SNAPSHOT- Dec '20 (Covid-19 edition)
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAST FEW MONTHS
We have come to the end of what was, in many senses, a challenging year which had all of us modifying our lives in ways that we did not think necessary earlier. At Eternus, too, we had to adapt to what was a new normal in 2020; we only have the Lord to thank for keeping us safe and effective through this process.
School Programme
The schools are still working with online classes and use Google classroom and YouTube platforms to do so. They conducted the Term exams in September. Most of our children have performed well. We do online tuition for Class 11 and 12 students for Accounts, Commerce, Economics for an hour everyday. We connect with the other students regularly over the phone and monitor their lessons.
Discovery classes – our moral values session for the school children – are now held in two batches; on Thursday for the smaller children and on Saturdays for higher class students. In the last few weeks, our topics have been the lives of David, Moses and Nehemiah.
ZOOM call with the school children. ACTION SONG time!
College Programme
We have been conducting Zoom sessions every Sunday afternoon for our college children. Over the past couple of months, we did sessions on Identity, E-mail etiquette, Resume writing, Features of LinkedIn and Discovering Strengths.
We also conduct sessions every Fridays for the final year students. The discussions, so far, covered topics on Marriage, Professionalism in the Workplace and Understanding Leadership. We’ve had a movie review session and also conducted mock Group Discussions and HR Interviews to ready them for their job hunt.
ZOOM call with the College children
Admissions
Santhosh is a child with a learning difficulty. We had him assessed by a psychologist (working at a school for special kids) who suggested that he would be better off pursuing a vocation based course. So, when he finished his 10th Std. from St. Thomas School, we helped him with his admission at an ITI (Industrial Trade Institute) for Mechanic Autobody Painting. His mother says that he is enjoying the course. We pray that this move turns out well for his future.
Sandhya, who finished her 12th from Anita Methodist School, got admitted for B.Sc Dialysis Technology at the Madras Medical Mission.
Sharmila, who graduated with a BSW this year, got admission to Masters of Social Work at the Patrician College, Chennai.
Placements
Pavithra, III B.Com at WCC, had been interviewed at Tata Consultancy Services in January and finally received her offer letter from the company and joined them in September. She is employed in the Customer Support department. She will undergo training and, based on her performance, they will assign her to a project.
Sadok L., Content writer, Netrocon Digital
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