“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” – Oscar Wilde
ICSK Senior inaugurated Sparsh, a value based initiative in 2014 to inculcate a sense of empathy among the young students and sensitize their feelings towards all the different kinds of sufferings and discrimination around them.
They are encouraged to take up various social issues and act upon them. They visit old-age homes, hospitals, orphanages, etc and spend time with the people there; they clean their surroundings; they conduct seminars on various social issues; online campaigns on various issues are conducted; flash-mobs are conducted and short films are shot, and many more activities are taken up by the students.
Students from each class are able to take part in Sparsh individually or in a group. They are instructed to shoot the activity they conduct, and present it to the school authorities on the stipulated time. The best ones are evaluated and selected by a set of expert judges based on the messages that they convey.
As always, the students of ICSK Senior were ever-enthusiastic in participating in Sparsh 2018. Devoid of any inhibitions, they utilized their three-month summer vacation for it with ardent fervor. Each participant and group presented exemplary performances. They were given a set of topics to choose from which included campaigns against environmental pollution, visiting old-age homes, hospitals, orphanages and various others.
The Sparsh program was conducted on 27 September 2018, in the school auditorium. It started with the coordinator of Sparsh, Mrs. Mini Shaji introducing the basic rules and regulations that had to be followed through a video presentation.8
Various students from 7th to 12th grades presented their videos. There were 18 individual participants and 5 groups consisting 11 students from grades 7 and 8; 12 individual participants and 7 groups consisting 20 students from grades 9 and 10; 24 individual participants and 12 groups consisting 40 students from grades 11 and 12. The individual participants presented their works first, which were then followed by the other groups. The total time allotted for the presentation was 5 minutes.
They either presented a video or a power-point presentation based on their respective topics. And each presentation was judged by a panel of expert judges.
The names of the students who presented the best activities are as follows: Category 3_ Classes 7-8 Individual – Kirthana, Sanskar, Navya, Lavanya, Aatika and Yashila; and Group – Enoch, Jothan, Isaac (group 1) and Steve Sunny, Steve Paul (group2).
Category 4_Classes 9-10 Individual – Ivin, Anakha, Harshanth, Kavya, Darshan and Hiba; and Group – Anna, Aishwarya (group 1), Alana, Manshi, Shrishti (group 2), Danielle, Humaira, Blessy, Samreen (group 3).
Category 5_Classes 11-12 Individual – Arpita, Alan, Shreya, Gaurav and Aathishni; and Group – Leander, Clifton, Ashwath, Adrian (group 1), Manna, Ruth, Rebecca (group 2), Anushka, Amrutha (group 3), Akhil, Joel, Tanya, Aishwarya (group 4) and Rithika, Tanya, Astha, Phebe (group 5).
We humans are social beings, and we live in a world where a small thing can make a huge difference, good or bad. It is with this motive in mind that ICSK cconducts Sparsh every year, with the full support from our very own Principal, Dr. V Binumon.