NEWSLETTER JULY-AUGUST 2014 Midsummer night dreams of the long summer vacation were over as the summer solstice moved across Suncity’s dial and brought the Suncitizens back with a BANG to school !! Well, so much has happened since then in the school that never sleeps or rests!!!! SPARKLING SILVER AT THE COMMONWEALTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND AND ALL INDIA FIDE CHESS TOURNAMENT Tanishka Kotia, our Class VI student and Woman FIDE Master (WFM), represented India at the recently held Commonwealth Chess Championship at Glasgow, Scotland. She competed with chess players from Australia, Canada, England, Spain, Germany, GIB, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Malta, New Zealand, Romania, South Africa, Scotland and USA in the Under 12 Category. In this prestigious tournament with 152 participants from 16 countries, Tanishka bagged the SILVER medal, bringing laurels to her school and nation!!! She was felicitated during the morning assembly by the Principal, Mrs. Rupa Chakravarty in the presence of the Haryana State Chess Association Secretary, Pandit Naresh Sharma and President, Sh. Raju Verma. In quick succession, she did the school proud again by securing the second position in the All India Fide Chess Tournament held at Delhi from 17th to 20th July. newsletter TOP LAURELS AT INTER-SCHOOL EVENTS Salwan Public School, Gurgaon organized an ‘Inter-School Paper Presentation Competition’ on Saturday, 26 July 2014 on the topic ‘Is Creating Designer Babies Wrong?’ Sixteen schools from the NCR participated with two participant representatives from each school. Raghav Nandyal of Class X B stood first in the paper presentation competition from among 30 participants. Way to go Raghav!! TRES BIEN SUNCITIZENS!! WINNERS OF THE OVERALL ZONAL TROPHY FRENCH LANGUAGE COMPETITION!!! Suncity school students lifted the Overall Zonal Trophy for Gurgaon region at the zonal level Inter-School French Language Competition organized under the aegis of IFC 2014 at Gems School, Palam Vihar on 12 August 2014. Students participated in dancing, singing and quiz competitions and won the first position in the quiz and third position in the dancing and singing events. ORATOR SHUBHAM DAYMA AWES GURGAON Destination Next was the InterSchool Debate Competition hosted by Chiranjiv Bharati School on 20th August 2014. The topic for debate, ‘Social Media is the New Age God’ was excellently handled by our school team comprising Soumya Rana, Shubham Dayma, Aashrit Sethi and Kartikkeya Jain. The team members exhibited great oratorical skills to convince the audience. Shubham Dayama of Grade XI was not only adjudged the ‘Speaker of the Day’, but also won the ‘Best Speaker Award’. To his credit, the Principal of the host school complimenting him said that she was absolutely impressed with his arguments . Page 2 Shubham Dayama of Grade XI added another feather to his cap when he won the Best Speaker Award at ‘India Calling’, an event organized by Manav Rachna International School, Sector 46 on 22 and 23 August 2014. The event saw participation of 25 schools from Delhi-NCR and other parts of India too. At a glittering award ceremony held at the Leela Kempinski, Gurgaon and amidst loud applause, Shubham received his crystal trophy and prize money worth INR 10,000 from the Commissioner of Gurgaon, Mr.Alok Mittal. Faculty members of other schools praised his incisive comments, powerful speeches and challenging questions. During the felicitation ceremony at school, Shubham shared his experience with the audience. PEACE WALK TO PROMOTE “ORGAN DONATION” Our students always contribute to the society by participating in noble causes. They participated in a Peace Walk to spread the message of “Organ Donation” on 9th August' 2014 at 6:00am. (Saturday) from Artemis Hospital to the Botanical garden. SUBJECT WEEK CELEBRATIONS IN FULL SWING!! Computer and Art Week took us into a magical world of colourful hues and the wonders of the mouse “CLICK”. While the tiny tots were engaged making digital caterpillars/butterflies or even the keyboard using e- waste (old waste cd’s) and old egg trays, the primary students came dressed up as their favorite application or a website .Some of them also played as their favorite character and brought beautiful props related to the website and application. There were several stage performances on the theme- Click.The children spoke on the importance of mouse click and how it has brought change