The activities in the Senior school have been dominated by the graduation ceremony for our first Form 12. It has been a week of sentiment and affection – seeing our first Form 12 move forward towards their future is both exciting and nostalgic for everyone in the school. Their own feedback on their two years at Pathways has been full of praise for their teachers and the Principal, Mr Jaffar. Each one of them conveyed their gratitude for the personalized care, the excellent teaching and the well structured programme which our faculty provides. You can read more about the graduation ceremony elsewhere in this newsletter. These students will be sitting their IB Diploma examination in May. Similarly Form 10 students taking their IGCSE examination also go on preparatory leave. We wish both our examination groups the very best for this important milestone in their lives. University Placements
Meanwhile our Form 12 students are considering their options amongst the various excellent university offers they have had. Although this has been a small graduating class, students have already had offers from some of the leading universities and liberal arts colleges in the world, including Cornell, Warwick, Wadham, Georgia Tech, Michigan, Illinois, UCLA , North Western, Savannah College of Art and Design, University of Northern Iowa, Sarah Lawrence, Syracuse, Mount Holyoke and UTS, Australia.
Inter School Soccer
13 students from the middle school participated in an inter-school soccer match at Pathways Aravali, spending a couple of nights at the campus. Although they were eventually knocked out, they were thrilled at winning one match and have come away eager to develop their skills for the next competition.
Assessments and Examinations
We are coming up to the time when teachers in the secondary school are completing examinations and those in the primary school are moving towards end of year assessments. Secondary school students from Form 7 up will begin examinations in mid May. Middle school teachers will be sending out sample examination papers to familiarize students with their structure. It is important for students to begin work on reviewing the work they have done over the past months. A careful pacing of their schedule will go a long way in avoiding last-minute stress. Please remember that examinations make up only a part of a student’s overall grade and is in combination with their tests, assignments, classwork, presentations etc.
Medical check up
All students underwent a basic medical checkup conducted by Max. Results are being processed and you will be able to get their reports early next week. Summer Activities
You will have received information about the summer trips to Switzerland and Spain. Please do remember to get back to us if you are interested in these. In addition, the school will run a two week summer programme in school beginning 4th June. This is open to students from other schools as well so do spread the information to anyone you think may be interested. Specific details will follow but the summer camp with include music, dance, drama, indoor sports, leadership and personal development.
Shalini Advani
School Director
