Digest of Events 2010-11

April 2010

01-04-2010
Promotion Conference of Classes VI, VII, VIII  and IX was held in the Conference hall at 1200hrs. This was followed by the final Academic Conference of the Academic session 2009-2010.
 
03-4-2010
All India Medical entrance examination was conducted at the school.
 
04-04-2010
School closed for Summer Vacation.
 
05-04-2010
New admission Class VI &IX.
 
06-04-2010
New admission Class VI.
 
07-04-2010
New admission Class VI.
   

May 2010

10-05-2010
An NCC Annual Training Camp was conducted in the campus from 10th May to 19th May.417 Cadets  participated in the Camp, of which 356 Cadets were from Sainik School, Kazhakootam. Lt Col Venugopal, an alumnus of the School, was the Camp Commandant and Lt NG Babu was the Dy Commandant.
 
Batallion Firing and Obstacle race Competitions were conducted in which Sainik School Cadets won the first prize.
In Firing SSCoy was adjudged the third.
 
Cadet Kannan Nair of Class XII has recently gone  to Singapore as part of the NCC Youth Exchange Programme. Few more Cadets are also in the panel of YEP for the year 2010.
 
20-05-2010
Cadets of Classes VI, VII & XI returned  to School after the Summer Vacation.
 
21-05-2010
The School re-opened after the Summer vacation.
 
Class XII Cadets proceeded on their motivational tour to National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune.
   

June 2010

 
05-06-2010
Inter House Calligraphy Competition – English, Hindi and Malayalam-was held in the School at 1500hrs.The results of this will be announced later.
 
World Environment Day  was celebrated in the School.
 
The School sports a clean look and we have a green and well landscaped environment with plenty of trees. On this day the Cadets were distributed according to the Classes and the Class masters ensured that the waste materials (plastic and non-degradable) were collected and disposed.
 
A Hindi Movie titled ‘Three Idiots’ was screened in the Auditorium at 1800hrs.
 
07-06-2010
Investiture Ceremony was held in the School Auditorium. The appointments of the School and the Houses were pipped with the epauletts by the Principal, Registrar and the Housemasters.
                                                         
09-06-2010
A Freshers’Party for the new entrants of the School was held at 1700hrs in the School Auditorium. The toddlers of the school put up a wonderful show displaying their innate talents.
 
12-06-2010
Inter House Malayalam Debate was held in the School Auditorium at 1100hrs.
WINNERS
SUBJUNIORS
INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS:
FIRST        -   ROLL NO: 5020 Cdt ADWAITH BA
SECOND   -  ROLL NO: 5153 Cdt ANANTHANATH S A
SPECIAL PRIZE -             ROLL NO: 5123 Cdt ATHUL P PRAMOD
 
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST            -  VALLATHOL
SECOND      -  ASHOKA
THIRD          -  VKK
FOURTH      - TAGORE     
                                                                                                  
JUNIORS
INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS:
FIRST        -   ROLL NO: 4536Cdt BONEY ALEX
SECOND   -  ROLL NO: 4862Cdt MOHAMMED JS                                                                              
SPECIAL PRIZE - ROLL NO: 4914 Cdt GAUTAM VINOD
 
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST            -  SHIVAJI
SECOND      -  PATEL
THIRD          -  RAJAJI                                                                                                                                  
FOURTH      - VELUTHAMPI
 
SENIORS
INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS:
FIRST        -   ROLL NO: 4526 Cdt ABRAHAM JEROME
SECOND   -  ROLL NO: 4833 Cdt ABY MATHEWS
SPECIAL PRIZE - ROLL NO: 4549 Cdt NITHIN DEVASSY
 
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST           - PRASAD
SECOND      -  CARIAPPA
THIRD          -  NEHRU
 
12-06-2010
40 Cadets of Class XII participated in the Inter School Cultural Festival-COLOSSEUM-2010 organised by the St Thomas School, Trivandrum.
 
