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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL Hyderabad

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August,2016 Volume. 7 Issue . 3

Dear parents, We welcome to the next edition of our newsletter. The month of July was a witness to the younger generation being invested and the flurry of activities which is a part and parcel of the all rounded development of a child. We bring you an overview.

THE LEADERS IN THE MAKING ...

A leader is the one who sees the way, makes the way and shows the way... On a day marked for celebration in another corner of the world for the ascension of a nation that would in time be a superpower, the fourth of July saw the Investiture of Delhi Public School’s student council. The star spangled banner and the DPS flag were flown full mast on opposite sides of the globe.

The programme was graced by the presence of its Chief Guest- Group Captain Dhanjay Vijay Singh KhotVM, Mrs. Rekha Aggarwala, Academic Director, Delhi Public School, Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Miyapur also graced the occasion along with the Principal DPS Hyderabad, Mrs.GeethaVishwanathan.

The deputy Student Council, consisting of the appointed tenth graders, was invested first by the Chief Guest, involving the unravelling of the badges signifying each member’s post, following which the primary body student council consisting of the appointed twelfth graders was invested. The Chief Guest then administered an oath for the appointees- each declaring his or her resolve to fulfil their duties and live as model students.

We shall uphold our positions and carry forth our duties with devotion and loyalty…. The Torchbearers of the prefectorial board.

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INVESTITURE CEREMONY OF PRE-PRIMARY WING

If Students are the torch bearers of tomorrow then let it

start at the nascent stage itself. The Pre primary wing

students were bestowed with the responsibility of leading

their wing. The elected appointees were invested by Chief

Guest of the ceremony -Mr. H S Prannoy, a renowned

badminton player followed by the swearing-in ceremony,

as the proud parents and teachers cheered on.


INVESTITURE CEREMONY : CLASS - IV

Class IV students got the chance for the post of Discipline Secretaries. Eight students were selected, one from each section of class IV. Principal, D.P.S, Hyderabad Mrs.Geetha.V pinned the badges and led them to the oath taking ceremony and enabled the leaders, realize their responsibilities.

The deserving young talents of the primary wing were bestowed with the responsibility and the students took the oath with a promise that they would carry out their duties with integrity, faith and excellence.

INVESTITURE CEREMONY : CLASS - VI It was time now for Class VI… The newly appointed Discipline Secretaries took oath, received their badges and took over the responsibilities. Ms Geetha Vishwanathan, the Principal of the school did the honours of investing the young leaders. themselves.


INVESTITURE CEREMONY : CLASS - VIII

The discipline prefects from each house of Class VIII received their badges. After being invested as the newly elected leaders, they recited a pledge in which they swore to uphold their responsibilities and to set an example for their fellow students.

CELEBRATING RAMZAN Ramzan a festival of multiple values of respect for diversity, compassion, sharing, brotherhood, etc. were brought out by the students of Class 1 and 2. Everyone applauded the hard work of the students for the show.


Vanamahotsava Celebrations by Class IV Today’s plantation, Tomorrow’s life.

Vanamahotsavais the festival of life. The campus looked green with the students planting saplings. In

this celebration GHMC also played a great role by

providing the required number of saplings. An oath

administered by the Principal put the students more in

vigour wherein they pledged to spread the message

And this was just the beginning....


Je Sarai Poe'teEt Toi Poe'sie... French Day Celebrations

The students of class VI presented a delightful assembly as part of the French Day Celebration on 20th July 2016. It was an assembly where the audience was a witness to the ramp walk, lissome dance movements, mellifluous French songs and above all a brief introduction to the famous French personalities.

Various contests were held during the week as part of the celebration - Drawing contest for class V and Spell Bee for class VI students. The winners were awarded Certificates by the Principal.


The Young Electorate of Class VII

The students of class VII showcased their talent in all forms and left the audience spellbound through

their array of performances, be it a song, skit, dance, nukkad natak, talk show or taking the audience to

a world of politics through the whole procedure of electing a representative. The procedure of elections

from nominations to campaigning followed by polling and result declaration was well executed. All the

students of class VII participated with great enthusiasm. The icing on the cake was the power packed

dance performance to express the happiness among the workers of the winning party.


Chirec MUN- Stellar performances by DPS Hyderabad Model United Nations (MUN) provide an excellent opportunity to develop interpersonal and lobbying skills. DPS Hyderabad kept the school flag flying high with their stellar performances in their respective committees at CHIREC MUN held at Chirec School, Kondapur from 22nd July to 24th July.

