Valley view High school

Yes the name sound like a school in a picturesque place...surrounded by a valley. But it aint! Fact is,it doesnt matter..if you can create a right environment and a right ecosystem which fosters learning, it doesnt matter whether the school is in Posh area or in the interiors of a poor community.

I mean how much we read online or in a bold article in a supplement of a daily newspaper or on a blog, like the one i am writing, the reality strikes when you,yourself be a part of the solution to the existing issues. When you go out and explore on your own. Thats what i did,saw,learn and experience at Valley View school.

So Let me introduce the super school to you all:






This is how our school looks like..

Valley view was founded by a Mrs Kulkarni AKA Madam Miss, our lovely principal. This was back in 1994-95. She was done teaching in all these convent schools and thats when the seed of entrepreneurship..starting you own school, where you can do what you want to do, apply your strategies and use your tremendous experience to ignite the young minds was sown.

But interesting thing is THE PLACE where she started the school. It was like a jungle back then,not a safe place, suburbs where the immigrants from other states occupied the land. The place is still well known for criminal activities goes on there.

She started the school with 8 students and today we have around 1200 students in our school.90% of them come from a low-income background. Most of the parents are uneducated and those who are, are the products of VALLEY view only.

Just to give an example, 4-5 teachers in the our school are the alma matter only. The girls who studied in one room school in a local community 14 years back are the class teachers in the very same school. That's what i call a success story!
Cheers to Valley view high school!

Highlight of the day!

Firstly students nailed the 'Time' Assessment. 40 students scored 100% marks on two tested objectives:

1. Student will be able to (SWBAT) read the time (in the multiple of 5s)on a clock.
2. Swbat represent the time on the clock.

So after that it was time for some very good news. I told them about WALT DISNEY approving the 2nd phase of the project. So as a gift, I will be buying 50 new stories books for them. Also gave students new english copies as their story writing notebooks.

So hopefully and surely now they will try their best to write small small stories.
THE BIG GOAL IS TO CREATE A STORY BOOK titled 'The stories of Superstars'.
So will be working on a very specific plan of how to take the students to that level. Scaffolded objectives,proper sequencing, Lots of brainstorming sessions, comprehension, Integration of grammar objectives and most importantly a structured way to track, measure and provide feedback on weekly basis. Fingers crossed!


Picture of the DAY:



Students had a great time while playing musical chair!!