“Your life lies before you like a path of driven snow, be careful how you tread it, cause every mark will show.” - Lowri Williams

Life is indeed a unique gift but it becomes what we make of it. Modern society is disturbed by pressures of time and performance. There are too many activities to be carried out but too little time to contemplate and reflect upon. What we do as adults, our children take it as important lessons on life .Our children are observant of how we speak, act, react and the way we interact. Our little thoughts, actions, decisions and attitudes can make grand changes to the altitudes our children in their life as adults. Our character impacts their character.

If we wish our children to have a strong character we need to make an early start when their minds are impressionable. Building a great character doesn’t need great things to be done but requires us to take small steps which could be as simple as teaching them the correct way to eat, arrange their bags, polish their shoes, sitting down to study on time, completing their homework, keeping their surrounding clean, helping a friend in the class, speaking politely or even picking a wrapper and putting it in the dustbin.

Our role doesn’t end here, as these small steps need to be practiced under our guidance over a period of time to ensure that they done in the right way .We should then eventually allow them the freedom to pursue these little skills independently so that they become a part of their character and also the foundation for greater skills to be learnt later in life. If we are able to do this, we will surely witness our children blossoming into adults who are not only keen to achieve their aims but are sensitive enough to understand that they owe a lot to the society, country and world as a whole. They would undoubtedly have empathy, tolerance and would the take right steps towards environmental concerns.

We at St. Mary’s firmly believe in empowering our children by adding strengths to their natural abilities. We aspire to make each of our students to be loyal, deter-mined, honest, persistent and humble individuals who conduct themselves to become the beacons of peace and hope.

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EDITION 21 20 NOVEMBER 2015 ST. MARY’S SCHOOL, DWARKA

OPEN DAY (SR.)

MODEL UNITED NATIONS (MUN)

ANNUAL DAY

INTER SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

INTER SCHOOL SPORTS COMPETITIONS

INTER HOUSE COMPETITIONS

NCC

STUDENTS ORIENTATION

PROGRAMMES

INTER HOUSE SPORTS COMPETITIONS

SPECIAL ASSEMBLIES

CLASS DAYS

TRIPS AND EXCURSIONS

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMMES

BOOK WEEK

ASTRONOMY

TIMES OF INDIA –GREEN DRIVE

T.R.A.S.H FESTIVAL

NUTRITION WEEK

SARA MATHEW MEMORIAL SUB. JR.

GIRLS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

HIGHLIGHTS

NEWS

25.07.2015 –The ‘Open Day’ was organized on the theme ‘Climactic Effects of Climate Change’ with an objective to create awareness about environmental issues. The students prepared various working models, power point presenta-tions and charts to spread awareness about the effects of climate change and solutions to tackle this grave concern. The chief guest Dr. Swati Diwakar, Asstt. Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, Delhi University and the Principal of our school applauded the efforts of the students.

26.08.2015-St. Mary’s organised the Sankalp Sahodaya South West Delhi Model United Na-tions Conference in which nine schools from South and West Delhi participated. The pro-gramme enabled the participants to efficiently employ a variety of skills that included public speaking, group communication, research, policy analysis, negotiation and conflict resolution to discuss the policies of the countries assigned to them. The participants not only got an insight into world politics, but also acquired the soft skills necessary for a successful future. Rupam Jha was awarded the best delegate in MUN held at Venkateshwar International School.

OPEN DAY (SR.)

ANNUAL DAY

17.10.2015-The 20th Annual Day was celebrated with the

staging of ‘Peter Pan- A Musical’ with much fervor and

zest. The musical directed by Mr. George Pulinkala was a resplendent pageant of music, dance and theatre beautifully

blended together. The Chief Guest Mr. Madan Mohan

Sharma from the ICCR, the cultural wing of Ministry of

External Affairs, Govt. of India, graced the occasion with

his eminent presence and lit the inaugural lamp. Ms. Sheelu Mathew, the Principal of St. Mary’s School,

Dwarka presented the Annual School Report highlighting

prominent achievements during the academic year. The Chief Guest appreciated the efforts put in by the students

and the staff for the spectacular show. He also applauded

the multi-faceted approach of the school in imparting inclu-sive education and education to the less privileged in the

most dedicated manner.

