Dale Kaleidoscope NEWSLETTER 5TH ISSUE, AUGUST 2017
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Dale Kaleidoscope NEWSLETTER 5TH ISSUE, AUGUST 2017 From the Editor’s Desk Welcome Back! Let us begin this new school year with renewed Three precious gems of ours left this world in aspirations and immense determination. Make the first half of this 2017. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi Sunnydale and your parents feel proud of you with raji’un. your dedication, your upright comportment, your modesty and your compassion for all. Samina Rahman, one of the very first and former teachers of Sunnydale, had been a person with the Sunnydale expects to be overwhelmed, yet again, essential traits of a truly good human being. This with what the Super Achievers did throughout the 2016-17 session. To our unbound pleasure compassionate being passed away on January 23. and pride they competed in various inter-school and intra-school events and came out victorious Fahima Haque who created an identity of her with loads of crests, certificates and much more own by touching lives as an educationist at a accolades for their discipline and good mannerism. renowned institution was the youngest off-spring of the founding Chairman of Sunnydale, Late However, those who competed but could not win Abdul Mannan Khan. Taking ill in the last couple of or those who were not confident must know that months of her so short-lived life she quite bravely Albert Einstein, the great physicist, who also won battled the last battle of her life and submitted to the Nobel Prize in Physics, was a slow learner and was once expelled from his school; one of his the Almighty on March 25. teachers had even declared that he would never achieve much. His life teaches us to strive with all Ina Tarmin Rashid had a heart that overflowed our sincerity and might no matter how adverse the with immense love for her fellows and her students situation is. - she left for eternal peace on June 9. You must believe that the Almighty has sent you Reminiscing about them we realize that they were to this world with some noble purpose; so just the people of true stature and had striking similarity persevere and explore yourself. in their dispositions i.e. each of them had been Wish you all a very successful learning well and truly the epitome of dedication, discipline, experience. humility and compassion for their fellows and students. Tazeen Ahmed Principal May the Almighty give us the strength to cope with the irreplaceable vacuum their departure has created. Do not stop when you are Zareen Abdullah tired. Stop when you are done. - David Goggins Sunnydale Newsletter / 1 World Schools Rajuk Nationals 2016, Debating Championship Debate Tournament (WSDC) Sunnydale’s debate team extraordinaire, Rifayat Zafeer Wafee, Bishal Podder and Parmita Protik Das (Class XI) became Runners-up in the Rajuk Nationals 2016, a three day debate tournament held in December 2016. Wafee was adjudged the Best Debater of the Tournament while Bishal and Parmita achieved ranks among the top 10 debaters. Field Trips A quality curriculum is one that extends beyond the walls of the classroom and therefore to facilitate our students to gain a deeper knowledge of our cultural heritage and to help them relate their classroom learning to the real world, various field trips were arranged for students from Kindergarten I and onwards. The World Schools Debating Championship (WSDC) is the largest platform in English Debating for school children all across the globe, with over 50 nations taking part every year. Rifayat Zafeer Wafee, Class XI, had the glorious opportunity to be a part of Team Bangladesh 2016, which comprised of five best debaters from across the country to represent the nation in this prestigious event. In 2016 WSDC was held in Stuttgart, Germany and the experience was simply unparalleled. The pride of hoisting the red and green flag, the thrills of victories and the The places visited for field trips were Bijoy Soroni Samorik heartbreaks of defeat - all made this journey one of the Jadughor, Shaheed Minar, Rayer Bazar Boddho Bhumi, most memorable experiences for Team Bangladesh. Lalbagh Fort, Air Force Museum, National Museum, Liberation War Museum, Channel-i Station, Polar Ice cream Factory, Haque Biscuit Factory and Paragon Ceramic Industries. Sunnydale Newsletter / 2 Scouts Tour to India A team of sixteen scouts from Sunnydale Scout Group participated in the 17th National Jamboree of ‘The Bharat Scouts and Guides’ held by India in Mysuru, Karnataka from December 26, 2016 to January 10, 2017. There were 146 members including high officials, rovers and staffs. After the Jamboree, all headed towards Kolkata for site-seeing and visited the ‘Shantineketan’. The students came back with lots of memories to cherish. Sunnydale Rhetoric 2017 – Articulate Your Passion Sunnydale Rhetoric 2017 was The preliminary rounds were The event reached its climax an interschool English debate followed by a grand event that with a grand dinner joined by the tournament held from