SILC 2009-10: Social Studies and Literature Day

Dear Students, Parents, Teachers and Volunteers:

We had great day yesterday celebrating the learning experiences of our Social Studies and Literature Students. Congratulations to all the students and to the teachers who have spent lot of energy and showed their passion to learning and teaching - in producing a memorable show.

I also have another happy news to report on Haiti Earthquake Fund. We have collected $440 at the event and one of the parents have pledged $100. With that we have met our goal. SILC will be donating $540 collected from SILC students and parents PLUS another $500 matching grant - a total of $1040. I am very pleased with the way our SILC has chipped in to contribute to a good cause. If you are still planning to contribute, you can still do that - write a check to UNICEF and hand it over to me or Mangala next Saturday. We plan to send all the checks to UNICEF next Saturday Feb 20th

I just want to provide a quick recap of the day to all of you. I also have posted some pictures from the event for your viewing pleasure.

(a) Sonja : Social Studies 1 (Children)

Sonja's students made a poster outlining India's culture and events; They have talked through their poster.

(b) Krishnan: Social Studies 1

Each of Krishnan's students made a poster showcasing India's classical dances, national animal, classical music, national symbols. As you can see from the pictures posted, lot of effort has gone into making these posters.

(c) Shally Gupta: Social Studies 2
Shally's students performed or talked about India's famous persons - Indira Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Mahatma Gandhi, Subhas Chandra Bose, etc. What a best way to learn about India's history and current events?

(d) Keshav and Maulika: Social Studies 3
Icing on the cake goes to keshav and Maulika's students. They have made a video of themselves acting out different historical characters - bringing out different contrasting perspectives of the events. The students not only have learnt a lot, but they sure had so much fun in learning. Kudos to Keshav and Maulika for their creativity in imparting social studies education. You can also find the video on youtube, or on silcsocialstudies3.blogspot.com

(e) Sarah, Sujata and Divya: Literature
Finally, literature students performed several skits from Akbar and Birbal stories. They also have made a beautiful poster as a background for performing the skits. I couldn't resist listing one of the shortest skits they performed

Akbar: Do you want 100 easy questions? or 1 tough question?
Birbal: 1 tough question
Akbar: Chicken or Egg? which came first?
Birbal: Chicken
Akbar: How did you figure it out?
Birbal: No second question please.

All the performances turned out very well and is a reflection of the dedication teachers and students have put together. Booking the Auditorium for this event also proved to be right decision. For next year, we will do better in coordinating the audio and visual systems.

After the performances, we have continued our celebrations in enjoying the food. Managla arranged for the snacks - and I heard from so many parents that - the samosas are very yummy and tasty and that their kids have taken many seconds several times (does that count as thirds? and fourths? :). We also celebrated the birthdays of all SILCers by cutting huge cakes. Raghu made some soothing tea. All in all, it is a festivity after proud performances of the students.

If any of you want to add anything to this note, please drop me a note or leave a comment at this blog.

Yours sincerely
Siva Jasthi, Principal