Teacher’s Day was celebrated on 5th September with lots of reverence and integrity for the teacher community at Podar World School, Sherkhi, Vadodara. As always there was a lot of surprises in store for the teachers. The customary assembly was held by the teachers starting from singing the prayer, taking pledge, saying a thought and explaining it and reading the news headlines for the day. Teachers entertained the students either by singing a remix of old songs with its lyrics changed to something funny and another narrated a humorous anecdote involving the teachers and the Principal. This almost changed the ambience of the venue to that of a lighter vein. Then the Principal, Ms Preeta Pillai, announced about ‘Loyalty Award’ being conferred on a few teachers who have showed their allegiance and served the institute for more than 3 years. These teachers were Ms Sabeena Pillai,Ms Dolly Patel,Ms Kalpana Unnikrishnan, Ms Sunanda Dattatreya, Ms Smita Chitnis, Mr Sanchit Shastri, Ms Meghna Bhakta, Ms Rupa Singh, Ms Naina Parmar, Ms Hetal Dohre, Ms.Kanchan Bhavnani and Ms.Renu Kukreti,Ms.Dipti Padhiyar,Ms.Nehal Mehta from PJK too were felicitated on the occasion. Then after the National Anthem, the teachers and the student teachers along with other students retired to their classes.
The students of ( IX to XII) attired in saris/western formals went to their classes to teach the subject of the teachers that they were assigned to, quite religiously. At 11.30 a.m. the student teacher comparers for the day took their positions on the dias. They extended a warm welcome to all the teachers and after wishing all the teachers 'A Happy Teacher's Day',they started with the program. One the student teachers rendered melodiouly the shloka, ‘Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnu……Gurve Namaha! followed by a few words glorifying the teachers and their selfless service towards building the future. Then as a part of the celebration, a video recording of our Chairman’s message of wishing ‘Happy Teachers Day’ to all the teachers and once again reminding of our duty towards the noble profession was shown which also emphasized the remarkable change that a teacher can bring about in a students’ life with a little gesture of love, care and attention. This was followed by a dance performance by students of class IX, a musical treat with the casio and drums for 5 minutes was played which left the gathered audience awestruck. Then there was a game of 'Treasure Hunt' for the teachers wherein the teachers had a lot of fun. The students also performed a mimicry of their teachers which was so hilarious that it left the audience into peals of laughter for quite sometime. Then the venue was transformed to a dance floor for almost 15 mins wherein the teachers and the students danced together, till it was time for dispersal. The Principal, Ms Preeta Pillai then took her team of teachers to one of the reputed restaurants for a sumptuous treat. On the whole it was a memorable day. Thanks to the Chairman Shri Raghav Podar and the Principal for the memorable time with one’s own peer group whom one hardly meet and share pleasantries due to the hectic schedule of the regular working days. The teachers had a gala time at the lunch too and left for home carrying a whole lot of memorable moments with them.
