G. Aishwarya (Batch of 2014) worked just after writing the ISC exam on representation of
beauty through simplicity. This is a recycle project in which wind chimes have been made using
bottle caps and tetra paks, along with paint and string.
Studio JULY 2014
INTER-HOUSE RESULTS
HOUSE MATCHES – CLASS 10, 11, 12
Event 1st Position 2nd Position 3rd Position 4th Position
Boys Soccer Vasundhara Himgiri Srishti Sagar
Boys
Basketball
Vasundhara Srishti Himgiri Sagar
Girls Soccer Vasundhara Sagar Srishti Himgiri
Girls
Basketball
Himgiri Sagar Srishti Vasundhara
ART COMPETITION – CLASS 6
1st Position 2nd Position 3rd Position 4th Position
Sagar Srishti Vasundhara Himgiri
Events Shri Conclave
THE SHRI CONCLAVE ON 10TH JULY,
2014, SAW AN ARRAY OF PERSONALITIES
TALKING ABOUT 'FOLLOWING YOUR
DREAMS'. ON THE COMPLETION OF 25
YEARS OF OUR SCHOOL AND THE 14TH
FOUNDER'S DAY OF THE SHRI RAM
SCHOOL ARAVALI, THE ARAVALI
CAMPUS HOSTED MR. ASHISH DHAWAN,
CEO OF CENTRAL SQUARE
FOUNDATION; MS. BARKHA DUTT, NDTV; MS. KARUNA NUNDY, A
SUPREME COURT ADVOCATE; MR. VIKAS
KHANNA, FAMOUS CHEF, AND MR.
VISHAL GONDAL, THE CEO OF
INDIAGAMES. MR. RAJIV MAKHNI, OF
'GADGET GURU' FAME AND DESCRIBED
AS A
"GADGET
GEEK",
WAS THE
MODERATOR.
INSPIRING THE STUDENTS, THE
SPEAKERS SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCES
AND THEIR JOURNEYS TO SUCCESS
THROUGH FOLLOWING THEIR DREAMS.
EACH SPEAKER, DIFFERENT FROM THE
OTHER, HAD HIS OR HER OWN OPINION
AND VIEW. THE CONCLAVE WAS
UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE BEST
EVENTS HOSTED AT THE MBR HALL. STUDENTS OF CLASSES 9 TO 12 FROM
BOTH THE MOULSARI AND ARAVALI
CAMPUSES WERE SITTING TOGETHER AS
THE AUDIENCE IN THE MBR HALL,
WHILE IT WAS STREAMED LIVE FOR THE
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS SITTING IN
SHRI AKS. LEAVING EACH STUDENT
SOMETHING TO PONDER OVER, SHRI
CONCLAVE WAS TRULY THE WAY TO
MAKE THE GLORIOUS DAY MEMORABLE.
NDTV reports @ http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/heads-up/follow-your-dream-education-and-road-to-success/333364
Prize Distribution Awards for Academic Excellence, Subject Excellence and Excellence in Sports were presented to acknowledge Merit across Senior School.
Investiture ceremony On July 4th the entire senior school gathered at The
Manju Bharat Ram Hall for the Investiture of the
members of the junior Student Council, which had been
elected just before the school closed for the summer. It
was an impressive ceremony, dignified and formal, as the vice- captains of each house, secretaries of events, environment and sports, and members of
the editorial board received their badges and took the oath.
School Internships
Students of Class 12 returned after the Summer, fresh from internships at:
• Adidas/Reebok
• Blackberrys
• Max New York
• R2solutions
• McKinsey
• Ernst and Young
• Kaden Boriss
• Starwood
• NDTV
• BBDO
Career Talks
International competitive exams
A career counselling session was held for students
of forms 10 and 11 and their parents on competitive international entrance examinations like PSAT,
SAT etc., their differences and the prudence of
applying at the right time. The queries of the
audience were addressed at the end of the session
which was enriching.
Career Counselling Schedule- July 2014
Topic Details Conducted By
International Competitive Exams
(for form X & XI)
Followed by Individual Appointments
Time- 8:10- 8:40am Date- 11.07.2014
(Friday) Venue- MBR Hall
(Appointments in the office area)
Ms. Naumita Chopra
Options beyond Delhi University
(for form XI)
Followed by Individual Appointments
Time- 8:10- 08:40am Date- 11.07.2014
(Friday) Venue-Senior
Workshop room
(Appointments in the office area)
Mr. Pradeep Narayanan
Admizzionz Campuz
Statement of Purpose & UCAS
(for interested students of XII)
Followed by Individual Appointments
Time- 8:10- 8:40pm Date- 18.04.2014
(Friday) Venue-Senior
Workshop room
(Appointments in the office area)
Ms. Kanika Marwah
Peer-teaching Physics Form 7 comes up with creative strategies to teach 'Motion' to peers -
demonstration, storytelling
related to Motion, dramatics and
what not…
Breakfast with Physics
On July 11th, we had Breakfast with Physics, where there was a display of models and experiments - hydraulic lift, Newton’s cradle,
windmills, electromagnet, pinhole camera, hydroelectric power
plant and others - a follow up to optional holiday homework given to forms 7 and 8
Environment Assembly
Environment Assembly
on 15th July for Classes 6
and 7 on topic
Environmental
Degradation
Importance of Indian Culture
Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, addressed the student body on the importance of respecting and knowing our rich heritage.
