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THE SYLVAN VOICE

The Georgian Newsletter AUGUST 2017

THE SYLVAN VOICE VOL_1 ISSUE_3

THE SYLVAN VOICE www.laidlawschool.org AUG 2017

THE EDITOR’S DESK

We are proud to release our newsletter for the month August 2017. This

edition contains all the events from the inter house activities to the inter

school with each result, house points and records broken by the students of

Laidlaw Memorial School and Junior College. This edition also contains the 70th

Independence Day show with schedule and photos. We hope u enjoy our 3rd

newsletter for the year 2017

The editorial team:

Patron: Mr. Gary Dominic Everett

Editorial Head: Ms. Monica Jonquil Ruth

Editorial prefects: Nikash Jacob John, Soundharrya Meenakshi, Rahul Rajesh,

Shreepathy, Krithika P A, KrisshiyaNadessan.



THE INDEPENDENCE DAY

15TH August 2017 observed the 71st Independence Day celebration of the

country. The tricolour flag was hoisted at 8.40 am in the school flat. Following

the flag hoisting all the students assembled in the OGA stadium where the

Independence Day programmes were going to be held. It started with a song

by the smithies followed by a dance, a presentation and another dance

COCKBURN HOUSE DAY CELEBRATION

COCKBURN HOUSE DAY WAS ALSO OBSERVED ON 15TH AUGUST 2017. ALL THE

STUDENTS WHO WERE A PART OF THE HOUSE PUT UP A SHOW, BEGINNING

WITH A PRAYER SONG. FOLLOWED BY AN INSTRUMENTAL LIKE A PIANO,

DRUMS, AND A SKIT FOR THE WOMEN EMPOWERMENT, A SONG (SEMMOZHI)

BY THE HOUSE MISTRESS. MS. RUTH AND THEPROGRAMME ENDED WITH

ADANCE BY THE GIRLS AND BOYS OF COCKBURN HOUSE, OUR PRINCIPAL MR.

GARY EVERETT GAVE THE CLOSING SPEECH AND THE STUDENT SOF

COCKBURNHOUSE HAD A SMALL PARTY OF SANDWICHES, JUICES AND CAKES.



THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY

The international youth day celebrated August 12th is a day totally devoted to

the youth of the world who are going to be the leader of tomorrow. The slogan

in our school for this day was “responsibility”, how we are to be responsible for

the coming future and have the weight of the entire earth on our shoulders.



THE BIBLE QUIZ

The bible quiz held by Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School on 23rd of

August 2017 the students left school at seven in the morning all ready and

excited to win the trophy for our school. As soon as we reached the school we

saw that each and every school was determined to take the trophy back home.

During the wait we practised sign languages dumb charades. Our portions for

the quiz were the 1st Corinthians and the book of exodus The quiz consisted of

6 rounds in total which included dumb charades, main stream, rapid fire,

chronology, puzzle round and guess the picture. The students were

accompanied by Mrs. Femina and Mr. Cecil Thomas. The senior division

secured the 2nd place while the junior division placed 4th .



BONFIRE FOR BOYS





ECO WARRIORS OF LAIDLAW





BONFIRE FOR GIRLS





THE INTERACT CLUB

On the 28th of AUG we had a young girl Carina Manek from New Jersey, USA

give the students of classes 9 to 12 a seminar on operation smile, a non profit

organisation who aim to help people who are diagnosed with Cleft lip or Cleft

palate. This organisation provides free surgeries for children who aren’t

fortunate enough to afford a cleft lip or cleft palate surgery. She had given her

personal experience of working with Operation smile. She had urged the

students of The Laidlaw Memorial School and Junior College to start a club

with association with the interact club to enforce operation smile for the

Nilgiris.



INTER SCHOOL CHESS

GIRLS:

The inter school chess tournament for the girls was conducted on the 3rd and

4th of August 2017 in Holy innocents school and junior college in Wellington.