MODEL UNITED NATIONS (MUN)

23.07.2015-Gargi Rawat (XIIB) and Pragya Priyadarshini (XIIA) secured the first position in Debate, Vidyarth Tiwari (VA) in Costume Parade, Tanvi Bali (XA) and Ayushi Sharma (XA) secured the third position in Flameless Cooking at Indian Heights School, Dwarka

04.08.2015– Aabhaas Sikka (VIIIC) and Samyak Srivastava (VIIIC) secured the third position in Robotics Competition at Tagore International School. 10.08.2015-12.08.15-Vaishnavi Vishwanath (XIB) and Sara Varghese (XIA) secured the first position in English Debate, Tripti Saini (XB) and Gunwant Jain (IXB) in Math-e-Magic, Pridhi Chahal (VIIA) and Vaibhav Yadav (VIIIE) in Science–O-Mania, Vidyarth Tiwari (VA) secured second position in Story Narration and Abhimeet Prakash (IIIC) secured third position in Collage Making at Maxfort School.

12.08.2015– Our students secured the second position in Music Flair and Shashwat Singh (XIIC), Jatin Mehta (XIB) and Mayank Sharma (XB) secured the third position in Movie Making at Sri Venkateshwar School, Dwarka

28.09.2015-Our students secured the second position in International Folk Dance, Abha Sajwan, (XIIC) Swapnil Pandey (XIIC) and Manish Kumar (XIB) in Graffiti Art, Tina Neogi (XB), Mousmi Ghosh (XA) Indraneel Maitri (XE) in Mosaic Art and Ilma Zehra (VIIID) in Card Making. We also secured the third position in Mime thus bag-ging the Rolling Trophy at Holy Child Auxillium School, Vasant Vihar.

16.10.2015-Sarthak Bhardwaj (XA) and Rupam Jha (XA) secured the first position in Inter School English Debate for South West Delhi District held at Basava International School organized by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. Rupam Jha (XA) was awarded the Best Speaker Certificate.

29.10.2015- Rupam Jha (XA) secured the first posi-tion and Saarthak Bhardwaj (XA) secured third posi-tion in the English Debate conducted by Steel Au-thority of India (SAIL) on the topic ‘Ethical Education Alone Can Eradicate Corruption’ .Yakshita Pandey (XA) secured the first position in Hindi Debate.

31.08.2015-Our students won 1 gold, 11 silver and 3 bronze medals under Sankalp Sahodaya Taekwondo Championship held at Mount Carmel School.

15.10.2015-Anuj Malik (VIIIE) won the gold medal in National Level Judo Championship held at Visha-khapatnam. He also secured the first prize in the zonals Sub Jr. Boys category. 15.10.2015-Anshul Malik (XIA) won the gold medal in the zonals Sr. girls. 15.10.2015-Our students won the first position in Basketball Jr. Boys and third position in Sr. Girls Zonal.

07.10.2015-Our students secured the third position in the Tug of War in Zonal Sub Junior Girls.

06.11.2015-07.11.2015-Nilesh Yadav (XC) secured first position in Jr. category, Deepesh Yadav (XIC) secured second position in Senior category and Aarya (VIIIE) secured third position in Sub Junior category in Shot Put, Tulika Verma (XC) secured second position in Sub Junior category in Long Jump held at G.C.S.S. School, Dwarka

22.07.2015-Ad-Mads. Std (VI-VIII) - Topic – Earn Carbon Credits through Online Shopping- 1st-Aastha 2nd-Shanti 3rd-Shakti

29.07.2015-Movie Making-Std.(IX-XII) Topic – Natu-ral Disasters – Causes and Magnitude 1st-Satya 2nd -Shanti 3rd-Shakti 05.08.2015- Dance – Std.(VI-VIII) Theme- ‘Compassion Towards the Environment ‘-Dance Style- Contemporary 1st-Shakti 2nd Shanti 3rd- Aastha

