St. Mary's Mat. Boys' School, Perambur , Chennai - 11 School e-MAGAZINE 2020-2021-August 15-08-2021 (NXPowerLite

St. Mary’s Matriculation Boys’ Higher Secondary School, Perambur, Chennai-11.

Welcome to the Unveiling ceremony of Our School E- Magazine, 2020 – 2021 on 15th August 2021 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 2

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This Day (August 15th) in History is the most significant day as it is counted as propitiously important with accord to divinity and nationalistically. Nationally, this day is celebrated as our Indian Independence Day, commemorating our nation’s Independence and the transfer of Legislative Sovereignty to our Indian Constituent Assembly. It is the day widely celebrated all over Christendom as the holy day marks the occasion of our patron saint, Saint Mary’s bodily ascent to heaven. We are delighted to announce the Unveiling of our school e - Magazine (2020- 2021) on August 15th . The Magazine will be unveiled by our Honorable Chairman & Our Beloved Managing Trustee & Correspondent. 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 4

CHEVALIER T.THOMAS Dr. (Mrs..) Elizabeth Thomas Founder Co-Founder

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M Justice J. Kanakaraj, M.A.B.L.., E Former Judge, Madras High Court. Chairman – C.T.T.E. Trust and St. Mary’s Group of Schools. S I am very glad to note that you are bringing S out the school magazine during the A Independence Day celebration. I am particularly happy that inspite of the pandemic situation G you are organizing the publication of the school e magazine. It will give an opportunity to the students to update their general knowledge and keep them occupied .I also urge the students to remember their studies and secure good marks in the examinations. Best Wishes, Justice J. Kanakaraj

M Shri. L. Palamalai, I.A.S.(Retd.) E S Managing Trustee & Correspondent, S C.T.T.E. Trust & St. Mary’s Group of Schools . A G I heartily appreciate Mr. M. Rajasekar, Principal, St. Mary’s Mat. e Boys’ Hr. Sec. School, Perambur for efforts taken to bring out the School Magazine on 15th August 2021. The teachers have been doing a fine Job in teaching students through online classes with immense dedication. The Supervisory staff guided them well. The students co-operated well and really learnt the subjects by systematically attending to the online classes. Chevalier T. Thomas Educational Trust under the dynamic leadership of Hon’ble Justice Mr. J. Kanakaraj, Chairman is rendering able assistance to the school to achieve excellent results in all activities during this Pandemic period. Wish the students and staff members good health and fantastic achievements in all their endeavours. Best Wishes, L. Palamalai, I.A.S. (Retd.) Managing Trustee & Correspondent

Mr. T. Sakthidar, Trustee & Former Principal, St. Mary’s Mat. Boys’ Hr. Sec. School, Perambur. Dear St. Marians, M Great to know that you are bringing out a E magazine. Happy that the world is slowly recovering from the pandemic. Human activities are steadily S returning to normalcy. By God’s grace, social activities may resume in course of time soon. We S hope and pray for the reopening of schools at the earliest. However the pandemic appropriate A behaviour is the norm for a considerable time. Please follow the government guidelines and be safe G and healthy. Please take care of yourself, parents, elders. May e God bless you all in shaping up the magazine. Wishing you all the best. Mr. T. Sakthidar Trustee 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 9

Mrs. Leelamma John, Trustee & Former Principal , St. Mary’s Mat. Girl’s Hr. Sec. School We are a part of the epidemic period of Covid 19 which will be recorded in the History. I wholeheartedly appreciate the good spirit of the Marian family in bringing out an e-magazine to record the good performance in Public Examinations and other important achievements. I congratulate the Principal, Vice Principal, Head Mistress and the faculty for their dedicated service of conducting online classes. The sincere guidance and yeomen service of our Chairman, Justice J. Kanakaraj (Retd.) and Managing Trustee, Thiru. L. Palamalai , I.A.S.(Retd.) who are a great motivation to the staff. I pray to Almighty God to protect all the Marians under His Mighty Wings. We shall overcome all these difficulties and will meet a bright tomorrow with sunshine on all faces. Good Wishes, Mrs. Leelamma John, Trustee 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 10

