Minutes of ESAC meeting held on Nov 27, 2010

I) Minutes of last meeting considered read

II) Appointment of Olive Saldanha (batch of 1983) as ESAC Office Bearer designated Officer Communication

III) Alumni day program chalked out

1) Dec 31, 2010, last date for confirming your presence at Alumni day

2) Each attendee's contribution - Rs. 250/-. The same to reach ESAC by Dec 31, 2010

3) You may send in your alumni day contributions by any of the following means :

a) Go to school and give cash any of the ESAC members who presently teachers at Canossa Mahim viz Ms Ninette, Ms. Andrea, Ms. Pramila, Ms. Cynthia or Ms Annamarie

b) Do an electronic transfer to Azra Akhtar Jaipuri's account (If you want the Account Number, please send an email to bondwithesac@gmail.com)

c) Give cash to any ESAC Office bearer (Ninette D'souza, Seema Patole, Punit Neb D'souza, Amelia Noronha, Prajakta Naik or Salomi Jain) staying close to you.

d) Send your contribution to school in a sealed envelope with any student staying close to you. On the envelope, please mention any of the above teacher's name as well as your name and batch

4) Menu decided.

5) Seema to get alternative quotes for give aways.

6) Salomi & Ninette to work on compering, games & music.

7) At the school annual day, announcements about Alumni day & ESAC to be done.

Ninette to make a presentation about ESAC, ESAC activities hitherto, reunions of Batch of 1975 and batch of 1983.

Punit to copy pictures of reunion of batch of 1983 on to a CD and give them to Ninette at the next ESAC meeting

8) ESAC members Gregorina, Seema and Salomi to be there on Annual day to collect ESAC forms as well as Alumni day contributions

9) List of retired secondary teachers prepared

10) Olive to work on ESAC support forms

IV) Next ESAC meeting on Dec 4, 2010, 2.00pm, school hall. All ex-students cordially invited

All Canossians earnestly requested to spread word about ESAC and the Alumni Day scheduled for Jan 9, 2011, 11.00 a.m., School Hall.

Warm regards
Punit D'souza
Joint Secretary
ESACBatch of 1983

Minutes of ESAC meeting held on October 30, 2010

Dear All

Minutes of ESAC meeting held on October 30, 2010.

Ninette & Prajakta started by expressing gratitude and presenting
momentos to Edith & Seema for the uphill task of bringing ESAC this
far.

1. Alumni day to be held on Jan 9, 2010, 11.00am - 2.00pm at the school hall.

2. Each member to be charged to recover costs

3. Salomi and Joanne to manage the games, music and compering

4. Ninette & Amelia to work on the small meal to be served

5. Andrea to work on the Alumni support forms

6. Punit to work on the give aways

7. Prajakta to talk to PTA to find a sponsor for registering the
domain name and booking web space for the school website

8. Several other ideas discussed however no decisions taken viz
addressing the passing out batch on valedictory day, ESAC to organize
tuck shops, ESAC to work towards setting aside funds for the school

Next meeting to be held Nov 27, 2010 at 2.00pm in the school hall. All
ex-Canossians cordially invited.

Warm regards
Punit
Batch of 1983

Happy Deepavali to one and all!

Wishes coming from Sr. Audrey D'Souza, Principal and Ex-Student Girlie, Canossa's Mahim - 4th, November, 2010

Wishing you and your dear ones a very Happy Diwali. May the Divine Light dispel the darkness in and around us.

I pray for you specially on this beautiful feast. May God's blessings be with you in this coming year.

Loving wishes of the Lord of LIGHT from all of us here at Canossa High School, Mahim.

Sr. Audrey
4/11/10

Calling all Canossians

Hi There!

‘KANE-OSA’. This is the logo on the court of arms of the noble Canossa family, to which St. Magdalene belonged and after which she named the great Institute, she started more than 200 years ago.

Simply translated this means that as long as the dog has its bone (you and I know this means forever), the name of Canossa shall prevail. Countless have been the saplings that have received tender nurturing at Canossa High School, Mahim. Today they take their place in society as confident, courageous, well informed young women, ready to take on the world. The name ‘Canossa’ has, does and will continue to open doors in the world for these young girls and women that otherwise might have remained shut for them.

Our Alma Mater asks for nothing in return save that we acknowledge her existence, bond with, enrich and strengthen one another as members of a recognized alumni. In doing so, we would certainly end up making a difference to society. So come Canossians, far and wide, young and old, youth, mothers and grandmothers alike. Get that spirit moving and sign up for ESAC (Ex-students Association of Canossa) if you have not already done so. The signature line says it all : “Strengthening the bond we share”.

