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18th
January,2010
NEWS LETTER
Dear Parents / Guardians,
As we roll into the second term
of the academic session 2009-2010 we welcomed the January 2010
morning sun with sincere prayers for our beloved country and for
each and every human being not only of our country but the entire
world at large. May God Almighty shower His blessings on all.
We all at school would like to
wish everybody a very happy and prosperous New Year and may Almighty
make this new year full of peace and love towards each other.
The school once again tried its
best to complete its set goals in academics, sports and
co-curricular activities for the term ending December 2009.As usual
no stone was left unturned in providing opportunities to the
students to successfully face the demands of any situation with
confidence.
The school
activities started with the celebration of the 62nd
years of independence. The function started with the arrival of the
chief guest Fatima Suriya Bajiya, a renowned writer, critic and a
well known humanitarian at 7:45 a.m. The flag was hoisted with the
scouts and the four houses marching and saluting the flag. After the
singing of the National Anthem and the school song, played by the
school band and sung by the school choir, the function commenced at
8:15 a.m. Bajiya was overwhelmed by the talent in the school. She
praised the eloquence of the speeches, the melodious voices of the
singers and the over all performance of the participants. She lauded
the staff and impressed upon the students the need to revere and
respect their teachers. She hoped and prayed that may the coming
generation be free of tyranny, internal and external, and stand up
to do all for their beloved homeland Pakistan. In the end she gave
away the Principal’s “Medal of Academic Excellence” to the following
students.
Primary-Muhammad Shajee Sohail
Farooqui of IB with 95.06%
Secondary- Muhammad Kaunain Razzak
of VIIB with 87.36%
Cambridge- Hamza-ud-din Siddiqui
of VIE with 88.98%
The much awaited and much
anticipated ‘Scouts Carnival’ was held in the school grounds on
Sunday August 16th,2009. Mr. Mehelli Dinshaw, the great
grandson of Seth Khurshedji Soparivala and the great-great grandson
of Seth Shahpurji Soparivala inaugurated the carnival at 11:00 a.m.
He visited various stalls and took special interest in Young Saver’s
Account of Bank Al-Habib and was happy to note that the young
children are encouraged to save money. He was well-satisfied with
the security arrangements and lauded the scouts for a carnival that
was well-organized. The carnival ended at
11:30 p.m. with the Band “Raeth”
performing for an enthusiastic crowd.
It took place on September 10th
2009.The Naoroji Ratanji Wadia Shield was won by Farjad-ur-Rehman of
class VA. House positions were as follows.Winner was Rezashah House
with 15 points, 2nd position went to Lancelot House with
13 points, 3rd was Quaid-e-Azam with 10 points.
The Primary Urdu Elocution was
held on October 5th 2009.The Naoraji Ratanji Wadia Shield
was shared by Farjad-ur-Rehman and Aoun Hussain of VA. House
positions were as follows: Quaid-e-Azam came first with 17 points,
followed by Soparivala House with 15 points. The third was Lancelot
House with 13 points followed by Rezashah House with 03 points.
An Inter School Speech Contest in
English and Urdu was organized by the Primary section of the
Ghulaman-e-Abbas School
and was held on October 27th
2009 at the Ghulaman-e-Abbas Auditorium. Two of our students
Farjad-ur-Rehman and Aoun Raza from class VA participated.
Fajad-ur-Rehman won third 3rd prize in the English speech
and Aoun Raza got the 4th position in the Urdu speech.
The International School of
Studies held its Inter School Debate Competition on November 2nd
2009 at the PACC Auditorium. There were two categories-Sameer Pirani
and Raza Kamran participated from one category i.e. classes 6th.7th
and 8th and Zain Nasir and Asad Ali participated in the
second category i.e. classes 9th and 10th.
Asad Ali won the 3rd prize in second category. The Habib
Public School
held its 9th All Pakistan Inter School Declamation
Contest in Urdu and English.Syed Itesar Hussain and Syed Asad Ali
participated respectively. The Board of Secondary Education held its
Inter Board Science essay Competition. Muhammed Zawahir Fahim
participated in the Urdu Competition ,Ali Farhan participated in the
English Competition and Muhammad Bazal Siddiqui participated in the
Sindhi Competition.
The Korangi
Academy
held its Inter School English Debate Competition. Saad Ahmed Qudussi
of VIIIE and Syed Farhan Ali of IXB participated .The
Habib
Public School
held its InterSchool Pakistan Studies quiz. Muhammad Faaiz Taufiq of
IXD, Babur Zuberi of IXE and Syed Farhan Ali of IXB participated. It
also held its InterSchool Urdu Quiz Competition. Zawahir Fahim of XC,
Burhan uddin of XC and Yousuf Shareef of XC participated. It also
held a National Song Contest. Muhammad Zawahir Fahim of XC and
Rohail Ali of XB participated.