Mr. M. Rajasekar, Principal St. Mary’s Mat. Boys’ Hr. Sec. School “ Feel My children, feel; Feel for the poor, the ignorant, the downtrodden.” -Swami Vivekananda My dear Parents, Staff members and Students, It gives me great pleasure to meet you all through this e-Magazine. I was always attracted to the thought “ Home is the first school and school is the second home”. In fact today it has come true. Our talented and dedicated staff both teaching and non-teaching have been sharing their care and concern for the students working from home, preparing notes and engaging classes online for the benefit of students. I appreciate their concern for the students and commitment to academics. Special mention to our Vice Principal, Mrs. Sheba Shanthini Daniel and Headmistress. I remain grateful to all our parents, well wishers and PTA who play a major role in all activities. My heartfelt gratitude to our Honourable Chairman for his unstinting support, encouragement in all our endeavours. I wish to express my gratitude to our beloved and benevolent Managing Trustee and Correspondent, a great motivator, under his guidance the school is bound to achieve greater heights in the years to come. “Knowledge gives a swollen head while values gives a swollen heart.” Best Wishes, Mr. M. Rajasekar, Principal

Mrs. Sheba Shanthini Daniel Vice Principal, St .Mary’s Mat. Boys’ Hr. Sec. School “ “All things work together for good to them that love God.” -Romans 8:28 We take immense pleasure to bring out the School Annual Magazine, reflecting the undaunted spirit of our students and unstinting support of parents in the new venture of learning experience, amidst all odds and hardships of the unprecedented pandemic. Adaptability is the law of the present. Technology is the academic forefront. Mode of imparting education has changed dramatically with the rise of e- teaching and learning. Our dedicated Teachers are technically competent enough to reach out the students effectively alongside instilling moral values and life skills. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace. Great TEAM WORK is instead described as the visible illustration of people who are united with the same purpose. The team of teaching and non- teaching staff captained by our respected Principal, Mr. M. Rajasekar renders the best in serving the Student Community. Our heartfelt gratitude to our Honorable Chairman, Managing Trustee and Correspondent and Trustees who, as always, encourage and motivate us to move on the path of challenges with hope, grit and confidence. Small steps in the right direction can turn out to be the biggest steps of successful life. With the guiding spirit of God Almighty, we will attain the goals of true education. Best Wishes! Mrs. Sheba Shanthini Daniel Vice Principal 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 12

Mrs. MAARGARET THOMAS Headmistress, St. Mary’s Mat. Boys’ Hr. Sec. School “ Education is the Gateway to a world of Dreams”. Education plays an important role in enabling a person to face a real-life situation, with adequate knowledge. School is a temple of learning and in St. Mary’s Boys’ School we are making our best effort to give quality education to our students. Though pandemic has created a havoc, we were able to connect with our students and parents due to the strong roots of Love and dedication of our teachers. The creation of this Magazine is filled with the blooming faces of winners, achievers and dedicated staff, who stand as a crown on the head of the Institution. Establish your School in your hearts and in your minds as something of which you can really be proud of. I would like to close with prayers, asking God to bless everyone who toiled for the success of the Magazine. God bless you. With Prayers, Mrs. MAARGARET THOMAS Headmistress.

Editorial board Welcome to the 1st edition of the Annual e-magazine of St. Mary’s Boys’ School. We named it ‘IRIDESCENT’. Iridescent is the lustrous rainbow like play of colours that gradually changes according to the angle of view. The Rainbow symbolizes the sun breaking through the clouds, likewise our faculty and students have manifested their breakthrough during this Covid-19 pandemic by adapting themselves to the situation and by adopting better methodologies of imparting and acquiring knowledge. The reflection of the students’ creativity and achievements is the epitome of this e- magazine. This e-magazine is going to unfold the unraveled world of the most unforgettable and precious moments of the school even during the pandemic period. The SMB family is an incarnation of self respect, dedication, motivation and compassion. The collective actions, thoughts and aspiration of the students display the school’s ethos. Students have displayed their ideas and exhibited their thoughts that are too deep to be expressed. This herculean task of editing this school e-magazine would have not been possible without the support of Our Principal, Vice Principal , Headmistress and Teachers of various departments. We take this opportunity to thank all the dignitaries for sparing their valuable time to send their best wishes and adulations for the publication of our e- magazine in the form of messages. We heartily wish all the readers of this ‘IRIDESCENT’, gleefulness of the eventful episodes of our e-magazine. With Best Wishes, SMB - Editorial board. 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 14

Mr. Rajasekar Mrs. Sheba Daniel Mrs. Maargaret Thomas Mrs. Rosali Davis Mr. Micheal Mathav Mrs. Tamilvani Mrs. Tanisa Mrs. Khathija Palanisamy Rodrigues Begum Mrs. Regina Lazer Editorial Board 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 15

“A Sneak Peek about us” Anglo – Indian Teachers with good English fluency and effective audio- visual playway methods of teaching. Best and quality education to late bloomers of all classes. Coaching classes for improvement by experienced teaching faculty. Dedicated, certified and committed faculty Eminent sports facilities – indoor / outdoor. Free NEET, JEE coaching for classes XI & XII. Glorious and long established foundation. Hi-tech lab facilities provided to students in English, Computer science, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics.

