विद्या विनयेन शोभते

अत्यंत द्रुत गति से बदलते हुए इस समाज मे , इस परिवेश मे
संवेदनाओं और भावनाओं का ह्रास होता स्पष्ट नज़र आ रहा है। ऐसे दुष्कालग्रस्त मानव
समाज मे, सामाजिक एवं मानवीय मूल्यों की पुनः स्थापना का ही एक प्रयास है , हम सभी
का अपना…  यह आत्मीय विद्या मंदिर !
      जी हाँ ,
मित्रों ! आत्मीय सम्राट , परम् पूज्य श्री हरिप्रसाद स्वामी जी द्वारा सन् 2004
में स्थापित, आत्मीय विद्या मंदिर  जो कि ,
पिछले दस वर्षों से निरंतर शिक्षा के क्षेत्र में , ज्ञान के साथ-साथ यहाँ के छात्रों
में नैतिकता एवं शुद्ध मानसिकता के बीजों का रोपण कर रहा है। इस बार भी अपनी इसी
अनोखी एवं अद्भूत परंपरा की श्रंखला में एक और कड़ी को शिक्षा-सत्र 2013 – 2014 के
लिए जोड़ चुका है।
      विद्यालय
के सत्यम् हाउस ने आठ जुलाई से प्रारंभ हुए सप्ताह को , विद्यार्थी के जीवन में
अत्यंत महत्वपूर्ण “विनय” नामक मूल्य का वर्णन करते हुए संपन्न किया। सप्ताह भर
विद्यालय की प्रार्थना सभा में विस्तार पूर्वक ‘विनय’ का महत्व समझाया गया।
विद्यालय के व्यवस्था-तंत्र के अनुसार , सत्यम् हाउस को ‘विनय’ नामक मूल्य पर
आधारित एक लघु नाटिका “विद्या विनयेन शोभते”
प्रस्तुत करने का मौका मिला। सत्यम् हाउस के सभी सदस्यों ने आत्मीयता से विचारों
का आदान-प्रदान कर के विद्यालय के नृत्य-निर्देशक श्रीमान मृणाल नायक के
मार्गदर्शन अनुसार इस नाटक को प्रस्तुत करने का नम्र प्रयास किया।
      “प्रिय
राम ! जीवन पथ हर मानव को अनेक कठिनाईयों का सामना करना पड़ता है, इन कठिन
परिस्थितियों को केवल बल और बुद्धि के आधार पर जीत लेना असंभव है। संपूर्ण विजय
प्राप्त करने के लिए बल और बुद्धि के साथ विनय का होना परमावश्यक है”।
विश्वामित्र जी के द्वारा प्रभु श्री राम को शिव-धनुष
उठाने से पूर्व दिये गये उपर लिखित ये आशिर्वचन ही वास्तव में निचोड़ थे, पूरे
नाटक के।  
       मानवता का सर्वोत्तम आभूषण विनयशीलता को कहा गया
है। पुरुषोत्तम राम विनयशीलता के साक्षात् अवतार थें। उसी विनयशीलता के शस्त्र से
क्रोधित और आगबबुला हुए श्री परशुराम के क्रोध को भगवान श्री राम नियंत्रित कर
पाए।
       विनम्र व्यक्ति में सभी प्रकार की परिस्थितियों
को झेलने की शक्ति होती है , ऐसी शक्ति और अपने ज्ञान- गरिमा का रंज मात्र भी उन्हें
दंभ नहीं होता है और वे सदैव दूसरों के समक्ष झूकना , नम्र होना ही अपना कर्तव्य
मानते हैं। वास्तव में विनय कठिनाईयों का सामना करने में संबल बनता है और
प्रतिद्वन्द्वी को बल क्षीण करता है।
      आइए !
श्री राम में बसे इस अद्भूत विनम्रता के महान सदगुण को हम हमारे जीवन में ढालने का
प्रयास कर जीवन को समृद्ध बनाएं ।।

लेखक: श्री पुष्पक जोशी

Rainy Season Paintings by Students

Paavan Shah Std 10B
Uttam Italiya Std 10B
Denish K Patel Std 10A
Rushal S Patel Std 10B
Rushi Patel Std 10A
Virat Italiya Std 10A

Harsh V Gondaliya Std 10A
Milan H Patel Std 10B

Guided by: Manish Sir

Investiture Ceremony 2013-14

“The price of greatness is responsibility.” Sir Winston Churchill

On the pleasant morning of 6 July 2013, admirable young talents of Atmiya Vidya Mandir were bestowed responsibility of serving school with their capability, efficiency and more over with devotion.

