jnanamanjari final

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

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 Behavior 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,
Chennai.

She also attended and presented a session on Counselor’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 Sarawathi 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”.

Ms. Padmavathy Raman and Ms. M. Meenakshi visited the
American library with students from Class VIII-A & B.
Ms. C. Gowri, Ms. M. Meenakshi, Ms. Manjula Sukumar, Miss. S.
Rajeswari, Ms. Lakshmi Srikanth, Ms. K. Jayalakshmi, attended ACP
Orientation Programme, at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Adyar, IIT, Chennai,
for Classes VII and VIII.

Ms. Maria Reena, and Ms. Sangeetha Rajaram, along with few
students of Class XI attended a Mathematics / Science Workshop to
Chennai Mathematical Institute, Siruseri, and Chennai.

Mrs. Maria Reena attended a seminar conducted by IMSC, at
P.S.Senior Secondary School, Mylapore, Chennai.

Ms. D. Nandini and Ms. R. Janaki, attended CSSC ELT programme
for Primary and Middle school English teachers, organised by
Collins Publishers, at The Hindu Sr.Sec.School, Adyar, Chennai.

Ms. D. Nandini, English teacher attended a content guidance
programme by Collins, at

Ms. R. Bhuvaneswari attended a workshop for Hindi teachers
conducted by Madhuban publishers, at Residency Towers, Chennai.

Ms. Parrvathy Gurumoorthy, acted as a Judge for a speech
competition, Ms. H. Sujatha, for Music competition and Ms. Priya
Bandavi, for Dance competition at Lady Sivaswami Ayyar Girls’
Higher Secondary School, Mylapore, Chennai.

Ms. Bhama Ravi Venkatesh and Ms. B. Sudha Rani attended a
workshop by IHAR at Nandhanam, on Multidisciplinary approach
to Indian History.

All staff members were invited for lunch extended by Sri N.V.
Narayanaswami, Chairman & Secretary,
Sir P.S. Sivaswami Ayyar’s Educational Charities Institutions,
Thirukkattupalli, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, in view of Lady
Kalyani Ammal statue.

Ms. Parrvathy Gurumoorthy, Tamil Teacher, was invited as the Chief
Guest to deliver a lecture on “Thirumanthirathil Maruthuvam”.

Mr.T.N. Ramakrishnan, Miss. R. Leela and Ms. N. Malaiammal,
Physical Education Teachers, attended a training programme in
Health and Physical education, conducted by the CBSE, at SBOA
School, Anna Nagar, Chennai.

Ms. Tara, English teacher, attended a workshop about Improvement
in Education System, at St. John’s Public School, Medavakkam,
Chennai.

Ms. V. Sujatha and Ms. R. Leela attended a Music workshop along
with the music students of Classes VI-VIII, where the nuances of
music was taught to them.

Ms. Saraswathi Ramanan and Ms. B. Sudha Rani attended a
workshop on Social Science content preparation for Primary and
Middle School, organized by Oriental Blackswan, at Anna Salai,
Chennai.
Ms. Choodamani Govind, Social Science teacher attended a Capacity
Building Programme workshop at Unity Public School, Chennai.

Ms. Jashoda Sundar, Vice- Principal, attended a Principal’s meet at
Accord Metropolitan on Growing Trends in Education.

Ms. N. Vijaya and Ms. Chitra Kannan, attended a workshop on the
girl child in Indian Literature and History, conducted by Ms.
Chandra Tanikachalam, Vice-President, Indian Council for Child
Welfare.

Children’s Day:
Few teachers gave an intercom programme for students in view of
Children’s Day. Chu Chu TV conducted Drawing, colouring and
Essay competitions for Classes I-V. Trophies were given for the
winners. All students of Classes LKG-V were given a gift from Chu
Chu TV.
Yoga:
International Yoga Day was celebrated on 21.6.2018. Selected
students from Classes VIII & IX attended a yoga session at the
school playfield.

Foundation Day:
President, Sri Srinivasan.K.Swami, distributed pens to all the
students and staff on 22.6.2018.

Sri N.V. Narayanaswami, Chairman & Secretary, Sir P.S. Sivaswami
Ayyar’s Educational Charities Institutions, Thirukkattupalli,
Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, sponsored sweets for all students
and staff on account of Lady Kalyani Ammal Memorial Day.

