SNAPSHOT - October '22

School Programme

Both the schools began this academic year on 13th & 20th June respectively. We also started to meet the children at our centres, for evening tuitions. We meet with St Thomas students on Mondays and Thursdays, and with Anita School students on Tuesdays and Fridays.

In August, they had their First mid-term exams and in the last week of September, Quarterly examination was held for both schools. Our teaching volunteers, Sarah is helping tutoring the Class 12 students in Anita School, whereas Jeba teaches Class 7-9 in both schools.

Sandhya who is in her 3rd year of the Dialysis Technician programme at Madras Medical Mission met the kids at Anita School. She shared her college experience and encouraged our kids to set goals and to work towards it. The session was well received by all the stuents, given that it was coming from one of their seniors in Eternus.

College Admissions

All our Class 12 students of last year have got admission in colleges, as below:

Name of student	​College	Course
Ashwini	Women's Christian College	B.A (Corporate Economics)
Ishwarya	Patrician College of Arts & Science	Bachelors in Computer Application
Maria	Stella Maris College	Bachelors in Social Work
Velan	D. G. Vaishnav College	Bachelors in Business Admin

Orientation - Eternus College Programme

Wincy conducted an Orientation for the four student who entered college this year. She spoke to them about the classes that we would be conducting for them in Eternus and assured them of our help as they started a new phase in their lives.

College Programme

The Eternus college sessions begin with a devotion.

One of the assignments is to read a specific book for 15 minutes every day and at the end of the month, a discussion is facilitated where they give their views.

In June, the college students had their semester exams so we had a couple of group sessions only. These kids were in touch individually on regular basis. We held sessions on, grammar lessons and spoken English

For the First years (New admissions), we had a session on ‘English – An interesting Language’

First Years – we have covered:

- Exercises based on Reading Comprehension

- Grammar Exercises – Tenses and Sentence structure

- Creative Writing - Opinion exercises based on current affairs

- MS Word

Last month, we taught Sentence Structure, Goal Setting, Essay writing, Canva, Infographics

Other Batches – We are working on Vocabulary Building exercises as it impacts their reading and writing skills. The following were covered:

- Use of dictionary

- Maintaining Study Cards

College Placements

Ashok, who did his B. Com from DG Vaishnav, got placed at RCH Service India, the Indian office of a firm based in the USA, as an Associate in their Insurance Department

Deepa Kumari, B.Com from WCC got placed at Purple Drive Technologies, as Associate HR, IT

Kothandaraman, BCA from SRM Institute got placed at Intellecto Global, as Software Engineer.

Sathish, BA History from MCC got placed at Trigent Software Pvt Ltd, as Transaction Process Representative.

They all met with Mr. Ashok, Mr. Christo and Wincy on different occasions for a time of reflection of their time at Eternus. They were given advice on how they would need to carry themselves at work and about working hard. These children have been with us for almost 11 years and it was truly wonderful to see the amazing results of our combined efforts.

Our new graduate, Ashok who is working with ROC Capital has donated Rs. 10,000/- from his first month salary to the Eternus Foundation.

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