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DATE SHEET – CLASS XII BOARD EXAMINATIONS:

I would like to inform you that the CBSE has declared dates for Class  XII Board Examinations. All examinations will commence at 9.00 am Oman time sharp.  All students must be present by 8.30 a.m. in the school premises.

 Please advise your wards to give maximum attention for studies and have sufficient practice of school’s enrichment sheets/examination preparation notes given in each subject.

REPUBLIC DAY:

Republic Day of India  will be celebrated at Indian School Muscat premises on Thursday,  26^th January 2012 from 7.30 am to 8.15 am.  All parents are cordially invited to join the celebrations. 

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SCHOOL FEES:

Parents are requested to note  that the  4^th quarter fee is due.  Kindly clear the fee payment at the earliest.

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FEE COLLECTION:

This is to inform you that school  fee will be collected on Thursdays also, commencing from 12^th January 2012 from 9 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. on a trial basis.  Please note that fee counter will be closed at 11.00 a.m. sharp on Thursdays.

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SUMMER VACATION:

The summer vacation for all classes will be from Sunday, 24^th June 2012 to Sunday, 26^th August 2012.  (Last working day – 23/06/2012).

The school will reopen on Monday, 27^th August 2012 for all classes, after the summer vacation.  

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MIGRATION  CERTIFICATES – CLASS X:

Many students (students studying in class XI now) have not collected their Migration Certificates of class X CBSE Examination held in March 2011.  Kindly instruct your wards to collect the same from the Senior School Library during school hours.

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EDUCATION EXHIBITIONS:

The following higher education exhibitions will be  held in Muscat in January 2012. The events give an opportunity for parents/students to interact with academic heads and admission in-charges of premier educational institutions  in India , US/UK/Canada and plan their higher education.

ü           India Education Interaction Meet 2012 organized by Indus India on 16^th and 17^th January 2012 at Hotel Hafa House, Ruwi from 3.30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

ü           Eduvistas Overseas Higher Education Exhibition organized by GlobalEdu on 19^th January 2012 at Sur Ballroom, Hotel Muscat Holiday, Al Khuwair from 9 am to 1 pm and 4 pm to 9 pm.

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CLASS X MOCK EXAMINATION:

There will be no Mock Examination for Std. X students as it is only a Summative Examination with 40% weightage.

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FORMATIAVE AND CYCLE TESTS:

The fourth Formative Tests for Std. IX, X and second Cycle Test for Std. XI will begin from 22^nd January 2012.

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We congratulate the following achievers for having brought honours to their parents and to the school.

a

Twenty eight students  of class XII who appeared in the CBSE examinations in March/April 2011 received Merit Certificates by achieving  the distinction of being the toppers with 0.1%.  This means that these toppers scored 99.9^th percentile ranking in the subject at All India level. 

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Seventy nine  students of class X 2010-2011 session  received Merit Certificates for their spectacular achievement in the  examinations.  Merit certificates will be awarded to them at our Annual Day function slated for 8^th February 2012.

c

Jesse Jeffrey became  the only one student from all the Indian Schools in  Oman for securing overall III position among 100+ CBSE affiliated schools in the Gulf in CBSE  class XII All India Senior School Certificate Examinations (Humanities Stream)  held in March 2011.  She will be awarded at our Annual Day function scheduled to be held on 8^th February 2012.

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Tanvi Gupta (X-I) and Srujan Keskar (X-D) won the prestigious TERRA QUIZ 2011, an international quiz competition conducted by The Energy and Resources Institute, Delhi and sponsored by the Ministry of Environment, Governmnet of India.  ISM Terra Quiz team was declared as the HERO Green Ambassadors for the year 2012.  Both the students will be getting  cash prize of Rs.30,000/-  each from the organizers.

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Parakh Kukerja (IX-I) and Lakshya Soin (X-G) whose poems on the theme ‘My Teacher’  were selected  as the best poems out of 29 entries from all the Indian Schools in the Sultanate of Oman with regard to Best Teacher Award function.

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Jamshed Z Patwa (XII-F) and Nishingadha Kelkar (XI-E) won the Ambassador’s Polemic Challenge inter-school debate competition trophy.  Jamshed Z Patwa was adjudged the Best Speaker.

