The Amaatra Academy monthly newsletter, July 2013

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NEWSLETTER
July 2013

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Today, one of the biggest problems that
students of class VI to IX th face is to
keep pace with CBSE curriculum along with
the training programmes for IIT-JEE,
Medical and other Entrance Exams. Coping
with different topics, separate orders of
study at different times of the day and
traveling to various coaching centres
becomes quite an enduring task.
Keeping this in mind, The Amaatra Academy
has formulated a “dual-study system”
wherein the CBSE curriculum and the
co u r s e m ate r ia l fo r co m p et it i v e
examinations are taught in synergy with
each othe r. This do ne thro ug h a
combination of competitive exam coaching
during regular school ours and enriched
learning programs on Saturday. So, while a
student studies a particular topic for his or
her Board Examination during their regular
classes, the extension of the same is
taught to him/her for the competitive
exams by subject matter experts within
the school campus. Students can avail
facilities including latest books and
journals, reference material etc from the
library.
All our students in VI to IXth are
compulsory enrolled into this program. The
principle behind making this compulsory is
to ensure that our students can excel any
competitive exam they plan to appear for
post Xth or XIIth standard – as they are
more or less in similar format. The school
has researched the different competitive
exams that students can prepare for
depending on their interest areas. You can
a c c e s s t h e li st h e r e - ht t p : //
www.slideshare.net/shivoo.koteshwar/list-
of-all-competitive-exams-at-school-level
The program is a part of the value-added
education we impart to Amaatraites. There
will be no additional fee for this program,
but all reference material for the program
will need to be procured by the students.
The first of the many competitive exams
we are preparing our VI to IXth students
for is the Olympiad conducted by Science
Olympiad Foundation (SOF). It promotes
Science, Introductory Computer Education,
Mathematics and English in India and other
places like Singapore, Oman, Qatar, Nepal,
Bahrain, Sri Lanka, U.A.E. and Durban. For
more information on SOF please refer to -
h t t p : //w w w . s l i d e s h a r e . n e t /
shivoo.koteshwar/12-competitive-
examssof-olympiads
We would welcome parents to be
volunteers to coach our students for the
competitive exam coaching. Please get in
touch with me incase you would like to
volunteer for this program.
Prof Shivanan da R Koteshwar
Director, The Amaatra Academy
Editorial from the Director’s desk

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The Amaatra Academy is a strong supporter of
student consultation and with the support of our
staff and principal; Student Voice Team will be
given many exciting opportunities to become
involved in key initiatives, which support the
growth and development of the school.
Student Voice looks to encourage students to take a
more proactive and empowered approach to their
education. Looking at both the school structure and
the curriculum, students and staff work together to
evaluate existing opportunities for students to voice
their opinion and also develop opportunities for
them to become actively involved in many of the
decisions affecting them.
The School Captain is appointed or elected to
represent the school. At The Amaatra Academy, the
School Captain is an honorary position awarded to
the student who excels both academically and in
extra-curricular activities. We have selected Ajo
George as the School Captain for 2013 –
2014.
The School Vice-Captain, Cultural Captain, Sports
Captain and the House Captains are from class XI -
Aditi Gupta (School Vice-Captain), Shivani Shetty
(Cultural Captain), Tarun B (Sports Captain),
Mahesh Venkat Sai (Aryabhata Captain), Abhraneel
Sen (Charaka Captain), Rahul Babu (Panini
Captain) and Srikumar V (Sushruta Captain). They
will be involved in developing and implementing
various initiatives across the school.
The House Captains are supported by respective
Vice-captains. All vice-captains are from class IX -
Ashritha Chidananda (Aryabhata Vice-captain),
Mopidevi Vaibhav (Charaka Vice-captain),
Samyukta R Prabhu (Panini Vice-captain) and
Shriya Barpanda (Sushruta Voce-captain).
We thank our previous student council for their
valuable contributions. Kudos to Mayank Bansal,
Nikhil Vinod, Navneet Shankar and Samyukta
Prabhu.
Student Voice Team

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As you are already aware, we have partnered with South United Football Club to train our students on soccer.
There soccer classes scheduled every day for our students who are a part of the school soccer team – both for
junior and senior teams. The students who are part of the either teams will not need to pay the fees towards
the coaching.
The soccer coaching on campus is open to students in the neighbourhood or to your child’s friends who
might be interested. Please contact the school office to know more about the referral bonus you can avail and
the special fee for the referred child.
The South United Football Club is also organizing a soccer camps during this school break. These camps are
hugely discounted for kids who are enrolled into the coaching program at The Amaatra Academy.
Free Soccer Training @ School
Parent Teacher Meeting (PTM)
We had scheduled parent teacher meetings across all grades with our parents. The parents were given a
summary of the overall progress and what has been the trend across the entire batch. The school management
highlighted some of the success and what is planned for the students for the rest of the semester and year.
We have set-up follow up meetings with parents who have voiced some concerns and suggestions with
regarding their children.
We encourage parents to not just wait for these scheduled parent teacher meetings, but encourage you to fix
an appointment with the school office and meet with the principal or the school director on Saturday’s.
Please feel free to revert to me or staff at The Amaatra Academy in case of any clarifications or to understand the progress we are
making on the topics discussed.
KUDOS! CORNER
Congrats to Amaatra MUN team! It was our first participation in a
competition and we have won 3 awards.
2 delegate awards to Agni and Samyuktha. And one honorary team
award to Syria team- Agni , Samyuktha, Vaibhav and Shriya.