Volume 56, May19-Aug 19 Army Public School,Dagshai Shimla Hills

The Echo Volume 56, May19-Aug 19

Army Public School,Dagshai Shimla Hills, H.P.

In the wake of the rains, the Dagshai hill is looking greener, bursting forth with new life and energy, nourished with the life giving monsoons. The school, which had closed for summer vacation on the festive note of celebrations of the Founder’s Day, reopened on 21 Jun’19. The Dagshai Hill with its canopy of trees and thick foliage is all ready to give a green carpet welcome to all the visitors. This Volume of the newsletter witnessed a series of IPSC, Inter School and Inter House Competitions, Board Results of Class X and XII and Founder’s Day along with other activities.

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

TOP BOARDING SCHOOLS OF INDIA RANKING Army Public School, Dagshai was ranked in the Top schools of India Ranking 2018 in the 11th School Leadership Summit 2018 held on 12 Apr 2019 at Chandigarh to felicitate all the India’s Top School winners. Dr S K Mishra Principal, Army Public School, Dagshai attended the Felicitation ceremony.

EDUCATION WORLD RANKING The school has been awarded with a memento and a Certificate for standing 3rd in co-educational Boarding Schools in the state of Himachal Pradesh by Education World at the Leela Ambience Hotel & Residences, Gurgaon, Haryana on 28 Sep 2019. The award ceremony was attended by Dr S K Mishra, Principal, Army Public School, Dagshai.

NDA ACHIEVERS Despite being a medium school in terms of total strength of students, Army Public School, Dagshai has been contributing towards induction of students in the Armed Forces year after year. Anand A and Laksh Sharma of 2017-18 batch have joined National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla while Rahul Lagwal of the same batch has joined Officers Training Academy, Chennai. Chandan Kumar Singh of 2018-19 batch has also joined National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla.

VISITS

 Lt Gen P M Bali, AVSM, VSM, Chief of Staff, HQ Western Command, Maj Gen Shankar,CSO, HQ Western Command and Patron, Army Public School, Dagshai and Brig Vikram Sharma, HQ 95 Inf Bde and Chairman Army Public School, Dagshai visited the school on 19 Aug 2019.

 Lt Gen MJS Kahlon, AVSM, GOC 2 Corps (Former Patron) APS Dagshai and Mrs Manmeet Kahlon visited the school on 20 Jun 2019. Brig H S Sandhu, SM, Commandant 14 GTC & Chairman, APS Dagshai, Brig M S Tomar, Brig ‘A’, HQ 2 Corps Col B Ravi, Col MS, HQ 2 Corps and Col S P Singh (Retd), Addl Dir HQ 2 Corps were also present for the visit.

 Brig Vikram Sharma, Cdr, HQ 95 Inf Bde and Chairman Army Public School, Dagshai along with Mrs Ruchi Sharma visited the school on 01 Aug 2019.  Brig Sandeep Tyagi, Cdr, HQ 785 (I) AD Bde, Col S P Singh (Retd), Addl Dir (AWES) HQ 2 Corps, Mr Sita Ram, Principal, APS Patiala, Lt Col Surendra Singh & Maj U Ajith Kumar visited the school for the Annual Adm and technical inspection on 06 & 07 Sep 2019. They inspected the teaching strategies in the classrooms and various laboratories in the school.

 Col R S Joshi, Deputy Commandant, 14 GTC, Subathu visited the school as Chief Guest to attend the 36th AWES Raising Day and Investiture Ceremony for the year 2019.

SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATION 1994 BATCH

Alumni of 1994 batch of Army Public School, Dagshai celebrated their Silver Jubilee on 19 Apr and 20 Apr 2019 at APS Dagshai. The batch of 1994, twenty seven students attended the reunion with the Founder, Principal, Mr Mathur who gave shape to the school and initiated culture and traditions of a true boarding school. The founder staff members Mr & Mrs Dimri, Mrs Jagpal, Mrs Katoch, Mrs Malhotra, Ms Mahajan and Abhay Mathur, the first student of the school also attended the silver jubilee Celebrations. Mr Mathur addressed the gathering and shared his experiences regarding the school. Some of the teachers who taught the batch of 1994 were also present on the occasion. Mrs Roy, mother of Late Capt Sumit Roy, VrC (an Alumnus of APS, Dagshai, batch of 1994) was also present on the occasion. The guests spent hours reliving the time which they had spent 25 years ago. A special assembly was organized on the occasion where the Principal Dr SK Mishra addressed the gathering. The batch of 1994 also addressed the students and relived their school days. There was the unveiling of the Plaque at the library after Late Capt Sumit Roy and the library was renamed ‘SUMIT ROY LIBRARY’ after the brave soldier who sacrificed his life for the country in the Kargil war. The Batch of 1994 donated books worth Rs 22,000 to the school library. The alumni had a photography session and a round of Academic Block. They also gave a financial help of Rs 150,000/- for the current academic session to a needy child.

FOUNDERS’ DAY

The 33rd Founders’ Day of Army Public School, Dagshai was celebrated in the school on 01 Jun 2019. Brig H S Sandhu, SM, Commandant 14 GTC & Chairman APS Dagshai was the Chief Guest for the occasion. A large number of parents and old students attended the function. On the occasion a cultural programme was organized and various exhibitions were displayed by the school students. The Chief Guest presented prizes and trophies to the winners. The Cock house Trophy was won by Green House and Richen Angmo was adjudged the Best student.

