A Plastic-Free Environment at C.A.S. 12Th Annual Evening of Rhythm and Rhyme the KBC National Inter-School Indoor Rowing Regatta
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A student publication of Christmas Edition The C.A.S. School Vol. 17, Issue # 2: December 2019 12th annual Evening of Rhythm and Rhyme 5th National PASCH Donations for Refugee Children Zahra Zeina Gillani, 10A German Spelling Bee Tara Vera Ahmed, 11B An initiative was taken by Competition our school to help the Ramis Riaz Kamlani, 10B refugee children in Syria by donating warm clothes, food, bedding, and funds On 18 October, 5th National PASCH to help them survive the German Spelling Bee Competition harsh winter season. A was held at Goethe-Institut, Karachi. charity drive was organised Seven schools participated in this and managed by the competition. Hiba Ansari, Eman Student Government at Mallick Imam and I represented C.A.S. in which donations C.A.S. and secured first position. This of the above mentioned victory helped us proceed further to items were collected from compete in the final round, held in parents of KG, Junior and On 9 November, the 12th annual tried to bring attention to this crisis Lahore on 22 November. Once again Senior Sections as well as the school humanitarian services in areas struck Evening of Rhythm and Rhyme was through the choice of poetry and the team performed brilliantly and staff and faculty members. A by natural calamities, war and conflict. held at the Main Campus. 24 students music that they presented. secured third position in the contest. delegation of 8 students from the Students were briefed about the crisis from classes 10 and 11 had been Student Government travelled to by Mr Resat BASER, Head of selected to participate. They rehearsed Students performed ghazals and Turkey and visited the offices of iHH orphanages at iHH and they passed- with the music instructors months recited poems by Khaled Hosseini, (the Istanbul-based Foundation for on the donations along with a selection before the main event. This year’s Raaz Allahabadi, Bahadur Shah Human Rights and Freedoms and of colouring and English storybooks performances were dedicated to the Zafar, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Habib Jalib, Humanitarian Relief) and Khubaib published by Bookgroup for the refugee children of the world who Sahir Ludhianavi, Mirza Asadullah Foundation. They provide refugee children living near the are fleeing war and persecution. They Khan Ghalib and Allama Iqbal. contd on p. 6 contd on p. 2 German Language Youth A Plastic-free environment at C.A.S. A step is taken and safe for drinking. Samples of Conference, Sri Lanka Shanze Shoaib Khan, 10C for a plastic-free bottled water and ‘My Water’ were Model United Nations environment at sent for testing and the results showed I was selected to attend a Youth about their rights. It was a great (MUN) Conference C.A.S. by that ‘My Water’ gave purer water. Conference from 10 to 14 November experience to interact with students replacing the Therefore, disposable water bottles in Colombo, Sri Lanka to represent from other cultural backgrounds and single-use plastic are no longer available in school, Pakistan. Theme of the conference learn about their outlook on this water bottles to including the canteen. Students, was based on children’s rights. important issue. HUMUN 2019 ‘My Water’, a faculty members and staff are Participants actively took part in panel Syed Umar Razvi, 10A sustainable encouraged to bring their reusable discussions conducted by UNICEF solution for water purification that bottles that can be filled up from the ambassadors, and talked about the converts tap water into pure mineral ‘My Water’ dispensers placed on both situation of children’s rights in their From 31 October to 3 November, the water. It is environmentally friendly campuses. respective countries. Other activities C.A.S. debate team attended included theatre, art, drama and HUMUN 2019 at Habib University. 58th TPL Sindh Open & Boys Age-group music. We also discussed how We took part in meticulous debates German language could be and a panel discussion with the chief Swimming Championship incorporated in educating children guests and labour right activists Mr Ramzan Memon and Ms Shahina Memon. At the end of this event the On 8 to 10 November, 22 students of position with 272 points. Such events The KBC National Inter-school Indoor best debaters from each committee the boys swimming team participated help encourage young swimmers to th Rowing Regatta 2019 gave their speeches. The C.A.S. in the 58 TLP Sindh Open & Boys pursue this sport with dedication. A Safa Haris, 10B delegates participated with focus and Age-group Swimming Championship special thanks to Mr Danish Shafiq enthusiasm. Ahmed Nadeem Haqque held at the Karachi Parsi Institute. It (a C.A.S. parent) for