Event Report 2013-14: March

REPORT – MARCH

GENERAL

Historic Achievement of Chitrang - Chitrang Murdia of Delhi Public School Udaipur has set a historic record by getting selected for the second round of the four National Olympiads in the session 2013-14. He is the only student to have achieved this.

He remained successful in the second round of the Indian National Physics, Chemistry and Astronomy Olympiad conducted by Homi Bhabha Atomic Centre for Science Education. He has been successful in the second round of Indian National Maths Olympiad conducted by National Board of Higher Mathematics. The achievements of Chitrang have no parallel and he deserves appreciation for these.

The Principal, Ms. Neeru Tandon acclaimed Chitrang and blessed him for his future prospects. 

Annual Exam –Examination is a time to evaluate what has been added to the cognitive abilities of the students. March 1, 2014 was the beginning of such a journey for the Dipsites at Udaipur with commencement of final exams for the session 2013-2014.

It was a time for them to showcase what they had achieved in terms of learning for the rest of their lives. Every Dipsite tried to give the best to prove his/her mettle that one has acquired enough knowledge to serve as a stepping stone to achieve greater goals in life.

Hindi Olympiad – Silver Zone Foundation conducted Akhil Bhartiya Hindi Olympiad (ABHO) 2013 on 24^th January 2014. Having a legacy of novel ventures, DPS, Udaipur, encouraged its students to participate in ABHO and 164 students from classes III to class X took part in it. Jheel Jain and Sanvi Dua of class III added one more feather to the achievement ladder of the school by securing II and V position at the National level respectively. Jheel Jain will be awarded with a gold medal and a digital camera and Sanvi Dua will be awarded with a silver medal and an attractive gift. The students who have achieved National ranking will also get appreciation certificate. In addition, the students who have secured I, II and III position at class level will get gold, silver and bronze medals respectively. The school looks forward to motivate all students to participate in such constructive endeavours.

International Mathematics Olympiad – IMO was conducted with full spirit in DPS, Udaipur. 329 students from the school appeared for IMO held in December 2013. 19 students from DPS Udaipur, qualified for the 2^nd level of IMO from classes 3 to 12.

Name of the students who qualified for IMO 2^nd Level:

III	Mahiraj Singh Hada		VIII	Rudraksh Jain
	Tanay Agrawal			Sumedh H Supe
	Praneeti Fulmare			Akshat Mantri
	Aryan Maheshwari		IX	Shashvata Gosh
IV	Savya Sachi Deval			Ritvik Ajaria
V	Richika			Sambhav Solanki
VI	Varun Bapna			Himanshi Mehta
	Raghav Modi		X	Yugvir Pal Singh Parhar
VII	Abhinav Talesra		XI	Diggaj Bhandari
			XII	Gaurav Pareek

DPS, Udaipur proud as Praniti Phulmare of class III has stood second at the State Level in the second round of International Maths Olympiad. She has been felicitated by a Silver Medal and a gift voucher of Rs. 1000/-. In this series, Varun Bapna of class VI got a gift voucher of Rs. 1000/- for scoring sixth position at the State Level. The Principal, Ms. Neeru Tandon blessed these students on their success and wished for their bright future.

International English Olympiad - International English Olympiad was organized by Science Olympiad Foundation in February 2014 and the students of Delhi Public School have performed well in it.

A few students have succeeded in getting top 10 positions. The class wise toppers are follows:

Class – III	Aryan Maheshwari		Class – VIII	Yatharth Yadav
Class – IV	Parth Pratim Das		Class – IX	Ishika Ahuja
Class – V	Gaurvi Abhishek		Class – X	Devey Singh Rathore
Class – VI	Chiyana Tyagi		Class – XI	Avani Surana
Class – VII	Dhruv Singh Rathore		Class – XII	Shantanu Sharma

  

The winners have been felicitated by a Gold Medal and a gift voucher of Rs. 1000. The Principal, Ms. Neeru Tandon congratulated all the toppers and motivated them to work hard to get National and International Rank in the next session.  

Holi Milan of Staff – Holi, the festival of colours and joy, brought all the staff together for celebration on 15^th March 2014. Everyone greeted each other and shared happy memories. Refreshments and delicacy served added strength to their merriment. Holi Milan enhanced the bond among the staff that was busy with evaluation.

PTM – The last Parents Teachers Meet of the session 2013-14 of classes Pre-Nursery to class III and classes IV to VIII were held on 15^th and 23^rd March respectively at Delhi Public School, Udaipur. The PTMs were organized in order to hand over the final result of the children to their parents. Almost all the parents turned up for the meetings. Most of the parents were happy and satisfied with the academic year 2013-14.

Scholarship of Excellence in English – Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) awards Scholarship of Excellence in English (S.E.E.) for outstanding performance in English. DPS Udaipur feels proud that Akshat Mantri of class VIII has been awarded this scholarship for the academic session 2013-14. This scholarship is awarded to 120 students across India based on their performance in English on the recommendations received from school. The S.E.E. is run by SOF in association with the British Council. Akshat has been felicitated by a cheque of Rs. 5000/- by SOF.