WINNERS
FIRST POSITION
1.Treasure Hunt                -ROLL NO 4809 Cdt RAHUL DAS & ROLL NO 4475 Cdt ARUN MATHAI
 
SECOND POSITION
2.Galleria                           - ROLL NO 4726  Cdt SARATH RAJENDRAN & ROLL NO 4423  Cdt LEO J MANAVALAN
THIRD POSITION
 
3.Once upon a Stage               - ROLL NO 4428  Cdt PRAVEEN A  
(Drama)                                  - ROLL NO 4396 Cdt UNNIMOHAN
                                              - ROLL NO 4729  Cdt AJEESH CHANDRAN
                                              - ROLL NO 4731 Cdt SARATH S
                                              - ROLL NO 4418Cdt ABITH KB                                                                                        
                                              - ROLL NO 4810 Cdt DEEPAK MURALY
                                              - ROLL NO 4458 Cdt ROOPAK RAJEEV
                                              - ROLL NO 4431Cdt TIMAL PRAKASH
                                              - ROLL NO 4462 Cdt RANJU RP                                                                                                                                          - ROLL NO 4452Cdt HARI KUMAR SS
14-06-2010
Inter House Essay writing Competition in English, Hindi and Malayalam was held at 1445hrs.
WINNERS   (ENGLISH ESSAY WRITING)
JUNIORS
INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS:
FIRST        -   ROLL NO:5055 Cdt ASHIK KRISHNA
SECOND   -  ROLL NO: 4608 Cdt SHYAM KV
THIRD        - ROLL NO: 4667 Cdt ARUN JM
 
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST            -  SHIVAJI
SECOND      -  VELUTHAMPI
THIRD          -  RAJAJI
FOURTH      - PATEL
 
15-06-2010
Garden Competition I for all the Staff and Employees was held at 1500hrs.
 
16-06-2010
Class Cleanliness Competition was conducted at 1100hrs.
 
17-06-2010
Inter House Cleanliness Competition was held at 1100hrs.
 
19-6-2010
OLD BOYS’RE-UNION DAY
41st Alumni  Re-union was held. The function commenced with an excellent Guard of Honour and Wreath Laying Ceremony followed by the inauguration of the Seminar Hall by the Chief Guest  Lt Gen GM NairSM,VSM, Military secy of the Indian Army and an alumnus of the School. In the evening there was the Commemoration Meeting and Guruvandanam. Festival Matches were played as usual.
 
The most exciting moment for the Cadets was the Cultural  Programme  sponsored by the 1985 Batch which was staged on the next day, the 20th of June.
 
43 Cadets of Class XI proceeded to St Thomas Residential School ,Trivandrum to participate in Sanrevo-2010.
 
27-06-2010
NDA Coaching Classes for Class XII by the JET Institute, Trivandrum, commenced.
 
30-06-2010
A Farewell Tea was held at 1630 hrs at1630hrs in the Cadets’ Mess to bid adieu to Shri K Suseelan, Driver, who was retiring on attaining the age of superannuation.
 
25-06-2010
Open House Chess Championship for the year 2010-11 commenced.
                   
WINNERS
SUBJUNIORS
FIRST        -   ROLL NO: 4989 Cdt ADARSH MENON
SECOND   -  ROLL NO:5108  Cdt ANANTHAKRISHNA J
 
JUNIORS
FIRST        -   ROLL NO: 4678 Cdt AKSHAY PS
SECOND   -  ROLL NO:4628 Cdt SANDEEP D                                                                                       
 
SENIORS
FIRST        -   ROLL NO: 4451 Cdt AGIN PV
SECOND   -  ROLL NO:4576 Cdt AMAL V RAJ                                                                                                         
 
28-06-2010
The First Unit Test for Classes XI & XII  commenced.
   

July 2010

10-07-2010
Inter house  English Debate Competition  was held in  the School Auditorium at 1100hrs .
WINNERS
SUB JUNIORS
FIRST           - ROLL NO:5024 Cdt  HARISHANKER OK
SECOND      - ROLL NO:5087 Cdt HIMA GEORGE
THIRD          - ROLL NO:4966 Cdt PRINCE DEEPU
SPECIAL PRIZE   ROLL NO: 4983 Cdt ROHIT S
 
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST           -  TAGORE/VKK
THIRD          -  VALLATHOL
FOURTH      - ASHOKA
 
JUNIORS
FIRST           - ROLL NO:4751 Cdt  GEORGE LUKE
SECOND      - ROLL NO:4630 Cdt RONNIE T JACOB
THIRD          - ROLL NO:5149 Cdt ALAN CHRISTO
SPECIAL PRIZE   ROLL NO: 4766  Cdt ARJUN C
 
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST           -  VELUTHAMPI
SECOND      - RAJAJI
THIRD          -  SHIVAJI
FOURTH      - PATEL
 
SENIORS
FIRST           - ROLL NO:4390 Cdt  SONY T JACOB
SECOND      - ROLL NO:4460 Cdt VAISAKH M RAJ
THIRD          - ROLL NO:4389 Cdt MUKUND NARAYAN
SPECIAL PRIZE   ROLL NO: 4723  Cdt NANDU S
 
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST           -  NEHRU
SECOND      - PRASAD
THIRD          -  CARIAPPA
 
19-07-2010
Inter house Spelling Bee Competition for Sub jrs and Juniors was conducted in their respective Classes.
 
