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	Aug-Sept 2009

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INTERSCHOOL COMPETITIONS

Click on image to Enlarge it Thakur Public School alongwith AISM organized Regional Drawing and Painting Competition on Friday, 28 August, 2009, at the regional level. Pradipta Ray and Debsmita Das of Std. VIII participated in the juniors category and Mudit Ganguly and Shubham Mehra won the first prize for their painting on canvas on ‘Dreamscape’. Both participated at the National level in Kolkatta on Wednesday, 16 Septemeber, 2009 held at the Future Foundation School. They once again won first prize at the National Level for their painting on ‘Global Warming’.

Harsh Vedant and Karan Kamath – Std. X and Harshit Malik and Siddharth Subramani – Std. XII participated in the interschool General Knowledge Quiz, hosted by Jasudben M. L. School in association with A.I.S.M. (Association of ICSE Schools in Maharashtra) on Thursday, 13 August, 2009.

The Bandra Gymkhana held the 62nd annual Inter School Elocution Competition on Saturday, 29 August, 2009. Few of our primary students participated in the same.

Interschool Creative Painting Competition was organized by the Women’s Wing of Sri Shanmukhananda Fine Arts Sabha on Saturday, 01 August, 2009.

Our School had qualified earlier for the Stage II Frank Anthony interschool debates, which were held on Monday, 24 August, 2009 at Cathedral and John Cannon School. Semanti Ray and Nishant Jalgaonkar of Std. XII were the speakers from our School.

P.E.A.S. Programme (western region) was held on Wednesday, 02 September, 2009 at St. Gregorios School, Chembur.

Students participated in all categories of events like Paper Craft, Poetry Writing and Paint – a – poem.

Halak Shah of Std. IX, Nishant Rupani of Std. VIII and Ishaan Shrivastava of Std. V attended the Book Release Programme at the Mumbai University on Sunday, 20 September, 2009.

A Report by Nishaat Rupani

Click on image to Enlarge it On 20 September, 2009, I attended the Book Release of the book ‘I Have A Dream’, in which an excerpt from my poem, “Celebrating Humanity”, was published. The felicitation took place on that beautiful Sunday morning in the Mumbai University Campus. The programme started off with excellent speeches from professors and the Guest of Honour, Mr. Cyrus Broacha, followed by cultural performances
including song sung by students and plays by younger children. The programme ended with a cultural Indian dance and the screening of a short movie which had to do with world peace and equality. It was a great experience for me and motivated me even more to promote world peace. Please get a copy of this wonderful book and check out the excellent artwork and thoughts of the youngistans who put together this inspiring book, “I have a Dream..”

AISM Debate Competition was organized by the Lokhandwala Foundation School, Kandivli (E) Anushrav Gulati (X E) and Ruchi Agarwal (X C) participated in the junior category and Angad Nadkarni (XI) and Gunsaheb Singh (XI) participated in the senior category.
The senior team won the runner – up prize.

AISM Creative Writing Competition was organized by St. Gregorios School, Chembur. Titiksha Mohanty’s essay won her the first prize at regional level and now she will proceed to Hyderabad on 06 and 07 November to represent and participate at the National Level. Her topic for the essay was “Imagine you were magically turned into a bird for 24 hours. Describe what kind of bird you are and your experiences”.

Rotary Club of Mumbai NorthEnd had organized an interschool hindi essay writing and elocution Competition on Sunday, 20 September, 2009. Our student Manish Chugani from Std. VII won prize in the Poem Recitation Competition.

The Primary students participated in the Poems Come Alive interschool competition of Choral Recitation on Tuesday, 29 September, 2009 at Greenlawns High School, Warden Road. The poem selected was ‘The Wind and the Moon’ by teachers Ms. Ingrid Irani and Ms. Mariam Harnesswala.

Art Entries were sent to “International Art & Craft Contest ’09, School Level Winners”. Following is the list:

