School coordinators Ms Naseem, Mr. Saood, Ms. Farzana and Ms. Raheela presided the Mid-Term planning session. The agenda of the session was to share the school's vision, SWOT analysis, review of the academic calendar, leave and fee policy etc. the session was attended by all morning and evening staff.

Class 12 students Sidra Shoaib, received the invitation to attend the PSIFI festival to be held from 18th to 21st January, 2012.

SPADES, a society at LUMS (NOP) department, is promoting science and engineering in Pakistan and is holding its annual flagship event, 'PsiFi 2012' this January from the 18th to 21st.

PsiFi has been happening every year since 2010 to inculcate a sense of scientific adventurism and a passion for creation in the new scientists of Pakistan. This four day event comprises of many exciting events such as Tour de mind, Diagnosis Dilemma, Junkyard Wars, Robo Wars, Gear up and many more. She got certificate of participation.

Dr. Rafia Ali conducted special science/class integration lab practicals for primary and middle school classes. Dr. Rafia is currently working with the Virtual University.

A dialogue session on Private Education through Research on SNPET School held by Zafreen Jaffery. Sanjan Nagar Public Education Trust (SNPET) organized a Dialogue on Private Sector Education. The topic of the Dialogue was "Opportunities for primary education: A case study of instructional practices at an urban NGO school in Pakistan.", and the session was conducted by Miss. Zafreen Jaffery who is an Ed.D from the Portland State University, USA. Click here to see more details.

Christmas presentation was held and celebrated after break here at the school. Social Studies teacher Mr Shamoon hosted and managed this interesting presentation session. Different students presented songs, speeches on this event. Click here to see more pictures.

Dance4Life session was held on 15th December 2011. Grade 8, 9 and 10 participated in this introductory session. It is to make young people aware of AIDS and HIV issues. The local team of dance4life in their school awareness program inspires, educates and mobilizes young people to lead the global dance4life movement to stop the spread of HIV and AIDS. Students were involved and inspired by the activity.

It is always our pleasure to share the success of SNPET HSS students. The below mentioned data shows the participation and SNPETHSS students in Children Literature Festival as they came up as winners in different activities. Our students not only worked as responsible Ushers but fully indulged in all activities and discussion that had taken place in CLF.

Thanks to the organizers who gave children a platform to perform where their work and efforts was acknowledged. We wish such events must take place to promote love for language, Art and literature every year.  Click here to read prize details.

Social Studies teacher Ms Shaista conducted a workshop on teaching multi-languages to primary school children. All primary school teachers of second school "evening shift" and Campus B attended this workshop. Second school principal Ms Raheela was also present on the occasion.

PYP-Coordinator Ms Naseem and school principal Ms Faiza Shahrukh are regularly conducting sessions on IBO PYP in the Collaborative planning sessions at the school. All morning school primary teachers attend these sessions . They are sharing their learning and conducting sessions as they have learned at the recent IBO-PYP workshop held in Mumbai. Evening shift head and teachers are also participating in it.

Bank Alfalah Inc. donated sixteen brand new Intel Dual Core computer systems to Sanjan Nagar School. We are obliged to Bank Alfalah Inc. for this generous donation.

On this occasion, School principal said, "We are now equipped with cutting edge-technology to deal with education. The IT coordinator Mr. Zulfiqar Ali said, "The generous donation is definitely going to upgrade IT infrastructure of Sanjan Nagar school to deal IT challenges of 21st century." Each system is powered by Intel Dual Core processor and 2 GB RAM, pairing with 19" LCD, DVD ROMs.

Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (lTA) and Oxford University Press, in collaboration with Foundation Open Society Institute Pakistan, and the Children's Library Complex hosted the Children's Literature Festival (CLF), held on 25 and 26 November,2011 in Lahore.

CLF was the first literature festival for the children of Pakistan, aimed at promoting and inculcating reading, creativity and critical thinking skills among children. It was a successful effort to lure them into savoring the rewards and pleasures offered by books. It featured talks and readings famous writers, classes on creative writing, bookmaking, writing book reviews, making comics , puppet shows and theatre performances. For educators, the program was designed to create a better understanding of books. As an added attraction, a Book Fair was also held at the venue.  Click here to see more pictures and details.

Fund Raiser Jerusalem held at Alhamra Art Council. The performance, "Jerusalem", was a fundraiser for the Sanjan Nagar Public Education Trust Higher Secondary School (SNPETHSS) which was established in 1995 by Sanjan Nagar Public Education Trust (SNPET), as a not-for-profit trust. The performance fund collected will support SNPETHSS in its continuous journey of excellence in Education and expansion by replicating SNPETHSS and opening one hundred such schools in the next ten years. Click here to see more details. See Also Fundraiser 2010.

