PTA

PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

Parents of every student in the school are a member of the Parents Teachers Association.

Structure of PTA Executive Committee

The term of Executive Committee will be for one year:

President/Chairman – Principal
Vice President/V Chairman–One from Parent
Secretary – One from Teachers
Joint Secretary (2) – Both amongst Parents
Member – One Parent and One Teacher from every standard (They are also called Grade Representatives or Class Representatives)

Role of Executive Committee of PTA

Prepare Single Annual Plan- Executive Committee must interact with parents in their circle and come up with a common agenda to work towards it during an academic year.
To provide a channel for both parents and school to exchange opinions concerning school policies promoting the development of the school.
Provide a forum for important issues and where appropriate inform the school administration of the opinions of members
The Executive Committee meeting is conducted once in three months.

General Body Meeting

General Body Meeting is open to all the parents of the school. This is the common forum for parents to ask and know the developments of the school. The PTA General Body Meeting is conducted once before 30th April of every year.

Who may nominate themselves for Executive Committee?

There are some clear qualifications to take this big job in PTA Executive Committee. It requires a little time to attend the Executive Meetings and take forward concerns of parents:

Parent or guardian of enrolled student in the school for minimum one year
Understand the school functioning and feel there is scope for improvement
Passionate about education, school and parents involvement
Patience to listen to parent’s concerns
Active and outgoing
Good communication and able to act as “Parent Ambassadors” for PTA
Reserve the time to attend meetings when the need arises even in short notice.

After the formation of Parents Teachers Association, the school notifies all the parents to nominate themselves for the grade representative’s position. The communication is sent by the Principal through the Circular or display on the website.
Ideally, with a weeks notice General Body Meeting is called to form the Executive Committee. Within 30 days of commencement of the new academic session, the Executive Committee is formed with full transparency in the procedure.
In case there are many candidates desirous to work in the committee, a lottery system is adopted to elect the committee members. Fifty percent of the members shall be women. The school will display the list of Executive Committee on the display board and website.

House System

To impart a healthy competitive spirit among students and to inculcate the habit of working together and training in leadership qualities, an efficient House System has been introduced in the school. All the students belong to one or the other House guided, cared and controlled by a House Master/Mistress. The four Houses: Dhairya, Satya, Shanti & Shraddha .

It is the responsibility of the House Master/Mistress to look after the general progress of their students in academics, games, sports and co-curricular activities. Since all the competitions are held house wise, house loyalties are strongest. A regular record of pupils’ participation and achievements in House activities is maintained and merit points are awarded to each house and student. An inter-house sports meet and cultural competition are organized once a year and certificates of merits, cups and trophies are awarded accordingly. The annual Inter-house tournaments are held in all major games and trophies and shields are awarded to the winners.

The objectives of the House System

Our objective is to give every child in each house and those who take positions of responsibility the following:

A sense of belonging
Positive role models from within their peer group
A sense of achievement outside the classroom with fun and excitement through competition
Curiosity and creativity
To in still leadership qualities, individual and collective responsibility
The confidence to be Bold, take action and develop a spirit of adventure
The development of communication skills, flexibility and resilience

House Meetings

Each House has two Captains all staff are also assigned to a House and support in the running of the events and earning House points. The House Captains work alongside the School Council to organise Well-Being assemblies, Values assemblies.

House Points

Students in each House strive to earn as many House points as they can to support their House and to be the House with the most points. Students can earn these points through class effort in class for varying situations, attending lunchtime participating in visits, or outside competitions whereby the individual has represented the school.

Allocation to Houses

All children are placed into one of the four houses on entry to DeepJyoti School. Each class will have a variety of children who make up the representing body of each House to allow children to work as a team, aiming for the success of the House in all activities and competitions.

The House names are inspired by our school motto Happy, Productive, and Free this is celebrated throughout the Houses.

Each House is represented by a colour . This allows all children to have a sense of belonging and to be aware of their House colours .

Motto	Colour	House Name
Victory lies in courage	Navy Blue	Dhairya
Dedication, steadfastness and Truth	White	Satya
Never give up	Green	Shanti
You become what you believe	Orange	Shraddha