MERITORIOUS STUDENTS OF CLASS X

Deepali Singh Abhishek Sheoran Muhammad Asjad Akber Saurav Kumar (95.8%) (95.6%) (95.4%) (94.2%)

Mohit Kr Singh Gurpreet Kaur Rohit Kumar (93.6%) (93.6%) (91%)

MERITORIOUS STUDENTS OF CLASS XII

Komal Choudhary Aarushi Chauhan Asma Aktar Shaikh Aryan Verma XII Sc (Med) 93.8% XII Sc (Med) 92.8% XII Sc (Non Med) XII Sc (Non Med) 96.4% 95.6%

Abhijit Singh Shweta Guleria Aaditya Parashar Tsewang XII Com (95%) XII Com (93.4%) XII Hum (96.4%) XII Hum (94.4%)

Stanzin Legsdan Deekshant XII IT (87.6%) XII IT (84.6%)

IPSC AND HQ 2 CORPS TOURNAMENTS

IPSC BADMINTON TOURNAMENT All India IPSC Badminton Tournament was organized by Genesis School Noida from 10 Jul to 12 Jul 2019. 17 schools of India participated in the tournament. Our Girls’ team participated in the U-17 category. Army Public School, Dagshai got 3rd position with bronze medal (U-17) in the tournament. Yashika Sharma of Class XI has been selected to participate in School Games Federation of India (SGFI).

IPSC BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP 05 students (Boxing team) of APS Dagshai participated in the Indian Public School Conference (IPSC) Boxing Championship held at Military School Dholpur, Rajasthan from 18 Sep to 20 Sep 2019. 11 teams from leading IPSC schools took part in this championship. The Dagshai boxers put up an excellent performance. Dhruv Millu of Class XII Sc won Silver medal (U-19 category). Nishan Loffa of Class-XI-Sc won Bronze medal (U-17 category). Harish Thakur, Ankit Sharma and Sunny Sangwan received participation certificates.

HQ 2 CORPS INTER ARMY SCHOOLS TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT HQ 2 Corps Inter Army Schools Table Tennis Tournament for Boys & Girls was held at Army Public School, Birpur from 08 – 10 Jul 2019. School Table Tennis Team comprising Tsering and Soumya (Girls), Jaideep and Naman (Boys) from Army Public School, Dagshai participated in the tournament.

HQ 2 CORPS INTER ARMY SCHOOLS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT HQ 2 Corps Football Tournament was organized at Army Public School, Patiala from 01 -03 Aug 2019. School Football Team of Army Public School, Dagshai participated in the tournament.

HQ 2 CORPS INTER ARMY SCHOOLS BADMINTON TOURNAMENT HQ 2 Corps Inter Army Public Schools Badminton Tournament was organized by Army Public School, Clement Town, Dehradun from 05 - 06 Aug 2019. The participating teams of the tournaments were Army Public School, Ambala, Army Public School, Birpur, Army Public School, Dagshai, Army Public School, Chandimandir, Army Public School, Patiala, Army Public School, Sangrur and the host school, Army Public School, Clement Town. The tournament was played on knock out basis. The School Team (Girls) from Army Public School, Dagshai were the Runners up in the Singles category and Winners in the Doubles Category. The school team comprised of Bhavya Thakur and Yashika Sharma, Naman Chauhan and Angad Arora. Army Public School, Dagshai won the Runners up trophy by winning two Gold Medals and One Silver Medal.

HQ 2 CORPS INTER ARMY SCHOOLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT HQ 2 Corps Inter Army Public Schools Basketball Tournament for Boys and Girls was organized at Army Public School, Dagshai from 18-20 Aug 2019. A total of eight teams from the boys category and seven teams from girls category participated in this tournament. The tournament was organized on Knock out basis. The finalists in the boys category were Army Public School, Ambala and Army Public School, Dagshai whereas the finalists in the Girls category were Army Public School, Clement Town and Army Public School, Dagshai. The teams displayed true sportsmanship and team spirit while playing the matches. The Host school, Army Public School, Dagshai was defeated by Army Public School Ambala in the Boys category and Army Public School, Clement Town in the girls category by a narrow margin. The Chief Guest for the closing ceremony of the tournament was Maj Gen K Shankar, CSO, HQ, Western Command and Patron, APS, Dagshai who congratulated the winners of the Tournament as well as the Runners up for putting up a tough fight against the winning teams. The final match was also witnessed by School Chairman Brig Vikram Sharma and Col B P Singh (Retd), Dir (AWES) Western Command.

HQ 2 CORPS INTER ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HINDI DEBATE COMPETITION 03 students of APS Dagshai, Deepali Singh, Mannat Verma and Kirat Khandelwal participated in HQ 2 Corps Inter Army Public Schools Hindi Debate Competition held at Army Public School Sangrur on 06 Sep 2019.

HQ 2 CORPS INTER ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUIZ COMPETITION The Quiz Team from APS Dagshai participated in HQ 2 Corps Inter Army Public Schools Quiz competition held at APS Patiala on 20 Sep 2019.

STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FOR JUNIORS The School basketball team (Junior) participated in the 41st State Basketball Tournament at Kangra Basketball Association Kangra from 21 Sep to 23 Sep 2019.