The Secondary English Elocution
was held on December 20th 2009. The students recited
their poems with great confidence. The Nargesh and Manchershah
Vakharia Shield was won by Syed Itisar Hussain of XB. The results
were: Quaid-e-Azam house in first position with 25 points. In the
second place Lancelot house with 07 points followed by Rezashah
house with 05 points and Soparivala house with 03 points.
The secondary
Urdu Elocution was held on
November
06,2009 .The students recited the poems with great confidence. This
year Grade 10 did not compete for the Ibne-Insha Memorial Shield as
the school had plans to hold an Inter School Elocution Competition
in which the Grade 10 will be awarded the shield in the second term.
The results are Quaid-e-Azam house stood 1st with 08
points, followed by Rezashah house with 07 points, Soparivala house
came 3rd with 03 points and Lancelot house with 02
points.
Elocutions were
followed by other activities. The students participated in a Poster
Making and Potrait Making Competition organized by our neighbouring
country
India. Yousuf Sharif of XC participated in the poster making
competition and Fahad Mirza of XC and Abdul Raffay participated in
the portrait making competition. The IEARN UNICEF Art Competition
was held in which four of our students Sabih Ahmed VIIC, Konain
Razzak VIIIB, Muhammad Saaduddin VIE and Kazim of VIIIB
participated. The school is still awaiting results, 25 of our boys
also participated in the ECO-PANEL Art Competition from
Japan.
The students of
class X also participated in the Rotaract model United Nations
Conference 2009,for which they were extremely appreciated Muhammad
Ayaz Arshad of XA, Shuja-ur-Rehman of XA, Muhammad Umer Hashmi of XA,
Muhammad Adil Siddiqi of XC, Burhan-uddin Modi of XA and Moaz Ahmed
of XB attended the conference.
The school
participated enthusiastically in donating for the
KFC Chicky
Charity Drive
for the orphans and charitable schools. The school was awarded a
plaque for being the biggest donor for the drive. The generosity and
co-operation of parents and students alike is highly appreciated.
The students of
classes IA and IB went to the Makro Cash and Carry to gain an
experience on buying items and settling of bills. The students of
classes III A,B,C visited the WWF Turtle sanctuary on three moonlit
nights to learn about conservation and they also released the turtle
hatchlings into the sea as a part of the WWF program to make school
children aware of conservation and preservation of nature. Classes
IV A,B,C went to the Candyland Factory, classes VA and B went to
the Shahsons Pencil Factory, classes VIIA,B,C,D and E visited the
Star Newspaper at Dawn office to learn about journalism, editing and
printing of a newspaper.
The school
participated in the Tanveer Dar Memorial Inter School Hockey
Tournament. It also participated in the Foundation Public School
Football Tournament and reached upto the quarter finals. Our
students also participated in the Diya Women Football under 19. The
school team got the 2nd position. The Board of Secondary
Education also organized a Badminton Tournament and our boys were
appreciated for playing well.
The Annual
Marathon was held on
December 13th
2009.
Syed Mubashir Imam of Soparivala House clocked in at 24.07 minutes.
Muhammad Hussain of Soparivala House stood second clocked in at
25.11 minutes and Muhammad Shaheer of Rezashah house came 3rd
who clocked in at 26.16 minutes.
The Annual
Prize Distribution 2009 was held on
Sunday October
11,2009
turned out to be a great success. The scouts welcomed the CHIEF
GUEST Ambassador Saidullah Khan Dehlavi,
Chairman Agha
Khan University with a salute and escorted him to the stage. The
function started off with a short Zoroastrian prayer by Ervad Kaivan
Solan and its translation by Ervad Mehernosh Bhada. Muhammad Raamish
of clas IC presented a bouquet of flowers to the chief guest. The
Honorable Chairman of the Managing Committee of the BVS Parsi High
School, Major General Kaizad Soparivala gave his welcome address
followed by the Principal’s report of the year 2008-2009.The
Principal, Mrs.Kermin Parakh emphasized the achievements of the
school and informed the audience about the development of the
school. She mentioned the affiliation with Agha Khan Board and the
CIE Examination Board. The awards were distributed to children with
glowing faces and bright smiles and the audience applauded them with
great enthusiasm. The coverted shields, stunning trophies and
shining medals were then distributed. The chief guest replied with
great zeal and praised BVS for completing its 150 years.
