THE ANNUAL MAGAZINE OF ST. JUDE’S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN 2013-14

R AU E DI DN TO R RIU GA M THE JONTY MULTIPURPOSE AUDITORIUM L A I R

Editorial O T I D

– Ms. Michelle Gardner E Vice-Principal

Dear Students, Parents and Well Wishers; we hope you enjoy flipping through the colourful pages which are a reminder of yet another memorable and special year for us. A year that saw new buildings being constructed, a new Cafe, excellent academic results as well as outstanding achievements both on the stage and the field. It’s also been a year when our state experienced a tragic natural disaster. We stood by our people and began Project Vidya and adopted a village called Saturi and we have travelled many hours to ensure our village gets the help it requires. We have become aware of our surroundings and will work hard to ensure a better future for the invest in planning to lessen the impact of climate generations to come. Be it garbage on the road or change. traffic light not working. There is a new found I hope our theme for this year’s dividers will awareness and a need to be the change that has empower our students with the powerful tool, become a priority within the Thaddeusian family. knowledge; they must analyse and decide for This year’s magazine is dedicated to the themselves if our situation is indeed grave and if it is, inconvenient truth of Global Warming. I turned my we must leave no stone unturned in our quest for a attention to Global Warming as I personally have world that is safe and that we continue to treasure and experienced significant changes in weather patterns look after. all over the world that perhaps no one can deny, freak We would also like to let you know we are working weather, flooding, the seasons getting mixed up to me on a website: www.stjudes.co.in. The website is under are alarm bells that are ringing loud enough for me to construction and soon we hope it will provide our sit up and take notice. We must observe, analyze, school and its family of students, teachers, parent and introspect and then be ready to act in order to ensure well wishers with an identity as well as a platform to the future generation will be able to experience and interact regularly with us. appreciate nature like we have. We hope you enjoy this edition of The Our challenge today is that the number of natural Thaddeusian. Please feel free to email your feedback disasters have increased by more than 4 times in the and suggestions at: [email protected]. last 20 years. Our planet, as aptly expressed by Prince I would thank Mr. Deepender Mehra, Mr. G.S. Charles, is like a dying patient. Bartwal, our team of Teachers & Students, Mr. R.V. Our leaders now must aggressively attempt to Gardner and the Jain family at Vikalp Printers for reduce greenhouse gas emission. The common man their valuable help, guidance and support. must now be forced to make changes for the greater Here’s hoping that the year 2014 is your best year good of mankind. Governments the world over must ever. God Bless.

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ST. JUDE’S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN THE THADDEUSIAN 2013-14 1 S R E R A E B - Our Torch-Bearers H C R O T

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Mrs. V.R. Gardner, Principal Ms. Michelle Gardner, Vice-Principal

Mr. Kamlesh Sundriyal, Middle School Coordinator Mrs. Amita Chaudhary, Junior School Coordinator

Mrs. Geeta Kohli, Primary School Coordinator

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Sitting (L to R): Mrs. V. Chandel, Mrs. N. Ahuja, Mrs. N. Mehra, Mrs. S. Kaul, Mrs. S. Tuli, Ms. M. Gardner (Vice-Principal), Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal), Mr. K. Sundriyal (Middle School Coordinator), Mrs. S. Rana, Mrs. S.S. Khanduri, Mrs. G. Joshi, Mrs. H. Kukreja, Mrs. S. Chakraborty Standing 1st Row: Mrs. B. Sharma, Mrs. R. Anand, Mrs. S. Thakur, Mrs. M. Bhardwaj, Mrs. N. Chaudhary, Mrs. S. Kapoor, Mrs. A. Bhatia, , Mrs. H. Raizada, Mrs. S. Sacha, Mrs. I. Manuel, Mrs. A. Gupta, Mrs. P. Charles, Mrs. R. Saklani Standing 2nd Row: Ms. M. Singh, Mrs. G. Arya, Mrs. S. Kapoor, Mrs. A. K. Kohli, Mrs., S. Singh, Mrs. S. Arora, Mrs. T. Pant, Mrs. J. Aggarwal, Mrs. N. Vinod, Mrs. L. Tripathi, Mrs. M. Oliver, Mrs. V. Dhingra Standing 3rd Row: Mr. B.M. Bhatt, Mr. A. Singhal, Mr. A. Jaiswal, Mr. V. Dhan, Mr. A.K. Pant, Mr. J. Singh, Mr. R. Bhatt, Mr. H. Uniyal, Mr. B.S. Bisht, Mr. R.S. Rawat

3 Standing 4th Row: Mr. A. Singh, Mr. V. Kumar, Mr. J. S. Panwar, Mr. D. Purohit, Mr. R. Singh, Mr. K. Kapoor, Mr. N. Chandna

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Sitting (L to R): Mrs. V. Nagpal, Mrs. N. Kapoor, Mrs. R. Jaraut, Ms. R. Verma, Mrs. A. Nagarkoti, Mrs. P. Dass, Mrs. G. Kohli (Primary School Coordinator), Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal), Mrs. A. Chaudhary (Junior School Coordinator), Mrs. D. Dawar, Mrs. J. Shepherd, Mrs. S. Oberoi, Mrs. R. Thapa, Mrs. M. Arya

, DEHRADUN Standing 1st Row: Mrs. S. Charles, Mrs. J. Tindale, Mrs. M. Jadora, Mrs. R. Massey, Mrs. M. Kapoor, Mrs. S. Jhaldiyal, Ms. R. Machal, Mrs. D. Gupta, Mrs. N. Saharan, Mrs. T. Meiselbach, Mrs. S. Rawat, Mrs. K. Naithani, Mrs. M. Mittal, Mrs. M. Chachra, Mrs. R. Bhatia, Mrs. R. Hashmi Standing 2nd Row: Mrs. M. Kapoor, Mrs. N. Upadhaya, Mrs. M. Dangwal, Mrs. P. Kaur, Ms. R. Ahluwalia, Mrs. S. Ahluwalia, Mrs. J. Samuel, Mrs. S. Arora, Mrs. S. Sharma, Mrs. R. Thapa, Mrs. G. Chauhan Standing 3rd Row: Mrs. S. Prabhakar, Mrs. A. Sharma, Ms. C. Bhatt, Mrs. N. Bisht, Mrs. R. Ghanshyala, Mrs. M. Mehra, Mrs. H. Bansal Standing 4th Row: Mr. S. Thapa, Mr. W. Lakhra, Mrs. P. Kaur, Mrs. J. Tindale, Mrs. J. Kapoor, Mrs. N. Chauhan, Mrs. R. Tyagi, Mr. D. Chetri S H P A R

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Sitting (L to R): Mr. M.S. Rawat, Mr. B.S. Chauhan, Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal), Mr. G.D. Devrani, Mr. D. Lal Standing 1st Row: Mr. A.S. Rawat Standing 2nd Row: Mr. S. Pokhriyal, Mr. D. Mehra, Mr. R. Pant, Mr. D. Purohit, Mr. D. Malcom The Support Staff

Sitting (L to R): Kiran, Rajrani, Bernadett, Mr. D. Malcom (Estate Incharge), Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal), Mr. A.S. Rawat (Estate Incharge), Hemlata, Devashwari, Phoolwati Standing 1st Row: Vinesh, Rakesh Kumar, Girish Chandra, Bonyfus, Sushma, Sunita, Poonam, Bhagwati Prasad, Pradeep, Naveen, Navaldeep Standing 2nd Row: Dhanveer Rawat, Meena Kumar, Prakash, Ajeet, Prisca, Jerom, Pintu Morya, Jagdish, Anand Bhatt, Rajkumar-II Standing 3rd Row: John, Sompal, Bharat, Raja, Kishan Raj, Shambhu, Rakesh Chandra, Surendra Singh-I

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C Principal’s Annual Report N I R

P – Read during the 20th Annual Speech & Prize Day, 2013-14, held on 10th May, 2014

In the last 20 years our School has grown in a very positive way. At St. Jude’s we have 3478 students getting education under 127 Teaching staff with 48 Support staff and Ayahs. We try and help as many students as we can and assist Parents in their needs. We provide free education to the · Kargil War martyrs · Martyrs of the Uttarakhand Movement for a separate State · For the children who suffered due to the ‘Himalayan Tsunami’ on 16th June 2013 · and also to the students whose parents are going through financial loss, separation and tragedies. 200 students get 100% fee concession, 185 students get 50% fee concession and our Staff wards get free education. I am proud to announce that this year the total Academic Prize Winners from Nur. to Class XII are 384. I would like to congratulate our ICSE and ISC students, Teachers and Parents for the excellent Board Results, 2014. his/her lessons clearly and effectively and this in turn SJS achieved 100% result in ICSE (Class X) and the catches the attention of the pupils. average percentage was 80. Out of 177 students 26 St. Jude’s also hosts the annual Academic and Creative students achieved above 90% and 34 students between Festival ‘MindSpree’ organised by our Vice Principal Ms. 85-90%. Michelle Gardner. It includes Debate, Art, Mega Poster Our Top scorer in ICSE was Varun Gupta who got 97% Making, Quiz, ProwerPoint Presentation and Singing. followed by Ritika Srivastava with 96%. During the tragic time when our hills were hit by the In ISC (Class XII) out of 158 students who appeared, unprecedented tragedy – we tried to help our fellow our average Class percentage was 79. 27 students scored members. These words guided us: above 90% and 14 students scored between 85 and 90%. “Can I see another’s woe, Siddharth Negi topped by scoring 97.2%. and not be in sorrow too? As per the Magazine ‘Education World’ of September Can I see another’s grief, 2013, St. Jude’s School’s National Ranking when taking into and not seek for kind relief? account English and the Best 3 Subjects is 39th in regards to St. Jude’s School has undertaken ‘Project Vidya’ (in the number of students who have achieved 90% and memory of Vidya Bisht, a very special child of Class XII who above, amongst the best 100 Schools as per the ISC - 2013 lost her battle to cancer on the 3rd of August 2013). Project Results in the country. There are 1835 ISC Schools in the Vidya is a special project for the people of Uttarakhand. country. Well done Thaddeusians! There is a lot to be done and lot that can be done Thank you Ms. Michelle and all my Senior Teachers who together. Project Vidya began with a team of School Staff work so hard to bring all the students to this level. and students along with Ms. Michelle Gardner (Vice To further upgrade our education system, we have Principal, St. Jude’s School) and Max Chandra (Founder, introduced TeachNext Education system in 36 class rooms. ‘One Step At A Time’ charitable foundation). Mrs. Seema Audio-visual material arouses learner’s interest. Students Singh, Mrs. Reema Saklani, Mr. K. Sundriyal, Mrs. R. get to develop a learning habit when the teaching method Dwivedi and some Support Staff travelled to Gangdaspur or medium appear real to them and are not abstract. The and distributed ration and other necessary commodities to material helps the teacher or the instructor to present 200 families who had been displaced due to the disaster.

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A bus full of supplies donated by the parents and I want to thank my Vice Principal Ms. M. Gardner, my E R

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students of St. Jude’s School cautiously made its way to Coordinators Mr. K. Sundriyal, Mrs. Amita Chaudhary, Mrs. ’ L A

Jakol and then to the adopted village, Saturi. Our team G. Kohli and all the Teachers for the hard work they have P I encountered crumbling hills, landslides and broken roads. put in during the year. I am blessed with wonderful and C N I

The road from Mori to Jakol was exceptionally dangerous. caring teachers who work as a team for the School. Thank R P Two steep hills with sheer drops is what the team you Teachers; I appreciate all that you do. encountered. They eventually reached ‘Saturi’ which is our I would like to congratulate: Project Vidya. Rations were distributed but it was soon · My Vice Principal and the Coordinators for the clear that our school cannot do more. Too much has to be excellent presentation at all our functions. done. Our hills need our prayers. · Mrs. Seema Singh and Mrs. Reema Saklani for all This State is ours, some of our hills are crumbing, it is the many, many hours they spend in making every dangerous to live there, we are taking the first few steps to occasion special with their artistic skill, creativity help our people. Do join us in our efforts. The task is and zeal to work for hours – thank you ladies. difficult but necessary and together I am sure we will be able to make a difference. · All the teachers who helped in making costumes Our school has grown. Number of students has and props and train our students for Quizzes, increased, hence the buildings and labs had to be renovated Debates, Theatre and Sports. to accommodate the students. I would like to thank our · Our Dance Teachers Mrs. Shama Kukreja and Mr. President, Mr. R.V. Gardner for providing us with two new Wilson for the tremendous performances they blocks, Michelle Block and Jude Block which include 16 continue to put up. class rooms, a Staff room, a big Library for the Junior School · Our Computer Teacher Mrs. Tripta Pant for the , a fully equipped Computer Lab and a new Physics Lab for PowerPoint Presentation. the Senior School. · The PTIs Mr. Rawat, Mr. Bhatt and Mrs. L. Tripathi Our students interact with the students of other for seeing to the discipline and running of games schools; they take part in Debates, Quizzes, Competitions fixtures throughout the year. and Games. We do not always win but that does not really matter; the aim of St. Jude’s School is to give an all-round · The Office Staff of STC specially Mr. Malkoti and development to our students where each can feel proud of Mr. Peter Howard, for coordinating with our team himself or herself, be confident and know that they are at SJS. contributing in enriching our society and country. · My own Office Staff especially Mr. D. Purohit and Games play a very important part in our curriculum. We Mr. D.S. Mehra. have been organizing games daily after School – Cricket, · The Parents for allowing their children to come for Football, Basketball, Chess, Badminton and Table Tennis practice which is always after school hours. are some games that are enjoyed by our students daily. · Our Estate Incharge Mr. D. Malcom and Mr. A.S. Our School organizes Council Inter-School Sub-Junior Rawat. Outdoor Cricket and Inter-School Sub-Junior Boys Indoor Cricket Tournaments. · Our Support Staff who help out wherever required. I would like to thank the parents who understand the need of Games and Sports and allow their children to stay · The President Mr. R.V. Gardner who is always here back after school. There are many parents who prefer to to guide us. send their wards for tuition instead; that is their way of thinking.

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As per the magazine EducationWorld dated September 2013, Volume XV, No. 9, page no. 196, St. Jude’s School national ranking when taken into account English and the Best 3 Subjects is 39th amongst the best 50 schools as per the ISC-2013 results in the country on the basis of the number of students who attained 90% and above.

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39 St. Jude’s School, Majra, Dehra 158 26

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Excellence in O B Board Examinations, 2014 The President, Principal and Staff members of St. Jude’s School wish to congratulate the students for the excellent Board Results, 2014.

Results, 2014 – At A Glance ICSE (Class X)

Appeared 90% & Above 85- 89% 80-84% 75-79% 70-74% 65-69% 60-64% 50-59%

204 28 34 39 37 28 19 15 4

ISC (Class XII)

Appeared 90% & Above 85- 89% 80-84% 75-79% 70-74% 65-69% 60-64% 50-59%

175 14 21 32 32 21 31 12 12

OUR TOPPERS, 2014

Rishita Gogia Shivani Verma Topper ICSE (Science) Topper ISC (Science) 97% 96%

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Bishal Manna Vaibhav Sharma Ouas Antodra Hritik Chauhan 96.2% (Science) 95% (Science) 94.4% (Science) 94.4% (Science)

Swati Choudhary Arpit Pandey Mehul Gupta Udit Prabhat 94% (Commerce) 94% (Science) 94% (Commerce) 93.3% (Science)

Unnati Bhatt Saksham Aggarwal Ritwik Gupta Priyanshu Ranjan 94 % (Science) 93% (Science) 93% (Science) 93% (Science)

Anikant Bisht Shweta Chaudhary Charu Sherawat Parth Jain 92.4% (Science) 92% (Science) 91.4% (Science) 90.4% (Science)

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Priyanka Arora Ayush Chauhan Mallika Joshi Shivam Uniyal 90.4% (Science) 90.2% (Science) 90% (Science) 90% (Science)

Vaibhav Tiwari Kareena Sablok Bhavya Singh Prakher Ghildiyal 90% (Science) 90% (Commerce) 90% (Science) 90% (Science)

Anurag Singh Kotiyal Siddharth Chauhan 90% (Science) 90% (Science) ISC (CLASS XII) – STUDENTS WHO SCORED MORE THAN 90%

Shubham Agarwal Abdulla Zahid Prateek Bhargav Vardaan Singh Ahluwalia 95.3% (Science) 95% (Science) 94% (Science) 93.3% (Science)

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Ayush Devrani Pranjal Singhal Tanya Gujral Anmol Jindal 92.8% (Science) 92.8% (Science) 92.5% (Commerce) 92.3% (Science)

Raina Singh Udayveer S. Andotra Rakshit Jain Renuka Sapkota 92% (Commerce) 91.8% (Science) 90.8% (Science) 90.3% (Science)

Chirag Kalra 90 % (Science)

Congratulations – Thaddeusians!

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Prize List, 2013-14 E Z I R P Prize List, Section-Wise K.G.-B (Upto Class V) General Proficiency Anshika Puri English Sanika Verma Nursery-A Hindi Harshit Khandwal General Proficiency Riddhima Tyagi Maths Akshat Khandwal English Arham Hussain Consistent Effort Manan Jajal Hindi Srijan Jhaldiyal Progress Aditya Singh Maths Krishnansh Pandey G.K. Arnav Sati Consistent Effort Maryam Hussain Art Anvi Joshi Progress Anshika Aggarwal G.K. Maitraye Naithani Art Aarav Thapa K.G.-C General Proficiency Arnavi Negi Nursery-B English Naman Singh General Proficiency Bramhjot Hindi Anshika Misra English Shubi Juyal Maths Riddhi Gupta Hindi Aryan Consistent Effort Fatima Hasan Maths Pridhi Progress Ananya Sharma Consistent Effort Tushar G.K. Sabhya Bhatt Progress Thashvi Art Shreyanshi Singh G.K. Aradhya Art Anamika Rawat K.G.-D Nursery-C General Proficiency Anant Kapoor General Proficiency Ishita Srivastava English Pallavi Bhatt English Akshat Chauhan Hindi Methew James Hindi Anshita Singh Maths Shivam Mehra Maths Ananya Gupta Consistent Effort Shrishti Dhiman Consistent Effort Kushleen Arora Progress Sanidhya Kumar Progress Adhyan Rathod G.K. Shubh Gujral G.K. Akshita Sahal Art Anushka Rathi Art Subham Kaur Hindi Elocution Prisha Kohli English Elocution Arsh Hindi Elocution Aarvi Gaur K.G.-E K.G.-A General Proficiency Sasha Purohit English Parth Gairola General Proficiency Jhanak Sareen Hindi Aaradhya Badoni English Vivek Singhal Maths Dharini Baniyal Hindi Ekta Chauhan Consistent Effort Sarthak S Mingwal Maths Manit Khurana Progress Gayatri Rawat Consistent Effort Anushka Singh G.K. Akshit Upreti Progress Arnav Singh Art Kartik Kumar G.K. Aryan Joshi English Elocution Nabhij Singal Art Adina Kumar

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T S I General Proficiency Tanishtha Goswami General Proficiency Devesh Raj L

E English Rashika Jain English Dhruv Mehta Z I

R Hindi Shubh Aggarwal Hindi Avleen Kaur P Maths Ananya Bisht Maths Safhira Vizan Consistent Effort Sanskriti Bisht Consistent Effort Srijanya Jhaldiyal Progress Rekhanshi Vasudev Progress Anant Singh G.K. Shifa Ansari G.K. Avika Puri Art Avantika Chauhan Art Sushmit English Elocution Tanishtha Goswami Hindi Elocution Khushi Mittal

Class I-B Class II-B English Ansh Chauhan English Divya Jyoti Parihar Hindi Vaishnavi Bisht Hindi Sidharth Saklani Maths Navya Jain Maths Pratyansh Bindal Consistent Effort Jahanvi Tiwari Consistent Effort Deepanshu Thapa Progress Ritul Pandey Progress Suhani Rawat G.K. Somya Chettri G.K. Vinamra Art Sia Pruthi Art Pranav Bhatt

Class I-C Class II-C English Ananya Uniyal English Avni Dabral Hindi Gunjita Vasudev Hindi Anushka Kumar Maths Gurveen Maths Shreya Shree Consistent Effort Harshikha Anand Consistent Effort Alok Singh Negi Progress Sheetal Supriya Progress Kanav Shukla G.K. Sunishka Uniyal G.K. Vrunda Kamboj Art Udita Dhauta Art Yash Goyal

Class I-D Class II-D English Kartik Chaudhary English Anshika Khurana Hindi Abhinav Semwal Hindi Ishant Bhandari Maths Priyansha Jassal Maths Sonal Mittal Consistent Effort Sarthak Verma Consistent Effort Tamanna Roy Progress Paridhi Raturi Progress Pullkit Chaudhary G.K. Sambhav Dobhal G.K. R. Sudharshan Art Jayant Nainwal Art Aashwi Wadhwa

Class I-E Class II-E English Sarthak Dagar English Khushi Rathore Hindi Saumya Kandpal Hindi Daksh Mittal Maths Himadri Maths Ishan Garg Consistent Effort Charvi Garg Consistent Effort Anant Pancholi Progress Abhishek Ghanshala Progress Muskaan Gurung G.K. Tanmay Semwal G.K. Vanshika Garg Art Atiksh Sharma Art Dhruvika Rawat Hindi Elocution Manpreet Singh English Elocution Khushi Rathore

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T S English Abhinav Bisht English Shubham Vyas I L

Hindi Aastha Mittal Hindi Tanisha Chauhan E Z I

Maths Ayush Sharma Maths Agarshi Bawania R P Consistent Effort Ananya Nautiyal Consistent Effort Ashutosh Saklani G.K. Shaivya Gupta G.K. Apaar Rawat Computer Joseph Abraham Computer Surabhi Gurung Art Ananya Rawat Art Roshmi Gudiyal

Class III-B Class IV-B English Kosturi Chowdhury English Ishita Bhandari Hindi Jaskeerat Singh Hindi Astha Chauhan Maths Pranjal Bhatt Maths Pragya Saraswat Consistent Effort Suyash Hatwal Consistent Effort Ananya Chettri G.K. Ridhima G.K. Suhani Saklani Computer Nitya Pant Computer Tanishka Kandwal Art Anibesh Parida Art Sadiya Khan

Class III-C Class IV-C English Krish Wadhwa English Jai Anand Hindi Deeksha Sharma Hindi Tanya Jain Maths Gauranshi Gupta Maths Kartik Taneja Consistent Effort Shaswat Dagar Consistent Effort Harsh Saini G.K. Milap Walia G.K. Siddharth Joshi Computer Roycy Sharma Computer Parnita Sahani Art Aadhya Art Aditya Aggarwal

Class III-D Class IV-D English Ansh Jayara English Akshat Rawat Hindi Ilesh Dhall Hindi Yashaswini Singh Maths Rohan Bisht Maths Deepanshu Forswan Consistent Effort Shrishti Devrari Consistent Effort Aduvet Raizada G.K. Amey Jhaldiyal G.K. Aditya Apoorv Negi Computer Shreya Chauhan Computer Anant Kaushik Art Ananya Tarika Art Khushi Rawat

Class III-E Class IV-E English Shraddha Chakraborty English Sanyukta Chakrovarty Hindi Seerath Joshi Hindi Anasita Thapa Maths Advait Chauhan Maths Saksham Singhal Consistent Effort Avneet Singh Consistent Effort Raunak Sahi G.K. Shringerika G.K. Neal Gardner Computer Rishika Garg Computer Sahil Singh Art Anshuman Art Jyotika Yadav

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Prize Winners of the Primary School with Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal), Mrs. A. Mayer (Principal, Bethany Primary School) and Mrs. G. Kohli (Primary School Coordinator).

