Lawrence School Annual Report 2003

ACTIVITIES OF THE YEAR 2003
I) ACADEMICS

- The Class 12 CBSE Board Results showed a marked improvement with all but
one student getting first divisions. 21 students appeared in the Science
stream. Ashwin Durga and Vineet P Verma had the highest score of 86% each.
- In the Commerce stream 17 students appeared. Shivajanani B scored 86%
which was the highest.
- In the Humanities stream 7 students appeared. Sasi Evani & Vandana
scored 86.6% each.
- The English average for class 12 went up by 10%. The Accountancy and
Business studies results were the best ever.
- The class 10 results also showed an all time high. We had 100% results
and out of the 77 students who appeared 43 passed with distinctions. The
average percentage of class 10 was 75.86. Six students got 90% and above.
Karishma topped with 94.17%. Karishma and Sarah Kurien of class 10 were
awarded certificates of Merit by CBSE in the class 10 Board Examination.
- Anita Buragohain secured a full scholarship to study in Colby College,USA.
- Krishna M Mehta of class 11 & Stuti P of class 10 were awarded
scholarship of Rs 5000/- each by K.C Mahindra Education Trust & Mahindra
seach for Talent Scholarship awards.
- Virtual School software giving solutions to all Maths & Science NCERT
books questions was installed in the School Computer Lab.
- A Book Exhibition was organized.
- Remedial classes were conducted in Maths from Classes 4 to 12 throughout
the year everyday.
- Remedial classes were also conducted in Science and Social Science(upto
class 10), Physics, Chemistry & Accountancy for classes 11 & 12.
- In class 10, parallel classes were given in Maths. Students were divided
into four groups instead of three. Weak students were given the best Maths teacher.
- Four unit tests were conducted in addition to half yearly and annual
examination.
- A two week study camp was conducted for classes 10, 11 & 12 in the month
of June.
- Syllabus was completed for classes 10 & 12 in the month of October
followed by Exams.
- Six full fledged practice exams were conducted for classes 10 & 12
before they wrote the Board Exams.
- Special permission was taken from CBSE to conduct practical exams in the
month of Nov so that students can focus on theory after Nov.
- After every exam, poor performers were given yellow (academic) card and
they were assigned additional work to improve their performance in the
next examination.
- Teachers were asked to take model classes in the presence of students
and staff members. After the class, the strengths and weaknesses of the
teacher were discussed to improve his/her teaching methodology.
- Dr Vasanthi Vasudev from School Net conducted a workshop for teachers on
Differentiated Teaching & Learning which helped the teachers to deal with
students as per the ability of the students.
- "Class on the Web" a software was used by students of classes 8 to 12 in
Maths and Science.
- JIL project was used by the teachers for teaching Science & Social
Science. In this teachers use visual capsules for better understanding of
the subject.
- A full time Counsellor was appointed.

II) WORKSHOP FOR STUDENTS:
- Renowned poet Saleem Peeradina conducted a seminar for a group of
children interested in Literature.
- Study overseas Ltd(UK) gave a presentation for senior students.
- Mr Neelakantan, Principal of Sir Shivaswamy Kalalaya Senior Secondary
School, Chennai gave a talk on Careers for classes 10 & 12.
- Campus Abroad personnel & personnel from Cardiff Law School Cardiff
University gave a presentation for class 12 students.
- Studies overseas Ltd(UK) personnel gave a presentation on Universities abroad.
- 8th & 9th class students attended a workshop conducted by 2 Counsellors.
- Institute for Career Studies conducted a Career Counselling programme.
- Mrs Wal gave a presentation on wildlife for Junior School students & Prep School.
- Dr Gopalakrishnan gave a presentation for senior students on education overseas.
- O.L Mr Sidharth gave a talk to Senior students on a career in Law.
- SAT coaching classes were conducted for 11 class students.