Group	Names	Std /DIV	School
Group 1 Std 1 and Std 2	Shreya Shah	II B	A
	Mehek Maniar	II D
	Priyanshi Galanga	II A
	Priyam Bhavsar	II C
	Shreya Shanbhag	II E
	Muquaddas Ruhi	II A
	Sakshi Bhushan	II B	B
	Annanya Jain	II A
	Hashmita M. Bhawnani	II A
	Kanika Pandiya	I F
	Kashvi B Patil	I G
	Krisha A. Tahiliani	II A
\Group 2 Std 3 and Std 4	Kashish Jain	III A	A
	Muskan Jain	III D
	Simran Gandhi	III F
	Rakshita Deshmukh	IV D
	Neel Makwana	IV B
	Nakul Joshi	IV A
	Atharv A Kulkarni	III E	B
	Kiara Menezes	III E
	Jay Chheda	IV E
	Vaidehi Lal	IV E
	Akshata D. Shinde	III A
	Vedant Krishna	III D
Group 3 Std 5 and Std 6	Shreyansh Sheth	VI B	A
	Jhillika Panchal	VI E
	Rahul Chopra	VI E
	Ritwik Chakravarty	V A
	Rinita Tesa Jose	VI F
	Aaliya Usmani	VI A
	Param Takthani	V F	B
	Rahil V Shah	V F
	Kaustubh Shetty	V B
	Aayushi Dave	V A
	Karishma Alreja	VI F
	Divya Dwivedi	VI F
Group 4 Std 7 and Std 8	Amogh Patkar	VIII E	A
	Upasana Rambai	VII C
	Daniya D’Costa	VIII D
	Dwitiya Mukherje	VIII D
	Keya Mankar	VIII F
	Rohan Sitaniya	VII F
	Ujas Gala	VIII D	B
	Shrayansh Faria	VIII D
	Krinal Shah	VII E
	Rishika Jain	VII E
	Soumya Agrawal	VIII A
	Janavi Jhawar	VII E
Group 5 Std 9 and Std 10	Daivik Shetty	IX G
	Zeba Officewala	X G
	Sonali Pinge	IX A
	Manan Mehta	X G
	Jui Sampat	X I
	Radhika Sivshankar	X G
	Amantrita Mondal	X G
	Riddhi Mehta	X G
	Tanvi Kulkarni	IX A
	Jhoomur Pal	IX H

Art Entries sent to Camlin Competition, 2009, following is the list of the school level :

GROUP A (Std. I and II)

S. N.	STUDENT’S NAME	STD. / DIV.
01	Dhwaj Ranka	II / C
02	Dravya Semlani	II / F
03	Isha Bandekar	II / E
04	Jinal Trivedi	II / A

GROUP B (Std. III and IV)

S. N.	STUDENT’S NAME	STD. / DIV.
01	Akshat Shah	III / E
02	Twisha Dedhiya	IV / D
03	Pankti Parmar	III / E
04	Manvi Marnad	III / A
05	Hrishita Zaveri	III / C

GROUP - D (Std. V to VII)

S. N.	STUDENT’S NAME	STD. / DIV.
01	Rohan Sitaniya	VII / F
02	Janvi Bhavsar	VII / F
03	Avantika Patil	VII / B
04	Rinitha Tesa Jose	VI / F
05	Deep Mhatre	V / C

GROUP - E (Std. VIII to X)

S. N.	STUDENT’S NAME	STD. / DIV.
01	Dwitiya Mukherjee	VIII / D
02	Daniya D’costa	VIII / D
03	Amogh Patkar	VIII / E
04	Labdhi Haria	VIII / E
05	Shivani Jani	VIII / F

15 Essays were sent to City Montessori School, Lucknow as entries to the 4th International Innovation Day celebrating Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam’s birthday on topics such as:

Which according to you has been the most important invention in the history of mankind.
In which field do you think innovations are most needed and why?
Write an essay expressing an innovation idea.

An Essay by Saloni Agrawal of Std VIII

The Most Important Invention in the History of Mankind

"Necessity is the mother of invention." In the history of mankind, because of the continuously – increasing needs in our ever – changing world, thousands of inventions have come about which have revolutionized the way we live and our existence or Earth. But few inventions have touched every aspect of our lives and changed the way we interact, work and live. Today, a machine has done all this and much more, and today exists in almost every household. I feel that the most significant and commendable invention in the history of mankind is the computer.

The computer is a truly remarkable and very important invention in the history of mankind. It has indeed changed our world. Early versions of the computer can be dated back to almost two thousand years ago – like the
abacus, developed by the Chinese. Modern computers were developed by great inventors like Charles Babbage and Blaise Pascal. Computers were originally invented to make computing and calculations faster, easier and more accurate. An extremely important aspect of their use is their application in processes of the business world. Today they are found everywhere, from grocery stores and banks to huge industries and airlines and they depend on computers, as they help in cutting costs drastically and help in providing high – quality products and services. Today they are essential for the normal functioning of any organization or industry and nobody can do without them. Super computers help in launching satellites, weather forecasts and even drilling out oil and so are very important and save many lives, too. Today, personal computers are found in almost every home and along with the internet, they make life much easier by producing all kinds of services within arm’s reach. One can communicate with far – off friends and family, know about what is happening all over the world, learn countless new things, procure assistance regarding all walks of life and do much more just sitting in an armchair. Computers today have evolved into a very important source of entertainment and people spend most of their leisure or free time playing computer games, listening to music or watching videos and doing innumerable remarkable things that centuries ago people could only dream of.

The computer is truly a window to the world. It familiarizes us with our ever-changing environment and modernizing society and makes us well – informed citizens of our world and interesting individuals. It has indeed become an indispensable part of ordinary life and mankind cannot do without it. It is truly a very important device for the whole of humanity as it has simplified our lives manifold and by helping man work out solutions to solve problems along with multifaced applications which are extremely time – saving, they have opened up new avenues where man can devote time and energy. The computer is truly an incredible and remarkable invention and its use has become so widespread that it is hard to imagine a world without computer.

Saloni Agrawal
VIII – C ‘B’