Nobelians visit THT:

3 March was an exciting and memorable day for the students of Nobel Academy because they had a whole day on a visit how newspapers are in our doorstep daily! First, they had a visit in the APCA house of the himalayan times. There were many sectors like the editorium, art section and many other sectors as well. Ms Smriti and Ms Stuti guided them. They started by a lecture by the co-ordinators. Then they had a visit around the APCA house. Then next cape the finaly, the printing press. It was located in Bhainsepati, Lalitpur. The printing machines were very huge. The papers would only be published during midnight but for us, they prited in day time too. Those machines could print eight papers per second! The papers were ready within thirty minutes! After the printing, every student was provided with a paper each. They were looking at the paper in search of their photo. — Biplob Bhandari, Class 7, Nobel Academy

Pulchoki cleaning camp:

A Pulchoki cleaning campaign was initiated by the scout members of St Xavier’s Godavari school through the guidance of helping staff members on 27 February in Pulchoki hill. The trash that was thrown throughout the way were collected by the scouts. Along with them other groups of people were also involved like: the Forestry department, Godavari residents and friends of St Xavier’s. They gave their helping hands while collecting the trash. In addition, Nepco Nepal Ltd. provided transport and many kilograms of collected trash was thrown in their vehicles. Later the non-biodegradable trash was recycled whereas the biodegradable wastages were buried. It seems all the scout members had good experience through this social work. Above all they all did a fine job in the field of environment conservation. — Nitisha Subba, Class 9, St Xavier’s Godavari

Annual Parents Day:

The Annual Parents Day celebration of Occidental Public School, Anamnagar was held at Royal Nepal Academy Hall on 22nd Falgun 2061 with Shri Janardan Nepal, Acting Chief Director of Education Department as the Chief Guest. The students of the school enthralled the distinguished guests and respected parents with their lively performance of dances and songs. On the occasion the Chief Guest gave away prizes to the student, who scored 8th position, Gauri Shankar Basnet and 7 distinction holders of the SLC examination 2060, along with other prizes. Mr. Laya Prasad Sangraula speaking on behalf of the parents said “We hope the school is not just educating our children for the purpose of examination but is imparting education for life”. — Sumod Pokharel, Class 9 “A”, Occidental Public School

Birth of an Interact Club:

Mr Kim Baden of the Rotary Club-Metro along with his members from the Rotaract mid-city came to form the seventh interact club in Nepal on 22 February. Kim Baden and his companians gave a brief introduction at the history and the role of the Rotary Club. Membership were distributed to the students fom classes six to nine. A total of 51 students applied for the membership but only 29 were chosen. The first palling phase of the club is in progress. — Ajar &Sanjeev, Class 8, Shridiwa Int’l School

Throwball at Pennwood:

Pennwood Academy organised an inter-house throwball competition on 2 March. It was a very friendly competition and all the teams enjoyed themselves. Of the four houses, Heron (Red) House came first, beating Swallow (Blue) House in the final. — Marc Shawn Daniel, Pennwood Academy