“Change. It is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender to it.” I had heard this often times when I was growing up, but in fact, now, more than ever before in an unprecedented manner we are witnessing, experiencing and dealing with multitudinous changes which have a monumental bearing on our lives. The manner in which our societies are transforming, the way technologies have in a sense fashioned our lives and our constant scientific quest and therefore our evolving and amplifying knowledge are compelling us to accommodate, adjust, adapt and eventually change.
How then can we at Pathways be far behind in cultivating in our children the skills required to cope with these contingencies? Hence in our third academic year, not only have we introduced new courses for detailed study, namely Drama and Environmental management in IGCSE programme; new hobbies and clubs have also been added to expose and discover newer areas of interest with and for the children such as Film making, Pottery, Literary Club, Chess Club, Jewellery making, Design and Technology in addition to Visual Art, Drama, Dance and Music. Since the Senior School size has grown from a mere 15 students from our first year to more than a 100 now in our third year, we also got to open a new floor in Secondary block- The Cultural Center, which will be exclusively meant for our students’ artistic pursuits and showcasing, be it dance, drama, painting, pottery and much more. We hope that with the introduction of all these new realms of study and exploration, an atmosphere of true pursuit of knowledge and intelligence is created which will aid them to yield to the beckoning and imperative shifting times, because as Andre Gide, the Nobel Prize Winner once said, “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
Akanksha - IB Learner Profile Award
Partha - Ideal Pathwazian Award
Awards and recognition have always encouraged and motivated everyone alike- be it the experienced or the amateur, the conventional or the creative or even the consistent and the dynamic. Not only do awards appreciate an individual’s achievement, it favours his confidence- an attribute that is essential in today’s fast growing yet greatly shrinking competitive, enterprising and sometimes compelling world. When these vicissitudes are so successive, altering and even transformational, we at Pathways believe that rewarding academic excellence alone cannot result in students’ holistic development. Therefore, in consonance with the IB and Pathways’ vision and therefore our mission, we have created awards for special categories that are not restricted to academic merit alone, such as Global Citizenship award, Social responsibility award, Ideal Pathwasian award and IB Learner Profile award. We’d like our children to know that these awards not just congratulatory but also represent our personal appreciation and recognition of their brilliance and talent; they usher in hope- of bringing in a brighter tomorrow, in world that one day will truly be barrier free. Details of award winners for the last academic year are presented elsewhere.
While we are into only our fourth week of the new academic session, the teachers and students seem to be all busy and buzzing with excitement already, with all the co-curricular activities such as Inter House debates, Inter House Board competition, University visits, Geography and Biology field trips, MUN training, etc.
Guest Lecture by Dr. Simeon
I would also like to welcome on board our new DP Coordinator Ms Geeta Verma and the new teachers for the senior section. Here’s wishing them the very best and a long, meaningful innings at Pathways, Noida.
Warm Regards,
Umar Jaffar
Sen. School Principal
