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The Joint Entrance Examination (Main) 2018 was held on Sunday, April 08, 2018 in the School premises. The total number of candidates designated to the School was 480.

The Principal addressed all members of the teaching staff on Thursday, April 05, 2018 in the School Auditorium.

The new session for Class VI (2018-2019) began on Friday, April 06, 2018. The Principal welcomed and addressed all pupils in the School Auditorium.

Some students, who had appeared for the 2nd Level of the 20th National Science Olympiad, have done quite well. Akshay Agarwal of Class III F (Morning), now in Class IV, will be getting a certificate of Zonal Excellence. Diptangsu Parbat of Class IV D (Afternoon), now in Class V will be receiving a cash prize worth Rs.1000, a Zonal Bronze Medal and a Zonal Certificate for having secured the 5th Zonal Rank. Dwaipayan Mandal of Class V E (Afternoon), now in Class VI secured the 10th Zonal Rank and will also receive Rs.1000, a Zonal Bronze Medal and a Zonal Certificate.

The 65th Foundation Day of South Point was celebrated at South Point School on Sunday, April 01, 2018. Members of Staff who had completed 35 and 25 years of service were felicitated with mementoes and cheques. A cultural programme was presented by the staff members of South Point School and South Point High School. The teachers of the High School presented a programme which was named “Phool Phutuk Na Phutuk …. Aaj Basanta”.

The third list for admission to the Science Stream and the second list for admission to the Commerce Stream of Class XI were put up on March 28, 2018.

The final phase of the Counselling Session for admission to Class XI (Science Stream) was held on March 29,

11 pupils and 3 teachers participated in a camping programme under the International Award for the Young People, at Bali-II Island, Sundarban from March 29, 2018 to March 31, 2018. They were taught commando net walking, Burma Bridge Crossing, Spider net climbing, self cooking, First-aid, Nature Study, etc.

Answer-scripts of Annual Examination, 2017-2018 were shown to the pupils of Classes VI & VII on March 20, 2018 and to the pupils of Class VIII on March 21, 2018.

A refresher workshop for Mindspark was held on March 19, 2018 from 11.00 am to 12.30 pm in the AV Room for the teachers teaching Arithmetic in Classes II & III. On the same day, another refresher workshop for Mindspark was held in the AV Room from 1.15 pm to 2.45 pm for the Arithmetic teachers of Class IV.A refresher workshop for Mindspark was held on March 19, 2018 from 11.00 am to 12.30 pm in the AV Room for the teachers teaching Arithmetic in Classes II & III. On the same day, another refresher workshop for Mindspark was held in the AV Room from 1.15 pm to 2.45 pm for the Arithmetic teachers of Class IV.

On March 19, 2018 teachers teaching Nursery I to Class I attended a workshop aimed at helping the teachers to guide and counsel the children as well as their parents from 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm in the library. The resource persons were Ms Anju Chirimar and Ms Imon Neogi, the school counsellors and Ms Lily Khawas, the special educator of the school.

<;;/An English Language Training workshop on development of writing skills was held in the school auditorium on March 21, 2018 from 9.30 am to 1.30 pm. The resource person was Ms Sonali Bhattacharyya, a well known educationist. All English teachers, from Transition to Class V, including floating teachers, attended the workshop.

All teachers of the Nursery Department attended the refresher training course arranged for them at the Teachers’ Centre, Loreto House on March 20 & 22, 2018, from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm. They were provided with transport from school. They received certificates after completion of their training.

The results for the 20th National Science Olympiad had reached school earlier this year, Certificates of Participation, Certificates of Excellence and Performance Reports for all examinees were given to the children along with their Progress Reports. Students of Class III received these on March 13, 2018 while the students of Classes IV & V received the same on March 20, 2018. Children who have performed very well received medals. The Principal gave away the medals to these children. Gold medals of distinction were received by Souparna Debnath of Class III D (Aft), Akshay Agarwal of Class III F (Morn), Aryan Mitra of Class III G (Morn) and Diptangsu Parbat of Class IV D (Aft). Twenty one other students received gold medals, The results for the 20th National Science Olympiad had reached school earlier this year, Certificates of Participation, Certificates of Excellence and Performance Reports for all examinees were given to the children along with their Progress Reports. Students of Class III received these on March 13, 2018 while the students of Classes IV & V received the same on March 20, 2018. Children who have performed very well received medals. The Principal gave away the medals to these children. Gold medals of distinction were received by Souparna Debnath of Class III D (Aft), Akshay Agarwal of Class III F (Morn), Aryan Mitra of Class III G (Morn) and Diptangsu Parbat of Class IV D (Aft). Twenty one other students received gold medals, twenty two received silver and twenty others received bronze medals.

The results for Assessment of Scholastic Skills through Educational Testing (ASSET) in which the students of Class IV appear every year for Mathematics, has been exceptionally good in the 2017-18 session. The Pointers have excelled and their performance is above the National bench mark. In fact, there has been a steady rise in their performance in the last five years.

twenty two received silver and twenty others received bronze medals.

In the CAB U/15 Mayor’s Cup Cricket Tournament 2018, South Point High School Cricket Team won all the league matches. It won the match with South City International School by 100 Runs, Vivekananda Mission School by 104 Runs and Mansur Habibulla School by 145 Runs. Abu Raihan Imadul Haque of Class VIII C scored a century (107) against South City International School.