Rainbow Primary School

I'm getting a lot of new emails from my teachers, thanks to a partnership with some Googlers in the Hyderabad office. The teachers are now going to computer classes every Sunday. THANK YOU GOOGLERS! Here are some of the emails: Ashok Teacher, 5th Standard, March 28, 2010 "Hello madam how ru how ist your family ,Roy sir, your daughtr how ist .she what are doing and how ist health so we are all fine and we learn english,and computer with Rangoo madam she is every week come and take class so we are happy.we continue computer class .ok by madam" [Rangoo Madam is our brilliant new volunteer, more on her on the next post (she finally got me to use Google WAVE). She is the mother of an outstanding young woman who works at Google in Hyderabad.] Sunitha, Preschool Teacher, March 20, 2010 "Hai madam. How are you. how is your family Iam pre-class teacher sunitha. My class is good . class total students 32 numbers .We are miss you I am pass 10th class. Degree also...

This kid was in a fifth standard class in a government school, but when called in court to write his name... HE COULDN'T DO IT! We need schools that DELIVER quality education. "Class-V student fails to write his name, Court summons school" Updated on Saturday, February 20, 2010, 15:42 IST ourt here as witness in the murder case of his father, little did he know that his educational backwardness would be exposed in public. Though he was a class V student of Khalibagicha government UP School here, Bikash could not write his name when asked to do so by the court on Wednesday last and had to put his LTI (left thumb impression) instead. The judge took cognisance of the situation seriously and summoned the school authorities seeking details on how the boy could be promoted to class-V though he failed to write his name. Bikash had appeared as prosecution witness before the additional sessions judge, Boudh, B Kar as an eyewitness to the murder of his father last year. After e...

Our 2009 annual report is available! See it on line, click on this link: http://www.box.net/shared/96el98hr2v or email leighanne@gmail.com You can see pictures from the report on the slideshow overhead, we have such LOVELY students, wonderful faculty, and so many energetic, go-to, rugged partners! Highlights for 2009 2007, 2008, 2009: Top Government Primary School in Hy-Tech Area 300 Students 10 Teachers, one with a university degree, four more enrolled in university classes 1 Headmistress, university degree, 10 years experience 3 Staff members, we have the cleanest government school buildings you will ever see 2 Buildings, 6 classrooms in the main building (which also has electricity), 2 in the other building. “B” average for nearly all the standards on Central Government Tests in 2009, “A” for fifth standard. A strong preschool program for 2 to 5 year olds. 70%+ funded by the Government of India! ***** Goals for The Rainbow School Create a child-centered school for 500 slum child...

There is a lot of political turmoil following the December 9 Central Government announcement to support the separation of Andhra Pradesh into two states, AP and Telangana. More is here, check it out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telangana