Senior Secondary School

Interact Club

The Interact Club is a sponsored unit of the Rotary Club of Madras which provides guidance and assistance in the realization of the club's objectives; to inspire constructive leadership qualities in its fortunate in our community; to selflessly work in raising funds for worthwhile causes; to encourage initiative towards social service programmes and to develop good-will towards fellow-beings.

THE INTERACT CLUB ACTIVITIES 2011 -12

JULY

The Installation ceremony of the Interact club took place on 19th July 2011, at the Vidyapeet auditorium at Bala Vidya Mandir. The new office bearers were  initiated to office by Rotarian Mrs.Jayashree Sridhar ( Zonal Coordinator ) and Rotarian Christopher Deveprakasam in the presence of our Principal Mrs. Sashikala Sriram and Vice Principal Mr.R.Rajendran. The newly elected president B.Samriddhi gave her acceptance speech followed by the projects to be executed for the year 2011 – 12.

AUGUST

On August 15th, the interactors  had a memorable experience visiting the Boys Tower School at Selaiyur which was initiated by the Rotary Club of Madras. Independence  Day in Boys Town was celebrated in the presence of the Rotary President Ms.Nandita Krishnan. The students of Bala Vidya Mandir performed a skit on water conservation and a dance to entertain the Boys Town inmates. The students were inspired on hearing the Boys Town Interactors voicing their dreams and concerns to change things within their reach.

The Annual Raffle draw for the year 2011 – 12 was held for classes LKG  – std 12. Each student paid Rs.50 towards purchase of raffle tickets. The interactors conducted the draw for each class & one student  per class per section was the winner of a gift voucher worth Rs.200/- from Odyssey. The proceeds of the raffle will be utilized for various projects that the Club would undertake.  

SEPTEMBER

In the month of September the interactors from class 9 and 11 made a visit to the Chennai Middle School in Nehru Nagar Adyar. They donated story books and paper reams to the school and  interacted  with student on the various educational fields they could pursue in their future, their hobbies & pastime for nearly four hours.Donations were made to  Kshetropasana Trust and The Deaf Enabled Association.

OCTOBER

RYLA CAMP 2011 Leading the path to success. The Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Camp was organized by the Rotary Club in association with New Generation for the Interact clubs of various schools to instill a sense of leadership in students and drive them towards excellence . The camp was held on October 8th and 9th at  Brahamakumaris retreat , Sriperumbadur. Ten students from class 11 were selected to attend the camp. They were enlightened on various fields of study like Animations, Balance in life,  Awareness of AIDS & HIV and so on. Aparna.S, B.Samriddhi, Tanushree Aravind & Arjun Vignesh received certificates and were adjudged ‘Best RYLARIANS’ .In all RYLA was an extremely inspirational experience that encouraged everyone not just to follow orders but to create our own path and lead the way to success.

A poster making competition on water conservation was conducted for classes 6 – 8 and the 3 winners were given gift vouchers worth Rs.200 each. The competition not only urged the students to win the gift but also created an awareness on water conservation for the future.

NOVEMBER

The ‘Born To Win’ programme was held on November 15th , 19th , 22nd and 29th for student  interactors of class 11 A, B and C . Mrs. Preeti Jayanth was the facilitator who stressed on how to be a winner and how to get a winning edge over others. The four session were extremely interactive and fun filled with group discussions. The programme was a great experience for the students to work on their strength and weaknesses  to make themselves a better person.

Students were selected for the short term international exchange programme to Srilanka. Ishaan Venkat and Tanushree Aravind of std 11 were the 2 interactors from Bala Vidya Mandir to join the group of eleven students to share and spread the knowledge of India overseas. Their trip is   scheduled from December 10th – 15th  2011.