jnanamanjari final 2019-20

MESSAGE

“You have to set goals that are almost out of reach. If you set a
goal that is attainable without much work or thought, you are
stuck with something below your true talent and potential”

My best wishes to the Principal, staff and students of Kalalaya
in aiming high, setting extraordinary benchmarks and achieving
their goals this year with hard work, integrity and sincerity.
Swami Vivekananda said, “Arise, Awake, and stop not till the
goal is reached.” May all of you be blessed with good health and
happiness in your march towards your goals.

-Dr. Smt. Vathsala Narayanaswami

Have faith in yourself

11 September 1893 is an important landmark in our country’s history.
On that day at the Parliament of Religions gathering in Chicago, Swami
Vivekananda, one of our greatest spiritual leaders, rose up to give a
very brief speech representing India and Hinduism. “Sisters and
brothers of America”, he began and was greeted by a two minute
standing ovation. He then went on to talk about tolerance and universal
acceptance of all religions. Vivekananda strength came from his own
belief that he could help the poor and change the world. “Have faith in
yourself — all power is in you” he exhorted his disciples, which is of
great relevance even in today’s world. Every day brings us new
experiences and it also brings in infinite possibilities to do new things.
All we need to do is work with passion, with good attention to detail.
And keep faith in ourselves that we are capable of pulling off a great
achievement. “This world is a great gymnasium where we come to make
ourselves strong”, he has said in one of his writings. Let’s become
strong to serve humanity!

Best Wishes,

Shri. Srinivasan K Swamy

President NBGES

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

The thought uppermost in my mind as I pen
down a message for this edition of

GNANAMANJARI is the importance of

gratitude. This essential quality seems to
be in short supply and people always seem
to want more, rather than being thankful
for what they have. My dear students, be
thankful for all your blessings – your
family, teachers, friends and everything
else that you have. Make the best of these
which have been bestowed upon you.
Gratitude and contentment are the keys to
unlock your inner potential and scale
greater heights.

M.S.Jayasri

PRINCIPAL

SIR SIVASWAMI KALALAYA SR.SEC.SCHOOL

FROM THE VICE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

I was surprised to see my son using
something called a PROMODORO timer –
looked more like a plastic tomato to me.
When questioned he explained that this is
a time management method which uses a
timer to break down work into intervals of
25 minutes separated by short breaks.
Promodoro is the Italian word for tomato –
explaining the shape of the timer as used
by its developers Francesco Cirllo in the
late 1980s. This technique not only
improves focus and concentration – the
breaks dispel the monotony.

In today’s scenario where students are
bombarded with so many distractions –
focussing on the task at hand has become a
great challenge. This technique will prove
very effective. Divide the time available into
25 minute capsules. After 2 capsules take a
10 minute break. Decide on your to do list,
focus, work hard, work smart take breaks

and ensure completion of the task at hand
– be it academics, sports, time on social
media, friend time, reading TV time and
scale the heights to success.
Wishing all Kalalayans all the very best for
a wonderful year ahead.

Jashoda Sundar
Vice Principal

SIR SIVASWAMI KALALAYA SR.SEC.SCHOOL

Editor’s Note

“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to

stay where we are” -Mason Cooley

They are uniquely portable magic. Books can transport you to
a totally different world. It can be the best option to relax in
the mundane everyday life that poses a lot of stress to our
brain. It paves a way to understand the different characters
we encounter in our life.

Reading a variety of books enables us to expand our
vocabulary and change the way we look at people, our
surroundings, or the world at large. Some books are to be
tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed
and digested.

Our school magazine “Jnanamanjari” is our humble effort at
encouraging students to write creatively and keep the joy of
reading alive in a world dominated by technology.

-Chitra Rajagopalan

CLASS X

V. Hariharan- 485/500 -
School First

Sri Vijaya Raghav Srinivasan AND S.K. Sri Sri -
480/500 – School Second

S.D. Lakshithaa - 479/500
– School Third

CLASS XII
Science Group: (English, Maths, Physics,
Chemistry, Computer Science/Biology)

School First - 476/500 - K. Chandramouli, R.G.
Kaviya

School First - 476/500 - K. Srivastan, V. Suvethasri,
C. Srinidhi

School Second - Vimal. S.
Ramanan - 475/500

School Third –– C.V.
Sinekhaa - 474/500

Commerce Group: (English, Business Studies,
Economics, Accountancy, Maths/Marketing I
Informatics Practices)

School First - R.Srinithi - School Second – K. Tejasri -
478/500 474/500

School Third – D. Jothi
Shree - 473/50

GANAPATHY HOMAM



KALPAKOSHA

ANNUAL DAY







INDEPENDENCE DAY

SPORTS DAY





TEACHER’S DAY

INTER SCHOOL INVITATION BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT





YOGA DAY

PRE PRIMARY DAY

NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY

LANGUAGE DAY

KAMARAJAR DAY

TYAGARAJA ARADHANA

SHIVANJALI



REPUBLIC DAY



SARASWATHI POOJA

INTRASCHOOL DEBATE COMPETITION

CHIP CHALLENGE

BOOK WEEK

ALUMNI MEET

SIR SIVASWAMI KALALAYA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

“True excellence is a product of synergy”
Mack Wilberg
It gives me great pleasure to present the highlights of the activities of
Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya Senior Secondary School for 2018-19.

New Academic Session:
The strength of the school for the academic year is 1462 and the staff
strength is 89 comprising 58 teaching staff, 14 non-teaching staff and
17 housekeeping staff.

