Writers' Workshop

2nd June 2014 saw culmination of two important programs in our school. As usual the morning program was decorated with the moment of dedication to the coronation of His Fourth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuk. It was then followed by presentation on the Social Forestry Day focusing on importance of trees, natural hazards that our world is increasingly facing and plantation of saplings as our little contribution to the bigger cause of saving the world. The presentation was made by Ms. Ugyen lhamo, Nature Club coordinator of our school.

Afternoon Program

 Every time exams is conducted, we, especially English teachers get the displeasure of finding students scoring low marks in English hence resulting in low overall results. English marks had been major hurdle for our students. Many potential candidates, who even had capacity to challenge the whole Bhutan toppers both of BHSEC and BCSE, had to go with just school toppers because of low marks in English.

We get unbearable pain, we find ourselves secluded and left with less reasons to jubilate in worldly pleasure, thousands different thoughts appear when awake that cannot be described and often haunted by nightmares. We are thus, compelled to gear up to prepare our students towards academic excellence.

To prepare our students for academic excellence means preparing our students to write good English. What happened in the past was little regrettable. Now, we do not want our students to suffer in the same fate. We, English teachers of BHSS, took it as our challenge to look for new ways to motivate students, of all grades to learn and perform better. I may be exaggerating if I say that we would make all our students fluent speakers and excellent writers, but at least we are bent upon making the top students or everyone who aspires to become great, do not shatter their dreams because of less English marks.  We want to make our students perform better in English like any other subjects.

One common idea that came to the members of English department is to organize 'Writers' Workshop' for our students. Accordingly 'Writers' Workshop' was organized for the students of class XII and X. We had a discussion on types of writing, traits of writing, process of writing and conferences. We had fruitful interactions. Many students expressed that the ideas they had received from workshop would help them in many ways. It was a first of its kind in our school.