The previous
year’s head boy, Waqas Ahmed gave a speech relating his experience
in the school. He mentioned the experiences he gained from BVS and
he thanked the faculty profusely. Mrs.Dehlavi was given some books
related to Zoroastrian religion by Mrs.Yasmeen Mehta, member of the
managing committee as Mrs.Dehlavi showed great interest in the
religion and its culture. In the end the chief guest was escorted
admirably by the scouts while the school song was being sung and the
Student’s council making a barrier as a sign of respect. The
ceremony ended with a tea hosted for the guests, teachers and
parents of the prize winners.
The Annual
Concert The Jungle Book performed by the primary section of the
BVS
Parsi
High
School
on 9th,10th,12th & 13th
of December,2009 at the school premises was greatly appreciated not
only by the parents and the students but also by the guests. The
cast comprising of students from grade I to V including a choir of
180 students performed very well under the guidance of the primary
teachers and the School Music Teacher Mr.Arif Bharucha. The
colourful set, delightful costumes, great acting and the innocence
of grade I students won over the hearts of all those present.
Gratitude goes out to all those who helped in some way or the other
to make this event, which was one of the links of the chain of
programmes organized for the school’s 150 years celebration a
roaring success.
BVS is proud to
announce that its students have once again earned laurels for
themselves and done the school proud. Farhan Hassan Siddiqui of
commerce section got the 1st position among boys and 2nd
position overall in the 2009 final board of Secondary Education
Examinations. The result of the commerce group is as follows.09
students with A+ grade, 14 students with A grade and 03 students
with B grade. The science Group also made the school proud, 67
students received A+ Grade, 07 students got A Grade, The Management,
Principal and staff members congratulate the graduating students of
2009. Well Done!
We all know
that BVS is moving forward. In the summer of 2006, the Managing
Committee of the
BVS Parsi High
school decided to increase the school’s capacity and functioning.
This was in keeping with the vision of the founders and in order to
meet the ever increasing demands of modern education to do so, the
class strength of the students that in many cases exceeded 45
students, had to be reduced so that the teachers were in a position
to give maximum attention to the students. In order to accomplish
this, a section had to be added to each grade and thus new
classrooms were constructed over the Sukhia Block. The old and
narrow balconies of the Limbuwala block that had now become safety
hazards to the more than 600 students that were using the classrooms
in that block were completely rebuilt and also extended to 10 feet
wide corridors. This phase I of the new construction was completed
in the summer of 2007.
In keeping with
the wishes of the previous chairman Lt Col (Retd) Maneck P.
Soparivala, the management of the BVS decided to introduce Cambridge
in the school in August 2006.This necessitated the construction of
phase II where in the old toilet block was demolished in order to
add six more classrooms for the Cambridge section two toilet blocks
(one each for the primary and the secondary students), two staff
rooms and a head of department room for the Cambridge section, the
third phase of the construction will now see 4 more classrooms,
three new science labs, for the Cambridge section, one audio-visual
room and a multi-purpose hall for the whole school. The project for
the summer of 2009 was the renovation of the three old science labs
in the main building. The BVS is moving forward as quickly as
possible to modernize its facilities and believes its importance to
look ahead. We are required to stay abreast with the needs of modern
education and have a forward looking vision and concept for the
school.
The first term
academic results are Quaid-e-Azam house with 92 points, Rezashah
house with 87 points, Lancelot house with 79 points and Soparivala
house with 72 points.
To encourage
our students to save money BVS joins hands with Bank-Al-Habib Young
Savers Account where the children have opened their own bank
accounts. They will be placing their desk for monthly deposit
collection from students on monthly basis, i.e. 15th of
every month However, any school activity- event- public holidays
falling on this date would be adjusted with the school’s consent.
The school will
be pleased to accept any donations and contributions to the Seth
Shahpurji H. Soparivala Student Support Fund to financially assist
deserving student (as determined by the managing committee. Those
interested may contribute to this fund by depositing their
contribution in any branch of the Standard Chartered Bank in favour
of the above named fund account No 18-1845266-01 address Standard
Chartered Bank, Garden Road branch Karachi, Swift code/SCBLPKKX
(Swift code is only applicable for remittance from abroad). It will
be appreciated if the original or copy of the deposit slip or
foreign, remittance SWIFT advise is forwarded to the school for our
information and necessary action contribution to the fund can also
be sent directly to the school.
Best of Regards
for 2010.
Mrs. Kermin
Parakh
Principal
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