“Igniting curiosity, fabricating prodigy” providing education and shaping the students with discipline. Jubilant records of excellence of students and teachers over the years. Kempt atmosphere provided to our students and parents with a welcoming greenery and fragrances from the mini eco- garden at our school’s entrance. Lambent and Luminous classrooms with Educomp Smart board facilities and airy ventilation. Magnanimous hours of input by teachers during the PANDEMIC, Malleable ability of teachers and students to the changing sources of teaching and learning. Nurturing methods of teaching and embedding knowledge to students in the most efficacious manner with extremely productive and effectual results.

Opulent objective of our Institution to clasp a top-echelon stance amid competitiveness. Passionate attitude of faculty in moulding the students irrespective of their ability with a pleasant and personable vantage point. Quintessence of quality education, personality development and discipline. Rapturous attribute of students in academics and co-curricular activities have exhilarated the stature and reputation of our institution. Splendid and successful results in academics over the years with scrupulous care shadowed by our supervisory staff. Tireless endeavour of our late founder, the trailblazer of quality education, is being resumed tremendously by our Chairman and Trustee.

An Uber cool environment for transformation of young minds into pre-eminent succeeders. Venerable history of reassuring education. Whopping glory then and now. Xenial nature of Administration in acquiring the best out of the teaching and non-teaching staff as well as the students. Yielding the best Freshman/ tutee to the co-operative world. Zeal for success is zenith at St. Mary’s MBHS School.

Purpose of School Magazine The purpose of our school magazine is to collate the literary activities of our students as it reflects the school’s past culture and cogitates the future skills and efficiency of our students and speculation of our institution. It serves as a great memoir of the students’ school life and rekindles their association with their teachers year after year. “Education is not preparation for life education is life itself.”

The school has ushered the online classes for students to provide education and impart knowledge irrespective of the natural conditions experienced by the teachers and the students. This allows the students to easily access their classes without affecting their personal conditions and by helping them to focus their attention on the subjects, using a variety of online teaching aids. Free online coaching classes are also instituted for the late bloomers as a part of improvisation for the students’ academic welfare. Online co-curricular activities and tests are being initiated by our institution with the aim of developing and enhancing the learning process of the students. The activities were designed and balanced to enable the students to learn beyond their curriculum. To facilitate the online classes, our Managing Trustee Thiru. L. Palamalai, I.A.S (Retd.) has introduced the Fliplearn App to make the classes more interesting and to capture the students’ attention on the topic handled by the teachers.

Scholastic Preparatory Primary education is the most fundamental leap in the life of a student ,as it helps build the child’s foundation to education. Our Primary teachers are trained with emphasis on human cognition, psychological development and curriculum development. The classrooms of our Lower Primary classes are filled with a range of learning needs and our teachers use a variety of ways to teach including a bit of humour with a focus on getting the pupil’s attention. The Primary school focuses on imparting knowledge step by step to our kids in the most constructive manner and in addition to this our Primary teachers embark on communication skills of the students from the start which results in eloquence. 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 22

“Happiness is seeing the smile on a child’s face as they learn.” 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 23

Revamping Education “Teachers who love teaching, teach children to love learning.” 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 24

Teaching To Inspire,Ignite and Instil love for Learning. “Teaching children is an accomplishment ; getting children excited about learning is an achievement.” 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 25

P R IT ME AA RC YH E R S

AWE-INSPIRING LIGHT

INDOMITABLE ICONS

Dominant Excellence “A work of today is the history of tomorrow and we are its makers” Class XII S Shri Hari. S – XII A Aswin. R – XII D 2 C Second Place Third Place 0 H 553/600 541 / 600 1 O 9 O Raja . S – XII D First Place L 566 / 600 - t Physics - 96 / 100 2 O Chemistry - 85 / 100 0 P Mathematics – 94 / 100 2 P Accountancy – 100 / 100 0 French - 99 / 100 E Commerce – 97 / 100 Economics – 95/100 R s Business Maths – 91 /100

Distinctive Excellence “Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.” Class XII 2019 - 2020 S C S H U O BKishore . A - XII C O Md. Farmanullah . A - XII A Adithya . M - XII B Tamil Computer Science English J L 95 / 100 100 / 100 94 / 100 E C tT O P Suraj Prakash . S - Manish . R - XII E W XII C I P Computer Application S Biology 88 / 100 E E Chemistry 85 / 90 / 100 R Parthiban.M.D - 100 s XII D Commerce 97 / 100