Prize Winners of the Junior School with Mrs. A. Chaudhary (Junior School Coordinator), Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal), and Mrs. A. Mayer (Principal, Bethany Primary School).

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T S English Neelakshi Kumar Prize Winners on I L

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Maths Sarthak Chaudhary R Annual Prize Day, P Consistent Effort Sharmishtha Guleri G.K. Nandini Bansal Computer Akriti Chauhan 10th May 2014 Art Hariom Mishra Parashar (Classes III to XII)

Class V-B Class III English Ambar Ahuja General Proficiency Shreya Kandwal (III-E) Hindi Radhika Rawat English Kasturi Chowdhury (III-B) Maths Lakshit Bhatt Hindi Ansh Jayara (III-D) Consistent Effort Tanuja Makhloga Maths Hargun Kaur (III-A) G.K. Aviral Mishra English Elocution Shradha Chakraborty (III-E) Computer Yatharth Mahawar Hindi Elocution Samridhi Srivastav (III-C) Art Sparsh Barthwal Class IV Class V-C General Proficiency Bhanu Pratap Vohra (IV-C) English Aishi Arora (IV-B) English Lateeka Suri Hindi Radhika Aggarwal (IV-A) Hindi Muskaan Gaur Maths Akash Gupta (IV-D) Maths Kartikey Barthwal English Elocution & Neal Gardner (IV-E) Consistent Effort Vaibhav Singh Special Prize for G.K. Nandini Singh tremendous progress Computer Dev Gupta in Hindi Art Amaan Ali Hindi Elocution Akshat Rawat (IV-D)

Class V-D Class V General Proficiency Yashika Singh (V-B) English Piyush Nautiyal Sameer Goyal (V-E) Hindi Vrinda Garg English Oorjit S Kumar (V-A) Maths Harshricha Joshi Hindi Avanya Jain (V-C) Consistent Effort Yatin Tanwar Maths Yug Sahni (V-D) G.K. Isha Kansal English Elocution Ayushi Rathore (V-B) Computer Komal Garg Hindi Elocution Himani Singh (V-E) Art Shreya Bansal Class VI Class V-E General Proficiency Ishita Agarwal (VI-C) English Shivangi Kandwal (VI-E) English Himani Singh Hindi Ayushman Dwivedi (VI-B) Hindi Pooja Verma Maths Anil Mardi (VI-D) Maths Tanish Yadav Saransh Baniyal (VI-A) Consistent Effort Arun Negi Science Sudiksha Pangeni (VI-C) G.K. Paras Rawat Social Studies Anupriya Makloga (VI-E) Computer Kashish Solanki Computer Simran Khurana (VI-B) Art Shubham Malik Ashmeet Chhabra (VI-A) Art Anoushka Parida (VI-B)

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T S I General Proficiency Kanupriya (VII-D) Gen. Proficiency (Sci.), L

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R Hindi Monali Thapliyal (VII-C) Computer Rishita Gogia (X-A) P Maths Divyansh Soam (VII-B) Gen. Proficiency (Com.), Economics, Commerce Nishkaam Singh (X-A) Science Sidharth Raj (VII-A) Hindi, Social Studies Arpit Pandey (X-B) Social Studies Ayushi Bisht (VII-A) Art Tenzen Pema (X-B) Computer Harshita Gupta (VII-D) Home Science Charu Sherawat (X-A) Art Riya Singh (VII-D) Commerce Karina Sablik Commerce Simran Chauhan

Class VIII Class XI Gen. Proficiency (Sci.) Lalit Singh Rawat (XI-Sc-B) General Proficiency Priyanshu Agarwal (VIII-A) Gen. Proficiency (Com.), English Ritik Taneja (VIII-E) English, Economics Devyani Gupta (XI-Com-B) Hindi Soumya Negi (VIII-B) Hindi Pratibha Nautiyal (XI-Sc-B) Maths Mayank Gupta (VIII-C) Maths, Physics, Computer Akshay Mittal (XI-Sc-A) Science Priyanshu Aggarwal (VIII-B) Commerce Astha Dabral (XI-Com-A) Shantanu Panwar (VIII-B) Biology, Chemistry Ritika Srivastav (XI-Sc-B) Social Studies Priyanshu Aggarwal (VIII-A) Accounts Umang (XI-Com-A) Computer Khushi Jain (VIII-C) Home Science Simran Kaur (XI-Com-B) Art Ekta Dhiman (VIII-B) Art Savender (XI-Com-A)

Class XII Class IX English, Computer Raina (XII-Com-B) Gen. Proficiency (Sci.), Hindi Priyanka Rawat (XII-Sc-B) Maths, Science, Physics, Maths Abdullah Zahid (XII-Sc-B) Social Studies Ambesh Singh (IX-Sc-C) Chemistry Ayush Devrani (XII-Sc-B) Gen. Proficiency(Com.) Economics, Commerce, Commerce Hafsa Rasul (IX-Com-B) Accounts Tanya (XII-Com-A) English, Hindi Parth Pant (IX-Sc-A) Biology Ankita Bhandari (XII-Sc-B) Economics Abhiraj Lamba (IX-Com) Maths Pranjal Singhal (XII-Sc-B) Art Bismark (IX-Com-A) Shubham Mamgain (XII-Sc-B) Home Science Apoorv Gupta (IX-Sc-C) Home Science, Commerce Urvashi Rawat (XII-Com-A) Computer Megha Singhal (IX-Sc-B) Art Ayesha Bano (XII-Sc-B) Yoga Gauri Chaddha (IX-Sc-B) Navodita Bhandari (XII-Sc-B)

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Scholar of ICSE Varun Gupta Z I R Scholar of ISC Siddharth Negi P Archit Kohli Memorial Shield (Best All Round Student In Primary Section) Akansha Agarwal Howard Shield (Best All Round Student – Classes VI to VIII) Priyanshu Agarwal Wright Cup (Best All Round Boy Student – Classes IX to XII) Abdullah Zahid Lawrence Cup (Best All Round Student – Classes III to V) Lakshit Bhatt Michelle’s Cup For Excellence (Best All Round Girl Student) Prachi Jain ‘Capta Caelum’ at Wynberg-Allen School – Treasure Hunt Runners Up – Make A Face Runners Up – Through The Lens Runners Up – Do A Duet Second Runners Up – Shoot-A-Flick Second Runners Up Inter School Junior Singing Competition 2013 Winner Inter School Senior Dance Competition 2013 Runners Up MindSpree Inter-School Choir Competition Winner MindSpree Inter-School Mega Poster Making Competition Winner MindSpree Inter-School Senior Individual Art Contest Runners Up MindSpree Inter-School Junior Individual Art Contest Runners Up MindSpree Inter-School Duet Singing Contest Winner MindSpree Inter-School Solo Singing Contest Runners Up Inter-School Chess Tournament Runners Up Inter-School Sub-Junior Football Tournament Runners Up Seventh Open State Inter-School Skating Championship 2013 Gold (Vanishka Mittal) National Karate Championship 2013 Bronze (Vansh Joshi) 2nd Nanbudo Championship 2013 Silver (Setu V. Bhardwaj) Football Khanna House Indoor Cricket Khanna House Outdoor Cricket Khanna & Lyons House Basketball (Girls) Khanna House Basketball (Boys) Gardner House Chess Gardner House Table Tennis Gardner House Badminton Howard House Athletics Cup Howard House Scholastic Trophy Howard House Cock House Trophy Gardner House

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Scholar of ICSE – Varun Gupta Archit Kohli Memorial Shield (Best All Round Student in Primary Section) – Akansha Agarwal

Lawrence Cup (Best All Round Student, Classes III to V) Howard Shield (Best All Round Student, Classes VI to VIII) – Lakshit Bhatt – Priyanshu Agarwal

Michelle's Cup for Excellence (Best All Round Student) Wright Cup (Best All Round Student, Classes IX to XII) – Prachi Jain – Abdullah Zahid

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Table Tennis - Gardner House Badminton - Howard House

Athletics Cup - Howard House Scholastic Trophy - Howard House

Cock House Trophy - Gardner House S J S 2013-14

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2013-14 U O “NEVER GIVE IN” H GARDNER HOUSE

House Master: House Mistress: Mr. R. Singh Mrs. R. Dwivedi

“ The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door of excellence. “

The year 2013-14 has been the most successful year for categories. Special mention has to be made of Carlton Gardner House. We started the year with determination Scott , Vikash Thapa and Arzoo who sang beautifully to bag and zeal by following the House motto ‘Never Give In’. the 1st position. Within few weeks of the new academic year, our House Our House also bagged the 1st position in the Inter- Prefects were chosen: Carlton Scott and Vikash Thapa House Dance Competition. We stood first both in Folk were chosen as the Boys’ prefects with Juhi Chaurasia and Dance and Western Dance Competition. Urvashi Rawat as the Girls’ prefects. In the Marathon, Ouas Andotra made us proud by The yearly events on the field commenced with bagging the 2nd position in the Girls category. football. We did not do that well in football but we fought The last major event of the year, Athletics, finally back and our teams played very well in the Indoor Games. arrived. Our players tried hard and put in their best but we We emerged victorious by grabbing both, the Chess Cup could not do well though we were adjudged the Best and the Table Tennis Cup. Marching Squad in the boys category and we also won the Having had joyous moments we also had disappointing Tug-o-War. times especially in Indoor and Outdoor cricket, but our After a fruitful year, on Prize Day, Gardner House was high spirited players lived up well in basketball. They the proud winner of the ‘Cock House Trophy’ - the highest stepped into the basketball court with determination. Our award for a House. boys played extremely well and we won the Basketball At the end, we couldn’t say that this was Gardner Trophy for boys. House at its best, as we believe there is always room for In the ‘Rendezvous Quiz 2013-14’ we stood 1st in improvement and also that “Success in not a destination, it Group Discussion. Our singers’ flawless performances left is a journey.” the audience awestruck in the ILG Mann Inter-House We would like to thank all our House Teachers for their Singing Competition. We stood first in all the three help and support throughout the year.

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U 2013-14 O H “DEFENCE NOT DEFIANCE” HOWARD HOUSE

House Master: House Mistress: Mr. J.S. Panwar Mrs. G. Arya

“It does not matter how many times you fall; what matters is how many time you got up.”

This is what Howard House is known for. This year also, achievement for Howard House as it won the prestigious Howard House started its journey with same zest and and the grand Cock House Trophy. Howard House thus gusto for victory. again proved its mettle. The year 2013-14 started off with Howard House Then came Carol Singing Competition in which our bagging the 2nd position in Folk Dance Competition and Singers again brought laurels to their House as in the 3rd position in Inter-House Western Dance competition. category of Solo Singing we stood 2nd, in Duet Singing we The dance moves of the Howard House were matchless stood 2nd and in Group Singing we came 3rd. and precise. In the One-Act Play held on the 15th of February 2014 This was followed by One-Act Play (Seniors) in which the budding actors of Howard House showed their acting Howard House was not able to bag any position but still put skills stunning everyone and won the 1st position along up a great show. with Lyons House. The 19th of October 2013 proved to be a day of The Academic Year 2013-14 was a mixed one for Howard House as we stood first overall in Marathon in Howard House; some goals were scored while others both boys and girls category. Thus Howard House added were missed. But nevertheless we will still continue to one more feather to its cap. strive and do our best becoming stronger each time. Proceeding further, the year’s end marked a new

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2013-14 U O “TO GREATER HEIGHTS” H KHANNA HOUSE

House Master: House Mistress: Mr. B.S. Bisht Mrs. S.S. Khanduri

The Academic Year 2013-14 was full of excitement, performed well in the heats in October but Howard House thrill and enthusiasm for Khanna House. This year Khanna was too good to beat. It was to our bad luck that we lost the House started off with a great pressure to retain its legacy. Athletics Cup after seven years. In the past Khanna House excelled in every field in tune This year too we had Inter-House Quiz competitions with its House motto: “To Greater Heights”. like ‘BrainStrain’ for Middle School and ‘Rendezvous’ for The year began with the selection of the House Senior School. Khanna House performed well in these Prefects. This year Khanna House was represented by events, but in spite off all efforts, our team could not Vardaan Singh and Shawn Dias as Boys’ prefects and succeed. Aishwarya Goya and Romola Massey as Girls’ prefects. In August, we had Inter-House Dance competitions in The new session began with Inter-House Badminton which our Middle School group got 3rd position in Folk for boys and girls in April, and Khanna House got the Dance and Senior School stood fourth in Western Dance second position in the points tally. category. In the One-Act Play competition, our Middle In the month of May, there were three Inter-House School stood 2nd and Senior School got 3rd position. competitions – Chess, Table Tennis and Indoor Cricket. Overall it was a satisfactory performance by Khanna House Khanna House performed satisfactorily in these games and this year and hope that we would overcome our mistakes. got the 2nd, 3rd and 1st position, respectively. At the end, we thank our House teachers who guided In July, when school reopened after the summer us the whole year. We wish our House all the best and hope vacations, there were Inter-House Basketball and Football that in future we would continue to live up to our motto waiting for the students. Then, it came the biggest event of “To Greater Heights”. the year, Sports Day, in November. Khanna House

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U 2013-14 O H “UNITY IS STRENGTH” LYONS HOUSE

House Master: House Mistress: Mr. A. Singh Mrs. S. Kaul

The Academic Year 2013-14 was an eventful year for position in both the categories. On the Sports Day we won Lyons House with many experiences and ups and downs. many events and the medal won by Shubham Mishra and The year began with the swearing-in ceremony of the Akash Thapliyal made the Lyons House stand on a firm new prefects of the school and the appointees for Lyons ground. Lyons House even won the ‘Best Girls’ Marching House were: Pranjal Singh Rohilla and Satpal Singh among Squad’. the boys and we had Swarnim Kapoor and Vidya Bisht The next list of events included the stage activities among the girls. where we excelled. In the Inter-House Dance Competition It was a sad phase for the House when we lost our Garima Dora’s efforts made the House grab the 2nd Prefect Vidya Bisht during the year. She was a star of Lyons position. With the brilliant performances by Akash Singh House – a beautiful singer, dancer, orator but above all a and Amulya Singh, Lyons House won the Senior One-Act source of inspiration for all. After her demise we had to ask Play Competition. Under the guidance of Ina Rayal and Lovely Kumari to take up her responsibilities. Mukul Raturi, Lyons House even won the Junior One-Act As the year proceeded we had various House Play Competition. tournaments and Lyons House emerged as the winner of We participated in various quiz and debating activities the Basketball and Outdoor Cricket Tournament. Although and made our presence felt strongly, especially in the our star players played with great zeal and enthusiasm yet ‘Rendezvous’ and ‘BrainStrain’. we had to satisfy with the runner-up positions in the Indoor In November, we had the ILG Mann Singing Cricket, Badminton and Chess. This year we have made it a Competition in which we won the Choir category and point to improve our positions even in Football and Table were runners-up in the Duet and the Solo categories. Tennis for a better competition. In December, the Christmas season was celebrated During the month of October we were all engrossed with the Carol Singing Competition in which Lyons House with the sports events which began with the marathon and won the Duet and Choir categories. Our star singers for once again Lyons House excelled with Ina Rayal and Tasir these two events were Damanjeet Singh, Asma, Jabez and Ali winning their segments, along with superb contribution Akash Singh. from the fellow Lyonites viz. Ayushi Barthwal, Ayushi We ended the year on a positive note. Our heartfelt Bhandari. Shubham Mishra, Amulya Singh and Akash thanks to all our House teachers, our PTIs and singing and Thapliyal. Lyons House managed to get the 2nd and 3rd dace teachers for training the students well. S J S 2013-14 26 THE THADDEUSIAN 2013-14 ST. JUDE’S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN April 2013

CLIMATE CHANGE

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“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then you are a leader.” – Johan Quincy Adams

Deserving young talented and responsible students An energetic and message-filled song by the School were bestowed with the responsibility of leading their Choir appointed the ambience, as it were, for the School from the front with their commitment, confidence significant ceremony. and competence. The Investiture Ceremony thus marked The new Council marched in procession up the aisle of the inaugural of the Senior Students Council for the Jonty Multipurpose Auditorium, upright with their heads Academic Session 2013-14. held high and their hearts in humility when they were called

SCHOOL CAPTAINS School Captain (Girl) - Ritika Singh School Captain (Boy) - Shubham Mishra

SPORTS CAPTAINS Sport Captain (Girl) - Eity Bisht Sport Captain (Boy) - Mohd. Noman

HOUSE PREFECTS HOUSE PREFECTS

GARDNER HOUSE HOWARD HOUSE KHANNA HOUSE LYONS HOUSE

Urvahsi Rawat Arzoo Dahal Aishwarya Goyal Lovely Kumari Juhi Chaurasia Pratibha Tomar Ramola Roshni Massey Swarnim Kapoor Carlton Scott Abdullah Zahid Vardaan Singh Ahluwalia Pranjal Rohilla Vikash Thapa Shubham Saini Shawn Dias Satpal Singh

The newly appointed Prefects taking Oath.

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upon the stage. Vice-Principal, Ms. Michelle Gardner, administered the Oath of office and the members of the Council pledged to adhere to the values and principles upheld by the School. Our Principal, Mrs. V.R. Gardner, then addressed the newly appointed Prefects. She said that an Investiture Ceremony is an occasion where we, as a school, respect and acknowledge the upcoming leaders and repose trust in them. Badges and sashes were handed over to the newly appointed Captains and Prefects which were pinned up by their proud parents. After the piping ceremony Prefects picked up their precious flags. The School Girl Captain, School Boy Captain, the Sports Captain and the House

Mrs. V. R. Gardner, Principal, congratulating the newly appointed School Captains.

