http://thegarageschool.org The Garage School is committed to providing a useful education to the under-privileged children in and around the Clifton area. Tue, 08 May 2012 03:36:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As a pre-requisite, all the students in The Garage School have to first go for a free medical checkup when they get admitted. All through the first week of May, 2012, students in groups of 10 have been going to Ahmed Bhamba Hospital with more students to follow over the next few days. All the [...]]]> http://thegarageschool.org/2012/05/08/medical-check-ups/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medical-check-ups New year at The Garage School has started! All the classes except the Nurseries came in on the 23rd April, 2012. Soon after, the new students in these classes were taken for a medical check-up and blood grouping. The school came alive again with the usual warnings for coming late, the teachers teaching the class [...]]]> http://thegarageschool.org/2012/05/07/new-academic-year-starts-at-tgs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-academic-year-starts-at-tgs It was doomsday for the students of The Garage School. Results were announced on 12th April 2012. Some students went home smiling, others were disappointed but almost all of them breathed a sigh of relief for being promoted to the next grade. Outstanding students for academic performance, cleanliness, regularity and punctuality were awarded certificates and [...]]]> http://thegarageschool.org/2012/04/19/results/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=results Enter The Garage School these days and there will be a quaint hush all over the school. The sound of pencils scribbling and pages turning, it’s exam time at The Garage School. The students have been preparing for these final exams for the past one month at least! All geared up and hopeful to be [...]]]> http://thegarageschool.org/2012/04/04/final-exams-at-the-garage-school/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=final-exams-at-the-garage-school The Garage School celebrated Pakistan Day on 23rd March 2012 with utmost zeal and fervor. The students of all the classes of the school participated in this program, which was organized by one of our senior teachers, Ms. Laida Rehman. Although it was exam time for the students and they were busy with their final [...]]]> http://thegarageschool.org/2012/03/28/pakistan-day-celebrations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pakistan-day-celebrations Organized by The Whole 9 Yards, an event management company, The Garage School had a stall sponsored by TW9Y for the DACC Women’s Expo which was held on 17th March 2012. The teachers and students of The Garage School had prepared games, food and handicrafts to be put up on the stall. The response was [...]]]> http://thegarageschool.org/2012/03/22/dacc-head-to-toe-womens-expo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dacc-head-to-toe-womens-expo Zahid, a student of Grade 5 in our school has three other siblings who come to us for their education. Oldest of the 5, Zahid lives in a mere 9×9 room which includes a kitchen and a bathroom in this area. Space for only two bedsteads, this family of eight hardly has any room to [...]]]> http://thegarageschool.org/2012/03/19/1525/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1525 Arranged and sponsored by Sabahat Saqib of Limelight Favors, students of Grade 3 went to Earthen: Art Ceramic and Mosaic Studio for a workshop on handicrafts on 3rd March, 2012. Sabahat is a volunteer at The Garage School who gives art and craft classes to our students on Saturdays. She took the students of Grade [...]]]> http://thegarageschool.org/2012/03/19/the-garage-school-at-earthen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-garage-school-at-earthen The Defence Society Residents Association had organized a seminar on the 3rd of March 2012 at the Defence Central Library. The theme was “Education Provides Empowerment: Citizens’ Initiative” and hence individuals and organizations contributing in this field were invited to speak and give their presentations, highlighting their work. Mrs. Shabina Mustafa was invited as one [...]]]> http://thegarageschool.org/2012/03/12/dsra-seminar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dsra-seminar Mrs. Mustafa had been waiting for February for the past six months! I couldn’t understand how one birthday could be so special! I now know the reason. Mrs. Shabina Mustafa’s birthday falls on the 21st of February and the celebrations went on for a good 10-days.The events included a celebration of her birthday by the [...]]]> http://thegarageschool.org/2012/03/07/mrs-shabina-mustafas-birth-ten-days/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mrs-shabina-mustafas-birth-ten-days