Two delegations from DPS Hyderabad made an impact in the committees assigned to them and walked away with laurels. The school delegation also bagged the ‘Runners up’ position in the ‘Best Delegation’ category. The following students won individual awards: Spectacular solos…

* Naman Gour of 12’A’ claimed the ‘Best Delegate Award’ as Kim Tu Bong representing the Korean Cabinet in JCC.

* Ansh Jain of 11’C’ won himself a ‘High Commendation’ as a delegate from U.K in the European Commission.

* Joe Matthew of 11’A’ bagged an ‘Honourable Mention’ as a delegate of the U.S Cabinet in JCC. * Shivangi Juneja of 12 ’C’ received a ‘Special Mention’ as the delegate from Brazil in the Bank of

International Settlements. * Dhruv Maroo of 12 ’C’, Neetesh Bappat of 12 ‘C’, Anshuk of 10 ‘A’ and Shavika Kapoor of 9 ‘E’

received ‘Verbal Mentions’ in their respective committees.

The entire experience proved to be a great learning experience for the students and they definitely did make the most of it.

“Magnum Opus… the annual award ceremony A REPORT

“Magnum Opus” the annual award ceremony of Delhi Public School, Hyderabad was held on its premises, on Friday, 29th July, 2016,in the distinguished presence of the Chief Guest for the morning was Dr. B.Satyavati , Principal Scientist IICT- Hyderabad, Mrs.RekhaAggarwala, Academic Director –DPS Hyd,Sec'bad and Miyapur, Principal DPS Hyderabad Mrs.GeetaVishwanathan, Head Mistresses’ and proud parents of the awardees.

The award ceremony was held amidst much joy, cheer and applause as the beaming students from grade V onwards received their merit certificates and scholar badges. This was followed by the presentation of the scholar jackets and scholar blazers for students who had earned scholar badges for three and four years consecutively. Earlier these students had gone through a stringent selection process based on a comprehensive assessment criteria.

The 'AparnaSrivastava Rolling Cup’ for the most outstanding student of class VII, carrying a cash award instituted by the school, was bagged by MahikaParmar of Class VII F.

The highlight of the programme was a declamation speech by Late President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

We have made it to the top… NALSAR University of law, Hyderabad had organized the second edition of their Annual Literary Fest on the 31st of July. DPS Hyderabad clinched the Runners Up trophy.The team from Class XI-XII put up a short comedy, The play that goes wrong… originally written by Henry Shields, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Lewis.


COMPETITIONS MAKE COMPETITORS GROW… INTER HOUSE COMPETITIONS

Class: Nursery - Colouring Competition

Colouring develops coordination, grip and strength. Emerald House conducted a colouring contest on19th July2016.Children from all the sections of nursery participated in the contest. Children enjoyed the activity as it was fun colouring the picture of Penguin given to them.

Winners:

Nursery-A

SL. NAME HOUSE POSITION

1 AADYA REDDY.K RUBY I

2 NAISHA RAGU SAPPHIRE II

3 A.ARNAV REDDY TOPAZ III

4 MUPPA AKSHAYA TOPAZ CONSOLATION

Nursery-B


1 SHRITAN.G TOPAZ I

2 AVANI.B.E SAPPHIRE II

3 RISHAB BHUSHAN EMERALD III

4 MEHER ARORA RUBY CONSOLATION

Nursery-C


1 V.N.NIHAL SAPPHIRE I

2 NISHTHA PRIYA EMERALD II

3 SYHANA KARMAKAR TOPAZ III

4 ANANYA JINDAL EMERALD CONSOLATION

Nursery-D


1 PRISHA THAKUR EMERALD I

2 ARSH MAHENDRA SAPPHIRE II

3 INAYA QURESHI EMERALD III

4 SRIKRUTHI RUBY CONSOLATION


Nursery-E


1 ANJANA UPADHYA SAPPHIRE I

2 HARSHAVARDHAN JOSHI EMERALD II

3 SHIVALI GUPTA RUBY III

4 KARTHIKEYA KOTI EMERALD CONSOLATION

CLASS: I Spell Bee

It was a spell check for Grade 1 this month. The competition was a wonderful

learning source not only for the participants but also to everyone. This

competition also helped enriching the vocabulary bank of the students.

