From the Principal s Desk

July 2014 July, 2014 For Private Circulation Only Teaching ethics in schools From the Principal s Desk Students need moral education to help them resist the ever present appeal to narrow selfinterest. They need it to enable them to find their way between the tyranny of unquestionable moral codes and the bankruptcy of individualistic moral values. They need it to help them engage productivity across their differences rather than habitually responding to difference with suspicion or prejudice. On the larger scale and over the long term our society needs it in order to sow the seeds of a healthy way of life in such things as politics, law, business and industrial relations. Ms. Neeru Nayyer Selfishness, dogmatism, prejudice and mutual antagonism such things are in plentiful supply in our society and we should not pretend otherwise. Yet rather than empathize with one another as if there is nothing to be done, we can help to bring about improvement through moral education. We need to teach students to develop good skills of judgment. We need to teach students to resolve differences amongst each other through discussions rather than enjoy in personal attacks; to develop the habit of becoming more communicative and inclusive. Such a habit formation shall help build a more morally intelligent society. I.C.S.E. 2014 RESULT NO. OF STUDENTS APPEARED : 75 NO. OF STUDENTS PASSED : 75 HIGHEST PERCENTAGE : 96.83% SCHOOL AVERAGE PERCENTAGE : 88.57% Percentage No. of students 90% - 100% 40 80% - 89% 27 70% - 79% 8 60% - 69% - Subject Student name Marks out of 100 English Neha Parikh 95 Hindi Kunal Shah 96 Math Hiral Gandhi 99 Commercial Maher Doshi 99 Studies Vidhi Nandu 99 Science Kunal Shah 97 Ashi Jagawat 100 Inara Rupani 100 Social Studies Khubi Agrawal 100 Kunal Shah 100 Neha Parikh 100 Radhika Bajaj 100 Env. Science Sameer Baria 96 Aayushi Hingarh 94 Art Shweta Divate 94 Yashvi Jain 94 Comp. Appl. Harsh Salvi 99 Phy. Edu. Kunal Shah 98

Position in Mumbai City Vissanji Academy among Top 50 schools in India and 7th position in Mumbai city ICSE-2014 All Schools - All scores refer to the percentage score in English + the best four subjects National Rank The Complete Tabulations and school-wise information may be viewed at this link: http://www.thelearningpoint.net/home/examination-results-2014/top-icse-and-isc-schools---2014 School Average Total Number of Students 1 DHIRUBHAI AMBANI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL,BANDRA,MUMBAI 1 94.667 30 2 MARBLE ARCH SCHOOL,MUMBAI 6 91.695 19 3 THE CATHEDRAL & JOHN CONNON SCHOOL,MUMBAI 8 91.144 143 4 GREENLAWNS HIGH SCHOOL,MUMBAI 10 90.707 95 5 VILLA THERESA HIGH SCHOOL,MUMBAI 11 90.367 97 6 BOMBAY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL,MUMBAI 14 90.185 13 7 LADY RATANBAI AND SIR MATHURADAS VISSANJI ACADEMY,MUMBAI 21 89.733 75 8 LOKHANDWALA FOUNDATION SCHOOL,MUMBAI 27 89.476 95 9 AVALON HEIGHTS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL,NAVI MUMBAI 29 89.391 45 10 MANECKJI COOPER EDUCATION TRUST SCHOOL,MUMBAI 32 89.223 139 11 J.B. PETIT HIGH SCHOOL,MUMBAI 33 89.126 62 12 SMT.SULOCHANADEVI SINGHANIA SCHOOL,THANE 34 89.12 369 13 JAMNABAI NARSEE SCHOOL,JUHU,MUMBAI 41 88.754 278 14 HIRANANDANI FOUNDATION SCHOOL,POWAI,MUMBAI 43 88.676 134 15 VIBGYOR HIGH,GOREGAON(W),MUMBAI 44 88.663 92 16 QUEEN MARY SCHOOL,MUMBAI 50 88.414 69 17 GOPAL SHARMA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL,POWAI,MUMBAI 52 88.337 41 18 SMT. RAMDEVI SOBHRAJ BAJAJ ARYA VIDYA MANDIR,MUMBAI 53 88.294 85 19 CHATRABHUJ NARSEE MEMORIAL SCHOOL,MUMBAI 56 88.155 299 20 CHILDREN'S ACADEMY,ASHOK NAGAR,KANDIVALI(EAST),MUMBAI 59 87.94 40 21 BEACON HIGH SCHOOL,MUMBAI 61 87.862 45 22 THE BAI AVABAI F.PETIT GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL,MUMBAI 63 87.812 65 23 ST. GREGORIOS HIGH SCHOOL,MUMBAI 67 87.665 129 24 ST. MARY'S SCHOOL,MAZAGAON,MUMBAI 69 87.633 121 25 HIRANANDANI FOUNDATION SCHOOL,THANE 70 87.611 200 26 VASUDEV C. WADHWA ARYA VIDYA MANDIR,BANDRA (EAST) 72 87.537 101 27 ARYA VIDYA MANDIR,BANDRA WEST,MUMBAI 75 87.376 93 28 SHISHUVAN ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL,MUMBAI 76 87.351 70 29 CHILDREN'S ACADEMY,THAKUR COMPLEX,KANDIVALI(EAST),MUMBAI 87 86.911 83 30 THE SCHOLAR HIGH SCHOOL,MUMBAI 88 86.895 42 31 BOMBAY SCOTTISH SCHOOL,MUMBAI 91 86.81 240 32 N L DALMIA HIGH SCHOOL,DIST. THANE 97 86.617 141 33 WALSINGHAM HOUSE SCHOOL,MUMBAI 106 86.42 119 34 ACTIVITY HIGH SCHOOL,MUMBAI 107 86.403 72 35 CAMPION SCHOOL,MUMBAI 111 86.226 61 36 JASUDBEN M. L. SCHOOL,MUMBAI 122 86.058 100 37 SAS BILLABONG HIGH SCHOOL,MAHIM(W),MUMBAI 123 86.05 8 38 BOMBAY SCOTTISH SCHOOL, POWAI,MUMBAI 173 85.149 118 39 G. D. SOMANI MEMORIAL SCHOOL,MUMBAI 174 85.079 121 40 P.G. GARODIA SCHOOL (ICSE),MUMBAI 182 84.927 157 41 JANKIDEVI PUBLIC SCHOOL,MUMBAI 192 84.816 116 42 GUNDECHA EDUCATION ACADEMY,KANDIVLI (E),MUMBAI 195 84.813 171 43 THAKUR PUBLIC SCHOOL,KANDIVLI (E),MUMBAI 200 84.742 202

