Waste Warriors

St. Edmund's School, Jawahar Nagar Association with CSE (Centre for Science and Environment) began working diligently in this direction since 2015, The initiative engaged our young Edmundites and staff members in various projects and offered them a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding the environment.

One such project was about waste-to-wealth, which sensitized our children towards waste management. Children tried to visualize and analyze how different waste materials can be reused or recycled in different ways. They also developed an entrepreneurial instinct, under a school activity whereby they were encouraged to start an enterprise. They began their venture with a zero sum balance with each student contributing either old newspapers or plant saplings to the enterprise. They sold the newspapers to a rug shop and saplings to customers during a parent-teacher’s meeting, and collected almost Rs. 5,000. In this way, they learnt the importance of money and how to generate it. Such skills are encouraged under our courses on financial management and literacy, where students inculcate them through learning-by-doing. Funds generated through such activities are used for hosting community service projects, which orients the young minds towards social service.

The waste-to-wealth project fulfilled various learning objectives, like environment protection, practicing green habits, money management, teamwork, and much more. That’s how our children have become young waste warriors. Currently, we are also aiming to teach organic composting to them. Children who bring fruits or their peels in lunchboxes are asked to dispose them in a compost machine to make manure. The fruit seeds are used for growing saplings. Thus, subjects like Science, Biology, and Chemistry become more interesting and practical for them. Such experiential learning also eliminates the phobia about these disciplines.

With CSE’s endeavor, our students have transformed into enlightened green ambassadors. Our teachers have benefitted from their Climate Change Course and our school has even won the prestigious Green School’s Award. As this journey continues, we look forward to evolving new ways of combating the imminent environmental challenges.
Source: https://young.downtoearth.org.in/gobar-gyan/waste/mind-your-steps-117152

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Heritage club in collaboration with INTACH

The idea of setting up Heritage Club in schools is to make the students aware and be proud of the richness of the natural and cultural heritage in their own locality, state and country. With the motive of creating awareness and participation in heritage related activities among the students St Edmund’s School, Jawahar Nagar formed Dharohar heritage club in collaboration with INTACH. Students organized an event which began with Ganesh Vandana followed by variety of different dialect activities such as Marwadi, Gujrati, Sindhi, Haryanvi and Punjabi. Inspired by the vast heritage of India, the students of INTACH Club made a power point presentation through which they introduce everyone with different cultures and dance forms. Versatile performance of Adhyatm Jagdhari, grade 12th was icing on the cake.

At the end, Principal Anu Bhatia gave a motivating speech & said “Youth is a bridge between cultures and heritage, therefore, they can be considered as agents to promote heritage and intercultural understanding.” The students of St Edmund’s are always encouraged to become the custodians of protecting India’s cultural heritage through meaningful acts.”

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“Astitva” The pearls of positivity

On Teachers’ Day, Mrs. Meena Singh, Director Academics at St. Edmund’s School, Jawahar Nagar, released her autobiography named “Astitva: The pearls of positivity.”
Mr Rafeeq Khan Member of Parliament and president of minority cell, having independent charge as a state minister presided over the program.Mr Neeraj Agarwal Municipal Councilor Jawahar Nagar ,Mr Sharad Gaur devotee to the party & handling National president of Rahul Gandhi Manch ,Manoj Thakwani worker of Congress party, were guest of honor.
Mrs Meena Singh was awarded the LM Eshwar Born to Educate Award. The International Institute of Hotel Management also bestowed on Mrs. Meena Singh an award for outstanding contributions in the field of education. She strongly believes that dedication and commitment towards achieving your goals will bring success.
In her book, Astitva, Mrs. Singh urges her readers to remove negativity from their lives and to fill their hearts with hope. The book sheds light on the ways to conquer all difficulties and achieve one’s goals.

We at St. Edmund’s are extremely grateful for the work Mrs Meena Singh has done and continues to do to enrich the academic lives of our students. We feel very fortunate to have her as a mentor.

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IC3 Movement Annual Conference

Deputy Director Mr Kapil Singh and Joint Director Dr Pooja Singh from St Edmund’s School, Jawahar Nagar participated in IC3 Movement Annual Conference which is dedicated to helping young people across the globe find career paths through education. With the goal to impact over 100,000 high schools over a 15-year period, the IC3 Movement Annual Conference seeks to enable high schools to help their students make best-fit higher education and career decisions. Around 1400 delegates around the world attended the session.Delegates from different countries joined brainstorming session during a career counseling session at Hyderabad on 24-25th August 2022.Discussions at the session centered on making the right career choice and the methodology for choosing the correct career.They were oriented towards the need to identify one’s skill set, interest and systematically plan for a successful career.

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Janmashtami Celebration

To seek the blessings of Lord Krishna, Janmashtami was celebrated at St Edmund’s School, Jawahar Nagar on 18th August, 2022 with mirth and joy.
To celebrate the extraordinary bond between children and the Almighty, the staff took the opportunity to both jubilate and learn with the young minds. The students dressed up as lord Krishna and Radha, with flutes, peacock feathers and matkas. The premise was decorated beautifully and the spirit of festivity was enhanced with Jhankis depicting life history of Lord Krishna.
Children celebrated the occasion by singing and dancing with great joy. The involvement of the children in the celebrations at such a tender age was worth applauding.

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