20-07-2010
Inter house Spelling Bee Competition for Seniors was  conducted in their respective Classes.
 
28-07-2010
Two Cadets  proceeded to SN Public School to take part in the Inter School Spelling Bee Competition organized by SN Public School.
 
30-07-2010
Second Unit Test for Class XI was held.
 
31-07-2010 
Cadets proceeded to take part in the various Competitions based on Ramayana which was held in Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan ,Trivandrum.
 
RESULTS OF VARIOUS COMPETITIONS
INTER HOUSE ENGLISH ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION:
WINNERS
SENIORS
INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS:
FIRST           - ROLL NO:4423 Cdt  LEO J MANAVALAN
SECOND      - ROLL NO:4726 Cdt SARATH RAJENDRAN
THIRD          - ROLL NO:4835 Cdt SIBIN BABU
 
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST            -  PRASAD
SECOND      - CARIAPPA
THIRD          -  NEHRU
 
INTERHOUSE MALAYALAM  ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION:
WINNERS
JUNIORS
INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS:
FIRST           - ROLL NO:4718 Cdt  MAHESH IM
SECOND      - ROLL NO:4633Cdt AJEESH AK
 
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST            -  PATEL
SECOND      - RAJAJI
THIRD          -  VELUTHAMPI
FOURTH      - SHIVAJI
 
SENIORS
INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS:
FIRST           -   ROLL NO:4383 Cdt  SREERAJ S RAJEEV
ROLL NO:4446 Cdt ROHIT P NAIR
SECOND      - ROLL NO:4546 Cdt AKSHAY ANDREWS RAJAN
 
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST            -  CARIAPPA
SECOND      -   NEHRU
THIRD          -   PRASAD
 
INTERHOUSE  HINDI  ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION:
WINNERS
JUNIORS
INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS:
FIRST           - ROLL NO:4623 Cdt  VIKAS KUMAR
SECOND      - ROLL NO:4832 Cdt SHIV SHEKAR SHARMA
 
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST            -  RAJAJI
SECOND      - VELUTHAMPI
THIRD          -  SHIVAJI
FOURTH      - PATEL
 
SENIORS
INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS:
FIRST           - ROLL NO:4759 Cdt  SASANK SHEKHAR SHARMA
SECOND      - ROLL NO:4389 Cdt MUKUND NARAYAN CHAUBEY
 
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST            -  CARIAPPA
SECOND      -   NEHRU
THIRD          -   PRASAD
 
INTERHOUSE  HINDI  CALLIGRAPHY  COMPETITION:
WINNERS
SUB JUNIORS
INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS:
FIRST           - ROLL NO:5007Cdt  SHIVAM KUMAR
SECOND      - ROLL NO:5002 Cdt NANDAN KUMAR
 
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST          -  TAGORE
SECOND      - VALLATHOL
THIRD         - ASHOKA
FOURTH      - VKK
 
JUNIORS
INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS:
FIRST           - ROLL NO:4888 Cdt  CHAITHANYA ANAND
SECOND      - ROLL NO:4870 Cdt ABHYAS KUMAR
           
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST            -  VELUTHAMPI
SECOND      - RAJAJI
THIRD          -  SHIVAJI
FOURTH      - PATEL
 
SENIORS
INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS:
FIRST           - ROLL NO:4558 Cdt  SARVESH KUMAR
SECOND      - ROLL NO:4389 Cdt MUKUND NARAYAN
 
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST           - PRASAD
SECOND      - CARIAPPA
THIRD          -  NEHRU
 
WINNERS OF VARIOUS COMPETITIONS HELD IN CONNECTION WITH RAMAYANA MONTH CELEBRATION
AT BHARATHIYA VIDYA BHAVAN, TRIVANDRUM
 
GROUP- I  (VI, VII, VIII)
RECITATION
SECOND PRIZE            -                  ROLL NO 4718 MAHESH IM
ELOCUTION     
SECOND PRIZE            -                  ROLL NO 4914  GOUTHAM VINOD
 
WINNERS OF DANCE COMPETITIONS IN THE CULTURAL AND TALENT FESTIVAL ”SAMEEKSHA”
HELD AT BHARATHIYA VIDYA BHAVAN, TRIVANDRUM
1  ROLL NO 4422 Cdt AKHIL SR
2  ROLL NO 4469 Cdt SOOREJ PRAKASH
3  ROLL NO 4461Cdt NIBU MOHAN
4  ROLL NO 4488 Cdt ALBIN JOHN
5  ROLL NO 4438Cdt VINAY SUNDER
6  ROLL NO 4410Cdt ABHIRAJ
7  ROLL NO 4420 Cdt AVINASH S
8  ROLL NO 4440 Cdt AKASH S
 
 

August 2010

03-09-2010
34 Cadets of the School participated in the InterSchools Competition ‘Sameeksha 2010” organized by the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Sr Sec School at Trivandrum.
 
