Principal's Desk

"The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn... and change," so stated the American psychologist Carl Rogers. Today, more than ever, the aim of educators is to teach students how to learn while adapting to the "new normal."

I joined the school during one of the most unique and unprecedented times, when the entire world was under lockdown. However, although the school gates were closed, the process of teaching and learning certainly was not. Therefore, the management and staff of The Asian School have been doing their utmost to ensure that learning reached the homes of our students and has now returned to our classrooms.

Our mantra is to embrace the traditional three R’s of education—Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic—as our foundation, while redefining our approach through three new R’s: Rethink, Realign, and Redesign. These are not merely fashionable terms but principles that our teachers put into practice every single day.

None of us is an expert, but we are all in this together—you as parents, we as educators, and, most importantly, our students.

As adults, I understand that parents, too, are facing numerous challenges and uncertainties. However, it is the children who have been affected the most. They have had to cope not only with the consequences of what their parents may be experiencing but also with their own internal struggles as their world has been turned upside down within a matter of months.

Children need the support of both the school and their parents. At the same time, they require gentle supervision, guidance, and encouragement so that their academic progress and overall school life can return to normal.

Parents and schools must work together as partners so that, ultimately, it is the children who emerge stronger and more successful.

Life is gradually returning to some semblance of normalcy, and we hope and pray that the worst is behind us. May we continue to move forward on the path of teaching and learning without interruption.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL

Take care and stay safe.

Sr. Benedicta Dalmeida