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P and the House flag, respectively. A It was a defining moment for the newly elected Prefects where the school entrusts responsibilities on the ‘young leaders’ to uphold the values of the school and to keep the School flag flying high while discharging their duties honestly and impartially. Pranjal Rohilla (Lyons House Prefect)

Proud Parents of some newly apponted prefects.

A very special photograph with Vidya Bisht May her soul rest in eternal peace...

Vidya Bisht with her parent, brother, Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal) and Ms. Michelle Gardner (Vice Principal).

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The th I R P 18 PREMIER A LEAGUE

Organized by St. Thomas’ College

The 18th Gardner Premier League Inter- School Indoor Cricket Tournament (for Boys and Girls) commenced on 21st April, 2013. The keen interest and participation of different Council schools of the city proved the immense popularity that this tournament has gained over the years. For this tournament our Senior Girls and Senior Boys practised after school under the guidance of Mr. B.M. Bhatt and Mrs. L. Tripathi. In the Girls category our first match was against Mount Ford Academy in which our girls played very well and won by 2 runs. Urvashi Walia scored 9 runs in this match. Inter-School Indoor Cricket Team (Boys) of St. Jude’s School Sitting (L to R): Yogesh Joshi, Charanjeet Singh, Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI), Shubham In the second match our girls didn’t play Mishra, Ishaan Rai well and were beaten by Ann Mary School. Standing: Rakshit Jain, Alok Ashrey, Nadeem Ahmed, Abdullah Zahid, Dharmesh Bijalwan, Deepender Dhankar As we were second in our pool we reached the Quarter Finals. In the Quarter Finals we played against the Summer Valley School but lost the match by 7 runs. In the Boys category we played our first league match against Carman School, Dalanwala. In this match we won by 1 wicket. In the second league match we defeated Mount Ford Academy by 6 wickets. Our boys topped the pool and played the Quarter Finals against Aryan School; we won the match by 3 wickets. In the Semi Finals our Boys didn’t do well and were defeated by Doon Blossoms. Pranjal Rohilla (XI-Sc) Inter-School Indoor Cricket Team (Girls) of St. Jude’s School Sitting (L to R): Ritika Singh, Mohini Vaishnoi, Mrs. L. Tripathi (PTI), Eity Bisht, Shweta Chaudhary Standing: Arzoo Dahal, Akansha, Urvashi Walia, Arzoo, Tanya Karanwal, Garima Dora S J S 2013-14 ST. JUDE’S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN THE THADDEUSIAN 2013-14 31 3 1 0 2

Inter-House Sub-Junior Boys L I R P A Indoor Cricket Tournament

Cricket is one of the most loved sports in our country. Players like Ayush (Khanna House), Imran (Gardner At present, each and every Indian knows about this game of House) and Bhargav (Lyons House) also put up a good cricket and loves to play it. St. Jude’s students are also show for their respective Houses. passionate about this game. Akshat Uniyal (VIII-D) This year, Sub Junior Inter-House Indoor Cricket began on the 3rd of April. All four Houses – Gardner, Howard, THE RESULTS Khanna and Lyons – were ready to give of their best. INTER-HOUSE SUB-JUNIOR Each team played one match against each other. Each BOYS’ INDOOR CRICKET team gave their best to win the matches, but it was only Position House Points Khanna House which won all its matches and got the top 1st Khanna House 9 position in the points tally. For Khanna House, it was Neal 2nd Howard House 3 Gardner who scored maximum runs (41 Runs) and took 8 Lyons House 3 wickets including a hat-trick. Gardner House 3

Gardner House Sub-Junior Boys Indoor Cricket Team with Ms. P. Bisht Khanna House Sub-Junior Boys Indoor Cricket Team with Ms. P. Bisht (PTI), Mr. R. Singh (House Master) and Mrs. L. Tripathi (PTI). (PTI), Mr. B.S. Bisht (House Master) and Mrs. L. Tripathi (PTI).

Howard House Sub-Junior Boys Indoor Cricket Team with Ms. P. Bisht Lyons House Sub-Junior Boys Indoor Cricket Team with Ms. P. Bisht (PTI), Mr. J.S. Panwar (House Master) and Mrs. L. Tripathi (PTI). (PTI), Mr. A. Singh (House Master) and Mrs. L. Tripathi (PTI). 32 THE THADDEUSIAN 2013-14 ST. JUDE’S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN 3 1 0 2 Inter-House Sub-Junior Boys L I R P Badminton Tournament A

Games are an important part of St. Jude’s School shared second position after winning 3 matches each and curriculum. Several Inter-House tournaments are Gardner House stood fourth. conducted in which students and sports persons Sanjana Sehgal (X-Sc-B) participate with enthusiasm, determination, zeal and zest. THE RESULTS This year the Badminton Tournament was organized in the month of April and May. The Sub-Junior Badminton INTER-HOUSE SUB-JUNIOR BOYS’ BADMINTON Tournament began on the 29th of April. Each team played well under the guidance of their House Master and Position House Points Prefects. 1st Howard House 12 After three days of the competition, the final standings 2nd Khanna House 9 of the Houses were as follows: Howard House stood first Lyons House 9 with 4 wins out of 6 matches. Khanna and Lyons House 4th Gardner House 6

Gardner House Sub-Junior Boys’ Badminton Team with Howard House Sub-Junior Boys’ Badminton Team with Mr. R. Singh (House Master) and Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI). Mr. J.S. Panwar (House Master) and Ms. P. Bisht (PTI).

Khanna House Sub-Junior Boys’ Badminton Team with Lyons House Sub-Junior Boys Badminton Team with Mr. A. Singh (House Mr. B.S. Bisht (House Master) and Ms. P. Bisht (PTI). Master) and Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI).

ST. JUDE’S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN THE THADDEUSIAN 2013-14 33 May 2013 ARCTIC WARMING

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Chess requires concentration, patience and great The tournament was smoothly conducted under the intellect. This tournament is one of the most awaited guidance of Mr. B.S. Bisht. events of the calendar. There were rough battles amongst Vardan Singh (XII-Sc-B) the four Houses in order to win the maximum number of matches. Each House strived for excellence and was THE RESULTS represented by skilled players. INTER-HOUSE SENIOR GIRLS’ The participants from different Houses were: CHESS TOURNAMENT

House Girl Boy Position House Points Gardner Ifla Khan Yugen 1st Gardner House 15 Howard Akansha Abdullah Zahid 2nd Howard House 9 Khanna Aishwarya Goyal Vardaan Singh 3rd Khanna House 9 Lyons Ina Rayal Shubham Mishra 4th Lyons House 3

Howard House Senior Chess Team with Gardner House Senior Chess Team with Mr. J.S. Panwar (House Master). Mr. R. Singh (House Master).

Khanna House Senior Chess Team with Mr. B.S. Bisht (House Master). Lyons House Senior Chess Team with Mr. A. Singh (House Master).

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Who are A.. Vishwanathan, Hampi Koneru and Boris System. A tough competition was witnessed amongst the Gelfand? They are the Grand Masters of the mind game, House teams. Chess. This game chess has a great history. Since ancient Siddhant Aggarwal (VIII-D) times, chess has been played by royal veterans. It is a game THE RESULTS which requires concentration and thinking ability to plan ahead. INTER-HOUSE JUNIOR (GIRLS & BOYS) CHESS TOURNAMENT The season of chess began in May. The House teams were divided into two categories – Senior and Junior. The Position House Points Juniors were from classes VI to VIII. 1st Lyons House 12 All players used their talent and skill to overpower their 2nd Gardner House 9 Khanna House 9 opponents. Some matches were very exciting and 4th Howard House 6 interesting. Each team played six matches in League

Gardner House Junior Chess Team with Mr. R. Singh (House Master). Howard House Junior Chess Team with Mr. J.S. Panwar (House Master).

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Khanna House Junior Chess Team with Mr. B.S. Bisht (House Master). Lyons House Junior Chess Team with Mr. A. Singh (House Master). S J S 2013-14 Inter-School Senior Chess Tournament (Girls & Boys)

Chess is a game that requires strategy, patience and Lovesh Yadav, respectively. presence of mind. Lovesh played well but unfortunately he was not able to The Inter-School Chess Tournament was held at the qualify for the Quarter-finals. On the other hand, in the Ann Mary school on August 17, 2013. Like most of the Senior category, St. Jude’s School performed extremely previous years, this year’s tournament too was also looked well and reached in the Finals where it lost to Brightlands forward to by most of the children as it helps the students School and hence was declared the Runners-up. showcase their talent. Well done St. Jude’s School! St. Jude’s School, participated in the Senior and Junior We hope to do better in the coming years. Boys’ category and was represented by Vardan Singh and Vardaan Singh (XII-Sc-B) S J S 2013-14

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Howard House Sub-Junior Girls Badminton Team with Mr. J.S. Panwar Gardner House Sub-Junior Girls Badminton Team with Mr. R. Singh (House Master) and Ms. P. Bisht (PTI). (House Master) and Ms. P. Bisht (PTI).

Khanna House Sub-Junior Girls Badminton Team with Mr. B.S. Bisht Lyons House Sub Junior Girls Badminton Team with Mr. A. Singh (House Master) and Ms. P. Bisht (PTI). (House Master) and Ms. P. Bisht (PTI). S J S 2013-14 ST. JUDE’S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN THE THADDEUSIAN 2013-14 39 3 1

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With India shining Internationally in Badminton, our Amongst the girls once again Howard House played own Badminton superstars also soared greater heights. really well and bagged the first position whereas the second This year St. Jude’s witnessed tough competition in the position was taken by Khanna House, followed by Gardner game of Badminton. All Houses played really well and this House in the third position and Lyons House in the fourth was clearly evident from the results especially in the Senior position. Boys category where all the children played extraordinarily The tough competition has made the game of well and the matches were very close. Badminton even more exciting and we really look forward The final standings were: Howard House, Gardner to the next year matches for even more exciting and House and Khanna House stood first with equal points and entertaining tournament. Lyons House, just because it had one point less, had to be Akash Singh (XII-Com-B) satisfied with the fourth position. INTER-HOUSE SENIOR GIRLS BADMINTON TEAMS

Gardner House Senior Girls Badminton Team with Mr. R. Singh (House Howard House Senior Girls Badminton Team with Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI) Master) and Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI). and Mr. J.S. Panwar (House Master).

Khanna House Senior Girls Badminton Team with Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI) Lyons House Senior Girls Badminton Team with Mrs. S. Kaul (House and Mr. B.S. Bisht (House Master). Mistress) and Mrs. L. Tripathi (PTI).

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Gardner House Senior Boys Badminton Team with Mr. R. Singh (House Howard House Senior Boys Badminton Team with Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI) Master) and Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI). and Mr. J.S. Panwar (House Master).

Khanna House Senior Boys Badminton Team with Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI) Lyons House Senior Boys Badminton Team with Mr. A. Singh (House and Mr. B.S. Bisht (House Master). Master) and Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI). S J S 2013-14

Inter School Senior Badminton Team Inter School Junior Badminton Team Sitting (L-R): Aman Chaudhary, Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI), Sitting (L-R): Siddhant Aggarwal, Mr. B.M. Bhatt, Shardul Bhatt Arbaaz Khan Standing: Dishant Kapoor, Mayank Banga, Shubham Standing: Avi Arora, Shahbaaz Khan, Akshat Aggarwal Saini

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Competitive events unfold a wide horizon for students Gardner Multi-Purpose Auditorium. Playing to the best of whether they are competing with their classmates, seniors their abilities, the boys and girls represented their Houses or with students from other schools. in the true spirit of being Thaddeusians. The Inter-House Indoor Cricket Tournament for Junior All the matches of the tournament were well contested Boys, Senior Boys and Senior Girls, was held in the month and all four Houses played the game with the true spirit of of May 2013. Students participated in the tournament and sportsmanship. enjoyed every moment of the game. After going through The trophy for Inter-House Indoor Cricket went to the training programme and practice sessions, Boys and Khanna House. Girls were selected for their House teams with the help of During the Inter-House Cricket Tournament, we our PTIs Mr. B.M. Bhatt and Mrs. LalitaTripathi. noticed some very good players and are hopeful that with a The Boys’ matches were played in the Jonty little specialized training they will prove their worth in the Auditorium and the Girls’ matches were played in the forthcoming Gardner Premier League.

THE RESULTS THE RESULTS OVERALL RESULTS INTER-HOUSE SENIOR GIRLS INTER-HOUSE SENIOR BOYS INTER-HOUSE SENIOR BOYS & GIRLS INDOOR CRICKET TOURNAMENT INDOOR CRICKET TOURNAMENT INDOOR CRICKET TOURNAMENT

Position House Points Position House Points Position House Points 1st Khanna House 6 1st Khanna House 9 1st Khanna House 15 Howard House 6 2nd Howard House 6 2nd Howard House 12 3rd Gardner House 3 3rd Gardner House 3 3rd Gardner House 6 4th Lyons House 0 4th Lyons House 0 4th Lyons House 0 INTER-HOUSE SENIOR GIRLS INDOOR CRICKET TEAMS

Gardner House Senior Girls Indoor Cricket Team with Mrs. L. Tripathi Howard House Senior Girls Indoor Cricket Team with Mrs. L. Tripathi (PTI) and Mr. R. Singh (House Master). (PTI) and Mr. J.S. Panwar (House Master).

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Gardner House Senior Boys Indoor Cricket Team with Mr. R. Singh Howard House Senior Boys Indoor Cricket Team with Mr. J.S. Panwar (House Master) and Mr. B. M. Bhatt (PTI) (House Master) and Mr. B. M. Bhatt (PTI)

Khanna House Senior Boys Indoor Cricket Team with Mr. B.S. Bisht Lyons House Senior Boys Indoor Cricket Team with Mr. A. Singh (House (House Master) and Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI). Master) and Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI).

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Games are an important part of our lives. It is the best other. After the three days competition, Lyons and way to relax our body. St. Jude’s School provides lots of Gardner House won four matches out of six and shared the opportunities to its students to relax and to compete on top position in the points tally. the games field. Vishal Luthra (VIII-D) The school organizes an annual competition for Table Tennis. This year the Inter-House Table Tennis matches THE RESULTS began during the month of April. In the Juniors, each team INTER-HOUSE comprised two players. TABLE TENNIS (JUNIORS) The first match was played between Khanna House and Position House Points Lyons House. The second match of the day was played 1st Gardner House 12 between Gardner House and Howard House. Gardner Lyons House 12 House and Lyons House won their first matches easily. 3rd Khanna House 9 For the next 2 days, all four Houses played against each 4th Howard House 3

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Gardner House Junior Boys Table Tennis Team with Mr. V. Dhan and Howard House Junior Boys Table Tennis Team with Mr. V. Dhan and Mr. R. Singh (House Master). Mr. J.S. Panwar (House Master).

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Gardner House Junior Girls Table Tennis Team with Mr. V. Dhan and Howard House Junior Girls Table Tennis Team with Mr. V. Dhan and Mr. R. Singh (House Master). Mr. J.S. Panwar (House Master).

Khanna House Junior Girls Table Tennis Team with Mr. V. Dhan and Lyons House Junior Girls Table Tennis Team with Mr. V. Dhan and Mr. B.S. Bisht (House Master). Mr. A. Singh (House Master).

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Table Tennis has recently developed into a passion The final results were: Howard House stood first with a amongst the Thaddeusians and is now becoming one of the clean sweep followed in the second position by Khanna most enthusiastically played game among the students of House and Gardner House and although Lyons House St. Jude’s School. played well it stood fourth. St. Jude’s provides an equal platform to Girls and Boys. The participation from the students was really amazing. As per their final results, Howard House topped the points This year another table has been added for more exposure tally in the Boys category as well as in the Girls category. to our young champions. We expect more budding stars to There was a tough competition among the other three show their talent in the years to come. Houses to get to the top position in the points tally. Akash Singh (XII-Com-B)

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Gardner House Senior Girls Table Tennis Team with Mr. V. Dhan and Howard House Senior Girls Table Tennis Team with Mr. V. Dhan Mr. R. Singh (House Master). and Mr. J.S. Panwar (House Master).

Khanna House Senior Girls Table Tennis Team with Mr. V. Dhan and Lyons House Senior Girls Table Tennis Team Mr. B.S. Bisht (House Master). with Mrs. S. Kaul (House Mistress).

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Gardner House Senior Boys Table Tennis Team with Mr. V. Dhan and Howard House Senior Boys Table Tennis Team with Mr. V. Dhan and Mr. R. Singh (House Master). Mr. J.S. Panwar (House Master).

Khanna House Senior Boys Table Tennis Team with Mr. V. Dhan and Mr. B.S. Bisht (House Master). Lyons House Senior Boys Table Tennis Team with Mr. A. Singh (House Master).

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Inter-House Extempore Debate all the four team from the four Houses contested fiercely. The topic for the Debate was “Blind acceptance to Rendezvous, a festival of Creativity and Academics is Western culture is leading to a decline in our culture held annually to showcase our knowledge as well as for us and human values”. to gain confidence. All the contestants put in their best efforts to convince It comprised Inter-House Debate, Creative Writing the audience with their well rehearsed content, oratory Competition, Academic Quiz and Group Discussion, for skills and confidence. the students of classes IX to XII. The Best Speaker of the debate was Prabhjot Kaur of The nerve-wracking practices for Extempore Debate Khanna House. Abhishek Anthwal of Lyons House was finally turned into the ‘war of words’ on the 26th of July, as declared the Runners- up.

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Ahbishek Anthwal speaking against the motion. Ina Rayal speaking for the motion.

Urvashi Rawat speaking against the motion. Vardaan Singh speaking FOR the motion.

Participating team members of the four Houses with Mrs. V.R. Gardner, Principal, along with the organizers. RENDEZVOUS-2013 Inter-House THE RESULTS

Group Discussion INTER-HOUSE GROUP DISCUSSION In the afternoon session, we had an Inter-House Group Position House Discussion. The topic was “Should Relief Fund…” 1st Gardner House The results of the Group Discussion were as shown in 2nd Lyons House the Table alongside: 3rd Howard House 4th Khanna House

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Academic Quiz L U J Quizzing is an important part of St. Jude’s curriculum. Khanna House: An Inter-House Quiz called Rendezvous was held on 25th 1. Aman Singh (IX-Sc-C) July 2013. The students were selected through a common 2. Drona Tiwari (X-Sc-B) entrance test and the following students were selected to 3. Abhishek Rana (XI-Sc-B) represent their respective Houses: 4. Vardaan Singh (XII-Sc-B) Gardner House: Lyons House: 1. Sarthak Upreti (IX-Sc-A) 1. Yashasvi Kothari (IX-Sc-C) 2. Sanjana Sehgal (X-Sc-B) 2. Mehul Gupta (X-Sc-B) 3. Somain Arora (XI-Sc-A) 3. Ina Rayal (XI-Sc-B) 4. Aditya Sharma (XII-Sc-A) 4. Chirag Kalra (XII-Sc-A) Howard House: The quiz was based on Logical Reasoning, Verbal 1. Rahul Singh (IX-Sc-A) Reasoning, Mental Ability and General Awareness. The 2. Parth Jain (X-Sc-B) quiz was prepared by Mr. Rakesh Singh. He was also the 3. Siddharth Mishra (XI-Sc-B) Quiz Master for the day. The Score Keeper was Mr. B.S. 4. Prafful Rawat (XII-Sc-B) Bisht, the Time Keeper was Mr. J.S. Panwar and the

Gardner House Quizzers Khanna House Quizzers

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Rendezvous Quiz teams of the four Houses with the Principal Mrs. V.R. Gardner and the organizing Staff.

presentation was prepared by Mrs. V. Chandel. It was a We would like to thank our principal Mrs. V.R. Gardner morning full of mental exercise and all the participants put and our Vice-Principal, Ms. M. Gardner for organizing the in their best efforts to win the quiz, but the children of event. Howard House were able to beat all the other participants. Sheeba Hasan (X-Sc-B)

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Position House 1st Howard House 2nd Khanna House 3rd Gardner House 4th Lyons House

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After the long summer holidays we truly looked Middle School Academic Quiz forward to getting back into the busy routine that school provides us with. We were greeted at school with a busy The Inter House Quiz for the Middle School was held Academic and Extra Curricular Calendar, we had Games, on the 23rd of July 2013 at the Jonty Multipurpose Quizzes, Debates, Plays, Inter-House Dances to look Auditorium. Mr. K. Sundriyal was the Quiz Master for the forward to. Our new session began with the Annual Middle event, Mr. Amitosh Singh was the Time-keeper and the School Academic & Creative Extravaganza, BrainStrain. Scorers were Mr. B.S.Bisht and Mr. N. Chandna. This year it was compressed into an Inter-House Quiz and The participating students of the four Houses were as Inter House Debate. follows:

Gardner House Quiz Team. Howard House Quiz Team.