08-09-2010
71 Cadets of Class  X proceeded on an Educational tour to Hyderabad.
 
07-08-2010
As part of the Onam CelebrationsOriyadi, Tug of War,  Musical Chair, Bread biting, bottle filling and many other skill based
competitions were held at 1600hrs in the campus.
 
09-08-2010 to 13-08-2010
THE SOUTH ZONE MEET 2010
The five  Sainik Schools of the Southern region joined together to participate in the various events like Football, Basketball,
Hockey, Volleyball and the literary activities like the Quiz and Debate. The event was inaugurated by Mr S Gopinath IPS DIG
(Adam), Trivandrum.
 
The closing ceremony was on 13th of August presided over by Dr G Kishore, Director, SAI ,Southern region and
Principal-in Charge, LNCPE.
 
Winners:
Sainik School Bijapur emerged as the overall champions and Sainik School Korukonda bagged the runners up position. 
The overall position of the Schools is as follows:
 
Sl No School Position Points
a Sainik School Bijapur

I

34
b Sainik School Korukonda II 30
c Sainik School Amaravathinagar III 23
d Sainik School Kazhakootam IV 20
e Sainik School Kodagu V 1
 
The following Schools have qualified to represent the South Zone  in various Inter Zonal  Championships.
 

Sl.No

Event

Winner

Venue for Inter Zonal Meet

a

Football ( Sub Juniors)

SS Kazhakootam

Punglwa

b

Football ( Juniors)

SS Korukonda

Punglwa

c

Hockey

SS Bijapur

Tilaiya

d

Basketball

SS Bijapur

Chittorgarh

e

Volley Ball

SS Amaravathi Nagar

Balachadi

 
15-08-2010
Independence Day Celebration
Flag hoisting was done by Principal Col B Ajit Kumar followed by his Independence Day Message.
Mrs Sreedevi Ajit Kumar distributed sweets to the children of the staff and the Cadets of the sub jr. house.
 
16-08-2010
Onam Celebrations  commenced with the Principal’s arrival at the main foyer and the lighting of the lamp by the first lady
Mrs Sreedevi Ajit Kumar. This was followed by a cultural  programme  including the Fancy dress competition for the Sub jrs
.
The Floral Design competition was an added attraction whereby the cadets displayed their innate artistic talents. The traditional
Onam games were played .The culmination of the celebration was the sumptuous  Onasadhya.
 
17-08-2010
The School closed for the Onam Break.
 
22-08-2010
UPSC Exam for NDA was held at the University College, Arts College and SMV School.
 
31-08-2010
The School reopened after the   Onam  Break.
   

September 2010

02-09-2010
Maj Gen  Sandeep  Kumar VSM  Addl  Director Gen Army  Edn  & Col Commandant AEC  visited the School.
 
03-09-2010
26 Cadets of the School participated in the Science & literary Inter School Fest organized by the Trivandrum International  School, Trivandrum.
 
04-09-2010
98 Cadets of Class VI proceeded on an Educational Tour to Trivandrum and Shangummughom Beach.
They visited the Veli Boat Club,Zoo, Museum and the Priyadarshini planetarium.
 
05-09-2010
TEACHERS’ DAY
KUDOS……..!
One of our teachers, Mr K Rajendran, HOD, English Department, went to Delhi to receive the National Award for Teachers from the President of India Her Excellency Smt Prathiba Patil.
 
Mr K Rajendran, Master in English and HOD has been selected for conferment of National Award to teachers for the year 2009 under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt of India. It is indeed a matter of great joy and pride for the whole Sainik School fraternity and in particular Sainik School, Kazhakootam, since it is for the first time in the history of our School that a teacher of this School is bestowed upon with this award.
 
07-09-2010
Two Cadets proceeded to participate in the Inter School English Elocution Competition organized by the SN Public School,Trivandrum.
A Get together to bid farewell to Sub Pritam Sharma who got posted to his parent unit.
 