We were spellbound to hear the wisdom of the Director, who is from Wexford, Ireland, and who reinforced for us the core value of pride in one's heritage.
Exchange Programmmes - playing host to our guests from China
Societies July saw the launch of the societies for forms 9 - 12. This is a student initiative
and each society has a student leader and student mentors. The societies:
1. Literary - discussed what makes a story banal; read Sylvia Plath and
Frank O’ Hara
2. Environment - formed smaller groups, each working on an environmentally significant issue
3. Music - opened with a discussion of musical genres, timing and beats
4. Theatre - started with team building exercises and short plays on a
given theme.
5. Dance - began with ice-breaking exercises, discussion of favorite dance
forms; did a short choreography on contemporary dance.
Quality Circle Time with Jenny Mosely
A two-day workshop on Quality Circle
Time conducted by Jenny Mosley, founder
of the Quality Circle Time Model for
classrooms and whole schools in UK, for
the staff of all the campuses of The Shri
Ram Schools on July 21 and 22 at The Manju
Bharat Ram Hall on the Aravali campus.
Inter-school events
Ryan MUN – participation and Verbal and Special Mentions
Absurd Theory On the 21st of July, Abhishek Roy, Srivats Ramaswamy and Prerna Misra from Class
11S2 represented school in an absurd theory competition. Each team had to come up
with an innovative and bizarre scientific theory and then prove it using logic,
reasoning, and data. Our team's theory was 'Natural death emerged due to the
evolution of sexual reproduction', which the team supported and defended well
against the opponents' questions. One team tried to disprove the Bible, one spoke
of time dilation, one said that Earth will be ruled by insects. Our team won the first
prize. Abhishek was also awarded the best interjector award for attacking the
opponents’ theories.
Carmel Convent Iridescence
Events English
Debate 17th
July
Capture the
Market 21st
July
Magic With
Scratch 22nd
July
Dramatics
22nd July
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Sonalika Singh Raghav
Sahgal
Daksh Sethi
Umang
Bansal
Anay Jain
Akshi Dutta Shaurya
Taneja
Shaurya
Chauhan
Vinnie
Nanda
Himanshi
Bajaj
Mahrukh
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Roar
Signature sheets for Save the Tiger campaign at the Kids for
Tigers art competition at Army Public School
Young Achievers!
July
A Writer’s Journey at Oxford University
I was fortunate enough to get selected for doing a course in creative
writing at the Oxford University. The course lasted for 14 days, from
the 29th of June to the 12th of July. Students from all over the world
attended the course and we were accommodated in Somerville
College, the 38th college in Oxford University.
At the Gurgaon Open Badminton Championship, Adya
Bhargava of 6B won the singles title not only in the
Under-13 category, but also in Under-15. She will now
represent Gurgaon at the Haryana State Championship at
Kurukshetra from 30th July.
There were 54 of us in the
16-17 age group. My
creative writing teacher
was Dr. Keiron Winn who
is a well-respected
professor and poet at
Oxford. We closely read
and analysed a number of short stories and poems written by
eminent authors and poets such as T.S Eliot and James Joyce. After
having read the poems and stories, we were assigned to write our
own short story and poem stealing themes, motifs and ideas from
the ones we analysed earlier. We also saw an open-air play, As You
Like It, and were again assigned to analyse and summarise the
eventful play in our own words and language. The academic level
was advanced and competitive but I was able to manage it
comfortably.
The course was much beyond academics and seminars; we had a lot
of free time to socialise, communicate and get to know students
from all over the globe. Every Wednesday, day trips to historic places
such as Blenheim place, Windsor Castle and The Pitts River Museum
were initiated. Every Saturday and Sunday, we were allowed to go to
the big parks in the University and play sports such as cricket,
football and rugby. We started our day at 6:30, had breakfast by 7:30
in the morning, lunch by noon and dinner by 6:30 in the evening.
After dinner we had some activity or the other planned out, which
included quizzes on topics such as sports, entertainment, British
history, world history and geography to name a few. We also had
heated debates on topics such as whether or not neurosciences
should be used as evidence during court regulations and whether or
not Megacities are good for economic development and growth. The
course aimed at providing a college life to school students where we
study, communicate and get to know people from all over the globe
and have our bit of fun. I was fortunate enough to get to know great
people from over 10 nations in the world. Every Friday we had
formal dinners in the halls of Somerville College and Wadham
College where we were told to dress very neatly and formally. For
me, this course has really made a place in my heart as I really
enjoyed staying there, had a ton of fun and at the same time gained
immense knowledge in the subject I opted to study at the Oxford
Summer Courses.
Aditya Ahluwalia 11H1
Looking towards the
Future…
Music, fresh out of
School… Faiz Mohammed Khan (Batch
of 2014) released his first
independent music album
'December', which he
composed and wrote lyrics for.
Faiz played the acoustic guitar
and was the vocalist too.
