#Issue 140 November 25th, 2018 to December 1st, 2018 CHRONICLE-THE MODERN SCHOOL WEEKLY MODERN SCHOOL BARAKHAMBA ROAD www.modernschool.net Est. in 1920 AN INTERACTION WITH MR BISHAN WHAT’S NEW AT SCHOOL SINGH BEDI The Cricket Teams (Boys and Girls) of Modern 1. AN INTERACTION School, Barakhamba Road, had an interaction with WITH MR BISHAN former Indian Test Cricket Captain, Mr Bishan Singh Bedi along with the Principal Dr Vijay Datta. SINGH BEDI …pg1 Mr Bishan Singh Bedi shared his experiences on the cricket field with the young cricketers. 2. THE THINK SUMMIT He also gave some great tips and taught ACHIEVEMENTS …pg2 techniques of spin bowling. He motivated the cricketers to accomplish a self 3. MODERN’S CZARS OF disciplinary approach and practice on the field MUN …pg3 daily. Meeting a legendary cricketer of a renowned stature as Mr Bishan Singh Bedi was a memorable 4. CYBER SECURITY experience for everyone. WORKSHOP …pg3 The enthusiastic students shared a plethora of ideas with Mr Bedi who in turn lauded everyone 5. SPORTS NEWS for their constant hardwork and determination. …pg4 Page 1 #Issue 140 November 25th, 2018 to December 1st , 2018 THE THINK SUMMIT THE WINNERS AND PARTICIPANTS OF THE THINK SUMMIT On the morning of Saturday, 24th of November 2018, ten students of our school under the mentorship of Ms Shalini Dahiya participated in 'The Think Summit' organized by the 'Think Lab' at DPS R K Puram. The competition had four event categories Akshara Thakur (S4H) and Tanay Agarwal (S4B) participated in ‘Confabulation’ , Maira Gupta (S3F) and Raghav Jindal (S3G) participated in ‘Out of the Box’ event, Sarvesh Tandon (S6C) ,Shivangi Menon (S6A), Disha Aggarwal (S6B) and Tanmay Batra (S6B) participated in ‘Ideate to Innovate’ and Siddhant Ahuja (S4H) and Farhan Ahmed (S4A) in the event titled ‘Cognaissance’. In ‘Cognaissance’ , our School team worked on 'Rehabilitation of Slum Dwellers' with a special emphasis on waste management and electricity generation. The ‘Confabulation’ event was a group discussion where several socio-economic topics were given to the teams for discussion. In the event ‘Ideate to Innovate’, the students had to invent something useful and creative out of the keywords- Newspaper, Nail clipper, Heat and Phone. They also had to make a Power-Point presentation on their invention. The ‘Out of the Box’ event was on the theme - "Harnessing each drop of water at school ". Our team made a beautiful working model showing how our school can completely reuse rainwater. Our School performed exceptionally well in all the four events. The students bagged the Second position in the events ‘Cognaissance’ and ‘Out of the Box’. Our School was adjudged overall Second in the competition. Indeed it was a riveting learning experience Page 2 #Issue 140 November 25th , 2018 to December 1st , 2018 MODERN’S CZARS OF MUN The students of the MUN Society participated in Amity International MUN held at Amity University from15th to 17th November 2018. The event provided a completely different experience with international delegates of various countries who not only participated, but also provided a glimpse into their diverse cultures through dialogue, dances and music. The Conference was marked with thought provoking debates on political and economic issues. Modern School emerged victorious, winning the BEST DELEGATION AWARD. The students who bagged the individual awards are: Sayan Bajaj (S5D) - HSC-Best Delegate Suhani Jain (S5C) - BJP RSS Meet- High Commendation Karina Chawla (S6I) - AIPPM- High Commendation Shivang Soni (S5D) and Amam Jain (S5D)- CCPCJ- Special Mention Meghna Aggarwal (S5D) - EU- Special Mention Navya Girdhar (S5A) - GA- Special Mention Vikram Aditya (S4C) -BJP RSS Meet- Special Mention CYBER SECURITY WORKSHOP Ms Shalini Dahiya and Ms Anjali Gupta Chhabra attended a Teacher Training Program in the form of a Cyber Security Workshop by Mr Rakshit Tandon at Springdales School Pusa Road on Monday , 19th November 2018 . The workshop explored the ways and methods to make our schools cyber secure and provided great insights by which our younger generation can be counselled and secured against the evils of Social Media. Ms SHALINI DAHIYA AND Ms ANJALI CHHABRA WITH Mr RAKSHIT TANDON Page 3 #Issue 140 November 25th , 2018 to December 1st , 2018 SPORTS NEWS BASKETBALL AND YOGA ACCOLADES FOR MODERN GAME: BASKET BALL Date/Month Name of the Tournament/ Category/Position Secured/Names of the Championship/Camp Players 20th Oct to Hansraj Prabhakar Memorial Inter Under 19 Boys Winner 26th Oct School Tournament held at Under 14 Boys Second Runner-Up 2018. Oxford School, Vikaspuri. 31st Oct to All India Basketball Tournament Under 19 Boys Winner 3rd Nov held at Woodstock School 2018. Mussoorie, Dehradun. Under 19 Girls Winner 1st Nov to Inter Zonal Basketball Kashni Sial S7-I 15th Nov Championship held at Chhatrasal Pratika Rawal S7-J 2018. Stadium. Aparna Singh S6-J Manisha S6-J Avanti Nagrath S6-J Under 19 Boys Second Runner-Up Nitish Beniwal S7-I Sanskar Nagpal S7-H Rakshit Bhuchar S7-G Ankit Yadav S6- J Aryan Mayor S6-E Yuvraj Singh S6-D Hrishiraj Hazarika S6-C GAME: YOGA Date/Month Name of the Tournament/ Category/Position Secured/Names of the Championship/Camp Players Individual Category 23rd Oct to IPSC Yoga Under -14, 17, and Soumya (S5H) (under-17) 25th Oct 19 Boys & Girls Gold Medal in Rhythmic Yoga 2018. Championship held at Scindia College, Gwalior. Supervised by : Ms Beeba Sobti Compiled by : Ms Sunila Kalra : Ms Sonal Bedi Page 4.