Himanshi secured IV position in SMTE - Science Maths Talent Exam was conducted by Delhi Public School Society for the students of class IX studying in Delhi Public Schools of the country for promoting interest and competitive spirit amongst the students. Himanshi Mehta of Delhi Public School Udaipur had participated in this exam and was selected for the second round. In the second round she has come out with flying colours by securing IV position. For this achievement she has been acclaimed with a cheque of Rs. 5000/ and a certificate from the DPS Society. Himanshi will be attending training programme at DPS Dwarka from 05^th to 09^th May 2014. 

Mumbai Trip – “An opportunity to explore oneself”. Children of class III-V were taken for an adventurous trip to Mumbai. A group of 30 students, 2 teachers and a tour instructor left Udaipur on 19^th March 2014 and reached Mumbai the same day. Thrilled and excited children were taken to Essel World on 20^th March. It was an experience full of excitement, thrill and fun where children enjoyed on different swings, haunted house, crazy cups, magic show, rainbow, bunjee jumping and the most exciting was aqua ride for all of them. After the visit to Essel World the children were taken to Gateway of India and thereafter to Juhu Beach. On 21^st March the children were taken to Empower Camp where they stayed for 2 days. It was yet another adventurous experience for them to do activities like Rock Climbing, Rapelling, Burma bridge, playing team games and so on.

The trip ended on 23^rd March and it was not only entertaining but also empowering in the sense of building self help habits and developing team spirit and improving group behaviour among children.

Skating & Football Camp - As soon as holidays approach, the parents are at wit’s end as to how they would be able to gainfully occupy their wards and we at DPS Udaipur have made it easier for them to decide by organizing a Skating and Football Camp in the evenings.   This Camp began from 13^th March and lasted till 29^th March 2014, which was a short break before the School reopened for the new academic session.  Kids from classes Nursery to II have participated in this camp with great enthusiasm. The coaches for Skating as well as Football tended to the little ones with great care and zeal. The fresh skaters were taught the basics and the ones who knew the basic technique got to polish their skating skills further. All the kids were almost beginners as far as Football training was concerned and the Coaches patiently delivered the basics to them with the help of demonstrations. The youngsters were very enthusiastic to learn about Football. The activities involved in the teaching process were quite interesting for the kids as well as the onlookers. The camp was a huge success and the parents have requested for such camps in future.

Training Session for X Evaluation – A training session was organised for the On Screen Evaluation of answer sheets of class X at St. Gregorious School on 07^th March 2014 in which 7 teachers from Delhi Public School, Udaipur participated. The Principal, Ms. Neeru Tandon also joined the programme as Chief Nodal Supervisor of DPS, Udaipur Evaluation Centre. The training imparted thorough knowledge about new Evaluation methodology using computer. The session aroused the curiosity of all the examiners and all could be seen discussing about it. The enthusiasm of the teachers from DPS, Udaipur knew no bound and they showed their keen enthusiasm to evaluate answer sheets on-screen.

Board Evaluation – This year Delhi Public School, Udaipur has been selected as the Nodal centre for evaluation of AISSCE answer scripts. The evaluation of Hindi Course-B started on 26^th March 2014 in conventional way whereas evaluation of answer scripts of Mathematics started on 29^th March 2014 using On-Screen. 12 & 10 examiners from various schools respectively for Hindi & Maths have reported their presence for smooth and timely completion of the evaluation work.

Commencement of New Session for class XII – New Session for class XII for the year 2014-2015 began on 03^rd March. This was a deliberate effort to conclude XI class for the session 2013-2014 in the month of February so that classes for XII standard can begin in March.

With this extra one month in hand, course for XII can be completed well in time. This give students ample time for revision and Pre-Board exams can be conducted at appropriate time.

PRE-PRIMARY

Prize Distribution Ceremony: The Pre Primary Dipsites were awarded certificates for their for bagging positions and participation in the mega event ‘Sports Day at the Zoo’ which was held in the month of February. In addition to this the little ones who had shown commendable performances in the Inter Class Academic Competitions were felicitated with trophies for the respective events. On Thursday, the 6^th of March 2014, the Pre Primary Kids were found cheering, hooting and clapping for their fellow mates when they were being felicitated.

Holi Celebration- 12^th March was the last working day of the session 2013-14 and the ever energetic kids of Pre Primary celebrated this day by splashing colours on each other as well as their teachers. Holi is one festival which is always celebrated with great enthusiasm by all age groups. The zeal of the Pre Primary Dipsites became a source of inspiration of others who witnessed this Holi Celebration in the lawn area of the school. Colourful smiling faces peeped out of the school buses as well as cars on their way home. The vibrant celebration on the last day of the session was enjoyed by all.