NCC TRAINING CAMP

This year 01/HP/ BN/ NCC, Solan organised an NCC camp in Chitkara University – CATC-220 from 04 Jun – 13 Jun 2019. 600 cadets from 14 schools, 3 Universities and one college participated in this camp. 22 boys and 20 girls of APS Dagshai also attended a 10 days Annual Training Camp in Chitkara Universtiy, Barotiwala with Mr

Dheeraj Gupta, TGT Hindi and ANO. There were various activities conducted by the ANO’s and PI staff like sports, Cultural, Firing, Drill, Cross Country, quiz etc. Results of Junior Division (Boys) Basketball - Runners Up Cross Country - Five Gold Medals

Results of Junior Wing (Girls) Group Song - Runners Up Group Dance - Runners Up Quiz - Runners Up Solo Song - First Position (Divyanshi) Badminton - Runners Up Firing - Gold Medal (Sakshi) Silver Medal (Malika Gurung) Cross Country - Three Gold Medals Best in Discipline - Cadet Parnika (Gold Medal) Cadet Vaishali (Gold Medal)

INTER SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

LUKITE CUP Basketball School team (boys & Girls) participated in the Lukite Cup held at St Lukes School Solan from 24- 25 May 2019.

MOHINDER MEMORIAL BILINGUAL TURNCOAT DEBATE School debate team comprising Shivanshu Sharma, Kirat Khandelwal and Deepali Singh participated in the Mohinder Memorial Bilingual Turncoat Debate at Pinegrove School, Sanwara from 29-31 Aug 2019. 16 leading schools of the country participated in this annual event. Each school team comprised of two speakers and one researcher. 14 participants entered the Finals. The team from Army Public School, Dagshai after beating all its opponents won the Debate and bagged the Winner’s trophy. .

WORLD ROBOTICS OLYMPIAD (NATIONAL LEVEL) 07 students of APS Dagshai, Dhruv Millu, Shivanshu Sharma, Rushil Mishra, Anshul Kalta, Yash Yadav, Tanishk Bhadauriya and Robin Singh participated in World Robotics Olympiad (National Level) conducted by CBSE held at Kunskapsskolan International School, Sector -70 Gurgaon on 07-08 Sep 2019.

INTER SCHOOL BUSINESS QUIZ 2019 03 Students of APS Dagshai, Sonakshi Tripathi, Vivek Chaubey and Rahul Devnani participated in Kirloskar Inter School Business Quiz 2019 at The Lawrence School Sanawar on 09 Sep 2019.

SANAWAR LITERARY FESTIVAL The literary club of APS Dagshai participated in Kavita Vaachan Pratiypogita as part of Sanawar Literary Festival to mark Hindi Diwas at Lawrence School Sanawar on 14 Sep 2019. Eleven schools participated in this festival. Aditi Sharma and Mannat Verma participated from APS Dagshai in which Aditi Sharma got 1st consolation prize. The school secured the second position amongst all the participating schools.

INTER HOUSE COMPETITIONS

INTER HOUSE CALLIGRAPHY COMPETITION (HINDI) An Inter House Calligraphy Competition for Sub Junior and Junior category was organised in the school. Class V First Partha Ghosh (Red House) Third Kavya Chauhan (Blue House Second Biswajeet (Yellow House) Third Rohit Kumar (Blue House) Class VIII Class VI First Sahil S Rana ( Red House) First Navneet Kumar Second Nishant (Yellow House) Second Vritti Vohra (Blue House) Third Alisha Dogra (Green House) Third Angle (Yellow House) House Results Class VII First Yellow House Second Red House First Rudraksh (Green House) Third Green House Second Tanishk Pal (Yellow House)

INTER HOUSE QUIZ (MIDDLES) An Inter House Quiz for Middles was organised on 04 May 2019 in the school auditorium. Teams from all four competition houses took part in it RESULTS First Team : Blue House (Amrisha, Lumto and Anirudh) Second Team : Red House (Urvi, Abhinav and Mannat)

INTER HOUSES CRICKET MATCHES Inter House Cricket Matches (Senior and Junior boys) were conducted from 12 Apr to 27 Apr 2019. Blue House (seniors) and Red House (juniors) won the matches respectively.

INTER HOUSE FOOTBALL MATCHES Inter House Football matches (Junior boys) were conducted from 03 May to 10 May 2019. Overall winner - Green House. Final Football match for Senior Boys was held on 05 Jul 2019 between Yellow and Green house. Green house won the match by 3/1.

INTER HOUSE BADMINTON MATCHES Inter house Badminton (Senior & Junior) started on 11 May 2019 and ended 18 May 2019. Green House (Seniors) and Yellow House (Juniors) won the matches respectively.

INTER HOUSE BASKETBALL MATCH Final Basketball match for Junior boys was held on 13 Jul 2019 between Red and Yellow House. Red house won the match.