2004:
- Power Extreeme gave a presentation for training students to perform better in Examinations.
- Access Abroad gave a presentation for Senior students.
- Wigan & Leigh personnel gave a presentation on careers & creativity.
- A 3 day workshop for classes 8th, 9th & 12th was held. This was conducted by Counsellors.
- Workshop on HIV Awareness for 12th class students was conducted.
- GLION Sports Management School, Switzerland spoke to senior students.
- Dr Vidyasagar & Mrs Chandy conducted workshops for classes 8th, 9th & 12th during March.
- Mr G.J Geroge, MD Geojit Financial Service Cochin addressed senior students.
- A painting workshop for students was conducted.

III) SEMINARS CONDUCTED FOR STAFF IN SCHOOL (FEB 2003 TO DATE):
- Deputy Headmaster conducted a Seminar for the teaching staff on Making of a Potential Teacher.
- Mrs Wal, HOD English conducted a seminar on dealing with adolescents.
- Mr M.M Venkatachalam, Dr Uttara Vidyasagar & Mrs Anna Chandy conducted an open space workshop.
- Dr Vasanthi Vasudev conducted a Workshop over a period of time on differentiated teaching/learning.
- Mr Neelakantan from Chennai gave a talk to staff on paper setting.
- Manager Strategic Planning NIIT gave a presentation on School Benchmarking exercise.
- Headmaster gave a presentation on Power of the Pride - Lessons we learn from Lions.
- V.S Silicon gave a presentation.

2004
- Dr M.R Chilana, Dr Sathya Rao, Mrs Nirmala Jairaj, Mr Mahesh, Dr Stalin Malhotra conducted workshops for the staff over a period of 2 days.


IV) SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS ATTENDED BY STAFF OUTSIDE SCHOOL:

- Mr P Varghese, Prep School Steward completed a crash course in Food
Service Management from Merit Swiss Asian School of Hotel Management.
- Mr P.R Venkatachalam(Commerce Teacher) attended a workshop in Chennai conducted by CBSE dealing with the new syllabus in Accountancy(for class 12).
- Ms Rema Vijayan (English Deptt) attended a 2 day Cambridge workshop at
International School, Bangalore.
- Mr Kuldeep Singh (PTI) attended a one and a half month long basketball training camp at NIS Calcutta.
- Headmaster and Mrs Wal attended the Reconnections Conference of Kurt
Hahn Schools in Victoria Canada, and also visited Collingwood School with
whom we have annual exchanges.
- Headmaster attended LISTEN, a Conference organized by DPS in New Delhi from 22nd to 24th Nov.
- Headmaster & Mrs Wal attended the IPSC Principals Conference at Gotan &
also visited what used to be the Lawrence School Mt Abu, Rai University (Delhi) and United World College Pune.
- Headmaster & Bursar attended the Landmark Education Workshop on Behavioural Sciences in Mumbai.
- Mr Ravi Kumar attended a Workshop in Chennai dealing with higher education in Singapore.
- Mr Sundaraj, Bursar attended a NIIT conference in Bangalore on Empowering Young Minds using Technology.
- Mr Ravi Kumar attended a State Refereers Clinic for Basketball in
Coimbatore.


V) COCURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

(a) Debates, Dramatics, Art, Music, Dance
1. Dr N Ramani put up a flute recital under the aegis of Spic Macay.
2. Lawrence School Quiz Team won the Inter School Maths & Science Quiz
conducted at St Jude's Public School. Nineteen Schools participated.
3. Lawrence School students participated in an Inter School Art
Competition conducted by Nilgiris Library, Ooty. Nauyun Lee of class 5 won
the 1st prize & Lawrence School won the Rolling Trophy for the best
overall school in Art.
4. In the Inter School IT Quiz 2003 for Nilgiris Dist in which 89 teams
participated, Lawrence team were runners up.
5. Seniors Inter House English plays were put up.
6. Diwali was celebrated in the usual traditional way with pooja &
firecrackers. Mr Kailash - Vitraag Agencies sponsored the sweets and chaat
for the whole School.
7. Inter House English debate for class 12 was held.
8. There was a Koodiattam performance by Ms Kapila Venu in the Large Hall.
Collector Nilgiris Dist also attended.
9. An Inter House Computer Science Quiz for Seniors and Juniors was held.
10. A Musical evening for Prep School was held.
11. Science Day was celebrated on 28th Feb.
12. Science Quiz for Seniors was held on 27th Feb.
13. House evenings(Variety shows) for all 4 Prep School Houses were
organized, on 4 separate days.
14. On 19th March Inter House 7th class English Debate was held.
15. On 13th Aug, Inter House Extempore English debate for class 12 was
held.
16. On 12th Sept Inter House Story Telling Competition for Junior School
was conducted.
17. International Day of Peace was celebrated on 21st Sept & a painting
workshop was conducted.
18. On 23rd Sept, Inter House Extempore English Debate for Junior School
was held..
19. On 25th Sept, Inter House English Debate for class 11 was held.
20. On Teachers' Day Prep School students put up a Variety Entertainment
Show.
21. Preliminary Round of Bournvita General Knowledge Quiz was held at
Lawrence.
22. On 18th May Inter House English Quiz was held in Prep School.
23. Inter House Dance Competition was held for Prep School.
24. Inter House Humanities Quiz for Junior School was held.
25. Nivedita Todi and Nahyun Lee were awarded Gurukul National Awards for
excelling in drawing of Greeting Cards contest 2003 organized by Gurukul
Education Foundation.
26. Lawrence School Team participated in the ESPN Quiz in New Delhi.
27. Maggi General Knowledge Quiz was conducted in Prep School for classes
4& 5.
28. On 19th Oct Inter House Science Quiz was conducted in Prep School.
29. On 21st Nov, Inter House Music Competition was held in Prep School.
30. Students of 12th class & four teachers put up a Western Musical
evening for the School.
31. In the Inter Public School IPSC English Debate hosted by Bhavan's
Sawan Public School,Delhi, the Lawrence School team represented by Udai
Himmat Singh, class 12 and Priyanka Sohoni, class 11 won the Trophy.
Priyanka was adjudged the second best speaker. This is the first time that
Lawrence won an IPSC debate
32. On 13th Feb, Inter House English Debate for class 10 was held.
33. On 14th Feb, Western Classical Music Concert was held.
34. Inter House Speech Competition for classes 5 & 6 was held.
35. An Inter House English Debate for class 7 was held.
36. Inter House Science Quiz for classes 9, 10 & 12 was held.
37. On Science Day 28th Feb, Dr Selvaraj gave a talk.
38. Demonstration on Creative Paintings for Prep School, Junior School
students was held.
39. A Maths Quiz was held for Prep School students.

(b) Exchange Programme

This is a programme in which students/staff from other schools in India
and outside countries visit Lawrence School and students/staff from
Lawrence School visit other schools. Exchange students normally spend
between 2 to 4 months in the School they visit. Some are short term
exchanges for a month. Gap-year is a student who has passed out of School.

Exchange students who came to Lawrence(2003)

1. Philip Horsch - Louisenlund School in Germany.
2. Stella Habipi - Hellenic School, London
3. Kieran Fitzgerald - Ivanhoe Grammar School Melbourne Australia.
4. Tess Gregory - Collingwood School, Vancouver, Canada.
5. Hannah Marks - Gap Year from UK.

Feb 2004
1. Tara - St Cyprian's Cape Town South Africa(Gap Year)
2. Louise - St Cyprian's Cape Town South Africa(Gap Year)
3. Tjebo Heeran - Salem - Germany(Gap Year)
4. Natalie - Collingwood, Vancouver, Canada
5. Karen - Collingwood, Vancouver, Canada
6. Caitlin - Deerfield Academy, USA
7. Mary - Indian School Bahrain
8. Jacqueline - St. Phillips School, Australia

