St Xavier’s School holds X-Mass
Bhubaneswar: The St Xavier’s High School celebrated the X-Mass festival amid much fervour and serenity in its premises at Samantarapur here on Saturday. On the occasion, students were dressed like Mother Mary, Joseph, Shepherded, Angel and Santa Claus. Jingle bell dance by Santa Claus was the main attraction of the event. Among others, Principal SR Arland, school director Ajit Kumar Dash, teachers and parents were present.
Blossoms School kids excel in competitions
Bhubaneswar: Students of the Blossom Kindergarten School here were awarded on the occasion of inter-school competitions of the Odisha Cultural Foundation Trust. The students participated in competition like general knowledge, drawing, songs and athletics. They got 82 gold medals and 10 silver medals. Among others, Saisri Priyadarshini, Adya Tripathy and Arnab Das were awarded the gold medals. School founder Touraj Mogvelpur said such competitions would inspire other students in future.
PP Dev College students donate blood
Athagarh: Students of the Prasanna Purusattam Dev College of Tigiria donated 40 units of blood in a special programme of the college’s NSS segment at the campus on Saturday. The camp was attended by Utkal University NSS Bureau Programme Coordinator Prof Manoranjan Mohanty, host college Principal Dr Ramesh Chandra Satpathy, amng other prominent persons. College Programme Officers Ananta Charan Acharya and Prabina Mishra coordinate the programme.
Inter-Xavier’s State Talents Competition held
Jajpur Road: The Inter-Xavier’s National-level Talents Search Competition, INXTACO-2018 was inaugurated at the Xavier School campus here on Saturday with Justice Bira Kishore Mishra as chief guest. Xavier School Principal Pradeep Kumar Tripathy welcomed the guests while Secretary Rajib Lochan Mohanty read out the annual report. Xavier’s Group MD GS Patnaik, Director Prabhu Charan Mohanty, Matru Prasad Mishra, Prasanna Kumar Nanda spoke on the occasion. About 1,200 students of 40 schools from 11 States participated in it. On Friday, a bicycle rally was conducted from the NC High School to the college ground to mark a ‘Cyclothon’, a ‘Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao’ programme.
P’khemundi St Joseph School holds fest
Paralakhemundi: The St Joseph School here celebrated its annual day. District Collector Anupam Saha and Bishop of Brahmapur and president of BDCSMC Rt Rev Dr Sarat Chandra Nayak and Paralakhemundi MLA K SuryaRao attended the programme as guests. Rev Dr Thomas Parayil presided while school Principal Rev Sr Vijaya read out the annual report and maded a power-point presentation of the school’s history with its objectives, vision and all school programmes and activities. Students performed a colourful shows, including Odishi classical, Bollywood numbers, Hip-hop, South Indian dance and Sambalpuri. The celebration concluded with a Christmas skit, carol and message.