Ms. M.S. Jayasri and Ms. T.N. Swarnalatha, attended a Principal
workshop organized by on Child Safety, at Santhome
Hr.Sec.School, Mylapore, Chennai.

Ms. R. Leela and Ms. N. Malaiammal attended a seminar on
Physical Education, organized by Ratna Sagar P.Ltd., at B.S.
Mootha Girls Sr.Sec.School, West Mambalam, Chennai.

Our Principal Smt. M.S. Jayasri, was part of the CBSE School
Inspection team.

Ms. T.N. Swarnalatha, Health and Wellness teacher was shortlisted
as a resource person and conducted a programme for CBSE on
Inclusive Education on 27th and 28th January 2018, in Puducherry.

Enrichment Programmes:
Petroleum Corporation, addressed students of Class VIII on “LPG –
safety and saving”.

On account of Yoga Day Parth Health Studio organised fitness
exercises demo with simple yoga exercise for Classes IX and X
students in the school ground.

Representative from Career launch spoke on law and related fields in
Indian and International level to Class XII Commerce students.

TIME Institute conducted orientation on CLAT to XI and XII
Commerce group.

Kalpaviruksha organization conducted an orientation on KVPY and
entrance exams for Class XII students.

Personal hygiene programme including audio visual documentary on
awareness of hygiene was conducted in auditorium for classes I, II
and V, by the school

The school also showcased a documentary film on Safe touch to
children of Classes III – V in their classroom smart board.

Aakash Institute conducted an orientation on career choices for
Class X students.

Achieve organization conducted an orientation on course selection
after Class XII for students of Classes XI and XII.

MT Educare representative spoke about CA prospectus and changes
for the academic year for Class XI Commerce students.

Ms. Arti Venkatesh, Chetna Foundation, our alumni conducted an
awareness session on Safe Touch to Class III students as a part of
her social commitment programme.

Asoka university representative spoke on unique courses to Class XI,
Commerce group (graduation and integrated) and their prospects of
the courses and admission procedures.

Ms. Deepshika Arasu, our alumni and Ms. Subha, conducted a
workshop for students of Classes IX, XI and XII, on Gender
Inequality.

Ms. Shakthi Sethuraman, Free Lancer, organised a workshop for
students of Classes IX and XI on “Hocus, Tocus, Focus”.

Sri. S. Sridharan, Correspondent, of our school had a session for
students of Classes XI and XII.

Hundai conducted an awareness programme on Road Safety with
activities for Classes III, IV and VII. They also distributed Aloe Vera
Plants to all students and staff.
The CBSE Capacity Building programmes in English, Maths,
Accountancy, Economics, Gender Sensitivity, Value Education and
Career Guidance among others were a part of this.

Our Health and Wellness teacher Ms. T.N. Swarnalatha has also
been selected as a Resource Person for CBSE and conducted a
programme on Inclusion Strategies at A.J. Senior Secondary School,
Pondicherry.

Service programmes are also organized at regular intervals for
teachers –
A Fire demo was conducted by the Fire department for all staff.

A workshop on `Emotional Freedom’ was conducted by Shakti
Sethuraman.

Ms. Choodamani Govind along with a few students attended the
three day- Silver Jubilee Conference at Veda valli Vidyalaya, Ranipet.

ACP is a part of the Value Education programme for classes VII and
VIII and teachers regularly attend orientations conducted by them.
Our school is a part of the value education initiative of IMCTF.

The Principal, Ms. M.S. Jayasri, was a part of the CBSE Inspection
team for two schools this year.

Enrichment Programmes:
Students also attend various enrichment programmes, career
guidance sessions and life skill orientations both in the school and
outside.

Class VIII had a session on LPG safety and saving.