Check it out for yourself
at:http://www.reverbnation.com/p/Vi9YEQ
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Daanish Shastri of 12H1 pursues his passion for wildlife photography.
Winner of the Wild Clicks photography contest, he has had his pictures and
an article published in the Sanctuary magazine and had one of his pictures
as the cover of the magazine.
Nature Clicks!
Class 11 Daydreams
July saw Class 11 being given permission to daydream in class - provided a descriptive essay came in about the experience! Here are some gems:
“I started to tilt my head and
yawn out of boredom until I
suddenly saw Hitler walk
into my class ... I rubbed my
eyes in amazement and
suddenly i was outdoors
standing in a crowd ... I
looked up and saw a man
standing on a balcony - he
had blue eyes and was
wearing a military uniform. I
realised that the man was
Hitler waving to the crowd."
- Vaibhav Nanda of 11C1
Vinnie Nanda of 11H1 wrote mellifluously about soft
sand curling between her toes as she went on a marine
walk, with cool water washing over her, sea weed
caressing her cheeks and rainbow fish as her
companions.
Samaksh Khatri of 11C1 saved his favourite international
football team from annihilation by playing a key match as
their star player and saviour.
Veeha Verma of 11H1 dreamt of ...
IMAN SENGUPTA 11H1
A Literary Bond
I glanced at the clock on
the wall for the eighth
time in the last quarter of
an hour. I tapped my foot
impatiently and glared at
the clock, silently willing it
to tick faster. The two-
hour poetry lecture had
laboriously reached the
half way mark and I was
seriously contemplating calling in sick and heading home. With much effort I tuned
back into what the professor was saying. He was monotonously going on and on about
Robert Frost and Edward Thomas. It was a rather cloudy day, with a light rain
splattering the windows. Perhaps it had been a day just like this one, all the way back in
1913, when one of the world’s greatest literary friendships was forged.
I could only imagine what it would have been like to be a writer in early 20th century
England, especially a soul as unstable and haunted as Edward Thomas. I could see
myself as him now, walking along with Frost on one of their famous walks. I felt the
leather brim of my black hat through the holes in my grass stained gloves, as I whirled
it uneasily from side to side. The flapping of weather stained coats, the rhythm of light
laughter and the smell of gunpowder fresh in the cool autumn breeze of the hunting
season. The dappled red and white corgi trotting along at my heels would let out an
occasional yelp of excitement. Or maybe the Englishmen back then kept hounds or Irish
setters. Anyway, the dog was scurrying ahead sniffing happily. I followed, eager with
anticipation as to what rare plant we might chance upon now. Alas! That bubbling tide
of energy was more than often dashed blunt against the hard, cold rocks of
disappointment. With the entire days search yielding no fascinating results, I was very
frustrated and had no qualms about airing my irritation. Frost just laughed, which,
needless to say, only heightened my feelings of annoyance.
Shyla Minocha 11H1
This is how their days must have gone, I decided, until the fateful run in with the
groundskeeper. I felt my blood run cold with just the thought of the unpleasant
exchange. The keeper’s blotchy red face, the accusation of trespassing, the heated
conversation, the shotgun and then the single warning shot. With a deafening crack my
picture perfect world of rain-washed trees and sun kissed days was destroyed. A metallic,
dry taste in my mouth left my throat dry and my vision blurred. The feelings running
through my mind were innumerable; anger, fear, excitement, agitation, anxiety, but
most of all loathing. Self-loathing, for just backing away and not retaliating.
Perhaps that’s where the
seeds of indecision were
given their final boost. In
the years that followed, in
the shadow of the world’s
most devastating war, I
could scarcely make my
mind up for more than a
couple of hours. The
eternal internal struggle as
to whether I should fight
for my country or leave it,
the weariness of half-hearted explanations and the lines of poetry scribbled haphazardly
on different sheets of paper. Surely, when I first read The Road not Taken, it seemed to
be a most intimate message, at once careless and cruel and yet thoughtful and
encouraging…
A high-pitched ring shattered my blissful musing. I started upright in my seat and
noticed all the other students already leaving for their next class. I sighed and swung my
backpack over my shoulder and headed for the door.
Shyla Minocha 11H1
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Newsletter coordinators and layout designers:
Smiti Mittal and Soham Bagchi of 8A
Calendar for July on the next page
~ July 2014 ~
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5
School Reopens after
Summer Break
Working Saturday
Mentoring
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Shri Conclave Career Talks
Prize Distribution for Classes 6, 7 and 8
Prize Distribution for Classes 9, 10, 11 and 12
HOUSE MATCHES Working Saturday
Founder's Day
Breakfast with Physics Parents Workshop with Gloria (Counselor)
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Career Talks
Environment Assembly
HOUSE MATCHES Working Saturday
Class 6 Interhouse Art
Competition
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
China Exchange Begins
Holiday for Students on account of --------------Class 6 Growing Up Workshop-------------- Working Saturday
Circle Time Workshop with Jenny Mosely (for teachers)
27 28 29 30 31
China Exchange Ends
--------------Class 6 Growing Up Workshop-------------- SUPW and Community Service programme continued through the
month for designated classes.