Even as I write down these words for the newsletter, many
excited young Pathwaysians are busy packing up and getting ready for the
Adventure Camps to various locations in the hills around Delhi NCR. These camps
are a learning experience where our students learn to build personal as well as
interpersonal skills and thus build on strengths that will last them a
lifetime. These camps are designed by the school together with well-known
Adventure Camp organizers to build personal as well as team skills and are seen
as a necessary part of the learning process here at Pathways. These camps which
are mandatory for all students from Form 4 upwards are also seen as a wonderful
opportunity to relieve stress and be in a non-formal environment where learning
takes place very effectively.
The Students of Form 10 and Form 12 have completed their
Mock Exams and have really worked hard at giving a good effort for the Practice
examinations. It is heartening to see that they are sincerely at work now that
the Internal Assessments have been completed. They are focussed and extremely
committed to their exams and we are confident that they will do well this year
in the IB and IGCSE exams in May- June. We are also extremely glad to share
that many of our Form 12 students have received offers from many prestigious
universities from many countries. University of Warwick, St. Andrews’, King’s
College- London, University of Essex, University of Manchester, University of
Virginia, Illinois Institute of Technology, Baylor University are some of them.
It is also really good to share that some of them have been offered very good
scholarships to their programmes.
‘JHAROKHA 2014’
was held on Thursday, 6th of March and this
was such a runaway success. This year the day comprised an amalgamation of
Science Challenges and Art Exhibition which made the day such a composite
display of the wealth of talent and abilities that our students possess. The
Science Challenges were in 3 Levels and were wonderfully planned and laid out
by the Science Faculty and ably supported by the DT team and the Administration
team. The students took up the challenges with great aplomb and endeavoured to
take on the challenges and explain the process and the Science behind it all.
The sight of students working in groups and taking on the tasks with great
enthusiasm was fantastic and we were so pleased to have so many of our parents
and guests come in and enjoy the delight and happiness of our students as they
succeeded in meeting the challenges with innovative ideas. The students of Form
3 had put up and excellent Sound and Light show and this enthralled the
audience in three creative shows where they told the story of a little child
who journeys to China. Using apt props and effectively conveying the story
through shadow play and music, the young primary students made everyone marvel
as the whole effort was their initiative.
The Secondary block Quadrangle wore an absolute fabulous
look with the bamboo frames bedecked with Art works of varying hues and mediums
ranging from Poster Colour works, to Ceramic and Pottery
designs, to 3
dimensional art designs and even stencil drawings which displayed the talents
of the young artists of Pathways with able mentoring by the Art Department. As
one parent conveyed, “The works of Art and the Science challenges completely
took my breath away.” How aptly put, for that conveyed the general mood of how
comprehensively the young Pathwaysians were able to convey their sheer plethora
of creative ideas and abilities.
To top it all the Interact Club had a Bake Sale and had
cookies, cakes, puddings, Crème Brulee and so much more to offer and all for a
good cause as the proceeds that were collected will go for social causes. What
was so absolutely delightful about the effort was that all the Bakes were
prepared by our own students! What a terrific job for a noble cause!
Another aspect of this year has been that our student
Council has been really very active in getting new ideas going. One of them has
been having our own Student led in- house RADIO SHOW. Yes isn’t that exciting?
And for this very committedly they have been auditioning and selected with
teachers a core group of aspiring Radio Jockeys (RJ’S) who will soon ‘go on
Air’ using the school Public Address system once every week! For this they conducted
a workshop on a Saturday with a Radio Jockey from Fever 104 for our own RJ’s
and soon Pathways will be ringing out its own radio show!
As we look towards the remainder of the term with our Form
12 graduation, Pre Term, IB and IGCSE EXAMS and our own Year ending exams there
seems to be so much more yet to come. But that is what makes life so wholesome
and exhilarating here at Pathways Noida and what enables our students to find
education a comprehensive experience that empowers them as the Pathways Motto
says so fittingly to - “Learn. Work. Play. Think. LIVE!”
Best wishes
Mr. Alexander Abraham
Senior School Principal
