2 Years of Excellence Lead, Care and Inspire August – November 2019 PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE 2 Years of Excellence Success “ is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success The world around us tends to revere material wealth and those who possess it, somemes ignoring talent, spirituality, honesty a n d s t e a d fastness. The true appreciaon of life is misleadingly considered to lie in the acquision and ulizaon of material wealth. This path oen distances people from sources of lasng happiness as they choose instead to spend me in the pursuit of wealth. These circumstances lead me to express my views on happiness and success. We must remind ourselves that happiness doesn't come as a result of geng something we don't have, but rather from recognizing and appreciang what we do have. The sasfacon gained from a task well done is enormously greater than an impression created by flaunng borrowed feathers. An honest commitment to yourself and your abilies, will definitely lead to eventual success which is less transient and more worthy of your abilies. We must leave our mark on every surface that we walk and connue in our dues indefagably, in the face of all odds. That could be a measure of our success. Learning to succeed is indeed a wonderful experience which we wish for each of our students, without excepon. However, is success only defined by academic results? Creang a posive environment around you, where ever you go, helping the old and the young, learning about yourself and knowing how to appreciate the beauty of the world around, can also be considered to be measures of success. These successes spread infinitely more comfort and happiness around while bringing great sasfacon to the individual. Each school newsleer marks a milestone on the path of educaon which ulmately results in success and happiness of its students. Let us redefine our happiness and success and reward ourselves with blissful contentment! As we move towards the end of the academic session, I hope that each student persists in the honest pursuit of learning which will result in greater happiness and success rather than gaining knowledge. I wish you all the best! Surender P. Sachdeva - Principal GREEN SCHOOL DRIVE 2 Years of Excellence Awareness, expression and persuasion accentuated the connuous drive to contribute to a clean, healthy and more viable environment through acve involvement and resourcefulness towards our contribuon to a greener planet! “The environment and the economy are really both two sides of the same coin. If we cannot sustain the environment, we cannot sustain ourselves.” - Prof. Wangari Maathai On 20 August 2019, 22 Green warriors of Grade VI-VII parcipated in a Plantaon Drive at Sterling City- Bopal, organized by the Crime and Corrupon Control Associaon and Bopal Nagarpalika. The Chief Guest for the event was Hon. Acharya Dev Vrat, Governor of Gujarat who reminded the students to uphold the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi for creang a sustainable environment. ‘Energy Conservaon and Save Electricity’ was reiterated through a video and power point presentaon on how to save electricity on 23 August 2019. Green school acvity: Newspaper bags were made by the students of Grade IV - V on 10 October 2019. The students of class III watched a video on “Say No to Single use of plasc” and conducted a The Green School Club conducted survey in the neighbourhood from 18 to ‘Green Youth Conclave’ on 16 November 20 October 2019 on the use of plasc. 2 0 1 9 w i t h 1 0 0 d e l e g a t e s a n d parliamentarians from classes IX-XII. The students watched a video on Eco Two commiees, The UNEP and the LOK Friendly Diwali and made posters on 14 SABHA, were organised to debate on the October 2019. UNDP's Agenda13 and the pathway take by different countries to achieve it. The students of classes I-V watched a video on Waste Management and made posters on 3 R's on 5 and 27 November 2019. They wrote the names of items that can be refused, reused, reduced, recycled and rethought about materials that can be avoided. A video on E-Waste Awareness was shown. Mastermindz | August - November 2019 1 RAISING THE BAR 2 Years of Excellence Addressing the need to expand, assimilate and remain relevant in the rapidly altering environment, apposite opportunies are provided through judiciously chosen sessions for teachers and students. Workshops for Teachers A S o c i a l M e d i a w o r ks h o p wa s conducted for the teachers and administrave staff on 9 August 2019 by Ms. Margaret, Assistant Manager, Graphics and Social Media, Kalorex. The training focused on best pracces, me saving features and powerful insights that can be leveraged to determine the most effecve social media strategies. Delhi Public School-Bopal