Special Events

With a view to create opportunities, tap talents and develop in students a sense of responsibility and confidence, co-curricular activities are conducted in the school on a regular basis.

A Motivational Talk for students of 10^th standard and teachers of all 4 JSS Public Schools, Mysuru was organised on 17^th December 2022 at Sri Rajendra Bhavana, JSS Hospital Campus, Mysuru. In the morning session, Sri Swami, KES, Lecturer, Government College of Teacher Education, Mysuru elaborated on the core elements of success and qualities of a student. He advised students to do all the work with pleasure and not under pressure. HHH e presented the success stories of great personalities to motivate the children. It was really a useful and informative session for students.

Dr.H N Vishwanath, Faculty, Sharada Vilas Teachers College, Mysuru was the resource person for the afternoon session. The topic for the session was “how to be a functional and progressive teacher’. He opined that the teacher should be self motivated. Teaching is more of quality than quantity. Customising content as per the needs of the students is important. He elaborated on 4 stages of learning. Namely, acquisition, retention, application and extension. Altogether it was a very educative session for the teachers

Our school won several prizes at the cultural events at the Suttur Jatra Mahotsava in various categories and made us proud by their achievements Harshitha Mallesh and her group won the 1^st place in the Group Song Competition. Shreya K and her group won the 2^nd place in the Senior Group Classical Dance Competition. Sumedha M Ullagaddi and her group won the 4^th place in the Junior Group Classical Dance Competition.

In the sporting arena too, we were not left far behind. Shreya of VII and Ruthvik of VIII won 1^st prize in ‘Panchi’event. Malavika of VII B, Manyashree of IX B and Harshitha Mallesh of IX B won 2^nd prize in ‘Singam’. Arnav of IX B won 2^nd prize in chess and Hemachandan of VII A won 2^nd prize in Snake and Ladder.

There were winners for Drawing and Painting Competition too. Laasya M S of I A won 3^rd place and a cash award of 2000/-. Poorvi of II B won 1^st Consolation prize and Chaithali Chandrajith of IV A won 2^nd Consolation prize in the Drawing Competition.

On the occasion of “AZADI KA AMRUTH MAHOTSAV” and to instil the spirit of patriotism and love for the nation, competitions were conducted class wise on 3^rd August 2022. Students took part in the competition enthusiastically. The winners of the school level competitions participated in the Inter School level.

The inter school competitions were held on 12-08-2022 at Rajendra Bhavana. Sri S P Manjunath, Secretary- I, JSSMVP inaugurated the event. Sri. Ashoka Palya, Deputy Director, JSSMVP also present on the occasion. Smt.N T Bhagyalakshmi compered the show.

The list of the Competitions and the names of the prize winners is as follows:

Class	Theme	Name	Place
I Standard	Colouring the National Flag	Thanvi S P Laasya M S	1^st 2^nd
II Standard	Drawing and colouring the National Flag	Punarvi K L	3^rd
III Standard	Drawing and colouring the National Flag	Vivek Gaurav	3^rd
IV Standard	Patriotic Song Competition	Abhinav Prasad	1^st
VI Standard	Elocution Contest (Kannada) (Progress of Independent India)	Shrungar A Sipayee	1^st
VII Standard	Elocution Contest (English) (Progress of Independent India)	Adarsh S	1^st
VIII Standard	Elocution Contest (English) (Progress of Independent India)	Saanvi N Swamy	1^st
IX Standard	Essay Writing (English) (Progress of Independent India)	Poornima G	2^nd
X Standard	Essay Writing (Kannada) (Progress of Independent India)	Sarvesh Kumar K N	2^nd

The prize winners received the memento and certificate from His Holiness Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswamiji at JSS College of Science, Arts and Commerce, Ooty Road, Mysore.

Adoption of animals from zoo has become a tradition in our school. Our students have adopted several animals like Indian Cobra, Emu, Leopard Cat, Green Anaconda and Star Tortoise for a period of one year. The aim is to strengthen the cause of the environmental protection and bring awareness among students, the need to show concern towards the fauna in the most humane way.

28^th Annual Athletic meet of JSS Public School, Siddarthanagar, Mysuru

The 28^th annual athletic meet was inaugurated on 18^th of Nov 2022. Mr. Akash Aradhya, International Skater and an alumnus of the school was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Mrs. B Latha, Principal welcomed the guest and the parents. The Principal in her speech encouraged the students to take part in the sporting events to the best of their ability as it helps in personality development. Sarvesh Kumar, School Captain lit the athletic flame and took an oath on behalf of all the students. The event started with an eye catching march past by the contingents of the 4 houses.

The Chief Guest, Mr. Akash Aradhya spoke at length about the importance of sports in school life. He emphasised that there is no substitute for hard work, dedication and perseverance. He opined that students should come out of their comfort zone and have to be self disciplined. Sky lanterns were released to mark the inauguration of the sports meet. Special events were organised for the Lower Kindergarten parents in which they participated enthusiastically. The event was compered by Mrs.Usha Shirahatti, English teacher and Mrs.A C Lucy, Social Science teacher.

The Individual championships were declared the following day.

Intermediates- Girls- Sanskriti-Class 5 and Saanvi- Class 6

Boys-Adarsh- Class 7

Seniors- Girls- Laasya Swamy–Class 10

Boys-Prahalad – Class 8

The Champion House was ‘Ajantha’.