The Laidlaw Memorial School and Junior College took part in under 13, under

15 and under 19 divisions.

Under 13

LMS BEAT HIHS

LMS LOST TO STA

LMS LOST TO SJC

Under 15

LMS DREW WITH CCPS

LMS DREW WITH GURUKUKLAM

LMS DREW WITH JSS

LMS LOST TO SJSC

Under 19

LMS LOST TO SJSC

LMS DREW WITH STA

LMS LOST TO HIHS

LMS LOST TO RPS



BOYS:

The inter school chess tournament for the boys was conducted on the first and

second of August in Crescent Castle Public School in Ooty. The Laidlaw

Memorial School and Junior College took part in under 13, under 15, under 17

and under 19 divisions.

Under 13

LMS BEAT CCPS

LMS BEAT SJC

LMS LOST TO RPS

LMS BEAT BAISS

Under 15

LMS BEAT GURUKUKLAM

LMS BEAT SJC

LMS LOST TO RPS

LMS BEAT HIHS

Under 17

LMS BEAT WOODSIDE SCHOOL

LMS DREW WITH JSS

LMS LOST TO RPS

LMS LOST TO SJC

Under 19

LMS BEAT MHS LMS LOST TO JSC

LMS DREW WITH STA LMS LOST TO RPS



Achievements:

Under 15

Emerged as runner

Board champions

Under 15 : board 1 Akash

Under 17: board 4 Harshavardhan

Under 19 board 4 Cibi Ezhil

Blitz (5 minutes game) was conducted for students for under 15 and above 15

Winner

Under 15 : Akash

Runner

Under 19 : Shreepathy Ayyappan



INTER HOUSE ELOCUTION

The inter house elocution which took place on August 19th of 2017 was a big

success with over 32 students reciting speeches and singing poems by the most

influential people of the history of mankind.



JCI STAR QUEST 2017

The star quest for the year 2017-2018 was held on the AUG -19 at the HADP

stadium. The event was organised by JCI. This is the first ever star quest

conducted for the school level (usually for colleges). More than ten schools had

participated in this star quest in over 9 different events which included

RANGOLI, QUIZ, DUMB CHARADES, SOLO AND GROUP SINGING AND DANCING

AND THE TALENT HUNT. Laidlaw had placed first among all the schools that

had participated. The judges were so impressed with our school’s performance

that we were classified better that the colleges that take part every year.

Laidlaw also went on to win the two titles master star quest by Jeffery Jacob

and miss star quest by Annett, In addition to this Laidlaw won the overall

championship by attaining first in 3 out of 9 events, second in 3 out of 9

events, third in 3 out of 9 events.



MUN

We were ready by 4 am with our bags packed and excited for the journey that

lay ahead of us. We reached Coimbatore 3hrs later and boarded our flight after

a little breakfast. We got down at Mumbai and travelled to Aamby valley with

another school from Punjab and that extended our circle of friends. The valley

was beyond any imaginable beauty. The security check before we entered the

city was as strict as the airport check. We were then assigned to our rooms and

later attended the opening ceremony.

We had our sessions the next day with competitors far more experienced then

us but we did not let our nervousness get the better of us. Each session

concluded at 6:30 followed by dinner and a formal get to gather which ended

at 12. Being the delegates of Pakistan was not easy as many of the nations

turned against us, but as soon as we put forth our views we got a majority of

the countries to stand for our argument, we also drafted many working papers

and everything was passed and that’s how our session ended.

Many ambassadors visited the committee on the last day to talk to us about

how we could raise the standards of our country to greater heights and that

we should be proud to be INDIANS.

-Keerthana M



THE CREATIVE FORUM

‘SLEEP’ TALK

Valentine’s Day. A day filled with the joy of giving and receiving. A day filled

with love and hope. A day filled with.......Sleeping? Weird? Probably.

Kim Carlton, Counsellor, Psychologist and sleep therapist. So remember folks, if

you have insomnia or any sleep related issues; Kim Carlton is your man.