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BrainStrain 2013 – Quiz Teams of the four Houses: Sitting (L-R): Khanna House Team: Asmeet Singh (VI-A), Surya Pratap (VIII-B), Ayushi Bisht (VII-A); Lyons House Team: Kanupriya Bhatt (VII-D), Ishita Aggarwal (VI-A), Aryan Jaiswal (VIII-A) Standing 1st Row: Howard House Team: Aman Negi (VIII-D), Ayushman Dwivedi (VI-B), Awarnika Gairola (VII-B); Gardner House Team: Samridhi Bhandari (VII-C), Harshita Kukreja (VI-A), RitikTaneja (VIII-E) Standing 2nd Row: Mr. N. Chandana (Teacher), Mr. B.S. Bisht (House Master), Mrs. V. R. Gardner (Principal), Mr. K. Sundriyal (Middle School Coordinator), Mr. H. Uniyal (Teacher)

GARDNER HOUSE LYONS HOUSE 1. Harshita Kukreja 1. Ishita Aggarwal 2. Samridhi Bhandari 2. Kanupriya Bhatt 3. Ritik Juneja 3. Aryan Jaiswal HOWARD HOUSE KHANNA HOUSE 1. Ayushman 1. Asmeet Singh 2. Swarnkia Gairola 2. Ayushi Bisht 3. Aman Negi 3. Surya Pratap

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An English Debate for the Middle School was conducted on the 24th of July 2013. The topic before the students was “Teachers are respected and revered today”. Thoughts, expression and confidence are words which aptly describe our BrainStrain debates. Brimming with confidence and full of grit and determination, the speakers put their views forward. INDIVIDUAL WINNERS ‘FOR’ Raghvi Joshi Gardner House First Priyanshu Aggarwal Howard House Second ‘AGAINST’ Anukriti Gupta (VIII-D) speaking ‘Against’ the motion. Rishab Tyagi Gardner House } First Monishka Joshi Lyons House Tied Aashray Raizada Lyons House Second

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Position House 1st Khanna House 2nd Gardner House 3rd Howard House 4th Lyons House Monishka Joshi (VII-A) speaking ‘Against’ the motion.

BrainStrain 2013 – Debating Teams of the four Houses: Sitting (L-R): Vedant Mudgal (VII-D), Rishab Tyagi (VIII-D), Ashray Raizada (VIII-D), Priyanshu Aggarwal (VIII-A) Standing (L-R): Mr. A. Singh (Teacher), Vaidehi Bhardwaj (VIII-D), Anupriti Gupta (VIII-D), Mrs. N. Mehra (Teacher), Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal), Mrs. H. Kukreja (Teacher), Raghvi Joshi (VIII-A), Monishka Joshi (VIII-A), Mr. K. Sundriyal (Middle School Coordinator) ST. JUDE’S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN THE THADDEUSIAN 2013-14 55 3

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Born in England, mastered by the Chinese – the power who cheered their respective heroes. There were some of the mind and the skill of the hand play dominant role in excellent players and Howard House emerged victorious the game! in the Boys Category and Gardner House came first in the It was July once again and all eyes were fixed on this Junior Girls Category. game, which is loved by all Badminton players. We could hear the enthusiastic boys and girls practising THE RESULTS hard on the court, the sound of the smashing of the shuttle INTER-HOUSE JUNIOR BOYS cock was very prominent this season. BADMINTON The Inter-House matches began to bring with them new hope and new challenges. Position House In the Junior Boys and Girls category, all four Houses 1st Howard House played well, but Howard House seemed invincible as they 2nd Khanna House 3rd Gardner House won almost all their matches. 4th Lyons House The badminton courts were packed with spectators

Junior Boys Badminton Teams

Gardner House Team with Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI) and Howard House Team with Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI) and Mr. R. Singh (House Master). Mr. J.S. Panwar (House Master).

Lyons House Team with Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI) and Khanna House Team with Mr. B. M. Bhatt (PTI) and Mr. A. Singh (House Master). Mr. B.S. Bisht (House Master).

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Gardner House Team with Mr. R. Singh (House Howard House Team with Mr. J.S. Panwar (House Master) and Mr. B. M. Bhatt (PTI). Master) and Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI).

Lyons House Team with Mr. A. Singh (House Master) Khanna House Team with Mr. B.S. Bisht (House and Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI). Master) and Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI).

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INTER-HOUSE BOYS’ BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT (JUNIOR & SENIOR BOYS)

“A great deal of what you achieve depends on what you and Satish led their team throughout the tournament. The are looking for.” This year has truly been special for players of Gardner House played well throughout the basketball as a sport, the hard work of the boys and the tournament and ended up with the 1st Position. Their encouragement showered on them by our coaches Mr. R.S. performance on the court exceeded expectations and they Rawat and Mrs. L. Tripathi brought out the true potential in were rewarded for their excellent enthusiasm. Khanna our boys and they were able to achieve great heights. House played well in the Junior tournament and despite It was an exciting six days of basketball in which the skills their 4th place finish, exhibited a true fighting spirit. of St. Jude’s School students were exhibited. With old rivalries being rekindled and new ones created, the entire THE RESULTS tournament was intense as teams from the four Houses INTER-HOUSE JUNIOR BOYS battled for the Basketball Cup. BASKETBALL

In the Junior Boys Basketball Tournament the young and Position House Points enthusiastic students enjoyed their segment of the 1st Gardner House 9 tournament as they played against each other. The future 2nd Howard House 6 St. Jude’s School Basketball stars displayed their talents on 3rd Lyons House 3 the court and amazed spectators with their skill. Sameer 4th Khanna House 0

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The Senior Inter-House Boys Basketball Tournament could win but Gardner House emerged as a team who was this year was a great success with many students unbeatable throughout the tournament. Excellent scoring participating in the tournament. from Amulya Singh, Shubham and Sahil were highlights of At the start it was evident that any of the four Houses the tournament.

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The School had just opened after a long summer break. of each House started to stay back after School and The four Houses geared up for the Inter-House Junior and practised enthusiastically. Senior Girls’ Basketball Tournament. The selected players The much-awaited tournament began on the 22nd of

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This was it. The world’s most popular game had once Though all the Houses played well, Khanna House again invaded St. Jude’s territory. Once again it was that emerged as the winner. time of the year where rain and mist were no barrier. The Sub-Junior boys were very excited and full of enthusiasm to THE RESULTS play and win. They practised hard and were ready to beat INTER-HOUSE SUB-JUNIOR BOYS their opponents in the field. FOOTBALL

The matches began in the month of July and were Position House destined to be action-packed. 1st Khanna House There were some skilled and talented players who 2nd Gardner House dominated the tournament. They were dribbling, passing 3rd Lyons House and kicking the ball into the goalpost. 4th Howard House

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Inter-School Sub-Junior Boys Football Team 2013 Sitting (L-R): Abhinav Bisht, Snehal Chhetri, Imran Ansari, Ms. P. Bisht (PTI), Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI), Nitesh Chaudhary, Abiral Bhatt Standing: Ayush Thapliyal, Ayushman Bhatt, Shubhankar, Shashank Bhatt, Gaurav Pal, Akash Thapliyal, Ayush Naudiyal, Akshat Nautiyal

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In order to find the best football players in the school This year’s tournament too came to an end leaving us and keeping in mind the forthcoming Inter-School matches, with fond memories. a series of challenging matches were played amongst the Vardaan Singh (XII-Sc-B) four Houses of the school – Gardner, Howard, Khanna and Lyons. THE RESULTS In the midst of the exciting matches that were played, INTER-HOUSE JUNIOR BOYS’ some players like Harshit Chaudhary emerged as stars and FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT made their mark. Sometimes teams lost by a solitary goal Position House Points scored in the last few minutes of the game. There were 1st Khanna House 9 some injuries as well but the passion with which the players 2nd Howard House 3 played was commendable. Lyons House 3 Gardner House 3

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St. Jude’s has always encouraged quality learning not memorable moments which shall be cherished by all of us only in academics but in all fields of life. forever. Sports deserve a special mention in the yearbook of St. Akash Singh (XII-Com-B) Jude’s and Football has been an even greater craze in the School. Some students participated sincerely in the Senior THE RESULTS Football House matches despite their busy study schedule. INTER-HOUSE SENIOR BOYS’ Howard House and Gardner House proved their mettle by FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

winning the maximum number of matches and came first in Position House this popular tournament. 1st Howard House The results became even more interesting as the other Gardner House two Houses also tied for the next position. 2nd Khanna House The tournament came to an end and we were left with Lyons House

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Games have always been an important part of the win but the match was won by Khanna House by 2-0. The curriculum at St. Jude’s School. Football, one of the most second match of the day was played between Howard and popular games in the world, is played here with a lot of Gardner House. Howard House turned out to be a really enthusiasm. Football is at par with cricket in India and our strong team. They played an attacking game and won the school is no exception. game easily by 4-0. This year Senior Girls Football began on the 14th Other matches were played on the 16th and 20th of August 2013. These Inter-House matches were played on August. Each team played 3 matches and after these the league basis. Each House team played against each matches, the powerful Howard House emerged as the other. Each player was excited to play good football. winners by winning all its 3 matches. The first match was played between Khanna and Lyons Shivani Ramola (IX-Sc-D) House. Both teams looked good and were committed to

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The Junior School students (Nursery to Class V) Next the Junior SchoolChoir sang the song “Itne celebrated Independence Day on 14th August, 2013 with Baazu”. full zeal by presenting a colourful programme. The grand finale was an action dance presented by the Aradhy of Nur-A started the programme by chanting a students of Class V. The dancers were Palak, Neelakshi, prayer “Jai Ganesh, Jai Ganesh”, followed by a short Hindi Ananya, Shreya, Vaishnavi, Romal, Himani, Kashish and Speech by Ayushi Rathore of Class V-B. Next the KG class Akriti, and to add more colour to the dance Anandita came presented an action song “Insaf Ki Dagar Pe”. Lakshit Bhatt dressed as Bharat Mata, Yash as Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, of Class V-B then gave a short speech in English. Shresth as Bhagat Singh, Nishant as Subhash Chandra Bose, Astha, Jaskeerat, Hansika, Omra, Kaif and Zahra, all of Aditi as Jhansi Ki Rani, Aniket as Ram Prasad Bismil and Class III, presented a colourful fancy dress. Jasmine as Indira Gandhi.

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“India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, grandmother of legend and great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.” – Mark Twain

The big day itself was celebrated by the hoisting of the National Tri-colour by our respected Principal Mrs. V.R. Gardner along with the chorus of “Jana Gana Mana”. Our respected Principal extended her heartiest greetings to all of us on this auspicious day. In her speech, she appealed to the students to stay away from corruption and become sincere, honest and law-abiding citizens. She also advised the students to keep their surroundings clean. The Principal’s speech was followed by the speeches of our Head Boy and Head Girl. The programme announcers were Ian Rayal, Tarveen Kaur and Tanuja Chauhan. The choir sang “Chhodo Kal Ki Batein”, “Ho Jao Taiyyar Sathiyon” and “Vande Mataram” which reminded us of the independence movement. The dance performance by children of classes III-V added colour to the celebration. Chocolates were distributed to all our students to conclude the celebrations of the day. The National Flag hoisted by Mrs. V.R. Gardner, our Principal. Mrs. Shipra Arora

Head Boy, Shubham Mishra, speaking on the occasion. Head Girl, Ritika Singh, speaking on the occasion.

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The year was abuzz with exciting events and activities that gave the ever enthusiastic Thaddeusians a chance to let their dormant energies and talents bloom. An Inter-House Folk Dance competition was held on the 14th of August 2013. The competition recreated India’s history and culture and helped create a vibrant and colourful picture of the rich heritage of India. Gardner House presented before us the Oyilattam dance of grace with origins in the Madurai region of Tamil Nadu. This is a traditional dance with rhythmic steps and is performed by a number of dancers at village festivals. Howard House presented a folk dance from the Kathi Vardaan Singh, Prabjoot Kaur and Juhi Chaurasia – our hosts for the day.

Gardner House presenting ‘Oyilattam’ – the folk dance from the Madurai region of Tamil Nadu.

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Howard House presenting a folk dance from the Kathi district of West Bengal.

Khanna House presenting a Marathi folk dance.

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Lyons House presents a Rajasthan fold dance.

Folk Dance Winner – Gardner House. district of West Bengal depicting the life of Kahar carrying a The competition ended with yet another energetic doli. performance from Rajasthan, the city of colours and spices. Khanna House presented a Marathi folk dance, keeping Lyons House portrayed the Rajasthan folk dance. in mind Maharashtra’s great contribution to the art and Well, it surely was a musical morning and everyone culture of India. enjoyed it as much as I did. S J S 2013-14 ST. JUDE’S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN THE THADDEUSIAN 2013-14 73 3 1 0 2

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“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.”

Dance as an art generally involves the movement of the found it very difficult to declare the results as all the Houses body, the body moves to rhythm of the music, that music were so very good. does not leave any heart untouched. Khanna House children who performed with zeal and The young dancers of St. Jude’s School enthralled the enthusiasm, bagged the first prize. audience with their amazing performances of various Lyons House and Howard House bagged the second forms of Western dance like Jazz, Hip-hop and Salsa. and third prizes, respectively. The children participated enthusiastically and Our Principal Mrs. V.R. Gardner congratulated all the performed to the best of their ability. participants for their amazing performances and applauded Our Chief Guest for the day was Mr. W. Gardner and the children’s costumes, music and rhythm. the competition was judged by Mrs. Shama Kukreja who

Gardner House

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Winners of Western Dance competition – Gardner House. S J S 2013-14

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Mr. & Mrs. V.R. Gardner welcoming our Chief Guest Mr. Max Chandra (inspirational walker).

To create benchmarks in the field of value-based 1. St. Thomas’ College education that blends modern outlook with a rich value 2. Carman School (Dalanwala) system by providing a balance academic, athletic, artistic 3. Carman School (Premnagar) and social opportunities thereby encouraging the students 4. Hilton’s School to bring about holistic development in each student to 5. Musoorie Public School make him ‘Sarva Guna Sampann’ is the vision of MindSpree. 6. Touch Wood School MindSpree 2013 saw various competitions: Art and 7. Aryan School Mega Poster, Inter School Solo, Duet, Choir contest, and an 8. The Indian Cambridge School Extempore Debate for Senior School. 9. Doon Cambridge School 10. Summer Valley School Art and Mega Poster 11. Indian Public School 12. Wynberg-Allen School Contest 13. Raja Ram Mohan Roy Academy 14. St. Jude’s School The theme for the Mega Poster Contest was the portrayal of the wonderful belief “Hope” on canvas. The competition was sponsored by Mr. Max Chandra, The contest involved the collective effort of eight the founder of One Step Charitable Foundation. students to put forth one individual idea on poster. Mr. Z. Husain, Dr. Mamta Singh, Dr. S. Jha and Mrs. L. The schools which participated in the contest were: Gulati effectively judged the posters.

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Position School 1st St. Jude’s School 2nd Hilton’s School 3rd Summer Valley School

Winners of the Mega Poster Competition – St. Jude’s School.

2nd in the Mega Poster Competition – Hiltons School. 3rd in the Mega Poster Competition – Summer Valley School.

Mrs. Seema Singh along with the Winners (St. Jude’s School) of the Mega Poster Contest.

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INDIVIDUAL ART COMPETITION – CATEGORY-B G to XII). U A The topic for Category A was to depict on paper ‘Be the Position Name of Student School change you seek’. The topic for Category B was ‘Heal the 1st Kshitij Kumar Touch Wood School World’. 2nd Ekta Dhiman St. Jude’s School The art created by our young ones was a sight to 3rd Mariyan Alam Raja Ram Mohan Roy behold. The results were as follows:

THE RESULTS MindSpree 2013 INDIVIDUAL ART COMPETITION – CATEGORY-A

Position Name of Student School 1st Sanya Nayak Wynberg Allen School 2nd Ikashi Raina St. Jude’s School 3rd Elisha Arun Carman School Dalanwala

Winner – Kshitij Kumar of Touch Wood School.

1st Position in the Individual Art Competition – Sanya Nayak of Wynberg-Allen Achool.

2nd Position – Ekta Dhiman of St. Jude’s School.

2nd position in the Individual Art Competition – Ikashi Raina of St. Jude’s School. 3rd Position – Mariyam Alam of Raja Ram Mohan Roy Academy.

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A The spark of the festival was the Inter-School Singing Competition. The old classics took the audience back to the golden era of music; it proved Arthur O’Shaughnessy words: We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea breakers, And sitting by desolate streams World losers and World forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams Yet we are the movers and shakers of the world for ever, it seems. Winner – Arpit Vinoy of St. Thomas’ Collage. The participating schools in the competition were: 1. St. Thomas’ College 2. Hilton’s School 3. Carman School (Dalanwala) 4. Carman School (Premnagar) 5. Mussoorie Public School 6. Wynberg-Allen School 7. The Indian Cambridge School 8. Indian Public School 9. Raja Ram Mohan Roy 10. St. Jude’s School The competition was divided into three categories, Solo, Duet and Choir. The theme for the Solo Category was ‘English latest or recent song’. The theme for the Duet Singing Category was

‘Old Hindi Favourite’. The theme for the Choir Singing 1st Runners-up – Vikash Thapa of St. Jude’s School. Category was the ‘Best song of all time (English)’. The songs came alive before the audience with the effective usage of costumes, props and enactment. The harmony of the songs was applauded by all. The Lion King presented by St. Jude’s School depicting circle of life was the chief attraction of the show. The competition was judged by Mrs. S. Parker, Ms. Ragni and Mr. S. Thapa.

THE RESULTS MindSpree 2013 SOLO SINGING CATEGORY

Position Name of Student School 1st Arpit Vinoy St. Thomas’ College 2nd Runners-up – Ritika Dixit of Carman School, Dalanwala. 2nd Vikash Thapa St. Jude’s School 3rd Ritika Dixit Carman School Dalanwala

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Position Name of Student School 1st Damanjeet Singh & Arzoo St. Jude’s School 2nd Apoorva & Anushya Green St. Thomas’ College 3rd Dhruv Lal & Dhruviva Lal Mussoorie Public School

1st Runners-up – Aproova Lal and Anushya Green of St. Thomas’ Collage. DUET SINGING CATEGORY

Winners – Dhaman Jeet Singh and Arzoo Siddiqui of St. Jude’s School. 2nd Runners-up – Dhruv Lal & Dhruvika Lal of Mussoorie Public School.

Senior School Choir.

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Position School 1st St. Jude’s School 2nd Carman School (Prem Nagar) 3rd Hilton’s School

CHOIR SINGING COMPETITION 2nd Runners-up – Hilton’s School.

Winners – St. Jude’s School.

Mrs. V.R. Gardner, Principal, presenting a token of appreciation to the Chief Guest Mr. Max Chandra.

1st Runners-up – Carman School, Premnagar.

Mrs. V.R. Gardner, Principal, addressing the students.

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Inter-Class Chart Competition S U G U A

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Charts help as visual study aids and are also very rooms were looking so colourful as if someone had informative. breathed life into the quiet rooms. The Primary and Junior School of St. Jude’s was buzzing The school also witnessed progress in the quality of with the activity of Chart Competitions. Children found all work and the quantity of hard work put in. The judges had a new attractive class-rooms with colourful charts. There tough time deciding the winners. was a true blend of beauty, style and creativity. The class-

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THE RESULTS INTER-CLASS CHART COMPETITION

First Second Nursery-A Nursery-B KG-D & E KG-C I-A I-E II-B II-E III-C III-E IV-D IV-E V-A V-D

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S ‘Project Vidya’ – A St. Jude’s Initiative U G U A Help for the Disaster Victims

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St. Jude’s School donates to the victims of the Uttarakhand tragedy by way of ‘Project Vidya’. S J S 2013-14

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Greenland’s rapid loss of ice means we’re in for a rise of at least one metre in sea level by 2100, and possibly much more.

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St. Jude’s organized a Fete – an extravaganza of sight smacking eats, exciting games and thrilling joy ride. The and sound. Active participation under the able guidance of major attractions was ‘Jhoola Ghar’; the little ones had our teachers began well in advance as the students busied sheer fun on the small merry-go-round and mobiles. There themselves thinking up noble ideas for games and were games like chocolate wheel and wheel of fortune. preparing colourful charts, banners and other decorations. The heart and soul of the Fete was the Jam Session. The much awaited day arrived with attractive stalls. Good aiming skills could be seen at the Hoopla and hilling Crowds started thronging the school grounds. There were the pot. The jumble sale sported several useful items at mind-blowing varieties of stalls, computer game stalls, lip reasonable prices.