The Investiture Ceremony, thus marked the initiation of the student council for the academic session 2013-14. Designations were assigned with an official title to the Head Boy, the Vice Head Boy and the Sports Captain. the House Captains and the Vice-Captains of all the four houses were provided with the respective ranks and deserved rights.

The young and enlightened minds, Harsh Sarda and Tanmay Patel of class XI carried the program to an utmost excitement. And displayed the best of the qualities of Host.

PRATHAM PRABHU, PACCHI PAGLU” as per this ritual of Atmiya Vidya Mandir, Investiture Ceremony commenced its first step of lightening the sacred lamp by Honourable Vice Principal – Ashish Sir, Respectable Administrator – Haresh Sir. Thakorji was offered with the devotional poojan by Pujya Arjun Mama. Following the Hindu tradition, Lord Ganesha was worshipped by presenting the Sloka – “Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha” by our school choir group who added grandeur to the ambience.

On the tune of the school band, members of Student Council performed a grand March Past.

The formal assignment of title, is indeed a matter of pride for every members of Student Council. Vice Principal, House conveners and House Teachers assigned the Council members with their respective badges.

Turning the program with zest, Vice-Principal, Honourable Swayam Ma’am carried out the swearing-in-ceremony. Wherein entire Student Council took an oath and promised to discharge their duties sincerely to the best of their ability.

To add more splendour to this function, the centre of most attraction for our school youngistan was the dance, it was a traditional Gujarati dance which was performed by the students of class IX and X in a kathiyawadi attire.

The Head Boy, Sachin Verlekar, cognitively brilliant, socially smart and emotionally stable yet deeply humane delivered a short speech. Wherein he promised to behold the values of school and stand up to the expectations of elders.

Enlightening further, Vice Principal – Swayam Ma’am addressed the school on “Responsibility of a leader is to play multiple roles in his life”.

As a symbol of energy, the lamp was lighten by the Students Council. The ceremony was concluded with the school song.

Wishing the entire Student Council, success and victory in all their endeavours and leaving behind a legacy for all to cherish.

Written by: Rashmi Ma’am

Student Council 2013-14

Real leadership is not about prestige, power and status. It is about responsibility.

School is a basic platform to initiate the ability to become a responsible citizen of the nation. The concept of integrity and unity are taught by grouping students together on an equal ground of election.

In Atmiya Vidya Mandir, the students are given a platform to experience the realities and joy of outer world by giving hands-on experience. They are nurtured with many social, cultural and spiritual values. To experiencethis very important process first-hand, the Student Council has been set up wherein students can show their active participation by recognizing their duty towards school, friends, teachers and further, in future, to the nation. As a result, every child got an opportunity to use his wisdom to elect his leader.

Students are the hope for the bright future of any nation. Moulding students of today as a better citizen for tomorrow was the sole motto of the event.

As educated by P.P.Swamiji, three main qualities that a leader should possess are to be polite, stable and Atmiya. Leaders are not born, sometimes they need to be moulded. Such a place is AVM where students strive to fly like a leader still try to remain grounded.

Atmiya Vidya Mandir witnessed its fourth student council election in the second week of the academic year 2013-14.

Nomination Criteria

  1. House Vice Captain from Class VIII
  2. House Captain from Class IX and X
  3. Vice Head Boy – Class IX
  4. Head Boy – Class XI

Election Procedure

  1. Vote access: Students from class 6th to 12th, and all the elderly people in the campus.
  2. Pre elections: Before the elections the dates of nomination, campaign, polling and declaration of results were announced.
  3. Campaigning Week: When elections were called, nominees endeavoured to influence the school by campaigning. The students nominated with the zeal to win. And a tough competition proved the students highly proactive to serve the respective houses and the school.
  4. Voting day: The elections were held on 29th June 2013 from 11.20 AM to 1.00 PM. Prayer hall was chosen as a polling station. The sports team was in charge of handling polling in a smooth way. Students experienced casting their vote through laptops. An indelible ink like of marker pen was applied on the left index finger of the voter as an indicator that the voter has cast his vote.
  5. Post elections: After the different phases of the elections were complete, a day was set to count the votes. The votes were tallied. The candidate who mustered the most votes was declared the winner for their respective post.
Selection:
In a very unusual turn of events, the school witnessed for the first time, a selection for a very important post in the Council, that of the Sports Captain. This was done due to the overwhelmingly outstanding qualities of the candidate involved, Nirmal Patel, who was selected for the aforementioned post by the School Principal and the Student Council Convenor.