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Miss Pranati S Bargi of Std. IX-C  won bronze medal in 400 M race in the CBSE National Athletic Meet (U-16 girls category) held at Meerut , India from 4-7 January 2012.

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Nevil Philip (IX-A) won the Tennis Championship in the U-14 category, organized by the Oman Tennis Association.

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ANNUAL ATHLETIC MEET:

36^th Annual Athletic Meet and Drill Display (Middle and Senior sections) will be held on Wednesday, 23^rd November 2011 at 3.00 p.m. in the school grounds.  Dr. Mariano Capdevila, Chairman of the Oman-Spain Friendship Association  has kindly consented to inaugurate the Athletic Meet.  We request all of you to make it convenient to attend.  Please note the following:

Ř      There will not be any regular classes for the students of Std. V to VIII on 23/11/2011.

Ř      Senior section (Std. IX to XII) will get over at 11.00 a.m. on 23/11/2011.

Ř      There will not be any classes for Std. 1 afternoon shift at Darsait on 23/11/2011.

Ř      Primary (Std. I to IV) and Kindergarten sections (both morning and afternoon KG sessions)  will have regular classes on 23/11/2011.

Ř      Parents please note that all  students involved in the Athletic Meet and Drill Display must report to the school latest by 2.15 p.m. Necessary transport arrangements must be made to drop and pick up the children.  The athletic meet is likely to get over by 5.30 p.m.

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STUDY HOLIDAYS – STD. XII:

Study holidays for Std. XII will commence as follows:

Science Stream – From 24^th November 2011.

Commerce & Humanities Streams – From 5^th December 2011.

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NATIONAL DAY HOLIDAYS:

The school will remain closed from Saturday, 26^th to Monday, 28^th November 2011 on account of new Hijra year 1433 AH and  the 41^st  National Day of Oman.  We extend our heartfelt greetings and best wishes to all our students and parents on these occasions.

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RESCHEDULED ASSESSMENTS:

Due to the National Day and Hijra new year holidays, assessments scheduled to be  held on these dates have been postponed, as given below:

Middle School (Std. V to VIII) Formative Tests:

Std. III and IV Summative Tests.

Std. IX, X Formative Tests  & Std. XII Practical Examinations:

OPEN FORUM MEETINGS:

Open Forum meetings scheduled to be held on 28^th and 29^th November 2011 have been postponed in view of National Day and Hijra new year holidays.  New dates of Open Forum meetings will be informed later.

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KG SPORTS:

Kindergarten Sports will be held on Wednesday, 30^th November 2011 at 8.30 a.m. in the school ground at Darsait (ISM Main School).  All parents are cordially invited to attend the Sports Day.

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CAREER GUIDANCE SEMINAR:

Career  Fair and Guidance Seminar will be held on Wednesday, 30^th November and on Thursday, 1^st December 2011 in the new multipurpose hall. Interested parents are welcome to attend the Career Fair and Guidance Seminar on both the days from 9.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.

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WINTER BREAK:

The winter break will be as mentioned in the school calendar i.e.

KG to Std. VIII – From Thursday, 8^th   December 2011 to Friday, 6^th  January 2012

Std. IX to XII – From Thursday, 22^nd   December 2011 to Friday, 6^th  January 2012.

School will reopen for all the classes on Saturday, 7^th  January 2012 after the winter holidays.

 OFFICE TIMINGS:

During the winter break (24/12/2011 to 04/01/2012), the  school office will be working from 8.00 am to 1.00 pm only. 

Fee collection timings:

Saturday to Wednesday – 8.10 am to 12.30 pm

 School office will remain closed on 25^th December 2011 and 1^st January 2012 on account of Christmas and New Year respectively.

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PROHIBITED  ENTRY TO CLASS ROOMS:

It is once again reminded that the  parents  NOT TO ENTER the corridors or go to any class rooms or to the  staff rooms during the school hours.  Kindly report to the Vice-Principals’ offices for any assistance or queries.

