Ten Tips for Student Success

1. Attend your classes. Remember in the words of Woody Allen 'Seventy percent of success in life is showing up'.
   
2. Know your faculty. Make sure you know who your teachers are, when their office hours are and how to contact them.
   
3. Make sure the faculty knows you. Sit in the front of the classroom. Participate in class discussions. Consult with your teachers during office hours.
   
4. Use a daily planner. Note the dates of exams, assignments, term papers, etc.
   
5. Be organized. Prioritize your responsibilities. Manage your time. Remember everyone has the same 168 hours a week, only some of us use them better than others.
   
6. Know your campus resources. Visit your Academic's Dean Office regularly. Become familiar with the services and programs offered by the Counseling Center, The Freshmen Center, the Career Center, the Campus Ministry Office and the Student Life Office.
   
7. Take care of you health. Get enough sleep. Eat well-balanced meals. Exercise regularly. Make informed and mature decisions about alcohol, sex and drugs. Visit the Health Office as needed.
   
8. Work only as necessary. Try not the exceed 20 hours during a school week. If possible, work on campus. Apply for financial aid and loans if you need them. Manage your expenses very carefully.
   
9. Get involved in campus activities. It will help you learn valuable skills, expand your social network and enhance your self-confidence. Seek out opportunities to apply what you learn in the classroom.
   
10. Keep your eyes on the prize. Clarify your goals. Know why you are in college in the first place. Visualize your success on a daily basis.                    source: http://www.stjohns.edu

Muslim Students Society Members Won Prizes

Members of the school's Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria (M.S.S.N.) attended the M.S.S. Day 2013 of Victoria Island Senior Secondary School and won prizes.

Here are the pictures of the gallant representatives:

Ibrahim Haruna

From Left Ibrahim Haruna, A Junior Student and Abba Adamu, the Outgoing Assembly Prefect(Muslim)

Representative of Falomo Junior High School was there too.

Sahara Group Representatives Come To Give Career Talks

Sahara Group, an oil exploration company, sponsored a Career Talk Lecture in the school.
The Career Talk, which was part of the company's Corporate Social Responsibility Programme (SRP) for the year, was held at the school multipurpose hall on March 19, 2013.

The Talk was meant for only the SSS 3 Students who are preparing for their future as they are on their
way out of the school after three years of academic training.

Mrs. Olajumoke Ajayi, the company's Exploration Manager, led the group of experts to the school.
The experts included Mr. Abiodun Awoyemi who had once carried out a weekly lecture series with the students during his period as an NYSC member.

At the lecture, Mrs. Ajayi promised to give any child who is able to make 8 'A'/ 'B' a personal gift.


Here are the pictures taken at the event:

Mrs. Olajumoke Ajayi, Exploration Manager, Sahara Group, Talking to the students.

Group Picture of the students and Mr. Victor Igbinosa and Mrs. Ajayi

Students paying serious attention to the lecture.

Mr. Abiodun Awoyemi giving his own talk.

Sahara Group's Company logo.

Mr. Awoyemi

Cross section of the students as they listened to the lecturer, Mr. Abiodun Awoyemi

Mrs. Olajumoke Ajayi

Attentive audience listening to the lecture.

2013 Annual CBN Junior Tennis Championship : Seun Olatunde Came Second Overall

Seun Olatunde is presenting his winning prize to the Principal, Mrs.C.A.Adeboye in her office

Seun Olatunde, a student of Falomo Senior High School, has won the second position in the 2013 CBN Junior Tennis Championship.

CBN Junior Tennis Championship is an annual tournament which is sponsored by the Central Bank of Nigeria.It has been on for well over 15 years,if not more.

Seun, who is an SSS 1B student, is a sponsored athlete from the fold of Chevron Oil Company who maintain is sporting interest with a monthly 5,000 naira stipend.

Seun narrowly lost in the final match to a "better and well equipped player", so he told this forum.

Showing his winning prizes, which included a personal framed photograph as well as a pair of tennis shoes, to the Principal, Mrs. C.A.Adeboye, Seun promised to do better than what he had done in this year's tournament in the next edition in 2014 when he would have gained promotion to SSS2 and acquired more knowledge of the game.

The school is proud of Seun Olatunde who has joined some other prominent students to put the name of the school in the map of sporting activities in Lagos and Nigeria.

We say a big congratulations to our worthy HERO - SEUN OLATUNDE,the TENNIS GENIUS.Keep on serving.

Mr. Victor Igbinosa Wins The 2012 Best Teacher Award

The Best teacher award for 2012 was won by Mr. Victor Omorege Igbinosa, the economics teacher in the school.

Nobody was surprised when the Principal, Mrs. C.A..Adeboye made the announcement at the 2012 End of the Year Party.

Mr. Igbinosa is known not only for his hard work.He is always the first teacher to get to the school and he will do his work without being calked upon to do so.

Mr. Igbinosa, apart from his teaching duty, is the teacher in charge of the Young Farmers' Club and the Junior Achievement.

Below is the picture of the prize presentation done by Mrs. C.A. Adeboye:

THE 2012 BEST TEACHER AWARD WINNER, MR. VICTOR IGBINOSA,  RECEIVING HIS PRIZE

2012 End of the Year Party

The 2012 end-of-the-year party was held on 19th December, 2012.The event was witnessed by all teachers in the school as well as the student-teachers who came to the school from the University of |Lagos,Akoka.The NYSC member in the school, Miss Mary Ojobo, was present too.

At the occasion, Mrs.Omotunde Ogunnaike, who did her N.Y.S.C. in the school during the 2010/11 session was given a befitting send-forth gift to thank her for the contributions she made to the school during the period of her stay with us.

Below are pictures taken at the occasion:

Vice Principal (Academic),Mr. S.O.Kazeem giving Mrs. Omotunde Ogunnaike (Ex-NYSC Member) her gift

The Principal, Mrs.C.O.Adeboye, sitting on the High table at the occasion

Vice Principal(Administration), Mr. O.A.Saeed sitting on the high table.

Best of Friends - Mrs. Ogunnaike (L) and Mrs.Adebola Akingbade.

Mr.Kazeem doing the Closing Prayer at the occasion.

The High Table,from (L-R)Mr. Kazeem,Mr. Ajala,Mrs. Adeboye and Mr. Saeed

Mrs. Nwa, Chairman Staff Social/Welfare Committee

Dancing Time- Mrs. Adeboye dancing with Mr.Saeed at the occasion

Mr. Kazeem and Mr. Ajala, HOD Mathematics Department

Everybody dance Azonto - Mrs Ogunnaike digging the dance with Mr. Kazeem

Rhoda Irhirhi Wins The 2nd Prize In The Miss Insurance 2012 Essay Writing Competition For Schools In Lagos State

At the 2012 Miss Insurance Essay Competition Falomo Senior High School's representative, Miss Rhoda Irhirhi came the overall second among all the schools in Lagos State.

For coming second , she was rewarded with a mini laptop and the school was presented with a white board and printer to go with.

Here are pictures to show how all went:

Miss Insurance Presenting the school's prize to a representative of the school,Mr. Victor Igbinosa

Miss Rhoda Irhirhi being presented with her mini laptop