INTER HOUSE STORY TELLING COMPETITION (HINDI) Inter House Story Telling Competition (Hindi) for Junior Category was held on 29 Jun 2019. Individual Result First Rudraksh of Green House Second Vikas of Green House Third Divyansh of Green House Consolation Nishtha of Red House House Results First Green House Second Blue House Third Red House

INTER HOUSE HINDI POEM RECITATION An Inter House Hindi Poem Recitation for Sub Junior Category was held on 29 Jun 2019. Individual Result First Ayush of Green House Second Kirti of Green House Third Diya of Green House House Results First Green House Second Blue House Third Red House

INTER HOUSE HINDI DEBATE (MIDDLES) An Inter House Hindi Debate for Middles was held on 29 Jun 2019. Individual Result First Vaishali of Red House Second Aditi of Green House Third Amrisha of Blue House Consolation Kanupriya of Red House House Results First Red House Second Green House Third Blue House

INTER HOUSE QUIZ COMPETITION (JUNIORS) An Inter House Quiz Competition for Junior Category was held on 05 July 2019. Result First Team : Yellow House (Piyush Shekhar Singh, Divyansh Ojha and Malika Gurung) Second Team : Blue House (Adarsh Mohan, Utkarsh Kumar and Meenakshi Sharma)

INTER HOUSE HINDI DEBATE (SENIORS) An Inter House Hindi Debate for Senior Category was held in the school auditorium on 12 July 2019. Individual Result First Deepali (Green House)

Second Diya (Blue House) House Results Third Shivanshu (Blue House) First Blue House Consolation Rahul (Yellow House) Second Green House Best Interjector Sonakshi (Blue House) Third Red House

ENGLISH LITERARY CONCLAVE

BOOK FAIR To mark the beginning of the English literary Fest, a book fair was organised in the school on 05 and 06 Aug 2019 by Scholastics India. Students picked up books of their choice at the book fair.

WORKSHOP BY CARTOONIST AJIT NARAYAN A well Known and professional Cartoonist Mr Ajit Narayan conducted a workshop for the students of Army Public School Dagshai on 05 Aug 2019.He is the author of the book, ‘Cartooning with Ajit Narayan’ and he has been working as a cartoonist consultant for scholastic India.

INTER HOUSE ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY COMPETITION Inter House Calligraphy for Sub Junior and Junior category was held in the school on 05 Aug 2019. Individual Results Second Videh Pratap of Green House Class V Third Simar Kaur of Red House First Nandani of Red House Class VIII Second Partha Ghosh of Red House First Khushi Singh of Yellow House Third Arunima Pandey of Red House Second Payal of Yellow House Vishal Singh of Green House Third Utkarsh Kumar of Blue House Class VI First Tarun of Blue House Second Angle Chauhan of Yellow House House Results Third Sanket of Red House First Red House Class VII Second Green House First Gopal Krishna of Yellow House Third Yellow House Aarush of Blue House

INTER HOUSE HASHAN BRAR ENGLISH DEBATE Inter House Hashan Brar English debate was organised in the school auditorium on 06 Aug 2019. The topics for the debate were interesting and students expressed their viewpoints on the same effectively. In the Semi Final-I, Blue House defeated the Team from Yellow House whereas in the Semi Final-II, Red House defeated the team from Green House. The debate was organized on Parliamentary Format. The Finalists of the debate competed against each other on 10 Aug 2019 in the Cambridge Format of debate. The Debate was won by Blue House.

INTER HOUSE ENGLISH ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION An Inter House English Essay writing Competition was organized in the school library for Junior, middle and Senior Category on 06 Aug 2019. Individual Results Second Ananya of Green House Sub Junior Category Third Anurag (Green House) First Vritti Vohra (Blue House) Senior Category Second Ananya (Green House) First Reetika (Green House) Third Isha (Blue House) Muskaan (Blue House) Junior Category Second Vivek Chaubey (Red House) First Bhanu Pratap (Green House) Third Akash Yadav (Yellow House) Second Bhavya Pratap (Red House) House Results Third Adarsh (Blue House) First Blue House Middle Category Second Green House First Tapasya (Yellow House) Third Red House

INTER HOUSE SPELL BEE COMPETITION Keeping in view the importance of spellings in English language, an Inter House Spell Bee Competition was held in the school Auditorium on 07 Aug 2019. Teams from all four competition houses participated in the event. The Quiz based Spell Bee was organised in a total of six rounds with active participation from the audience. Results First Green House (Parnika Tomar and Aman Thakur) Second Yellow House (Shivam and Karanveer) Third Blue House (Amrisha and Mohit Kumar)

INTER HOUSE WALL MAGAZINE The school promotes learning in all spheres, be it literary or creativity, therefore the students were given a chance to showcase their creative talent in the form of a wall magazine. The students of each competition house were given time and topic to create a wall magazine and present the same in the morning assembly. The winners of the Wall magazine Competition was Green House comprising Deepali Singh, Aditi Sharma and Rigzin.

BOOK REVIEW To promote the habit of reading amongst students, they were given a book to review. The title of the book was ‘The invisible Man’ written by HG Wells. Students from competition houses reviewed the book and wrote in length about the same. The winner of the book review was Saumya Panwar from Green House.

CREATIVE WRITING Encouraging students to use their creativity has always been the focus at Army Public School, Dagshai. Keeping the same in mind, students were given pictures and key words and asked to compose a poem using their creativity. One participant from each competition house participated in the event. The winner of creative writing was Sanyukta from Blue House.