Class I A emerged victorious even though the other teams gave a good fight.

Class I H stood second and

Class I G stood third.

CLASS: II Click and Win

Involve the students…that ‘s the catch for the day. Young children decides for themselves whether they want to participate in contest; if they don’t think its “cool,” they will stay away. Being a Smart leader in new generation school like DPS Hyderabad involves the students when planning events and activities on their behalf.

As a result of this initiative students of class II participated in a ‘Click and Win’ contest on 14th July 2016. The entire section of Class II participated in this contest conducted by Topaz House. The contest included literary skill, logical and analytical ability, and awareness of their surrounding and general awareness. The students indeed enjoyed the contest thoroughly and participated with new zeal.


Sl. STUDENT NAME CLASS/SEC HOUSE POSITION POINTS

1. ISHAANTH SIVAKUMAR M II A EMERALD FIRST 5

2. SYED MOHAMMED ASHRAF II A TOPAZ SECOND 3

3. P. KEERTHI SRI II A RUBY THIRD 2

4. SUMEDH REYANSH GOPISETTY II A RUBY CONSOLATION 1

1. VARNIKA N II B SAPPHIRE FIRST 5

2. G VADAANYA SHARMA II B TOPAZ SECOND 3

3. MOKSHIT S II B RUBY THIRD 2

4. VANEA SHARMA II B SAPPHIRE CONSOLATION 1

1. AISHANI MAJUMDAR II C SAPPHIRE FIRST 5

2. ANEESH SOLASA II C EMERALD SECOND 3

3. MOHAMMED OMAIR ALAM II C EMERALD THIRD 2

4. LOHITH REDDY CHALLA II C EMERALD CONSOLATION 1

5. G. SAI GANESH SANYU II C RUBY CONSOLATION 1

1. K. TANVI II D RUBY FIRST 5

2. RANGANA DAS II D TOPAZ SECOND 3

3. B. HASINI II D RUBY THIRD 2

4. MUNTASIR RAHAMAN II D EMERALD CONSOLATION 1

5. NITYA BHARAT II D SAPPHIRE CONSOLATION 1

1. S.VIDHYUTH II E RUBY FIRST 5

2. NARAIN KARTHIK II E EMERALD SECOND 3

3. NAMAN ARORA II E RUBY THIRD 2

4. AMAN CHAGLA SYED II E SAPPHIRE CONSOLATION 1

1. KAVYA RATH II F RUBY FIRST 5

2. SATVIK BENJARAM II F EMERALD SECOND 3

3. OVEE SHRIPAD PANDE II F RUBY THIRD 2

4. RACHIT BHARTIYA II F SAPPHIRE CONSOLATION 1

5. ANWITH B II F EMERALD CONSOLATION 1

1. SADHAN SANIL D II G TOPAZ FIRST 5

2. THAMAN REDDY N II G TOPAZ SECOND 3

3. SAANVI I II G SAPPHIRE THIRD 2

4. ANVAIY SHRIVASTAVA II G EMERALD CONSOLATION 1

1. SHRAVYA . J II H EMERALD FIRST 5

2. SAI AKSHAY REDDY M II H TOPAZ SECOND 3

3. VIBHUSHITA SHARMA II H EMERALD THIRD 2

4. AKSHATH V II H EMERALD CONSOLATION 1

5. SHIVAM KUMAR SINGH II H EMERALD CONSOLATION 1


Class: III Elocution

An elocution contest gives them a good opportunity to combat with the biggest fear factor i.e. stage fear. This allows the student to connect with the audience and also understand the concepts of voice modulation.

All the students participated with great enthusiasm.

CLASS: IV Recitation Competition

If Recitation means the action of repeating something aloud from memory.. it also adds an extra dimension… it creates an aura. The listener feels as the poet feels. That was what was tested for the class IV students. The preliminary round saw a hundred per cent participation.

