Crimson blessings in white winter: P.P. Swamiji Visits AVM

As the teaching-learning activities are at their peak, pacing speedily towards final exams, as soaring winter-cold setting in to spread passivity, as the strenuous study hours consume all energy, Swamiji arrives to kindle the spark within: enlightening presence of Swamiji at Atmiya Vidya Mandir charged the students and teachers with greater enthusiasm to prepare well for forthcoming examination.

In His address to the students, Swamiji advised a few guidelines to excel not only in impending exams but also throughout the life. Swamiji clearly mentioned a few injunctions to be followed, so that we can revive and retain energy and talent gifted by God. He further emphasized on the appropriate and judicious use of five senses by students. With example of His own life, Swamiji explained the students to avoid watching movies and inappropriate videos which distract them from their goal.

Swamiji also insisted students to have a caring and respectful attitude towards their parents and avoid talking and listening negative comments about anybody. Such effective ways to use energy at right place and right time!

Swamiji wishes students of Atmiya Vidya Mandir to get minimum 70% marks in their exams, He repeatedly instructed the same target in His meeting with teachers. He advised the teachers, making them instruments of His noble vision to nurture harmony and goodwill through actions, words and thoughts. In His address to teachers Swamiji said that AVM teachers must be epitome of love, care, and patience.

Thus Swamiji’s sanctifying presence in the school campus proved to be a glimpse of the unbounded fullness of bliss, peace and fulfillment, once again! it is the time for students and other members of AVM family to realize how much fortunate they are to be cared and guided abundantly by P.P Swamiji.

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IRON MAN: THE ARCHITECT OF INDEPENDENT INDIA

Suhradam House takes immense pleasure to celebrate the week commemorating the efforts of one man without whom Independence was just a word soothing to hear, but difficult to realize; he is none other than Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Members of Suhradam house exploited the opportunity to dwell deeper into the life of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ‘A Complete Man’ and share the nuances with all the children of Atmiya Vidya Mandir.

Throughout the week various incidents from the life of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel were quoted in both the junior and senior assemblies. The participants of the assembly were as follows: 

Junior:

Day
Anchoring
Thought for the day
Story
Commander
Monday
Nirlep
(3A)
Shreemad
Sanghani (2)
Manju
Ma’am
Yogi
(3A)
Tuesday
Niramay
(3B)
Vansh
(4A)
Pavitra
(4A)
Tirth
(1)
Wednesday
Ishan
(5A)
Shiv
(5A)
Devang
(5A)
Darshan
(1)
Thursday
Krishi
(4A)
Nisarg
Patel (5B)
Gautam
Sir
Darshan
(1)
Friday
Ujwal
(3A)
Shardul
(3B)
Video
Prasan
(4B)
Saturday
Creatively
Assembly : Sardar Patel’s Visit to AVM (Members of Suhradam House)

Senior:

Days
Teacher In charge
Anchoring
Thought for the day
News
Speech
Monday
Archana
madam
Nishit
Banka 9A
Deep
Chamaria 8B
Sagar
8A
Sahil
Shah 8B
(Childhood)
Tuesday
Gautam
Sir
Parikshit
Patel 9A
Pramanik
6A
Niramay
Joshi 6B
Smit
Alkesh 10A
(School and College Life)
Wednesday
Prabhudarshan
Sir
Manan
Ladani 9A
Soham
7B

Vaibhav Agarwal 10B

Neel
Virani 9B
(Struggle for his Barristers degree)
Thursday
Samidh
Madam
Yash
Dandawala 9B
Pratipal
9A

Hardeep Solanki 8A

Archana
Ma’am
(Various Qualities of Sardar Patel)
Friday
Prabhudarshan
SIr
Mitul
Patel 9B
Pinal
8B

Amit Pandey 9B

Prabhudarshan
Sir
(Contribution in India’s Independence and each one of us can become a Sardar
Patel)
Saturday
Creatively Assembly : Sardar Patel’s Visit to AVM (Members of
Suhradam House)

