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August Updates from Thrangu Rinpoche’s School

On August 1st, we proudly welcomed 17 new Grade 11 Day Scholars to our school This year, we welcomed 17 new Grade 11 Day Scholars. Their sponsorship covers a hot breakfast, tuition, textbooks, school supplies, uniforms, school shoes, and government registration fees. Currently, none of them have been sponsored. The sponsorship rate is the same as for other Day Scholars. …

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Graduation Day Ceremony 2023-24

Graduation Day Ceremony 2080 B.S. (2023-24) – Outstanding Results of Our Grade Ten Students We proudly celebrated the graduation ceremony for our grade 10 students of the 2080 B.S. (2023-24) batch on  July 12 , 2024. We extend our heartfelt congratulations to all our graduates for their exceptional performance in the Secondary Education Examination (SEE). Their results were truly outstanding, …

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First anniversary of our beloved founder’s passing in Mahaparinirvana

The month of June saw the end to a year of mourning for our beloved Lama On May 23, during ས་ག་ཟླ་བ (Saga Dawa), the fourth month of the Tibetan calendar, which is the most auspicious and significant time of the year, our students from grades 8, 9, and 10 of SMD, along with school monks, nuns, teachers, seniors, and staff, …

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Celebrating the Life of Our Kind Lama, Who Loved Reading

The first anniversary of the passing of our beloved founder, the Very Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, into Maha Parinirvana. Saka Dawa, the fourth month in the Tibetan lunar calendar, is dedicated to celebrating the Buddha’s life. The most auspicious day, Saka Dawa Duchen (the full moon day), marks one year since the loss of our beloved founder. From SMD, Grades …

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New School Year 2024-25

We’re thrilled to announce that we will be extending to Grade 12 this year! We have added classrooms to the 5th floor of the main building (aka ‘C Block’), enabling us to offer Grade 12 this year. We offered Grade 11 last year. Our 11th and 12th graders are on shifts, starting classes at 6:00 AM and finishing just before …

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END OF THIS YEAR’S SESSION

Result day marks the conclusion of this year’s session The 2023-2024 school year finished on March 28th with Results Day celebrations. What a happy day it was – SMDers’ academic performance was excellent this year. During the final examination, our pass percentage stood at an impressive 97%. We extend our heartfelt appreciation to both our dedicated teachers and hardworking students. …

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Education for Himalayan Children

Empowering Children of the Remote Himalayan Villages: The Mission of Shree Mangal Dvip (SMD) School Shree Mangal Dvip (SMD) School helps children from vulnerable areas—the northern villages of the Nepal Himalayas. These villages, located in challenging, isolated areas at high altitudes (up to 14,000 feet or around 4,000 m), face extreme climates and lack basic facilities like roads, electricity, water, …

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winter updates from SMD School

SMDers are Changing Life in the Himalayas Tsering Diki, an alumna of the Inter-Community School (ICS) Zurich finished high school in Switzerland. She returned to Nepal to do a BA in social work. She serves as the General Secretary of Serang Monastery and is also the Director of Serang Primary and Bihi Primary schools. After the sudden loss of one …

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Happy New Year!

Wishing you a joyful and prosperous New Year! As the winter winds dance and the snowflakes gently fall, we want to extend our warmest wishes to our cherished supporters and friends around the globe. Wishing all of you a joyous holiday season filled with warmth, happiness, and cherished moments! We want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your support and …

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59 NEW CHILDREN ADMITTED

We Admitted 59 New Students This Month We did admissions on March 20 and 21. The new school year will on April 23. The children started to arrive a little early – note the red cheeks on the small children – this is often seen in high-altitude children from cold, windy mountain villages. Everyone was welcomed into the SMD family. …

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COVID-19 Update – Sept. 2020

SMD School teaches in villages during COVID-19

Schools across Nepal are still closed Across Nepal, schools have been closed for five months. Even though public schools are not offering any education, not even online, teachers are getting paid. Private schools were trying to offer online instruction, but the government didn’t allow them to charge tuition for it; so, staff didn’t get paid and classes had to stop. …

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Richard climbs Everest for SMD

Richard Dale Everest Fundraising Climb

Richard Dale, a former host dad of one of our alums in Switzerland, is coming back to Nepal end of March to join an expedition to climb Mt. Everest. This climb will be his second attempt to summit the final of the “7 summits”. He has spent the last eight years training and travelling to all seven continents of the …