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VOLUNTEERS – CSE:

Interested parents are welcome to serve as volunteers  in Cenre for Special Education purely on voluntary basis (without any remuneration).  Mrs. Vani Mahadevan, CSE Supervisor can be contacted in this regard on her mobile number: 95243827.

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EXHIBITION – MIDDLE SECTION:

The annual exhibition of the middle section will be held on Wednesday, 2^nd  and Thursday, 3^rd November 2011.  Mr. Tonny George Alexander, Chairman, Board of Directors, Indian Schools in the Sultanate of Oman has kindly consented to inaugurate the exhibition.    All  parents are cordially invited to attend the exhibition and encourage the students.

Timings:  

Wednesday – 5 pm to 8 pm and Thursday – 8.30 am to 12 noon and 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm

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EID HOLIDAYS:

The school will remain closed from Saturday, 5^th November to Tuesday, 8^th November 2011 on account of Eid Al Adha.  The school will reopen on Wednesday, 9^th November 2011 after the Eid holidays.  We extend our heartfelt greetings and best wishes to all our students and parents on the occasion of Eid.

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SCHOOL FEES:

Parents are reminded that  second quarter fee is overdue.  Those parents who have not yet paid the 2^nd  quarter fee are requested to  clear the same immediately. 

Also please note that last date to clear 3^rd quarter fee without fine is 15^th November 2011.

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We congratulate the following achievers for having brought honours to their parents and to the school.

a

CBSE Heritage India Quiz.  Three students from our school (TANVI GUPTA  (X-I), SRUJAN KESKAR (X-D), K R VIGNESWARA (IX-A)  have qualified as the only team from all the Gulf countries to participate in the zonal round of CBSE Heritage India quiz 2011 to be held at Amity International School, Saket, New Delhi from 6th December to 11th December 2011.

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Aashish Rao (XII-B) set new records, securing 2795 points and became the “Indian Memory Champion” and also a topper in 3 different events at a memory meet held on 24^th October 2011 at Hotel Greenpark, Hyderabad.  He also broke previous National records in some of the events.

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Basketball teams (U-19 boys and girls) won the CBSE Oman Cluster Basketball tournament held at Indian School Al Seeb on 18th October 2011.  Both the teams have qualified to participate in the CBSE National Basketball Tournament.

Anas Mukadam (12E), Anuj Saji Varghese (12H), Aashiq Alex Eapen (12H), Charles Titus (12G), Francis Jose Parakal (12A), Alistair Furtadao (12B), Abdussami Mukadam (10H), Rahul Ranjit (11E), Akshay Hegde (12I), Ashwin Saji Mathew (12H), Avinash Nandakumar (9I) and Aamir Mansoor (10H).

Vedika Bhutani (10F), Mohini Kumar (10F), Nicole Barboza (10K), Alma Elza (10K), Lois G Varghese (10K), Alfiya Adenwalla (10H), Jeel Tanna (10J), Tanya Sethi (12E), Kimberly Pinto (9H), Maitriyee Mahanta (9E), Shamika Shetty (8F) and Anisha Giny (7L).

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Quiz team (Satvik Anand 8J, Nakul Suresh 7L and Aliva Das 6J)  for winning the second position  in the National Quiz held at ISM on 20^th October 2011.

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Athletic Team for winning  the overall championship in the CBSE Oman Cluster Athletic Meet held at ISM on 27^th and 28^th October 2011.

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CBSE Oman Cluster Swimming.  Harshul Barooah (5L), Vyshnav Vijay (6M), Dhruv Iyer (5K), Thomas Mathew (6N), Murtaza Radupurwalla (6E), Arjun (3L), Shaunak Bhangre (7H), Yash Kumar Mansinhghani (7D), Aathif Audil (8D), Aveeral Golash (6K), Manav Gandhi (8G), J Vighnesh Kumar (8G), Gokul Subramaniam (8B), Sara Elizabeth Mathew (8L), Tanvi Prithvi (8H), Shreya Shetty (9E), Aman Verma (11B), Anshul George (12E), Vishwa Neel (10C), Shilok Srivastava (11A), Goutham Nair (11H) won first prizes in various categories of CBSE Oman Cluster Swimming Competition.