Class/Sec Position Student Name House IV A FIRST Arusha A. Bhatt Topaz

A SECOND Anika Thakur Topaz A THIRD BugataVaishnavi Emerald B FIRST ArushiMaitra Sapphire B SECOND SaiSiddhanth Ruby B THIRD ShreyaSengupta Topaz C FIRST ShohamMukherkee Emerald C SECOND BugataVaibhav Ruby C THIRD Divyash Jain Sapphire D FIRST ShravanBalaji Ruby D SECOND Nimisha Paul Ruby D THIRD YelamanchiliBhavish Sapphire E FIRST StutiTripathy Topaz E SECOND PendyalaPallavi Topaz E THIRD Shreya Sharma Ruby F FIRST Neeraj Reddy Sapphire F SECOND KhushiHellan Ruby F THIRD RiddhimaMalhotra Sapphire G FIRST AnoushkaSatpathi Ruby G SECOND David Samuel Ruby G THIRD Aadya .P Topaz

S.No NAMES CLASS/SEC HOUSE POSITION 1. ADVITA KRISHNA III E RUBY I 2. AKUNDI SRI VENKATA NEELAMEGHANA III E SAPPHIRE II 3. AGAM RAJ SINGH SAREEN III D SAPPHIRE III 4. ANANYA DASH III G SAPPHIRE III 5. PRISHA GUPTA III A EMERALD CONSOLATION 6. BHAVYAA JAIN III E RUBY CONSOLATION 7. ADITYA SARKAR III G RUBY CONSOLATION 8. ANWESHA SAHOO III H SAPPHIRE CONSOLATION 9. SAISHA JAIN III H SAPPHIRE CONSOLATION


H FIRST Shriya Banerjee Emerald H SECOND C.Nainika Reddy Emerald H THIRD SiddharthMaira Ruby

CLASS: IV Poster Making

Learning happens in more ways than one imagines. It is also very true that a child learns by observation. A poster making competition on the topic SWATCH BHARAT – Hamari Pechhan…was conducted All the students participated.

SECTION POSITION NAME HOUSE IV A FIRST VedantBhavesh Parikh Emerald

A SECOND RevaBalaji Topaz A THIRD AnvitaSreeBhogadi Ruby B FIRST TrishanuMazumdar Emerald B SECOND ShreyaSen Gupta Topaz B THIRD RaagaPranathi .Ch Topaz C FIRST Divyash Jain Sapphire C SECOND HardikAgarwal Ruby C THIRD JathinSaiTummala Ruby D FIRST TwishaNunjampally Sapphire D SECOND Nimisha Paul Ruby D SECOND AshimaSahoo Sapphire D THIRD PakkirHansika Sapphire E FIRST PallaviPandyala Topaz E SECOND KeshavAgarwal Sapphire E SECOND Sumedha Das Sapphire E THIRD StutiTripathi Topaz F FIRST OmkaarSandhibigruha Ruby F SECOND Shiva SaiPrateek Ruby

F THIRD ArepalliNeeraj Reddy Sapphire F THIRD SaiAnushaSarva Ruby G FIRST BhavishyaTaarini Topaz G SECOND Aashi Singh Sapphire G SECOND David Samuel Ruby G THIRD FaraazMasood Emerald


H FIRST Shriya Banerjee Emerald H SECOND SiddharthMaira Ruby H THIRD ChilukuriNainika Reddy Emerald

Class: V Quiz Competition It is learning through entertainment. Quiz constitutes one of the medium. Answering at the spur of the moment is the real test and this was well exhibited by students of Class V. Be it the round of mixed bag or the MCQs or the visual round… it was taken with equal competitive zeal by the participants.

Position Complete Name Of The Winner Class House

1st

PARTH BHATIA V F EMERALD HAARIS MOHAMMED IQBAL V F RUBY

KRISHNA SAI CHARAN V H EMERALD AASRITHA CHAVALI V H EMERALD

2nd

SARA JOSHI V E EMERALD ANJALI KHANDPAL V E RUBY ARUSHI LAKHERA V G SAPPHIRE

KARUNAM KRITI V G EMERALD

3rd

NIKUNJ AGARWAL V A TOPAZ VAIBHAV ATTRE V A SAPPHIRE

ADYA RAO DADIGELA V C RUBY SWAPNIL DAS V C EMERALD


CLASS: VI Ad Mania We live in the era of advertisement and to determine how aware our students are about this , an AD MANIA contest was organized for the students of class VI.

There was a lot of enthusiasm and fervour surrounding the competition as students geared up to perform.. Students enthralled the audience with products like The Memory Shampoo, Shining White Toothpaste and Quick Wash detergent.

