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PLANTING A TREE OR IMPLANTING LIVES!!!!

TREE PLANTATION PROGRAM was observed at JVM, SALAV on 5th August 2021 in the noble presence of the esteemed guests Mrs Lata Nowal, First Lady on the campus Mrs Neelu Malik and Mr Narayan Tuntune Father of shaheed Nilesh Tuntune.
Trees teach us a lot about life, both professional and personal. After all, mother nature has taken about four hundred million years to perfect these incredible beings. These splendid creation symbolises life, love and laughter as the JVM team takes the idea further to compensate for the huge green loss incurred due to cyclones and deforestation.

THERE IS ONLY ONE THING THAT COULD REPLACE A BOOK…………..?????
AND THAT IS ANOTHER BOOK!!

JVM, Salav the hub of the learners inaugurated the book Ashnai written by Mrs Lata Nowal on 5th Aug.2021 in the esteemed presence of Mr Narayan Tuntune Father of shaheed Nilesh Tuntune.

Jindal Vidya Mandir is working with the International Award for Young People (IAYP) which delivers the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award in India to offer schools new ways to broaden their curriculum. We firmly believe that learning should not be confined to the classroom, but should also take place in the school environment and wider community. We are working together to develop confident, responsible, reflective, innovative and engaged learners and create opportunities for young people to develop skills, get physically active, give service to their local community and experience adventure. On the Occasion of Jayanti of two unforgettables (Mahatma Gandhi & Lal Bhadur Shastri), IAYP Team at JVM Salav took up the mission to survey the Revdanda Beach and identify the problems of Oil Spill & Plastic menace and its adverse impact on aquatic life.

JINDAL VIDYA MANDIR, SALAV, celebrated Children’s Day on a virtual platform due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. A video

encapsulating a plethora of events- Solo songs, skits, giving importance of

plantation and dance performances by teachers was released for students

through YouTube link on 14th November 2021.

The video started with The Principal, Mr. Ritwiz Gaur greeting

the children on the special day, a day to celebrate the bond between

teachers and students. This was followed by a number of performances to

delight, entertain and regale the students. The teachers enthusiastically

performed a skit depicting transitioning the life of teachers and students

after reopening of the school after a long period. After watching the video,

the students’ messages poured in, thanking the teachers profusely for

making Children’s Day 2021 so special.

The heartfelt appreciation, likes and comments by the students

are a testimony to the grand success of the digital celebration of Children’s Day.

Our nation is celebrating the 75^th anniversary of India’s Independence.

To commemorate this, a series of events under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahatosav is

planned by the Government of India.

As part of the year long celebrations, Poster making Activity for classes 1-5

was conducted in Jindal Vidya Mandir, Salav on 22nd August 2021 for

Awareness in Students regarding India’s FREEDEOM STRUGGLE.

Clay modelling Competition was conducted by Jindal Vidya Mandir, Salav on 7th September 2021 for classes 7 to 10 to improve the social skills. It is an activity which nurtures child’s creativity, boosts imagination and imbibes self-confidence. Criteria, guidelines and all other details were shared with the students through the template

JVM Salav, coordinating An Art Contest – The Peace Pals International Art Exhibition

and Awards under the aegis of COE Outbound Activities and Exchange Program to

celebrate the World Kindness Day 2021. Theme for the contest was “Kindness”.

NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SURVEY  2021 – 22

The Ministry of Education, Government of India. Conducted national survey for students belonging to classes III, V, VIII and X all over the nation on 12^th November 2021.

Jindal Vidya Mandir, Salav was chosen to conduct  survey for class VIII wherein, 25 students were selected for the examination.

Ms Saba Rizvan Patvi was designated as an observer for the examination by the CBSE along with

Mr  Ravindra Thale as the Field Investigator

PTA was conducted on 13^th Nov 2021 mainly to establish connect between parents and school. The Objective was to promote the welfare of children and both at home, school impacting community at large. Issues for major consideration: Reopening Mechanism, Safety, Development, Mechanism of PTA Election for AY 2022-23, Accountability of Fee Default…

National Children Science Congress, government organisation conducted a Project Competition on the theme science for sustainable living. Preetish Khandelwal from 9B and Gargi Dhanavade from 9A participated in the project competition under the active guidance of Mrs. Rajashree Joshi.

The sub topic selected by the student was Social Innovation for sustainable living under which they conducted a Survey on Waste Management

The Department of Commerce at JVM, Salav has initiated a full- fledged Financial Literacy Program for educating youth towards systematic ‘Financial Decision Making’. Understanding the basic financial concepts allows people to know how to navigate efficiently in the financial system.