Students from Lawrence who visited other Schools as Exchange students

2003
1. Akanksha Jaisinghani- St Phillips Alice Spring, Australia
2. Deepti Chandi - Appleby College - a school in Toronto Ontario
3. Shanta Krishnaswamy- Collingwood School, Vancouver, Canada.
4. Preyasi Shah - St Phillips, Alice Spring, Australia
5. Ranjit Chander - Hellenic College, London
6. Arvind Raman - Collingwood School, Vancouver - Canada
7. Charles Casey - Hellenic College - a School in London
8. Akshay Ram - Boxhill School - London
9. Abisha Lobo - Glenloyyn Norfolk- a School in Victoria Canada
10. Suruchi Jajoo - Collingwood School, Vancouver Canada
11. Ranjit Chander - Ivanhoe Grammar School, Melbourne, Australia

2004

Currently:
- Avoshka Chandi is in Collingwood School - Vancouver Canada
- Ragini Shah is in Deerfield Academy near Boston, USA.
Local Exchanges(within India)

2003

1. From Lawrence - Harshveer Singh spent 2 months at Doon School Dehradun.
2. Twelve students & a teacher from Shri Ram School, New Delhi visited
Lawrence School & spent 10 days here.
3. Children & staff of B.C.S Simla & Lawrence School Sanawar visited
Lawrence.

(c) Outdoor Activities:
Lawrence School, Lovedale contingent attended the International Round
Square Conference in South Africa.
The entire School attended Dukes and Camps in Nilgiris District.
Lawrence School contingent participated in the Regional Round Square
Conference at GD Birla Memorial School, Ranikhet.
Entire Nilgiri House - Prep, Junior, Senior boys & girls went for a picnic
cum trek to Riverside Burliar.

2004
Entire Prep School went for a trek to Big Hill.
Entire 7th class boys went for a trek & picnic lunch.
Prep school students went to Black Thunder(Water Park).

(d) Estate Cleaning & Social Work:
- In August - November term all children were engaged in estate cleaning
by turns. This was organized in small groups headed by teachers.
Children were engaged in a regular routine of cleaning different areas of
the Campus.
- Social Service Project in a nearby village was started.
(e) Value Education & Religious Education:
Religious(Prayer) meetings for children were started.
On some Sundays in the mornings when children are not engaged in other
activities religious meetings for Christians, Hindus, Sikhs & Mussalmans
are organized in the School.
Value education classes for Prep School children (4th to 6th class) were
also started.

VI) SPORTS EVENTS:
In the year 2003, the sports performance was excellent. At the Inter
School level we were the champions in various games. The results are as
follows :-
- In the field of Athletics, Tara Chandi secured the individual
championship at the Inter School level.
- At the CBSE Athletics meet again, Tara Chandi secured the individual
championship and the Girls Team reached the second position(South Zone).
- Our Basketball team performed extremely well and they participated in
many tournaments. PSG Tournament at Coimbatore and IPSC tournament etc.
The School organized Maris Trophy for boys, and our team secured second
position. At the CBSE cluster V level, the girls team secured second
position and was selected for Nationals. At the Inter School level (two
divisions). We won in one and in one division we were runners up.
- In Cricket our School team won two divisions(U-13 & U-15). Many of our
boys were selected to represent Nilgiris District at the State level
Cricket Tournament. Priyabrat Patnaik was selected to play for the
Combined District Tournament for Tamil Nadu.
- At the Inter School level, the Girls Team(Chess) performed well and two
girls were selected to represent the District at the State level
competition.
- At the Inter School level our School Football team secured second
position.
- In the field of Hockey at the Inter School level, our Girls Team (U-14)
secured first position. Many girls were selected to represent Nilgiris
District. The Girls Team participated in the IPSC Tournament. At the CBSE
Tournament our Senior Girls team were winners and junior Girls Team were
runner up and both the team were selected to participate in Nationals.
- Saatvik Joshi secured first position at the Tamil Nadu State Squash
Championship. Anshul K has been ranked as 7th in the National Rank List.
Anshul has secured first position in Delhi Squash Championship and Saatvik
Joshi secured second position also. Our School Squash team participated in
the State and National Championships.
- In Tennis at the Inter School level our School won two divisions and was
runners up in one division.
- In Badminton at the District Championship our School team(Boys and
Girls) won most of the titles. Four students were selected to represent
Nilgiris District in the Tamil Nadu State Championship. At the Inter
School level it was a clean sweep in the Boys Section. In all the three
divisions, Lawrence School teams won. The Girls Team secured second
position in two divisions.
- The Equestrian team participated in a Show hosted by Wellington Gymkhana
Club. At the Nationals in Pune the Equestrian Team won 5 Golds, 1 Silver
and 1 Bronze.
- Dr Mahindra, a Cardiologist from Pollachi donated two horses to Lawrence
School.
- New Cricket nets at Top Flats were inaugurated.
- Work on New Squash Courts(donated by a parent) commenced on 22nd August.

