TO: All Parents/Guardians

RE:   END OF TERM I, 2015 CIRCULAR LETTER.
  1. Greetings from the Board of Governors, PTA Executive and Staff of Teso College Aloet. Thank you for your continued support of the school in various ways.
  2. The School has closed for Term I, Holidays today, Thursday, 23rd April, 2015. It will re-open for Term II, on Saturday, 16th May, 2015.
  3. Academics:
    1. The progressive Examinations and End of Term Examinations were administered.
    2. The S.2, S.3, S.4 and S.6 Examinations ended on Wednesday, 22nd April, 2015. The marking will take place over the holidays, and results will be ready at the beginning of Term II.
    3. The S.1 and S.5 sat for their end of Term Examinations earlier than the rest of the classes. They have been issued with report cards. Students who have not performed well will have a special meeting with the School Administration and the subject teachers on Tuesday, 19th May, 2015 at 9:00a.m.
  4. UCE and UACE Results 2014:
    1. UCE Results 2014:
      DIV.1 DIV.II DIV.III DIV.4 DIV.7 DIV.9 TOTAL
      099 113 34 05 00 00 251
    2. The best four students were:-
      Name ENG HIST GEO MTC AGRIC PHY CHEM BIO COMM Agg. for 8
      Ojwok. M. A. D1 D2 D2 D1 C3 D1 D1 C3 D1 12
      Kiprotich. J. C4 D1 C3 D2 D1 D1 D2 C3 D1 14
      Opolot .A. D2 D1 C3 D2 D2 D2 D2 C3 D1 15
      Lemu. M. C4 D1 C3 D2 D1 D2 D2 C3 D1 15
    3. The best seven students at UACE 2014 are shown below:
      S/NO NAME COMB GRADES POINTS
      1) ACUDA AARON PCB 51AAB 19
      2) ETYANG DENIS PCB 42ABA 19
      3) OPIO EMMANUEL/td> BCM 24CAA 18
      4) ASIKET JOSHUA PCB 52ABB 18
      5) OPOLOT COCAS HEG 34ABB 18
      6) OGWANG BRIAN HEG 46ABB 18
      7) ALINGU PHILIP HEG 58AAB 18
  5. Visitation and Career Days:
    1. You are urged to take the Visitation and Career Days with the seriousness they deserve. We do communicate and discuss important issues concerning your sons on these days.
      It is unfortunate that the majority of the S.4 Parents did not turn up for their Careers Day. The success of your son in school depends not only on payment of fees, but also your involvement in other programs.
    2. The Careers Day for the S.5 and S.6 will be held on Saturday, 20th June, 2015 and Visitation Day for Term II, 2015 is scheduled for Saturday, 4th July, 2015. All parents/guardians are urged to attend.
  6. Co-curricular Activities:
    1. The school participated in the Post Primary Coca-Cola Championships. We fielded two teams. Unfortunately neither of them qualified for Regional Championship.
    3. The Sports Day was held on Saturday, 28th March, 2015. The houses that emerged victorious overall in various Games and Athletics were given awards. Prizes were also given to individual participants.
    4. The school football and Volleyball teams visited a number of sister Institutions for friendly matches. These included St. Peters College Tororo, Dr. Obote’s College, Boroboro and Midland High School in Kaberamaido District. We also hosted Halcyon High School and Amus High School.We also hosted, Halcyon High School and Amus High School.
  7. Discipline:
    1. The general discipline of most students this term was good. A few cases of indiscipline were handled by the staff and some parents were invited to school to discuss with the staff the indiscipline of their sons.
  8. Disaster:
    1. A heavy storm destroyed a number of structures and installations in West Wing on Thursday, 2nd April, 2015.
      These Included:

      1. Dormitories: 05 (five) roofs were severely damaged.
      2. Ablutions: 03(three) roofs were blown off.
      3. Pit latrines: 01 (5 Stance) – pit latrine collapsed.
      4. Administration Block: A section of the roof was blown off.
      5. Electric Installations: 02 poles and wiring system got damaged.
      6. Teachers’ houses: Sections of Seven (07) roofs were blown off.
      7. Students’ property: Mattresses, books and clothes got soaked in water.
      8. Classrooms: The ridges of one (01) classroom block were blown off.
    2. I am pleased to report that we have received 500 iron sheets, gauge 28, from the Office of the Prime Minister.
      We intend to re-roof some dormitories over the holidays, beginning with Kenyatta and Lumumba Houses, which are asbestos roofed.
    3. Fees Structure:
      1. The fees structure for Term II, 2015 will be as follows:-
        S.1 S.2 S.3 S.4 S.5 S.6
        618,500= 548,500= 518,500= 518,500= 648,500= 578,500=
  9. Special Request:
    1. All the S.4s will go out for the field study in Term II. Each student is to pay shs.40,000 (forty thousand shillings only) for facilitation. Also all S.6 students are expected to contribute Ugx15,000 (fifteen thousand shillings) to facilitate Seminars.
    2. Literature in English Novel: All the S.3 students are required to come along with a Literature in English Novel – Carcase for Hounds – Meja Mwangi, which can be got at school at Ugx8,000 (eight thousand shillings only).
    3. Reams of Paper: It is the turn for S.4 and S.6 candidates to bring along reams of Rotatrim Printing Paper. They have a lot of academic work next term.
  10. Conclusion:
    I wish you a happy holiday with your son(s).“AIJANAKIN KA ARIMARIT”

    Ocaatum Silvester
    HEADTEACHER

    c.c.                   The Commissioner for Secondary Education
    c.c.                   The Resident District Commissioner – Soroti
    c.c.                   The LCV Chairperson – Soroti
    c.c.                   The Chief Administrative Officer – Soroti
    c.c.                   The District Education Officer – Soroti
    c.c.                   The Chairperson B.O.G – Teso College Aloet
    c.c.                   The Chairperson P.T.A – Teso College Aloet