DR. KALMADI SHAMARAO HIGH SCHOOL SECONDARY SECTION Atulya 2 0 1 6...the - 2 0 1 7incredible KANNADA SANGHA PUNE S. No. 36, Shri. G. M. Shetty Educational Complex, Ganeshnagar, Near CDSS, Erandwane, Pune - 411038. Mr. Kushal Hegde President Smt. Indira M. Salian Vice-President Dr. Narayan G. Hegde Vice-President Smt. Malati S. Kalmadi Secretary Dr. Uday G. Shetty Jt. Secretary Shri. B. Babu Rao Treasurer Shri. Shrinivasa A. Alva Jt. Treasurer Shri. P. Narayan Hon. Trustee Shri. Chandrahas Shetty Hon Trustee Smt. Radhika Sharma Hon Trustee Dr. Balajith Shetty Hon Trustee Shri. Ashwin Shastri Hon Trustee Smt. Payal Kalmadi-Bhartia Hon. Trustee Mrs. Pallavi Naik Principal Founders of the Institute Dr. Shamarao Kalmadi Shri G.M. Shetty (1918-1995) (1931-2011) Chief Mentor and Co-Founder, Co-Founder and Ex-President, Kannada Sangha Pune Kannada Sangha Pune (Kaveri Group of Institutes) (Kaveri Group of Institutes) ATULYA 2016-17 ATULYA 1 ATULYA 2016-17 ATULYA 2 In Memoriam Mr. Madhukar Gade Senior Accounts Incharge, Dr. Kalmadi Shamarao High School, Ganeshnagar 24.12.1968 — 12.03.2017 “Cry heart, but do not break” The KHS staff deeply mourns the sudden demise of Mr. Gade. He was with us for 23 years and ably handled the administrative and accounts department. We will miss his calm and efficient presence. He leaves behind a void that will not be filled easily. ATULYA 2016-17 ATULYA 3 President’s Message William Yates rightly said, “Education is not the complete dedication to weave all the above filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.” mentioned aspects to not only educate but also produce some of the finest individuals. Anyone can teach a child how to learn by rote and regurgitate on paper what has been memorized As our School, we have also been blessed with the but it takes a fine teacher to educate a child and best cooperation and support by all the parents ignite her/his intellect to apply what has been of our students who have taken our School learned. to another level. Our Management and Staff work diligently to ensure that our School is par In earlier days most schools embraced the idea excellence. I am sure that with this combination of rote learning and had teachers who played a of Management, Staff, Students and Parents our dictatorial role in the lives of the students. This School will continue to soar to greater heights. approach of teaching was popular and showed results in exams however had other grave side Kushal Hegde effects of limited thinking and lack of confidence. President, Kannada Sangha Pune In the past couple decades there has been a shift ATULYA 2016-17 ATULYA in the approach to teaching and educating. The teachers play the role of an ‘educator’ imparting the knowledge, a ‘mentor’ guiding the students to analyze the information given to them and a ‘friend’ in encouraging the students to blossom as well rounded individuals. At our School we have the best teaching staff, technology and 4 Management’s Message Education today has become a mere commodity both child-friendly and holistic. Many new which uses marks to determine the growth and initiatives are on the anvil that will spearhead success of a child. At KHS, we have been working innovation and value education at KHS. relentlessly sensitizing ourselves to the changing Learning to know, learning to do, learning to ask needs of children and thus changing the way questions, learning to live together and learning we teach. Recently, we conducted an audit by to be will be our focus areas. Jnana Prabhodini, to help us understand the school climate of 4 institutes run by the Kannada We look forward to active participation from our Sangha viz., Dr Kalmadi Shamarao High School, parents and the community in this bold step. Ganeshnagar and Aundh branches, the Kannada Malati S Kalmadi medium school and the Junior college. Secretary, Kannada Sangha Pune The School climate report was an eye opener. It brought to light, various gaps in our delivery of education. Being progressive, positive and proactive, we are in the process of reinforcing our efforts towards our guiding principles of creating a learner-centric, safe and caring environment for our school community. The major change this coming academic year, is the CBSE curriculum . We found the assessment tool of CBSE for tracking the progress of a student 2016-17 ATULYA 5 Principal’s Message The ten year olds entering the aisles of higher education learning which is meaningful and engaging. An initiative in KHS Ganeshnagar are on a delicate threshold of of this dimension wouldn’t have been possible without adolescent period. This is the time when the brain the strong support from the parents who believed in has incredible plasticity and is extremely sensitive Team KHS. to experiences. We