Message from the principal

Dear Students, Staff and Parents,

Welcome to the 20-2020 school year!

Don Bosco Central School Manjeshwar is a home away from home. It is a temple of learning and a home of cheerfulness. At the very outset let us vouch to provide a holistic education to our dear students, an education that is based on four pillars namely learning to know, learning to do, learning to live together and learning to be. We shall leave no stone unturned in providing an all-round formation which was proposed by the father of our nation. “By education I mean an all-round drawing out of the best in child and man-body, mind and spirit. Literacy is not the end of education or even the beginning.” M. K. Gandhi. Children of today are in need of an all-encompassing formation such as human formation physical formation, intellectual formation, emotional formation, spiritual formation, moral formation and socialization. This can be achieved through effective teaching and learning process offered in the school in an atmosphere of freedom from within and without and nurtured from the homely set up of school. I feel proud to place before you ‘the preventive system of education’ proposed by Don Bosco. This system is tested and proved by the history as the student friendly and effective pedagogical system in molding and shaping the children to be good religious and honest citizens.

Below are our some of the beliefs regarding teaching and learning that I believe as part of this process.

Effective teachers:

       Accompany children to unfold their potentialities to climb the ladder of excellence.

       Facilitate learning. They are friend, philosopher and guide for the students.

       Create opportunities for intellectual risk-taking, collaboration, problem-solving, and application of classroom learning to real life situations;

       Implement strategies that promote ownership of learning to students;

       Design instruction to integrate a variety of innovative technological tools and resources to enhance learning;

       Demonstrate ongoing professional growth in order to increase the quality of instruction;

       Collaborate with colleagues to share and discuss exemplary practices, interpret student performance data, and design assessments that promote twenty-first century skills.

Successful students:

v  Begin with end in mind: A clear goal.

v  Emerge out of a cheerful homily atmosphere in the school.

v  Hold on to positive attitudes, optimism and joy.

v  ‘I will’ and ‘I can’ are their response to the challenging situations in life.

v  Demonstrate a sensitivity to the precision and nuances of written, visual, and aural medium through comprehension, interpretation, and evaluation;

v  Employ critical and creative thinking skills to solve problems; and

v  Pose questions, examine possibilities, and apply skills to find solutions to authentic issues.

v  Make positive choices related to physical and mental wellness; and

v  Contribute to the local and global community in a collaborative and respectful manner

v  Commit themselves to social causes.

Wish you all a fruitful and enjoyable academic year.

Sincerely,

Fr. Augustine Thekkepookombil SDB

Principal