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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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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THRANGU RINPOCHE’S AIMS
Thrangu Rinpoche’s Vision for Empowering Himalayan People Through Education and Healthcare Thirty-six years ago, SMD opened to serve the needs of the forgotten children of the Himalayas. A Tibetan lama founding a school for lay children was unheard of, but Thrangu Rinpoche’s compassion was vast and his vision far-reaching. He established SMD to help Himalayan folk preserve the language, culture, …
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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
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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Sangmo reflects on ‘Senior’ Life
We came to experience different stages of life in SMD Shool and Senior life is one of them. ‘Seniors’ are those who stay as part of the school after finishing Class 10. We provide services to the SMD family according to Rinpoche’s aim. There are certain criteria to becoming a Senior. Every senior is chosen according to their performance during …
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Pasang reflects on SMD School
Thrangu Rinpoche established SMD School to help Himalayan children preserve their own language, their culture and their Buddhist way of life. He encourages our students to go into education and healthcare—both sorely lacking in the mountains of Nepal. And, another triumph! Pasang Lhamo Lama B017 is leaving us to work on a degree in Public Health. She writes: “Subject: Thank …
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