Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

73rd Independence Day was celebrated at Sakyong Chisopani JHS . The highlight of the day was March Past by School students along with a patriotic dance presentation. Action song dance and drill by the junior section were highly appreciated by the crowds.  Mahesh Dahal , former Headmaster of the school was felicitated on the occasion towards the all-around development of the school in his tenure.  TB Rai, a former panchayat was the Chief Guest of the day while Ramesh Gurung,  Ward Panchayat was the Guest of honour. Other guests present on the occasion were PB Tamang, SMC Advisor, SMC President, and others. Stella Subba, former student recited a poem with a social message. In an exhibition football match between the teams of Primary and Upper Primary was won by Primary Team in a penalty shoot-out.

SINGTAM, OCTOBER 8: Special camp of National Service Scheme volunteers of Singtam SSS was held at Sakyong Chisopani JHS held on October 7, 2015. More than 100 students from Singtam SSS, the visiting school along with KB Chettri, Principal, M K Singh and Jessica M Tamang, Programme officers performed cultural, educational and social activities at the school. The main motive for organizing such programmes was to bring awareness among the students and to teach them the motive of volunteering and understanding. Bimal Lamichaney, Panchayat President and Nandalal Subba, Secretary, Sirwani Chisopani GPU was the Chief Guest and Special Guest of the occasion. Mahesh Dahal, headmaster of Sakyong Chisopani JHS along with his staff was present on the occasion. Jessica M Tamang, Programme Officer gave the welcome speech which was followed by an introductory speech from M K Singh, another Programme Officer. Cultural dance was performed by Neha Agarwal, Anuradha, Surabhi and others. Manish Prad...

SINGTAM, SEPTEMBER 25: In a small gathering at Singtam, Dinesh Dahal and Nimesh Dahal participants of ‘Himali Pratibha ko Khoj’ were congratulated by the members of Singtam Basibiyalo. The D ahal brothers had participated in the recently concluded state-level ‘Himali Pratibha ko Khoj’ in a separate category where Dinesh Dahal stood fourth in the singing category while Nimesh Dahal, his younger brother went on to bag the third position in the instrumental category. The brothers were offered khadas for their performances. The brothers also entertained the gathered audience with soulful music. Present on the occasion were Mohan Pradhan ‘Neeraj’, Sansthapak Singtam Basibiyalo, T B Pradhan, Advisor, Singtam Basibiyalo, President  Rangpo - Singtam Zonal Newar Guthi, Arjun Chettri, Headmaster Rikape Primary School, Kripesh Singh, Teacher, Burdang JHS, Gangaa Mukhiya and Geeta Sharma (Sikkim Academy of Music, Singtam), Roshan Rai, HDFC bank, members of Singtam Basibiyalo and staf...

SINGTAM, APRIL 8: Prakash Gurung, a former student of Sakyong Chisopani JHS visited his old school today to meet his friends before heading for Dehradun.   Gurung, hailing from Chisopani, near Singtam had stood 8 th among the 95 students selected for this year HCM scholarship. Gurung has been selected to study at The Aryan School at Dehradun,   Uttarakhand and will be leaving in a week time. Prakash Gurung had started his schooling from Sakyong Chisopani JHS and was a student of the school till class ii when he left for Gyalshing. Mahesh Dahal, Headmaster of Sakyong Chisopani JHS congratulated Gurung and offered his a khada. He shared good wishes to Prakash Gurung on the behalf of the students and staff. A small evening assembly was conducted in the school where Prakash Gurung was congratulated by other teachers too. Dahal appealed to the students to make Prakash Gurung an inspiration and work hard for the better prospect in days to come.   Prakash Gurung,...

SINGTAM, SEPTEMBER 24:   Mahesh Dahal, Headmaster of Sakyong Chisopani JHS, congratulated his students for successfully participating in the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan, which was held at Khamdong on September 18 and 19. A small program was held at the school premises, and the participating students were presented with medals. The GPU level Under 16 boys & girls sporting events had participants from Khamdong GPU, Simik Lingzey GPU, Sirwani- Chisopani GPU, and Dungdung-Thasa GPU falling under the Khamdong Block Administration. Boys and girls participated in boxing, archery, badminton, Kho-kho, and football games.  The students of Sakyong Chisopani JHS, representing Sirwani Chisopani JHS, won the football final, defeating their rival GPU team by two goals to one.  Roshna Gurung, a class vi student, placed first in an archery event. In addition to the football and archery events, the boys of Sakyong Chisopani JHS were runners-up in the Kho Kho event. The school...

SINGTAM. JULY 11: Chisopani JHS observed an awareness programme on the occasion of World Population Day at their school today.   The theme of the event was “Census and You”.   Highlight of the program was speech competitions on the topic of Population among the students and talks on consequences of over population and importance on Population Census. Interaction session between the teachers and students was also held that was more of a knowledge sharing experience. Mahesh Dahal, Headmaster of the school was the host of the day, he briefed about the need of the observation of the day.   He addressed the students and staff of the school with presentation of the National Population charts and other information sheets provided by the Khamdong BAC. DP Pandey, senior teacher of the school was the Resource Person; he spoked on the importance of Population Census and shared his knowledge when he was a Census Officer of Chisopani. Speech competition was held among the...

SINGTAM, MARCH 21:   The students and teachers observed World Sparrow Day at its school building on March 20. The day marked with an awareness workshop followed by competitions on activities related to preservation and conservation of birds. Santosh Sharma (pursuing PhD on Avian diversity of Sikkim, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar) and Krishna Prasad Dahal, (pursuing M.Sc on Forestry, NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh) were the speakers of the day. Mahesh Dahal, Headmaster, Chisopani JHS and his staff were present on the occasion. More than hundred students attended the programme. The best part of the day was when a few students submitted their catapults to the school and vowed not to shoot the birds in the near future. Altogether 8 catapults were received by the school. Competitions were held for the students that included nest making, treehouse making, placards, and short speeches on the importance of birds. More than 40 students had participated on the competitions. Following wer...