Throughout the week we heard about Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s life. We understood various characteristics of an ideal youth, from Vallabhbhai’s life. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was not only intelligent, but also bold, courageous and honest. He was a man of few words and lots of action and a fiery leader. He was very determined and led a selfless life. He was very inspirational, encouraging and a wise counselor. He was sincere, loyal and dedicated to his work.
The atmosphere of creative assembly was very mesmerizing. It was because of the presence of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in the arena. Children did a wonderful drama in which, Vallabhbhai graced AVM with his presence, guided and motivated all to live an independent successful life. There was an interview in the drama, 2 small skits and a dance at the end to felicitate Vallabhbhai. Participants of the creative assembly were as follows:

Interview
Scene 1
Scene 2
Neel
Virani (9B): Interviewer
Dinal
(7B)
Pavitra
(4A)
Siddharth
Parmar (8B)
Ashish
Amin (8A)
Parth
Amipara (9B): Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Devang
(5A)
Sahil
(4B)
Daksh
(6B)
Hardeep
(8A)
Harshil
Garodia (Anchor)
Nilay
(5B)
Tarak
(4A)
Pramanik
(6A)
Keyur
(8B)
Dance
Hardik
Gajiwala (5A)
Ruchit
Desai (5B)
Rahul
B (6B)
Prashant
Gupta (8A)
Jenil
Jasani (5A)
Vinamra
Patel (6B)
Amit
Chaudhary (7A)
Deep
Chamaria (8B)
Romi
Patel (5A)
Niramay
Joshi (6B)
Vaishvik
B. Patel (7B)
Krutarth
Rangunwala (8B)

Vallabhbhai’s message to the students of Atmiya Vidya Mandir was to work together, work with unity, respect each other, respect your self and shun all the things that are hindrance in achieving our goal (target). Live together with Atmiyata.


Thus throughout the week children learnt about the life of a Vallabhbhai who made all the right choices in his life and the way he accomplished it. He was a man of multifarious brilliance and captivating personality. At the end children learnt what it takes to be an ideal youth like Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, they learnt what it takes to fight constantly with the distractions of the demeaning world and remain focused on achieving the goal. We learnt how to fight with injustice in a non-violent manner. We learnt the importance of speaking truth, being honest and courageous.

Thus commemorating the incidences and learning from the life of such a great personality was a pleasure of Suhradam house.

Report By: Members of Suhradam House

Inter House Volley Ball Competition

An Inter House Volley Ball competition was organised on 16/17 December. Each house had participants as per three groups-

  1. Sub-junior- Std-4th to 6th
  2. Junior -7th to 9th
  3. Senior-10th to 12th

* In Sub-junior Group-
 3rd Place match-Shivam Vs Suhradam Won By-Suhradam
 Final match-Satyam Vs Sundaram Won By-Satyam

* In Junior Group-
 3rd Place match-Shivam Vs Suhradam Won By-Suhradam
 Final match-Satyam Vs Sundaram Won By-Sundaram

* In Senior Group-
 3rd Place match- Sundaram Vs Shivam Won By-Shivam
 Final match-Satyam Vs Suhradam Won By- Suhradam
                             

                                     
OVERALL HOUSE POSITION IN VOLLEYBALL
HOUSE NAME
SUB JUNIOR
JUNIOR
SENIOR
TOTAL POINTS
Position
SATYAM
10
8
8
26
1st
SHIVAM
4
4
6
14
4th
SUNDARAM
8
10
4
22
2nd
SUHRADAM
6
6
10
22
2nd
POINT SYSTEM
FIRST PLACE              10 points
SECOND PLACE    
    08
points
THIRD PLACE             06 points
FOURTH PLACE         04
points

Atmiya Quiz Contest – Inter House Social Science Competition 2011

“Tell me and I’ll forget; show, me and I may remember;
involve me and I’ll understand.”
Keeping in view the need of all round
development of the children of Atmiya Vidya Mandir, Social Science Department
adopted the age old questioning method from the Upanishad Culture and organized
the “Atmiya Quiz Contest 2011” on 19th of November, 2011.
The contest was started with the welcome speech
by Sanjay Sir. He welcomed our respected Principal Vijay Sir, Ashish Sir
and others. Ishwar Sir our new Hostel In charge lit the auspicious lamp to mark
the beginning of the contest. Our distinguished Judges Pujya Saumya Mam and
Swayam Mam did the Pujan of Thakorji.
For the purpose of  Quiz Contest all the students from Class I to
X were divided into three groups namely Vaman (Class I and II), Anuj (Class III
to V) and Jyestha (Class VI – X).
For Vaman Group the Quiz had four rounds in
all, namely General Round, Rapid Fire Round, Puzzle Round and Visual Round.
For Anuj and Jyestha Group the Quiz had
five rounds in all namely, General Round, Buzzer Round, Rapid Fire Round,
Puzzle Round and Visual Round.

