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On the occasion of "National Girl Child Day," the Sepahijala District administration, Tripura, along with the District Education Office, felicitated St. Xavier's School Band Team during a grand function held at the multi-purpose hall, Bishramganj, on February 17. The school band team consisted of 25 girls and were felicitated by the administration for winning the Third Prize at the National Level School Band Competition held in Delhi on January 22 and bringing laurels to the state of Tripura. It was a great honour for the students for their dedication and hard work.
A three-day Annual School Principal's meet of Shillong Province was held from 5-7 February at Don Bosco School Agartala. Forty participants from all the Don Bosco schools of Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Silchar participated.
St. Xavier's Hr. Sec. School, Pathaliaghat, a Don Bosco Institution, bagged the first prize in the Eastern Zonal Inter-School Band Competition under Girl's Brass Band category held on December 22, at Govt. Boy's Hr. Sec. School , Bhubaneswar in Odisha.
A premier Catholic school in North Bengal staged an ambitious musical performance marking its golden jubilee with two-day open air mega event by 1,200 children teaching and learning from animal kingdom. Some 12,000 people including school children and their guardians, as well as students and faculty members from Siliguri participated in both shows staged by Don Bosco School Siliguri.
Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Silchar, hailed the spirit of friendly competition to Shillong Province with the Inter-School Bosco Olympics torch lighted on December 13. The event, slated from December 13 to 15, will be participated by 18 schools from Meghalaya, Tripura, Assam, and Mizoram to participate in a diverse range of athletic and cultural activities.
Amidst the picturesque setting of Joypur, Kharghuli in Guwahati, Don Bosco Institute orchestrated the 3rd International Conference on Education for School Principals and Educational Administrators – ICONSPA – 2023. Held from November 21 to 23, the conference aimed to delve into the theme of "Reshaping School Leadership in the Era of Emerging Technologies and Policy Changes."
The St. Anthony’s School of Jaigaon on the Bhutan border, run by Salesian Sisters, partnered with International S.T.E.A.M. Research (ISR) to conduct a 3-day DaVinci Innovation Camp for teachers and students from July 30 to August 1. The S.T.E.A.M is an educational approach with hands-on-model in learning science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The student leaders of Don Bosco Schools from Kerala participated in the one-day workshop held at Don Bosco Schools, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, on July 22. Dr P Sariin, IAAS (Rtd.) with Father Santhosh Manikombel SDB, Principal, DBHSS Irinjalakuda, Father Manu Peedikayil SDB, Principal of Don Bosco Central School, Irinjalakuda and other dignitaries lit the lamp and inaugurated the All Kerala Don Bosco School Leaders’ Meet. The student leaders, numbering 250, from seven Don Bosco Schools attended the workshop with enthusiasm and joy.
As part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Don Bosco School, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, a 5K RUN (5 kilometres running race) was organized on April 1, 2023, with the tagline, ‘Run against drug abuse, run to stop violence against women.’ Dr R. Bindu, Minister for Higher Education, Kerala, flagged off the 5K RUN at Don Bosco school premises, preceded by a warming-up session with a Zumba dance.
Don Bosco School Liluah Alumni marking the 55th year of the School Alumni Association, held their first post-Corona reunion on 15th January 2023. Some 650 past students attended the mega event.
The Don Bosco School Excellence Mission (DBSEM) organized a one-day programme at Don Bosco School, Panbazar, Guwahati, for students across Don Bosco schools of the Province of Guwahati to commemorate the centenary of the arrival of the Salesians to Northeast India. Students from 23 schools numbering 125 across Assam and Meghalaya States participated in six events.
“I want to participate in Olympic Games and win the gold medal for the country,” says a 10-year-old karate kid, D Vaibavi. A student of Fatima Matriculation School, Kodambakkam, Vaibavi, is thrilled as she will represent at the 18th Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate Open International Championship 2022 at Ipoh City, Malaysia. The event will take place from May 27 to 29, 2022.