Values For The Yatra' JUNE 14

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June 2014 Archdiocesan Value Education Centre (AVEC ) E-Letter

O
nce again, we pledge to make a new start. We had reached an end, not just to a chronological
moment in a scholastic year, but perhaps, to an end to lethargy, hopelessness and valueless
living. Our journey needs to take us higher and farther. Back to School is a dreaded journey, if
not embraced with joy, purpose and a quest to live life meaningfully. Values for the Yatra comes
to you once again, as signposts along the journey, to enable you to get up and start a new move-
ment in the spiral of your life.

Our theme, this year is My Life: A Valued J ourney.
Everyday we tag value to things we possess. We forget that the
greatest gift given freely to us is Life! We take it for granted and,
in the bargain, begin to live meaningless lives. As a result, our
human nature is traded for lesser animal instincts. A Culture of
Death is the norm that becomes accepted. Violence, murder, rape,
human trafficking, substance abuse and acts of terrorism are daily
facts of life that are ever on the increase.

We recall, the 22 year old Californian University student, Eliot Rodgers who brutally
killed three while injuring 13 others, in an act of well planned revenge, on 25 May 2014. His pre
recorded digital footprints and a 141 page manifesto reflected in My Twisted World highlighted
his struggles to find love, and acceptance. I will kill them all and make them suffer. It is only
fair, he wrote.

Too many young people, sitting in our classrooms, are also caught up in this Twisted
World space. A twisted world, for sure, and caused by degrading value systems, unethical busi-
ness deals, flooded with cheap entertainment fatigue, fanatical religious observances and failing
credibility of role models. The journey of our young students is chaotic, meaningless and direc-
tionless.

AVEC hopes to bring a new sense of direction and meaning,
this scholastic year, through its My Life: A Valued Journey Cam-
paign. The journey metaphor is always dynamic, adventurous and
open to the incredible. Through this year, AVEC will focus on four
journey capsules: J ourney to SELF, SCHOOL, SOCIETY and the
SACRED. We hope these four journey capsules will add a meaning-
ful and value based approach to every student. We encourage every
school, teacher and student to join hands in Untwisting the World
and to create a new humanity through Values.

Together we can, a new world is possible! Lets build it on solid Value foundations.
- Fr. Glenford Lowe sdb
My Life: A Valued Journey
Question for Personal
Reflection and Action
Never Rarely Sometimes Often Always
1. Do I know myself?

2. Do I get ticked off easily?

3. Am I confident about myself?

4. Am I self reliant?

5. Do I forgive others and more
importantly myself?

6. Do I think of myself as a loving
person?

7. Do I take care of myself?

8. Am I good at expressing my
views in affirmatively?

School days were truly the days of enjoyment and freedom
to now all the grown-ups out there! The reason being: we
just had a carefree life and our parents taking care of us
was the most inanely satisfying feeling ever! Back to
school was so much fun! Back to being with friends, the
classroom and playground environment and even new
friends, all these were things we looked forward to when
the school began.
The most hectic and tiresome week of the summer vacation would definitely be the last week,
wherein, we would go shopping for new uniforms, monsoon- wear, stationery and a whole lot
of shopping and more shopping! Once this task is done, covering and decorating the books as
per our likes was the next, just to stand out in the class and to make our books look more in-
teresting. The last week before the academic year commenced was like a preparation for bat-
tle at most of our houses.
Finally came the D- day, our parents who were usually calm
were worked up on this day as they had to ensure we reached
on time on the first day of school. This was going to be their
routine for the rest of the year! They managed winning in the
first attempt which would follow for the rest of the academic
year.
As we entered our school in anticipation, we always looked out in the crowd for familiar
faces and ran to our friends and hugged them, questioned them about their summer holidays
and other details we could think about. The anticipation only grew as we would go to our re-
spective classrooms to receive a list of our teachers and the time-table for the rest of the year
and our seating arrangements. Once the day would begin the joy of being back in school
would multiply as soon as the recess bell would go off!
Memories of running or exercising on the playground for a breath of fresh air, to the cooler
for water, the recess period, the zero periods, the annual day and sports day preparations,
competitions held in the school just seem so nostalgic. Every adult still
does wish of that one day we could go back to just being kids!
- Angel Abraham
Holidays have come to an end and school has begun. Going back to the
normal routine of school life may become a stressful experience for many
of you. So here are some tips to get into regular school atmosphere.
Reset your body clocks; bump into your bed
earlier than you would during holiday so that
you can rise early in order to be fresh for the
new day. Value an early start to the day!
Have a positive outlook; look at the year as an
opportunity, not as a burden. Value Time!
Create and Celebrate an atmosphere of a new
year. Value the joy of new beginnings!
Have no preconceptions. Value openness !
Value participation in all school activities
Value Punctuality. It is one of the keys to
success so be in time for every activity,
Keep your books, pens, pencils and all the
other stationery that you need for school in
place
Pack your bags the previous night and be
prepared for the next day
Value the property of the school and others.
Value Signposts for your Journey
Value Belongings: Yours & Others!
Value Participation & Punctuality
Keep your note books neat at tidy. Get into the
habit of practicing your writing which you
probably had given a long vacation
Avoid junk food . Value your health while at the
school canteen!
Listen to the teacher; ask and answer questions
Be well - behaved and polite always. A good
impression can take you a long way
Do not complain around others. Nobody likes
to hang around a complaint box
Value sincerity. Exams are occasion to test
you and not to break you.
Reconnect with old friends; talking to old
friends and spending time with them can help
getting back to school life quicker
Make new friends. Mix around with every-
one. Make new students feel welcome too.
Avoid toxic company.
Value Order, Cleanliness
Value Good Behavior
Value School Friends forever
201415 : Rules for
My Life: A Valued Journey Competitions
The Archdiocesan Value Education Centre (AVEC) ,
Mumbai invites students in the schools
affiliated to the ABE to participate in the
MY LIFE: A VALUED JOURNEY Competitions.
The following Rules are to be kept in mind:
The competitions are held within the school at
a convenient time and conducted by the Value Education Coordinator.
To promote greater participation, the students will be divided into
Three Categories:
J uniors (Std IV VI)
Inters (Std VII VIII)
Seniors (Std IX X)

