सूर्य पेरणारा माणूस

प्रवीण दवणे

आकाशाला गवसणी घालण्याची झेप असलेल्या आणि आकाशाची उंची व व्यापकता असलेल्या सतीश हावरे यांचे जीवन/लेखणीबद्ध करण्याचे काम केले ते प्रा. प्रवीण दवणे!

सतीश हावरे हे प्रंचड आत्मविश्वास, ऊर्जा आणि सकारात्मक दृष्टीकोन असलेली व्यक्ती. बांधकाम खात्यात क्रांतिकारक बदल! अल्पगटापासून (श्रमिकांपासून) ते धनिकांपर्यंत इमारती बांधल्या. मराठी तरुणांना सतत व्यवसायाभिमुख होण्याचे मार्गदर्शन.

मराठी माणूस आणि मराठी माती यांबद्दल सतीशजींना पराकोटीचा अभिमान होता. मराठी माणूस जर अधिक ध्येयवादी होईल, अधिक प्रयत्नवादी होईल तर जग सहज पादाक्रांत करेल अशी त्यांची खात्री होती. स्वत:ला कामात झोकून द्या. मायाममतेच्या नात्यांचा आदर करा, पण त्यांचा कोश करु नका. पंख उघडून आकाशात भरारी घ्या. क्षेत्र कुठलंही असो, सर्वोत्तम व्हायचं हा ध्यास. उद्दिष्ट अन् कर्म शुद्ध असेल तर विजय तुमचाच! अशी ही सतीश हावरे या तरुण व्यवसायिकाच्या विजयगाथेचा हा प्रवास.

प्रत्येक पालक शिक्षक आणि जिंकू इच्छिणा-या प्रत्येक कोवळ्या मनासाठी! प्रत्येकानेच वाचावे असे हे पुस्तक!

पल्लवी राजाध्यक्ष

पर्यवेक्षक, मराठी माध्यम

NMM Scholarship Exam Achievements 2009-10

Out of 8 students who appeared for NMM Scholarship Exams 2009-10 following 5 students of 8th Std of Vidya Mandir passed successfully. These students were guided by our teacher Shri. S. B. Pawar. We congratulate Shri Pawar and the following successful students (From top to left, Ms. Khushboo S. Kedar, Ms. Bhavana B.Gosavi , Ms. Jagruti V. Sonar, Mst. Kunal D. Kalambate, Mst. Nishant S. Thakare)

Lesson Planning Workshop

A two day workshop for lesson planning was arranged by the Quality Development Committee in the school at the end of the academic year 2009-10.

Teachers from English Primary and Secondary as well as Marathi Primary and Secondary had participated in the workshop.  The teachers spent their last two days of the year analyzing the curricular content from 7.30 in the morning to 5.30 in the evening.   

In the workshop, the teachers attempted techniques to plan the lessons in the least possible time. Members of the school committees and the Governing Council were present to steer the activity. 

They were grouped under four subject-heads viz. Science and Maths, Indian Languages, English and Social Sciences. Ms. Tharval, Mr. Desai, and Ms. Patil and Mr. Pawar led the Maths and Science group, while Ms. Mistry, Ms. Shimoga headed the English group. Ms. Vanmali, Ms. Dahanukar were the leaders for Marathi, Ms. Raut led the Hindi teachers.

The teachers were supported in their endeavour by our computer and library staff. Shri. Pravin Puralkar and Ms. Megha Rane headed the library team and the computer team respectively.  The notes of workshop participants were promptly computerised thanks to the support offered by sub-staff and non-teaching participants headed by Ms. A. J. Gadgil.

  Mr. Wagh, Mr. Bendale, Ms. Rajadhyaxa, Ms. Save and Ms. Tharval led the entire activity as school officials while Ms. Rodrigues and Ms. Churi headed the Primary Group.

Ms. Chougule, the facilitator, had meticulously prepared for the two-day programme. Mr. Prafulla Thakare, Secretary, VPM,  Mr. Dilip Mhambrey and Mr. Rahul Kelkar, heads of the Secondary and Primary School committees respectively, along with committee members Shri. Yogesh Sangle and Shri. Ranjit Rane were a motivating presence. Shri. Vinayak Newrekar, Shri. Vasuki Haranhalli guided the computerization effort.

Shri. Ranjan Sawant and Shri. Anil Pendharkar, Members, GC, attended the workshop and the preparatory meetings.

