Little Rock Does It Again!

Little Rock Indian School Brahmavar became the Udupi zonal champions at the State Rural IT Quiz 2006 held recently. The zonal final quiz event was held at Town Hall Ajjarkad.

The Little Rock team comprising Karthik Hebbar C and Pavan Kumar Holla obtained 65 points beating Brahmavar SMS PU college team.

The quiz contest is being held for the consecutive seven years by State Information Technology Department in association with TATA Consultancy Services Ltd. Students from STD 8 to II PU are eligible to participate in the contest.

In 2003 and 2004, Little Rock Indian School Brahmavar was the state champions.  This year the grand finale will be held on Oct 29 in Bangalore.

International symposium on effective school leadership at little rock

 ‘ Leaders must do what they say and say what they do’-US Educationist

leaders must be authentic and in order to be effective leaders, they must do what they say and say what they do, said Dr. Michael Chirichello, Chair, Educational Leadership department, William Paterson University, New Jersy, USA delivering the keynote address at the inaugural function of the “footprints”, an International symposium on ‘Effective Leadership’ organized by Little rock Indian School, Brahmavar in connection with its silver jubilee celebrations.

Dr Chirichello began his speech by connecting some aspects of leadership with children’s literature. while stressing the importance of having colorful dreams, winning with vision and looking at the mirror and reflecting on the way to be better leaders he drew parallels from children’s literature like Applemondo’s Dream and ‘Aesops Fables’ to illustrate his point.just as the blind men who went to see the elephant, many leaders see all aspects of leadership but at the same time they fail to see any of them.

All are leaders and learners at the same time and followers eventually become leaders. Transformational leaders influence and inspire followers, focus on the individual and celebrate success. Leaders want to get thinks in a hurry but professional development cannot be a one day fix, and too many quick starts result in burn-out before the rae finishes.

A good leader knows when to lead and when to follow. By emphasizing the need to look into the mirror and reflect, he said that great leaders like, like artists who paint self –portraits, step back and look inside out and outside in .good leaders should have the power to love than the love to power.

Delivering his presidential address, Dr .M.S.Moodithaya, Director, Justice K.S.Hegde Institute of Management, Nitte, said that India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and to accelerate its growth the education delivery process of the country needs to be stream lined and it is possible only with strategic leadership style in education.

Mr Claude Boever, director Alert-Lycee, Luxembourg was the chief guest at the function and he read out his felicitation on the occasion. Dr Roy Philip, Managing trustee, Priority One India Educational Foundation which runs the school released a souvenir titled “litrocspective @25” on the occasion.

Welcoming the gathering the principal of the school Prof. Mathew. C. Nina expressed his hope that all participants would benefit from the symposium and it would help them in their professional development. The co-ordinator of STEP(School Teacher enrichment Project)under the aegis of which the symposium is organized, Mr Harikrishna D proposed a vote of thanks.

The symposium is held from 16 to 18 October and is attended by 250 principals and teachers from six states. Eminent educationists from all over India and countries like USA, New Zealand, Luxembourg and South Africa will be presenting papers conducted workshops and seminars that essentially focus on effective leadership in schools

"Footprints” inaugurated at Little Rock

Little Rock Indian School, Brahmavar, organised "Footprints" a three-day international symposium on "Effective Leadership, Effective Schools" here on Monday October 16, as part of its silver jubilee celebrations at the school auditorium.

Delivering the key-note address at the inaugural programme, Dr Michael Chirichello, chairman, New Jersey William Paterson University, USA, said that to be a leader, in order to be effective, should have a vision and do what he promises.

Claude Boever, director, Luxembourg Alert-Lycee was the chief guest. The programme was presided over by Dr M S Moodithaya, director, Nitte Justice K S Hegde Institute of Management.

Heads of schools from Karnataka and those of a few select schools from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra participated. The main objective of the symposium was to enable the participants to understand more deeply what the schools of future should become.

Dr Roy Philip, managing trustee, Priority One India Educational Foundation, released the souvenir 'Litrocspective @ 25' on the occasion.

Mathew C Ninan, principal of the school, welcomed the gathering. Harikrishna D, School Teacher Enrichment Project (STEP) coordinator, proposed the vote of thanks while Julie Esther, principal of the kindergarten section compered.

Latest about Barkur Bridge.

Barkur Bridge over Sita will be ready for vehicular transport on Sunday, 26^th November, 2006, as per Dr. V.S.Acharya, Udupi District In-Charge Minister. He was talking to  the local delegation and representatives, who were more concerned and about to loose patience, as the dates are getting postponed at regular intervals.

Earlier  in this column we reported  few weeks ago the much awaited date is 1^st November, 2006. This time  hope this time it will not be a false promise. People planning their December  Holidays, can have a sigh of relief.

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Diamond Jubilee Celebrated and Foundation Stone laid to the Parish Hall.

Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Beloved Rev. Fr. R.C.M.ARANHA Parish Priest of St.Peter's Church,  Barkur  was celebrated in a very meaningful way buy the Parish Pastoral Council at the Church premises on 1^st October 2006.

The function began with a high mass at the church at 10.00 a.m concelebrated by Fr. Aranha, Mnsgr. Mark Gonsalves and Rev.Fr. Augusto of  Pilar Fathers, Kallianpur.

The most ambitious and most awaited  project of Fr.Aranha , The Parish  Hall took off immediately after the high mass  marking the Diamond Jubilee as Mr. Jayaprakash Hegde , MLA, Mr. B. Shantharam Shetty, President , Barkur Panchayath , Mr.Sathish Poojari, Member, Taluk Panchayath laid the foundation stone to the hall at the plot adjacent to the Church compound.  Mnsgr. Mark Gonsalves blessed the foundation stone.

This was followed by a colorful stage function in the Church premises in which  Msgr.  Mark  Gonsalves, Vicar General, Diocese of Bellary, felicitated  Father Aranha on his 60^th  birthday. Former Vice-President Mr.Dolphy D'Lima Welcomed the gathering. Mr. Jayaprakash Hegde , Mr.B. Shantharam Shetty,  Mr.Sathish Poojari, Mr.Richard Carvalho, President , St.Peter’s Association (Barkur) Mumbai , Fr.Aranha’s mother along with his family members and other dignitories were present on the stage. A felicitation song was presented by the Choir group lead my Mr.Eric Soans. Mr. Gerald Gonsalves , Vice President, Parish Pastoral Council  read out a “Maanpothr” and presented the same to the Jubilarian. Mr. Rayden Roche, Surathkal raised the toast on the occasion. Fr. Aranha was garlanded by the representatives of the various associations and  institutes. www.barkuronline.com was represented by Kishore Gonsalves.

The Souvenir was released by Mr.Shantharam Shetty  and the Diamond Jubilee Memorial Educational Fund was inaugurated by Mr.Jayaprakash Hegde. Both of them spoke on the occassion.  The function was attended by the parishioners , well-wishers in and around Barkur in large number. Mr.Herald D’Souza ably compeered  the function. The grand celebrations concluded at 0200 pm with sumptuous lunch to all.

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Sad Demise

Mrs Pushpavathi Shetty, w/o late Mr Umashankar Shetty, Father of Mr. Shanthrama Shetty & late Kumuda Shetty. Grand mother of Niraj and Atmaj, expired on 05/10/2006. Cremated at 2 pm on the same day.

We at barkuronline.com join Mr.Shantharam Shetty and Family in their sorrow and pray to Almighty God to give the strength and courage to bear the loss.

St.Peter’s Church Parishioners all set to celebrate Diamond Jubilee of the Parish Priest

Rev.Fr. Remigius Aranha , Parish Priest of St. Peter’s Church is turning 60 on 1^st October and the all excited Parishioners are all set to celebrate the event very impressively.

The Parish Pastoral Council has decided to bring out a souvenir to mark the event and the proceeds of this souvenir will be used for the Diamond Jubilee Memorial Educational Fund. The annual interest generated by this fund will be utilized to educate the poor and needy students from the parish.

The celebrations will kick off with a high mass at 10 a.m and followed by a felicitation  programme. Mr.Osacar Fernandes, MP and Mr. Jayaprakah Hegde, MLA, Mr.Shantharam Shetty, President Barkur Panchayath are expected to be the guests for this programme.

All parishioners, residents and non residents are cordially invited to attend the celebrations by the Parish Pastoral Council

Handball: Little Rock to play nationals

Little Rock Indian School, Brahmavar were he runners up at south zone Handball Tournament, recently held at Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai. They are now qualified to play nationals at Gajiabad, U.P. scheduled to be held in the month of November.

On the way to their runners up, they defeated Loucha School, Tamilnadu, Bhavan’s School, Chennai and Ichapuram School, A.P.

The Little Rock team consisted Rohith (Captain) and Avinash of class XII, Jeevan, Rakshith, Shayan and Nagesh of class X, Shrajan, Shaikh Ubedulla, Chirag Hegde and Anukarsh Reddy of class IX.

Is November 1^st is the D day?

Yes. According to K. Jayaprakash Hegde, MLA, the new Barkur Bridge will be inaugurated on November 1^st 2006 and by the looks of it, it seems to be true this time.

Recently the District care taker minister Dr.V.S. Acharya and Jayprakash Hegde visited the ongoing contraction work of the new bridge and said the bridge will be inaugurated on November 1^st.

Dr.Acharya talked to the contractors and asked them to expedite the completion of the work by employing more manpower.

B.N.Shankar Poojari, President, Jilla Panchayath, B.Shantharam Shetty, B.Bhujang Shetty, Govindaraj Hegde, Jnanavasantha Shetty, Vijayakumar Udyavar and others were preset.

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Monthi Feast Celebrated at Barkur

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