need to take advantage of this I am sure you have noticed the new look of our school opportunity as this period is an extremely important compound wall. I am very proud of my students and art milestone for learning that sticks. If I had to choose a teachers who came together to contribute their artistic symbol to represent the age between 10 to 16 years it energies in designing and completing phase one of the would be that of a door. Doors are passages into a new wall painting. This month long project led by artist Sujata world which sparks interest as to what exists beyond Dharap, witnessed students, teachers, alumni, parents, them. principals, commuters and members of the management The doors of opportunity at KHS are many. The setting work tirelessly and transform a mute wall into a speaking up of the state of the art Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) will wall exhibiting vibrant splashes of colours, strokes and open the door to discovery which will nurture innovation, images. encourage problem solving and critical thinking and In our pursuit of opening doors of opportunities for the develop entrepreneurship among our students. The learners we never let our focus waver from making our school will forever be grateful to the team of students students good human beings. This year the school and educators who worked tirelessly during the Diwali cinema program will introduce the students to basic set break of 2016 to prepare the students for the ATL national of life skills and values through the medium of award ATULYA 2016-17 ATULYA competition held in University of Pune. winning films. We value each student and our school Another significant step of implementing the CBSE programs will continue to empower the young learners curriculum from June 2017 has paved the way for the to develop their self esteem, self awareness and self implementation of a dynamic and progressive curriculum confidence. I hope my students draw on their learning that will prepare our students for the future. The expected to knock down doors of hate, strife and trauma and benefit of this decision is a smaller class size which encourage and inspire the world on a path to peace and will set the stage for an ideal learning environment. progress. Beginning an academic program from the ground up has Pallavi Naik injected into my teachers a vision to plan child centric Principal 6 Editorial Board Top Row (L-R): Sahil Bhagwat (IX-C), Sanjeet Ghatpande (IX-B), Rishi Gandhi (IX-D), Vedant Bhagwat (IX-D), Rohit Khare (IX-D), Sankarshan Balambeed (IX-B) Bottom Row (L-R): Phalguni Bhide (IX-C), Samruddhi Jagtap (IX-B), Pranoti Abhyankar (IX-B), Mrs. Madhavi Kulkarni (Staff in-Charge), Mrs. Pallavi Naik (Principal), Aarnav Vaidya (IX-D), Saket Kulkarni (IX-B), Adhish Kadam (IX-D) Atulya … The name speaks for itself. Unparalleled, just mention deadlines again! It has been hectic, incomparable, peerless. but it has been fun. Just the way, the best Surprising how a word like peerless can conjure experiences are supposed to be. up images of loneliness. And yet, it is anything Presenting to you, Atulya 2016-17. We hope but. The task of bringing to you this yearly we have succeeded in giving you a glimpse of magazine is chockful with teamwork, deadlines, what the past year has so generously offered us requesting friends and teachers for articles, at KHS. Apropos the year’s theme of Gratitude, summing up a HUGE list of achievements, the editorial board would just like to offer deadlines, looking for photos that seem to our collective and heartfelt thank-you for the disappear just when you want them, shared unparalleled opportunity of working on Atulya. laughter, stories of lost pendrives that in today’s We welcome your feedback, suggestions and technology driven times seem scarier than the critique on [email protected] Conjuring movies, heart-stopping situations Best always, of computer hard drives crashing, deadlines, Madhavi Kulkarni, Pallavi Iyer and the students arguments, artwork and for good luck, we will on the board. 2016-17 ATULYA 7 STD. X FELICITATION (2015-16) Our Std X students have made us proud once again, with another year of 100% results at the S.S.C. Examination. One of the guiding principles at KHS has been one of timely appreciation. Aptly put by Author William Makepeace Thackeray, “Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.” To appreciate the hard work and the subsequent stupendous performance of the toppers, we held a ceremony to felicitate them. In keeping with our Saloni Waghale Sucheta Mondhe theme this year of Gratitude and connecting with our Alumni, we invited two former KHS students as chief guests who have gone on to build successful careers for themselves; Dr. Anjali Sane (batch of ’92) and Dr.