12.08.2015- Prop Making-Crop Up- Std. (VI-XII) Jr. -1st-Shanti 2nd-Aastha 3rd- Shakti Sr. -1st-Satya 2nd-Shakti 3rd- Aastha

19.08.2015-Western Music- Std. (VI-XII) Theme: Beauty in God’s Creation- 1st-Aastha & Shanti 2nd-Shakti 3rd- Satya

26.08.2015-Recitation- Std. (I-II), Theme: Fostering Togetherness-Celebrating Raksha Bandhan Std. 1 1st- Aanya Rana IC Shakti 2nd- Yash Raj Bajpai IA Aastha 3rd Jasmine Kaur IA Shanti Std. II 1st- Rishika Gayer IIA Shanti 2nd- Bisleen Kaur IIA Shakti 3rd- Vidushi Pandey IIE Satya

26.08.2015-Art – Std. (VI-XII), Theme: Peter Pan 1st-Aastha 2nd-Shakti 3rd-Shanti 09.09.2015- Indian Music- Std. (I-V), Theme: Thanks Giving 1st-Shakti 2nd-Shanti 3rd-Aastha

23.09.2015- Art –Theme: Hands-on-Clay-Std.(I-V)

Std. I 1st Pratibha Gaur IA Shakti 2nd Yashika IB Aastha 3rd Asher IB Shanti 4th Yatha ID Shanti Std. II 1st Vaishnavi Gupta IID Shakti 2nd Nagma IID Shakti 3rd Anushka IID Aastha

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INTER SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

INTER SCHOOL SPORTS COMPETITIONS

INTER HOUSE COMPETITIONS

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Std. III 1st Koshal Mandia IIIC Satya 2nd Sidhanth IIIA Shanti 3rd Ridhima IIIA Satya Std. IV 1st Palak Garg IVA Shanti 2nd Divij Sharma IVA Aastha 3rd Vishal Gadar IVE Shanti Std. V 1st Ishaan Tewatia VC Shanti 2nd Shoyoni VA Satya 3rd Harshita VD Aastha 30.09.2015- Spelling Bee-Theme: Battle With Words by Std. I-II Class I 1st –Satya 2nd- Shakti 3rd- Shanti Class II 1st –Aastha 2nd- Shanti 3rd- Satya 14.10.2015-Spin-a-Yarn- Std.(III-V) Theme: Lets Conjure up a Tale 1st –Aastha 2nd- Shanti 3rd- Satya

04.11.2015- Indian Music Competition Theme: Group Category (Nature) 1st – Shanti House Solo(Jr)- theme-Ghazals – 1st- Bhumika Goswami VIE Shakti House Solo (Sr) theme-Thumari 1st- Neeti Gupta XIIC Satya House

18.11.2015- Art of Cooking Theme: Colour Alert! Health Conscious! 1st – Satya 2nd– Shakti

07.11.2015-16.11.2015-12 NCC Cadets of Std. IX-X attended a NCC camp at Safdarjung where our students secured first position in Tug of War and Volleyball match.

21.07.2015-Ansh Saxena (XIB) and Samyak Pandey (XIB) attended the Google Web ranger program which trains the students about online child safety and promotes safe use of internet at SVIS, Sector 18, Dwarka 29.07.2015- A workshop on ‘Best Out of Waste’ by Ms. Kiran from Camlin for Std. VI 27.08.2015- A workshop “Science of Success” on Career Counseling by Ashoka University 01.10.2015-A workshop on Developing Skills and Creative Employability by B.M. Munjal University for Std. XI-XII 06.10.2015- The Learning Labs Consultation workshop was conducted by UNESCO wherein students of Std. VII regis-tered online. They discussed about designing of the modules on the topic “Peace and Sustainability” to be integrated into the NCERT curriculum.