hosted a teacher's training program cum The workshop on Google Drive was enrichment workshop in associaon conducted by Ms Reena and Ms Zoovi on with Extramarks-the learning app, on 21 and 24 September 2019. It was a Classroom Management on 16 detailed training about Google Apps: September 2019. Ms. Nishi Sharma an Google Drive, Password and Security, educaonist and counsellor conducted and Google Calendar. All the teachers the workshop that was aended by all from Pre-Primary and Primary secon Academic Co-ordinators, Department aended the workshop. Co-ordinators and Moderators. On 31 August 2019, Delhi Public School- The Medical Department organized a Bopal took the iniave in hosng an training and enrichment workshop on Enrichment workshop for teachers of Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitaon on 19 Business Studies for all CBSE schools of October 2019. Eminent crical care Gujarat partnered by P.P Publicaons. specialists Dr. Ritesh Gajjar and Dr. J. K. Shree G.S Alag, conducted the session Upadhyay aached with Apollo that was aended by 60 teachers. Hospitals explained the Basic Life Support (BLS) procedures for both adults The Department of Economics organized and infants. The session highlighted the an enrichment session on Stock Market importance of CPR as a life saving Outlook on 19 September 2019. The measure for the vicms of cardiac arrest. resource person Ms. Shweta Dikshit emphasized on Financial Literacy. Mastermindz | August - November 2019 2 RAISING THE BAR 2 Years of Excellence A Zumba workshop was conducted by Ms. Prathishta in Krishna Building Lawn on 15 November 2019 for teachers of primary secon. A Hindi Enrichment workshop was conducted by Ms Kumud Sharma on 16 November 2019 for teachers from Grade I and II. An EE Enrichment workshop was conducted by Ms Mini Nair on 16 November 2019 for EE Department teachers of Grade I and II. An English Enrichment workshop was conducted by Ms Jaswin Bhatnagar on 16 November 2019 for teachers of Grade I and II. A Math Enrichment Workshop was conducted by Ms Kanchan Bawa on 16 November 2019 for teachers of Grade I and II. A Dance and Music Workshop was conducted by Mr. Sushim Verma on 30 November 2019 for the members of the Dance and Music Department. A workshop on “ICT for Schools” on OLAB Content was organised on 30 November 2019. 59 Teachers from 14 schools parcipated in this workshop that was conducted by Mr. Vaibhav Singh and Mr. Prashant Choubey from CDAC, Mumbai. Workshops for Students and Parents An Enrichment Session - ‘English-The Global Language’ was organized on 29 August 2019 in Abhivyak for the students of class XI under the aegis of English Department. The session was conducted by Ms Aparna Singh, an educator with 30 years of experience in various presgious instuons and the owner of two preschools. The workshop enthralled the students as they were opened to new possibilies and opportunies with proficiency in English language. The student council of primary and secondary secon was treated to an enriching ‘Teen Leadership Workshop’ on 30 August 2019 conducted by Mr. Rajat Soni, a Teen Life and Parenng Coach. Numerous interacve acvies were craed by Mr. Soni on leadership with finesse. Mastermindz | August - November 2019 3 RAISING THE BAR 2 Years of Excellence Workshops for Students and Parents An interacve workshop on Stress Management for parents of classes IX - XII was held on 31 August 2019 under the aegis of the Counselling Dept. Dr. Purnima Gupta, a trained psychotherapist, founder of Anahata Mental Health Clinic, spearheaded the session on developing stress management skills. A Mental Health Awareness session for the An enrichment workshop for the parents was students of class IX was conducted on 31 organized for classes IV-VIII on student safety August 2019 by Dr. Sunita Singh on the topic on 31 August 2019. The session on Cyber Safety “You Are Not Alone”. Different ways of was conducted by Mr. Jitesh Chauhan; Director, managing stress and anxiety were shared Rubik InfoTech Pvt. Ltd. He guided the parents with them. on how they can opt for content filtraon and block age-inappropriate apps and websites. Mr. An Advanced Enrichment Programme in Chauhan highlighted the various Internet Mathemacs was organized at DPS Navi Safety Laws for Children and how to deal with Mumbai, Nerul for students of class XI from cyber bullying. A session on emoonal and 14 October to 18 October 2019. Nikhil psychological safety followed suit, conducted Vadhera and Navoneel Ghosh successfully by Ms. Sangeeta Hinduja, Special Educator & qualified for level II of SMTE and were Head, Prerna on various aspects of emoonal, invited to aend the camp. The sessions hormonal and psychological changes were conducted by Math experts Mr. V associated with puberty and teenage.