11-09-2010
The Inter house Hindi Debate competition was held in the School Auditorium at 1100hrs.
WINNERS    
SENIORS
INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS:
FIRST           - ROLL NO:4389 Cdt  MUKUND NARAYAN C
SECOND      - ROLL NO:4469 Cdt SURAJ PRAKASH
SPECIAL PRIZE   ROLL NO: 4452 Cdt HAREESH KUMAR SS
 
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST            -  NEHRU
THIRD          -  CARIAPPA
FOURTH      - PRASAD
 
JUNIORS
INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS:
FIRST           - ROLL NO:4624 Cdt  MITHILESH KUMAR
SECOND      - ROLL NO:4625 Cdt SUNNY KUMAR
SPECIAL PRIZE   ROLL NO:4854  Cdt ABHIRAJ ANAND
 
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST            -  PATEL
SECOND      -VELUTHAMPI
THIRD          -  RAJAJI
FOURTH      - SHIVAJI
SUB JRS
 
INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS:
FIRST           - ROLL NO:5005 Cdt  RAJAN KUMAR
SECOND      - ROLL NO:4989 Cdt ADARSH MENON
SPECIAL PRIZE   ROLL NO: 5185 Cdt SAGAR K
 
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST            -  VALLATHOL
SECOND      - VKKM
THIRD          -  TAGORE
FOURTH           -ASHOKA
 
RESULTS OF THE INTER HOUSE QUIZ COMPETITION-2010
SENIORS
INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS:
FIRST           - ROLL NO:4545 Cdt  ARUN JAYAN
SECOND      - ROLL NO:4532 Cdt KRISHNARAJ
 
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST            -  PRASAD
THIRD          -  NEHRU
FOURTH      - CARIAPPA
 
JUNIORS
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST            -  VELUTHAMPI
SECOND      -PATEL
THIRD          -  RAJAJI
FOURTH      - SHIVAJI
 
SUB JRS
HOUSE POSITIONS:
FIRST            -VKKM
SECOND      - ASHOKA
THIRD          -  TAGORE
FOURTH       -VALLATHOL
 
18 To 27-09-2010
Inter house Hockey and Volleyball championship for the year 2010-11 began.
 
22 To 24-09-2010
Ten Cadets of the School participated in the 35th Loyola junior Basketball tournament organized by the Loyola School, Trivandrum.
12 Cadets participated in the CBSE Athletic Meet 2010(Cluster IV)at LNCPE Stadium, Karyavattom.
WINNERS
1) In High Jump, Cdt Cimil CK of Class XII secured the Silver Medal.
2) In  5000 Mts, Cdt  Akhil Raj of Class XI bagged the Bronze Medal.
 
20-09-2010
3 Cadets proceeded to Trivandrum to participate in the Hindi Fortnight Celebrations
Organized by the  Kendriya  Vidyalaya, Pattom .
Cdt Suraj Prakash of Class XII secured the second position in Hindi Elocution and
Cdt  Mukund  Narayan Chaubey bagged the third position in the Hindi Recitation.
 
24-09-2010
A Special Assembly was held in the School Auditorium to felicitate Mr K Rajendran, HOD, English in connection with winning the National Award for the Best Teacher.
 
25-09-2010
18 Cadets proceeded to take part in the All Kerala Hindi  competition organized by the Kerala Hindi Prachar Sabha .
The ‘Energy Management Center’ ,Trivandrum, organized an Awareness Talk on ‘Energy Conservation’ from 1200hrs to 1330hrs in the School Auditorium.
 
An English movie ,’A’ Team was screened in the auditorium at 1800hrs.
 
26-09-2010
A Book Fair was organized  by the DC Books from 1000hrs to 1400hrs at the Harshan’s Pavilion.
 
27-09-2010
The   Opening Ceremony of Capt Harshan AC Memorial Inter School Basketball tournament was held at 1500 hrs . Principal, Col B Ajit Kumar inaugurated the tournament. Eight of the Schools  from Trivandrum participated in the tournament.
 
29-09-2010
The Closing ceremony of Capt R Harshan AC memorial Inter School Basketball tournament was held at 1600hrs. Shri James Varghese IAS, Secy to Govt of Kerala , General Education Dept was the Chief Guest. Mr Radhakrishnan, father of Capt R Harshan AC was the Special invitee. The final tournament was between St Joseph’s  School, Trivandrum and Sainik School, Trivandrum in which St Joseph’s emerged as the Champions and the Sainik School, the Runners - up. The Closing of the Meet was done by the Chief Guest Shri James Varghese IAS followed by the  Vote of Thanks by the Headmaster, Cdr Jason Paul.
 
30-09-2010
The Inter House PT Competition began with a bang. The first of the item the 1-Mile run was held at 0600hrs.