MAHARANA MEWAR PUBLIC SCHOOL DarpNaewsnletter April to September 2014 Volume 01 Editorial The clock moves forward to a fresh academic year and it is time to once again work on academic makeover which is why the educators at MMPS have adopted innovations in teaching-learning methodologies by Padma Shri Sardar Milkha Singh accompanied devising student friendly and student centered by Mr. Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar of Udaipur paradigms. at the Annual Prize Giving Ceremony Our mission is to instill life time values and develop spirit of competition in our students, fueled by honest rivalry, courteous relations and graceful acceptance of the results. This year MMPS added a new international dimension by applying for the British Council International School Award wherein Republic Visit of French Scout Group Day of various countries and World Days will be celebrated to nurture global citizenship in youngsters. The students will be encouraged to participate in international programmes. This newsletter presents a glimpse of the activities conducted in the first half of the session. Our budding talents have done us proud by performing exceptionally well at Brigadier Harshvardhan Singh addressing the students various platforms. We look forward to guiding our students in the year ahead and appreciate their persistent endeavours. Congratulations ! Abhilasha Sharma Students bidding adieu to Dr. Nirmal Bhatnagar Founder's Day Celebration Students' Presentation Students' Council taking Oath of Allegiance Brigadier Harshvardhan Singh Chief Guest on the Founder's Day Chief Guest hands over Letters of Appreciation sent by Ms. Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Human Resource and Development 01 Academics Commerce Kinjal Pandya 95.2 % vThe New Session commenced on 3rd April 2014 for Tarun Sahlot 95.0 % classes VI - IX and XII and on 10th April 2014 for class X. Vishal Surana 93.8 % Shreyansh Mehta 92.8 % Aditi Kavdia 92.4 % Ali Asgar Kagzi 92.4 % Preksha Jain 92.4 % Abhinav Jain 92.2 % Suyash Bhandari 90.6 % Samyak Navedia 90.6 % Tasneem Vagpura 90.6 % vThe total strength of the school at present is 1894. Tushar Bhandari 90.4 % The Hostel strength is 106 students. Tushar Maheshwari 90.0 % vThree new subjects - Political Science, Painting and Music have been introduced for class XI in the session 2014-15. v196 students of class XII appeared in All India Senior School Certificate Examination 2013 - 14. 92 in Science, 92 in Commerce and 12 in Arts stream. Kinjal Pandya Tarun Sahlot Vishal Surana The toppers are as follows: Subject Wise Toppers Arts Hindi Abrar Sheikh 75 % Minal Raj Shaktawat 87.4 % English Tushar Bhandari 95 % Vipul Vaishnav 80.4 % Samyak Navedia 95 % Yashwant Singh Shaktawat 78.0 % Preksha Jain 95 % Rishabh Pokharna 95 % Apurva Jain 95 % Prateek Chaplot 95 % Mridul Mohan Mathur 95 % Angad Singh Claire 95 % Shivangi Soni 95 % Mohit Nagar 95 % Minal Raj Shaktawat Vipul Vaishnav Yashwant Singh Mohit Pagaria 95 % Science Mehul Choudhari 95 % Rishabh Pokharna 95.2 % Apoorv Mehta 95 % Apurva Jain 94.4 % Chirag Choudhary 95 % Ali Abbas Larji 93.2 % Tarun Sahlot 95 % Divik Lodha 92.8 % Vishal Surana 95 % Riya Doshi 92.4 % Ayushi Shrimali 95 % Prateek Chaplot 92.0 % Zenobiya Bandookwala 95 % Darshan Dalsaniya 91.4 % CS