Parent's Day at Marybert School

 9th April, 2011

Dancing, singing, recital of nursery rhymes and an enthusiastic farewell to some of the older students at Marybert School and Orphanage created a fun and memorable Parent & Community Day on Saturday, April 9^th.

 The packed program started with a cheer as a group of suitably attired children sang the nepali national anthem. The children were so unique in their dance styles (even the synchronised group dances!) that it was impossible to focus on only one of them for any length of time.

The youngsters from the nursery, and lower / upper kindergarten were like angels from entertainment heaven! Big smiles, awkward legs with knees and toes turned in, and ever so slightly out of time ‘hands and fingers, knees and toes’ (why do anything differently!) kept us all smiling.

At the end of the day the grade five students graduated with cap, scarf and a certificate from the Principal, Mrs Sabina Thapa Kayastha. Their emotions were obvious as they smiled with joy and grew tearful at reaching the end of their schooling at Marybert. It was a fitting tribute that grade five student Rozy Tamang  delivered a beautiful and eloquent speech thanking the teachers and fellow pupils. Rozy had already wowed the crowd with a lively and passionate song titled ‘I’m alive’.

 The pupils were given prizes for highest marks and for tidiest desks before Sabina announced that they had also secured second position in an inter school relay competition held at Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu. Well done Marybert!

Exhibits from the recent photography project organized  by volunteer Jo Young and the my small help team were appreciated and provoked laughter as parents noticed the children had stuck carrots in their socks, chilli peppers in their ears, and made simple props into playful weapons for the abstract photo shoot.

After a fun and eventful day the children enjoyed cookies and juice, and prepared to settle into a week’s rest from their schooling.