Don Bosco Junior College Trasi, organized Explorica 2K24 – A Junior College Feston the 30th and 31st of July at Don Bosco School Campus, Trasi. The event was conducted by the faculty for the Junior College students. Sixteen events conducted over a span of two days were meant to showcase and explore the talents of the students. This maiden College Fest undertaken by the Junior college faculty, under the able leadership of the Principal, Rev. Fr. Maxim D’Souza with the Vice Principal, Fr. Bryce Rodrigues as its main Coordinator.
The Fest had many events such as Debate Competition, Singing Competition, Dance Competition, Problem Solving, Mad Ad, Short Videos, Reels making competition, Street Play, Quiz competition, Shark Tank etc. These events held at both individual and house level were meant to make the students to bring out their creativity and explore their talents.
The Fest began on 30th July with Dr.SandeepShetty, a Specialist Medical Officer from Government Hospital Kota, as the Chief Guest. He exhorted the students to dream like the School Patron Don Bosco and achieve the goals by overcoming difficulties and hardships. He asked the students to be persistent in attaining their goals. Rev Fr. Maxim D’Souza, reminiscing the reasons that led to hosting such a fest said that, the idea came up with an intention to offer the students of Junior College something keeping to their age and ability in order to bring out the best in them.
The Chief Organizers, being the faculty members of the College added a professional touch to the events they hosted. The participants rose to the occasion by preparing themselves well for the multiple competitions they were taking part in. ‘This is a dream come true of having a Fest in our College. Our bonds with the seniors got stronger than ever’ was the feeling of Ms. Lavisha of Class XI Science.
‘The Explorica Fest was outstanding, with diverse activities that helped us take up the responsibilities to prepare for the various events’, opined Mr. Keertan of Class XI Science. Ms. Carol of XI Science expressed that, ‘ it was an amazing opportunity and a memorable experience which gave us enjoyable moments and helped us learn and coordinate so many things.’ ‘I learnt how to present a pitch, how to speak without preparation, and learned team work’ was the opinion of Mr. Aron D’Souza of Class XI Science. Ms. Anushree V of Class XII Commerce felt that ‘Explorica was a wonderful experience with unique and educational competitions. It highlighted innovative ideas and brought out the hidden talents among us.’
The Valedictory Program saw the presence of an eminent Artist, Mr. Wilson Kayyar, whomesmerized the audience with his amazing strokes of the brush on the canvas. At the end of the distribution of the prizes, he was highly appreciative of the high standards of excellence followed in conducting the fest with so many events. The best ramp walker, Mr. Deekshit was awarded as Mr. Explorica 2k24 and Ms. Maria Rebeiro was declared as Miss Explorica 2k24.
Individual Championship among Girls was bagged by Ms. Maria Rebeiro and among boys, it was bagged by Mr. Milan Mascarenhas. The Team Championship was bagged by the Green House as Winners and the Red House as Runners. Fr. Maxim in his Presidential Address praised the faculty for hosting such a professional event which has already raised many a eyebrows, under the leadership of Fr. Bryce Rodrigues. He thanked all those who have helped in making Explorica 2k24 a grand success.