The main objective is to guide individuals to understand and apply the concepts of ‘money’ and economy’. Various components such as earning, borrowing, saving, spending and investing have been taken into consideration, which shall enable the students to take effective decisions with all of the financial resources that might be at their dispense in near future.

Our first segment of Financial Literacy Program briefly explained the Evolution of Money (Barter System), Importance of Budget, Merits and Limitations of Credit and the various types of Banks Accounts

Mr Srinivas Kotipalli [JET, Head], Mr Ritwiz Gaur & Mr Satish  Kamble [SPOC: JVM, Salav]    and the ISO Team having interaction  on the prospective procedure of ISO

Young Leaders Conclave was organised by the student leaders between 26^th and 29^th Nov 21 on School Campus.

Brainstorming on Youth Engagement in:

• Internal Strengthening of School;
• Community Collaboration
• School Social Responsibility;
• Global Community;
• Tinkering approach to Learning
• Collaboration with pillars of Democracy

Indian Finland Collaboration on Educational Initiative

Jindal Vidya Mandir, Salav provided an opportunity to participate in “Bio – blitz ” Competition organized by OWLS (Organisation for Wildlife Studies) in alliance with the Maharashtra Forest Department on the occasion of Wildlife Conservation Day (4^th December 2021). The main objective of this venture was to create awareness among the students about the wildlife conservation. Initially, an informative webinar about the event was held on 2^nd December in which 48 participants joined the online meet. On 4^th December, 2021, twenty students from Class VIII, IX and Class XI participated in the activity. They reported to school at 7 AM. The Principal, Vice Principal along with the staff comprising of Mrs. Anuja Salunkhe, Mr. Bipin, Mr. Sandeep, Mr. Dhage, and Dr. Vikas were present for the Activity. The President of OWL Mr. Kunal Salunkhe), an alumnus of the school, Master Atharva Wader and some parents: Mr. and Mrs. Wader, Mr. Vikrant Dhanavade were also a part of this activity.

During this exploration, Mr Kunal Salunkhe shared his thoughts about wildlife conservation and the “Bio – blitz” competition. Subsequently, students were divided into different groups headed by the teachers. The groups took the photographs of flora and fauna for uploading the photos on the iNaturalist App for the “Bio – blitz” competition. At last Dr. Vikas Nanekar expressed a vote of thanks on behalf of JVM, Salav at the end of the program. Thus, students explored the biodiversity with the strict observance of Covid Safety protocols.

In-charge teacher Dr Vikas

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“Grandparents are indeed an inevitable part and thus are extremely close to tender heart.”

The Pre-primary section jubilantly celebrated  ‘Grandparents Day’ to foster the bond of love and respect between grandparents and children. Various games using ice cubes and potatoes were conducted for adding to the joy and vigour.

With a view for briefing the students about MuSo and clearing their doubts, Ms. Mrudula Shetye conducted an online session on 9^th Dec’21. Initially, the students were asked to share their understanding about MuSo as they were told to visit the MuSo website prior to the session. Later, the meaning, purpose and process of MuSo was well explained with the help of a Power Point Presentation. It largely benefitted the students.

• Under Community Outreach , phase II of Mission Apnatva was undertaken on Friday 10^th Dec 2021.
• Forward Bloc ( Ms Anuja, Ms Archana , Ms Ashwini , Ms Nishi and Ms Swati), Mr Sandeep along with the student representatives ( Ms Suchismita Behera, Ms Kanishka Balayan, Ms Gargi Dhanavade ,Ms Sarit Chaulkar and Mast Vaibhav Singh ) and Group D representative (Mr Rakesh) went to the Adivasi Pada -Sumbradevi (Tal -Mazgaon).
• Teachers and students initially did the survey of the condition of people living over there, their houses, schooling facilities, employment etc.
• There were around 30-35 huts built with bamboos and mud with no electricity in some of the houses. The small children we found were under nourished with no clothes. Due to Covid the schooling of the children was fully affected. Unemployment level seemed to be high. They were daily wage labourers. We also observed that some houses there were teenage mothers with 2-3 children. There was lack of basic amenities to the people.
• So Jindal Vidya Mandir, Salav has taken the initiative by giving them a small token of help by distributing the Nutritional things-food items to these deprived people.