S.NO CLASS/SEC. POSITION HOUSE 1 VI D I SAPPHIRE 2 VI F II EMERALD 3 VI E III TOPAZ 4 VI A III EMERALD

CLASS: VII What's the good word?

Vocabulary is commonly defined as "all the words known and used by a particular person". Productive vocabulary, therefore, generally refers to words that can be produced within an appropriate context and match the intended meaning of the speaker.

With the objective of improving vocabulary of students, an Inter House Contest - “What’s The Good Word?” for class VII was held on 14th July,2016 The contest was conducted in two

rounds. The preliminary round was conducted in individual classes and all the students participated for the same..

The final round was held in Quizzing format . The best part the audience too showed a great amount of enthusiasm.


POSITION TEAM HOUSE STUDENT’S NAME

I EMILY BRONTE TOPAZ

HRIDAY AGARWAL ANSH SRIVASTAVA AMULYA VASI REDDY D.HARSHINI

II MILTON EMERALD

BOBBA SRAVANI HARI SHEKHAR REDDY A. VAJRA ROSHNI VEDA BHARATHI

III DICKENS RUBY

SALONI JAJOO V.DHRUVA ADITYA KAUL NIRAL SINGHANIA

Class: VIII Quiz Competition

It was the day of the battle of grey cells .Exuberating, motivating, enlightening and engaging would describe the event rightly. The competition was aimed at developing the knowledge and excellence base among the students through healthy and highly motivating meet. A hundred per cent participation was seen in the preliminary round. Mazes of intuited and interesting questions were asked to the students, testing each aspect of the educational knowledge base like current affairs, famous personalities, science, history, geography, sports, Indian culture etc. The ambience was electrifying as along with the contestants, the audience too left no stone unturned in answering logical, literary, scientific and brain-teasing questions.

The results are as follows –

SL. POSITION STUDENT’S NAME CLASS/SEC. HOUSE

1 I Kushagr Tiwari Ankit Sharma

VIII G VIII C EMERALD

2 II NamitArjeria Prithvi K.

VIIIA VIII D TOPAZ

3 III Sriya M. R.N Veerendra

VIII D VIII F EMERALD


Class: IX & X Debate

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The winners were :

Sapphire House - Nayonika Mitra 10 C and Ananya Achanta 9 E Runners up -

Ruby House - Ajay Uppuluri 10 D and Driti Menon 9G and

Topaz House - Srida 9 D and Anshuk 10 A

Class: XI & XII Globe Trotter

The world is a book and if you don’t travel, you’ve read only one page.’ One travels not to escape life but for life not to escape them. To keep these spirits up among the students, an Inter House competition was organised ‘Globe Trotter’ where the participants showcased the essence of various countries through a presentation. The destinations selected were of great cultural, historical and geographical importance.

Topaz house secured the first position and Sapphire house was named as the Runners up.


Class: XI & XII Skit Competition

If all the world’s a stage and we are mere players ....the skit presented by class xi and xii tried exploring the theme with their varied topics.. examination system, peer pressure,clean india and socials evils. They delved that man may be a player on the stage created for him but he too is responsible for its upkeep. The message was clear .. man makes it or breaks it..

Emerald House walked away with the Winning trophy while Sapphire House were adjudged the Second Best . Amala Vaidya and Dhairya Goel of Class XI D were adjudged the best performers.

STTI In the STTI session conducted on 12th July, 2016, the guest speaker Ms. MathangiSwaminathan, who leads Waste Ventures India’s Urban Waste Management vertical, elaborated on the project that WVI has been working on. With the help of a PPT presentation, Ms. Mathangi brought to light the several issues our country faces regarding wastes and its management.

There was another presentation made by STTI core member Ajay which highlighted some initiatives taken up to minimize water wastage in plumbing systems (flush tanks) as well as creating urinals which function effectively without the use of a flush system thus saving water. There was an open discussion about projects that the club members could take up themselves where ideas were thrown about. The idea that received maximum votes of participation was making a compost pit in the school premises using the wastes from the lunch halls.


Sports Roundup

Amulika from IX A won 1st place in Talent Series 7 days under-14 girls

singles Tennis Tournament in June 18th-24th, 2016 in Noor Tennis

Academy, Hyderabad, India.

Our Hearty Congratulations to Amulika. Many more on the way!

What newspaper say...


And thus ended a month which had seen torchbearers, events ,newsmakers and many more. We will back with many more stories of our events … just four weeks from now!

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