The students of Sumner Academy have taken to enjoying very peculiar co-curricular activities for a while. Off late the curriculum of the academy has made a paradigm shift from regular academies, into one of its kind, where students are not only given the book knowledge, but also knowledge of taking up social responsibilities.

Some of the students actually take efforts of doing a little research into lives of sections of society and choosing appropriate gifts for them on one or the other occasion and taking delight in watching the smiles on those faces. These projects are guided as any other assignment by the teaching staff and help the students to adapt to higher purpose of life, which definitely includes spreading smiles.

Recently, a group of students went to a non-English speaking resident’s nursery and distributed gifts on the occasion of Easter. However small, the gesture looks from outside, it actually brought joy in the lives of people in the nursery. Though there was a huge communication gap due to different languages, but the bond these gifts were able to build was prima facie lasting.

The Academy has proven its stake in mobilizing students into, not mere bookworms but people with a social life, who enjoy small community fun activities. It also helps the students to assimilate and get along better with each other as well as the society.