PRIMARY SPORTS FESTIVAL

The Primary Section had its Annual Sports Festival on Saturday 9th October 2010 and began at 8.45 am with the the Chief Guest, Fr. Godfrey D'Souza - the Rector marching in together with other dignitaries. The others were Bishop George Lugos from Argentina, Fr. Crispino D'Souza the Principal and Fr. Edwin Colaco the Administrator.

The torch was taken up by various youngsters who were good at one of the disciplines and finally given to Bishop George who lit the flame and kept it burning. The sportsmen oath was taken and then the balloons were released to declare the Sports Festival open. 

The dignitaries were escorted to their seats and the drills began. It was wonderful to see that the theme of the drill was also 'Care for Creation'.

The lads were ready for their track and field events once the drills were over and there was excitement in the air as they got ready with the various games that were organized for the day.

At about 01.00 pm the youngsters assembled in the school hall and we had the distribution of the prizes. Fr. Rector was invited to say a few words and thanked the organizers and the teachers for the time and trouble taken to make this day wonderful for the youngsters. He also thanked all the parents who were present and helped in one way or another by being on the field and seeing to the discipline.

Fr. Rector told the parents that a Don Bosco institution always makes sure that there is a big playground for the children as it is on the playground that Character is not only formed but also revealed.

The thrill to be counted as a winner by the various houses was seen by the excitement and shouts that were heard when the House names were called out.

Fr. Crispino gave the vote of thanks and Fr. Rector then put off the flame to let the participants know that the event came to the end.

There certainly was great joy on the faces of the youngsters.

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II B CULTURAL DAY

On Saturday 25 September the II Std had their Cultural Day and the little lads were beautifully dressed in a variety of costumes to instruct us on the need to Care for Creation. 

They placed before all their mums and dads the need to take care of creation and to be careful in saving the sources of energy such as, water, electricity, not to pollute the air and restrict the use of plastic bags for a cleaner and greener world and use these essential commodities sparingly without much wastage.

Fr. Rector in his talk to the parents stressed the point that the most precious gift given to parents is children and that parents need to spend valuable time with their children rather than just think of ways and means of making money to keep the family happy. The best gift parents could give to their children is their presence and their time with the kids.

VII B ASSEMBLY DAY

THEME: PEOPLE ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT 
vs PROFIT MAKING MENTALITY

The VII B students of St. Dominic Savio High School, guided by Mrs. Valeri Mascarenhas their class teacher, placed before the students values of being 'people oriented' rather than just grow to have a profit making mentality.

They spoke of the rapid changes taking place in the city with massive constructions such as the Bandra-Worli sea link, the metro-line, fly-overs and sky-scrapers being built all over the city but with no concern to the common man. In this development each one seems to be making a quick buck to fill his or her own pocket. Though there seems to be development on the one hand poverty is still a major issue in India and many people still live below the poverty line. As long as we think of ourselves and remain selfish, the country will not prosper.

A beautiful example cited by the students was the River Jordan; As the waters of the Jordan flow down they first open into the lake called the Sea of Galilee. This lake is life giving, it is full of fish and its waters irrigate the neighboring lands. The waters from here flow on along the Jordan to finally end in the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is 395m below sea level and hence it does not allow the water to flow on and so salt levels rise high. So high that aquatic plants and fish die!

The youngsters took us around the continent showing us the various calamities that have occurred in the recent past with the destruction caused by the Tsunami,  the plight of the farmers in Maharashtra, doctors in Gujarat involved in a scam selling used syringes etc.

Every bit of news seemed so negative that they had to STOP this negative flow of news and focused on something more positive. They took a trip around the campus of St. Dominic Savio where youngsters seem to reach out to one another in many ways, and where the good and the betterment of the youngster is always considered. Dominic Savio's has many youngsters of all ages who come to make use of its spacious grounds, area, sports, and get involved in various extra curricular activities. These are open to not just the kids of the school but to youth and to children and youngsters from the surrounding bastis.

The compere ended with the words of our Father, Mahatma Gandhi: “The earth has enough to satisfy mans need but not  enough to satisfy his greed.

Fr. Rector in his concluding words spoke about the River Jordan and that we need to be life-giving and share what we have so that not only we benefit but all those around us also benefit. If we try and accumulate and have a selfish attitude by trying to horde and store things for ourselves, like the Dead Sea we will slowly saturate and stagnate and died to ourselves - we no more become life-giving.

There were a few prizes given away after the presentation of the class. The Under-14 were awarded their medal for having secured the third place in the Football tournament.

Awards were also given to the classes who had collected the most for the Poor Boys Deserving fund; for Discipline; and Studies.