Only the best three entries in each category will be sent to the AVEC office before the 24
th

of the month. From among all participating Schools, the best three in each category will be
declared. All winners will be awarded with certificates from the AVEC. At the end of the
scholastic year, DIAMOND TROPHY AWARDS will be given to the best overall TEN par-
ticipating schools.

All winning entries submitted to the AVEC office must have:
* The Full NAME of the Student and the Class/Division
* The SIGNATURE of the Value Education Coordinator
* The OFFICIAL SCHOOL STAMP.

Entries without the above, will not be considered !
For the Poster/Collage Competitions: Please use an A3 Size paper only.
For the Songs / Poem: A minimum of 6 verses and maximum of 10 verses.
For School Skits: A cast of maximum 10, and time allotted 15 minutes
All entries should be ORIGINAL WORKS by students.
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To facilitate greater participation among students and schools, and understanding that there
are already a number of extra-curricular activities within the school, this year, AVEC has re-
duced the yearly competitions from NINE to just FOUR.
MY LIFE: A VALUED J OURNEY Competition 2014-15 is broadly classified under
FOUR J OURNEY CAPSULES mainly: Self-School-Society-Sacred.
The Students are invited to be CREATIVE , REFLECTIVE and INSIGHTFUL
in the presentations of these VALUES either through Skits/ Poems/ Songs and Posters.
For the Four J ourney Capsules, a number of VALUE FOCUS THEMES have been presented.
Students are free to choose their most needed Relevant Values

Each J ourney Capsule has been allotted a TWO MONTH period:
Journey towards Self: (J ulyAugust 2014, last date 24
th
August)
Journey towards School: (SeptOctober 2014, last date 24
th
October)
Journey towards Society: (November December 2014, last date 21
th
December)
Journey towards Society: (J anuaryFebruary 2015, last date 24
th
Feb)
My Life: A Valued Journey Competitions have been sent to you early enough to enable
the students to prepare well for it and to schedule, in advance the competitions during
a convenient school time.
My Life: A Valued Journey could also be used for your
SCHOOL PROJ ECT during the school assemblies or annual
Value Education day. We leave the choice to you!
The purpose of these competitions are to make VALUES more
attractive to the enable them to imbibe them freely.
Your encouragement will go a long way in creating
value directed citizens for society.
The AVEC Values for the Yatra E-Letter each month will also focus on the various J ourney
Capsules presented in the My Life: A Valued Journey Competitions.
AVEC wishes you all the best and encourages
you to cooperate whole heartedly in this
years projects/ competitions!!!
For any enquiries, please contact the AVEC office as
soon as possible.
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AVEC E-Letter Values for the Yatra is an initiative to provide Animation Resources for Teachers involved in
Value Education in the ABE schools/ Jr. Colleges .Values for the Yatra will be published every month and is for
Private Circulation only.
Your valuable suggestions are most welcome to assist us in making Values for the Yatra a useful tool of animation
and bonding among the teachers and students of the ABE schools in Mumbai.
CONTACT: AVEC Team
Fr. Glenford Lowe, SDB / Rochwyn Fernandes / Sr. Vera / Alan Dsilva / Ms. Angel Abraham
AVECDon Bosco Youth Services, Matunga 400019 , MUMBAI
Ph: 24154477 e-mail: avecmatunga@gmail.com
Blog: avecmumabidbys.blogspot.com / facebook: avecmumbai

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