( Forward Bloc)

Ms Anuja, Ms Archana , Ms Ashwini , Ms Nishi and Ms Swati

11^th December is observed as World Mountain Day across the globe. The theme proposed by the United Nations for celebrating World Mountain Day 2021 was ‘Sustainable Mountain Tourism’. With a view to encourage conservation and sustainable development of mountains, on 12^th December 2021, Jindal Vidya Mandir at Salav took an initiative to organize an easy graded trekking activity for the students on a hillock situated opposite to the JSW Residential Area. The adventure commenced at 06.30 am under the guidance of trekking experts Mr Kishor Wader, Mrs Deepti Wader, Mast Atharva Wader (Alumini Batch {2018-2019}, JVM Salav) and Mr Kunal Salunkhe (Wildlife Photographer, Parent JVM, Salav). A total of 32 students studying in classes IX to XII were accompanied by Mr. Ritwiz Gaur (Principal, JVM Salav), Mr Jayant Mishra (Vice Principal, JVM Salav) and 5 teachers particularly, Mrs. Anuja Salunkhe, Mrs. Swati Patil, Mrs. Archana Todankar, Mr. Sandeep Tiwari and Mr. Vikas Nanekar on this trekking activity.

It took around 1 ½ hour to reach the summit.  The trek was little exhaustive for some students due to lack of physical activity but after reaching the destination, the cold breeze, chirping sound of birds and the panoramic view was not less than a trophy for them. On reaching the pinnacle, every individual took the oath of ‘Conserving Nature and Mountains’. Mr Wader and Mr Ritwiz Gaur ( Principal JVM Salav) addressed the students by sharing information on importance of mountains in nature and the need to conserve them. Students explored the natural wealth and interacted with the tribes that resided on the mountain top and survived only upon forest produce. Students expressed their strong desire to have more such events in near future

Keeping in mind the glorious 75 years of independence of progressive India and the glorious history of its people, culture and achievements, ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsava’ has been initiated by the Government of India.

As part of the year long celebrations, Speech/ dialogue, discussion, popular story/ poem recitation about freedom fighters for Std   VI – XII was conducted and for Classes I to V Online Quiz Competition was conducted in two groups in Jindal Vidya Mandir, Salav for creating Awareness in Students regarding India’s Freedom Struggle.

• Class VI and VII– Speech competition – Relevance of values of Indian Freedom struggle in the 21^st century
• Class VIII and IX – Popular Story on any incident based on the life of freedom fighters
• Class X, XI and XII – Poetry Recitation based on Indian Freedom struggle\

Here are some glimpses of the activities conducted class wise.

• Spandan Samir Deshmukh VII A https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Sb3KHsZB1b1QTfDwXsm5OrAw_DB  8V0eT/view?usp=sharing

• Samruddhi Suresh Thakur https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qRgOP1nNTzPFNEn_cu9YIotMNPO3  lR3q/view?usp=sharing
• Aayushi Patil

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C8Db2AwM_oNpPqPmOBFMa9MOiE  FgIKZM/view?usp=sharing

Online Quiz Competition was conducted in two groups.

Group 1-  Std  I – III                       

Group 2-  Std  IV – V

Investiture Ceremony 2021-2022

The capacity to translate vision into reality is the sure time tested threshold on to which JVM students have been proving themselves and have responsibly evolved for years setting in a presidential legacy where every year the student leaders take up the school duties with a new fervour.

The most auspicious ceremonial occasion of the school the Investiture Ceremony took place on 23rd December 2021 at Club House Auditorium at 1100 hours with full zest and zeal.

Investiture Ceremony is one of the momentous occasions when the school entrusts hope, faith and the mantle of responsibility on to the newly appointed School Cabinet signifying the reliance and confidence that the school vests in its new office bearers..

The event was graced by the presence of two hard-working souls symbolizing sincerity and efficiency in true sense of the word. The special guests of the event were Shri Harishchandra Mali and Shrimati Bharati More; the senior most school employees who have been serving the institution with utmost dedication for 28 long years.

The Principal Mr Ritwiz Gaur commenced the session by addressing the audience and raised their spirits. It was followed by a warm welcome extended to the guests of the event who were accompanied by the Vice Principal.

The stewards were to be honoured with sashes and badges of honour with due positions assigned.

The Principal along with Anant House Mistress- Ms. Saba Patvi, Agni House Mistress – Ms. Margalit Chaulkar, Anil House Mistress- Ms. Nishi Singh and Avani House Mistress- Ms. Mehwish Tandel graced the dais as the student council smartly stood in a row.

The Principal in his speech guided the Student Council Members to be the role models and dispense their duties responsibly and inculcate the values of discipline, dedication and determination as they are the torch bearers of tomorrow. The oath was administered to the newly constituted Student Council Members by the Principal. The Oath held in high esteem every Office Bearer making it clear that they should not aim at cheap popularity but to win respect through sincere duty. The students accepted the duties entrusted and were honoured with sashes and badges by the eminent guests of the event.

