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But on the contrary the OBA I thank the Almighty for having blessed us in all represented the school in various sporting activities gets younger, more active and vibrant with each passing year. The addition our undertakings.I am also grateful to St. Joseph and also honoured Old Boys who represented the for guiding us through the past year.As the OBA country in sports. Parents of the students being Of several teenage boys to the Association, the new ideas of committed young men and the support of turns a 100 in September 2018, we also look back honoured were also invited and JOSEXCEL 2016 dedicated older members keeps the OBA young at heart even as it excitedly awaits its Centenary year. with gratitude to all the Old Boys’ for their efforts concluded with lunch at the school refectory. This initiative was well received as many students had During the course of the last academic year the OBA has contributed very significantly to the School. The and contributions over the years to make this organisation what it is today. not known of the many Old Boys’ who represented Innovation Lab which was introduced to nature a creative spirit among youngsters was open to students the country in various sporting events and were from Standards seven to nine. It helped build team spirit and taught the boys some skills on project building Contributions by Old Boys, far and near, have very pleased to hear about the sporting exploits and presentation. The Career Day series was very well received by the students of Std 10 and 12. Many Old increased our corpus funds from by 18.56% to of these Old Boys’. The OBA would be installing Boys gave of their time and expertise to speak to the youngsters about possible career choices. Rs. 4.25 crore. Old Boys’ dedication to academic the ‘JOSEXCEL Sportsman Wall of Fame’ at the The School is proud to have a band of dedicated and enthusiastic teachers who serve our school with loyalty excellence have ensured that our scholarship funds Loyola Sports Complex. have grown by 40% and stand at Rs. 1.69 crore. and passion. The management provides them opportunities for in-service development and supports their It has been our experience that the Football & talents and hobbies. This year the OBA has arranged to conduct Outbound programs for the whole staff to Other funds have grown by about 11% and currently stand at Rs.2.21 crores. Golf Tournaments draw Old Boys from as far familiarize them with the latest trends in teaching and learning and help them become effective teachers. away as Dubai and Australia. It was becoming The School is not only very grateful for all the OBA does but also very proud of this Association which We are pleased to announce that the Mid-Day Meal very challenging to collect funds in the traditional continues to demonstrate its unwavering loyalty and affection for its Alma Mater. I would to thank the OBA Scheme has been launched this academic year. The manner. Thanks to Deepak Krishnankutty (batch President Shashi Kiran Lewis for his excellent leadership and his entire team for the time and effort put in to scheme has benefited 34 needy students enabling of 1979/80), the OBA was able to setup a payment start new initiatives and take forward the old ones. them to get a hot meal in school. TheClass of 1992 gateway with ‘Instamojo’ to enable seamless funds deserves a special mention for having taken this transfer to the OBA. Today, we have been able to As the School nears 160 years of its existence and the OBA prepares for its Centenary celebrations we than initiative forward. Other Old Boys’ support for this setup a permanent payment gateway integrated with God for the love, loyalty and generosity of our Old Boys and seek God’s blessings on them for all that they this cause is welcome. our website to enable our Old Boys’ to donate for do for their Alma Mater. the various causes that we support. The OBA has disbursed scholarships of Rs 10.39 lacs to 100 needy students this year. We would like to Another interesting trend that was witnessed this thank all Old Boys’ which have contributed to this year was that of the young Old Boys’ coming out Rev. Fr. Clifford Sequeira, SJ cause and also request Old Boys’ to come forward in numbers to help out with our events, many of Principal, SJBHS and support this cause. whom just passed out this year. And it’s not just that, they stay in touch and volunteer their services We note with some dismay that sports often takes a for upcoming events which is very encouraging. back seat to academics but we have not forgotten St. We look forward to the continued support of the Joesph’s excellence in sports and the camaraderie that younger Old Boys’.Older Old Boys too are welcome sports engenders -the thrill of the runner breasting to show the youngsters how things are done. the tape, a hockey striker getting past a goal-keeper, or the stylish flick to the boundary are experiences It was an eventful year starting with the Second for fewer students as each year passes.To celebrate Edition of the 5-a-Side Football Tournament. our sportsment, we initiated the Josephite Sporting This year we had over 20 teams registering for the Excellence Celebratory Lunch(or JOSEXCEL) tournament and it was played on 26th and 27th in December 2016. We celebrated the sporting of November. Over 400 Old Boys’ attended the tournament over the two days. Our thanks to the volunteering to speak to the students. We would PROGRAMME various sponsors of the tournament and to Naren K like to thank Jyotinath Ganguly (1975) and Nandita N (2006), Reo Raymond (2005) and Vivek George Chandrashekar (2013) for taking the initiative to put THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2017 (2004) for organising this tournament. this event together and also all the Old Boys’ who 9:00 a.m. Primary School Athletic Sports Day at the School Grounds are volunteering for this event. The second edition of the Golf tournament was held in January 2017 and was very keenly contested by The second edition of the Innovation Lab programme FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 over 90 Josephite golfers. The Golf tournament has has been launched in school for students from 9:00 a.m. High School Athletic Sports Day at the School Grounds been the single largest fund raising event of the OBA standard 7 to 12. This programme would conclude 7:00 p.m. BACK TO SCHOOL at SJBHS (reunion of the classes of 1957, 1967, 1977, 1987 & 1997 along with other batches) and we were able to generate Rs 13.5 lakh from the with showcasing the projects at the science fair tournament. We would like to thank the players, scheduled to be held in November this year. The sponsors and donors for their contribution and the school would like to have Old Boys’ to volunteer SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2017 organising team lead by George Ollapally (1968). for the science fair in mentoring the students for 7:30 p.m. BLUE & WHITE BASH at Catholic Club with Goa’s leading band ‘A 26’ in attendance their various projects at this fair. St. Joseph’s Feast was celebrated on the 19th of SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 – OBA DAY March 2017 quite differently from the past. This time As a new initiative and based on the request of BREAKFAST 7:15 a.m. Holy Mass around it was the Inter-Batch 5-a-side Rink Hockey the school, the OBA will conduct an outbound Non-Veg: Placing of Wreath at War Memorial Tournament played on the Basket-Ball court at training programme for the teaching staff of the Pork Sausages, Unfurling of School Flag and singing of School Anthem Fried Eggs, Fruit, the school ground.