INTER HOUSE OPEN AIR DRAMA Inter House Open Air Drama was held on 08 Aug 2019 on the school stage. Students were given topic for the drama well in advance and they prepared a drama based on it. The drama was presented in front of the entire school. Results Best Script Red House: Taarini Singh Kirat Khandelwal Best Actor Asmi Dev

INTER HOUSE ELOCUTION COMPETITION An Inter House Elocution Competition was held in the school auditorium on 09 Aug 2019. The students of Junior and Middle category participated in this competition. The participants delivered speeches by famous literary characters from English Literature. Individual Results (Junior) First Sujal Joshi of Red House

Individual Results (Middle) First Lumto Dubi of Blue House

INTER HOUSE STORY TELLING COMPETITION An Inter House Story telling Competition was organized in the school Auditorium on 09 Aug 2019. This event was open to the students of Junior Category and participants from all four competition houses participated in the competition. First Suchismita of Yellow House

INTER HOUSE MUSIC COMPETITION An Inter House Music Competition was organised in the school Auditorium on 13 Aug 2019 for Junior category. Individual Results Indian Music First Suchismita of Yellow House First Diwakar of Yellow House Rishik of Red House Second Saumya of Red House Second Sanjana of Red House Third Skarma of Green House Third Deepanshu of Green House Western Songs Beat-Boxing

First Tarh Mana of Blue House First Blue House Second Priyanshu of Red House Second Red House Third Akash of Yellow House Third Yellow House House Result

INTER HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY The Inter House Cross Country was held on 15th August 2019. Individual Results Senior Girls Sub Junior Girls First Priyanka (Red House) First Prakriti (Red House) Second Megha (Red House) Second Salini (Red House) Third Anshika (Red House) Third Ananya (Green House) Sub Junior Boys Senior Boys First Parvez (Blue House) First Jitender (Red House) Second Jaivardhan (Yellow) Second Vikram (Blue House Third Ayush (Green House) Third Ankit (Blue House) Junior Girls First Deepika (Green House) Overall House Positions Second Alisha (Green House) First Red House Third Himanshi (Blue House) Second Blue House Junior Boys Third Green House First Rahul (Red House) Second Harsh (Blue House) Third Piyush (Yellow House) Middle Girls First Riya (Blue House) Second Ankita (Yellow House) Third Saloni (Blue House) Middle Boys First Ghanshyam (Red House) Second Rigzin (Green House) Third Naman Rana (Red House)

INTER HOUSE QUIZ (SENIORS) An Inter House Quiz for Seniors was organised on 23 Aug 2019 in the school auditorium. Teams from all four competition houses took part in it. RESULTS First Team : Red House (Vivek, Kirat and Ankit Negi) Second Team : Green House (Deepali, Dhruv Millu and Mehek)

INTER HOUSE DANCE COMPETITION An Inter House Dance Competition was organised on Teachers Day for Junior. Middle and Senior categories. This competition was open to both boys and girls. Results: Solo Dance Junior Boys Solo Dance Junior Girls First Laksh Goel (Blue) First Mannat (Blue) Second Skarma (Green) Second Akshata (Yellow) Third Dhairya (Yellow) Third Saumya (Red) Solo Dance Middle Boys Solo Dance Middle Girls First Sarthak (Yellow) First Payal (Yellow) Second Balaji (Green) Second Amrisha (Blue) Third Manjeet (Red) Third Taarini (Red) Solo Dance Senior Boys Solo Dance Senior Girls First Neil (Yellow) First Sonakshi (Blue) Second Gagan (Red) Second Kumkum (Yellow) Third Priyanshu (Blue) Third Aditi (Green) Group Dance First Yellow House Second Red House Third Blue House

FACULTY ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMES

INSERVICE TEACHERS TRAINING

In-service Teachers training for all the teachers was conducted in the school from 03 Jun to 06 Jun 2019. Twenty teachers from Shaurya School, Subathu also attended the workshop on 05 Jun & 06 Jun 2019. The workshops were conducted by teachers of various departments as well as outsourced faculty.  ‘Guidelines on Art Integrated learning’ and ‘Importance of Morning assembly’ by Dr Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Principal, Army Public School, Dagshai.  ‘Reinforcement and strengthening of positive attitude’ and ‘Team Building dynamics and team spirit’ by Mrs Anu Manhotra, Corporate trainer and outsourced Resource Person.  ‘Senior school curriculum with special emphasis on Pedagogical practises’ by Mrs Meenakshi Shridhar, School Coordinator and PGT, Biology.  Training on use of Digicamp Software by Mr Deepak Saraswat, Internal Examination Incharge and PGT, Computer Science.  ‘Important circulars of CBSE’ by Mr Ravinder Patiyal, CBSE Cordinator and TGT, Mathematics.  ‘Cyber security’ by Mrs Neelima Sharma, TGT, Computer Science.  ‘Teaching creative writing to secondary learners’ by Mrs Poonam Verma, TGT, English.  ‘Seeds of motivation’ by Ms Nimisha Joshi, TGT Pyschology & Counsellor.  ‘E resources and best utilization of library for teachers’ by Mr Jitender Sharma, Librarian.

WORKSHOP ON ART INTEGRATED LESSON PLANS As per CBSE guidelines to integration of Art in lesson plans to make the topic interesting for the learners is needed. Keeping this in mind the HODs of various subjects gave presentations on ‘Art Integrated Lesson Plans’. This workshop was organized on 13 July 2019.  Mrs M Shridhar on Biology for Class VIII  Mr R K Thakur on History for Class IX  Mrs N Kumar on Hindi for Class IX  Mr S Ahluwalia on English For Class X  Mrs S Malik on Accountancy for Class XII

CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMMES ON LIFE SKILLS  Mr Ravi Sharma, TGT English was the Resource Person for one day Capacity Building Programme on Life Skills at Trinity International School Fagu Bani, Theog Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.  Mr Ravi Sharma, TGT English of Army Public School Dagshai was the CBSE Resource Person for the one day Capacity Building Programme on Life Skills at Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Senior Secondary School Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni Solan (HP) on 07 Sep 2019.