managing the The KBC National Inter-school The team began training one month received the Best Position Paper and was a three day event organised by team. Indoor Rowing Regatta was held at prior to the regatta under the Fatemah Sultan was awarded the Best Sindh Swimming Association (SSA). the Habib Public School on 27 supervision of their coaches, Delegate, while Rahemin Rizvi, The team was trained by their coach October. The C.A.S. rowing team Mr Aneel Shahzad and Mr Mubaraz Abeeha Naghman, Naheel Rehman Mr Adnan Zaheer. They competed in comprised of students from classes Ashraf. The rowing team participated Malik and I received Honourable the U-8, U-10, U-12, U-14 categories 7 to 11. They competed in the U-13, in 22 events and received 11 gold, Mentions. and won a total of 4 gold, 15 silver U-15, U-17, U-20 and U-23 3 silver and 2 bronze medals. It was and 19 bronze medals. Muhammad categories with twenty three other a challenging contest. The team Yusuf Khalid was declared Group schools and colleges from Karachi. worked hard to achieve this result. Champion for U-14 category. The C.A.S. School competed with 17 results on p. 6 th schools and clubs and came in 5 results on p. 8 International Junior Rowing Invitational 27th Annual Palmolive Sindh Women’s Regatta 2019 Rayyan Talal, 10B Swimming Championship 2019 Zarah Kothawala, 6B From 4 to 12 November, 16 students congratulate them on their brilliant The 27th Annual Palmolive Sindh hope to participate in future from classes 8 to 11 participated in performance. We are grateful to Ms Women’s Swimming Championship championships and bring back even the International Junior Rowing Reem Ansari, Head, Department of was held on 5 and 6 October at the more medals. Invitational Regatta 2019 held in Learning Modules, Rowing Coach Karachi Gymkhana. The C.A.S. team Putrajaya, Malaysia. The C.A.S. Mr Aneel Shahzad and The Karachi consisting of 23 students from classes rowing team comprised of Safa Haris, Boat Club for their support. 2 to 11 participated in various events Miraal Zafar, Anaya Taimur, Emaan in the U-8, U-10, U-12, U-14, U-16 Naveed Sheikh, Taimor Mohammed and open-age categories. They Khan, Ayan Mohammad Khan, Haadi competed against contestants from Butt, Yahya Saeed Khan, Haroon 23 different schools from all over Saeed Khan, Mohammad Shujaat, Karachi. After weeks of training under Rayyan Talal, Syed Afnan Aziz, the supervision of their coach Rayyan Malik, Ensi Qiao, Basim Ms Saba Shozaib, they managed to Nadeem Haqqui and Mohammed Ali. secure 4th position in the competition The team won 3 gold, 2 silver and 3 for their overall performance. This results on p. 6 bronze medals. We would like to results on p. 8 was a wonderful opporunity and they 2 Campus News NEEMTREE December 2019 Photography Competition 2019-20 Karachi Biennale EcoStudies Baba Island Fatima Kazmi, 8C Shanzay Adnan Ansari, 9C Ms Yasmeen Salman, Head of the Art On 21 October, EcoStudies students Island and learnt about their In November, a photography exhibited at the entrance lobby of the Department and Ms Ayesha Naveed, of Class 8 visited Baba Island, a significance. They are deteriorating competition was held for all students Main Campus. The idea was to bring senior Art teacher at C.A.S. fishing village outside Karachi, as at an alarming rate which poses a of the Photography Module. This the work of students out to a wider participated in the Karachi biennale part of their course. It took a 25- threat to our ecosystem. year's topic was 'Peek-a-Boo'. Each audience. Students, staff, teachers 2019, along with various pakistani minutes boat ride from Kemari port Mr Shah discussed the problems and participant submited one image that and visitors enjoyed viewing these and international artists. This year the to reach the Island. We were warmly environmental challenges faced by depicted the theme according to their photographs. Sarrinah Shoaib of theme of the biennale was Ecology. welcomed by the residents. Mr Shah the community and the measures interpretation. Ms Ayesha Mir, the Class 8, Mehreen Ali Rizvi of Class Work of both these artists was Sahib, the Chairman of the taken by them to tackle these issues. photography instructor, judged this 9, Shifa Akbar of Class 10 and Sania showcased at Bagh Ibne Qasim and community gave us a tour of the This was a mind opening experience. contest along with a guest judge Zehra of Class 11 are the winners of was part of the mural Naqsh e shehr. village. We visited the newly built We are grateful for their warm Mr Omar Bashir, a photographer and this competition. This was an Map of Karachi was divided amongst school which is catering to the hospitality and to Mr Taymur videographer. Striking good quality encouraging experience for all the 36 artists who used it as a background academic needs of approximately 700 Mustafa, for arranging this trip.