NERUL, FEBRUARY 4, 2010: Don Bosco Senior Secondary School, Nerul celebrated the month of Don Bosco with great fervor and enthusiasm. Various activities like drawing and painting depicting an aspect of Don Bosco’s life or work; short essays on ’What Don Bosco means to me”, notice boards and posters on Don Bosco’s life and sanctity, and even a Power point presentation prepared by a particular class, poems and learning as many hymns dedicated to Don Bosco, were undertaken in the school. The children were actively involved in all these activities, which made it a success.
Reflections by a student and Novena prayers to Don Bosco were recited during the morning assembly everyday starting January 22, 2010. A ‘Good morning talk’ was given by different teachers on Don Bosco, each day, illustrating their thoughts with incidents from his life.
On January 30, 2010 the school organized a cultural program for the students. All the catholic students had Mass in the A.V hall together with a few parents and the Non Catholics had a prayer service in the assembly hall. After the prayer service and mass all the children gathered together in the assembly hall for a well prepared cultural programme. A Prayer Dance by class VIII , Speeches, Hymns, Thoughts on Don Bosco, Action Songs by the Pre-Primary, Quotes from Don Bosco, A Skit – ‘Right Man for the Job’ by Class VII and VIII, Choral Recitation of a poem on Don Bosco, by Class IV were the various programs put forth by the students.
Overall, the entire month of January contributed to the spiritual growth and increase in the knowledge of Don Bosco, at Don Bosco, Nerul.