03.11.2015- A workshop on Career Counselling by IMS University for Std. XI-XII . 05.11.2015-06.11.2015-Abhaas Sikka and Aryamaan P Singh (VIIIC) attended a workshop on Robotics at Salwan Public School, Rajendra Place organised by Intel Galileo. 16.11.2015-Our students attended a workshop on ‘Cyber Space Safety’ which was conducted at Sir Ganga Ram Hospi-tal, Rajinder Nagar

28.07.2015-Shot Put Jr. Boys 1st Harsh Yadav IXD Aastha 2nd Himanshu Sangwan IXC Shanti 28.07.2015-Shot Put Sr. Boys 1st Praveen Rana XIIC Aastha 2nd Dimple Sehrawat XIIA Satya 28.07.2015-Shot Put Sub. Jr. Girls 1st Aarya Praveen VIIC Aastha 2nd Simmy Singh VIIA Satya 30.07.2015- Chess Sr. Boys 1st Sarthak Gandhi XIC Shanti 2nd Shubham Gaurkhede XIIB Satya 30.07.2015- Chess Sub. Sr. Boys 1st Nikhil Nambiar VIID Shanti 2nd Rishi Vats VIA Satya 21.07.2015-Badminton Sr. Girls 1st Tina Neogi XB Aastha 2nd Steffi Daniel XIA Satya 04.08.2015-Long Jump Sr. Boys 1st Nitesh Jaravata XIC Shanti 2nd Dimple Sehrawat XIIA Satya 14.08.2015-Kite Flying Jr. Boys 1st -Shakti 2nd-Satya 14.08.2015-Kite Flying Sr. Boys 1st –Aastha 2nd-Shakti

26.08.2015- Throw Ball (Std. IV & V) 1st- Shakti 2nd - Aastha 3rd-Shanti. 03-10-2015- Cricket Sr. Boys 1st –Shakti 2nd- Aastha

05-10-2015-Athletics 100 meters Race-Std.(VI-XII) Sub Jr. Boys 1st Ansh Rawat VIID Aastha 2nd Pratyush Nair VIC Aastha Jr. Boys 1st Joash Chettri IXB Shanti 2nd Sagar Rana IXC Satya Sr. Boys 1st Satyam Dubey XD Satya 2nd Abhinav Toppo XIA Shakti Sub Jr. Girls 1st Simmy Singh VIIA Satya 2nd Ayushi O Tirkey VIIC Satya Jr. Girls 1st J Ashita IXB Satya 2nd Priya Singh VIIIA Satya Sr. Girls 1st Tulika Verma XC Satya 2nd Banita Singh XIA Shakti 05-10-2015-Relay(100x4) for Std.(VI-XII) Sub Jr. Boys- 1st–Aastha House 2nd-Satya House Jr. Boys-1st –Shanti House 2nd-Aastha House Sr. Boys-1st –Satya House 2nd-Shakti House Sub Jr. Girls-1st –Satya House 2nd-Shanti House Jr. Girls-1st –Aastha House 2nd-Satya House Sr. Girls-1st –Satya House 2nd-Aastha House 9.10.2015- Cricket (Std. IV & V) 1st- Shakti House 2nd- Aastha House. 05.11.2015-Volley Ball Sr. Boys 1st –Aastha 2nd-Shanti 06.11.2015-Football Sr. Girls 1st –Shanti House 2nd-Satya House 07.11.2015-Football Sr. Boys 1st –Shanti 2nd– Shakti

14.08.2015- Independence Day by Dance, Drama and English Literary Club

04.09.2015-Janmashtami by Std. VII & Teacher’s Day by Student Council

28.09.2015-Raksha Bandhan By Std. VI & Khula Aasmaan , Onam by Malayalam Literary Club.

09.11.2015 -Diwali Assembly by Std. X

SPECIAL ASSEMBLIES

STUDENTS ORIENTATION

PROGRAMMES

INTER HOUSE SPORTS COMPETITION

NCC

01.08.2015-Std. V –Theme – “ From Darkness to Light"

12.09.2015- Std. IV -Theme– “Celebrating Great Mothers - A Tribute”.