YOGINI S. POLAJI (IX / A)
PERFORMANCE OF YEAR 2009-2010

1) VISAWA CHARITABLE TRUST’S:- NANDAN PANEMANGALORE DRAWING COMPETITION secured 2nd prize in the group F in the 23rd. On the spot drawing competition conferred 26th January 2010.
2) SHAILENDRA EDUCATION SOCIETY:- Shailendra Education Society, Dahisar, Mumbai organized Drawing competition after Late D.M. Samant secured – 3rd prize Group 2nd. conferred on 12 September 2009.
3) MAHARASHTRA RAJYA BALCHITRAKALA COMPETITION organized drawing competition. The Drawing was declared as ‘कला नैपुण्य’ in the group–4th conferred on 14th November 2009.

4) MUHALLA COMMITTEE MOVEMENT RUST AND MUMBAI POLICE organized Poster Making Competition Secured – 1st prize in group – 3rd. The Poster was selected for “ State Level”.
5) BOMBAY ARTS & SPORTS organised Drawing & Painting Competition secured 2nd prize. The drawing selected for Maharashtra Exhibition.
6) THE MUMBAI SURURBAN DISTRICT ATHELETIC ASSOCIATION organized Track and Field Events secured – 1st place in 4 X 100 mts Relay G/ U14.
7) DAHISAR TRACK MASTER CLUB AND DAHISAR SPORTS ASSOCIATION organized Dahisar Minithon (Marathon) 2009 secured – 3rd place in U/G 14 conferred on 6th December 2009.

8) CIART- CENTRE FOR INDIAN ART RESOURCE AND RESERCH, NEW DELHI organized – Drawing competition secured – The Drawing was declared as the “Best Drawing from all the groups” and “Best performance in Art”

Certificate was rewarded and conferred on 26th January, 2010.

SEQUEL TO ‘MY FRIEND’

Much water has flown under the bridge. My life, my work in my class now seems fulfilling. I am now really reaching my targets. I am actually now able to teach in the class and the children are responding. Classroom situations are now fun filled and we have much more discipline in the class.

‘My Friend’ has now become manageable. He responds to instructions, although with a little reluctance. He looks at me when he comes into the class. He obeys when we tell him to sit in his place, gives his attendance, says ‘May I come in?’ and sometimes asks for what he wants instead of just snatching it. Of course, he speaks in monosyllables most of the time and still wants to be out on the ground in his own imaginary world. Yet I am VERY HAPPY. There has been tremendous improvement. He sometimes makes eye to eye contact and he calls me by my name. Today, he was waiting in the corridor for me to come to class. I was thrilled. Of what use are we teachers if not for the purpose of creating such learning situations that we all enjoy and look forward to.

All this change has come about because of my friend’s shadow teacher. She has come as a boon. She is a lovely girl, totally unassuming and non interfering. She concentrates on her duty. She sits with my friend at the back of the class and quietly gets the class work done. She coaxes, dissuades, persuades and promises him small ‘possible’ rewards. Whatever her strategy, it is working. Being constantly with him, she now understands him quite a lot. She has a lot of patience and handles him well.

My friend was an elephant in the drama that I had set for the Annual Day. He went confidently on the stage and said his dialogue. He stood with his friends till the end of the play. He had a field time the entire month when we were all busy practicing. Hardly any studies and lots of time to be out on the ground. Several imaginary stories would have been created. Once I saw him with a gunny sack on his back, busy searching for something. He had already created a ‘chullah’ with twigs. Mosaic tiles for plates and a long stick for a knife were in his kitchen. On asking we were told that he was going to prepare ‘chicken’ after first catching it. One day he spelt out ‘Thomas’ and ‘Friend’ on the flannel board. It turned out that, that was the latest cartoon he was crazy about. On another occasion he arranged the long individual fronds of the coconut leaf in the form of the railway tracks on which Thomas, the cartoon train would travel on.

The exams are going on and I am worried. My Friend is pretty adamant when it comes to answering the oral questions. I have to insert in my questions during his constant activity and roaming around. I get answers only if He wants to answer. I know that he knows the answers. In the English written paper I saw some new questions and answers. These were the ones that interested him. After writing these, he solved the rest of the paper.

Well, the year has come to an end. It has been a huge learning experience for me. It has been an year of surprises and fun. I wonder how my friend will fare in the years to come. He has a very inquisitive and imaginative mind. Given the right kind of environment, guidance and motivation, I am sure he will grow up to contribute something to this world. I hope he will become a scientist. Whatever may be his future but he has definitely left a deep mark on my psyche. I HAVE BEEN BLESSED

- Ms. Jyoti Honkote, Asstt. Teacher, Eng (Primary)

All India Open Mathematics Scholarship Examination

Results of the All India Open Mathematics Scholarship Examination conducted by IPM (Institute of Promotion of Mathematics ) on 7^th Feb 2010.

Total number of students : 61 (STD V to X)

Following 6 students have been selected for National Level Final Examination which will be conducted on Sunday 11^th April 2010.

