Volume 56, May19-Aug 19 Army Public School,Dagshai Shimla Hills
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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. 1 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. 2 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. 3 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% 4 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. 5 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.