Dear Parents,
Greetings of Peace
and Hope!
"Urbi
et Orbi (To the city of Rome and the world), reawaken and put into practice
that solidarity and hope capable of giving strength, support and meaning to
these hours when everything seems to be floundering". – Pope Francis
First of all, as we
start the ‘New Session’ for School
Year 2020-2021, we are grateful to the parents for your endless amount of love,
support and continued patronage of ICS. Everything that our students are today
and everything they may become tomorrow is all because of the sacrifices you as
parents have made for them. A huge thanks to all the Moms and Dads for being an
active contributor towards ICS family.
More than ever, we
ask for your prayers, patience and seek your understanding. Following
consultations with the advice of the national government and the Diocesan Board
of Education it was determined to close down the school to prevent the further spread
of the Novel Coronavirus. Therefore, with a heavy heart we have cancelled all
our major events for the end of the school year like ‘Orientations’, ‘Culmination
Activities for Nursery and KG, Graduation for Prep Class, Recognition for
Primary, Junior and Senior Levels. We will remain in complete lock-down until
further notice. This is for everyone’s safety.
Adamantly, we
promise to attempt to reverse the tides when this pandemic crisis subsides. In
the meantime, we’ve come up with various learning alternatives to get your
children occupied and prepare them when they come back to school. We will
strategically set in motion these learning alternatives, such are following:
· Online Classes: at least for
seniors classes we will send you the website or links to these OnlineAlternative Classrooms where teachers may interact with your children via
uploaded videos or real-time.
·
Worksheets: Administration will upload worksheets via our ICS Blog or through
WhatsApp groups.
·
The books will be provided to the students as per school policy.
·
Admissions and other issues will be entertained after the lock down.
Homeschooling is the
best solution for such situation that we have right now. We will provide the
details of this wonderful proposal soon enough. Kindly bear with us, your
solidarity and patience is the key, as we discover together new ways of
learning in order to surpass this challenge we are facing today.
Once again we would
like to apologize for this unavoidable inconvenience. We have noted all your
queries online and we promise to respond to them appropriately given the time
necessary. These circumstances are beyond our control but we intend to make
next School Year’s curricular program even more spectacular so I hope you can
join us then. Let us pray for one another, that we may beat this pandemic
crisis. May God send healing to those who are affected, and keep your family
safe and healthy.
Our dear parents, we
are like travelers on the same path for grooming and developing our children
to a bright future. No matter how steep or difficult the terrain is, with
courage and God by our side we will continue to trudge on.
Yours Sincerely,
Sr. M. Parveen
Rehmat, O.P
Principal
