The Golden All Round Talent Exposition (GATE) started in 1997. It is an intra school competition for our pupils and includes various competitions for classes L.K.G to 12. The students are categorized into 5 levels. This competition explores and develops the potential of our pupils and helps develop a range of personal skills. It is also an opportunity for them to compete with their school friends and develop team spirit.

This year GATE runs for three weeks from 27^thJuly with various competitions each Saturday. The first day began with the Quiz prelims for classes 4 to 12 and the PowerPoint Presentation competition.

The pupils took part with great enthusiasm and spirit.

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The three week stay of the Millhillians flew by and all too soon the time came to bid them farewell. We arranged a Thanksgiving function and annual prize distribution ceremony on July 19th.  As usual it was a  happy occasion but tinged with sadness as we were saying goodbye to so many friends, The eighteen Millhillians and five teachers had made a great impact on our daily lives.

The Millhillians wore Indian dress for the ceremony: the girls in saris and the boys in kurtas, and very impressive they looked.

After a heart touching Thanksgiving song by the school choir the Millihillians were invited onto the stage where our Principal gave a brief speech about each of their contributions during their stay and thanked them sincerely, remarking on  the value of the meaningful partnership between Sri Jayendra and Mill Hill.

Mr.R.Chiinaswamy I.P.S Commandant, Tamilnadu Special Police, Manimutharu Battallion graced the occasion by presiding over the function and we were honoured to have Mr.A.Perumal, District Revenue Officer, Tirunelveli  as the chief guest.

An enchanting performance by our school choir captivated the audience. During his presidential address Mr. Chinnaswamy  appreciated the Arabic and Nepali songs for the native and original tunes. Some Millhillians also gave a musical performance that entertained the audience.

A prize distribution ceremony followed – the distinguished guests presented the general proficiency prizes for the previous academic year and prizes for the school toppers in the Board examinations . The prestigious Lalitha Kailasam Memorial Awards were also conferred to the toppers of class X, XI and XII.

The Bharatanatyam performance by our alumni enraptured everybody and our pupils then performed a remarkable dance, to music written by Jesu Rajan, depicting the lifestyle of the people of the ‘Five types of Land’ of ancient Tamilnadu The dacoits were probably the audience’s favourite.  The dance left the audience spellbound and they were pleased to see some of the Millhillians as members of the dance group.

Many personal farewells were said at the dinner afterwards which was held on the basketball court: tears were shed on both sides.

The next day, a Saturday, the Millhillians left for Kovalam and the Hostel where they stayed was frantically prepared for the Emanuels who were to arrive at breakfast time the next morning.

The group from Emanuel School, also in London, arrived after their long journey in a bemused state and started to adjust to life in India.

The fourteen pupils and four staff will be with us for three weeks and we look forward to their stay. They will be spending a great deal of time with children from the Gita Krishnamurthy Vidyalaya,  our free primary school with which the Emanuels have a special link.

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On 10^th July we were blessed to receive His holiness Sri Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal, the 69^th pontiff of the 2,500 year-old Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham at Kanchipuram.

Pupils, staff and members of the public lined the path to welcome the spiritual leader with the traditional Bhakthi, respect and love. It was beautifully done and the Swami Ji was clearly touched.

The school was filled with the chants “Jaya Jaya Shankara Hara Hara Shankara”.

It was an honour for us to have Jagathguru with us on the day of our school Karpaga Vinayagar temple Varushabishegam which is the celebration of the birthday of the god Karpaga Vinayagar to whom our temple is dedicated. The school choir sang bhajans which Acharya very obviously enjoyed.

After giving his merciful blessings to the all those present the Swami Ji was taken to the site of our new free primary school the Gita Krishnamurthy Vidyalaya where he blessed the foundation stones of the new building.

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On 1st July our pupils and staff were delighted to warmly welcome a group of 18 pupils and 5 teachers from Mill Hill School in London, one of  our overseas partners.  For the next three weeks they will be involved with various learning activities and meaningful interactions with our pupils. We know from experience that both sides will find this a rewarding  and enjoyable experience..

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In June a  Book Fair was held in the V.O.C. Ground at Palayamkottai . This innovation, organised by the Local Authority and Government was designed to encourage students and their families to buy and use books. Many publishers made their books available for people to browse and discounts were available for those who wished to buy. More than 100 books were bought for the School library.

To encourage children to attend this 10 day event competitions were organised for schools from Tirunelveli District. Fifty of our students attended the Fair and, of course, competed with their usual enthusiasm, winning First prize in the Quiz, First and Third in Singing and First in Drawing: a pleasing outcome.

The Fair was a great success and there is now much demand that it should become an annual event.

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We were very pleased with the 2013 public examination results for both X Standard and XII Standard which were a just reward for some very hard working and enthusiastic pupils taught by dedicated, committed and tireless staff.

Once again every pupil gained a pass mark and there were some very impressive performances.

In the SSLC (X Standard) exams Gautham Praveen A. scored 494 / 500 with 100% in Maths, Science and Social Studies

In the HSC (XII Standard) exams A. Raja scored 1176 / 1200.

Special praise is due to these two who were toppers of their year groups, but all candidates deserve congratulations for an excellent set of results.

More details of the results are available under ‘Academic / Exam Results

We won the first place in the Sivanthi Quiz 2013, conducted, for school students, by the Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering . Schools from Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari, Madurai and Coimbatore districts took part. Our XII Standard students A.Raja and B. Selvendra performed extremely  well and retained the Rolling Shield for the third consecutive year. An impressive hat-trick.

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We welcomed many parents who came to support our ‘Kid’s Day’ celebrations in which all the primary school pupils took part. At 9.30 a.m. Mr. William Winfield declared the Sports Day open and all then enjoyed watching as the children participated with great enthusiasm in exciting events like the Running Race, Frog Race, Musical Chairs, Passing the Ball, Water filling, Bead collecting, Skipping, Balloon Bursting and the like. The winners of each competition were proud to be  photographed on the Winning Stand.

The Chief Guest for the evening function was Mr. Mahendran, Superintendent of Police, Tirunelveli. Mr.William Winfield also graced the occasion with his presence.

Santhoshi of V Standard gave the welcome address following which there was a musical performance and a graceful dance on the theme of eye donation. The Kindergarten children  performed a skit on ‘Saving the Environment’ which was the cynosure of the day!  Our Principal Mrs. Usha Raman then gave the Annual Report outlining what has been achieved this year.

Of course the highlight of the evening was the Graduation Ceremony for the children who were  finishing their time in the Kindergarten.

Diplomas were presented to the pupils by our Honorable Guests and the Vote of Thanks was delivered by Arshad of III Standard.

We were proud of the children when we saw how they performed: they were living testimony to the well rounded development Sri Jayendra affords its pupils.

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We were delighted to welcome Mr. William Winfield who arrived on 24^th February for his fourth visit in as many years.

Mr. Winfield was Headmaster of Mill Hill School until his retirement in 2007 and it was he who initiated the partnership between Mill Hill and Sri Jayendra: a partnership which has been of such great value to us.

He was of course given the warmest of welcomes and although he was with us for only one week he again demonstrated his passion for teaching by willingly handling 25 classes at IX and XI Standard.

With his enthusiasm in class and his creative and interactive approach, he totally captured the minds and hearts of the students. They loved his classes: his teaching sessions are something our students look forward to very much.

His visit coincided with the celebration of our Mini Convocation and Sports Day for the Kindergarten and Primary school children. We were very pleased that he agreed to be the Chief Guest of Honour.

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