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The tiny-tots of Nursery and KG too did their bit and indeed gave away goodies in the bicky dip. The Fete was a huge success and the amount of enjoyment each individual had proved the point for one and all. It was a day well spent. Sonia Oberoi S J S 2013-14 90 THE THADDEUSIAN 2013-14 ST. JUDE’S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN 3 1 0 2

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Mr. & Mrs. V.R. Gardner being welcomed as the Chief Guest at the finals of Inter-School Little Master Soccer Cup by Mr. S. Benzamin, Principal, Raja Rammoham Roy Academy.

Finalist Teams of St. Jude’s School and St. Thomas’ College with Mr. & Mrs. R.V. Gardner, Mr. & Mrs. S. Benjamin and Coaches of the two teams.

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The Finalmatch between St. Jude’s School and St. Thomas’ College Mr. R.V. Gardner, MLA, President, St. Jude’s School, in progress. addressing the gathering.

St. Jude’s School Team for the Inter-School Little Master Soccer Cup Sitting (L-R): Soaib Ali, Samarth Dhyani, Rajeev Panwar, Ms. P. Bisht (PTI), Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI), Snehal Chhetri, Aman Rawat Standing: Nawazish Qurashi, Annanya Malla, Akshat Bisht, Kanishk Sharma, Neal Gardner, Fardeen Khan, Imran Ansari, TAnishq Kalaniya, Kunal Yadav, Aviral Bhatt S J S 2013-14 92 THE THADDEUSIAN 2013-14 ST. JUDE’S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN 3 1 0 2

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St. Jude’s School Team for the Gardner Silver Jubilee Basketball Tournament 2013 Sitting (L-R): Arushi Vaish, Vanita Tomar, Urvashi Walia, Mrs. L. Tripathi (PTI), Rashika Malik, Tanya Karanwal, Pratibha Tomar Standing: Nandini Singhwal, Ety Bisht, Sweta Chaudhary, Ritika Singh, Charu Sherawat, Mohini Vaishnoi S J S 2013-14

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M Inter-Class E T P E S Chart Competition – Senior School

The Inter-Class Senior School Chart Competition was a various subjects included in the children’s curriculum. creative presentation by classes IX to XII. The competition Each chart was extremely informative and conveyed a brought out the interest, creativity and artistic talents of special message about the subject it dealt with. the children. Great effort is put in by the students, and each class is The colourful charts and beautiful craft work displayed judged by our experienced judges. It’s not just charts that in the classrooms were unique and exhibited the keen are judged, the exercise books, corrections and tidiness are effort made by the students to brighten their classrooms. also looked into. The themes of the charts were structured on the

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Position Class IX Class-X Class XI Class XII 1st Science-B Science-A Commerce-B Commerce-A 2nd Science-C Science-B Science-A Science-A & Commerce-B 3rd Commerce-B Commerce-B Science-B

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“In the world’s broad field of battle, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, drivers cattle! Be a hero in the strife!”

H.W. Longfellow through these lines tells the world that held on 18th September, 2013. There was a sense of life is a battlefield in which human beings cannot afford to uncertainty and anxiety among the students. All the be submissive like a cattle but we should make the best use participants recited their poems with a certain depth and of the present through self-belief and trust in God and sincerity. They created beautiful images that gratified our emerge as heroes. Poetry is one of the best arts which senses. helps us to come out of our meekness and show the world Our principal, Mrs. V.R. Gardner looked very glad after our true colours by expressing our noble ideas in her blissful experience as she came up the stage to declare rhythmical language. the results. The Middle School English Elocution Competition was Priyanshu Agarwal (VII-A)

THE RESULTS

MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGLISH ELOCUTION – INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY

Position Name of Student Class Poem 1st Ananya Kandwal VI-A The Tiger 2nd Aarushi Prabhakar VII-D I can’t remember my mother 3rd Ishmeet VIII-B Twisted Tongue

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P Position Class Poem E S 1st VI-C Daffodils 2nd VII-D Flower Fed Buffalo 3rd VIII-A In the Bazaars of Hyderabad

Class VII-E.

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MindSpree 2013 P E S Inter-School Senior Extempore Debate

The Annual Creative and Academic Festival, MindSpree 2013 dawned and with it began the Inter-School Senior Extempore Debate. Our Chief Guest for the occasion was the Ex-Principal of Laidlaw Memorial School, Ketti, Nilgiri and distinguished educationist, Mr. W.R. Gardner. Mr. W. R. Gardner was born at Allahabad on the 1st of August 1941. He obtained his Senior Cambridge degree in 1956 from La Martiniere College, Lucknow, B.A in 1966 from Agra University and M.A. (English) in 1974 from Kanpur University. He was the Headmaster at Laidlaw Memorial School, Ketti, Nilgiri from 1980-81. He was appointed Principal of Laidlaw Memorial School, Ketti, Nilgiri in 1981 and continued in office till 2011. Mr. & Mrs. W.R. Gardner, Ex Principal, Laidlaw Memorial School, Ketti, Nilgiri being welcomed by Mrs. V.R. Gardner, Principal and a girl Prefect.

Debaters from participating schools in gowns in order to ensure that the contest is as fair as possible.

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Gaurav Aggarwal of St. Jude’s School speaking ‘For’ the motion. Abhishek Anthwal of St. Jude’s School speaking ‘Against’ the motion.

Mr. W.R. Gardner was the CEO of Maharaja the concept of development in the hills. The topic of the International School, Erode, from 2011-2013. His avid debate was especially relevant as it will help guide young interest in games is proved by the fact that he was President minds who will become tomorrow’s administrators. of Nilgiri District Cricket Association from 1980 to 2013 We at St. Jude’s are by way of Project Vidya (which is and Vice President of Tamilnadu Cricket Association in named after a Thaddeusian who succumbed to cancer on 1992. Mr. W.R. Gardner was President of the All-India 3rd August 2013) in the process of adopting a village that Anglo Indian Assocaition, Ooty Branch, from 1988 to 2011. we will continue to help. The roads to the hills are now He was a Council Member from 1989 to 1993 and also open for a short period of time. Winter is almost here and from 2005 to 2011. He was also in the Council Executing many families are in need of our support and help. Committee from 2005 to 2011. The Schools that participated in the Debate were as The Debate was judged by Mrs. A. Mayer, Ms. Ruth follows:- Isaac and Mr. W.R. Gardner. 1. St. Thomas’ College The Topic was thought provoking – “The 2. Wynberg-Allen School Uttarakhand Disaster Could Have Been Averted”. In 3. Aryan School June 2013 a severe cloudburst in our beautiful state, 4. St. Jude’s School Uttarakhand, caused devastating floods and landslides in 5. Cambrian Hall the hills and around Kedarnath. We are aware of the massive destruction caused and the large number of lives 6. Hilton’s school lost. We need to learn from this colossal calamity and revise 7. Doon Cambridge School

Wynberg-Allen School – The Best Team.

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The Runners-up Team – St. Thomas’ College.

St. Jude’s School students entertained one and all with songs like “The Earth Song” and “Aashayein”. The results of the debate were as follows:

THE RESULTS MindSpree 2013 INTER SCHOOL SENIOR EXTEMPORE DEBATE

Position Name of Student School The Best Team: Wynberg-Allen School The Runners-up Team: St. Thomas’ College The Best Speaker: Akshit Kukreti (St. Thomas’ College) The Second Best Speaker: Pranvi Manglick (Wynberg-Allen School) The Third Best Speaker: Raghav Mutneja (Wynberg-Allen School) The Second Best Speaker – Pranvi Manglick of Wynberg-Allen School.

The Best Speaker – Akshit Kukreti of St. Thomas’ College.

The Third Best Speaker – Raghav Mutneja of Wynberg Allen School.

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Mr. W.R. Gardner, Ex. Principal, Laidlaw Memorial School, Ketti, Nilgiri, addressing the gathering.

Mrs. V.R. Gardner, Principal, St. Jude’s School, presenting her Vote of Thanks.

The Debaters from various schools with their Teachers.

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I-PLEA – E S International Program Leading to Environment Awareness

On the 6th of September 2013, a team of ten students along with Mr. Amitosh Singh and Mrs. A. Nagarkoti left for Lucknow to represent St. Jude’s School in an event named “I-PLEA” – An International Program leading to Environment Awareness. The event was held by City Montessori School (CMS), Gomti Nagar Campus II. We reached the venue in the morning on 7th of September and were warmly welcomed by a group of teachers. We were then taken to our rooms and we all then proceeded for breakfast. The day began with the Opening Ceremony, where each of the participant team was introduced. There were a total of 66 teams from all over India which even included teams from Nigeria, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The The following two days were quite busy as our school day ended with a variety of beautiful dance performances showed up for almost every event. Day-1 began with the put up by the students of City Montessori School. speech and the recycle competition. The topic on fire for

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the speech was “Global Warming” where Anikant Bisht “Rip Van Winkle”. The final event which followed this was represented St. Jude’s School whereas the recycling event the street play where each group had to perform today’s was handled by Ananya and Nikita. The last event of the day reality. was the Choreography round where the students of St. Students of St. Jude’s School put up the Kedarnath Jude’s School left everyone spell-bound. tragedy which was appreciated by all. Day 2 began with the topic “Paint Your Future” where The event led to learning in a million ways for our team every team was provided with a white globe and students from St. Jude’s School. They enjoyed the event and look had to paint it according to their future. At the same time forward to attending events like this one more often. the Junior Students of St. Jude’s School performed the play

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Elocution is the art of learning how to speak and recite correctly. In St. Jude’s School the elocution competition for the Primary wing was held on the 17th of September 2013. The children came up on the stage and recited their poems with a lot of zest and expression. The props used for dramatization made the event colourful. The judges declared the winners by the end of the competition and praised the effort of the children.

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Inter-School Senior Boys Indoor Cricket Team (8-A-Side) Sitting (L-R): Alok Ashrey, Yogesh Joshi, Charanjeet Singh, Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI), Shubham Mishra, Ishaan Rai, Deepender Dhankar Standing: Shrey Sharma, Rakshit Jain, Romil Sharma, Nadeem Ahmed, Dhramesh Bijalwan, Abdullah Zahid S J S 2013-14

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Eloquence is the art of articulating one’s thought delivered in such a manner that the judges, audience and quintessentially. Madam Gardner were impressed. But one of the St. Jude’s School has a long tradition of instilling in its participants, Arpit Pandey of Class X, grabbed everyone’s students the requisite skills needed to pen and orate their attention through his self-written speech which gave his thoughts so as to emerge as a confident orator. views about Narendra Modi; a candidate for election for The English Elocution competition for year 2013 was the Prime Minster in 2014. held on 20th September. The Group category followed and was equally We had just witnessed the extravagant presentation wonderful; the participants bettered their presentation by and oration of Middle School the Senior School was no less. way of hand gestures, props and costumes. This year’s theme for the students was ‘Famous A day filled with poetry and elocution of speeches – Speeches’. This year in the individual category famous what more can anyone ask for? speeches of Pandi Jawahar Lal Nehru to Indira Gandhi were Ifla Khan (XI-Sc-B)

Rahul Singh (IX-Sc-A). Arpit Pandey (X-Sc-B).

Somya Bisht (IX-Sc-B)

Anikant Bisht (X-Sc-A).

Yashashvi Kothari (IX-Sc-C) – Winner Nikita Rawat (X-Com-A).

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Anvita Chamoli (XI-Com) Shrey Sharma (XI-Sc-A).

Ifla Khan (XI-Sc-B).

THE RESULTS SENIOR SCHOOL ENGLISH ELOCUTION INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY

Position Name Class IX 1st Yashashvi Kothari 2nd Hafsa Rasul Kartikey Khanduri (XI-Com-B). Class X 1st Nikita Rawat Devyani Gupta (XI-Com-B). 2nd Arpit Pandey & Anikant Bisht Class XI 1st Anvita Chamoli 2nd Ifla Khan Class XII 1st Shrey Sharma 2nd Vardaan Singh Ahluwalia

Romola Massey (XII-Com)

Abhishek Anthwal (XII-Sc-A).

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Senior English Elocution – Group Category – Class X-Sc-B.

Principal Mrs. V.R. Gardner was highly appreciative of the effort put in by the students.

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Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal) being welcomed for the celebrations of Teachers’ Day.

When life wanted to bless us it gave us a teacher, an These traditions of respecting and obeying teachers are ultimate gift of God. A teacher is a visionary, a seer, he is deep rooted in India. The Birth Anniversary of Dr. Sarvapali profound and one who affects the eternity and whose Radhakrishnan, one of our former Presidents, is celebrated influence never stops. as Teachers’ Day. It is observed throughout India to

Teachers being crowned with various respectable titles

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P this year too the celebrations were full of grandiose. our Principal Ma’m V.R. Gardner was honoured for being E S Students of Class XII led the proceedings on this the “Most Lovable Teacher” and our Vice Principal Ma’m occasion. On this day, as a mark of respect for the teachers Michelle Gardner was crowned as the “Most Talented

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Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal), Ms. M. Gardner (Vice-Principal) and all three Coordinators cutting the Teachers’ Day cake.

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The two teams – of Students and Staff – that played a friendly football match on the occasion of Teachers’ Day.

Teacher” of St. Jude’s School. Other Staff members were and students relationship. Last, but not the least, it is well also appreciated for their hard work. said, “A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to All the Staff Members were then invited for a treat given light the way for others.” by the students. The day further enhanced the teachers Mrs. H. Raizada S J S 2013-14 114 THE THADDEUSIAN 2013-14 ST. JUDE’S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN 3 1 0 2

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The planet currently absorbs half our CO2 emissions. All the signs are it won’t for much longer.

Only half of all CO2 we pump into the atmosphere stays there. The rest is absorbed by the land and oceans. But as the world warms, they will be able to take up less. Eventually, they will begin to emit CO2.

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St. Jude’s School – Runners-up in the Western Dance Competition

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O The English Day T C O and The History Day – Middle School

English being a global language it plays a significant role Indian Bazaar and ethics of the Indian culture. in the life of people all over the world. Over time it has Inspired by the enthralling performance of the students become language of the masses and is serving as a in the English Day activities, the participants of the History communication bridge in every nook and corner of the Day stepped on the stage with great zeal and enthusiasm. world. Keeping this fact in mind, the English Day has Aware of the fact that History is a subject which helps us to become an annual event at St. Jude’s School. mould our present and future by studying our past, the This year too the English Day was celebrated with young performers of Class VI depicted the importance of enthusiasm. The fun-packed actives of this day quenched the ‘Four Ashramas of the Vedic Age’. the thirst of inquisitive young Thaddeusians. Class VI took Class VII captivating presentation of ‘Nine Gems of us to the 16th century through Shakespeare’s play ‘The Akbar’ left the audience awestruck. Merchant of Venice’. Class VIII depiction of ‘Yaksha The English Day and The History Day came to an end by Questions from Mahabharata’ not only enlightened the the stunning performance of Class VIII students who students but also gave a glimpse of ancient India. Class VIII presented the ‘American struggle against colonial rule’ with their portrayal of the famous poem by Sarojini Naidu through the Boston Tea-party episode. ‘In the Bazaars of Hyderabad’ presented the true colours of

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Class VI presenting the play “ The Merchant of Venice'. Class VII depicting “Yaksha Questions from Mahabharata”.

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Class VIII performing “In the Bazzars of Hyderabad”. Class IX brought alive various famous personalities.

Class X performing the play “United Nations Peace Summit”. S J S 2013-14

The English Day and The History Day Senior School

The Jonty Multipurpose Auditorium was buzzing with and the financial crisis that the world is facing today. excitementon 29th October 2013; it was time again for the English and the History Day. THE ENGLISH DAY Literature is incomplete until figures of speech, similes, THE HISTORY DAY metaphors, personification, oxymoron, and onomatopoeia The portrayal of the Renaissance period by Class IX have adorned this language. brought alive various famous personalities like Dante The students of classes IX to XII competed with each William Shakespeare, Aristotle and Galileo on stage. other on stage when they had to link the last word of the The students of Class X performed a play on the United speaker and form another rhyming line. Nations Peace Summit. Various countries like the USA, Korea, Brazil, India, Russia and Afghanistan had members The audience seemed abuzz with excitement as they who had an intellectual discussion regarding world peace were all eager to rack their brains and their rhymes.

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O Frank Anthony T C O Basketball Tournament 2013

Boys Team of SJS – Frank Anthony Basketball Tournament 2013 Girls Team of SJS – Frank Anthony Basketball Tournament 2013 Sitting (L-R): Shubham Saini, , Mr. R. S. Rawat (PTI), Shubham Mishra Sitting (L-R): Rashika Malik, Mrs. L. Tripathi (PTI), Tanya Karanwal Standing: Aryan Amoli, Raghav Arora, Shail Kumar Sehrawat. Standing: Ety Bisht, Ritika Singh, Mohani Vaishnoi S J S 2013-14 120 THE THADDEUSIAN 2013-14 ST. JUDE’S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN 3 1 0 2

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Inter-House O T C One-Act Plays 2013 O – Senior School

One-Act plays always provide a great source of recreation, knowledge and entertainment to the discerning audience. The theme for the Senior One-Act Plays 2013 in St. Jude’s School was “Social Issues Today”. The judges for the event were Ma’am Michelle and Ma’am Gardner. Gardner House chose to perform the play “Save The Girl Child”. The story of the play was inspired by the popular story ‘Girls’ by Mirnal Pandey. A wave of emotions was spread all across the auditorium through the marvellous performance of the participants.

Gardner House enacting the play ‘Save The Girl Child’.

Howard House presenting the play ‘Mobile Mania’.

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Khanna House presenting the play ‘Beauty, A Curse or Blessing’.

Lyons House presenting the famous play ‘What Men Live By’.

Howard House performed “Mobile Mania” which showed the fever of mobile phones among the people of present generation. The story was scripted by Hitesh Arora of Class XI-Sc-B. Khanna House tried to put forward the issue of saving the girl child through their play “Beauty, A Curse or Blessing?”. Lyons House performed the play “What Men Live By” and grabbed the first prize. The points by judges were given on the basis of execution, costumes and pronunciation. Khanna House and Gardner House came 2nd and 3rd respectively and Howard House came 4th. The participants received appreciation by Gardner Ma’am and the winners were awarded certificates. All the participants were proud to put up a great show. Ifla Khan (XII-Sc-B)

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Gardner House Sub-Junior Basketball Team with Mrs. L. Tripathi (PTI), Howard House Sub-Junior Basketball Team with Mrs. L. Tripathi (PTI), Mr. R. Singh (House Master) and Ms. P. Bisht (PTI). Mr. J.S. Panwar (House Master) and Ms. P. Bisht (PTI).

Khanna House Sub-Junior Basketball Team with Mrs. L. Tripathi (PTI), Lyons House Sub-Junior Basketball Team with Mrs. L. Tripathi (PTI), Mr. B.S. Bisht (House Master) and Ms. P. Bisht (PTI). Mr. A. Singh (House Master) and Ms. P. Bisht (PTI). S J S 2013-14 ST. JUDE’S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN THE THADDEUSIAN 2013-14 123 3 1 0 2

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B The Annual Little Champ Quiz 2013 O T C O – Classes I & II

The Annual Little Champ Quiz 2013 was organized on syllabus as well as from Current Affairs. It was a great the 1st of October 2013 for classes I and II. Four students learning experience for the students. There was a lot of from each class were selected. excitement amongst the audience as each class wanted The questions asked from the teams were from their their team to win.

THE RESULTS THE RESULTS THE ANNUAL THE ANNUAL LITTLE CHAMP QUIZ 2013 LITTLE CHAMP QUIZ 2013 CLASS I CLASS II Position Class Team Members Position Class Team Members 1st Class I-D Aryan Pandey 1st Class II-A Dhruv Mehta Aditya Rawat Devesh Ray Bhavya Deshwal Praful Mailk Misthi Dua Khushi Mittal 2nd Class I-B Ansh Chauhan 2nd Class II-D Akansha Goswami Devanshisk Melwan R. Sudharshan Navya Jain Pulkit Chaudhary Vaishnavi Bisht Tamara Roy

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B The Annual O T C O School Marathon 2013 – For Boys and Girls

Exercise keeps one fit and helps in overall grooming of The students in turn, did not disappoint them; there one’s personality. was fierce competition among all. On the 19th of October 2013, our enthusiastic students The Marathon for the Boys Category started at 5:30 assembled in huge numbers early in the morning and the a.m. and the route set was about 5 km long. The winner of school premises was filled with zeal and with athletics this division was Tasir Ali of Lyons House followed by ready to prove their mettle. Teachers alongwith Mr. and Shubham Mishra of the same House. Yogesh Joshi of Mrs. Gardner were there from the beginning encouraging Khanna House bagged the third position. and motivating the students to perform well.

