CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP HELD

The Inter-House Chess Championship for U-14 girls and boys was held on Saturday, 19th of June 2010 in the School Hall. The Prize winners of this event are :
1st Ritwiz Parab - Class 5, Blue House
2nd Ameya Audi - Class 6, Yellow House
3rd Disha Vernekar - Class 7, Red House
4th Sahil Omanakuttan - Class 7, Blue House

Participants concentrating on their chess boards

AND THE WINNERS ARE . . . . . . .

After an exciting hour of opening the ballot boxes and counting the votes, the winners are :

Assistant Head Boy: Mc Ralph Mendes

Assistant Head Girl : Sachi Angle

Yellow House Captain Boy : Raul De Gouveia Pinto

Yellow House Captain Girl : Tahira Menezes

Blue House Captain Boy : Ephran Lucas
Blue House Captain Girl : Sanjana Rane

Green House Captain Boy : Royce Fernandes
Green House Captain Girl : Anjali Mascarenhas

Red House Captain Boy : Merrick Rodrigues

Red House Captain Girl : Sailee Prabhudesai

(Standing LtoR) Mc Ralph Mendes, Sachi Angle, Merrick Rodrigues, Sailee Prabhudesai, Sanjana Rane, Ephran Lucas, Tahira Menezes, Raul De Gouveia Pinto, Anjali Mascarenhas, Royce Fernandes.

COUNTING OF VOTES IN PROGRESS

All eyes were on the score board as Tr. Sheetal, Tr. Anju and Tr. Sandra opened the ballot boxes and were counting the votes. The scores were maintained by Tr. Reshma and Tr. Shaefali. Here are some glimpses of the counting process.

Counting in Progress

Tr. Reshma seen declaring the Election Results

VVA celebrates WORLD MUSIC DAY

The staff members along with the students at Vidya Vikas Academy celebrated World Music Day today, 21st of June 2010. A special Assembly was conducted for class 1 to 9. The students of class 4 sung a beautiful song written by Micheal Jackson and sung by various artists. This assembly was co-ordinated by Music Teacher, Mr. Neil D’Cruz.

Class 4 students singing, while our Music Teacher, Mr. Neil D’Cruz plays the Guitar. Dr. Alan Rodrigues, Principal, Mrs. Tania Monteiro, Vice Principal, staff members and other students are also seen.

Students of VVA go for Polls - Elect School Officials

Students of class 6 to 10 of Vidya Vikas Academy went for polling today to elect the school offcials. The elctions were held peacefully as per the directives given by Tr. Nimisha and Sports Director, Mr. Kuttan who were incharge of the elections this year. Vice-Principal Ms. Tania Monteiro ensured that the election process was free and fair.

Polling Officers - Tr. Balika & Tr. Satya seen applying ink on the fingers of the students to ensure that there is no bogus voting.

The students at the polling booth were seen patiently standing in Queue for their turn to cast their vote

Fate of Candidates Sealed - Counting on Monday

All the ballot boxes were sealed after the students cast their vote in favour of their candidate. Monday will decide the fate of the candidates as the results will be out by afternoon.

Students having a tough time to select their candidate.

Election Campaign Held

Election Campaign for the post of Asst. Headboy, Asst. Headgirl and House Captains held. Students contesting for elections made motivating speeches. The electorate of class 6 to 10 are going to have a tough time to elect the candidates as all the candidates were smart enough to impress the electorate.

Candidates of all Houses were seen getting set for their campaign.

Candidates seen making speeches an introducing their symbols.

Open House Held...

Vidya Vikas Academy held its 1st Open House for the academic year 2010-11.

Enthusiastic Parents seen entering the School Campus

Teacher seen discussing plans with the Parents

Pre-Primary Section Begins

Parents were seen rushing to drop their children to school on 09th June,2010. While Nursery children were unhappy to leave their parents, Jr. KG & Sr. KG children were excited to be back to school.

Pre-Primary Incharge Ms. Barbosa seen greeting children and their Parents on the first day of school.

Vidya Vikas Academy gets new Computer Centre

President of Vidya Vikas Mandal Shri. R. G. Kare inaugrated the new Computer Centre installed with computers of latest technology, Online Centralised UPS facility and Broadband Internet.
Mr. Kare also appreciated the efforts being taken to update our school official website http://vidya-vikas-academy.org



Also present on the occasion were Dr. Alan Rodrigues, Principal, Mrs. Tania Monteiro, Vice-Principal, Computer Teachers, Staff Members and Students.