Habits of Minds HOMS, Happy Deepavali and Selamat Awal Muharam.

Datin Cheam, PK Koko and Form 1 girls and teachers begining the HOMS murals

The Habits of Minds HOMS murals were drawn by the Form 1 students under the diligent supervision of Datin Cheam and teachers this week. Since I was called out of school unexpectedly to attend  a week long course in IAB Genting, I could not fully participate in this event which I had much looked forward to. However during the evenings when I went down to KL on Monday evening for the  PIBG AJK meeting and then again on Tuesday evening for the  Board of Governors meeting, I caught glimpses of the girls, teachers and Datin Cheam hard at work on the murals.

The completed murals.
Note the girls' input with a creative style of placing the words
at different angles

Painting even in the rain shielded by umbrellas
showed the value of persisting HOMS
was painted not just on the walls
but also in the souls of our girls and teachers.

Striving for accuracy - Bull's eye - girls.

Inter racial thinking independently -
a Malay, a Chinese and an Indian portrayed on the mural.

I sought leave from the course to come to school early on Thursday morning so I could wish all the staff , the workers and students Happy Deepavali, Selamat Awal Muharaam and Happy holidays for the long break. It was also a good time for me to catch up on the finished HOMS murals.

With Maran and Jothi

Ratu(s) Sari for Happy Deepavali - Ms Anne and me.

The Form 5 girls

So a belated Happy Deepavali and a be-early Selamat Awal Muharam. May the Habits of Minds values be engraved not just on walls but also in our minds and souls.