Report on Inter School Fest-Reverie – Day 2

Inter-school events play a major role in motivating students to perform, excel and offer a lot more reward than just winning a prize. The Inter-school fest ‘Reverie’, at Delhi Public School, Sector 84, culminated on the 8 th of August, 2018. All the judges and the audience appreciated the effort of the students and applauded them.

The second day events included ‘Advertise an Invention’, ‘Western Dance Competition’ and ‘Rang Manch’. The worthy judges who came to judge these events were Ms. Menaka Paul Lakhanpal, Member, Managing Committee DPS-84, Ms. Prashati Chatterjee, dance instructor- DPS, Rewari and Ms. Sudha Dhingra, a well- known theatre artist and a pianist.

The Students had an enriching experience and performed with immense confidence. It also gave them the opportunity to showcase their talent, analyse and evaluate outcomes. The event concluded with announcement of awards for the winners. The winners were felicitated with the trophies and certificates by the School Principal, Ms. Neelu Sharma, along with judges for various events. She admired the focus, dedication and hard work put in by the participants to bring out such outstanding performances. The All Rounder School trophy was picked up by Lions Public School, Gurgaon.

Report on Reverie-The Inter School Fest

Delhi Public School, Sector 84, organized its first Annual Inter- School Fest, ‘Reverie’ to provide opportunities to develop and hone the students’ skills, explore talents and abilities besides providing a platform for interaction amongst students. The theme for this event was ‘Dreams’. The Fest commenced on the 7^th of August, 2018, a very significant day indeed and a day to look forward to many dreams brought together in different forms. First day of the fest included four events , namely ‘Become an Imaginary creature’, ‘Create a zoo using 3D shapes’, ‘Best out of E-Waste’ and ‘Quilt a dream’. The host school extended invitation to neighbouring schools to participate in the fest to make it a mega event. Our honourable judges for different events were Ms Nidhi Tyagi, Head of Klay Playschool, Ms Shweta Bhatia, Head of playschool ‘Bachpan’ and Mr Ashok Sharma, HOD arts department, DPS Maruti Kunj. The most awaited moment was the announcement of winners and distribution of trophies to them. The school which receives the most points will take home the Winner’s Trophy.

“If we want to create leaders of tomorrow, there is no better time to develop our students as leaders than today.”

With belief in the above mentioned quote and with the intent of creating worthy future leaders, students of Delhi Public School-84, elected their student representatives through a democratic system of electronic voting and a series of interviews. The chosen counsel took oath and officially assumed responsibility in the Investiture Ceremony held on 3^rd August, 2018. A very important day for the School as well as the School Counsel as they promised to uphold the ethos and values of DPS-84 and work as a team to take the School to greater heights.

The event began with lighting of the lamp by the Principal and some of our esteemed guests. Then the School Choir presented an soul stirring, inspirational song which was followed by the introduction of the newly elected Student Council members. The Council members expressed their gratitude for having got the opportunity to develop in them the true qualities of leaders that can help them to blossom as global citizens and meet all challenges in their life. They also reflected on the goals that they aim to achieve before the next elections and they intend to contribute to the growth of all the stakeholders. It was heartening to hear the members speak about team spirit, working for others, their contribution in improving every aspect of the school environment which showed that the school motto “Service before self” is already ingrained in these young leaders.

Our Principal, Ms Neelu Sharma, along with the proud parents of the Council Members, pinned the badges on the Head Boy – Krishna Verma; Head Girl –Devanshi Awasthi; School Sports Captain; Yash Yadav; The House Captains, Young Editors and the Green Brigade members. The new Council took oath to serve the School and all its members honourably, impartially and to the best of their ability. They promised to do justice to the position they held. Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Neelu Sharma, Principal, congratulated the newly appointed Student Council Members and urged them up to shoulder responsibility with actions and bring out positive results in all areas. She went on to state that assuming these offices are a stepping stone to become future world leaders.

A mesmerising dance performance by the students Grades VII & VIII, was the perfect end to the glorious ceremony. Our School Coordinator proposed the vote of thanks. The programme came to a close with the National Anthem.

The school extends its best wishes to all the newly appointed Council Members.