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Badminton Teams for winning the  1^st and 2^nd positions in the CBSE Oman Cluster Badminton Tournament held at ISWK on 15^th and 16^th October 2011.  Winning teams have qualified to represent Oman Chapter at the CBSE National Badminton Tournament to be held at Dhanbad (JH) India from 30^th November to 3^rd December 2011.

Winners:

U-16 boys – Noel Halister (X-I), Shreyas Srinagesh (IX-I), Percy Coelgo (X-D).

U-19 boys – Pranav Rao (XII-F), Ajin J Tom (XI-A), Abel Isaac (XI-J).

U-16 girls – Niyati Rao (X-B), Sailee Kerkar (7-I).

Runners-up:

U-14 boys – Jay Deshpande (8-H), Alen J Tom (8-J), Thomas P Mathew (6-N)

U-14 girls – Samantha Pinto (7-G), Anakha Anil (6-J), Siyana Sunder (7-C)

U-19 girls – Shreya Sunny (XI-A), Mohini Kumar (X-F).

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Football Team for winning the CBSE Oman Cluster Football tournament held at ISM.  The team has qualified to represent Oman Cluster at the CBSE National Football tournament to be held at Chennai during 2^nd week of December 2011.  ISM won the championship consecutively for three years.

Hamza Boxwala (12-F), Melroy Ferriera (12-G), Sachin Aji (X-J), Sean Fernandes (11-F), Rohit Kumar (12-E), Girish Murali (11-F), Crandell D’Silva (XI-F), Percy Coelho (X-D), Aadithiya Ajay Kumar (12-D), Lionel Almeida (12-E), Anshul George (12-E), Chris Suares (11-G), Mir Aowan Ali (12-I), Shoaib Salim (11-C), Usman Bashir (12-D), Fawaz Hasan (12-H), Aman Kanojia (9-C) and  Glansten Chris Castelino (12-H).

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Tennis Teams for winning the 1^st and 2^nd positions in the CBSE Oman Cluster Tennis Championship hosted by ISM on 30^th and 31^st October 2011.  Winning teams have qualified to represent Oman Cluster at the CBSE National Tennis Tournament to be held at Amaravathi, Maharashtra from 18^th to 22^nd December 2011.

Winners:

U-14 boys

Armaan Sattikar (8J), Kenneth Vaz (7J), Subash Pillai (7F) and Alen Jiji Tom (8J).

U-19 boys

Karan Negi (12-I), Nevil Philip (9A), Kartik Charan Asokan (10-I), Abijith Ravishankar (12B).

U-19 girls

Erica Marilyn Vaz (9G), Arzoo Sattikar (12E), Souparni Pranesh A (X-I), Natasha George (9-I).

Runner-up:

U-14 girls

Kimberly Pinto (9H), Akshita Chauhan (8-I), Sailee Kerkar (7-I), Simran Singh (8H).

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JHANKAAR SPECTRUM 2011:

Jhankaar Spectrum, an event of inter-school competitions will be conducted on Wednesday, 19^th  October from 8.00 am to 7.30 pm and on Thursday, 20^th October 2011 from 8 am to 12.30 pm in the school premises.  Dr. (Mrs.) Swati Kulkarni, Charge d’affaires, Embassy of India Muscat, Sultanate of Oman has kindly consented to inaugurate Jhankaar Spectrum 2011 at 8.00 a.m. on 19/10/2011.

 Over 1500 students from all the Indian Schools in the Sultanate of Oman and students from  UAE will be competing in 25 events ranging from Music, Dance, Art, Debate,  Skits and  Movie Making, all part of non-scholastic skill enhancement programme.

 Since there is a  large participation of children from other schools and our own students competing in twenty three talent events, both  19^th  and 20^th October 2011 will be non-instructional days for all the classes (KG to Std.  XII) including the afternoon shift.  All students who are participating and those who wish to learn from their seniors are welcome to visit the school on Wednesday, 19^th October 2011 (8 am to 7.30 pm) and on Thursday, 20^th October 2011 from 8 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.  

We request all  our parents to witness the programmes on  both the days and encourage those taking part in competitions.

