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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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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30 years of free education
On November 20th, SMD School held a grand celebration to commemorate 30 years of free education for Himalayan Children in the presence of the founder, the Very Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, the Khenpos and Lamas of Thrangu Monastery, and many SMD alumni. Some of them shared their life journey and expressed with gratitude the important role that the free education provided …
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SMD Graduation Day
SMD alumna, Sangita Tamang, her friends and the SMD administrative team, organized a ‘SMD Graduation Day’ on July 15th for the grade ten graduating class (SMD school is unfortunately too crowded to offer grades 11 and 12). The program opened at ten o’ clock with Thrangu Rinpoche’s long live prayer. Among the honorary guests were representatives from Rinpoche’s monasteries and …