VEDIC MATHS WORKSHOP A four days Vedic Maths workshop was conducted in the school from 30 Apr to 03 May 2019 for the students of Classes V to X. Mr Devesh Kumar, Founder Director of Mathematical Institute for Genius, Jamshedpur conducted this workshop. The workshop was informative, useful and interesting. It trained the students to use Vedic Maths to solve complex mathematical problems of multiplication in fraction of seconds.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PLACEMENT WORKSHOP International student placement workshop was conducted on 06 May for Classes XI and XII. Ms Deep Kamal Gill, the coordinator gave detailed procedure for getting admission in the universities overseas. Resourse person Mr Dylan Hormsum, Director Recruitment for North and South America and South universities such as Florida Atlantic University, University of New Hampshire informed the students about the admission criteria to universities where the students can apply after 10+2. Ms Neha also briefed the students about different undergraduate degree they can take up in the United States.

The whole session was an eye-opener for the students and they found it very educative.

MOTIVATIONAL TALK A motivational talk was delivered by an alumus of APS Dagshai SS-47872N Capt Vipul Kumar (2009-2010 batch) serving in 10 Mech Inf (20 Maratha LI) on 08 Jul 2019. He motivated the students of Class-XII to join the Armed forces.

MOTIVATIONAL SESSION AND TRAINING WORKSHOP Armita Vishwa Vidhpeethan conducted a motivational session with integration of Amrita Meditation Training Workshop for the faculty and students of Army Public School, Dagshai on 24 Apr 2019 in the school Playfield. Mr Narinder Anand and Mrs Shweta Anand conducted this session where the children participated enthusiastically.

CBSE/FDRC WORKSHOPS Keeping in view, the important role of workshops to keep teachers updated with the latest trends in the field of education, workshops at various levels are organised from time to time. The Faculty Development and Resource Centre along with the CBSE are playing a pivotal role in the training of teaches of Army Public School, Dagshai.  Miss Nimisha Joshi, TGT Psychology cum Counsellor had attended a two days CBSE Capacity Building Programme on Adolescence Education at DAV Model School, Sector-15 Chandigarh on 29 & 30 Jun 2019.  Mr Shammi Ahluwalia, PGT English (HOD) had attended PGT HODs Eng Wksp No. 1 held at FDRC Delhi Cantt from 01- 05 Jul 2019.  Mrs Priyanka Zinta, PGT, Chemistry attended PGT Chemistry Wksp no 22 at FDRC, Delhi Cantt from 08 -12 Jul 2019.

 Mr R K Thakur, PGT, History attended PGT History – 02 Wksp No 25 at FDRC Delhi Cantt from 22 -26 Jul 2019.  Ms Anupama Mehra, TGT, Political Science attended PGT Pol Sc – 02 Wksp no 26 at FDRC Delhi Cantt from 22 – 26 Jul 2019.  A One Day Capacity Building workshop on stress management was organised at APS, Dagshai on 28 Sep 2019. A large number of teachers from APS, Dagshai as well as other CBSE schools participated in the workshop organised by CBSE. The Resource person, Ms Neha Kashyap, Principal, MM International Public School, Ambala conducted the workshop and cleared the myths related to stress. In the interactive workshop, the teachers indulged in many hands on activities and learnt techniques to overcome stress.

CBSE INITIATIVES

Under the guidelines of Central Board of Secondary Education, the school has initiated the celebration of important days of International and National importance, throughout the academic session as per the school calendar.

WORLD HERITAGE DAY To create awareness amongst the students about the significance of various important days celebrated all over the world ‘World Heritage Day’ was celebrated in the school on 17 Apr 2019. A talk on world heritage was delivered by a student during morning assembly, explaining the various aspects of World Heritage Day.

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR DAY In order to commemorate the International Labour Day & sensitize the students about the significance of Labour Day, a speech was delivered in the morning assembly by a student on 01 May 2019. This was in accordance with the instructions issued by CBSE to celebrate International Labour Day.

WORLD ASTRONOMY DAY Astronomy Day is a worldwide event observed in the month of May every year. The aim of this event is to promote a greater education and understanding of the wonders of the universe. A talk on Astronomy day was delivered in the morning assembly by a student on 14 May 2019.

INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE The International Day against Drug abuse is an opportunity to highlight the importance of addressing the threats of drug abuse and its illegal trafficking. In view of the same, an assembly talk on International Day against Drug Abuse was held on 26 Jun 2019.

WORLD POPULATION DAY The present generation must be given insight about Global Population Issues. An assembly talk on World Population Day was given on 11 Jul 2019 to raise awareness among the students.