VII) INFRASTRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE WORKS:

Prep School:
- Toilet Block for the Girls was completely renovated and a new bathing
block has been built.
- 200 sets of Desks and Chairs made of rosewood have been provided in the
classrooms.
- The new bathing & toilet blocks for the prep boys are ready. Existing
bathing block has been converted into a hall for indoor games, reading and
entertainment. Rooms have been earmarked to shift cupboards from the dorms
to provide extra moving space to children in the dorms.
- The walls of the Prep School buildings were scraped and replastered with
waterproof material.
- 300 new mattresses have been bought to replace the old ones.
- A new barber room has been made and it has been provided with modern
equipment.
- A new first aid room has been created to facilitate medical check up of
preppers.
- A new toilet has been provided to the staff in Prep School.

Girls Hostel:
- Compound wall, a gate, Security alarm in Girls School were provided.
- The entire roof has been repaired and new tiles have replaced the old
and worn out ones.
- Garden and sitting arrangements have been developed on the rear side of
the Girls School building.
- Fencing on the road leading from the Chapel to the Girls' School has
been done.
- The outer surface of the wall of the buildings has been scraped to
restore the original exposed brick work.

Senior Hostel:
- New Toilet & Bathing blocks for boys are under construction
- Toilets for Girls & Ladies in Senior School block were constructed..
- 7 additional classrooms have been created in the Senior School by
relocating activity rooms.
- Plastering of the walls and replacement of electrical cable in the
corridors has been done.
- Two model class rooms have been made with repair of the doors, windows
etc. The wood recovered from floors is being re-cycled.
- 30 new desks and chairs for one model class room have been bought.

Hospital:
- Roof tile cleaning, cleaning of walls, damp proof treatment of walls are
complete.

General:
- A new Computer Lab was made.
- The New Biotechnology Lab was inaugurated.
- The filter plant tank has been renovated to increase capacity.
- Fencing of the wall of the middle Flat is underway.
- New Coffee/Tea machine was installed in the Staff Room(gifted by Rohit
Nath).
- Floor polishing machine, Pressure Cleaning Equipment and Additional
Equipment for Laundry were bought and put to use. 13
- A new TATA 45 seater Bus and new Ambulance for Hospital were procured.
- 4 old vehicles sold.


Infrastructure needed to Improve the Sports Performance:
1. Indoor wooden courts for multi purpose usage.
2. A Gym with weight training equipment and with AVC and an office.
3. Increase in the Sports budget
4. Exposure to more tournaments
5. Awarding sports scholarship for the outstanding players.
6. A safer route to Pitchkhani Hockey field.
7. To develop four synthetic courts for tennis and two clay courts near
prep School
8. Minimum four squash courts with glass back
9. Separate place for at least 10 table tennis tables.
10. A football coach to train the students.
11. A Gym instructor to supervise the weight training.
12. Covered & heated Swimming Pool with a swimming coach.
13. Gym equipment and a coach.

VIII) GOALS FOR 2004:
1. Organize various coaching camps for different games like Cricket,
Badminton.
2. Organize various Tournaments like Maris Trophy Basketball, IPSC
Badminton and Inter School Sports and Games.
3. Participation at various tournaments and at various levels like Inter
School District CBSE and IPSC level.
4. Finding opportunities for the Physical Education Teachers to attend
seminars, paper presentations and coaching camps to update knowledge.