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SASTRA PRATIBHA CONTEST:

Science India Forum Muscat Chapter will be conducting ‘Sastra Pratibha Contest 2011’ on Thursday, 20^th October 2011 from 8.15 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. in the school premises.

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KHIMJI ACADEMIC PRIZE DISTRIBUTION:

The Annual Gokaldas Khimji Academic Prize Distribution  will be held on Sunday, 30^th October 2011 at 6.30 p.m. in the school new multipurpose hall.   Sheikh Kanaksi Gokaldas Khimji  and Shri Pankaj Khimji have kindly consented to preside over the function and give away  the prizes.  All parents are cordially invited to attend the same  and request that you take your seats latest by 6.15 p.m.

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DIWALI HOLIDAY :

The school will remain closed on Wednesday, 26^th October 2011  on account of Diwali.  May this Diwali illuminate the year ahead with unique confluence of happiness, joy and prosperity for you and your family.  We wish all our parents a happy Diwali.

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EXHIBITION – MIDDLE SECTION:

The annual exhibition of the middle section will be held on Wednesday, 2^nd  and Thursday, 3^rd November 2011.   All  parents are cordially invited to attend the same and encourage the students.

Timings:

Wednesday – 5 pm to 8 pm and Thursday – 8.30 am to 12 noon and 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm

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SUMMER VACATION:

The summer vacation for all classes will be from Sunday, 24^th June 2012 to Sunday, 26^th August 2012.  (Last working day – 23/06/2012).

The school will reopen on Monday, 27^th August 2012 for all classes, after the summer vacation.

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We congratulate the following achievers for having brought honours to their parents and to the school.

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Table Tennis Team for winning the CBSE Oman Cluster Table Tennis Tournament hosted by Indian School Sohar.  ISM teams made a clean sweep for the second consecutive year by winning all the six categories.  The teams have qualified to represent Oman Chapter at the CBSE National Table Tennis Championship to be held at Varanasi, India from 15^th to 19^th October 2011.

U-14 boys

Sachin Hemanth (8C), Avinash Mukund (8H)

Kenneth Vaz (7G), P Sai Saharan (6I).

U-14 girls

Suchitra Sudhakaran Nair (8H), Rhea Deepak Bhatia (6E)

Thejeswi Ramesh (8K), Avantika Murali (8K)

U-16 boys

Armaan Sattikar (8I), Noel Halister (10 I)

Pranav Vinod (8M), Subash Balakrishnan (7F)

U-16 girls

Jyothsna Murali Rao (10C), Erica Marilyn Vaz (9F)

Diya Hitesh Sanghani (9I), Supraja Krishnan (10J)

U-19 boys

Karan Negi (12F), Arun Philips (11F)

Aravind Sundaram (12B), Avinash Menon (8G)

U-19 girls

Arzoo Sattikar (12E), Sangeetha Varghese (9J)

Niyati Rao (10B), Nishigandha Kelkar (11E)

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Quizpot Team - Satwik Anand (8 j), Nakul Suresh (7 L),  Aliva Das (6J) and Rohan Jana (5F) and  the team comprising of Marlon (8I), Amrit B (7F), Anirudh Murthy (6E) and Sayed Juwaria(5B) for  winning  the first and second positions  respectively  in the Quiz pot held on 8^th September 2011

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Chess Team for winning the CBSE Oman Cluster Chess Tournament (U-19 mixed age category) held at Indian School Sohar on 11^th October 2011.  The team has qualified to represent Oman Chapter at the CBSE National Chess Tournamnet to be held at Ballabh Garh, Haryana, India from 15^th to 18^th November 2011.  The team members are:

Malavika Vishwanath (12F), Sibin Mathew (12A), Malhar Jajoo (10C), Vibhav Nadkarni (11B) and Srunan Keskar (10D).