KUNAL SHAH 96.83 % HIRAL GANDHI 96.17 % VARUN LALA 95.67 % ASHI JAGAWAT 95.67 % RADHIKA BAJAJ 95.67 % URVI SHAH 95.33 % MAHER DOSHI 95.17 % NEHA PARIKH 95.17 % DHAIRYA SHAH 94.83 % JOEL KURIAKOSE 94.5 % HARSH SALVI 94.17 % JAHNAVI MEHTA 94 % SAMEER BARIA 93.83 % MANSI PANDYA 93.5 % KHUBI AGRAWAL 93.33 % POOJAN GOHIL 93.17 % INARA RUPANI 92.67 % DHRUV SHAH 92.50 % YASHVI SHAH 92.50% HIMANSHU GHOTGE 92.50% VIDHI NANDU 92.50%

WHAT INDEPENDENCE MEANS TO US? INDEPENDENCE the word suggests that each & every person in the society is free to perform each and every task he is capable and involved in. Liberty matters in each & every person s life. In my life independence matters a lot. I sometimes think that what great spirits were all the inhabitants who lived the difficult life during the rule of the Britishers! Our nation got independence on August 15, 1947. The independence struggle was first started by Mangal Pandey. Including him many great sprits like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Queen of Jhansi & many more took initiative & led our country towards the heaven of freedom. Today when I read the patriotic poems & stories written by the poets & authors that time, tears come in my eyes & become refreshed. I won t have been able to take education, I would work, I would not visit places & we all would be puppets. So let s thank all our freedom fighters & commemorate our 67th Independence Day. 15 th of August for many is just another holiday, the first of many over a long festival season. It s a day of putting a tricolor on our car bonnets and changing our caller tunes to patriotic songs like Sare Jahan Se Accha... and other frivolous gestures. Sometimes the true value of the day is lost in our activities and holiday schedules. In reality it should be the time to think about the freedom fighters who gave up their families, their friends and sometimes their lives. I am proud to be an Indian, why do we get this thought only on 15 th August or 26 th January. What we should not forget is that Independence is not what we feel but what we make of it, Independence is not about our rights but our duties towards the nation and most importantly Independence is having freedom without having to own it. It is having a freedom of choice of what I want to do and what I may do. Indeed it is the most precious gift our forefathers have given us and we have to cherish and preserve it over all else. Mst. Sahil Tatkare * Std. VIII Mst. Yazad Wankadia* Std. VII *The above articles were published in Quest, Indian Express dated 21 st July 2014 All rights reserved! Vissanji Academy, Dr. Radhakrishnan Marg, Off Old Nagardas Road, Andheri East, Mumbai 400 069. Email : info@vissanjiacademy.com