active and independent field trips have been organized.
AWARENESS PROGRAMMES & COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH PROGRAMMES.
Learning from experience has an exclusive worth in the present times. For this, various awareness programmes and health enhancing programmes were conducted. The senior students actively participated in flash mob, Street plays conducted to promote awareness on various social issues.
SWIMMING
Our students participated in the inter school swimming competition conducted by CBSE held at Karnataka.
SCHOOL EXHIBITION
The school exhibition witnessed great enthusiasm and blooming participation from children who had the unique opportunity of exploring as well as expressing their creative scientific ideas in the form of activities, models and projects. The event gave a diverse hands on experience to children, wherein they could translate the theoretical scientific principles into the mode of application in the form of observable phenomena. This event led the children from the realms of theory into the arena of practicum.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
KG classrooms has been beautified with new attractive furniture and an activity room with play area and smart TV for Pre KG. Computer lab is upgraded with additional computers.
CONCLUSION
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. In the words of Piaget, the Goals of education is not to increase the amount of theoretical knowledge but help the children put into practice the knowledge acquired and create the possibilities for a child to invent, to discover to adventurously explore and imagine the impossible to make it possible. We look back with gratitude and look forward with great hope to the future. The academic year so far has sailed by, has a treasure trove of changes, challenges, opportunities and thrilling experiences. This wonderful journey has been so awesome, amazing, astounding and humbling too. As we are nearing the concluding part of the Annual Report, I raise my heart in gratitude to God Almighty for having guided us throughout these years with his boundless love and care. I render my heartfelt thanks to the Chief Guest Sri Ramachandran KK MLA for having accepted our invitation and his presently gracing the Annual day Celebration of our school despite his hectic work. We would like express our Special Thanks to Smt Sundari Mohandas for her gracious presence. I am deeply thankful for Rev. Fr. Varghese Koothur for his inspiring presence, magnanimous guidance & encouragement. I would like to express my sincere thanks to Rev. Fr. Varghese Tharakan, who guides us all through the time and is helping us scale new heights, each passing day. I extend my profound thanks to Rev. Sr. Alphonse Maria for her valuable presence, precious strength and support. I acknowledge my sincere thanks to Fr Jees. I thank the PTA President Smt Dayana Renet and all the members of the PTA Executive Committee. My appreciative thanks goes to the Management, St. Raphael Trust, Teachers, Parents, Supporting Staff, Office Staff and my dear loving children. A Big and pleasant thanks to one and all for your invaluable presence.
With prayers and thanks let me conclude the Annual Report 2023 with a famous quote by ALBERT EINSTEIN. “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
Wish you all Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year. I remain. Thank you.
