Wednesday, February 16, 2011

College Counselling Fair held at Pathways Noida

Students of Pathways School Noida had an excellent introduction to the complexities of University admission in the USA. Linden US tour was invite to the school on the 10th Feb. We hosted 12 Admissions Officers from universities like Michigan-Flint, Savannah College of Art and Design, University of Central Florida, Ohio State, Columbia College of Chicago, University of Minnesota, Lasell College and many more. It was a mini fair on US universities in which our senior students had an opportunity to interact directly with universities representatives and gather information on admission requirements, courses, scholarships and funding. It was very useful for our students as well as parents who were invited.

This followed from a session a little earlier, on the University of Hawaii Pacific. Ms Lindsey Garbenis, Associate Director, International Admissions- Hawaii Pacific University addressed our senior students and spoke to them about the University and its undergraduate admission procedure. It was a 30 minute session followed by question and answers. Interested parents also attended the session and interacted with her regarding IB admission requirements and transfer of credits.

Article By: Puja Rao
College Counsellor
Pathways Noida

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Monday, February 14, 2011

Kindergarten Assembly Celebrated at Pathways Gurgaon

Sing, Dance, and Celebrate!

Our life is surrounded with many celebrations and traditions. Many of us don’t know why many of the events are celebrated, but we keep doing the same year after year.

The Kindergarten assembly, on Saturday February 5th was based on the Unit of Inquiry “Let’s Celebrate!” The students have been learning about how people recognize important events through celebrations. To begin the process, each student chose a celebration and inquired about the same. They began research by interviewing adults and asking questions like what, when, why and how about their chosen celebration. They depicted scenes of each celebration through songs, dances and theatre. Through this performance students were able to understand the similarities and the differences about different celebrations around the world.

The multicultural performances presented before the audience instilled the importance of togetherness in celebrations.

Article By: Ridhi Uppal
Kindergarten Form Tutor
Pathways Gurgaon

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Hindi Diwas Celebrated at Pathways Noida


We at Pathways School Noida celebrated Hindi Divas on the 31stof January2011 where students recited Hindi poems, gave speeches and sung beautiful songs taking us to a different world. There was also a fair of Hindi books. The little faces of Primary years students broadened with a smile when they saw Hindi movies; – Alibaba challis chor, karadi tales. Solving some interesting puzzles, doing illustrations of the story on a wooden panel, and buddy reading was also part of the fun filled event at school.

Our senior school compere Siddhant Tyagi held together a special assembly with his thoughtful and creative commentary. Eeshan Shukla reminded us of the way Bollywood has shaped the language with his performance on the song Give me some sunshine from the movie 3 Idiots.

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Monday, February 7, 2011

Pathways Gurgaon Student Wins Accolades at the iNET Conference

iNet which stands for the “International Networking for educational transformation” is an international net work of schools, organisations and individuals who are committed to transforming learning through innovation .

The topic for their latest student conference is “What skills and specific abilities or competences are needed by global child entrepreneurs who are able to pursue their own ideas, take risks and follow their global ambitions?”

The objective of this conference is to create an opportunity to discuss students as global entrepreneurs and to make international connections. Through the conferences educators can discuss their understanding of global entrepreneurship, how it fits into 21stcentury schooling and generates ideas for teaching and learning strategies. Students can enhance their citizenship and communication skills by talking to young people from around the world about global enterprise and how it can impact on what and how they learn.

The movie entry made by Parth Ahluwalia of Grade 6 for this conference has been greatly appreciated by the iNet team and will be published in their forthcoming online issue.



Conference dates are 14–21 February 2011
Deadline for submission : 24 January 2011

Article By: Ms. Dimpu Sharma
Middle School
Pathways School, Gurgaon

Friday, February 4, 2011

Grade 3 students of Pathways Aravali visit the National Museum


As a provocation to the inquiry on past civilization and ways to find out about the past civilization, Grade 3 visited the Harappan Gallery of National Museum in New Delhi. This gallery contains precious and carefully preserved artifacts of that time. As we walked through the huge, well carved wooden doors, we were transferred to an era 4000 years back. The photographs of the excavated sites welcomed us.


