Pawan Kalyan - Proud Parent of Oakridge International School

Tollywood's most favorite actor, Pawan Kalyan, the proud parent of Oakridge International School shares his experiences on the school.

Competion Success (Grade IV)

As part of the Independence Day Celebrations in the community that he lives, Ankush of Grade IV B participated in a competition on Public Speaking. Ankush who is 9yrs old won the 1st Prize for his speech on Global Warming.  He was pitted against 11 & 12 yr olds from DPS & Chirec.  We were indeed very proud of him.

Here are a few excerpts from his speech:

“Today I’ve chosen to speak about this topic because India is one of the most vulnerable countries when it comes to global warming. India has a vast coastal line and the rising sea levels caused by global warming will wreak an ecological havoc in the country. We keep reading about rising temperatures and sea levels in other parts of the world like United States and the U.K. and have shut our eyes and minds towards the threat that is looming large right at our doors!  India has to accelerate its efforts to combat global warming and not just talk about mitigating it. I’ve highlighted the following   4ways.

1.     Electricity should be produced by using new techniques as the present method of Thermal Power Plants is one of the major reasons of Global warming.

2.      Farmers should practice Eco-Friendly Green Farming. The rampant usage of Fertilizers &Pesticides has to be stopped. Conserve crops that can be used to generate Bio-Fuels.

3.       To promote an eco-friendly way of transportation, and to improve fuel efficiency, we need to Carpool more often.

4.      We need to make a conscious effort to move away from fossil fuel combustion and Gasoline usage to other Alternate energy sources like Solar, Wind etc. 

As John F Kennedy once said, “Our problems are man- made; therefore it is only the same man who can solve these”.

 It is high time now that we join our hands together and combat this. I’ve come up with a few ways in which I can do my bit, and I hope you will too.

1.      Use eco-friendly transport like cycle as often as possible.

2.      Conserve Electricity

3.      Save Water n stop wastage

4.      Plant more Trees

5.      Try and keep my House, My Community & my City Green.”

Into the world of ethical hacking with Ankit Fadia

The 2-day workshop by Oakridge on ethical hacking and online security has become the talk-of-the-town, last week. India's renowned ethical hacker Ankit Fadia has shared his tricks and tips on ethical hacking and online seucrity, cyber laws etc in the workshop. Many corporate techies, engg. students and infact lot of school children has participated and got benefited from the tech guru.

It is surprising to see lot of school children asking so many curious questions on ethical hacking that has left the corporate souls pleasantly surprised.

Basketball Semi Finals Day-I

Heartiest Congratulations to the Oakridge Newton Campus Basketball teams both Boys and girls for reaching the finals.

               We wish you best of luck for the finals!!!!!!!!

Performing Arts

GRADE 3 OPEN HOUSE

Open House is an opportunity for the parents to take part in a classroom activity and witness a class conduct.

This year’s open house for grade 3 started on 1^st August and concluded on 22^nd August. Wow!! What an experience it was! It started with lot of energy, interest and enthusiasm. It ended with manifold of the same energy with everyone enriching and enlightening each other and emerging as a more experienced and knowledgeable person. And above all our dear students were the happiest to have their parents and their friends’ parent sharing their own classroom space without any hesitation and utmost courtesy. The expression of happiness, content and comfort on the parents’ and the students’ faces couldn’t go unnoticed.

 

The parents got a clear picture of what exactly happens in the classroom. They got an opportunity to get involved in our Inquiry classes and got a good idea of how an inquiry cycle is conducted from the tuning in stage to the taking action stage. All the parents had nostalgic feelings and were taken back to the times when they were students and could clearly see their own classrooms in front of their eyes. They all could undoubtedly see the improvement, advancement and evolution of the present education system. They felt proud that they could expose their own kids to such an international arena, atmosphere and modern methodology of teaching. They all expressed their honest feelings on the feedback forms given to them. Some of those are mentioned below as a pat on our back. 

WOW! There is fantastic student-teachers interaction. Here school feels like family.  - Suman, mother of Sravya

The concepts which are being taught are great, something which we learnt in senior school. Creativity is encouraged and teaching style is wow.- Leena, mother of Aditya 

It was a great experience working in a group. Learning in a group is fun and children learn so much more in a fun way. I was equally excited as the kids. - Neha,mother of Aryan G.