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Volleyball teams (U-19 boys and girls) for winning the CBSE Oman Cluster Volleyball Tournament organized by Indian School Darsait on 10/10/2011.  The teams have qualified to represent Oman Chapter at the CBSE National Volleyball Tournament to be held at Chentrappini, Kerala, India from 8^th to 12^th December 2011.  The team members are:

U-19 girls:

Elvira Aureliya D’mello (12J), Rashmita Sathyanarayan (12J), Sraddha D Patel (11F), Shika K Taori (11-I), Reena Sravanthi (11C), Sheffin Ryna (10B), Alfiya Adenwalla (10H), Mohini Kumar (10F), Greeshma Baburaj (11A), Pranita Banerjee (10F), Hensi Nanji Kara (8F), Saddiya Nazeer Sheikh (12J).

U-19 boys:

Rishi Selvam (12A), Darshan Babu (12E), Aadithya Ajay Kumar (12D), Vinod Babu (12B), Sibin Mathew (12H), Prince Francis (11D), Bibin Baby (12H), Hadi Gani  (11A), Ashish Thomas (10K), Sameer Khalid (11A), Ananthu Muralidharan (10E), Raihan Shanu (10B).

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TEACHER’S DAY.

The school will be celebrating Teacher’s Day on Monday, 5^th September 2011.  In this regard please note that  there will not be any regular classes for the students of  Kindergarten and Primary (Std. I to IV) on 05/09/2011 including KG and Std.1 afternoon shifts.   Hence no school for KG to Class IV on 05/09/2011.  

Ř      Classes V to VIII  will get over at 10.20 a.m.

Ř      Classes IX to XII will give over at 10.30 a.m.

Ř      However students participating in various cultural events will stay back till 12.30 p.m.

Ř      The school office will get over by 2.00 p.m. on 5^th September 2011.  

Parents and transporters picking up children must make timely arrangements accordingly.

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ONAM HOLIDAY:

The school remain closed on Saturday, 10^th September 2011 on account of Onam.  May I extend all good wishes on this happy occasion.

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ADMISSION:

In order to reserve seats for the siblings of students of Indian School Muscat in KG1, KG2 and Std. 1 for the next academic year, parents seeking admission of their wards in the said classes (KG & Std. 1)  are requested to fill the proforma given below and send it to the class teacher of your ward latest by 6^th  September 2011. Please note that this is to get a rough idea about the statistics of sibling children to whom ISM has to reserve the seats in Siblings category for admission to KG1, KG2 and Std. 1.  ISM  will start issuing the actual registration forms after the BOD notification in this regard,  in the Oman English dailies. 

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CBSE Class XII results:  

 SUBJECT TOPPERS  

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PROFICIENCY TEST FOR CLASS X (Present Class XI)

CBSE has announced dates of Proficiency Test for class X (present class XI), as follows:

 Detailed circular regarding Proficiency Test is available in the CBSE website –  www.cbse.nic.in

This Proficiency Test is for those students who have already registered and paid fees for the tests when they were studying in Std. X in the last academic year. The timings of the test will be from 9.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. (Oman Time).  CBSE will be sending Admit Cards for all students who will be appearing for the tests.  Students should collect their admit cards from the school office 2-3 days prior to the commencement of Proficiency Tests.

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SUMMER VACATION:

The summer vacation for all classes will be from Wednesday, 1^st June to  Tuesday, 26^th July 2011. (Last working day – Tuesday, 31^st May 2011)

The school will reopen on Wednesday, 27^th July 2011 for all classes, after the summer vacation.

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SCHOOL OFFICE:

The school office will be working from 8 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. during the summer vacation (01/06/2011 to 26/07/2011).  School office will remain closed on last Thursdays  of every month. 

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AFTERNOON SHIFT:

ISM has started afternoon session for classes KG1 to Std. 1 from 1^st May 2011.  Please note that no request for shifting from afternoon to morning session will be entertained since there is no seat available in the morning shift due to non-availability of class rooms. However, parents are welcome to request for shifting their wards  from morning to afternoon shift.

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ISM MERIT  AWARD CEREMONY:

ISM Merit  Award Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, 10^th  August 2011 at 7 p.m. in the new multipurpose hall.   We cordially invite all our  parents to attend the same.

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SCHOOL FEES:

Parents are reminded that the  1^st    quarter fees are overdue. Those parents who have not yet paid the 1^st   quarter fees are requested to  clear the same immediately.