‘A BOOK IS A DREAM, YOU HOLD IN YOUR MIND’

The Book Week, an annual event of the school was celebrated by DPS-84, from 9^th July to 13^th July, 2018.

Dozens of activities were scheduled to turn the ‘Book Week’ into a week- long celebration in order to enhance the creative and scholastic skills of the students.

Nursery and K.G decorated their “Portfolio Covers”. To spread the aura of brightness that colours bring into our lives, a colouring competition was conducted for Nursery classes. Primary and Middle school students got busy even before the Book Week began, with designing posters based on the Book Week theme. Many of our soft boards outside the classrooms were decorated with story adaptations of famous authors: Roald Dahl, Vishnu Sharma, Enid Blyton, Dr. Seuss – to name a few!

To blend the value of books and library with lifelong learning, our students from Nursery, Grade I & II visited the school library. They were acquainted with different books kept there. Many parents also joined in, read out stories aloud, with appropriate voice modulation and gestures in their wards’ classes, on animals, fairyland, and value based stories, which our kids thoroughly enjoyed. Students of Grades IV & V enthusiastically participated in the activity where they had to dress up as their favourite book character.  To make the most out of this activity, teachers discussed the characters with their students and communicated with their parents to create a costume for a book character parade that was organised as a culmination activity.

Bookmark is a useful aid to be used during and after reading a book to remind the reader about where to start reading from to maintain continuity as children seldom read a book in one go. Nursery, Grade I, II & III students enjoyed making colourful and attractive bookmarks, some of them displayed motivational reading quotes on them. Grades IV & V displayed their creative ideas through book covers which they made. Grades VII & VIII students intrigued the audience by their skilful enactment of scenes from their favourite stories -Tenali Ram, Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice’, Panchatantra stories, etc. Last but not the least, students of Grades VI, VII & VIII also got an opportunity to meet the eminent cartoonist, Mr. Ajit Narayan, and enjoyed a session for an hour with him during which he taught them the nuances of cartooning.

Our Principal, Ms Neelu Sharma, reiterated that books are a man’s best friend who takes the reader to an all new world each time he gets engrossed in one. She encouraged the students to improve their reading skills and develop their vocabulary to become creative writers.

“We are what we repeatedly do! Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

Delhi Public School, Sector-84, held its first Proficiency and Scholar Badge Ceremony of on 17th May, 2018, to felicitate meritorious students for their academic excellence and for 100% attendance. The students from Nursery to Grade IV (session 2017-18) were felicitated with Proficiency Certificates and Trophies. Students from Grades V to VII (session 2017-18) were honoured with Scholar pockets and Certificates. Students who maintained full attendance in the last academic session were awarded a certificate.

The ceremony commenced with an invocation to the Almighty seeking his blessings by reciting the Gayatri Mantra. This was followed by the lighting of the lamp by our Principal, Ms. Neelu Sharma accompanied by a few parents. The School Principal addressed the gathering of parents and welcomed them for being a part of their ward’s one of the big days’ in his/her student life.

Ganesh Vandana, in the form of a mesmerising dance was performed by our students. After the recital, our Principal ma’am, along with the School Co-ordinator, Ms Archana Panicker and the Admin- Head, Mr. Yash Pasricha gave away the Proficiency Awards to students from Nursery to Grade IV.

The School Choir sang a beautiful number titled “Don’t give up” composed by our Music Teacher, Mr. Ashish Kenneth Lal which drove home the message that Dipsites never ever give up in the face of any challenge in life. After the song, the students from Grade V to VII were given the Scholar Badge. An enchanting dance performance kept the parents enthralled. This was followed by giving away the 100% Attendance Certificates.

The function came to a close with a vote of thanks proposed by the School Coordinator. It was indeed a proud moment for the parents, students and the School.

The MR Campaign which is an Initiative by the Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of India to eradicate Measles  and Rubella from the India. DPS Sector-84 supported the initiative and organized a vaccination camp in School on 16 th May,  2018. A team from the Primary Health Centre headed by the Civil Surgeon were involved in administering the vaccine to the  consenting students.

Parents were invited to be with their wards while the vaccination was administered. The parents were very satisfied with the  organization and management of the camp.