The new academic session for class XII commenced at the Indian Community School Kuwait on Sunday, 27th February 2018 with a blessing ceremony held at the ICSK Senior school auditorium.The children were blessed by the Chief Guest Rev. Fr. Lionel Braganza, Principal of Indian English Academy School, Kuwait and the ICSK fraternity. Principal- Dr. V. Binumon, Vice-Principal-Dr. Sam T. Kuruvilla, Heads of Departments and Teachers graced the occasion with their benign presence.
The august function shimmered in showers of blessings from all the dignitaries present. The ceremony began with invoking the blessings of the divine by lighting the lamp, emblematically denoting the journey from darkness to light. A melodious rendition of the prayer song by the members of the school choir, Sawranjali added a divine aura to the proceedings.
The congregation was ardently welcomed by Dr. Sam T. Kuruvilla, Principal - ICSK Senior, who reminded the students on the importance of a good beginning in the new academic year. He added that to achieve their goal they need to be focused and persistent in their efforts.
Principal- Dr. V. Binumon through his introductory address, instilled the spark of motivation in the receptive minds of the eager students by urging them to utilize the prime of their life to shape up their future. He reminded the students on the importance of a good beginning in the new academic year.
The Chief Guest Fr. Lionel Braganza, blessed the students and advised them to embark on the new academic year with renewed vigour. He exhorted them that failure is one of the toughest things to deal with and happens so frequently in life on various levels. Learning to deal with it can aid how we approach all types of endeavour and to grow we must keep reaching out for these new experiences. He blessed the students for a wonderful year ahead for academic excellence and specially entreated the teachers to guide and lead them to the pinnacle of success.
Attendance registers, class logs and name lists were handed over to the class teachers thereby symbolically entrusting them with the class charge. The personal log and time table were handed over to the subject teachers.
Mr.Vinod-HOD Mathematics, Mr.George Swami-HOD Computer Science, Mr. Manish-HOD Commerce and Mrs.Srikala Dileep-HOD Social Science Department delivered inspirational speeches on the importance of maintaining a strong passion in one's selected subject.
Mr.Yusuf Shabbir,the programme convener of Prayan 2018 delivered the vote of thanks and reminded the students that to achieve success in any task one must begin well. Divine grace, earnest blessings and sincere enthusiasm combined together to allure the occasion emboldening the belief that ‘A good beginning makes a good ending’.