The contestants
participated enthusiastically in the contest and every team gave a tough competition to each
other. The questions were asked from their Social Science syllabus, everyday
life and current affairs. The audience round captivated the audience in
enthusiasm.
The overall results were declared at the end of the contest. The Fourth position was bagged by Suhradam house, Third position by
Sundaram House, Second position by Satyam house and the First position by
Satyam house.
Its a humble attempt at Atmiya Vidya Mandir to instill the belief that ‘Winning
is not everything but the will to win is everything’. 
Written by: Manju Madam

All About Making Right Choices: Sundaram House

Dictionary defines human senses as physiological capacities of organisms that provide inputs for perception by which the body receive and feel the faculties of hearing, sight, smell, touch, taste’ but students of Atmiya Vidya Mandir know a broader meaning of cognitive senses, a broader and better understanding about how positive perception through these senses play a foreseeable role in accelerating their pace towards their goal.

In the third week of November, Sundaram House, was given the task to explore and inform about positive attitude, right choice and judicious use of five senses , the ultimate inspirational source was our holy scripture Vachnamrut (Part1:Ch.16 & 18)

During the daily assembly many hidden benefits of positive attitude and right choice have been uncovered by the members of Sundaram House. On Monday, Mahapuja was organized to celebrate Consecration ceremony of the temple. Entire AVM Family gathered in the temple to witness the rituals, the students of Std 12th performed the puja as Saints chanted the appropriate Vedic hymns and verses. The chanting and prayers reverberated around the dome, charging the atmosphere with divinity. On Tuesday after a brief introduction about the Value of the week: Vachnamrut Part 1 Ch 16 & 18, Saumya Mam explained the students about the innumerable advantages of positive attitude. On Wednesday, Priyavadan Sir explained these values with historical examples and he also counted the benefits of living a religious and righteous life. Thursday morning, it was astounding experiment performed and explained by Purvesh Sir and Priyavadan Sir on how does bad influence diminish our potential and how much positive input do we need to refine the polluted mind and soul. On Friday, Tanmay Patel and Vishwajeet of IX A explained the power of positive attitude through a power point presentation.

The Creative assembly of Sundaram House on Saturday was a phenomenal presentation of the Vachnamrut: P16 & P18 as the core value to lead an ever happy and ever successful life. The presenters of the show Anand K and Shubham B explained a multi-dimensional view point about Vachnamrut P16 & P18. They acknowledged the students about various scientific experiments done to prove the power of positive words and their great impact. A big screen was erected as the backdrop which supported their explanations through visuals. They very well explained the spiritual, scientific and moral perspectives of these values (P16 & P18) to the students.

A big model was placed on the other side of the stage; this model was a big wheel with three important circles in it. The inner most circle represented the core value as Vachnamrut P16 & P18 whereas the outer circle showed the various factors creating an environment needed to practice and imbibe these values and the outermost circle of this wheel revealed the positive outcome of living with these values. As a part of the presentation about having faith in the divine words of a saint, a small skit was presented by the students of Std X and XI. The students, teachers, house masters and Didis had witnessed unadulterated fun and learning. The vivacious presentation by Anand and Shubham of XI Comm. had bowled them over. A palpable feeling of contentment and elation gripped them as they witness this assembly. Thus, this Creative assembly was concluded with a dance and a small prayer by the students of Std IV to VI onto to the lotus feet of Swami Shree asking for the strength to remain ever positive with all our senses.

As a follow up , what they were explained to do was to keep faith and positivity while leaping over the hurdles in front of them like distractions, fear, doubt, hurts, and sin—creating a shield for the senses and not giving up when they felt overwhelmed, stressed, or exhausted. In this manner, Sundaram House made sincere efforts to elucidate P16 & P18 so that students can develop immunity against all negative influences.

