1st Founder’s day celebration – 8th August 2016

 

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Gita Krishnamurthy Trust was setup in memory of Mrs. Gita Kirshnamurthy a dedicated and passionate teacher who was keen on helping under privileged children after her retirement. The management committee of Gita Krishnamurthy Vidyalaya has decided to mark 8th of August, the birthday of Mrs. Gita Krishnamurthy, as the Founder’s day.  The 1st founder’s day  was celebrated with great energy and enthusiasm by the children and teachers of GKV a week ago.

The school was colourfully decorated by the children and teachers of the school.

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In the presence of the parents of the children , as well as the staff and students of London based partner school Emanuel the mini-convocation of UKG students to 1st standard was celebrated with a certificate to each of the children.

 

IMG_20160808_092804_resizedThis was then followed by finals of sports events for the older children. Many parents who were present at the event profusely expressed their gratitude for the availability of such a wonderful opportunity for quality education and overall development at almost no cost.

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Update on School Building

Gita Krishnamurthy Vidyalaya started in June 2009 in rented premises. The longer term goal was to move to its own premises in order to be able to provide sufficient space and better infrastructure and amenities for the children, so as to enable quality education and all round development, in line with that of good mainstream schools. About 3 acres of land was allocated for the school building in a larger piece of land, acquired by our partner trust Sri Jai Sankara Trust, in 2012.

The Bhoomi Puja for the schoool building was done in July 2013 and construction of the 11,000 sq feet ground floor of the building (Phase 1) started in October of that year. With the completion of sufficient number of classrooms and common amenities such as toilets etc the children moved to the new school building at the beginning of the academic year over 2 years ago, that is, in June 2014.  The ground floor is now fully occupied with all Classes along with Computer Lab and Library. Lighting has been completed and all class rooms have beenprovided with fans. Wireless Telephone connectivity is being established so that internet facilities could be operational. A total of fourteen computers are presently installed, ten from Infosys Ltd and four from Jayendra School, run by Sri Jai Sankara Trust.

To cater to the requirements as the school expands to a high school, construction of  first floor (Phase 2 ) of the building  has commenced in May 2016.  Columns and brick work are in progress and three rooms are nearing completion, commencing from the centre. The present status of construction is shown below:

 

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The goal is to construct five classrooms and complete the facade of the building to start with. Towards  this Rs 40 Lakhs has been mobilised. An additional Rs 40 Lakhs is required,as soon as possible, to complete the construction of the first floor and efforts are on to access additional funding. Check here for contributing either in INR and US$.

Welcome class of 2015

IMG-20150702-WA0000The 7th batch of children came on board at GKV in the 1st week of June 2015. Consisting of 23 girls and 22 boys the tiny tots are the first children to join the school after it moved to its own premises last year.  While the goal is to limit each class to about 35 children it has been challenging to turn away persistent parents seeking admission for their children. With this  batch the total strength of the school has grown to 465. After a month of school the LKG children are settling very well.  Here is wishing them all the very best as they embark on their journey of learning and all round development!!

 

 

Mini convocation and Kids day 2015

 

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Mini convocation and kids day celebration at the new school building grounds

Children singing a song in between sports events

 

This year’s mini convocation and kids day function of the school was held on Saturday 11th April. As always the event was conducted with passion and commitment by the staff of GKV School and Jai Sankara School and there was enthusiastic participation by children from classes LKG through class 6. However, this year’s event was special and this showed in the energy level of the children – this is the first time the event is being held in the grounds of GKV’s own school building. The construction of the building commenced in October 2013 and children moved here at the beginning of the 2014-15 academic year.  The stage facing the large playground with freshly installed children’s play equipment  was completed last month just in time for the function.

The function started with sports competitions for each of the classes. A couple of  songs – one in Tamil and another in English – were wonderfully rendered by a group of older students. And then the much awaited mini-convocation in which every child going to class 1 was awarded a framed certificate. The evening ended with  profiency awards for all round performance  to  one student of each class/section. Mohaideen Fatima and Mohammed Fawaz  of class 1, Sheikh Mohamed and Gayathri of class 2, Rohini M and Kannammal of class 3, Antonyammal of class 4 and Pathirakali of class 5 were the proud recipients of this award.

The occassion was yet another reminder that given the right opportunity and guidance talent has a way of blossoming no matter what the economic or social background of the children!!

The Building Project

GKV commenced operations in a rented building in June 2009. With about 70  children being added every academic year, in 2012, a second building was rented to accommodate the additional classes. We have now up to Class 6 with a total pupils population of 460.

A piece of land, around 2.91 acres, was acquired for having our own building, in CHATHIRAMPUTHUKULAM VILLAGE, THATCHANALLUR, TIRUNELVELI, forming a part of a Teachers’ colony, with a total area of about 22 acres. The development has been named as JAYENDRA TIRUMALA NAGAR. Teachers from Jayendra High School as well as GKV have bought individual plots for constructing their own homes.

GKV school construction was started in October 2013 and a part of the ground floor has been completed and now occupied. The total ground floor area would be 10000 sq ft and is expected to be complete by end 2014. The first floor, with a similar area, would be taken up thereafter and completed gradually to meet our requirements for going up to Class 10. Substantial financial resources need to be mobilised to realise this. We have so far spent Rs 71 Lakhs ( 7.1 Million) and we need another 40 Lakhs ( Four Million ) to complete the entire ground floor with other facilities.