Winner (Boys) – Tasir Ali of Runner-up (Boys) –Shubham Mishra Winner (Girls) – Ina Rayal of Runner-up (Girls) – Ouas Andotra Lyons House of Lyons House Lyons House of Gardner House

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After the boys, it was time for the girls to display their The Marathon concluded with a heavy breakfast and strength and endurance. The route set for them was about the participants relished the treat and enjoyed the event. 3 km long. Ina Rayal of Lyons House bagged the first Vardaan Singh Ahluwalia (XII-Sc-B) position followed by Oas Andotra and Tanya Karnawal.

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B Dussehra Celebration 2013 O T C O – Primary School

After the Monsoon, the festive season of Puja Group A came first in which: approaches, bringing lots of excitement and spreading Aradhya of Nursery-A portrayed Ram; happiness everywhere. Shaurya of Nursery-B portrayed Lakshman; Dussehra marks the victory of good over evil and is Samridhi of Nursery-B portrayed Sita; and celebrated in our country with great joy. Our Junior School Aditya of Nursery-B portrayed Ravana. celebrated Dussehra with great enthusiasm. Aradhya as Ram shot an arrow at Ravana’s effigy which An inter-section fancy dress competition was held for took to flames and the excitement grew leaving no bounds the Nursery babies. The theme was the characters of when the crackers exploded proving that evil always gets “Ramayana”. Children were beautifully dressed up as Ram, destroyed into ashes in the light of truth which always Sita, Lakshman and Ravana. triumphs in the end.

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St. Jude’s School provides an opportunity to many applications of science. students to understand valuable concept by means of Despite the lack of time due to our busy school Science & Computer Exhibition. calendar, the exhibition was highly informative. The young The young minds of our school have so much potential scientists were able to generate curiosity among the in them as they were able to explain the difficult concepts students through their models. The judges had a tough of science through different working models. The models time in selecting the better among the best. were very innovative and based on the practical

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O Position Name of the Position Name of the Model PowerPoint Presentation 1st Solar Cell 1st Earthquake 2nd Hydraulic Lift 2nd Child Labour 3rd Model of Photosynthesis 3rd Climate Change & Uttarakhand

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If the worst climate predictions are realised, vast swathes of the globe could become too hot for humans to survive. If it gets too hot, people will begin to suffer from exhaustion, heatstroke and kidney failure.

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Vikas Thapa of Gardner House Mahima Daniel of Howard House Ricky Cash of Khanna House Aasma Siddiqui of Lyons House entertain one & all singing the song singing the song singing the song with the song ‘Forever’. ‘Country Roads’ for us. ‘Little bit of everything’. ‘What dreams are made of’.

The ILG Mann Memorial Inter-House Singing He loved music and hence we at St. Jude’s organize this Competition was held at St. Jude’s School in memory of event annually in his memory. The competition has three Late Mr. Ivan Mann, the Founder of Carman School. He categories – English Solo Singing, Hindi Duet Singing and was a living legend who lived each moment of life to the English Group Singing. The theme for each category was fullest. He believed that music is the outburst of the soul. “Legends”. He believed music gives the soul to the universe, wings to In the Solo Singing category Vikas Thapa of Gardner the mind, flight to imagination, and gaiety to life. House sang “Forever” and bagged the First Position.

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Vidisha Verma and Anit Shah of Khanna House singing Swarnim Kapoor and Damanjeet of Lyons House the song ‘Chahu mein ya na’. singing the song ‘Tum hi ho’.

Gardner House singing the song ‘What makes you beautiful’.

Howard House singing the song ‘One Love’.

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Khanna House singing the song ‘I want it that way’.

Lyons House singing the song ‘Man in the mirror’.

In the Duet Singing category Aarzoo Siddiqui and Raghav Arora of Gardner House came first; they sang “Be Intehaan”. In the Group Singing category Gardner House came first; they sang the song “What makes you beautiful”. The competition was extremely exciting and the audience often found themselves singing along with the participants.

Principal Mrs. V.R. Gardner appreciating the efforts of the students.

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B Inter-House M E V O N Sub-Junior Boys Outdoor Cricket

Cricket is a game of passion, hard work and skill. There In these six days of cricket, players like Shivam Malik is huge talent in this game in every part of India and in our (Lyons House), Ayush Maudiyal (Khanna House), Imran school too we find great enthusiasm for the game. (Gardner House), Neal Gardner (Gardner House) batted On the 13th of November 2013, St. Jude’s School beautifully and put a good score on the board for their started with its Inter-House Sub Junior Boys Outdoor respective Houses. Bowlers also did well in their Cricket Tournament. Every House played three matches department and Shivam Malik (4 wickets), Imran (4 with their opponent Houses. The matches lasted for 6 days wickets), Neal Gardner (5 wickets) were the highest and all the teams played very enthusiastically. There were wicket takers. some exciting and nail-biting matches. Soorya Krishnan (VIII-C)

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Position House Points 1st Khanna House 6 Lyons House 6 3rd Howard House 3 4th Gardner House 0

Gardner House Sub-Junior Outdoor Cricket Team with Mr. B.M. Howard House Sub-Junior Outdoor Cricket Team with Bhatt (PTI), Mr. R. Singh (House Master) and Ms. P. Bisht (PTI). Ms. P. Bisht (PTI), Mr. J.S. Panwar (House Master) and Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI).

Khanna House Sub-Junior Outdoor Cricket Team with Lyons House Sub-Junior Outdoor Cricket Team with Ms. P. Bisht (PTI) and Mr. B.S. Bisht (House Master). Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI) and Mr. A. Singh (House Master).

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Inter-School Senior Boys Outdoor Cricket Team Sitting (L-R): Rohan Joshi, Vardaan Singh, Shardul Bhatt, Shubham Saini, Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI), Avi Tyagi, Deepender Dhankar, Abdulla Zahid, Shubham Mishra Standing: Yogesh Joshi, Shubham Pandey, Udit Narayan, Romil Sharma, Nadeem Ahmed, Khusro Quazi, Priyank Singh, Dharemsh Bijalwan, Charanjeet Singh S J S 2013-14 “Doon’s Got Talent”

Everyone is gifted with a talent and if you practice hard you can achieve great heights and success. On the 14th of November, I gave an audition for “Doon’s Got Talent” (a State level competition) and among hundreds of participants, I was selected as one of the fourteen finalists. Mr. Wilson Lakra and my school members encouraged me and I practiSed hard for the next phase. The next phase was the Grand Finale which was held on the 23rd of November at Crossroads Mall. The competition was really tough. There were many singers, dancers and beat boxers at the contest. I won the competition and was given a trophy. The runner-up, Raghvi, was also from our school. I am a dancer and I wish to make everyone feel proud of

me. I will practice hard and will try to make my wish come Nitish Chauhan of St. Jude’s School wins the true. “Doon’s Got Talent” contest. Well done Nitish! We at St. Jude’s School wish you all Nitesh Chauhan (XII-Sc-B) the very best for all your future endeavours.

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The 28th Inter-School Staff Badminton Tournament for Ladies and Gents was organized by St. Thomas’ College, Dehradun in the month of November/ December 2013. Two Ladies Teams and two Gents Teams participated in this tournament from our School.

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‘A’ TEAM ‘B’ TEAM

Mrs. S. Oberoi Ms. S. Ahluwalia Mrs. M. Arya Ms. P. Bisht Mrs. R. Machal Ms. R. Hashmi Mrs. I. Manuel Ms. Charul Bhatt Mrs. L. Tripathi Ms. Mavis Oliver

THE TEAMS – GENTS STAFF

‘A’ TEAM ‘B’ TEAM

Mr. D. Mehra Mr. J.S. Panwar Mr. B.M. Bhatt Mr. R. Bhatt Mr. H. Uniyal Mr. R. Singh Mr. W. Lakra Mr. S. Thapa Mr. D. Purohit Mr. A. Jaiswal

In the Gents category a brave fight was provided by the ‘A’ Team. They reached the Semi-finals of the tournament. In the finals the clash was between St. Thomas’ College and Carman School Dalanwala. In the Ladies category St. Jude’s Ladies ‘A’ team reached the finals and played against the Himalayan Public School. The match was breathtaking and finally St. Jude’s School proved its mettle and won the Championship. Celebrations of victory were followed by the speeches of the Chief Guest Mrs. Neena Singh and a Vote of Thanks by the host, Mr. R.V. Gardner, MLA and Principal of St. Thomas’ College. The evening concluded with a lavish dinner which was enjoyed by one and all present with promises of meeting again next year. S J S 2013-14 140 THE THADDEUSIAN 2013-14 ST. JUDE’S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN 3 1 0 2

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Maths has always been a subject of great interest for the students of St. Jude’s School. To prove their mental skills in Maths, a number of students participated in Numerical Ability Test held by Tarun Sangeet & Vichar Manch on 11th of November, 2013. Eleven students won the ‘Scholar’ status at District Level and many were awarded the ‘Certificate of Merit’. St. Jude’s School won the Trophy, given by Mrs. R.S. Meena, Additional Director General of Police, Uttarakhand, for excellent participation. We are highly thankful to our Principal and Vice- Principal for their motivation and the teachers for their valuable guidance.

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M 12 E V O N Annual Sports and P.T. Display, 2013 – Primary School

Chief Guest, Mrs. Susan Mann, Vice-Principal, Carman School, Dalanwala being welcomed by Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal)

On the 1st of November 2013, the Primary Section strength, durability and shiny gloss it has found application (Playgroup to Class II) of St. Jude’s School organized its in the plates and cutlery in our kitchen to the world’s most 12th Annual Sports and P.T. Display. The theme for this iconic buildings. And that is what we, at St. Jude’s School, year’s Sports Day was “100 years of Stainless Steel”. This aspire for in our children, in the long term – Men of Steel. corrosion resistant material was first created, patented and All the P.T. Displays had the thread of the theme running produced in the year 1912 by Harry Brearly. Known for its through them, as the children performed their drills with

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PIED PIPER RACE – CLASS KG

BALANCING THE BOWL RACE BY CLASS-I

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Chief Guest, Mrs. S. Mann addressing the Students. Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal) presenting her vote of thank.

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‘QUANTA’ - 2013 M E V O N The four-day International Science Olympiad Agarwal inaugurated QUANTA 2013 by lighting the lamp ‘QUANTA’ 2013, organized by Chowk Branch of the City of learning. Montessori School, Lucknow was inaugurated on 16 The events began with the Debate. Gaurav Agrawal November 2013 at the Kanpur Road auditorium of the from our school spoke ‘For’ the motion. The topic was school. The presence of around 500 young scientists and ‘Social networking sites are a nuisance’.He bagged the renowned scientists and experts from 10 countries 4th Position and was awarded with ‘Honourable Mention’. including Malaysia, Finland, Germany, Russia, Brazil, Bangladesh, Nepal, Jordan, Nigeria and various states of India created a mini world filled with the feelings of unity and brotherhood. The programme began with an all-religion world peace prayer. Chief guest on the occasion, bureaucrat Mr. Rajiv

Later in the afternoon the Aqua Boat challenge was organized; everyone there was cheering for their team. Udayveer Singh and Gaurav Agarwal represented St. Jude’s School. We did very well and hope to win the challenge next time .

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N and Abdullah Zahid represented our school in Mathematics Quiz. In the Mantel Ability Test Vardaan Singh represented our school. In the Insight (sculpting form electronic junk), the most awaited event, the students had to prepare some working model from scrap materials. Satpal Singh and Shivani Verma made a robot which was very much appreciated by each and every one. I wish to thank my Principal , Vice Principal and my Team Leader for selecting me to represent the school for such a big event and one which enables me to take home memories of the new friends that I made, and a learning experience which I know I will continue to cherish throughout my life. Abdullah Zahid (XII-Sc)

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19th Annual Sports and P.T. Display, 2013 – 9th November, 2013

Our Annual Sports Day was held on the 9th of Our Chief Guest for the occasion was Brig. JNS Bisht, November 2013 which happened to be the ‘Uttarakhand VrC, SM, Brigadier Admin, IMA Dehradun. Day’. The four House enclosures depicted our beautiful State This years, the theme for our Annual Sports Day was Uttarakhand, rich in culture and history. We are proud of ‘Uttarakhand’. We at St. Jude’s School dedicated our Sports the diversity that exists in our State. Day to the memory of those who lost their lives because of Our Sports Day formally began with the March Past by the terrible tragedy that took place on the 16th of June, the students of classes III to V. They marched to the tune, 2013. ‘Aao Bachcho Tumhe Dikhaye’, followed by a spectacular

Chief Guests, Brig. JNS Bisht, VrC, SM and Mrs. Madhu Bisht with Mr. & Mrs. R.V. Gardner and the two School Captains.

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Our Prefects – ready for the Sports Day extravaganza!

Carnival by the students of classes VI to XII, dedicated to followed by a splendid Yoga display. The students of Classes our State of Uttarakhand and the Armed Forces. IV to IX, by way of various asanas, purified the River Our Senior School House squads marched in perfect Ganges. The theme of the Yoga display was ‘Swachch Jal, unison and were a magnificent sight to behold. This was Swasth Jeevan’.

March Past by the students (Classes III to V) of the four Houses.

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March Past by the Boys and Girls of the four Houses – Senior School.

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Yoga display.

‘Kumaoni Choliya’ P.T. by Class-III

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Garhwali P.T. – Classes of IV & V.

The students of Class III presented a Kumaoni Choliya The students of classes VI to VIII presented a PT display PT display. named ‘Thank you Soldiers’. The Indian Armed Forces The Karate Display had every one spellbound. The earned the respect and gratitude of the citizens of Inter-House Pyramid formation this year was dedicated to Uttarakhand because of the manner in which rescue the Armed Forces. operations were carried out during the recent The students of classes IV to V performed a PT display, Uttarakhand disaster. the theme of which was Garhwali Folk dance. The Grand Finale depicted the tragedy of Kedarnath in

Karate display.

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Tug-o-War finals between Gardner House and Howard House. great detail. It began with the ‘Pujaris’ doing Pooja at Kedarnath Temple, followed by the damaging flood. It then continued to portray students helping those hurt, our message being, “this is our State and those less fortunate are our responsibility”. Pooja and folk dance continued as we are sure that our State will continue its journey towards prosperity and happiness with the help of each one of us. ‘Thank You Soldiers’ – PT by the students of classes VI to VIII.

Pyramids by the four Houses. Gardner House Howard House

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Inter-School Mix Relay (Left) St. Thomas’ College (2nd) (Centre) St. Jude’s School (Winner) (Right) Raja Rammohan Roy Academy (3rd)

Grand Finale

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INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS – BOYS’ SECTION INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS – GIRLS’ SECTION B M E Division Name House Division Name House V O N ‘A’ Shubham Saini Howard ‘U’ Eity Bisht Howard ‘B’ Prabin Basnet Khanna ‘V’ Rashika Malik Khanna ‘C’ Soorya Krishnan Gardner ‘W’ Kritika Bhandari Lyons ‘D’ Adarsh Aman Howard ‘X’ Harsh Richa Joshi Howard

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Shubham Saini Eity Bisht

Prabin Basnet Rashika Malik

Soorya Krishnan Kritika Bhandari

Adarsh Aman Harsh Richa Joshi

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Athletic Cup Winner – Howard House.

Chief Guest, Brig. JNS Bisht, VrC, SM, giving his address. Mr. R.V. Gardner, MLA, President St.Jude's School presenting his vote of thanks.

The Winners of the March Past for both the Girls and The Chief Guest in his speech appreciated the zeal and Boys sections was Howard House. the excellent standard of Sports at St. Jude’s School and he The Athletic Cup was won by Howard House. also motivated young minds and wished them well in their There was a tie between Howard House and Lyons further endeavours. He was most impressed with the House for the Most Vibrant House. manner in which the entire Sports Day was organized. In the Tug-o-War, Gardner House came first, and A Vote of Thanks was proposed by Mr. R.V. Gardner, Howard House came second. President, St. Jude’s School.

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B Inter-House M E C E D Senior Boys Outdoor Cricket

Cricket in India is not just a game, it’s a passion. A It was great to see same outstanding players from all the dropped catch can cost a match as catches win matches. Houses. They were the rising stars, who kept alive the Although it is not the national game but every citizen is hope for their respective Houses and they proved they can crazy about this lovely and exciting game. This game is be an asset to their school as well. definitely in our blood and in the span of few years, has captured the hearts of many. THE RESULTS Every Indian plays cricket, and thinks cricket. It is the INTER-HOUSE SENIOR BOYS’ game which is enjoyed by the people of India and the OUTDOOR CRICKET children are the greatest lovers of this game. We, the Position House Points children of St. Jude’s ,are no exception. 1st Khanna House 6 As the cricket season began in St. Jude’s School, all flour Lyons House 6 Houses were well prepared and ready to face the 3rd Howard House 3 challenge. The matches were played for one week. Gardner House 3

Gardner House Senior Boys Outdoor Cricket Team with Mr. R. Singh Howard House Senior Boys Outdoor Cricket Team with Mr. J.S. Panwar (House Master) and Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI). (House Master) and Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI).

Khanna House Senior Boys Outdoor Cricket Team with Mr. B.S. Bisht Lyons House Senior Boys Outdoor Cricket Team with Mr. A. Singh (House Master) and Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI) (House Master) and Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI) S J S 2013-14 164 THE THADDEUSIAN 2013-14 ST. JUDE’S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN 3 1 0 2

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The Cock House Social - Howard House M E C E “They came, they saw, they conquered.” D

This year passed in a daze of miniature cultural programmes and events as the students of Howard House got the opportunity to showcase their multifaceted talents throughout the year. Each student got a chance not only to display his/her talent on stage but also to emerge as a winner. Throughout the academic session the pent-up energy, enthusiasm and innate talents of children of Howard House erupted in the form of intellectual quizzes, convincing oratory skills, brilliant theatrical performances, melodious songs and Christmas carols.

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D A new sky dawned clear with fresh zeal and new hopes. The date was 7th of December 2013, the day of Cock House Social. Everybody was thrilled to the brim and buzzing with excitement, the weather was pleasant and the mood was set. Charming dresses, gorgeous accessories, high heels, sporty look, spikes in hair, florescent jackets keeping it classy yet sporty – the Howard House Fraternity bid this Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal), Chantel (1st Runner-up), Shelly Pundir (Princess), Sara Bhardwaj (2nd Runner-up), Ms. Michelle Gardner (Vice-Principal) and Mrs. S. Singh (Art year Cock House Social. Teacher). With everything completed to perfection, the stage to be precise, the Ramp was set. It was now time for our students to dazzle it with their resplendent dresses and elegant dance moves. Dance performances, games and the Fashion Fiesta added to the fervour of this much- awaited event. Finally came the memorable moment – the peagent for choosing the Prince and Princess and Mr. & Ms Teenager among the bright and smart students. The titles conferred were as follows:

HOWARD HOUSE Mrs. M. Gardner (Vice-Principal), Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal), Jaiswal Bhardwaj (2nd Runner-up), Nandini Singhwal (Ms. Teenager), Muskan (1st Runner-up) and COCK HOUSE SOCIAL Mr. K. Sundriyal (Middle School Coordinator).

PRINCESS Princess – Shelly Pundir 1st Runner-up – Chantel Sylvia Barrett 2nd Runner-up – Sara Bhardwaj

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PRINCE Prince – Yash Bhatia HOWARD HOUSE 1st Runner-up – Ricky Cash COCK HOUSE SOCIAL 2nd Runner-up – Amulya Singh Mr. TEENAGER HOWARD HOUSE Mr. Teenager – Ryan Barrett 1st Runner-up – Kshitiz Pant COCK HOUSE SOCIAL 2nd Runner-up – Kalash Thapa Ms. TEENAGER Ms. Teenager – Nandini Shinghwal The honour of conferring the titles was done by Ms. Michelle 1st Runner-up – Muskan Gardner (Vice-Principal), Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal) and Mr. J.S. 2nd Runner-up – Jaiswal Bhardwaj Panwar (Howard House Master). We would like to thank our teachers

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Mrs. G. Arya (Howard House Mistress), Mrs. Seema Singh, B M specially for her creative ideas and great help, all the E C Howard House Prefects and above all Ma’am Michelle for E D making the Social of the year wonderful and worth loving. At the end, snacks were given to students and teachers. The children went home with beaming, excited faces and hearts full of joy.

Jaiswal Bhardwaj (2nd Runner Up), Muskan (1st Runner Up), Nandini Singhwal (Ms. Teenager), Mrs. G. Arya (House Mistress), Mr. K. Sundriyal (Middle School Coordinator), Mrs. M. Gardner (Vice-Principal), Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal), Mr. J. Panwar (House Master), Ryan Barrett (Mr. Teenager), Kshitiz Pant (1st Runner-up) and Kalash Thapa (2nd Runner-up).

