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2 VISION At Sancta Maria International School, we aim to: Set the highest standards of learning and achieve intellectual excellence within a diverse, collaborative community. Empower children to achieve and excel. Generate and disseminate knowledge to strengthen our society and the environment. MISSION At Sancta Maria, our curriculum will integrate the best of teaching approaches from across the world. Children will learn in a world-class study environment through methodologies that will be a combination of western approaches to teaching, aimed at ensuring clarity of concepts, and the Indian methodology of practice driven towards perfection. Our committed teachers will take ownership of every child, and will also be accountable for their progress. Most importantly the school will seek active parentparticipation, so that they can contribute towards the prosperity of their child.

3 List of Holidays for the Academic Year August Janmastami, 20 Eid-ul-Fitr September Ganesh Chaturthi November , 13 Diwali January , 15 Pongal March Holi, 29 Good Friday April Ugadi Term Vacations Autumn Break Friday, 19 October 2012 to Sunday, 28 October 2012 School reopens on Monday, 29 October 2012 Winter Break Monday, 24 December 2012 to Wednesday, 02 January 2013 School reopens on Thursday, 03 January 2013 Summer Vacation Saturday, 20 April 2013 to Sunday, 16 June 2013 School reopens on Monday, 17 June 2013 * SMSL (Sancta Maria Soccer League) * TAAD (The Art Appreciation Day)

4 Cambridge International Examinations Sancta Maria is proud to announce that our first Grade 10 batch will be appearing for their Cambridge examinations, a Globally Recognized Qualification, in the month of May! IGCSE is a comprehensive two-year programme, spread over Class 9 and 10, and leads to the final examinations offered every year in May and November. A student who has passed IGCSE is eligible for any +2 level qualifications, like Class 12 CBSE/ ICSE or any international pre-university programme, like the Advanced Placement Diploma (US), and A/AS Level & AICE (UK). Cambridge IGCSE represents the Best Possible International Education for 14 to 16 year olds. The syllabuses are international in outlook, but retain a local relevance. They have been created specifically for an international student body with content to suit a wide variety of schools and avoid cultural bias. The content, the structure and the administrative support means Cambridge IGCSE answers the needs of schools World Wide.

5 June 2012 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Field Trip Last day of payment of 1st Term Fees First Day of Nursery & PP School Begins for PP 2 to Grade World Music Day TAAD Curriculum Evening

6 Almanac the I think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self contained; I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition; They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins; Not one is dissatisfied-not one is demented with the mania of owning things. Walt Whitman I N O M N I A E X C E L L E N T I A

7 July 2012 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY World Laughter Day Celebrations Picnic - Seniors Teddy Bear Picnic - Field Juniors Trip Quiz Round Health Check-up Week 31 Olympic Games open in London TAAD

8 Almanac the We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. George Bernard Shaw I N O M N I A E X C E L L E N T I A

9 August 2012 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Spell Bee Round 1 Juniors & Seniors Janmashtami - Holiday Janmashtami Celebrations Independence Day Eid-ul-Fitr - Holiday Pre Primary Field Trip

10 Almanac the Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. Kahlil Gibran I N O M N I A E X C E L L E N T I A

11 September 2012 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Teachers' Day Picnic Teachers' Day Celebrations Field Quiz Round Trip Roald Dahl Day Hindi Diwas Hindi Elocution Ganesh Chaturthi - Holiday SMSL SMSL SMSL SMSL TAAD

12 Almanac the for there is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels with someone, for someone, a pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echoes. Milan Kundera I N O M N I A E X C E L L E N T I A

13 October 2012 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY International Day of Non Violence Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti Last day of payment of 2nd Term Fees Field Trip School Concert Autumn Break Begins School Reopens One World Week Halloween

14 Almanac the Take bread away from me, if you wish, take air away, but do not take from me your laughter. Pablo Neruda I N O M N I A E X C E L L E N T I A

15 November 2012 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Field Trip World Science Day for Peace & Development (Science Fair) Diwali - Holiday Diwali - Holiday Children s Day Celebration Spell Bee Round 2 (Juniors & Seniors) Outdoor Camp Outdoor Camp Outdoor Camp

16 Almanac the Dance till the stars come down from the rafters Dance, Dance, Dance till you drop. W. H. Auden I N O M N I A E X C E L L E N T I A

17 December 2012 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Field Trip Human Rights Day Christmas Celebrations Excursion Batch 1 Leaves Winter Break Begins Excursion Batch 2 Leaves

18 Almanac the The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvellous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity. Albert Einstein I N O M N I A E X C E L L E N T I A

19 January 2013 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY School Reopens Field Quiz Round Trip Pongal - Holiday Pongal - Holiday Pre Primary Sports Day Republic Day

20 Almanac the Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. Oscar Wilde I N O M N I A E X C E L L E N T I A

21 February 2013 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Chinese Lantern Festival Teng Chieh Field Trip Last day of payment of 3rd Term Fees Spell Bee Round 3 (Juniors & Seniors)

22 Almanac the If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children. Mahatma Gandhi I N O M N I A E X C E L L E N T I A

23 March 2013 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Field Trip Mahashivratri Quiz Round Holi Celebrations Spell Bee Finals (Juniors & Seniors) Holi - Holiday Good Friday - Holiday

24 Almanac the The lessons of science should be experimental also. The sight of a planet through a telescope is worth all the course on astronomy; the shock of the electric spark in the elbow outvalues all theories; the taste of the nitrous oxide, the firing of an artificial volcano, are better than volumes of chemistry. Ralph Waldo Emerson I N O M N I A E X C E L L E N T I A

25 April 2013 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Ugadi - Holiday Step-Up Ceremony Field Pre Primary Trip B.R. Ambedkar Birthday Year End Celebrations Art Exposition Step-Up Ceremony Senior School Summer Vacation Begins

26 Almanac the The most beautiful things in the creations of the child are his mistakes. The more a child s work is full of these individual mistakes the more wonderful it is. And the more a teacher removes them from the child s work the duller, more desolate and impersonal it becomes. Franz Cizek I N O M N I A E X C E L L E N T I A

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