. 03.10.2015-Std. I –Theme- “Grand Parents Day”

01.10.2015- -A trip to National Diary Research Institute , Karnal for Biology students of Std. XII

18.10.2015-23.10.2015- A trip to Manali by Std. XI 23.10.2015-28.10.2015- A trip to Manali by Std. IX

30.10.2015- Std. VII-VIII to Camp Tikkling, Gurgoan 06.11.2015- Std. VI to Farm Stead, Faridabad-Gurgaon Highway

09.11.2015- Std. XI to Jurassic Park 20.11.2015– Std. I-II to Fun and Food Village

04.08.2015-Our school along with 10 other schools partici-pated in ‘Times of India Green Drive’ at Sector 16, Dwarka. Our school was specially applauded for maximum participa-tion.

31.07.2015 .Our school hosted a unique ‘T.R.A.S.H FES-TIVAL’ organised by TERI in partnership with TETRA PAK . More than 700 students and teachers from Project SEARCH member schools as well as other schools from Delhi/NCR took part in the event. Eco-workshops, exhibi-tions and competitions were held with a special focus on waste management. Padma Shri Ajeet Bajaj, Chief Guest for the day, shared the concerns related to the climate change. Ms. Seema Bali, Vice Principal and Safe Food Ambassador gave a talk on ‘Right to Keep Food Safe’. Dr. B C Saba-ta ,Senior Scientific Officer, Government of NCT of Delhi appreciated the schools for active participation and contrib-uting to the waste management sector. Anmol Bhasin (VID) secured second position and Abhinav Sharma of (VIIID) secured first position in Couture. Sunishtha Nangal (IXD), Sujal Tyagi (IXC) and Manish Kumar (XIB) secured second position in Calendar Making.

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11.08.2015 - A workshop on the ‘Importance of Rubrics’ a part of Sahodaya Initiative at Venkateshwar International School. 18.08.2015- E-library solution to assist curricular learning by Encyclopedia Britannica at Indian International Center 15.09.2105-Demonstration of Physics Experiments at Sadhu Vaswani School, Shantiniketan, New Delhi

19.09.2105-Educational Conference on the theme “In Search of a Humane Society-The Role of Education” at Vigyan Bhawan

26.09.2105-27.09.2105-The Learning Labs Consultation conducted by UNESCO at ICSSR Building, Feroz Shah Road

31.10.2015- Workshop on ‘Use of Technology in Teaching’ by Macmillan Publication at Piccadilly, Janak Puri 31.10.2015- Workshop on ‘Intensive Dialogue Training by Tony Blair’s Face to Faith Foundation held at Bal Bharti Public School, Sec 21 , Noida

30.07.2015-07.08.2015- The Annual Book Week 2015-16 was inaugurated by our Principal, Ms. Sheelu Mathew. A number of activities like Story telling by Finger puppets, Scrap Book Making, Poster, Collage, Newspaper Making were organized for different classes.

07.11.2015-9.11.2015-Night observation at Sariska Palace, Sariska.

TRIPS AND EXCURSIONS

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

ASTRONOMY

BOOK WEEK

ECO-ENDEAVOURS

01.09.2015-03.09.2015-The Nutrition Week was ob-served from 1st to 3rd Sept, 2015 at Ganga Ram Hospi-tal. Our school organized a three day workshop on Food Safety and Nutrition in collaboration with Tetra Pak and Ganga Ram Hospital. The audience was enriched with a series of talks, discus-sions and entertaining pro-grammes. A Nutrition Tree adorned with pledges and mes-sages conveyed the determination of the audience to make the right food choices and observe food safety standard.

NUTRITION WEEK

Times of India-Green Drive

T.R.A.S.H FESTIVAL

CLASS DAYS

SARA MATHEW MEMORIAL SUB. JR. GIRLS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

18.11.2015-In honour of our founder, we hosted the Sara

Mathew Memorial Sub. Jr. Girls Football Tournament.

There were 9 teams who participated, of which St. Mary’s Dwarka & St. Mary’s, Safdarjung Enclave were

declared the winners. Being the host school, we gave the

rolling trophy to St. Mary’s School, Safdarjung and

Indraprastha International School took home the runner’s