By Vidhya Das | Joint Director
Thank you for HELPING US MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Your generous and committed donations have helped us steadily improve the work of Agragamee School. You have helped us fight the bias against education of girls, and there has been an increasing demand for admitting more girls. This indicates that our efforts have been effective, as the community expresses its felt need!
These children come from near and far, as far as 15 miles away! Your donations helped us buy one bus to help children come to school. Another bus is required, as the number of children is high, and one bus has to make several trips. Even one bus has made a huge difference as children are able to reach school regularly, albeit a bit late. This has resulted in a marked improvement in their studies, and in extra-curricular activities and learning.
The past few months have been a period of lively and exciting engangement for all in Agragamee School. Children put up a grand show for their parents, grand parent, uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters, cousins and other relatives during the Annual Function on the 2nd December. The week of intense preparations by the children, teachers and other staff of Agragamee, aided by wonderful masters, Dharani, Rudra and Narendra, brought out the best in verybody, as the campus swayed to lilting music for the dancers, and boomed with the oration of budding actors!
While the juniors delighted the audience with a ballet based on a story of the 'The Butterfly and the Girl' written by Geetanjal of Class V, the senior classes acted out a true story of how Ranjeeta who had passed out from Agragamee School some years back had successfully fought for rightful wages.
This year's 2nd issue of the Students' Newsletter - DANGAR KATHA (Tales from the Hills) - filled with the children's life experiences and imaginative stories expressing their secret thoughts and allowing us a glimpse into their inner worlds is also out.
In the meanwhile, our students' parents have spread the message about the school to other villages, and there has been an increasing demand for more admissions. Over the last academic year, which is from 1st April to 31st March, the admissions have doubled. Keen to help as many poor girls as possible, we have been compelled to accommodate the maximum possible new admissions.
AGRAGAMEE SCHOOL SEEKS DONATIONS FOR A SECOND SCHOOL BUS TO HELP MORE CHILDREN REACH AGRAGAMEE SCHOOL FOR BETTER EDUCATION.
We are really happy to share with you the latest issue of 'DANGAR KATHA' written and illustrated by children of Class IV and V of Agragamee School as a PDF file. We hope you will enjoy reading it, and look forward to your feedback and response.
Agragamee School wishes you all a Very Happy Christmas and A Great New Year!
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