A tsunami and its aftermath, he cademic year 2011-12 was urged his hearers to strive for inaugurated on March 28 with excellence in every dimension an inter-religious prayer of life.meeting in the oval. Fr. R. C.

Chacko, S.J., a former teacher

of the school was a special

invitee for the occasion. He

g a v e a n i n s p i r i n g a n d

encouraging message to the

staff and students. Reflecting

on the disciplined behaviour of

the Japanese people through

the recent earth quake,

T visits by doctors were he school celebrated the high lights of this Health Week during yearApr i l 26-30 wi th

various programmes to

heighten the awareness

of the students about

living healthy lives.

B u l l e t i n b o a r d

displays, assemblies

on various themes and

the chief accountant. Mr. t hn May 5 , The Angelus Kiro was appointed

school bid farewell to in 1986 and served as the

two long serving Registrar of the school. The

office staff, Mr. school will miss these quiet,

Angelus Kiro and Mr. u n a s s u m i n g , h e l p f u l ,

Julius Ekka . Mr. c o m p e t e n t a n d l o y a l

Julius Ekka joined the stalwarts.

school in 1973 and

rose to the position of

O

A quiz competition was held

on May 7 for high school

students under the guidance

of Mrs. Amrita Sahay and

Mr. Subroto Banerjee.

New Academic Year Inaugurated

Health Week Celebrations Farewell to Two Veterans

High School Quiz

Presentation by the Principal

Xavier’s Hazaribag Times July 2011

O for the next two weeks. n Apri l 25, Easter Rebuilding of the wall and Monday, without any removal of the debris could advance information, the be completed only during l o c a l a d m i n i s t r a t i o n the summer vacation. The demolished more than two parking space inside the thirds of the southern campus has now become boundary wall of the school narrow leading to traffic compound. This boundary jams.has been in that position

from the beginning of the

school way back in 1952.

The compound remained

vulnerable and exposed

The School Compound Wall Demolished

T in the camp was not up to the he school closed for the expectation of the organizers. summer on May 9th. Under the The library was open throughout leadership of Mr. Rajat Nag a the summer vacation. The week-long training programme computer centre was also open to fo r games t eache r s was the students during the first half organised. About 65 teachers of the vacation. Mr. P. M. Singh, from Catholic schools of submitted his resignation from Hazaribag diocese took part in service to the Principal during the training. This was done with the holidaysthe view of building capacity in

the schools to conduct high

quality sports and games

activities. At the same time the

school had its summer camp for

games such as football, basket

ball, volley ball, kho-kho and so

on. Participation of the students

D more at tract ive with uring the holidays major granite and glazed tiles. repairs of the school was The flooring of the middle undertaken. Three new school corridors has been lightning conductors have replaced. With more been installed. Water windows and ventilators proofing of the high school and brighter painting the building was completed. middle school appears well All the old wiring has been lit and attractive.completely replaced. The

front entrance and the

stairways have been made

Summer Vacation: Training for Coaches and Referees

Renovation Work

Dear Xaverians and Friends,

We have strived harder in the last three years to improve the communication among the stakeholders of the school. Much attention

was paid to the ongoing dialogue between the school administration, students, faculty and staff, and parents. Regular staff meetings,

parent-teacher meetings and were the important vehicles for this. A good number of the alumni/alumnae have

expressed their desire to be kept informed about the happenings in their alma mater. So we are launching this quarterly e-news letter

in the Diamond Jubilee year of the school with this inaugural issue. Warm regards… Fr. P. J. James, S.J.

averianThe pressionsX

S Skills through Educational taff Seminar was held Testing). from June 13-15. The first

two days of the seminar was

conducted by Sr. Denise

Mary on Education for

Holistic Living. The third

day Mrs. Anita Kamath

detailed the development of

rubrics for assessment. Her

input is part of the support

offered by Educational

Initiatives to the schools

t h a t t a k e A S S E T

(Assessment of Scholastic

C Mishra (Hindi and Sanskrit in the lasses resumed for all after the Middles School) and Mrs. summer vacation on June 16. A Anukana Das Demodak (Physics w e l c o m e c e r e m o n y w a s in the senior classes) joined the organized by Std. XII for the school .students of Std. XI. Two new

teachers, Mr. Krishna Kant

A very movingly shared his condolence memories both as a student of Fr. prayer meeting Hosking and later as his colleague.was organized on

J u n e 1 8 i n

memory of Fr.

Phil Hosking, a

f o r m e r V i c e

Principal of the High School who

passed away on May 15 at the

age of 83. Mr. Debabrata Mitra

Staff Summer Seminar Welcome to New Students and Teachers

Fr. Hosking Passes away

A which will be recycled. Prof n initiative to make the V i k a s K u m a r ( S t . school more eco-friendly Columba's College) spoke has been undertaken as a to the students in three diamond jubilee year different assemblies on project. During the summer June 17 and 18 about the vacation the drainages were protection of the planet re - la id to d i rec t the through the prevention of maximum amount of water plastic waste.to the two existing ground

water recharging heads.

New green bins have been

placed at prominent places

on the campus for the

collection of plastic waste

Towards more Eco-friendly Living

On June 18, Col. Binay Kumar (Retd.)

addressed the students on how the

earth's precious resources can be

conserved using low cost technology.

He has agreed to support the school's

effort to convert bio-degradable waste

to vermi-compost. A week later a

group of teachers visited the colonel's

farm to learn more about the ideas he

shared in the school.

With the collaboration of the forest department the green cover

of the campus will be increased with the plantation of 400 trees

this year. All these activities are being undertaken with the full

support and participation of the students. There is a plan to install

a paper recycling plant on the campus this very academic year.

G had the i r so lo s ing ing o n z a g a D a y w a s competition on the day before.celebrated on 25th June with

g rea t en thus iasm. An

informative and entertaining

programme was organised

for the school assembly by

the Gonzaga House. It was

followed by a group singing

competition for senior

students . The middle school

Gonzaga Day