Culture to cricket: students dip a finger in every curry
Culture to cricket: students dip a finger in every curry
Schools host a wide range of programmes with music, dance, green rally and a game or two
TT Bureau
Published 27.05.17, 12:00 AM
Abhinav Bharati High School:
It was a blend of happy colours and soulful tunes at Manthan, the inter-school fest hosted by Abhinav Bharati High School. Students of classes I and II from 10 schools participated in the fest themed on friendship. The host school swept the awards show with top positions in three of the four events. Abhinav Bharati was crowned the overall champion but passed on the trophy to Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, the runner-up. Rashi Gupta, a Class II student of Abhinav Bharati, was thrilled with the entire team’s performance. “Manthan has become a stage where children like to have fun. The happy
faces are worth all the effort that goes into staging the event,” said principal Sraboni Samanta.
Vivekananda Mission School:
Vivekananda Mission School, Joka, celebrated the academic excellence of its students and highlighted their creativity at the school’s 38th annual function and prize distribution ceremony. Students put up various cultural performances and also received awards for their excellence in academic as well as co-curricular activities. The theme of this years’s programme was Value Overrides Success. Poet Srijato, the chief guest on the occasion, spoke about how school never ends at Class XII. “I still go back to my teachers for help and advice,” he said. The rector of the school, Arnab Chanda, thanked the teaching and non-teaching staff for their hard work and participation and the parents for their support. “This programme is a platform to nurture and discover special and hidden talent among our children,” he said. “Throughout this session we have learnt about gratitude and humility,” principal Sarmistha Banerjee said.
Shri Shikshayatan School:
Jubilare 2017, hosted by Shri Shiskshayatan School, was “a celebration for the youth, of the youth, by the youth”. Participants from 17 schools danced, sang, cooked, played chess, painted and did a whole lot more in the second edition of the two-day fest. The host school emerged as the champion, Mahadevi Birla World Academy was the first runner-up and BDM International the second runner-up. “It has been an incredible experience hosting the second edition of Jubilare. We worked tirelessly for one-and-a-half months to make the fest a success,” said Aqsha Naimuddin, Jubilare student president. Bratati Bhattacharyya, secretary-general, said: “Jubilare started in the 60th year of the school with just four or five events. This year, we organised 10 events over two days.” Principal Sangeeta Tandon said: “Jubilare is a platform where the students challenge their credentials and learn about planning. They make mistakes but they also learn from them.”
GB Memorial Institution:
Slogans, charts, pledges and plants made for a wonderful Earth Day celebration at GB Memorial Institution, Sarsuna. The motto: reduce, reuse, recycle and make every day an Earth Day. Students organised a road rally, took a pledge to save the Earth and conserve the resources and also planted saplings around the school. “This is an endeavour to make students aware of the need to conserve nature,” said headmistress Bhagabati Mitra. Agniswar Majumder, a student of Class V, said it was most important to save trees. “We have to save the Earth and for that we need to save trees. Water and electricity too need be conserved,” he said. Utsab Biswas, Class X, said: “Earth Day is all about letting people know how to protect the Earth and keep it clean. People should stop misusing resources,” he said.
DPS Newtown:
Students receive prizes during the Founder’s Day celebrations at DPS Newtown.
Maheshwari Girls’ School:
The 31st Foundation Day ceremony of Maheshwari Girls’ School was celebrated with great enthusiasm at Mahajati Sadan recently. The best teacher of the year, Moumita Das Choudhury, and the best supporting staff, Nand Kishore Rout, were felicitated on the occasion. The students put up a dazzling show highlighting the various cultural aspects of the country. The last presentation, Maa Tujhe Salaam, was a tribute to the brave soldiers of our nation.
DPS North Kolkata:
Delhi Public School, North Kolkata, recently inaugurated its sports block on the sixth-floor terrace of the building. Cricketer and sports minister Laxmi Ratan Shukla cut the ribbon to the swanky green floor that will now help students of the middle school to practise football, cricket, kabaddi and more. Shukla played a ball or two with the school’s sports enthusiasts before encouraging all to keep playing in life. “Make sure you play a sport always. Sports help you understand life like nothing else. It helps you stay humble just like Sachin Tendulkar and M.S. Dhoni,” Shukla said after signing a replica of a cricket bat. “We have around 3,000 students in the school and this new block will give them space for practice. This has mainly been done for the middle school students. We also plan to organise tournaments in future,” said Manjim Ghosh, principal.
Text by Samabrita Sen, Trina Chaudhuri, Farah Khatoon and Sreya Deb; Pictures by Arnab Mondal, Shuvo Roychaudhury, Koushik Saha, Chanchal Ghosh and Gopal Senapati