The names of the Student Council 2021-2022 with their positions of honour is entrailed below.

The program concluded with an extremely mesmerizing vote of thanks delivered by an amazing tiny tot Ms. Sweekruti Nadi

The names of the student council 2021-22 with their positions of honor is entailed below

Empathy     CaptainMI Committee     CaptainAgni House CaptainAnant House CaptainAvani House Vice-CaptainAnil House Vice-Captain

VACCINATION DRIVE FOR STUDENTS AGE GROUP 15-18 YEARS

PHC (Primary Health Centre) Borli in collaboration with Jindal Vidya Mandir, Salav organized  Students’ Vaccination Drive on 10th January, 2022 from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm in the school campus with a purpose to strengthen the student community at large to face the pandemic. In this drive 81 students from Jindal Vidya Mandir, 7 students from Ved Vidyalaya and 9 from vicinity were vaccinated. The Drive successfully hit the target of 97 vaccinations.

The team member of PHC were as follows
Dr. Saurabh Gharade, Dr.Priyanka Jankar, Ms. Shilpa Thakur, Ms. Hemlata Wadekar and Mr. Jayatu alongwith the Asha Workers’ Team.

The students were carefully examined before receiving the shot as their pulse rate and oxygen level was checked and recorded. Covid-19  safety protocol was strictly observed to ensure complete safety.
Jindal Vidya Mandir, Salav extended heartfelt thanks to the medical team by giving token of love.
Overall the vaccination drive was conducted successfully at JVM, Salav.

Mrs Rajashree Joshi
Mrs Yamini Nandgaye
Mr. Sandeep Tiwari

MuSo – Mission 1

MuSo Mission-1, ‘Clothing Conundrum’ was conducted for the students of Grade IV to VIII.

The purpose of MuSo is to enable, empower and inspire children to bring meaningful change in the world.

The mission was divided in 3 Levels wherein the students were shown videos about the innovative techniques of cloth making and brainstorming discussions took place. Thought provoking and creative tasks were assigned to the students. Students’ ability to think original, ingenious and artistic was evident through their creations.

The students were mentored by Mrs Rajashree Joshi, Mrs Anuja Salunkhe, Mrs Margalet Chaulkar, Mrs Saba Patvi and Mrs Swati Patil. The activity was coordinated by Mrs Mrudula Shetye.

On 10^th Dec’21, an amazing activity was conducted by Ms. Mrudula Shetye, for the students of class IX to deepen their reasoning and help them share, expand and clarify their own thinking through a research program. A meaningful discussion took place about the pros and cons of using ‘Electric Vehicles’. Students searched facts, stated their diverse opinions and confidently made disagreements while most of them exhibited leadership qualities by keeping the discussion on track. Statistical data and comparative analysis also were shared by the students. One of the students also spoke about an informative video about Electrical Vehicles. The link for the same was shared with the students.

Heartiest welcome to the dearest Jindalites   

‘A new opportunity means a fresh start and all the wonderful possibilities that new beginnings bring’.

To align with the neo-normal and to ensure safety protocols a special Post Covid Safety Committee was formed by the school prior to its re-opening. The objective of the system was to ensure complete safety of the students. The proposal to initiate school for the younger lot was proposed and approved in the recent PTA meeting dated 13^th Nov 2021

Finally dawned the long – awaited day i.e.17th December 2021 which marked the arrival of our little blossoms after the long phase of pandemic. The Principal and teachers of Jindal Vidya Mandir, Salav jubilantly welcomed the students with festoons, pompoms, smileys and special positive messages. The classes were designed to develop human connect rather than academics. The Principal had healthy interaction with students with a view to boost enthusiasm. Teachers conducted the lectures in hybrid mode and various exciting games were played.

The school appeared to look more like a fair and was a sight to behold!

A year long silence replaces with the guffaws & hullabaloo at JVM, Salav

Spreading Financial Literacy

Our students of class XI (Commerce) exhibited wonderful leadership skills by conducting a knowledgeable session on Financial Literacy for the curious buddies belonging to classes VI & VII. The session was conducted under the guidance of Mrs. Jayalakshmi Menon and the Department of Commerce. The concepts such as  Barter System, Types of Money, Debit- Credit, etc. were explained using effective illustrations. Meaningful interaction with the participants was evident all round the session and it was concluded with an exciting activity of identifying the various forms of e-transactions. The session was well managed by the following students – Ms. Ayesha Dalvi, Ms. Dhvani Jain, Ms. Mitali Mody, Ms. Nupur Jain, Ms. Purnima Soni, Ms. Sanika Tambade, Ms. Saniya Chogale and Mast. Subhaan Gondekar.