Ganapathy Homum, before the commencement of the new session,
was held on 2.4.2019.

Board Exam Results:
In the academic field the school has maintained its tradition of
securing cent percent result in the X and XII Examinations
conducted by the CBSE in March 2019.

CLASS XII:

Science Group: (English, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Computer
Science/Biology)

School First – 476/500 – 5 students

K. Chandramouli, R.G. Kaviya, K. Srivastan, V. Suvethasri and C. Srinidhi

School Second - Vimal. S. Ramanan - 475/500
School Third –– C.V. Sinekhaa - 474/500

Number of Students Appeared: 37

Pass Percentage 100%

Highest Aggregate 95.2%

Lowest Aggregate 69.4%

Commerce Group: (English, Business Studies, Economics,
Accountancy, Maths / Marketing / Informatics Practices)

School First – R. Srinithi - 478/500
School Second – K. Tejasri - 474/500
School Third – D. Jothi Shree - 473/500

Number of Students Appeared: 39

Pass Percentage 100%

Highest Aggregate 95.6%

Lowest Aggregate 63.4%

Seven students from the Science Group and one student from the
Commerce Group have secured an A1 Grade in all 5 subjects.

Class X:

Number of Students Appeared: 104

Pass Percentage 100%

1. V. Hariharan- 485/500 - School First

2. S.K. Sri Sri & Sri Vijaya Raghav Srinivasan - 480/500 – School
Second

3. S.D. Lakshithaa - 479/500 – School Third

Pass Percentage 100%
Highest Aggregate 97%
Lowest Aggregate
46.8%

Six students have secured an A1 Grade in all 5 subjects. Two
students have secured centum in Social Science.

Sri N.V. Narayanaswami, Chairman & Secretary, Sir P.S. Sivaswami
Ayyar’s Educational Charities Institutions, Thirukkattupalli,
Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, gave sweets to all students and staff
to celebrate Lady Kalyani Ammal’s birthday.

Principal Parent Meeting:

The Principal-Parent Meets for all classes were held as scheduled.

Workshops conducted for the teachers:
Workshops were organized for teachers to empower themselves.
Sessions on `Storytelling’, `Dyslexia and Behaviour Management’,
`Learning’ difficulties and `Public Relations from within’, were a few.

Teachers attended various workshops conducted both by the CBSE
and various other organizations
Mrs. T.N. Swarnalatha, acted as a Trainer for the Innovative
Educators Forum, Tamil Nadu - State Level Second Conclave, held
on 11th and 12th August 2018, at Ramya Sathianathan Vidhyashram,
Thanjavur. She trained on the topic Learning Disabilities. She was
awarded a memento of recognition.

Mrs. Swarnalatha gave a presentation on “Inclusion Strategies” as
CBSE resource person at A.J. Senior Secondary School, Pondicherry.

She also attended CBSE Capacity Building Programme on Career
Guidance at KJN Vivekananda Vidyalaya Junior College, Perambur,
and Chennai.

She also attended and presented a session on Counsellor’s Role in
school at IEF Annual Meeting at Ramya Sathianathan Vidhyashram
Sen.Sec.School, Thanjavur.

Mrs. Swarnalatha, also attended an interactive session organized
Police Department on safety measures, camera installation at
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.

S. Sridharan, Correspondent, of our school conducted a workshop
for all staff members on “Good to Great”, on17.11.2018.

Sri S. Sridharan and Sri V.S. Subramanian conducted a brainstorming
session on the school and its activities on 11.8.2018, for the Principal,
Vice-Principal, Academic coordinator, HOD’s, In-charges and
Health and Wellness Teacher.

Fire Demo was conducted by the Fire Department for all staff
members, on 1.10.2018.

Mrs. Padmavathy Raman, TGT Maths, attended a workshop on
Capacity Building Programme, conducted by CBSE for Class X
Mathematics teacher, for two days, at DAV Boys Sen.Sec.School,
Chennai.

Mrs. Chitra Rajagopalan, attended a workshop on Capacity Building
Programme, conducted by CBSE for Class X English teacher, for
two days, at DAV Boys Sen.Sec.School, Chennai.

Ms. Indira Balakrishnan, Ms. Sumitha Gopalakrishnan, Ms. D.
Nandini and Ms. Lakshmi Srikanth, attended a Seminar on The role
of Teachers in value education in schools, organized by the Vidya at
Sringeri Jagadguru Pravachana Mandiram, Chennai.

Ms. Chitra Kannan attended a Sanskrit workshop organized by
Samskriti Bharath.

Ms. S. Rajeswari, Hindi Teacher, attended a workshop on
Techniques on Modern and Effective teaching in Hindi, organized
by Saraswathi Publication, at Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Chetpet,
Chennai.

Ms. S. Rajeswari, Hindi Teacher, attended a workshop on Class X
Hindi Teaching Techniques, organized by CBSE Capacity Building
Programme.

Ms. T.N. Swarnalatha, attended a Prospective Resource persons
orientation programme in Career Guidance, on 22nd and 23rd
January 2019, organised by CBSE Capacity Building Programme, at
Om Sadhana Central School, Madurai.

Ms. Shakthi Sethuraman, Free Lancer, organised a workshop for all
staff members on “Emotional Freedom”.

Ms. Choodamani Govind attended the Silver Jubilee Conference (3
days) at Vedavalli Vidyalaya,
Ranipet, along with Jayashree Manigandan and Rithvika Murali of
Class IX. Jayashree Manigandan received a memento for taking part
in the English Debate session – topic – Going by the child’s
aspiration propels success in his/her life”.