Exceptional Excellence “Excellence is not being the best; it is doing your best.” Class XI S Gourav Jain . R – XI D Sriram . R – XI c C Second Place Third Place H 548/600 522 / 600 O O Krishanth . M– XI D L First Place 582 / 600 t O P P E R Tamil – 96 / 100 English - 98 / 100 Biology - 82 / 100 French – 99 / 100 Accountancy – 97 / 100 Mathematics – 90 / 100 S Commerce – 97 / 100 Economics – 96/100 Business Math – 98 / 100

Outstanding Excellence “Excellence is never a mistake; it is the result of sincere effort and skilful execution.” Class XI S Thomas Dean K. D. – XI D S C French - 99 / 100 U H B O J O E L Guru Prasath . M – XI A C T Chemistry - 97 / 100 Computer Science – 97 / 100 t W O I P S P E E R Siddharath – XI E s Deepak . F – XI C Computer Application – 82 / 100 Physics – 91 / 100

Brilliant Excellence “Excellence is not a skill; it is an attitude.” Class X S Mohideen Asif – X B S C First Place U H 478 / 500 B O Lokesh J. T.– X J OB Science – 98 / 100 E C First Place T L 478 / 500 Monish . B – X B W Tamil – 99 / 100 Third Place I English - 92 / 100 464 / 500 S Social Science – 99 / 100 E t O P P Felix Joshua – X B E Second Place 469 / 500 R Mathematics – 99/ 100 s Preston Jasper Martin

SCIONS OF ST.MARY’S M.B.H.S “The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow”. N E E T E Our institution focuses on providing the best qualityX education to its students. In that wise, special and A free NEET, JEE coaching classes are being M provided to our students of Class XI & Class XII. “Genius is not born but nurtured” 2 0 We are highly dignified and our institution is 2 elevated with pride to exhibit the achievements of 1 our students, Suraj Prakash.S and Ganesh A.S. who secured desirable scores in the NEET exams and have also successfully acquired a medical seat in the most prodigious institutions. 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 34

VASTITUDE OF DICTION “Language is the infinite use of finite means. It is the road map of a culture.” “English is not an obsession; it is a door to better opportunities.” The English language is like London, proudly barbaric yet deeply civilized, common yet royal, sacred yet profane. English is the leading language of international discourse, with significantly influenced vocabulary and with rich inflectional morphology. English is the universal language and the third most widely spoken native language in the world. The English Department is the power house of communication. The teachers strive at helping to improve our students’ vocabulary. The students have used the language as an instrument to express their thoughts and ideas. The fascinating language – English has greatly invested in our students’ bright future and excellent career opportunities. “Language is the light of the mind.” 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 35

“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.” “We are not just teachers : We are the managers of the world’s greatest resource: Children!” E N G L I S H 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 37

Verbalization “We are stronger When We listen and smarter when we share.” Communication is the most vital part of a child’s academic success. Our students’ communication skill is of a great focus by our teachers as we aim at preparing the students effectively to make their point without a lot of fillers and stumbling and to avoid them run the risk of falling behind in their personal and career success. As a maiden venture in ameliorating the communication skills - the need of the hour, our Management has introduced CBSE based pullout worksheets from classes I to VIII that aim at evaluating and encouraging the best in our students. Communication is 8/11/2021 the strong bridge to Add A Footer personal and 38 career success.”

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“It always seems IMPOSSIBLE until its done.” ‘Rubix cubes’ improves the memory of students and it also helps to keep their minds active. Rubix cubes enables to improve their level of patience as well as dexterity and agility. The students were asked to take up this activity as part of the communication class to improve their fine motor skills. Leshanth.R & Praveen kumar of 6 D and Harsha Basu of 6C have taken personal interest in learning this activity step by step which helps them in the co-ordination of hands, eyes and brain, developing their fine motor skills effectively. 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 40

Poetry Recital Competition 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 41



Online solo singing Competition Jonathan John – XII Joel king – XII C Felix Joshua– XI 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 43

Class X Class XI Class XII First Place First Place First Place Joshua Daniel J – X B Felix Joshua J– XI A Jonathan John N – XII C Second Place Second Place Syed Faizan S – X A Second Place Eucharist Paul Raj D – XI A Joel King Solomon J G– XII c Lokesh. J. T – XI C Third Place Third Place Surya S – XII E Eldon R – XI E First Place Class VI - IX Third Place Brandon Davis– VII A Leslie Benedict – IX B Second Place Lokesh . J – VI D Jerome Richard– VII A Clive Anthony Rodrigues - VII D Joel Mathew Regi– VII A Jabez _ VIII A 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 44

“Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.” C H I L D R E N’ S D A Y C O M P E T I T I O N S

JAM ( Just a minute) Rakesh .M – XII D Meyyarasu .S– XII A CHILDREN’S DAY COMPETITION WINNERS Lokesh J. T – XI C Jestin Joyal Mathew – XI A

CHILDREN’S DAY COMPETITION WINNERS Creative Writing Class XI Story Writing Class XII Poetry writing

Bonjour ! F R French ( François) is a member of the Gallo Romance branch of the romance language family. French is spoken as a native language and is also considered as a world language. A knowledge of French offers great access to E fashion, cooking, theatre, visual arts, dance and architecture. The ability to read and speak the language offers us an insight into France’s culture and lifestyle without having to travel so far. N The French department headed by Mrs. Betty Arul and Mrs. Renuka is an open opportunity to our higher secondary students to learn and study a renowned international language offering them to access an alternative view of the world since a significant C percentage of English vocabulary is Similar to that of French. Our students have had the pleasure of learning a beautiful, rich, melodious language that structures their thoughts and develops critical thinking. H 8/11/2021 48

Social awareness Lokesh J. T of Std XI participated in various online quiz competitions and debates during the peak of the pandemic. His active participation and enthusiasm was rewarded and his continuous efforts in bringing about a change in the mind set of his friends and the society was much appreciated by the various Judges. 8/11/2021 Add A Footer 49

RIDDLES 1. What word begins and ends with an E, but only has one letter? 2. What gets bigger and bigger as you take more away from it? 3. What two days start with “T” other than Tuesday or Thursday. 4. What goes up, but never comes down? 5. If you have one, you don’t share it; if you share it, you don’t have it ……... What is it? Answer : 1. Envelope 2. A hole 3. Today and Tomorrow 4. Your age 5. A Secret M.Sheshadre VIII – A General Knowledge Questions! 1. India has a land frontier of about ____________. 2. The Length of the coastline of Indian mainland is __________ . 3. The formation of constituent committee was on_________. 4. An _________ is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. 5. The Haitian ___________ is the currency of Haiti. 6. The Croatian _________ is the currency of Georgia. 7. World Human Rights Day is on ____________. 8. Which year is considered as the International Tourists Day? KEY 1. 15,200 km 2. 7,517 km 3. 9th Dec 1946 4. Anthology 5. Gourde 8. 1967 6. LARI 7. Dec 10th Md. Moosa , VIII – A

INVENTIONS Inventions are things that happen when someone decides that they need an improvement in a specific field. Inventions aren’t necessarily meritorious. Some of them do result with bad attributes. An example of a bad invention would be Cigarettes, though it's not necessarily bad it didn’t bring anything good to say the least. But as an overall view, it doesn’t matter whether it’s positive or negative as long as you bring something new to the society and people are ready to let their minds play and explore with things. Inventions lead to many new possibilities and developments. Calculus’s invention in Mathematics, was a big step towards modern current Physics invented by Sir Issac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz. Both Newton and Leibniz invented it separately but both of them did it out of necessity which is a key point here. Necessity is the root to invention and fuels the flame for invention. Another example would be the light bulb by Thomas Alva Edison, invented due to the need of easy access and a quick way for light at home. The Wright brothers’ Aeroplane, Marconi’s Radio, Graham Bell’s telephone etc. all brought very good and needed developments to the society. Though the need wasn’t explicit, as soon as inventions are done, it becomes clear that in the absence of the invention, the need is real. The more inventions that happen, the better the understanding of the Universe is going to be. Inventions sometimes help express ideas much more rigorous and at times even straightforward and simple. Innovation is another thing that actually is different from invention. Innovation is something that is an intentional benefit to society, like an improvement whereas invention is just something newly created, they are double edged swords. Inventions sometimes get their recognition and benefit only as time passes, mostly due to their lack of need at that current time then. Sometimes, Inventions are also lucky in the sense that a spark in the mind is like a big critical breakthrough in the way. But it's still important to consider that even a spark like that isn’t going to happen out of nowhere and that it still requires contribution. So, go out there and let your mind free and find necessities. Though you may not invent something, you contribute. Not only do you contribute but also at least do something productive and gain knowledge with immersion. As an ending note, if you have failed at things, you have actually taught/ shown people that those are wrong ways and that they should try other things in different ways which means that the more you fail, the more closer you are to an invention. “ I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work” -Thomas Alva Edison K. A. Mohideen Asif XI-A