CLOSING DAY SPEECH BY THE DIRECTOR OF ISEGERETO SCHOOL,

MRS. MILLICENT OKU

Our esteemed parents, distinguished guests, pupils, ladies and gentlemen, I salute you all.
Good morning?
It is with heartfelt sincere gratitude and pleasure to stand before you and share with you the
experiences we have had for since the inception of Isegeretoto School, so to speak, three
months old. irst and foremost, let me cordially welcome you all on board, feel free and at
home on this academics day.
I call it academic day, because today gives you a parent!guardian, a window of opportunity to
monitor and evaluate what your daughter or son has so far undertaken this first term. "our
will recall how the term kicked off with many challenges, bottlenecks and shortcomings. #ut,
as a determined group, thus we rose to the occasion as need demanded and tied up the loose
ends that were staring us in the face. $hough it hasn%t been easy, but you will agree that we
have made a step forward.
&ear parents, your child%s academic performance is the key issue why we have Isegeretoto, to
empower and develop a well educated and self reliant community, that will live up to the
challenge of the future. $his can%t be reached and attained if our curriculum is not well
steered. So far, we have staff of'( teachers handling your children from the early childhood
classes to upper primary. )fforts and correct measures have been put in place to ensure that
water is not passing under the bridge.
It%s my pride to report that since the *anuary evaluation tests, we have been recording a
positive deviation in the school means score. or example, in the end of *anuary exam, the
school has a total mean score of +,-.-.. /s we end the term, it is encouraging to note that we
have posted a school mean score of +01.('. $his is based on an external exam, the Embakasi
cls!"#, which the whole school sat. 2adies and gentlemen, if this is not work, how else
better can it be described? I believe with more enhanced co3operation from you, this school
will make headlines and go places in the near future.
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It is gratifying to note that we have a resolve to keep the pot boiling in order to achieve the
desired goals, ob4ectives and targets. /ll the sub4ect panel heads are developing the right
frame works that are geared toward that. $o start with, the language panels have been advised
to see to it that our children rightly communicate in the correct fluent medium. 5emember
that we have a mosaic pupilage that needs to be blended. So far, we have begun and soon we
shall win that part.
6lass attendance by teachers has greatly improved and I would personally attribute it to the
positive results. 7e are developing a culture that will be a basis for future systems, to make
sure that your children are assisted to the best. 7e have introduced computer lesson from
class one, to make learning more en4oyable and expose the learners.
2adies and gentlemen, with the arrival of the bus lesson begin on time in the morning with
good attendance. /t least a score has been made as you know time is money and we need to
spend it dwell.
8arents, with all these I would like to urge all to cooperate and help us move on. $hrough the
term, the going has been good but not without its fair share of limitations. or example, we
drew our food budget based on last year%s prices before they escalated and went high. $his is
a challenge which I would like us to discuss and find a solution to. "ou will also reali9e that
we factored a vote on repair, maintenance and insurance in the school fees. $his will help our
machinery and vehicles be in good condition to serve all well.
/nd last but not least I want to re:uest this meeting to form an awards committee that will be
responsible for the awards and pri9es to reward to teachers and pupils efforts. $his has so far
been done by the school and we would like parents to take a leading and pivotal role in
motivating the said people. /m sure if we 4oin hand the sky will be the limit
7ith those remarks, I beg to move and pray that all that has started well, will also end well as
we look forward to better future.
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7e shall be there for you and you will be there for us.
$hanks and god bless you all.
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