Now, most people believe in love at first sight but how about love at first

conversation or more accurately sleep at first conversation?

Carlton met Jamie tasher during a session on “Sleep deprived Teens” at the La

convention center.She wasn’t a “Sleep deprived Teen”, she was a sleep

deprived workaholic. That day , records were set as the entire auditorium

dozed off when he was only half way through his speech. Soon Kim and Jamie

got together and he had to speek with the slight voice modulation prevent his

lady love from falling asleep. On the 13 of February, Kim decided to do

something unique and genuine for Jamie. After hours of thinking, he decided

to make a larger, actually extra large, heart shaped pillow with words of love

within its fluffy interior. He managed to gift wrap the pillow with loads of other

goodies like chocolates, bouquets and usual cheesy notes before shipping the

6-foot tall package of love to her doorstep and 12 am on the dawn of Valentine

’s Day. Well, the present surely surprised many people but then again some

guys gift their loved ones treats so I can’t be that judgemental.

He even managed to procure tickets for an NBA game and secretly wished that

they would be spotted on the “Kiss cam”.

He jumped out of bed at 7 sharp and put on his best casual clothes and styled

his blonde hair. After two long hours of grooming, he picked up his phone and

rang up Jamie.

The call was diverted to her voicemail inbox, Kim cut the call and assumed that

she was getting ready and darted off to the French cafe on Broadway. After

two hours of waiting, at 9, the cafe filled with dreamy couples, thus not much

you can do but check up on your valentine.



The phone buzzed for a few seconds before the voice of the usual “switched

off” message came through, maybe she’s on her way? He thought and began

to window-shop along the sidewalk. That when he saw a commercial on a TV

at an electronics store. After the basketball game, there would be a special

dance contest called “Its time for your valentine” on the court and that was

enough to send Kim Carlton to the moon. With the enthusiasm of a 5 year old,

receiving a piece of candy, he headed out to Jamie’s apartment to check

whether she was still there.

After an hour, he bounded up the stairs to her room. The door was ajar and a

cheesy love song was playing on stereo when Kim stepped into the room. He

found her lying on his extra large pillow with her mouth slightly open and a

halo like mark around her head on the pillow which was damp.

He ran to her side fearing the worst when she got up and scratched her head

like rhesus monkey.

“Damn! You scared me” he said holding her.

“Kim? What are doing here....... its 6 am” she yawned

“Really Jamie? Because I am really sure its 6 pm”

“Ha ha ha ha nice joke Kim” she stood up and wiped her face

“You must have.........”Kim pressed the button on the belly of the pillow which

started to play a series of extra cheesy lines about Jamie.

It was so sensual and hypnotic, Jamie fell into the couch once again while Kim

stood there drowsily.

“So now I get it. You must have fallen asleep!”

He yawned and stopped the playback and stroked Jamie’s hair.

“I am so sorry J, how about we go out somewhere huh?”

“Sure!” she jumped up with excitement. In two and a half hours they were

walking hand in hand by the coast.



Somehow the dance and the game were cancelled because people were

feeling so drowsy that half the crowd dozed off. Coincidence? Not really.

I am sure you can guess the part if Kim made a guest speech there right?

Well, all is well that ends well but they ended sleeping in central park because

Kim couldn’t stopped talking about how he spent the day, but I am sure that

even if they got caught by some security guard , Kim could just talk him to

sleep. After all you heard it from me, Kim Dominic Carlton.

-Andrew Francis



CITY OF GOLD

Built from the old, was the city of gold:

The founders who lived long ago,

Built the city out of ego;

Where they now rest,

With complete zest;

Now it is ruled by a ruthless king’

Who always wore a diamond ring;

This palace rested on a hill,

But started as a mill;

The people were not filled with joy,

As the king used them as his toy;

Never forget it was built from the old,

And remembered as the city of gold.

-Udell

Anthonyl

Peyne



-Andrew Francis



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