Mr. Shiv Khera’s work Shop on Positive Parenting

Mr. Shiv Khera’s work Shop on Positive Parenting: Motivational speaker Mr.Shiv Khera conducted a workshop on positive parenting at Waltair Club on 27th February  Sunday. The event that organized by the School was attended by a large group of parents. Shiv Khera brought out the nuances of parenting through a series of interesting anecdotes. While stressing on the need to be friendly with children, he said equally important, parents to be good guides for them. Pointing to the unrealistic expectation of perfection from their children he insisted the parents to instill self discipline in them. Negative labels stuck to a child throughout their life time and sometimes even through generations. Acknowledgment and encouragement are the key words to deal with children, he added. Many common apprehensions faced by parents were dispelled by the speaker during the session that lasted for three hours. He spoke on factors relating to nuclear family, self-worth, high expectations, competition, degrading values and subjectivity of values.

The work shop was attended by a large gathering of parents and well wishers of the school. They interacted with Mr. Shiv Khera on particular and specific aspects of Positive Parenting.

Green Rangers Program

Green Rangers Program: 8 March. The students of Oakridge International School Visakhapatnam went live on FM Rainbow 102.0 for almost two hrs. They were covered by 5 TV channels. Several reporters also covered the event and interacted with our students. Turnout of parents was also large and some of them were also interviewed by the radio jockey. This too was live. 

50 vehicles were checked within a span of 90 mins and the play was staged 9 times during the same time. The next follow up event planned is the recording for AIR that will be aired post 28 March.

Green Rangers Program was conceived to create awareness among people to reduce pollution by their own efforts. Due to the ever increasing number of vehicles on the road and the industries that have been mushrooming indiscriminately, air pollution is constantly on the rise. The consequence: Diseases, and more diseases. But the thing is, we can sit and crib about it. Or we can do something remarkably simple. Raise our voice against air pollution. And take a pledge to keep our vehicles green, and live it out for the rest of our life. So here come the Oakridgers – in the avatar of Green Rangers – lead the fight against air pollution.

When the program was announced the children happily came forward to show their might and this also serves a way to learn the topic “Pollution”.

Founders Day

The annual commemoration of the establishment of Oakridge International School – The “Founders Day” was a great success this year and proved to be a fitting honour to the initiative. The program was well planned and everything fell into place very smoothly and the tried and tested format worked well on the day. Jan 28, 2011 dawned bright and clear and the congregation was good enough to make a full house .Mr. M.S. Rao, Development Commissioner, Vizag Special Economic Zone, the Chief Guest for the function, on his arrival at the venue acquainted himself with the functioning of the school and the infrastructural facilities available at the school for the students and staff. He appreciated the initiative taken by People Combine Group for the venture in the city of Destiny in the form of an international School providing the most modern education. Mr. Shomie Das, Chairman, People Combine Educational Initiatives, and The Group Chairman Mr. Naga Prasad, joined the Chief Guest for the function.

The Founders Day began with lighting the lamp by the Chief Guest and other dignitaries. . The invocation and the prayer were simply superb. The children of Oakridge choir did a marvelous s job bringing out their best through the songs presented .Mr. H. Ravichandran presented the annual report and brought out succinctly the activities and the developments of the school in the academic year. The photographs and the video clips used by him added enough strength to the presentation. Mr. Shomie Das appreciated the innovative part of the school and highlighted the necessity for creativity in schools. The Chief Guest expressed his joy and conveyed his congratulations to all the staff and students remarking that the evening was very special and poignant for him. He said he was deeply honored and humbled by the opportunity that was given to him at the Founders Day.

Founders Day provides us the opportunity to reflect briefly on our schools history, to highlight important recent accomplishments and to describe some of our vision for its future. The children stage a cultural show on the theme adopted from Arabian Nights. A mix of innovation humor and modern day tangles the play was god success the histrionic abilities of students were best brought out by their own understanding. The parents who had gathered to be a part of Founders Day celebrations admired the children for putting their best foot forward.