Blog: SHEMROCK Group of Schools

• Why we celebrate Dusherra? Because ADHARM per DHARM, JHUT per SATYA, ANYAY per NYAY or BURAI per ACCHAI ki vijay ho… Happy Dussehra!

• May This Dusherra Light up 4 U the Hopes of Happy Times & Dreams for a Year Full of Smiles .Wish U a Haapy Dussehra!

• Pray this Dussehra showers upon u…. Shanti, Shakti, Saiyam , Sammaan , Saralta, Safalta , Samridhi , Sanskaar , Swaasthya. Happy Dussehra!!

• Burai par acchai ki jeet, Dusherra lata hai ek ummed.. Ravan ki tarah hamare dukhon ka ant ho, ek nai shuruat ho ek naye savere k saath. Happy Dussehra!!

• May this Dusherra light up for you, the hopes of happy times & dreams for a year full of smiles. Wish u Happy Dussehra!

• Sri Ramji apke ghar sukh ki barsat karen, Dukhon ka naas karen is dusera ke din. Wish u Happy Dussehra!

• Happy Dasara to all of you. May lord Rama bless u n ur family with his choicest blessings.

• May God bless you with all success on the auspicious occasion of Dasara and you may be capable of defeating all evils of your life. Happy Dusherra!!

• Ye Pal Ho Sunehera, duniya me naam ho roshan tumahara, dusron ko dikhako tum kinara yehi aashirwaad hai hamara. Happy Happy and Happy Dasara!

It is very important to make small kids aware of our Indian festivals and also to teach them the importance of these festivals. Building values in a kid is a process that starts from their playschool days itself. Keeping this belief in mind, Shemrock celebrates all the festivals in school so as to inculcate our beliefs, notions and a feeling of respect for Indian culture and tradition in the small child’s innocent heart.

Traditionally, during the festival of Dusherra, Ramlila is conducted at a huge ground or ‘maidan’. A fair in which oversized effigies of Ravana, Meghnath and Kumbhkarna- the three demon are filled with crackers and burnt on the day of Dussehra, at the Ramlila maidan. All the people dress up in new clothes and go to watch the ceremony, which is generally held in the evenings.

Keeping this tradition in mind, Shemrock also celebrated Dusshera in school. A day before the kids went for the Dusshera holiday break, the teachers presented a skit for the children. The skit was on the popular epic “Ramayana” so that kids could get the feel of Ramlilla. Also, many of the small children came dressed as Ram, Sita, Hanuman, etc.

The children were shown the movie “Hanuman” and an effigy of Ravana – the great demon with ten heads- was made by the teachers, so that the kids could recognize the demon.

How to celebrate with children at home?

• Children can visit melas and have fun.

• Children can see effigies of Ravana, Kumbhkaran & Meghnath.

• Children can go out to see the Ramlilla.

• Children can visit temples.

Dussehra is one of the major Hindu festivals of India & is celebrated throughout the country with great zeal and enthusiasm. People all over the country participate in the occasion in their own way. Dussehra symbolizes the conquest of good over evil. It is thus considered as an auspicious day. The festival of Dussehra has a long interesting history behind it. Two great legends are associated with the festival of Dussehra.

It is believed that on this day when Lord Rama killed the ten headed demon king Ravana and gave the throne of his kingdom, Lanka, to his brother Vibhishana. Since that day, the day of Vijaya Dashmi is considered to be auspicious and festive by the people of India and is celebrated as the day that symbolizes the victory of ‘Good over Evil’. Even today, burning the effigy of Ravana along with his subordinates Meghanad and Kumbhkarana on Dusshera, symbolizes the power of goodness and humanity above all other evil and bad powers. As Lord Rama fought a battle of ten days with Ravana, who had abducted his wife Sita, the day of his victory is called ‘Vijaya Dashmi’- the tenth day of Victory. It is said that this day symbolizes not only the victory of Ram over Ravana but also the victory of ‘mankind’. That is why this day is held in high regard by people who believe that whenever there will be chaos in the society and evil will try to take over humanity, God will appear in the form of savior to protect his devotees.

There is another story associated with the history of Dussehra festival. It is said that Vijayadashmi also symbolizes the victory of Goddess Durga over Mahishasura, the demon who held the earth and the heaven with his tyranny and invincible power.

This year Dussehra is being celebrated on Monday, 28^th September 2009. Send Dussehra/Dasara & Durga Puja Greetings & Scraps to your loved ones.

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With most of the schools in NCR having closed their registration process, many parents are a harassed lot. Most of the schools in the NCR region had kept the form selling dates just confined to two or three days making it difficult for the parents to apply in enough number of schools.

Although most of the schools had made their forms available Online like Amity International there have been a plenty in the lot who neither had made their forms available online nor had they kept the forms selling dates broad enough to give the parents adequate time to visit the schools and purchase the forms over-the-counter.

With most of the parents working in a typical 9-5 job, these tight deadlines have drawn slack from all quarters. Neither could they find the dates easily for the school of their choice nor could they have ample time to visit the school and purchase the registration forms. For example, in Shri Ram School, Gurgaon, the dates for collection of forms are only for two days from 22nd Oct to 24th Oct- and that too when it does not have the facility for online registration.

Unlike Delhi, the schools in the NCR region do not follow a set pattern of admission or a common admission process, as directed by the Directorate Of Education for Delhi schools. Thus, where one school could be having a formal interview procedure, the other could not have any such process and just hold a informal session with both the parent and the kid. All these factors have increased the anxiety of the parents who are shunting between schools for their wards’ admission.

Father Angel School Noida has announced the list of candidates shortlisted for admissions for the year 2010-11. The list of shortlisted candidates is available here

http://www.fasnoida.org/web/guest/curriculum?p_p_id=20&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_20_struts_action=%2Fdocument_library%2Fview&_20_folderId=127785

Heartiest Congratulations to all the shortlisted candidates and their parents too!!

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