HUB OF LEARNING The Central Board of Secondary Education has initiated a progressive step towards formation of Hubs of learning for smooth and effective collaboration among affiliated schools for self Improvement and quality enhancement. The first Meeting of the HoL was held at Army Public School, Dagshai where the Lead Collaborator School, Army Public school under the guidance of the Principal, Dr S K Mishra who gave a presentation to the four member schools of their Hub. The meeting was Chaired by Dr S K Mishra, Principal, Army Public School, Dagshai and attended by Dr Kamalpreet Kaur, Principal, Tagore Vanasthali Public School, Kuthar, Mr Rituraj, Principal, RR Convent School, Samloh, Mr Sanjay Gupta, Principal, The Divine International School, Kurar and Mrs Seema Devgan, Coordinator, MRA DAV, Solan. Hub of Learning Mathematics Workshop was held at APS Dagshai on 14 Sep 2019. The aim was to share the best practices in Mathematics. A presentation was given by Mr Ravinder Patiyal, CBSE Coordinator, and TGT Maths of APS, Dagshai. The meeting was attended by the entire Mathematics Department of Army Public School, Dagshai. Mrs Rita Pal from RR Convent School, Mr Ranjeet Singh and Mr Vishal Kalia from Tagore Vanashthali Public School, Kuthar and Mr Munish Kumar from The Divine International School, Kurar Dr S K Mishra Principal attended HOL meeting held at Tagore Vansathali Public School Kuthar on 21 Sep 2019.

SWACHHATA HI SEVA CAMPAIGN 2019 Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) Compaign 2019 was launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister on 11 Sep which aims to reinforce ‘sanitation as everyone’s business’ and is focused on plastic waste management as it key theme. It seeks to intensify the momentum with encouraging the masses to undertake shramdaan (voluntary activities) for Swachhata. APS Dagshai students and staff participated in

SHS 2019 on 20 Sep 2019. To make this campaign a success, the faculty and the students, together carried out a number of activities. The students were mobilized to undertake shramdaan. The NCC cadets also made banners and a rally was taken out on the occasion to create awareness among people on plastic ban and make a plastic free city. The students displayed placards emphasizing the need for a collective endeavour to eradicate the 18

use of single use plastic. The logo ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ was printed and displayed in all the seventeen classrooms, five hostels and school’s notice board. The campaign was a great way to create awareness among the students against the use of single use plastic which is a threat to our future generation.

SPICMACAY PERFORMANCE

A classical Odissi dance performance was organized in the school auditorium on 16 Apr 2019 where a well-known national and international Odissi dancer, Janhabi Behera performed to create awareness among the youth regarding the importance of Indian tradition and ancient dance forms.

The concert was sponsored by SPIC MACAY. The dancer was accompanied by Alok Ranjan Das on the Mirdal, Shatamanyu Mishra on the flute and Harpriya as the vocalist. The Dancer and her team were welcomed by school Bursar, Col Ravinder Singh. The concert began where Janhabi Behera gave detailed information about the Odissi dance form and various mudras.

DENTAL CHECK UP

Everybody loves a beautiful smile but the effort it takes to keep that smile intact is indeed a difficult task. Oral Hygiene plays an important role in enhancing the personality of an individual. The Annual Dental Checkup was carried out by a team headed by Lt Col Gaurav Vohra, OC, MDC, 14 GTC, Subathu from 25- 26 Jul 2019 for all students of Army Public School, Dagshai. Lt Col Vohra also gave a presentation on Oral Hygiene. He informed the students about tooth decay and other diseases that can be avoided by taking good care of the teeth.

MEETINGS

 The Mess Committee Meeting was held in the Dining Hall on 22 Apr 2019. The Meeting was presided over by the School Bursar, Col Ravinder Singh and attended by House Masters, Mess Manager, Wardens and School appointments.

 A Staff meeting was conducted on 01 May 2019 to discuss the preparation of Founder’s day.  A Staff Meeting was conducted in the Principal’s Office with teachers teaching class X and XII to discuss the result of First Quarterly Examination on 31 Jul 2019.  Student Council Meetings were conducted in Principal’s Office on 10 May and 03 July 2019.

 Adm/House Staff Meeting was organized in Principal’s Office on 29 Jun, 06 Jul, 13 Jul and 20 Jul, 27 Jul, 03 Aug, 17 Aug, 14 Sep and 21 Sep 2019.  School Administrative and Management Committee chaired by Maj Gen K Shankar, CSO, HQ Western Command and Patron Army Public School, Dagshai was held on 20 Aug 2019.

CLASS TRIPS

 The students of Class-VIII (55 boys and 22 girls) accompanied by class teachers, Ms Rekha Jamwal, TGT-Social Science and Ms Yashpreet Kaur, TGT English went on a 20

class trip to Solan on 05 May 2019. The students were first taken for a movie at Sundar Aayan Theatre where they saw Avenges – End Game, a 3D Movie. The students enjoyed the movie thoroughly.

Later in the day the students were taken to the famous Jatoli Shiva Temple which is an architectural marvel in itself. It is also considered the highest Shiva Temple in Asia. The students were told about the typical Southern Dravidian style architecture that is unique to the temples found in Himachal Pradesh. The students offered prayers at the cave in the temple and relished the Bhoj served in the temple.

       The students of Class V accompanied by Mrs Monica Rana, PRT, Art and Craft and Ms Amandeep Kaur, PGT Geography went for a local outing around Dagshai on 04 Jul 2019. They were taken to the Dagshai museum and jail, church and around the campus where they played games and relished the food in the serene surroundings. The children enjoyed the small picnic that was organised for them. CELEBRATIONS

36th AWES RAISING DAY *The 36th Raising Day of AWES was celebrated on 29 Apr 2019. A special assembly was organized to commemorate the occasion where the history of AWES was read out and the Chief Guest, Col R S Joshi, Deputy Commandant, 14 GTC, Subathu highlighted the important role of AWES in providing quality education at affordable cost to the wards of Army Personnel. He also acknowledged the good work of the students and teachers in putting up a wonderful show in a short span of time. He appreciated that the school is doing well and it must keep up the good work. He motivated the school appointments to shoulder the responsibility given to them. To mark the 36th Raising Day of AWES, an Impromptu show was put up by the new students in the school auditorium.