Yash Joshi 96 % Apoorv Mehta 96 % IP Aarav Jain 94 % Chemistry Rishabh Pokharna 99 % Apurva Jain 99 % Physics Rishabh Pokharna 95 % Ali Abbas Larji 95 % Biology Chinmay Dangi 85 % Rishabh Pokharna Apurva Jain Ali Abbas Larji 02 Math Rishi Badola 99 % Economics Riya Doshi 95 % Kinjal Pandya 95 % Tarun Sahlot 95 % Vishal Surana 95 % History Yashwant S. Shaktawat 93 % Geography Minal Raj Shaktawat 95 % PE Vaishali Khetan 97 % Sharan Kapoor Ayush Jain Shivangi Soni Entrepreneurship Nishtha Jain 98 % Jatin Modi 98 % Accountancy Kinjal Pandya 98 % Business Studies Kinjal Pandya 95 % Tarun Sahlot 95 % Vishal Surana 95 % Aditi Kavdia 95 % Arpan Soni Azhar Ali Khaked Ali Asgar Kagji 95 % Abhinav Jain 95 % Samyak Navedia 95 % Tushar Maheshwari 95 % Raghav Somani 95 % Deep Chhabria 95 % Nishtha Jain 95 % Harshita Verdia 95 % Parv Kapoor Shubham Laddha Jeeshan Ali Delhiwala 95 % vFollowing students of XII Sc cleared Joint Entrance Divyansh Sapra 95 % Examination (JEE) Mains & qualified for (Advance) 2014: v 244 Students of MMPS appeared for All India 1. Rishi Badola 2. Yash Joshi Secondary School Examination 2014. 10 Students secured 3. Apurva Jain 4. Avdesh Mehta 10 Cumulative Grade Point Average and obtained Grade 5. Chirag Meghwal 6. Akshay Suryavanshi A1 in all five subjects and have been awarded 'Certificate of 7. Divik Lodha 8. Rishabh Pokharna Merit' by CBSE. They are: 9. Smruti Bohra 10. Darshan Dalsaniya v Aaditya VS Saranghdevot X A Following students of XII Commerce cleared Abhay Samota X A Common Proficiency Test (CPT) 2014: Kushagra Nagori X A 1. Riya Doshi 2. Anushree Jain Sharan Kapoor X A 3. Harshita Verdia 4. Abhinav Jain Ayush Jain X B 5. Kuldeep Bapna 6. Deep Chhabria Shivangi Soni X B 7. Anmol Kalra 8. Divya Gothi Arpan Soni X D 9. Preksha Jain 10. Sweni Jain Azhar Ali Khaked X E 11. Harsh Saluja 12. Aditi Kavdia Parv Kapoor X E 13. Harshvardhan Devpura 14. Shreyansh Mehta Shubham Laddha X E 15. Tushar Maheshwari 16. Hardik Jain vHimanshi Vaishnav (VI B) bagged I position in an Inter - School Drawing Competition organized by Global Youth Club on 25th April 2014. The Topic was 'Save Environment, Future Technology and Indian Culture.' Aaditya VS Abhay Samota Kushagra Nagori 03 vVaibhav Gaur (Ex - Student) secured 119th All India v Akhil Bhartiya Sanskrutik Sangh, Pune organized All Rank (AIR) in CLAT - 2014 and sought admission in India Multi - Lingual Drama, Dance, Music Fest - Global WBN UJS, Kolkata. Harmony 2014 on 24th May 2014. Saumya Kanthaliya (VI C) and Kanchi Bansal (VI B) bagged I position in Semi vResult of International Assessments for Indian - Classical Kathak and II position in Classical Dance. Jovial Schools (IAIS) - 2013 conduct by Macmillan Publishers Bhaskar Sinha (VII B) received the Chairman Award (IV India Ltd.: position) in Tabla. Ruchir Paneri (X A) secured II position in Solo Song Competition. All of them will participate in Subject Enrolled High Dist* Credit Partici the International Cultural Olympiad at Malaysia from Dist* -pation 28th to 31st December 2014. Computer Skill 11 0 1 1 9 vArpit Menaria (XA) and Tushita Kataria (XD) bagged Math 31 1 1 6 14 III position in the city round of INTACH India Heritage English 13 0 2 3 8 Quiz 2014 organised for classes VII to X at MMPS Science 40 1 10 13 16 organised by Xpress Minds