Amulya Singh (2nd Runner-up), Ricky Cash (1st Runner-up), Yash Bhatia (Prince), Mr. J. Panwar (House Master), Mr. K. Sundriyal (Middle School Coordinator) Mrs. M. Gardner (Vice-Principal), Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal), Mrs. G. Arya (House Mistress), Mrs. S. Singh (Art Teacher), Shelly Pundir (Princess), Chantel Barrett (1st Runner-up), Sara Bhardwaj (2nd Runner-up).

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B Annual Christmas Festivities M E C E D Kris Kindle – Founder’s Day Celebration

Happy Birthday to you, Sir.

Christmas is the time of joy and happiness. St. Jude’s each child picks up a slip and then has to buy a gift for the School was overflowing with joy and the spirit of sharing as child whose name he or she has taken out form the basket. the “Kris Kindle” was celebrated in the school on 13th The idea behind this is to inculcate the habit of giving and December 2013. sharing amongst the students. The event was conceptualized by our Vice Principal Ms. On the 17th of December “Kris Kindle” was celebrated M. Gardner because of whose noble thoughts and creative by the Staff members on the auspicious occasion of the ideas, students are encouraged to exchange gifts with each birthday of Mr. R.V. Gardner, MLA and Founder President other. A basket is placed in each classroom from which of the St. Jude’s School.

Support Staff presenting a gift to Mr. R. V. Gardner, MLA, President of The ‘Joy’ of sharing! St. Jude’s School, on his birthday.

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decorative Christmas tree. Chachra and the second and third prizes went to Ms. Pooja R E Amongst the Support Staff, Poonam won the first prize. Bisht and Richa Verma, respectively. B M E C E D The Lucky Winners – Support Staff

Poonam – the Winner of Lucky Draw 2013.

Pradeep Kumar receiving 2nd Prize on behalf of Kiran getting the 3rd Prize. his brother Sandeep Kumar.

Pradeep Kumar getting the 4th Prize. Vinesh Kumar getting the 5th Prize.

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Mrs. M. Chachra receiving the 1st Prize. Ms. Pooja Bisht receiving the 2nd Prize.

Ms. R. Verma receiving the 3rd Prize. Mrs. Deepa Dawar getting the 4th Prize.

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Inter-House Carol Singing Contest E C E D

Arzoo Siddique of Gardner House Ritika Singh of Howard House Jaff Malhan of Khanna House Damanjeet Singh from Lyons House singing the song ‘O Holy Night’. singing the song ‘Rocking Around singing the song ‘Rudolf the Red singing the song ‘It Came Upon A the Christmas Tree’. Nosed Reindeer’. Midnight Clear’.

The most-awaited Carol Singing Contest held every Among the Solo category, Arzoo Siddiqui of Gardner year at St. Jude’s School arrived bringing joyous and festive House bagged the first position followed by Ritika Singh of Christmas spirit. The spectators in the auditorium Howard House. applauded as the singers began singing their carols. After a tough competition was given by all Duet

Winner of Solo Category – Arzoo Siddique of Gardner House.

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Carlton Scott and Vikas Thapa from Gardner House singing the song ‘Last Christmas’.

Ritika Singh snd Mahima Daniel from Howard House singing the song Jeff Malhan and Ricky Cash from Khanna House singing the song ‘Jingle Bell Rocks’. ‘Jingle Bell Rocks’.

Asma and Jabez from Lyons House singing the song ‘What Child Is This’.

Winner of Duet Category – Asma and Jabez of Lyons House.

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Howard House singing the song ‘Joy to the World’.

Gardner House singing the song ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’.

Khanna House singing the song ‘The Season to be Joy’. Lyons House singing the song ‘Long Time Ago in Bethlehem’.

singers, Zabez and Asma bagged the 1st position and Ritika Singh and Mahima Daniel got the second position. In Group singing category, after a tough competition, Lyons House emerged as victorious followed by Gardner House. For Lyons House this contest was a clean sweep. Somya Purohit (XII-Sc-B)

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R E B Memento Giving Ceremony 2013-14 M E C E D Mementos to the ISC batch of 2013-14 were given on 13th of December 2013. It was a day when each and every ISC student was given a token of love and memory, a memento, by his/her Alma Mater. Class XI branded their seniors with titles like “the nightmare”, “the benchmark”, “the best orator”. The function began with the introduction of the ISC batch 2013-14. As soon as the senior teachers got seated,

Students receiving their Mementos from our Principal Mrs. V.R. Gardner

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the programme began with a heart-touching song sung by The Head Boy and the Head Girl of the School gave the students of Class XI. their Vote of Thanks on behalf of the ISC Batch. The compliments for the ISC batch were read by the Our Vice Principal, Ms. Michelle Gardner wished the students of Class XI and finally mementoes were handed passing batch ‘Best of Luck’ for their future and gave them over to them by our Principal, Mrs. V.R. Gardner. some advice on how to conduct themselves in the After the distribution of the mementoes and institutions that they would join. In her message to the compliments, some students spoke few words on the students, she quoted Swami Vivekananda’s words, “Arise, memorable time that they have spent in St. Jude’s School. Awake and Stop not till the goal is achieved.”

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Batch of 2014

You and I, when our days are done, must say without exactly saying it GOODBYE Farewell is not really a goodbye, no, it just means take care of yourself until we meet again – this makes farewells worth bearing and worth saying. Anticipation makes it sweeter, the hope that tomorrow will be better than today and that dreams will soon mould themselves in this real plane. On December the 16, 2013 came the day to say Adieu to batch of 2014. At 10:30 a.m. the Jonty Multipurpose Auditorium of St. Jude’s School was vibrating with emotions, excitement and cheerfulness. The programme organized under the able guidance of Ms. Michelle Gardner, Vice Principal of St. Jude’s School was about to begin. The theme this year was “I will create a better World”. The programme began with the welcome song by students of Class XI. It was followed by the contest for the selection of the Princess. All the girls of Class XII first walked down the ramp; out of these 11 girls were selected for next round. In the next round six were eliminated and five fairy looking girls made for the final round. In this round of beauty with brain gave a tough time to the judges. The answers these young beauties gave to the questions asked to them made the competition more exciting and tough and Juhi Chaurasia answered gracefully and wisely and was crowned the Princess. 1st Runner-up Vidhisa Verma and Isha Goha was the 2nd Runner-up.

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Welcome dance by Class XI students.

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D angels. Vardaan Ahluwalia was declared the Prince and Vikas Thapa the 1st Runner-up, and Sherwin Xavier the 2nd Runner-up. The judges took a sigh of relief as this went came to an end. Special titles were awarded to a few worthy students who stood on account of their phenomenal qualities and left an everlasting impression. Then came the long-awaited moment when the

announcement of the “Pride of St. Jude’s School” was Pride of St. Jude’s School (Boy) – Abdullah Zahid and made. Raina Singh, known for her academics, intellect and Pride of St. Jude’s School (Girl) – Raina Singh.

Sherwin Xavier (2nd Runner-up), Vikas Thapa (1st Runner-up), Vardaan Singh (Prince), Ms. M. Gardner (Vice Principal), Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal), Juhi Chaurasia (Princess), Vidhisa Verma (1st Runner-up), Isha Goha (2nd Runner-up).

Prince & Princess, 2014.

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cricketer and popular among the Thaddeusians were cut the Farewell Cake. R E chosen as the “Pride of St. Jude’s School”. It was a proud Ma’am Michelle being a perfect host had arranged B M E C E D

“Pride of St. Jude’s School” cutting the Farewell Cake.

St. Jude's School Cowboy Mr. Responsible Mr. Golden Heart Miss Sincere – Ricky Cash – Nadeem Ahmed – Vikas Thapa – Aishwarya Goel

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THE TITLES ISC FAREWELL, BATCH OF 2014

Pride of St. Jude’s School (Boy) : Abdullah Zahid Pride of St. Jude’s School (Girl) : Raina Singh St. Jude’s School Cowboy : Ricky Cash Mr. Responsible : Nadeem Ahmed Mr. Golden Heart : Vikas Thapa Miss Sincere : Aishwarya Goel Mr. Dependable : Shaun Dias Mr. Intelligent : Vardaan Singh Miss Reliable : Pooja Verma Mr. Creative : Satpal Singh Miss Talented Miss Studious Mr. Focused : Gaurav – Shally Pundir – Shivani Verma Mr. Mischievous : Raghav Arora Mr. Mature : Abhishek Miss Talented : Shally Pundir Miss Studious : Shivani Verma Mr. Casual : Carlton Scott St. Jude’s Chef : Sherwin Xavier Miss All Rounder : Urvashi Walia Mr. Sprinter : Himanshu Badwal Miss Athlete : Eity Bisht

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teacher, student or Ms. Michelle herself, making it clear that had just started when it was seen students crying, weeping, R E we at St. Jude’s School share every moment as one big hugging, taking blessing from teachers, making promises B M E

family. While we dance, a delicious lunch was awaiting for and walking out of the school gate to return one day as true C E all of us in the Gardner Auditorium. human beings and honourable citizens of Mother India. D They say good time flies away too soon. This was

Mr. Casual St. Jude’s Chef Mr. Sprinter Miss Athlete – Carlton Scott – Sherwin Xavier – Himanshu Badwal – Eity Bisht

Miss All Rounder – Urvashi

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The largest driver of global warming is carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion, cement production, and land use changes such as deforestation.

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Each and every child is unique as our Maker did not spectacular show. There were so many amazing create us using moulds. Each child has his/her own ability performances. The audience was left awe-struck! Our and talent. SJS, therefore, organizes the Archit Kohli Principal, Mrs. V.R. Gardner appreciated and encouraged Memorial Talent Search Competition to encourage the students. Each participant was given a special prize by children to find their own niche. Mrs. Geeta Kohli. This year the competition was held on the 31st of All in all, it was thoroughly enjoyable, motivating and January 2014. Participants from Nursery to Class II put up a learning experience for all.

THE RESULTS THE RESULTS ARCHIT KOHLI MEMORIAL ARCHIT KOHLI MEMORIAL TALENT SEARCH COMPETITION TALENT SEARCH COMPETITION

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Position Name Position Name 1st Om Arya (II-D) 1st Shristi Dimani (KG-D) 2nd Sudarshan (II-D) 2nd Mathew James (KG-D)

THE RESULTS ARCHIT KOHLI MEMORIAL TALENT SEARCH COMPETITION

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Position Name 1st Somya Chettri (I-B) 2nd Rekhanshi Vasudev (I-A)

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Inter-School Sub-Junior Boys Outdoor Cricket Team Sitting (L-R): Vaibhav Sajwan, Ayush Nautiyal, Sambhav Bhatt, Ms. P. Bisht, Mr. B.M. Bhatt (Coach), Sujal Nautiyal, Rishit Uniyal Standing: Fardeen Khan, Yash Chauhan, Abhav Chaudhary, Akshat Nautiyal, Uttkarsh Rathore, Aditya Dhyani, Jatin Singh, Sashank Bhatt, Vaibhav Rawat, Imran Ansari Inter-School Junior Boys Basketball Team

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Col. A.K. Pundir (Retd), Principal, Constancia School and Mrs. Pundir being The Final match in progress. welcomed by Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal, SJS) and Neal Gardner (SJS Student).

Col. A.K. Pundir (Retd), Principal, Constancia School, presenting his Mrs. V.R. Gardner, Principal, St. Jude’s School, views on the tournament and congratulating the winners. addressing the gathering.

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Cricket this year allowed several young enthusiasts to House bowled exceptionally well and took the highest exhibit their prowess in the field and show the true number of wickets. At the end of the competition the character with good performance. It was a time for the following were the results: Juniors to show their talent on the field. The Inter House Junior Outdoor cricket matches began THE RESULTS from the 19th of March 2014, after their final exams. INTER-HOUSE JUNIOR Everyone was set for a closely contested battle between all BOYS’ OUTDOOR CRICKET Houses. Each House played 3 matches against their Position House Points opponents. Each House tried to gain the upper hand over 1st Gardner House 9 the other House, but it was Gardner House which topped 2nd Khanna House 6 the points table. 3rd Howard House 3 Siddhant Aggarwal of Gardner House batted brilliantly 4th Lyons House 0 and was the highest run scorer. Yasharth Joshi of Khanna

Gardner House Junior Boys Outdoor Cricket Team with Mr. R. Singh Howard House Junior Boys Outdoor Cricket Team with Mr. J. S. Panwar (House Master) and Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI). (House Master) and Mr. B.M. Bhatt (PTI).

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After the success of last year’s Inter-House Middle wealth and if spent wisely can even make an entire nation School One-Act Play competition, this year we expected wealthy and prosperous. an even more exciting fight for the Best Play. Khanna House presented a play called ‘A Suitable Gift All four Houses promised to excite and entice their For One Who Has All’ having the central idea that it’s not audiences. The curtain was raised with Gardner House the gift but the feeling with which it is given that matters. presenting the play ‘Angel Children’. Howard House came with the most outstanding This was followed by Howard House presenting ‘Just A performance of the morning. They acted on a play called Penny’ depicting the importance of saving even a single ‘One Dollar Eleven Cents Miracle’. This play was about a paisa which can lead to the accumulation of enormous little girl who believed that she knows the exact price of a

GARDNER HOUSE PRESENTING THE PLAY “ANGEL CHILDREN”

HOWARD HOUSE PRESENTING THE PLAY “JUST A PENNY”

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miracle i.e. 1 dollar 11 cents and goes to a general store to buy one for her brother who has cancer and bleak chances of survival and indeed finds one in the end. Howard House and Lyons House were declared the Winners followed by Khanna House and Gardner House.

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Being born in such a country, the students of St. Jude’s Rangoli is made in every Indian house; it is a traditional School have millions of reasons to feel proud as an Indian. way of welcoming Gods and Goddesses. India is a tourists’ paradise; nowhere else in the world, can Somya Purohit (XI-Sc-B) and Rivya Tayal (XI-Com-B) we find such multifaceted, diversified culture with such showed their artistic talent by making a beautiful Rangoli heritage. and bagged the 1st prize. Our school celebrates “Proud to be an Indian Day” every year on 25th January to portray rich culture of our Saumya Gupta (XI-Com-B) and Ritika Srivastava country by organizing various competitions. (XI-Sc-B) won the 2nd prize. In the Middle School, prize winners were: Indian Food is known for its variety in the world. Our 1st prize – Aditi (VII-D) and Ridhima (VII-D) students cooked different food items from different States. 2nd prize – Palak (VII-A) and Aparajit (VII-A) Simran Kaur (XI- Com-B) bagged the first prize. 3rd prize – Megha Lohani (VII-E) and Khyati Chauhan (VIII-B) and Nikhil Raj (VII-C) won Priyanshu (VII-E) the 2nd and 3rd prize, respectively.

Cooking – delicious food items.

Rangoli – a sign of welcome.

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Mehandi – the exotic Indian art.

Mehandi is an exotic Indian Art, which every Indian Vasundhara (VIII-C) bagged the first prize and Shruti bride adores. (VIII-C) won the second prize. Results of the Mehandi competition: 1st prize - Saumya Sharma (XI-Com-A) All the above competitions were judged by our 2nd prize - Muskan Aggarwal (IX-Sc-C) Principal Mrs. V.R.Gardner and the Vice Principal Ms. 3rd prize - Kashish Bora (IX-Sc-B) Michelle Gardner.

Kite Flying- Men folk in India show their enthusiasm Our children really proved that they are “Proud to be an and happiness by flying colourful kites. Our students made Indian” and are true Indians. the sky look colourful and their happiness had no bounds. The snow-clad Himalayas at the top, the flow of rivers, Mayank Banga’s Kite was the most colourful kite that valleys and lakes, the forts and havelis in our desert lap, touched sky. vibrant festivals, temples and mosques make India – our country – a place we are indeed proud of. Flower Decoration competition was also held and our Mrs. J. Aggarwal children made maximum use of Indian flora.

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The unfurling of the National Flag by National Anthem being sung by the Staff and students. Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal).

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The 3rd St. Jude’s Premier League Sub-Junior Indoor Cricket Tournament has gained popularity over the last few years. This year the following Schools took part in the event: 1. St. Jude’s School 2. St. Thomas’ College 3. The Aryan School 4. The Indian Cambridge School 5. The Heritage School 6. Carman School, Dalanwala 7. Hilton’s School 8. Raja Rammohan Roy Academy The Finals of the 3rd St. Jude’s Premier League Sub-Junior Indoor Cricket Tournament took place on Saturday the 19th of April, 2014. The Final match was played between the teams of St. Jude’s School and The Aryan School. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Mr. G.I.G. Mann, Principal, Carman School, Dalanwala. Present on the occasion were Mr. R.V. Gardner, MLA, (Principal, St. Thomas’ College), Mrs. V. R. Gardner 196 THE THADDEUSIAN 2013-14 ST. JUDE’S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN 4 1 0 2

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Shubhank Badoni of Aryan School – The ‘Best Bowler’ of the Series. Yash Gupta of Aryan School – The ‘Best Batsman’ of the Series.

Neal Gardner of St. Jude’s School – The ‘Man of the Series’. Trophies for all the hard work.

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Chief Guest: Mr. Amit Sinha, IPS DIG (Garhwal Range), Uttarakhand

Chief Guest Mr. Amit Sinha, IPS, DIG Garhwal Range, Uttarakhand, being welcomed by Mr. & Mrs. V.R. Gardner and two Junior School students. “India – Jai Ho!” In 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru’s words echoed in India, “A redeem our values, it is time to together bring about moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when positive change. we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and On the morning of the 10th May 2014 the stage at St. the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is Jude’s School was adorned with symbols of our various fitting that at this solemn moment we takes the pledge of political parties along with flowers, as we hope and pray all dedication to the service of India and the people and to the our political parties work together towards creating a still larger cause of humanity.” better India. The evening was a magical one in keeping with Once yet again Pandit Ji’s words echoed – this time as the theme this year ‘India – Jai Ho’. part of the English play within the walls of St. Jude’s School, Our Chief Guest for the occasion was Mr. Amit Sinha, Dehradun. We believe in this our Election Year it is time to IPS, DIG Garhwal Range (Uttarakhand). Also present at the

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Chief Guest Mr. Amit Sinha, IPS, DIG Garhwal Range, Uttarakhand, Mr. R.V. Gardner, MLA, President, St. Jude’s School, giving his address. delivering his Vote of Thanks. event were Mr. R.V. Gardner, MLA, Principal, St. Thomas’ College, Mr. G.I.G. Mann, Principal, Carman School Dalanwala, Mrs. J. Kumar, Principal, Carman School Premnagar, Mr. P.S. Kalra, Principal, Guru Nanak Academy, Mr. Anuj Singh, Principal, Doon Global School and other esteemed guest. The evening began with the Academic Procession. The following achievement of the school was highlighted by the Principal in her Annual speech: As per the magazine Education World, dated September 2013 Volume XV No. 9, St. Jude’s School’s National Ranking is 39th in regards to the number of Two school captains presenting a memento to our Chief Guest.

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N The variety programme kept guests and parents The students of classes III-V presented the play ‘The girl N A enthralled with over 350 students participating. who hated books’, in the hope of inculcating the habit of Our variety programme began with a Welcome Dance reading books in children. This play was written and called “Together we can”, where students created the India directed by Mrs. A. Nagerkoti and Ms. Richa Verma. The of their dreams and portrayed our political parties working costumes and props were designed by Mrs. A. Chaudhary together to bring back the glorious past of our great nation. and Mrs. M. Bhardwaj. The students of the Primary School charmed the The Middle School’s historic presentation, ‘Veer Balak gathering with their colourful Action Song, ‘What does the Balkaran’, depicted the attack of Temur Lung on India. The Fox say’ directed by Mrs. G. Kohli, Choreographed by Mr. play depicted his encounter with a young boy, Balkaran, Wilson Lakra, Ms. Pallavi Nagarkotia and Mrs. Shelly who won over Temur just by his words. This play was Sharma. Directed by Mrs. I. Manuel, Mrs. Neera Chaudhary and

Special Prize Winners – Annual Prize Day, 2014

Scholar of ICSE – Varun Gupta Scholar of ISC – Siddharth Negi

Pride of St. Jude’s School (Boy) – Abdullah Zahid Pride of St. Jude’s School (Girl) – Raina Singh Archit Kohli Memorial Shield (Best All Round Student in Primary Section) – Akansha Agarwal Lawrence Cup (Best All Round Student – III to V) – Lakshit Bhatt Howard Shield (Best All Round Student – VI to VIII) – Priyanshu Agarwal Wright Cup (Best All Round Student – IX to XII) – Abdullah Zahid Michelle’s Cup For Excellence (Best All Round Student) – Prachi Jain

Football Cup – Khanna House Indoor Cricket – Khanna House Outdoor Cricket – Khanna & Lyons House Basketball (Girls) – Khanna House Basketball (Boys) – Gardner House Chess – Gardner House Table Tennis – Gardner House Badminton – Howard House Athletics Cup – Howard House Scholastic Trophy – Howard House Cock House Trophy – Gardner House

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School Choir singing an English song.

