“Every time you want to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.”

Deepak Chopra

Dear Parents,

Talking of pioneers, we are very proud of the 12 LOTS student  speakers and performers who pioneered school TEDx in Zambia. They have opened the door for the future for other school students to walk that path - exhibiting that it is never too early to start being leaders and innovators and risk takers and ideators.

Why I have brought this up again is because now all their talks and performances are up on YouTube for you to watch anytime from anywhere on earth. All you have to do is search for TEDxLOTS on YouTube. Each video, each talk and each performance - went through a rigorous vetting process at TED.com, and were approved for release after that quality check for relevance, originality, poise, clarity and language usage. You will find 16 videos - 9 student talks, 3 student performances, and 4 adult talks. All approved and vetted and published for the whole world to relish. 100% approval for LOTS. As they say, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Congratulations yet again to all the presenters and the team that mentored them. Please note that TEDxLOTS will be back again next year. Encourage your children to strive to be a part - because this is how changemakers are born.

There are important tips and announcements and information in the rest of this newsletter, on various aspects related to your child’s progress - exam tips, mentoring updates, university admission guidance, details about upcoming events like the inter house debate and the secondary school production, ISAZ sports, and more - so please read on with attention.

“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”

 - Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon

We all know the quote and the event and the man. The big takeaway is to know that every small step counts. One never knows which step will become that giant leap. 

Warm regards,

Shouquot Hussain

Head of School

We have put in place academic support lessons. Please support us by encouraging your child to be proactive in asking for help and take the support we are providing to them after classes and during classes.

We will be informing you if your child(ren) is at-risk and the measures we can take from school and at home. 

Minimum passing and promotion criteria:

• Aggregate: A minimum of 50% across all subjects.

• Individual Subject Requirement: A minimum of 50% in each subject.

The library has acquired many new books and we need to be able to take care of them.. Parents have been supportive so far in paying for the damaged books or lost books but we would like all our students to take responsibility for taking care of the hooks. We need your support in reiterating this at home as well.

Our mentorship and wellbeing program will be very successful if we accept that we are all mentors. Parents to mentor the students at home, teachers to mentor the students at school, students to mentor fellow students at school. At all these levels we should emphasize on the best practices. As a school we have attached great importance to mentoring as this will help our students improve their academic achievements and holistic growth.

During the mentorship program this week, we divided secondary students by gender. Our main focus was looking at good personal hygiene and grooming. We shared a lot with our students and we expect them to implement the knowledge they acquired. We will soon do the same with the younger students.

BULLYING

May we guide our children not to do anything that brings discomfort to a friend. This can be physical or passing negative comments. We are trying our best as an institution to guide them on good behavior. Our students should embrace the values of Respect, Discipline and Empathy.

SCHOOL UNIFORM

We would like to thank our dear parents for their support. The majority of our students now report for school in proper school uniform. 

COMMUNICATION

In order to serve our students better, we encourage communication through the laid down procedures to continue. When students report incidents to you, kindly make a follow up with the school for clarity.