January 12 debaters refer to as “Break- winners, other participants, both to 14, organized by Sunnydale Night,” where participants interact, the Vice Principals and some senior Debate Club. With around a socialize and enjoy a cultural show teachers. Sunnydale’s students hundred debaters from over a etc. organized by the host school. who were majorly in charge of dozen reputed institutions across At Sunnydale, a Carnival Night was handling logistics and arrangements the city, this tournament had the arranged which included several under the guidance of teachers standard format of World School interactive games and a stand-up definitely proved themselves and Debating Championship (WSDC). comedy performance by a promising their right upbringing. The debating Sunnydale’s Adjudication Core debater, Sakib Bin Rashid. Both the community who participated in this (judges’ panel) ensured proper events were enjoyed tremendously event by Sunnydale students for adjudication and competitive by the participants. the first time appreciated the overall motions that were argued by the event immensely. most promising young minds of the Academia, after a head-to-head next generation. competition with Mastermind was crowned the Champion of Sunnydale Rhetoric 2017. Sunnydale Newsletter / 3 Teachers’ Day Out It was the time to unwind and elude the strenuous everyday routine for the whole Sunnydale family. A picnic day was enjoyed at ‘Jol O Jongoler Kabbo’ on February 2. The refreshing lemonades on arrival and the winter cakes on departure make it anybody’s guess to contemplate the mirth experienced in between. Sunnydale Newsletter / 4 Sunnydale Newsletter / 5 Winter Fair On February 6, Middle Section 1 bid farewell to the winter season by setting up a winter fair. The building went abuzz with folk music amid the stalls put up by the ecstatic students from Class I to V. Items varying from colourful stationery and multicoloured bracelets to scrumptious homemade food were offered. In brief it was a celebration of the season in its right sense. Annual Sports and Picnic The Annual Sports and Picnic was held at BKSP Ground, The Picnic part of the day comprised of the customary Savar in February. Students from Class III onwards ‘Tug of War’, refreshments, lunch and a raffle draw. took part in nine athletics events which included 100m Sprint, Relay Race, Shot–put, Long Jump etc. Besides Sports and Picnic Day for students from Kindergarten I competing in the enlisted events the students also had to Class II was held at Women’s Complex, Dhanmondi fun playing badminton, cricket and football. on January 25 and students enjoyed the day heartily. Sunnydale Newsletter / 6 Subject Selection Day Bashanta Mela of Class VIII for Ordinary Level Course Spring, the much awaited and the loveliest of all seasons was welcomed by the students of Middle Section 2 with a fair arranged on February 20. The whole campus put on a lively appearance with a riot of colours everywhere. Girl At Sunnydale, the Subject Selection Day of Class VIII for students draped themselves in yellow ‘sarees’ and floral Ordinary Level Course is held ceremoniously every year. bands whereas boys wore ‘punjabis’ in hues of green. The day is given due importance as it plays the role of The students set up stalls decorated with yellow flowers. the road map for the students and parents, guided by an They sold lots of items, mostly homemade food, which encouraging and instructional speech from the Principal, as they get ready to step onto the final stages of their sold like hotcakes but the supply was also abundant. The school education. This year’s Subject Selection Day was lively environment captivated the hearts of the students held on February 19. The Parents met the teachers and and teachers and they enjoyed it thoroughly. discussed at length in order to make the right selection of subjects for their children’s Ordinary Level Course. The brilliant feat of Tajrian Chowdhury Tajrian Chowdhury, (Class XII), won the 1st place in the 7th Following this magnificent feat, Tajrian also won the Chemistry Olympiad organized by Bangladesh Chemical 3rd Position in the 8th Biochemistry Olympiad, jointly Society on February 17. He became the Champion organized by the Biochemistry Department of Dhaka beating a mammoth number of 9,600 participants. University and BRAC Bank on March 11. Relating to his win, an interesting episode also took place. Soon after the competition, Tajrian left the Olympiad venue believing that he would not win any position because he could not answer one question. And therefore when his name was announced as the winner of the Olympiad and to collect the HP laptop, he was not anywhere in the venue. At this, the Principal was called and given the good news. Such was his humbleness about his own brilliance! Sunnydale Newsletter / 7 Bangla Olympiad at International Turkish Hope School Sunnydale participated in the 6th Inter- School Bangla Olympiad organized by International Turkish Hope School in February and performed excellently in every category of the Olympiad.