Students were oriented and shown a documentary on Safe Touch.
A personal hygiene programme was conducted
A session on Yoga day was organized by Parth Health Studio
A Session for senior students on Gender Inequality was held.
Hyundai created awareness on Road Safety.
T.I.M.E conducted an orientation for classes XI and XII on CLAT
A `National and International level prospects for students after Class
XII’ programme was conducted by Career Launcher.
Aakash Institute conducted a programme for Class X on career
choices.
School Programmes:
In the course of the year, the school celebrated an array of occasions
impressively. These comprised the Investiture Ceremony, Kalpa
Kosha, Annual Day, Independence Day, Prize Distribution Day,
Sports Day, Saraswathi Pooja, Book Week, on line Magazine
Release, Talent Exposition Week, Shivanjali, Craft Bazaar,
Thyagaraja Aradhana, Republic Day, Chip Challenge, Pre-Primary
Day,

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National Science Day, Teachers’ Day, Inter-school Basket Ball and
Cricket Tournaments, Interact Club, Language Day, etc..

For the first time in the course of the school’s history, the school
magazine ‘JNANAMANJARI’ was successfully released as an E-
magazine – a significant milestone indeed!

All staff members went for an excursion to Thirukkattupalli, Tanjore.
It was a break from the routine and a chance to bond.

Yearly Meetings inclusive of the School Managing Committee,
Smriti Alumni Association and Transport Committee were held too.

Intra-School Competitions:
The students are given ample opportunities to explore their strengths
in the various intra-school competitions organized by all the different
departments for students from classes I to XII.

Teacher Parent Interaction:
PTA meetings were held on Saturdays giving the parents and
teachers a platform to discuss the progress of the students.
Teachers’ Day:
The PTA honored the teachers by presenting them with flasks for the
Teachers’ Day.
The Management hosted the Teachers’ day celebration on 5.9.2018,
for staff members of all the three schools, at Lady Sivaswami Ayyar
Girls Higher Secondary School.
Shri Srinivasan.K. Swamy, Vice-President, N.B.G.E.S, has endowed
the Gnana Saraswathi Rolling Trophy- Best Teacher award for
teachers in his father’s name. The trophies were awarded on
Teachers’ Day. The winners were:

Pre-Primary – Ms. Chitra Mohan Kumar
Primary – Ms. K. Jayalakshmi
Middle – Ms. Usha Suresh
Senior Secondary – Ms. Bhama Ravi Venkatesh
Gnana Saraswathi Trophy - Best Teacher - Co-scholastic activities -
Mr. S. Velmurugan, Co-scholastic activities, Excellence in Art

Ms. Choodamani Govind – Social Science Teacher for Best Teacher
– endowed in the name of Late Shri Ravada Subbannagaru,
instituted by Dr. Smt. Jaya Venugopal

Learning beyond Classrooms:
Field trips and Educational trips are conducted regularly for all
classes, to enable learning beyond the classroom.

Winners of Inter-School Competitions:
Our school students actively participated in various inter-school
competitions organized by Sekizhar Research Centre, Sri
Vidhyatheertha Foundation, The Children’s Club Society, Kalai
Panpattu Thurai, Sishu Utsav, to name a few and won several prizes.

The Music Forum along with Music Academy organized a Music
Workshop on 4.8.2018. Our school won the II Place with a trophy
and the Build a Rasika Award was conferred.

In the Quiz competition organized by the AMM School, our school
team won the I Place in the 5th Level and IV Place in the 4th Level.
Students won a gift coupon worth Rs.10,000/- each from TI Cycles,
and a cash prize of Rs.2,500/- each from Sri. M.C. Srikanth,
Committee Member, N.B.G.E.S.

Sri M.C. Srikanth, also awarded a cash prize of Rs.2, 500/- to a Class
IX student who qualified for the National level at the CBSE Cluster
Boxing Tournament-2018.

Savyasachi Mogili of Class VI and her brother Saketh Vatsin Kumar
Mogili of Class UKG participated in an International Art
Competition, at Myanmar. Both of them won the 5th Runner up
position. Savya was one among three from India in her age group
and Sakesh was the only one from India in his age group. They
were awarded certificates and trophies.

Dr. Smt. Prema Kasturi, Member, NBGES, created an Endowment
of Rs.50,000/- in memory of her grandfather K.S.Krishnaswami
Iyengar, for conducting a Margazhi Cultural Festival in the month of
December. This year the festival was conducted on 26.2.2019 at the
R.K. Swamy Auditorium.

S. Sivasri, our alumna, a promising, upcoming Vocalist presented a
programme, accompanied by our school students.