Election Results:

The list of newly elected student council members is as follows:

Head Boy: Sachin S. Verlekar

Vice Head Boy: Dhwanit R. Tamboli

Sports Captain: Nirmal A. Patel

Satyam House:

  • Captain Sumit D. Choudhary
  • Vice Captain Jagrat K. Gada

Shivam House:

  • Captain Dhaval A. Jariwala
  • Vice Captain Sarvanaman B. Patel

Sundaram House:

  • Captain Arpit K. Trapasiya
  • Vice Captain Nimit J. Patel

Suhradam House:

  • Captain Harsh V. Gondalia
  • Vice Captain Rahul B. Patel

Finally, the school has a fresh beginning of a new academic year with the support of newly elected student leaders waiting for their upcoming oath ceremony.

Written by: Rashmi Ma’am

AVM where Excellence is a Habit – Part 2

It is rightly said that the fruits of success always grow on the tree of hard work. After a year full of home works, assignments, daily reading hours, worksheets, projects, unit tests, prelims, and two summative exams; students were eager to find out if their tree of hard work was ready to give them the fruit of success which they were hoping for.

After a very bright result of class 12 students, students of class 10 had a tough ask to follow. But the consistent hard work throughout the year by students coupled with the constant guidance from the teachers and more importantly with the blessings and inspiration from His Divine Holiness Hariprasad Swamiji, the class 10 students achieved a benchmark result in CBSE board exams.

It was a proud moment for the school as 10 students scored a perfect score of 10.0 CGPA.

Out of the 53 students appeared for the exams, 24 students scored over 9.0 CGPA.

Atmiya Vidya Mandir congratulates all the students, their parents and the teachers for such an astounding result.

Here are some of the statistical highlights and the school toppers:

  • Total number of students appeared:       53
  • Students with CGPA 10:                           10
  • Students with CGPA between 9 to 10:   14
  • Students with CGPA between 8 to 9:     11
  • Students with CGPA between 7 to 8:     10
  • Students with CGPA between 6 to 7:      6
  • Students with CGPA below 6:                 2

AVM where Excellence is a Habit

Looking at history is a fascinating and enriching experience. It tells us so bluntly, clearly and so wisely the ways to achieve success and happiness. The single most important point, however, that one can witness looking at all the major events is the need of a friend, philosopher and guide in one’s life, a saint in any form, so to say.

To list some glaring examples, there was a Chanakya for Chandragupta; there was an angel sent by God to guide Moses; the three kings were led by the Star of Bethlehem to the just born Jesus Christ; Hanumanji blessed and inspired Sant Tulsidasji; Shivaji saved by Samarth Ramdas; Swami Vivekanand guided by Ramkrishna Paramhans. The list really is endless.

The Atmiya Vidya Mandir students and teachers are very fortunate to have a beacon in form of His Divine Holiness Hariprasad Swamiji to guide us in our joys, sorrows and most importantly, in the journey of life.

Swamiji had given a special recipe of success to AVM students:

  1. Earnest prayer
  2. Sincere hard work
  3. Company of good friends

During Swamiji’s visit to AVM, on 29th September 2012, He had made the entire school repeat after Him “70% must, must, must, must” and “No below 70%” and also written a fax on 14th February 2013 mentioning “69% marks joiyej nahi“.

And our dearest students of Std 12 followed it all to the word!

They have set a benchmark for the batches to come at AVM. It was a beautifully concerted effort involving the students, teachers, hostel staff, dining staff, administration team and the school security staff.

With Swamiji’s blessings, all this has materialised in the form of excellence conveyed in the results.

We would like to wish the students, their parents and teachers many congratulations for such an outstanding performance! The journey of excellence, well, continues.

Following are statistical highlights for AVM’s Class 12 Results:

  • Total number of students appeared: 31 (Science + Commerce)
  • Students above 90%:                       16
  • Students between 80% to 90%:    11
  • Students between 70% to 80%:    4
  • In Mathematics, 7 students above 90%
  • In the Science class, only 1 student had opted for Biology, and he scored above 90%
  • In Accountancy, 10 students above 90%

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