God the Almighty has blessed us with another New Year. The whole world rejoices and this New Year has brought a lot of expectations in each one of us..

On 26th January, Republic Day is celebrated through out India. It is a nation wide celebration. In every field of life, the citizens of India have started following the democratic principles.

State level celebration of this month is Pongal festival. It is one of the symbols of Tamil culture and tradition. Tamilians thoughout the world with great enthusiasm and joy celebrate this festival irrespective of caste, creed and religion. All these celebrations reveal the spirit of fraternity, unity and liberty.

Above all, we are now in the beginning of the third, very short and important term of the academic year. This term is very important to you my dear students, especially to the students of X, XI, and XII std. You have big dreams in your life. Scoring good marks demands persistence, hard work and self sacrifice. Keep on putting efforts inspite of falls and set backs. Visualize your goal and march towards it. There is nothing so precious as the present moment. So learn to live in the present. Your present thoughts and hardwork determine your future. Be responsible to yourself. “Self trust is the first secret of success” says, Emerson. Trust yourself and think and say to yourself often, “I can I will.” Keep silence when you are expected to. Be always punctual.

Wish you the Best.

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“You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the s a m e d i r e c t i o n . ” Edward de Bono.

Rev.Fr.M.Chinnappan,OSM.,

Principal

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Martyr’s Day on January 30

L.J. Leander Aston V - B

On the day when Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, the nation pays homage to the freedom fighters and those people who laid down their lives in the service of the nation. The day is observed as Martyr’s Day.

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Every year in the 1st week of January, Road Safty Week is celebrated throughout the state of Tamil Nadu so as to create awareness among schools and college students, drivers and all other road users. During the year 2008-2009, Rs.55 Lakhs was provided for road safety awareness building programme with the focus on “CAREFULLY DRIVE REACH ALIVE”.

“I Pledge to abide by the Rules of the Road”

Road Safty Week (RSW)

S. Kobika, VIII - B3

New Year

Happiness lies in the joy of Achievement

New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar’s year count increments by one. Many cultures celebrate the event in some manner and the 1st day of January is often marked as a national holiday. In the Greogarian calendar, the most widely used calendar system today, New Year occurs on January 1 (New Year’s Day) This was also the case both in the Roman Calendar and in the Julian Calendar that succeeded it. Other calendars have used historically in different parts of the world; Some calendars count years numerically while others do not. During the middle Ages in western Europe, while the Julian calendar was still in use, authorities coined New Year’s Day depending upon local to one of several other days, including March 1, March 25, Easter, September1, and December 25, in the beginning of 1582, the adopting of the Gregorian calendar changed the old style and New style. The various local dates for New Year’s Day was changed to using one fixed date January 1. In Latin America, various native cultures continue the observation of traditions according to their own calendars. Israel, China, India and other countries continue to celebrate New Year on different dates.

D.R. Abinayaa, VIII - B

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Mrs.NSivaganga,

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Self Trust is the First Secret of Success

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S. Rahul, IV - A

M.R. Jaya Pravin, VI - A S. Senthil Kumar, VII - B

S. Diya Shree, VI - A

S.N. Jovitaa, VII - A

R. Subhiksha, VI - A M.R. Jaya Pravin, VI - A

R.S. Sanjai Kumar, VIII - B

A.S. Jassim Ahamed, IV - B

S. Sellapandi, XI - D

J. Nithin Ariya, VI - A

R. Kanikha Jeyasri, VIII - B