The timeline showing the different civilizations enabled children to make connections with their fact sheets on civilizations. They saw the map, located the Indus River and also noted down the important cities of the time. They discussed, debated and concluded about the various things that were so similar to what they see now, like the bricks used for construction and the drainage system.

The children wondered aloud looking at the fine ceramic and terracotta pottery and the various animal, bird and human figures. They debated on how they were made and what they might have been used for. The toys, tools and bronze artifacts also held their attention but what astonished them the most was a huge jar called the ‘ storage jar’ which had a taper at the bottom. Wonderings continued as to the cause of the tapering which some thought was the design, some thought was for attaching a collection tap and some felt was to keep the water cool.

The jewellery, weights, toiletries and kitchen utensils were also observed with a lot of interest, often drawing connections with the present world. A debate sparked off again in front of the seals which were not only of different shapes but also made of different materials. Wonderings continued and very prudently some of them decided that they were different because they either belonged to different denominations or were from different places.


The skeleton of a woman wearing jewellery found buried with her belongings also generated a lot of curiosity. The statue of the dancing girl, the bronze figure of a woman, the head of the priest and the beautiful photographs of the excavated sites………. all what the children wished for was… can we also visit these sites?
The curiosity of the children has been tapped and now they are all extremely excited to find out more about the civilization and share with the larger audience. Wasn’t that what we aimed at?

Article By: Malini Ghosh
Grades 2 & 3 Coordinator
Pathways Aravali

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Pathways Annual Chairman’s Meet 2011






With this strong belief in heart, on a bright sunny morning on 16th January, the Pathways family gathered at the Aravali campus to celebrate the success that Pathways has witnessed in the year 2010. The year 2010 was the year when the vision of the Chairman- Mr. Pramod Jain fructified into reality…. when two new schools were added to the Pathways family. The three schools and the Corporate office came together to celebrate the joy of togetherness.

The event was given a glorious start by a special prayer presented by the entire team of Pathways Gurgaon, followed by the Great Pathways Talent Hunt, where the participants had only a minute to showcase their talent. It was succeeded by the Ad mads, where in the teams from Pathways Aravali, Gurgaon and Noida came up with a very entertaining campaign for Pathways Finishing schools, B Schools and Preschools and Day care respectively. Post that everybody moved to the field games and enjoyed themselves to the hilt, playing cricket, basketball, throw ball, carom, chess, table tennis etc. The highlight of the event was the inter unit tug of war, which saw the fighting spirit of the respective teams.

Here is an account of the Chairman’s meet, by one of the teachers of Pathways Noida.

Pathways Noida team & the Chairman’s Meet…

It was barely a few months back when all the new teachers and staff from Noida and Gurgaon met at Aravali. The energy of the flagship school left us all breathless – its systems and its vision enveloped the whole school and we were immersed in it.

On January 16, the teachers of Pathways School Noida walked through the scenic and serene pathways of Aravalli and it felt like our first day of school. At the admin building, in the lobby we eagerly waited for all buses to come in one by one to warmly greet our friends, familiar faces with whom we shared great memories.

The lush green periphery of the atrium and tinkling of the waterfall made the perfect setting for encouraging and warm words of welcome from our Chairman, Board of Governors and Directors. Each and every member of the audience was truly in sync with the vision of the school, we all gathered as people who may be at different places but we all believe in shaping the future of our children and our nation in the highest possible manner.

To most of us at Noida School, the day was about connections; connecting with old and new, the mentors from the Aravali school, the Jain family and our noteworthy directors. We re-connected with the child in us and participated in games we remember playing as children, getting our hands dirty and faces muddy, shouting in glee, sometimes defending our team and at other times rooting for them. We realized that for a minute there we all got a bit too competitive – we reconnected with the little child in us and the little devil that wants us to win, always!

The true purpose of this meet, to most of us was an awareness of how other schools are shaping up and how we all can learn from each other. This kind of interaction is very unique to our Pathways family – we network, share resources and ideas willingly. In our busy schedules, we often don’t find time to realize how truly talented we all are or appreciate the rich resources we have around. This day was a great chance to interact with teachers we had met during our various workshops, discuss strategies and learn from each others’ experiences. Pathways world school had brought our worlds closer together, making us realize that despite our different locations, the Pathways family has one common goal – to be the best, together.

Article By: Bhavya Bhatt
Middle School English Dept
Pathways Noida

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