Principal Ms. Faiza Shahrukh and Ms. Naseem Rasheed attended 3 days IBO PYP workshop at Oberoi International School Mumbai India. MPYPH is the basic workshop which is initial requirement of IBO. Sanjan Nagar is in Candidacy Phase and is working hard for authorization. It was a good learning experience. The aspect of Inquiry, curriculum, assessment and other components were discussed and worked on in the workshop. The next step is In- School workshop for 12 staff members which will take place in 2012. The learning will be shared with the rest of the staff members in Collaborative sessions.

Sanjan Nagar Students acted in MOCK PARLIAMENT as young parliamentarian "Seeds of Peace"

Seeds of Peace (an NGO dedicated to preparing teenagers from areas of conflict with the leadership skills required to promote coexistence and peace), successfully carried out its second Mock Parliament event at Forman Christian College, Lahore. The purpose of the Mock Parliament was to replicate the structure and working of our neighboring country. A group of 35 students from 13 private and semi private schools of Lahore took part as Members of Parliament of Afghanistan (the Wolesi Jirga) this year.

Rabia Saeed, Somia Hafeez and Amina zaib of grade 10 SNPET HSS participated in this session.

They discussed in detail the legal status of the Taliban as a political regime in Afghanistan. They also discussed how the Taliban may or may not serve as an inspiration for other extremist factions within the region.

They were appreciated and received certificates from the organizing committee Punjab Olympic Association. Well done! Girls you make us all feel proud.

Ms. Farzana Kausar(scenior school coordinator & biology teacher) started implanting Master action plan as part of PSY-PELIi project. Title of her MAP is

A Step from Organic Waste to Healthy FOOD and environment,

This project will be conducted by conducted in six consecutive Saturdays.

The project was initiated and forwarded by Ms Farzana during her visit to PSU in August, 2011. 

Students were described to prepare themselves for the group discussion. Following were topics of discussion:

1. Use of Face book. 2. Fashion trends. 3. Use of cell phones.

During the session, students were free to speak in the favor or against the topics. Students of both centers were divided in to groups to discuss relevant topics under the facilitation of Instructors of both the centers. SNPET Access students prepared short skit, cards etc and presented. Click here to see all ACCESS updates.

Amina Shahzadi is one of them who went to USA on iEARN YES exchange program this year . She is now in Toledo Ohio. She is currently studying in Rossford High School. She is studying algebra 2, American Government, Biology Honors, Chemistry Honors, English 11, Physics and US History. Living with a host family and enjoying their culture and making them know ours. Click here to read more details

Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program provides scholarships to Pakistani high school students for one academic session in United States.Students are enrolled in a full academic year of high school study in the US, attending classes, labs and extracurricular programs with their American classmates. Sanjan Nagar has been participating in this program for the past 5 years. Every year one or two students are selected to go to US by iEARN. 

Arooj Ali is another girl who was selected this year and is now studying in 11th grade which is called junior at Ocean Shores, Washington State School. Click here to read more details.

SNPET School students visited the JAHAN E JAHANARA. It is a beautiful initiative of Sheherezade Alam where children can acquire that essential but rare experience of their cultural heritage; it is an opportunity for them to explore their creative potential in a systematic manner under expert guidance. At the core of Jahan e Jahan Ara is a commitment to revive social and artistic values to engender change.

Ms. Rabia and Ms. Zarish took 10 students on 30th October,2011 for the visit. Students were very excited on their return and shared their experience with their classmates. They had a round of the studio ,played with Himalayan pebbles, made pottery with clay and learned more about Indus valley civilization. Click here to see more pictures of their visit.

IPL Volunteers are giving services to second school at Sanjan Nagar Schools. Sanjan Nagar HSS Hosting Teaching Practice of B.Ed Hons: students of Institute for Professional Leaning:

They will practice for two weeks and teach at least 20 lessons per week.Their methods of teaching are based on basic activity based learning, Inquiry methods and integrating central ideas with other concepts and lesson.

Hopefully they will complete their practice and learn various skills for becoming future teachers.

Class Nursery, Prep, One, Two and three went on an educational trip to Lahore Zoo. The group led by Ms Misbah Rani and other class teachers accompanied the students during the visit. The students were overwhelmed to see different animals and birds. Teachers briefed them about some particular wild animals as well.

The team visited the school and had a demonstration session with grade 8 students and parents. She explained how to grow vegetables in winter season and prepare patches for this. A seed bag was also distributed among students and parents to promote home kitchen garden in used fruit crate boxes. Click here to see more pictures of the event.

Congratulation Rabia!