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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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Sangmo reflects on ‘Senior’ Life

Life as a Senior at SMD School, Nepal

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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Dolma Tsering’s Experience at ISAK

Dolma Tsering from Gorkha disrict is an SMD alumna. She won a scholarship at the International School of Asia Karuizawa (ISAK) in Japan to finish her grade 11 and 12 studies, pursuing an IB (International Baccalaureate) diploma. Right now, she is back at SMD for the summer break and shared her grade 11 experience with us. The first few days …

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Gyurme’s Vision for Lho, Gorkha

SMD alum Tsewang Gyurme in Lho village, Gorkha Nepal

SMD alum Tsewang Gyurme from Lho village, Gorkha district, started Grade 11 in the Management stream last July at HIMS (Himalayan International Model School), about half an hour’s walk from SMD in Boudha. While he still gets to board at SMD, he and six other alumnus are finishing their grade school education at HIMS, as we are too crowded to …

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SMD School Summer Update

SMD School Karate Kids

This summer SMD School students had a lot of fun and excitement with many extracurricular activities being offered. They certainly think it’s fun to take breaks from studying. Our support staff, Buddha Tamang with his black belt Karate skills, has successfully developed an SMD Karate program that the kids are loving…and now they impressed us all with their new Karate …

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TD receives UBC Scholarship

Tsewang_Diki_SMD_School_Alumna

SMD School alumna, Tsewang Diki (‘TD’), recently graduated from grade 12 at Shawnigan Lake Boarding School in British Columbia, Canada. Not only did she do so with flying colours, but she also won a full-ride, four-year scholarship to the University of British Columbia (UBC; among the top 50 universities in the world) in Canada to study sciences. TD says that …

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NASA Astronaut visits SMD

Our new school year is off to a great start and we’ve been busy—we’ve had many visitors, club and sports activities, a fire puja, an election, Environment Day, Hostel Night, and more. One of the key highlights was the visit and presentation by American engineer and former NASA astronaut, Sandra Hall Magnus. The kids were riveted by her talk. She …

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SMD School Spring Update

This time of year is always bustling with energy at SMD School, and it has been eventful over the past couple of months, to say the least! Here are a few highlights of our activities: We held our final exams for the year from March 22 to 30, followed by results day on April 5 and a short two-week holiday …