in their lives through e-banking, e-shopping, skype, you tube, e-ticketing, video conferencing etc. While speaking on their topic, they made use of beautiful props and posters which they designed themselves. The children came dressed up as famous artists and spoke about their great works and visual art styles. It was presented in the form of a beautifully enacted play. The highlight was an audio-visual presentation of various activities that were conducted by the students across all the levels as a part of art and computer week and all the learning experiences they shared together.There was a quiz in which the students participated with great interest. An interesting finale was a live video conference with one of our former faculty members, Ms. Rashmi Khanna, who is based in Dubai. She chatted with the students. Indeed, the world is now just a CLICK away!! Sanskrit Week was celebrated with zeal and zest. Its aim was to create greater awareness about its significance. The week commenced with a havan which was presided over by Col. Rana, the School Administrator and Ms. Sheena Sethi, the Academic Superisor. They shared their thoughts related to the role ,language continues to play in the cultural heritage of our nation. This was followed by the Janamashtami festivities wherein the students visited a temple and interacted with the head priests. The priests were impressed with the Sanskrit speaking skills of the students. The Principal, Ms. Rupa Chakravarthy also encouraged the students to explore the rich traditions and values associated with the language. Page 3 The school celebrated the interdisciplinary Maths- Science week between 19-23 August 2014. Titled the ‘Celestial Faire’, the week was a learning of mathematical and scientific concepts based on the theme of ZODIAC. Special assemblies, game stalls, movie screening, backyard science activities and outings were some of the attractions of the week. The most unique and appreciated feature, however, was the makeover of the school’s interiors to resemble a starry night showing different constellations, planets and other celestial bodies in space. CYCLOTRON 2014, INTER SCHOOL SCIENCE COMPETITION Modern School, New Delhi organized an Inter School Competition on 22 August 2014. Titled,Cyclotron 2014’, the competition saw around thirty five schools participating in different events such as, Be the Change, Glidomania, Rocketile, Building Blocks and Quiz. Suncity students participated in the competition and performed brilliantly to lift the Overall Runners up trophy. Raghav Nandyal and Kartik Gupta of Grade X bagged the first position in the Junior Quiz category, Samantak Mitra and Shivam Sehgal of Grade IX bagged the second position in the Rocketile event, Arvind Kapoor and Vrishank Bhardwaj of Grade XII bagged the third position in Senior Quiz while Mayank Gupta of Grade XI and Manik Gaiha of Grade X won the third prize (Consolation) in the Glidomania event. 68TH INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS. The 68th Independence Day was celebrated amidst great fanfare and national fervor at the Suncity school grounds on August 15, 2014. The sprawling venue was bedecked with tri- coloured three dimensional installations that were breathtaking, providing the perfect backdrop for the programme. Parents thronged the venue to join in the celebration. The event commenced with the House March Past contingent in perfect synchronization and the school and house banners fluttered with pride. This was followed by the four elements’ drill ‘Laybadh’. The audience witnessed the enthralling cultural performances like the tableau display called ’Jhalkiyan’. The tableau depicted four major aspects of India – pre- independence , sports, woman empowerment and science &technology. The Early Year Programme students did a heart warming depiction of ‘WAR’ titled NANHE SENANI. The occasion was graced by the Chief Guest, Lt. Gen. Prakash Katoch, Param Vir Chakra, for the 1971 Indo-Pak war, who inspired the students with his message of patriotism and love for the nation. The school Vice Chairman , Mr. Ankit Goel presided over the function. The Head Girl delivered the vote of thanks. The celebration culminated with the National Anthem and later on kite flying. MI-ME INTER-SCHOOL MEET 2014 ‘MI-Me’ event was organized by Early Year Programme on August 29, 2014. MI-Me is an inter -school event based on Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. Various schools