Inter House Kabbadi Competition 2011-12

The Inter-House Kabbadi competition organised in the last week of November witnessed a variety of emotions among the students and teachers. This dynamic game truly tested both the mental and physical strength of the participants and challenged them to bring out their best.

Based on the age groups, the each of the 4 houses had three teams:
1. Sub-Junior: Std 4th to 6th
2. Junior:     Std 7th to 9th
3. Senior:     Std 10th to 12th

Fixtures and results:

Sub-Junior Group

  • 3rd position match – Shivam Vs Suhradam
  • Won By: Suhradam
  • Final match – Satyam Vs Sundaram
  • Won By: Satyam

Junior Group

  • 3rd position match – Satyam Vs Sundaram
  • Won By: Satyam
  • Final match – Suhradam Vs Shivam
  • Won By: Suhradam

Senior Group:

  • 3rd position match – Sundaram Vs Suhradam
  • Won By: Suhradam
  • Final match – Satyam Vs Shivam
  • Won By: Shivam

Diwali Card making Activity

A Diwali Card making activity was conducted by Manish Sir with the help of house masters, didis other teachers before the onset of the Diwali vacation and students from Std 1 to 10 took part in it.
Below are a selected few of the students’ creations:

We Are For Children.. (’s Day)

Naive and curious, motivated to learn

Heaven sent, God’s little miracles!………the children of Atmiya Vidya Mandir!!!!!!!!

Childhood means Fun unlimited… Bounteous shower… of love and care… Realm of imagination… Joy of growing up… Children’s Day! ` There are only two lasting gift we should give to our children, One is roots and second is wings… Atmiya Vidya Mandir makes all these moments of innocent wonders of enjoying as if there is no other life beyond this joy of being children. Celebrating such a valuable childhood, on Children’s Day (14th November)AVM teachers have taken to a new job – that of swirling, dancing and replicating their actions to express their feelings and check listing the many activities they can perform to entertain their students. Sounds like a birth of a new circus? Well, this sure seems to be the beginning.

The Children’s Day celebration event started with lighting of the lamp and pujan of Thakorji by little wonders of Std 1st in New Prayer Hall during morning assembly. The male teachers performed dances and skits to the obvious delight of their students, who clapped, danced, sang, cheered, and squealed with excitement. A couple of little boys even waved their hands while they found their favourite teachers performing on the stage for them.

This UV act of male teachers was one of the most magical acts, weaving its spell through a multitude of props and visual tricks. Fun centric, this act could convey almost anything in the most unique and entertaining ways with a comic twist. The skit had the entire audience rolling with laughter. ………..donned as Writer, producer, Director, Singer, Composer with the names Chappu Chingari and Pappu Pichkari and what not……….. Laughter of children echoed through the ceiling of the Prayer Hall.

The emcees of the event Prajval Sir and Tarun Sir carried the show through creating the right spirit and atmosphere for a ceremony that would be etched in the memory of the students for a long time to come. They had been a part of the show throughout, be it their alluring announcements or their witty comments on the performers, they were the ones who kept the children with a dent of eagerness.

Next the female teachers took the stage by storm with dancing on a very touching and appealing song ‘Hum hai rahi pyar ke…’. This dance performance was a pleasurable package of enthusiasm, with an emotional sprint and enjoyment for the students.

It was such a lovely event for the children. Seeing all their teachers up there on the stage, dressed in costumes and performing silly dance routines, it’s just such a nice gesture: one day of the year where the teachers put on a show they’ve obviously worked hard at, for the entertainment of their pupils.

Treating each child as a unique twinkle of the future horizon, on children’s day their entry in the classroom was not just the part of routine; the teachers made them feel so special by offering them the pujan, with shower of flower and chocolate as token of love as they entered into the class.

The evening was no less entertaining as a fanfare was organized for the children. Variety of mouthwatering dishes with irresistible aroma made a perfect closure of the celebration. Though it is an inevitable and implicit fact that children of Atmiya Vidya Mandir are the soul and heart of the school, yet such celebrations are to experience that it’s their school, with their teachers, their happiness and above all each day is their day!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY CHILDHOOD,

HAPPY CHILDREN’S DAY