(From Left Side, Kunal Joshi - VI, Soham Gurjar - VII, Saurav Surve - VIII, Omkar Masurkar - VIII, Subhash Nadkarni - VIII, Samruddhi Pednekar - VIII)

National Talent Search Exam Result 2010

Following four students of 8th Std. have been selected for National Talent Search Exam (NTSE). They passed NTS Examination (Maharashtra State) with following ranks:

1. Mst. Jog Chaitanaya Jayant : - 16th Rank

2. Mst. Salvi Adwait Bhalchandra:- 17th Rank

3. Mst. Masurkar Omkar Shyam: - 20th Rank

4. Ms. Kamat Jitali Girish: - 22nd Rank

सुवर्णसंधी

आपल्या शाळेतील माजी विद्यार्थ्यांना आणि शिक्षकांना भेटण्याची सुवर्णसंधी ह्या कार्यक्रमामुळे मिळणार आहे. हेमंत आवळसकर शाळेचे माजी विद्यार्थी असून ह्या कार्यक्रमामुळे माजी विद्यार्थ्यांचे एक अनौपचारिक संमेलनच जणू भरणार आहे. कार्यक्रमास आपण अवश्य उपस्थित रहावे ही विनंती. कार्यक्रम विनामूल्य आहे.

निरोप समारंभ 2009 -10

शनिवार दि.6 फेब्रुवारी 2010 रोजी इ. 10 वी मराठी/ इंग्रजी माध्यमांचा निरोप समारंभ संपन्न झाला. या कार्यक्रमांचे अध्यक्षपद वि.प्र.मं चे श्री. जगदीश साळुंखे यांनी स्वीकारले. इ. 10 वीच्या एकूण आठ तुकड्या असून साधारणपणे 500 विद्यार्थी उपस्थित होते. ही तुकड्यांमधील प्रत्येकी एका प्रतिनिधीने आपले मनोगत व्यक्त केले. या सर्व कार्यक्रमाचे सूत्र संचालन इ.10 वी च्या विद्यार्थीनी कु. पुरुष्णी मांजरेकर व कु. विदुला पाटील यांनी केले मराठी माध्यमिक विभागाच्या सौ. निलीमा खडतकर यांनी मार्गदर्शनपर भाषण केले तसेच अध्यक्ष साळुंखे सर व मुख्याध्यापक श्री. वाघ सर यांनी विद्यार्थ्यांना आशीर्वाद देऊन मार्गदर्शनपर भाषण केले. सौ. जोगी मॅडम यांनी कार्यक्रमाचे आभार प्रदर्शन केले.

याच दिवशी इ. 5 वी ते 9 वी च्या विद्यार्थ्यांचा तिळगुळ समारंभ संपन्न झाला.

Send off speech

Friends, today our minds are full of curiosity as in coming few months we will be entering a whole new world. But, we are little sad as our school, our lovely teachers and our dear friends will be left behind.

Education plays a key role in modifying an individual’s personality. It is like a basic necessity of every individual. I firmly, believe that the knowledge and values inculcated in us will surely help us in the long run. V.P.M’s VIDYA MANDIR, DAHISAR this name aptly suits to our school, as our school really is a temple of knowledge. The students of our school are not only excelling in studies but also show casing their abilities in sports, dramatics and arts. Our school safeguards our rich culture by organizing cultural programmes or by celebrating our traditional festivals like Haldi Kunku, Aashadi, Ekadashi etc. Patriotism is imbibed on our young minds by celebrating Independence day and Republic Day with great zeal. As students we should be proud to be a part of this institution.

Teacher is knowledge of treasure. She is a cool breeze of pleasure, the love and affection showed by her is impossible to measure. And therefore a teacher is rightly called as second mother of a child. Our school is gifted by efficient and affectionate teachers who help us in all round development of our personality. I remember an old English saying “when life happens to be dark, God sends an angel who lits up the candle and show us the path”. But I would like to modify this a bit “when life happens to be dark, God sends our teachers as angels who lit up our path, show us the way and also accompany us throughout the journey.”

They are like those potters who have moulded and given proper shape to our personality by recognizing our inner capabilities and channelising them in proper directions.

X std is crucial stage of our life it is not the ultimate goal but is one of the most important aim to be achieved. Failure and success are two sides of same coin. I remember an old Marathi saying-
"मराठीत एक जुनी म्हण आहे, जर आपणास यश मिळाले तर त्या यशानी एवढे हुरळून जाऊ नये की आपणच आपल्या हातांनी भविष्याचे दरवाजे बंद करुन घेऊ. परंतु जर आपणास अपयश मिळाले तर एवढे ही दु:खी होऊ नये की भवितव्यच्या दिशेने वाटचाल करणेच अशक्य होईल?"