participated in the event like Manav Rachna International, Ryan Global, K.R Manglam,Scottish High International, Delhi Public School-SushantLok, Delhi Public School Sector 45, Lotus Valley International, Amnion and Fairies World.All the competitions held in this event were based on ‘Multiple Intelligences’. Two students from each school participated in the competitions like ‘Mingle the Jingle’, “Printometry” and ‘Shopping Spree” race for the Pre-nursery, Creative Hands, ‘Obstacle Race” and ‘Add Mad World” for the Nursery and the Quiz”, Warlmetry”and “Roll the Yoga Mat” race for Kindergarten The last exclusive category was ‘MI-me’ champion of the day for Nursery and Kindergarten where only one child from each school participated in all the above competitions. Ms Neelam Jolly was the chief guest.The event was also graced by Mrs Mansi Goel, member of the management committee, Ms Pragya Singh, Principal Vishwas NGO and Ms Neeti Kaushik, Principal of K.R Manglam School. Various entertaining performances were given by our Suncitizens and children from Vishwas NGO which were appreciated by all. The esteemed judges were given mementos and clay souvenirs as a token of love and gratitude. All the participants were given gifts, clay souvenirs made by EYP children and participation certificates. The chairman of the School, Mr L.N Goel gave away the prizes. The MI-Me champion of the day rolling trophy was won byDakshMahapaha from Scottish High School . The MI-Me champion of the day rolling trophy for Kindergarten was won by Kalrav Gupta from Suncity School but being the host school the rolling trophy was passed on to GaurishKaushik from DPS Sector 45 The following students from our school did us proud          Aryaman Kumar in Mingle the Jingle category won second position (Pre –Nursery) Vridhi Jain in Shopping Spree category won first position (Pre –Nursery) NaamyaWali in Printometry category won second position (Pre –Nursery) Siddhant Bhartiya in Creative Hands category won first position (Nursery) Purva Bang in Obstacle Race category won consolation position (Nursery) Dhruv Goswami in Obstacle Race category won first position (Nursery) IshitaVats and Mahek Nagpal in Ad Mad World category won first position (Nursery) Arian Lal and Tanush Gupta in Quiz category won first position (Kindergarten) Abhijay Jajoria and Jay Adeetya in Roll the Mat category won first position (Kindergarten) Ishaan Pangasa in Roll the Mat category won consolation prize(Kindergarten) The event concluded amongst great fanfare and camaraderie. FROM THE SPORTS ARENA NINTH INTER HOUSE TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT The 9th Inter– House Table Tennis Tournament was held in the Suncity School auditorium, on 18th July 2014. The occasion was graced by Mr. Rahul Sethi, a national level player,who is also a parent.The winners in the different age categories were (Under-10 ) Ronil Chatterjee (Pacific House), (Under-12) Manya Malhotra (Indian House), (Under-14) Krishna Mehndiratta (Atlantic House) and (Under-16) Rema Madhusudan (Indian House). SUNCITY STRIKES GOLD AT THE OPEN ROLLER SKATING TOURNAMENT, TERI The Roller Skating Suncitizens came out with flying colors at the Open Roller Skating Championship held at Teri Baliawas Gurgaon on 2 & 3 August 2014. It was their hard work, determination mingled with passion for skating that made them achieve 7 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze medal and the overall trophy. Kudos to the Roller Skating Team comprising Ananya Vishwanathan (I), Ananya Sultania (VI), Kritika Mann(VII), Arjun Sai Ram (III), Yashika Verma (VIII), Devika Shenoy(IV) Jayin Khanna(V), and Ananya Sultani(VI) who were the winners of the Gold, Sia Prathambir(VI), the winner of the Silver, Parth Sharma (V) , the winner of the bronze. SIXTH INTER HOUSE SWIMMING COMPETITION The sixth Inter House Swimming Competition was held on 22nd August 2014 in the school premises. Competing in different categories such as 50 metres free style, 50 metres breast stroke and 50 metres back stroke, the students of the Arctic House emerged winners and Amya Rao of grade VII was adjudged the “Best Swimmer of the Meet”. In previous years Amya has won several prizes in swimming at the district, state and national levels. The Monsoons have retreated and September has set in firmly with action in the shape of Examinations. See you …... Reports Compiled and written by— Sapna Bakshi Design—Priyanka Singh Editor—Rajesh Dutta