NEW SCHOOL VAN

Rotary Club of MidTown, Rotary Club of Shylom-Thailand and Rotary Club Foundation – Cochin , donated a 17 seater Mahindra Tourister to Adarsh Charitable Trust and the handing over of the key was on 22.04.2010 by

K.K. Mathew ( Dist. Governor). Mr.Swaminathan (Dist. Governor Elect),Mr.M.Jayachandran (Chairman- Bus project ),Dr.Sekhar Warriar (President- Rotary ),Mr. Kumar ( Secretary Rotary Club ),Mr.A.S.Shenoy (Trust Member-Adarsh),Mr.P.N Narayanan (Trust Member-Adarsh) were also present.

"VAYANAVARAM" CELEBRATED

 ‘Vayanavaram’ was inaugurated by Prof. P.J. Joseph, President Toc H School. This programme is set for a month for different groups. The 1^st group includes for students who are able to read, 2^nd for those who are unable to read but books could be read to them. 3^rd for parents & 4^th for teachers. We will have a summary presentation by the participants about the books they have read and prizes will be distributed for the best presentations at the end of the month’s programme.

PADMASREE SUKUMARI VISITED ADARSH

As a part of the environmental week celebration,we had cine artist Padmasree Sukumari, to inaugurate the function by planting trees at the premises of Adarsh  on 11.06.2010. Children joined in planting trees along with the teachers.

SCHOOL REOPENED AFTER SUMMER VACATION

A ‘Pravesanolsavam’ was organized on the 3^rd June, 2010 to start the new academic year 2010-2011 and to welcome the new entrants. Chottanikkara Panchayath President Mrs. Valsamma presided the function in the presence of  Ward Member Mr. Jibin John  & blessing were given by Fr. Solomon.

FRIENDS OF ADARSH

We were able to bring in more people specially youngsters into our Friends of Adarsh (FOA) forum.  We formed a core committee and decided to meet once a month to make it perform the activities. The subsequent meetings of FOA were very productive, with the youngsters putting in various efforts to upgrade our website and to provide a new brochure. They are also coming out with various new proposals for the benefit of our children in various kinds be it big or small.

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

Our children took part in various cultural and sports competitions and won prizes and an over all championship for the neurologically challenged category at the sports meet organized by the Lions club at Angamaly.

As a part of the Coast Guard week celebration, our students were invited to be a part of the celebration. They visited the ship ”Samara” and performed various activities.

A Relook at and Rethink on our Therapy practices.

It had been felt for some time now that the therapy practices which we are adopting to facilitate the rehabilitation of children are not being critically examined and reviewed as often as they should be. We have highly qualified staff in various departments of therapy and Adarsh is as a rehabilitation centre in which the central place belongs to therapy.  All therapists examined critically the practices now in vogue to satisfy ourselves whether they are appropriate to the requirements of each child. Such an examination automatically lead to corrective measures. Accordingly, this was adopted as the theme for the quarter.

 EDUCATION

Academic education under the Open school system of academic training is given for children who are not able to attend normal schools either due to severe disability, physical and mental and needs special attention. We have 10 dedicated special educators to provide special attention to these children with challenges. For the year 2009-2010, 6 children of Adarsh appeared at the 10^th standard examination (2 subjects) of the board. Out of which 4 passed the examination. Under the C level examination (7^th Std), 8 students passed the examination out of the 10 appeared.  

TRAINING & THERAPY

Brain Mapping sessions are being done under the supervision of Dr.Neena Shilen,(Child Developmental Paediatrician) and Dr.Reji.Paul (Neurologist) at Sunrise Hospital,Kakkanad for autistic children who are undergoing music training to assess scienyifically the effect, if any of music training.

July 2009: From the  Govt. of Kerala,   a sum of Rs. 10, 00, 000/-been received as a   grant. . Half the amount is for installation of a solar system for lights and fans in the special school premises and the other half for procurement of teaching and therapy equipments, as stipulated by the Government.  

05-02-09 A development that gladdened all of us at Adarsh immensely was the Chief patron of Adarsh Charitable Trust, Shri.C.K Menon being honoured with the  Padmashree award for his selfless social service. Apart from his contribution in the Middle East for the Indian Community and for several projects for the betterment of the down trodden in Kerala, his contribution to Adarsh  cannot be overstated. At a time when we were pitting up the present building, it had come to pass that whenever we were in difficulties, we immediately thought of Shri Menon and he was always there to help us. On the 5th February, a welcome was arranged at the school, with the children waving placards of congratulations. Smt . Menon who also spent over an hour in the school distributed sweets to the children. more details