School Choir singing ‘Vande Mataram’.

School Choir singing ‘Insaaf Ki Dagar Pe...’.

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Play Group with Mrs. T. Meiselbach, Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal) and Mrs. N. Saharan.

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Nursery-A with Mrs. S. Oberoi (Class Teacher) and Mrs. S. Charles (Hindi Teacher).

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Nursery-B with Mrs. J. Kapoor (Class Teacher) and Mrs. S. Rawat (Hindi Teacher).

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Nursery-C with Mrs. D. Gupta (Class Teacher) and Mrs. K. Naithani (Hindi Teacher).

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K.G.-A with Mrs. M. Kapoor (Class Teacher) and Mrs. K. Naithani (Hindi Teacher).

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K.G.-B with Mrs. P. Kaur (Class Teacher) and Mrs. K. Naithani (Hindi Teacher).

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K.G.-C with Mrs. Saily Sharma (Class Teacher) and Mrs. H. Bansal (Hindi Teacher).

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K.G.-D with Mrs. R. Ghanshyala(Class Teacher) and Mrs. S. Rawat (Hindi Teacher).

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K.G.-E with Mrs. M. Chachra (Class Teacher) and Mrs. H. Bansal (Hindi Teacher).

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Class I-A with Mrs. M. Mittal (Hindi Teacher) and Mrs. R. Massey (Class Teacher).

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Class I-C with Mrs. R. Tyagi (Hindi Teacher) and Mrs. A. Sharma (Class Teacher).

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Class I-D with Mrs. M. Kapoor (Class Teacher) and Mrs. K. Naithani (Hindi Teacher).

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Class I-E with Mrs. R. Bhatia (Class Teacher) and Mrs. H. Bansal (Hindi Teacher).

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Class II-B with Mrs. M. Mehra (Hindi Teacher) and Mrs. N. Bisht (Class Teacher).

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Class II-C with Mrs. R. Tyagi (Hindi Teacher) and Mrs. S. Arora (Class Teacher).

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Class II-D with Mrs. R. Tyagi (Hindi Teacher) and Ms. R. Ahluwalia (Class Teacher).

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Class III-A with Mrs. S. Prabhakar (Hindi Teacher) and Mrs. P. Dass (Hindi Teacher).

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Class III-C with Mrs. A. Nagarkoti (Class Teacher) and Mrs. M. Mittal (Hindi Teacher).

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Class III-D with Mrs. S. Ahluwalia (Class Teacher) and Mrs. M. Mittal (Hindi Teacher).

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Class III-E with Mrs. D. Dawar (Class Teacher) and Mrs. M. Mehra (Hindi Teacher).

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Class IV-A with Mrs. M. Mehra (Hindi Teacher) and Mrs. N. Chauhan (Class Teacher).

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Class IV-B with Mrs. G. Chauhan (Class Teacher) and Mrs. N. Upadhyaya (Hindi Teacher).

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Class IV-D with Mrs. M. Arya (Class Teacher) and Mrs. P. Dass (Hindi Teacher).

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Class IV-E with Mrs. N. Upadhyaya (Hindi Teacher) and Mrs. R. Thapa (Class Teacher).

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Class V-A with Mrs. J. Tindale (Class Teacher) and Mrs. N. Upadhyaya (Hindi Teacher).

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Class V-C with Mrs. M. Mehra (Hindi Teacher) and Mrs. N. Kapoor (Class Teacher).

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Class V-D with Mrs. R. Thapa (Class Teacher) and Mrs. N. Upadhyaya (Hindi Teacher).

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Class V-E with Mrs. M. Dangwal (Class Teacher) and Mrs. P. Dass (Hindi Teacher).

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Say No To Drugs

Drug use can harm your ability to remember things, death. to think clearly, and to study properly. Drug users often lose their enthusiasm for life, sports, Drug use gives you the impression that you are more hobbies etc. Their habit of taking drugs definitely gives alert and aware but under the influence of drugs you are them a new lifestyle but it is a lifestyle of a sad loser with actually less aware and less alert. no prospects. Drug use can also cause people to act in strange and Drug addicts when craving their next fix often do not unpredictable way. A person can undergo a complete care about anything other than the immediate high personality change under the influence of drugs. demand. All other considerations, every aspect of a Since drug residues can remain in the body for many normal human behaviour are ignored in this compulsion. years after they were taken, the effect on the mind can Everyone has hopes and dreams for the future but for last a long time. addicts those hopes and dreams only focus down to Don’t lose your mind, “Avoid Drugs”. where the next scare is coming from. Drugs use seems a cool idea in the beginning but it can Hopes and dreams for the future? Nothing but only turn into a living nightmare, that includes accidents, despair which soon becomes nightmare for addicts! hospitalization, a life of crime, a criminal record hurting Drugs are for the losers. those you love, destroy relationship, a prison sentence or

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Class VI-A with Mrs. H. Raizada (Class Teacher) and Mrs. V. Dhingra (Hindi Teacher).

CLASS VI-B

Class VI-B with Mrs. N. Vinod (Class Teacher) and Mrs. I. Manuel (Hindi Teacher).

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Class VI-C with Mrs. S. Sacha (Class Teacher) and Mr. N. Chandna (Maths Teacher).

CLASS VI-D

Class VI-D with Ms. M. Singh (Class Teacher) and Mrs. N. Chaudhary (Hindi Teacher).

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Class VI-E with Mrs. N. Chaudhary (Hindi Teacher) and Mr. N. Chandna (Class Teacher).

CLASS VII-A

Class VII-A with Mrs. V. Dhingra (Hindi Teacher) and Mr. A. Singhal (Class Teacher).

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Class VII-B with Mrs. S. Thakur (Class Teacher) and Mrs. V. Dhingra (Hindi Teacher).

CLASS VII-C

Class VII-C with Mrs. A. Bhatia (Class Teacher) and Mrs. V. Dhingra (Hindi Teacher).

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Class VII-D with Mrs. B. Sharma (Class Teacher) and Mr. A. Jaiswal (English Teacher).

CLASS VII-E

Class VII-E with Mrs. R. Dwivedi (Class Teacher) and Mrs. N. Chaudhary (Hindi Teacher).

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Class VIII-A with Mrs. I. Manuel (Hindi Teacher) and Mrs. A. Gupta (Class Teacher).

CLASS VIII-B

Class VIII-B with Mrs. V. Dhingra (Hindi Teacher) and Mr. Amitosh Singh (Class Teacher).

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Class VIII-C with Mrs. P. Charles (Class Teacher) and Mrs. V. Dhingra (Hindi Teacher).

CLASS VIII-D

Class VIII-D with Mrs. I. Manuel (Hindi Teacher) and Mr. B.S. Bisht (Class Teacher).

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Class VIII-E with Mrs. I. Manuel (Hindi Teacher) and Mr. A. Jaiswal (Class Teacher).

CLASS IX-SC-A

Class IX-Sc-A with Mrs. S. Kapoor (Class Teacher) and Mrs. S.S. Khanduri (Hindi Teacher).

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Class IX-Sc-B with Mrs. I. Manuel (Hindi Teacher) and Mr. R. Singh (Class Teacher).

CLASS IX-SC-C

Class IX-Sc-C with Mrs. N. Mehra (Class Teacher) and Mrs. I. Manuel (Hindi Teacher).

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Class IX-Com-A with Mrs. B. Sharma (Geography Teacher) and Mrs. G. Arya (Class Teacher).

CLASS IX-COM-B

Class IX-Com-B with Mrs. S. Chakraborty (Class Teacher) and Mr. D. Purohit (Computer Teacher).

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Class X-Sc-A with Mr. R. Singh (Science Teacher), Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal) and Mrs. S. Tuli (Class Teacher).

CLASS X-SC-B

Class X-Sc-B with Ms. M. Gardner (Vice-Principal), Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal) and Mr. J.S. Panwar (Class Teacher).

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Class X-Com-A with Mrs. J. Aggarwal (English Teacher), Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal) and Mr. V. Dhan (Class Teacher).

CLASS X-COM-B

Class X-Com-B with Mrs. J. Aggarwal (English Teacher), Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal) and Mr. R. Singh (Class Teacher).

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Class XI-Sc-A with Mr. J. Singh (Class Teacher) and Mrs. S. Khanduri (Hindi Teacher).

CLASS XI-SC-B

Class XI-Sc-B with Mrs. S. Kaul (Class Teacher) and Mrs. S. Khanduri (Hindi Teacher).

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Class XI-Com-A with Mrs. N. Ahuja (Class Teacher) and Mrs. S. Rana (Hindi Teacher).

CLASS XI-COM-B

Class XI-Com-B with Mrs. S. Chakraborty (Economics Teacher) and Mr. R. Bhatt (Class Teacher).

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Class XII-Sc-A with Ms. M. Gardner (Vice -Principal), Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal) and Mr. K. Kapoor (Class Teacher).

CLASS XII-SC-B

Class XII-Sc-B with Mrs. G. Joshi (Class Teacher), Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal) and Ms. M. Gardner (Vice-Principal).

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C XII-C -A S J S

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Class XII-Com-A with Mrs. H. Kukreja (Class Teacher), Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal) and Ms. M. Gardner (Vice-Principal).

CLASS XII-COM-B

Class XII-Com-B with Mr. A.K. Pant (Class Teacher), Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal) and Ms. M. Gardner (Vice-Principal).

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Balladium IrRaidium C

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It had been over many years, “Oh Clara, is that really you?” E H Since the Goddess, I did defeat, In the voice of a vehement Deer, T With the powers of my ageless teacher, My teacher asked the divine mainden, And a team of warriors elite. As it slowly occurred to me. My team but fell to the test of time, Clara was my teacher’s love, And was taken away from me, Who long ago was slain, And so I lived with the ageless one, And left behind a distant shadow, On an isle upon the sea. Who never did love again. One night, as I lay dreaming, I knew those times he spoke of her, Of my long departed team, With a heart of pure despair, I felt a sudden, abrupt fear, But now his eyes were illumined again, And shattered got my dream. And I smiled at a sight so rare. My eyes shot open from their sleep, “yes, I am,” the maiden said, Once I felt a heavenly essence, In a voice so soft and low, And saw the walls, which began to glow, As she smiled and took his hand, From the light of another’s presence. Which began to faintly glow. Fearing that the fiendish Goddess, “I have come to take you back, Had somehow returned once more, To the heaven, alongside me,” I ran the steps to my teacher’s room, She said, and turned to where I stood, And slammed open the door. In her eyes, a silent plea. Greeted by her guise unknown, I smiled and nodded to the spirit, Who, in the purest gold was clad, In an answer without a voice, I flew to my startled teacher’s side, And my teacher, for the very first time, With speed I knew I never had. Shed tears of pure rejoice. She did not move, not by an inch, Her light did brighten, as did her eyes, With a gentle smile she stood, Where I saw her elation stir, At the radiant maiden for sometime, Before she turned to the ageless one, Only stand and stare, I could. Who glimmered along with her. The fairest creature I ever saw, As they looked in each other’s eyes, Was embellished with a heavenly crown, Where their love was burning bright, And shone with the light of purest gold, They began to glow and scintillate, Her divine and radiant gown I had to cover both my eyes, “Yield, oh spawn of evil! From the illumination that could blind, Oh, source of all my grief!” Which, in the wake of its descent, I yelled before I felt a hand, Left a barren house behind On my arm, for a moment brief. I bowed to my sacred Lord that night, I turned to see my ageless teacher, For he let my teacher free, My surprise I could not hide, For my teacher finally found the one, On seeing his open, trembling jaw, With who he yearned to be. And eyes awakened wide. Sometimes I feel their gaze on me, With an ounce of shock and fear, While I look to the sky for hours, My teacher’s hand I saw, And smile in the silence of the night, As he reached to touch her face, Into a night of a thousand stars. Himself being struck with awe. Himanshu Upadhaya (XII-Sc-A)

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C MH-370 – The Malaysia Airlines Flight

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E INCIDENT SUMMARY search was extended to the Strait of Malacca and H T Date : 8 March 2014 Andaman Sea. Summary : Missing On 15th March, based on military radar data and Site : Southern Indian Ocean (presumed) radio “pings” between the aircraft and an Inmarsat Passenger : 227 Satellite, investigators concluded that the aircraft had Crew : 12 headed west across the Malay Peninsula, then combined on a northern or southern track for approximately seven Aircraft Type : Boeing 777-200FR hours. The search in the South China Sea was Operator : Malaysia Airlines abandoned. Three days later, the Australian Maritime Registration : 9M MRO Safety Authority began searching the southern part of the Flight Origin : Kualalampur International Airport Indian Ocean. Destination : Beijing Capital International Airport On the 24th of March the Malaysian Government confirmed two independently made analyses by the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was a scheduled British Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) and international passenger flight from Kuala Lumpur to Inmarsat, and concluded “beyond any reasonable doubt” Beijing that lost contact with air traffic control on 8 that the aircraft had gone down in the southern part of March, 2014 at 1:20 MYT less than an hour after takeoff the Indian Ocean with no survivors. Earlier search areas at 7:24, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) reported the flight were abandoned and all search efforts are being missing. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER, was carrying concentrated on the Australian led area. There has been 12 Malaysian crew members and 227 passengers from 14 no confirmation of any flight debris and no crash site has nations. A multinational search and rescue effort, later been found. reported as the largest in history, began in the Gulf of Reported by: Thailand and the South China Sea. Within a few days, the Romil Sharma

S J S 2013-14

Don’t Read This!

“People do not lack strength, they lack the will.” It is a It’s high time a decision is taken to prevent the fates of fact that addiction to crime or liquor has led many a the masses from being sealed. It is of paramount family to ruin. It’s human tendency to try what is importance that the public should be educated on the forbidden. You are also reading this despite being told evils of excessive drinking. The glamour and macho not to do so. But, some people easily give in to illusions depicted in advertisement should be countered. intoxicating beverages. They consume liquor, drugs and You, as an individual, can also help in this cause. If you smoke hookas and cigarettes which are very harmful for see any addict, help him and encourage him to leave it. In our health. These substances might weed out our the end, thanks for reading this article with great depression for a short time, but prove fatal in the long run seriousness. But I know the reason!!! It was all because of as these addresses the symptoms, not the cause. They my innovative title…. promise the Moon and charge the Earth. This whirpool is Aakash Agarwal (XII-Sc-A) consuming not only adults but also students.

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Morning in My Doon C

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It was the first morning of my post Board examination The scene was so mesmerizing that I was compelled E H vacations. I awoke to the dots of sunshine dancing across to capture this beauty of nature on my mobile phone. T my room through the lace of the curtains. When I A sweeper was at work on the street. Nearby there stepped out of my door, into the veranda, the soothing was a huge fenced park. sensation of the breath of the Earth encircled me. The The western lane surrounding the park was the local white, snow covered range of the Queen of the Hills, market area. To add to the commotion created by the Mussoorie, stretched behind my view of hoardings, tree customers moving up and down the lane the whole day, canopies and the distant arches of Engineer's Enclave. the vendors shouted at the peak of their voices giving The tiny dew drops along the edges of the colourful each of their product a fancy name to attract customers. petals of the blossoms of my garden glittered in all shades They’d call their fruits “Raja’s Pasand”, “Bombay Ki Paani of the visible spectrum. The view was so enchanting that I Puri”, “Native of Manali” and so on. would not resist to explore further more my beautiful The loud sound of the whistle of the pressure cooker Doon Valley. buzzed off as I passed a little tea and breakfast street stall Ten minutes later I was strolling through the wide wherein the preparations for serving the hungry passers streets of Vasant Vihar lined all along with sky touching by for the whole day were on. In the farther eastern buildings. Yet, there was a time when tall, thick corner of the huge park, yoga classes and laughter club deciduous trees guarded its edges. A silver Honda City was at its peak. Old and young all were busy stretching went zooming past me causing the flocks of pigeons that their limbs. A newspaper vendor was at work there, were feeding on Bajra to scatter in several directions. throwing with full force a bundle of newspaper in each Few boys and girls were cycling with earphones plugged house and ringing the electric bell and waiting until a in their ears. Wondered how scientific and mechanical voice from inside the house came, “Thankyou Bhayia” human life had become and my little Doon Valley too had before moving to the next. become the victim of changing time. It was spring time Next, I decided to stroll near the tea gardens. This are but this year the winter cool had not yet been wiped off. still has the look, calmness and serenity of the old ear. The cool breeze shook the leaves. The crisp aroma of the fresh new little leaves and buds The huge entrance gate of the Forest Research brought into my spirit a new happiness. Two white Institute stood in front of me casting its shadow on the butterflies flew around a little white blossom. This view wide road and next to it, a tree with scarred brown black made me feel really blessed as the common belief is that trunk, embraced hardly by a fragile creeper, spread its white butterflies are angles in disguise. boughs providing shade to the clusters of white weeds I felt something extraordinary in the air that day. and green algae that grew underneath. In the background Perhaps because for months, being busy with my I could hear the faint sound of the siren of the garbage schedule, I hadn’t had time to relax and enjoy the world collection van. The words were “Doon Valley Ko Swach around me. The stillness of the morning enabled me to Rakhne Mein Hamara Sahyog Karen, Dhanyawad”. The enjoy many things which passed by me during the bustle tree bore beautiful crimson flowers and little green buds of the day. We all owe a lot to Mother Nature who has and among its branches, there was well concealed, a nurtured mankind since forever and we need to small nest of hay in which a baby bird sat with its beak appreciate God's benevolence with which he gave us this fully open and just then its mamma came fluttering her life. wings and put a piece of food into her young one’s little Rishita Gogia (XI-Sc-A) mouth as if dropping it directly into its little stomach.

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C My Magdalene

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E Walking on a road on a breezy Sunshiny day I was literally cursing myself H T I saw someone who looked divine Next day I reached the same lane A wonderful masterpiece of God, I thought Waiting for my Magdalene So beautiful that when she laughed, the world looked Then I heard a procession great Loud and clear going for cremation When she talked, the bells did ring step by step through I saw the face of death the city streets I turned around and fainted I tiptoed alongwith her, My Magdalene had departed Not to alarm her, that a person strolled The love of my love was separated She turned left and then turned right When I gained my senses My heart raced to a fight I ran to the burial place Suddenly! She turned and looked at me I ran to the body which was not there It felt like eternity I took the ash and rubbed it on to my hair She smiled and approached me and then walked away It felt as if my own self had died and left me in a state of I forgot to make a reply fright. Indicating that I felt shy Arpit Pandey (X-Sc-B) Poor Chap! I said to myself

S J S 2013-14 The Position of Women in India

The Constitution of India is the Magna for the women proving to be good administrators. They are cool- of India. For them, the centuries of slavery are over. headed and dispassionate. They have on their side brains, Indian womanhood is one on the march. They are beauty and personality. They are sweet, soft and peace- coming into their own. Today women enjoy equal status loving. Today she has the right to vote. In any election with men. women comprise 49 percent of the country. There are In Vedic times women occupied the highest place in women legislators and women ministers. The Hindu society. They were given all opportunities to develop Succession Act has given to sisters the right to property themselves, socially, intellectually and morally. They along with their brothers. The Hindu Marriage Act has could choose their own partners of life, according to given them to right of divorce. Our constitution has done their own wishes. They wre given thorough education, away all distinctions based on religion, race or sex. She is including military training but in the Middle Ages, she felt entitled to hold any post that a man can. She can become from her pedestal. Her position became inferior. She a Deputy Commissioner, an IAS or an IPS Officer. Even began to regarded as a plaything of man, a decoration of the army is no longer the monopoly of man. There are the drawing room and a slave of man’s passions and a women pilots. dumb-driven cattle. She lived behind the purdah, and had Today a woman’s future is as bright as her past has no rights to education and property. However the been dark. Women have shown their worth as leaders woman in free India enjoys perfect equality with man. and administrators, and time is not far off, when India will She is no longer a slave. She is no longer at the mercy of have at the helm of affairs from strength to strength. In man. She has a voice in shaping the destiny of the nation. the future, she may lead men as Joan of Arc led the We have women in free India in different roles as French soldiers against the enemies of France. administrations, ambassador, governors, doctors, Rashika Malik (IX-Sc-C) teachers, officers and even in defence services. They are

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