Alumnae Membership : Loreto Convent School, Doranda, Ranchi

Loreto Alumnae of Ranchi

LARa i.e. Loreto Alumnae of Ranchi was formed on 4th December 2003 under the visionary initiative of the former Patron and Principal Sr. M. Bernadette of Loreto Convent Ranchi.
LARa is an association of ex-students (both boys and girls) since boys were here at the beginning before St. Xavier's begun. It provides a much needed platform to those ex-students who are willing to contribute substantially and effectively to their school and society by sharing their experience, expertise and skills.

LARa has successfully completed 9 years of existence and in these six years, a lot of activities have been organized which were a great success and highly appreciated by all. It was under the constant support, guidance and inspiration of all our former Principals, Superiors and other sisters of the community, that we were able to plan and carry out all our activities smoothly and successfully. Our present Principal and Patron Sr. Marion Vase too is very experienced, dynamic and far-sighted woman. She also takes a keen interest and is always ready to lend a helping hand in this regard.

At present there are about more than 170 members (both boys and girls) and we hope that this number multiplies every year.

A re-union of all the past-pupils was held for two consecutive years i.e.2011 and 2012 which was attended by more than 200 students residing in and outside Ranchi.

The members of LARa had the privilege to honour all the ICSE toppers of 2011 and 2012 batch. They also got an opportunity to felicitate the teachers for dedicated and sincere service for more than 20 years.

Many of the old teachers Mrs.Satyanaranyan, Mrs.Francis, Mrs.Mathew, Ms.Khalkho, Mrs.Sen, Mrs.Benerjee, Mrs.Sharan and Sister Celine, Sister Mercy, Sr.Anne Mary were invited for the occasion.

The 1986 and 1987 batches celebrated their 25 years of passing out. Both the batches have very generously contributed towards the Audio Visual Room and the School Crest and also for the BPL (Below Poverty Line) Children.

Activities undertaken by LARa in its first year of existence.

The following are brief reports on the activities undertaken by LARa in its first year of existence.

18th March 2004 Quiz Competition for Classes VI to X

A General Quiz on a competitive basis was held. The Quiz master was Miss Sumita Shee ably assisted by Neeti Modi both active members of LARa. It was a successful and enjoyable quiz and the first input activity undertaken by LARa. The winners were warded prizes.

4th April 2004: Career Counselling Programme:

The target group of the programme were those students who had just passes their board exams of Class X. Some Class IX students were also accommodated. Several schools participated. The programme began with a talk by Father Allen. An important element of his talk included a self assessment aptitude exercise, which really meant a test the children could give themselves to find out what they were really good at. This was followed by a video show sponsored by NIIT, Ranchi, again dealing with various avenues and scope for further study and employment based on stream as well. The third part of the programme was a question-answer session skilfully handled by a panel of four experts. They were prof.Shivram Krishnan, Prof.Sudhir Mishra,Prof.B.K.Sinha and Mr.Shantanu Tiwary. Each covered a particular stream namely Commerce, Science, Arts and Information Technology. The programme was a great success. Participants were given files with booklets on career counsellin from NIIT and spiritual input from Rama Krishna Mission.

11th September 2004: Music and Dance Programe on the Them:Peace and Harmony:

This was a colorful musical and dance extravaganza in which fourteen schools participated. Most f the presentations were very high quality. Loreto student volunteers played a big role in making the event a great success. St.Anthony's Doranda,walked away with the first prize in the junior group with their beautiful dance. They won the first pize in the senior category for their group song. Thus they carried away the rolling shield donated by Mr.& Mrs.Modi on behalf of their grandmother. Loreto came second with a first prize in senior group dance and a second prize in senior group song. The programme was ably compered by Mrs.Pratima Bose, the Secretary of LARa.

13th September:Rajdeep Sardesai's Talk to the Students:

Mrs.Rinku Lohia Member of LARa organised this talk show. Rajdeep Sardesai in his characteristic style gave input and insight into the world of mass media. he pointed out the merits and demerits of investigative journalism. He encouraged the students by mentioning that some of the best people in the media world were women. He focused on the importance of language,both Hindi and English in order to become successful in the media world.

4th November 2004: Health Camp Conducted by Rotary Club North:

The Asha kiran students, their parents and many of the junior school children were examined free of cost. Free medicines including vitamins, iron supplements, medicines for worm infestations and other general medicines were given to the Asha Kiran children. The school ground staff and domestic staff were also examined. Several patients with cataract were also detected. Old clothes donated by several well wishes were given to the Asha Kiran children. A number of teachers also had their blood pressure checked. Dr.Elizabeth Davis was the LARa member involved in this programme. Mrs. Hazel Davis, President of Rotary North, said that such camps would be held whenever feasible.

Members of the Executive Committee