With an Organizing Committee in place, we plan to have an array of events for which we need your support as either active or dormant members of the association. Even if you are not around for a ‘Hands-on’ effort it does not matter. You can certainly help out by spreading awareness about ESAC, passing on information and updating members who are abroad via the internet, encouraging the younger generation to share their ideas and talents and above all making the effort to be present at events that are organized, if you are living in Mumbai.

I sign off convinced that I have kindled the fire ‘To Belong’ in every Canossian worth the name.

Ninette D’Souza

Vice President - ESAC

28th October, 2010

Invitation

On Saturday, 30th October, 2010, all Canossian Ex-students i.e. the young girls and adult women (maybe some senior too!!) who recognize Canossa High School, Mahim, as their Alma Mater were invited to bond together, enrich one another and participate in a brain storming session for a grand Alumni Day to be held in December, 2010.

Venue of the meeting : School Hall (2nd Floor)
Time : 1 p.m.

Please note: Registration to sign up for ESAC has opened. Life Membership is Rs.100/- Forms are with Ms. Sameksha at the School reception desk from Monday to Saturday between 8.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m

We hope to see you in large numbers in the future for a wonderful sharing of ideas and unrestrained pooling in of talents.

Ninette
ESAC-VP

Minutes of meeting - 23rd October, 2010

Minutes of the meeting of Ex-Students held on 23rd/October/2010
The current active ESAC committee members, Ms. Edith D'Souza and Ms. Seema Patole appraised the attendees of the objectives with which ESAC was formed and the activities of ESAC until date. Presently, ESAC is dormant and needs revival.

New office bearers were selected as below:

• Sr. Audrey - President
• Ms. Ninette D'Souza - Vice President
• Ms. Seema Patole - Secretary
• Ms. Punit D'Souza - Joint Secretary
• Ms. Prajakta Naik - Treasurer
• Ms. Amelia Noronha - Joint Treasurer
• Ms. Saloni Jain - Brand Ambassador (Youth Icon)

The following decisions were made:

1. Each office bearer to put in efforts to create awareness of ESAC and rope in Ex-Students to become members of ESAC.
2. ESAC office bearers to meet on every last Saturday of the month.
3. The Vice President to put out a letter on the internet (Facebook, Orkut and ESAC Blog) calling for suggestions to take ESAC forwarwd.
4. Alumni day to be held in December 2010.
5. Notice board for ESAC to be provided by Ms. Andrea Pereira.

The next meeting of all Ex-Students to be held on October 30th, 2010 at 13:00 hours in the School Hall, to plan and brainstorm the upcoming December 2010 Alumni Day. This meeting is open to all Ex-Students of Canossa, Mahim. Request you Girlies to attend so that we can have a rocking Alumni Day. :-)

Annual Social 2009

Season's Greetings from the Managing Committee of ESAC! You all will remember what a lovely time we had at the last Annual Get-together.

This is just to announce about our Annual Social. We are planning to organize the same on 1^st February, 2009 at Canossa High School Hall at 5.30 pm which would be followed by Dinner. So do keep yourselves free on this day. We are sure you all will appreciate the advance intimation.

We earnestly appeal to each and every member to be present to make this event a success. This time we have decided to invite you along with your family members. We assure you all of a lot of fun and games. Maybe you could spread the word around and get new members enrolled. We would be grateful for this gesture.

Admission rate for the event is Rs. 150/- per head. Invites will be available with the following Committee members:

· Mrs. Seema Patole – 9821252923

· Mrs. Luisa Pereira – 9821037535

· Mrs. Gregorina Mitra – 9819528944

The last date for collecting your invites is 25^th January, 2009.

You all will appreciate that there are a lot of teething problems for anything new. Our Association is no exception. It is only with the support of the members that we can sail through, and so our earnest request to each one of you is to help your Association to grow with a little extra contribution from your end. You could send in the same by cheque/draft drawn in favour of "Canossa High School Ex-Students Association" along with the attached Donation* Form duly filled in, to the address given below:

ESAC,

Canossa High School,

M.M. Chotani Marg,

Mahim (W), Mumbai – 400 016.

Besides liquid funds, we also need you members to volunteer your services in organizing this event. If you wish to do so, please contact the Committee members mentioned above.

You will agree from experience, that such associations can play great dividends in human networking which in turn can help in a multitude of areas like professional and intellectual growth. We look forward to your response.

Here's wishing you and your family a Happy, Safe and Prosperous New Year!

*Find the donation form attached in the email sent by ESAC