Assemblies

Assemblies - 2012

6th January 2012 - We kick started the year with a quiz organized by the secondary teachers. There were three rounds in the quiz. The first one was news and current affairs presented by Mrs.Meena Sriram. She had scoured the week's newspapers for interesting questions like - Which is currently the longest train ride in India and the fourth longest in the world? Which famous Chennai building is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year? The second and third rounds were with visual clues. There were word puzzles to solve and Google doodles to identify. Students responded enthusiastically as did the teachers, raising their hands and jumping off the mats for a chance to be seen and answer the questions. 12th January 2012 - Pongal Celebrations - The Ayahs changed the entire look of the school for this assembly. There were elaborate kolams, thoranams and flowers around the quadrangle. The backdrop had contributions from all the staff. The ceremonial pongal paanai was smeared with turmeric and anointed with kumkumam and chandanam. Milk and rice were put to boil as the students assembled for the programme. Students of Classes 7, 8, and 9 presented a 'Pattimandram'. The topic of discussion - Are festivals being celebrated for cultural purposes or just to show off an individual's wealth? Secondary school girls performed a 'Gummi' and Elementary students sang traditional songs. The highlight of the show was the folk dance by our Primary moms. At the end of the show, students waited eagerly for the pongal to boil over. There were many countdowns that had to be restarted again and again. The milk and rice did eventually boil over at 10.15 a.m. with shouts of 'Pongalo pongal' echoing around school. We all enjoyed eating pongal and sugarcane later that morning. 20th January 2012 - Mrs. Saroj Rudra talked to the school about the qualities of a good leader. She explained each of the qualities with a story or anecdote pertaining to leaders of countries and industry. The four nominees for School Pupil leader, Shrinidhi, Mokshaa, Avinnaash and Aditya Srikanth gave their pre-election speeches. They highlighted their own strengths as well as some ideas they had on how to make school a better place. 27th January 2012 - Election Day - Students were given instructions about the voting procedure. They then took turns to vote for their new SPL. Shrinidhi Madhusudan was elected as SPL for the year 2012 - 2013. - by Gayatri Sundar

Assemblies - 2011

The children of the secondary section of Abacus get together every Friday morning for the Assembly. 10th June 2011 Assembly by last year's Student Council. Alumni who spoke were M.M.Veerappan, C.Chakravarthy, Madhulika Sundaram, Archana Venkatesh, Shruti Gupta and Abul Khaleeli. Staff interviewed were Sharada and Sumathi Samson Bob. 17th June 2011 School Council investiture. 24th June 2011 House meetings towards Sports Festival. 1st July 2011 "Walking down memory lane" - Quiz by Primary teachers with Student Council.     Quiz Questions Who was the first principal of our school? How many houses were there originally? Name them? Which year did we move to Perungudi? What was the strength of the school when we moved to Perungudi and what was the highest class? What was the colour of the first uniform? Name three people who have seen the journey of Abacus from R.A Puram to Perungudi other than Kamini aunty. Which year was Abacus started in a garage in R.A Puram? Who is the architect of this building? Name the first Montessori environment at Abacus What was this land originally ? Which year did Abacus bid farewell to Class 10 for the first time? Name the Montessori material that helps you build words. How many Montessori environments are there up to Class 6 now? Which year was Sandy the school dog, adopted by Abacus? 8th July 2011 - Movie made by children Presentation of short film made by Shashank Vinod Nair, Ashwin Arvind and Akhilesh of Class 12 and Solita Deb of Class 10 titled "The Newspaper" (about Adyar Times) offered to the children by Udukkai: "making meaning through film" run by cinematographers Usha Rajeshwari and Anand. 5th August 2011 - "Club of 27" - about a group of young and extraordinary musicians who all died at the age of 27. Presentation by Neela Manasa Bhaskar. click here to view video.