Planet Spiti Residential School aims to build a school with a diverse group of students from all social and regional sections of Spiti and Lahaul district. We invite students from all communities and regions, including the neighbouring places. Our preference will be girl children and seats at the hostel is reserved only for underprivileged families.
The Nursery – Class III students will participate in:- Song and dance – traditional as well as English
- Watch English, Hindi, traditional documentaries, and films
- Public speaking to instil confidence from an early age
- Football, Ice Skating, Ice Hockey (winters only), and swimming (summers)
- Art and craft, educational games, inter-school activities
- Learn the basics of farming from a young age at the school’s green patch of land
- Learn practical skills taught by volunteers
Students at PSRS will be responsible for keeping the campus clean and green, collect fees, shop groceries and other essentials, manage the farm and cattle, actively participate in the PSF’s organic and handmade products sales, gardening, etc. This will be a part of daily work hour for an hour every 5-6 days a week.
In the future, the older students of Class VI and onwards will elect their own leaders, secretary, and coordinators.
All students will be involved in Waste Management and Recycling Program and learn about other sustainable technologies as a part of their academic curriculum. We aim to collect plastic garbage from villages and turn them into small handicrafts, reusable products, make sales, and generate revenue to make our school sustainable.
Any eager students can take part in learning how to prepare food items for their extreme winters of six months (November-April). They will be trained in making Spitian, and other kinds of pickles, jams, sauces, dried herbs, healthy powders, Korean Kimchi, dried vegetables, Seabuckthorn juice, tea, jams, etc.