INVESTITURE CEREMONY The Investiture Ceremony was organized in the auditorium on 29 Apr 2019. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Col R s Joshi, Deputy Commandant 14 GTC, Subathu. The appointments were sworn-in, led by the School Captain; a group photograph was taken with the Chief Guest. SCHOOL APPOINTMENTS School Captain Boys - Rahul Devnani Girls - Diya Tanwar School Vice Captain Boys - Mohit Kumar Singh Girls - Deepali Singh Sports Captain Boys - Sachin Gahlawat Girls - Priyanka Luhach Cultural Captain Boys - Vivek Chobey Girls - Bhavya Thakur Debate Captain Boys - Shivanshu Sharma Girls - Sonakshi Tripathi Day Scholar Captain Day Scholar, Vice Captain Boys - Amar Pradhan Boys - Rushil Mishra Girls - Megha Rani Girls - Shelija Rana HOUSE APPOINTMENTS NEHRU HOUSE PATEL HOUSE Junior Prefect - Abhinav Kumar Junior Prefect - Jigmat Chosnor Senior Prefect - Rahul Dalal Senior Prefect - Manish Thakur TAGORE HOUSE INDIRA HOUSE Junior Prefect - Videh Pratap Singh Junior Prefect - Kanupriya Senior Prefect - Raja Rizwan Senior Prefect - Titiksha Sharma SUBHASH HOUSE Junior Prefect - Pranav Kumar Senior Prefect - Gopal Yadav RED HOUSE BLUE HOUSE Captain - Gopal Captain - Shantanu Singh Vice Captain - Priyanka Burman Vice Captain - Anjali Goswami GREEN HOUSE YELLOW HOUSE Captain - Viney Chillar Captain - Asoo Singh Tomar Vice Captain - Skarma Tundus Lamo Vice Captain - Aditee

5th INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY

The 5th International Yoga Day was celebrated in the school auditorium on 21 Jun 2019. The Principal, Faculty Members, and students took part in a one hour yoga session conducted by Mr Sanjay Dulta, PGT, Physical Education.

VAN MAHOTSAV A tree plantation campaign on the occasion of Van Mahotsav was organised by the members of Eco Club on 06 Jul 2019.

KARGIL VIJAY DIWAS To mark the 20th Anniversary of ‘Operation Vijay’, a special assembly was organised in the school on 26 Jul 2019. Speeches were given on the occasion along with patriotic poems and Songs. Homage was paid to Late Maj Udai Singh, SC, SM and other brave soldiers of the country who laid down their lives for the country. The Principal addressed the students on the occasion and emphasized on the three R’s ie: Rejoice, Remember and Renew in his speech.

INDEPENDENCE DAY The 73rd Independence day of the country was celebrated in the school on 15 Aug 2019. A special assembly was held where the Tricolour was hoisted by the Principal, Dr SK Mishra. Speeches highlighting the achievements of India since Independence were given by the students. Patriotic songs and a dance performance followed by prize distribution of Cross country were part of the special assembly. The Principal addressed the students on the occasion and complimented the students for the wonderful performance they had put up in Cross Country and the cultural programme.

RAKSHA BANDHAN Raksha Bandhan was celebrated in the school on 15 Aug 2019, where the sisters tied the sacred thread to their brothers’ wrist praying for their long life and in return the brothers promised to be with them in all odds of life. Sweets and gifts were also exchanged.

KRISHNA JANMASHTMI Krishna Janmashtmi was celebrated in the school on 24 Aug 2019. The staff and the students of the school took part in the Pooja in the school Sarv-dharam-sthal. It was celebrated with singing of bhajans, aarti and the distribution of prasad.

NATIONAL SPORTS DAY To commemorate National Sports Day in memory of legendary Hockey player Major Dhyan Chand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a nation-wide Fit India Movement in a bid to make physical activities and sports a part of daily routine in every common man’s life. Under the CBSE guidelines, the students and faculty members witnessed the live screening of the programme in the residential houses of the students and took the Fitness pledge.

TEACHERS DAY Teachers’ Day was celebrated in the school on 05 Sep 2019. An Inter House Dance Competition was organized on the occasion under different categories. A large number of students participated in the Dance competition. Students presented different dance forms based on different themes. The teachers enjoyed the dances put up by the students.

BOOK FAIR

To encourage the habit of reading amongst students, a book fair was organized in the school from 07 May to 08 May 2019 by Scholastic India, Chandigarh. Every year the book fair is organised and students eagerly wait to purchase the latest books of their choice. Army Public School, Dagshai encourages students to read books as a leisure time activity. This enhances their reading skills on one hand and enriches their vocabulary with new words.

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

Birthday of students and teachers, whose birthdays were in the month of May, June and July, August and September were celebrated in dining Hall on the last Saturday of the respective month. A cake was cut on the occasion and students relished special food.

PARENT TEACHER MEETING

A Parent teacher meeting was held in the school on 10 Aug 2019 to discuss the academic performance of the students with the parents. The report cards of PWT - I and First quarterly Exams were handed over to the parents who attended the meeting.