Life is a long journey and X STD is one of the milestone which we will be passing very soon. So I wish you luck and hope you all will come up with flying colours and take our school’s name to pinnacle of its glory. Today, in front of me, I can see the future efficient doctors and surgeons, brave army officers, intelligent, scientists, talented artists and well versed writers and poets. So in future I would like to see you all not only as good persons but also great personalities.

Last but not the least I would like to thank our all teachers for being so much supportive and friendly throughout the years. I would like to request you all to give them a big round of applause.

Ms. Isha

Xth STD

English Medium

RESIDENTIAL CULTURAL CAMP

DATE : 23RD & 24TH JANUARY, 2010.

VENUE: VPM’S VIDYA MANDIR, DAHISAR.

PARTICEPENTS: STUDENTS OF STD.IV, MARATHI & ENGLISH PRIMARY SECTION.

Residential cultural camp was the highlight of the IV std. Students’ life. The new hall had been decorated with curtains and garland, proverbs and decorative articles. The idols of Goddess Saraswati , the Tulsi Vrindavan , all were in place to make the atmosphere auspicious.

We were indeed fortunate to have Dr. Prasad Karnik, expert in the field of zoology as our chief guest. In his inspiring speech, he told the students to have clean and green environment. He enthralled the students by telling them interesting stories about our surrounding.

In ‘wise parenting ‘session, the parents were listening to yet another speech by Dr. Prasad Karnik. He urged the parents to spend quality time with their wards. He also told them to spot hidden qualities of their children and to boost their creativity and originality.

During the craft session, the students were taught to make five different flowers, leaves with colourful kite papers by Mrs. Namita. Shenoy and Mrs. Meena Das.

In the evening, the hall was lit with diyas, the air made fragrant and the evening prayer commenced.

A highly enjoyable story telling session ensued with Mr.Shashikant Patil.

After dinner, the much awaited film ‘Tenali Rama’ was shown to the children. All were very happy to watch the film.

The next day, the children assembled in the hall for Morning Prayer and exercises. Mrs. Shenoy, a P.T. instructor and yoga expert took charge for about an hour.

Several grandparents were seen arriving for the next session. They were delighted to be the part of the value inculcation camp with their grand children. Some of them shared their experiences and stories to the children.

Lot of efforts were taken in making the programme a grand success. Hence, a suitable vote of thanks was given at the culmination of the camp. The residential cultural camp will always remain in the memories of students and all parents.

गुढीपाडवा व नववर्षाच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा!!!

‘शिक्षक मित्र' पुरस्कार

अभिनंदन! अभिनंदन! अभिनंदन!

दि. 13 फेब्रुवारी 2010 या दिवशी शिक्षक संघटनेच्या शिक्षक स्नेह मेळाव्यानिमित्त होणा-या कार्यक्रमात आपल्या विद्यामंदिरचे माननीय मुख्याध्यापक 'श्री. दिगंबर के. वाघ' यांना 'शिक्षक मित्र' पुरस्कार देऊन सन्मानित करण्यात आले.

61st Republic Day

 

The Republic day was celebrated on a grand scale by all the sections of Vidya Prasarak Mandal on DSF ground. Hon.Shri Vinod Ghosalkar. MLA presided over the function. Hon. Shri. Anilkumar Karkhanis. Asst. Administrator, Indian Law Service

was the Chief Guest. Hon.Shri Bhalchandra. Mhatre, well known corporator was the guest of honour. Flag hoisting was followed by the parade and cultural programmes like patriotic songs, dances, lazim and speech.

ENLGHTENED MINDS Volume VII, the students’ magazine made by the students of English secondary Section and ‘AMRUTVANI ’ made by the students of ‘ Marathi Vangmay Mandal ‘ were inaugurated by the chief guest.

All the programmes including parade were appreciated. The students paid their highest tribute to our martyrs by their dance, ‘Ae mere watan ke logo’

OUR JUNIOUR ARTIST OR ‘MAZI MUMBAI’

MST. JAYESH. S. CHOUDHARY. STD III

(Marathi Primary Section)

AND

MISS. RUTUJA. R. MUNGEKAR. STD VIII B

(English Secondary section)

Have bagged consolation prize of Rs. 1000 in the Drawing Competition organised by Brihan Mumbai Mahanagarpalika,Education Department. The topic was ‘Mazi Mumbai.’ Around 40000 students all over Mumbai participated in the competition and 110 won the prizes. The students were felicitated by the Mayor of Mumbai Mrs. Shraddha Jadhav on 23rd January, 2010.