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Fresh Thoughts

THE BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB

ON YOUR BIRTHDAY -- DONATE A BOOK, STRENGTHEN YOUR LIBRARY

Research has shown that children who are surrounded by
books become better readers than those who aren’t. The
Birthday Book Club is a fun way to honour Birthday’s, while
also giving back to the school library. On birthdays,
customary practice is to distribute sweets to friends in
school. We, at SBSM, urge children to do donate a book to
the school library instead – this will strengthen the library
and in turn children will have access to many more books.
Any story book – a novel, thriller, classic, historical, fiction,
fantasy, magical realism, realistic literature, etc. is welcome.

Go Green

“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone
else will save it.” The Go Green Initiative in SBSM, is a
program in its infancy stage that teaches kids how their
actions effect the environment on every level and what
they can do to reduce this impact. It helps to educate
students, teachers and parents to be more environmentally
conscious. Students learn to care for their environment in
ways that will help shape their future. As SBSM goes “Go
Green”, more students are given the opportunity to learn
first-hand about their impact on the world. Solar Panels
have been installed in SBSM to further this initiative. We
have installed 64 solar panels, capacity 30kw and we hope
to generate 120 units of electricity per day 3600 units per
Mujhe Apna Bana Lo month. A water meter has been fixed and monitored to see
the amount of water consumed per day. Children are
SBSM’s Social Service Club encouraged to donate different types of plants for this
“Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a project. SBSM hopes to work on few parameters like
time and always start with the person nearest you.” - Biodiversity, Water Conservation, Waste Management,
Mother Teresa.It has been rightly said that feeding the Energy Efficiency and Air Quality in the coming months.
needy is like serving God. SBSM has taken up a new
initiative called donate a meal (one meal per
month/week per child) for the underprivileged. We
want our children to be aware of the joy of giving,
helping others and the importance of not wasting
food. This will sensitize them towards the needs of
others. We have placed two steel drums near the
Robotics Lab. Children of all classes drop rice in these
drums. Any quantity, any variety of rice is welcome.
This is sent to Orphanages and Old age homes at the
end of each fortnight through the social service club
members of SBSM. Even one handful of rice per day
per child will make a lot of difference to those in need.
A certificate is given to all those who donate. If each
privileged child does this then no underprivileged
person will sleep on an empty stomach. We have
r e c e i v e d t h e f u l l e s t c o - o p e r a t i o n a n d
encouragement, for this initiative, from parents and
we look forward to their unstinting support as always.

COME FORWARD !
HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE !
HELP SPREAD SMILES AND HAPPINESS AMONG THE
UNDERPRIVILEGED !
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