Children Fest
Celebrated at St. Francis of Assisi School Chikodi Our joy is in our kids. Our pride is in their future.
With this slogan we ventured into the children's fest 2013 on Dec
14. The entire ground was decorated with balloons, buntings and
flowers, food fest and Fancy fate stalls were shining with variety
of food from various cultures. The inaugural ceremony began at 10 am
with Fr.Joachim D'souza, Treasurer, Holy Trinity Province -
Karnataka, releasing the balloons and Fr.Richie, the principal
declared the Children Fest open. Speaking the occasion shri. Mekam
Maradi BEO of Chikodi appreciated the efforts made by the Capuchin
Fathers to uplift the children in an integral manner. He asked the
children to remain always happy and contended. Sri D.Y.Basapure,
district Judge of Chikodi in his addressed stressed the need for
formation, information, transformation in Childs life. Sri Narendra
Nerlekar, President of TMC had shown the willingness to help the
school in every possible manner. Fr Joachim in his presidential
address implored God's abundant blessings upon the staff and the
students. Bursting of paper crackers infused new spirit in the kids.
Inter school western dance competition was held for primary and high
school level students. KLE Society's CBSE School Nippani secured the
first place, RD International School and R.M Girls high school
secured second and third place respectively. Individual dance
competition for our students was held in the afternoon. Goan
culture, western culture, Rajastani culture, Karnataka culture,
Maharashtrian culture and Gujarati culture were some of the
important programs presented by our children. High quality of
cultural richness was exhibited by the students in front of their
parents. In the evening long awaited cake draw raised the curiosity
of the people. Kumari Tejaswini, student of 9th Std won the 5Kg
black forest cake. Dr. Sanjay kasture won the 3 Kg strawberry
Gamalia cake and Swayam Kotre, student of 6th Std won the 3 Kg
Chikodi special cake. The consolation cakes were won by Ajinkya
medicals and Mr.Ghatti. The day remained memorable to everyone.