Edutainment Private Ltd, New * Distinction Delhi on 21st July 2014. wDevang Jain (VIII E) topped at the State Level in Science and Mathematics. Arpit Menaria Tushita Kataria vAnsh Asawa (VII B) and Eashita Jain (VIII B) v10 students of class X and XII escorted by Mr. Shekhar participated in Hindi Speech Competition at Alok Senior Kumar and Ms. Kusum Mehta (TGT, So. Sc.) participated Secondary School organized by Sarva Dharm Maitri in the Children Trail Competition organised by The City Sangh on 6th August 2014. Palace Museum on International Museum Day i.e. 18th May 2014. Ansh Asawa Eashita Jain vVipul Kothari, Arrav Gaur, Katyaoni Mukerjee and Ayushi Purohit (XI Sc.) escorted by Dr. Madhubala Purohit (PGT, Biology) participated in the Global Learning Expedition and 18th Annual Partner Meeting in New Delhi from 3rd - 8th August 2014. It was sponsored v Shefali Sethia (XII D) escorted by Dr. Madhubala by NASA, USA and NSF (National Science Foundation). Purohit attended II Rajasthan Science Congress at Modi Vipul Kothari and Arrav Gaur gave presentation on University, Niwai, Tonk from 1st - 3rd May 2014. They 'Solar Tracker' and Ayushi Purohit and Katyaoni were felicitated for achieving II position at the 21st Mukherjee on `Energy Saving House' which were highly National Children Science Congress Poster Making appreciated by scientists of 27 countries. Each received one Competition on the topic 'Solar Water Heater Cum Room Backpack, T-Shirt (with IES Logo), Jacket, Pendrive, Heater' conducted by DST, Bhopal. NASA Badge and a Certificate of Participation. 04 VIII-IX Category Naman Kumawat VIII E I Tamanna Sharma IX B II Neha Saxena IX A III X-XII Category Palash Kumawat XI D I Dilshano Thaiyam XII D I Danish Sabeel XI D II v16 students appeared in the World Wild Life Fund Written Quiz 2014 on 20th August 2014 in the school. The top two scorers Jaiminee Joshi and Bhavya Rathore (VIII D) secured II position amongst 5 schools in the City Level Quiz held on 30th August 2014 at Witty Dr. Madhubala Purohit with the students International School , Udaipur. w vSejal Lalwani & Sourabh Sharma (IX C) participated A team comprising Siddhi Banthia (XD), Tushita in Shlok Competition organised by Sanskrit Bharti at Alok Kataria (XD) and Chitrang Mathur (IXE) bagged I Sr. Sec. School, Hiran Magri, Sector 11 on 11th August position amongst 11 schools in `Just a Minute' 2014. The latter stood III amongst 19 schools. Competition (JAM), an Inter -School Competition organized by Seedling Modern Public School on 28th August 2014. Siddhi Banthia Tushita Kataria Chitrang Mathur wHardik Kumawat, Naman Kumawat and Flory Jain (VIII E) participated in Mandana Competition. v Madhuriya Lodha (X F) secured III Pravadh Jha, Akshat Singh, Harshvardhan S. Ranawat, position in Inter School Hindi Essay Himank Shrimal, Diksha Agarwal, Niharika Purohit Writing Competition organized by and Saumya Kanthaliya (VI) participated in Hindi Sarva Dharm Maitri Sangh at MDS, Recitation Competition. Udaipur on 16th August 2014. wMMPS received a Trophy for performing exceptionally well in the activities. vPoster Making Competition on the topic v A team comprising 6 students participated in All India 'Environment' was organized by Vikram Sarabhai Science Debate and Science Quiz Competitions held at L.K.