JSS Public School, Siddharthanagar won a few prizes at the Suttur Sports Meet which concluded recently. In the Intermediate category, Vishal Kiran Gowda of 7th standard won the First Place in Long Jump and Adarsh S of 7th standard won the Second Place in 400m race. The Relay Team comprising of Kaustubha K, Vikas S Vishal Kiran Gowda and Aadarsh S won the Third Place.

In the Senior category Yedunandan G of 10th standard won the Second Place in Shot Put. M G Kavya of 10th standard won the Third Place in High Jump.

The school is proud of these winners and congratulate them on their achievement. Hope they face better in the years to come.

“Let the blue sky meet the blue sea and all is blue for a time”.

The Kindergarten section celebrated Blue Day on 13^th July’2022. It was a pleasant and cool blue day for the tiny tots. Kiddies painted their moods in shades of blue. All the students of KG classes and teachers came dressed up in different shades and hues of blue. The classrooms were decorated with blue balloons. Blue, the colour of strength, wisdom and trust had a very positive impact on tiny tots bringing harmony and brotherhood. The significance of blue colour was reiterated through a series of activities. Students were made to recognise blue colour through different games and play way activities. It was an amazing learning experience which had a long lasting effect on each student. The day was indeed a visual treat to see the good effects of blue colour on our little ones.

Visit to CFTRO campus (Open Day)

X standard students visited CFTRI campus on the occasion of open day on 27^th September 2022. Students got a glimpse of the Research and Technological Development being undertaken in the areas of food, science and technology and food processing at the institute. Special displays with respect to the research and development work as well as the products and machineries developed were showcased. Overall it was informative and a useful visit.

Mom and I

In the view to have parents participate in the events of the school, a ‘Pookalam Competition’ was organised for X standard students on 29^th October under the ‘Mom and I’ caption. The response to the competition was overwhelming and the creativity and enthusiasm of the participants was very encouraging. Flowers, leaves of the different hues beautified the floor and lamps added a touch of divinity to the surrounding.

“Eco Warriors” is the the eco club of our school meant for inculcating awareness on environmental issues among students.Interested students from 8th to 10th std are selected as eco club members. Mrs. M. P. Manjula is the incharge teacher. Various activities/ programmes were conducted throughout the year.World no Tobacco day, Water day, World environment day etc. were celebrated by Eco club. On environment day eco club members planted saplings around their surroundings and sent the photos of the same as online classes were going on. Eco friendly Ganesha idol making is another activity conducted by eco club to create awareness on pollution caused by using POP Ganesha idols on Ganesha Chathurthi. Eco club members made Ganesha idols by using turmeric, mud, atta etc and the video of the same was forwarded to class groups to create awareness. A group discussion was held on the topics – Types of Pollution, Global Warming – Causes and Effects. Eco club members did collage work on the topics like Project Tiger, Bhopal Gas Tragedy etc. Based on the theme “Reuse of Plastic Bottles” students were encouraged to reuse plastic bottles as planters and other craft items. Students decorated their class rooms by growing plants in plastic bottles. An awareness programme was conducted by eco club on wastage of food. As a part of this activity, Eco Club members celebrated week long programmes like “Litterless Lunch”, and “No Wastage Week”. During lunch break, eco club members went to each class room and spoke about importance of food. Eco Club members are involved in maintaining vermi compost bin and medicinal garden. They are involved in watering the plants, repotting of plants, manuring etc. Scrapbooks were maintained by eco club members on the topic-Marine Organisms.

This idea of ‘Kalamantapa’ was conceived by Sri Sri Rajendra Mahasamiji with a view to promote culture, traditions, music and act in the year 1948. Theatre act was given special preference to hone the latent of children at a young age as ‘Rangotsava’.

This year the responsibility of spreading this message was shouldered by the students of our school JSSPS, Siddharthanagar. 22 children of 8th and 9th standard participated in the play ‘Ogatina Rani’ written by Kotaganahalli Ramiah and directed by Smt. Shakuntala Hegde.

The aim was to create national fragrance among children to ignite thinking and imagination.

This play will be hosted in November in Mysore and in December in chamrajnagar, gudlupete and Bengaluru.

Inter-House Competitions are conducted from LKG to class 10 depending upon their ability and capacity. It helps students to showcase their talents and brings out the very best in each student. To name a few activities: Rhymes Singing, Clay Modelling, Bangle Art, Best from Waste, Collage Making, Vegetable Printing, Mask Making, Travel Brochure, Stamp Making, Hand fan Making, Quill Art, Salad Dressing, Spell Bee, Etc.

Yearning for a break after a busy schedule of studies, picnic is the most cherishable moment for students and teachers. The joy and enthusiasm is doubled if their jaunt is to a far-off place. Our students too had a rendezvous with nature, water, hills and animals as they went on a picnic with their besties and their teachers.

Community Lunch 3-01-2023

It is basically a thanks giving event for having conducted the Annual Day successfully. This has been a tradition of our school and the day is looked forward by the children with great enthusiasm and joy. Bisisbelebath, Kesaribath and Curd rice was served and a great way for the children to be together and enjoy a meal.

Charity Work has been the legacy of JSS institution and in keeping with this tradition, charity work is undertaken every year towards Old Age Home, Stray Cattle House etc.