Prerna Girls win OneMinutesJr Awards, Amsterdam

There were three categories and the winners of the best video of each category was presented a Tommy award and an HDFlipCam! A youth jury also selected “best of the best” video, and winner also received a Tommy award and HDFlipCam. All nominees have also won a place in a OneMinutes/IDFA Masterclass in Amsterdam. The awards ceremony took place on 24 November 2012 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Regretfully Prerna Girls could not make it to the award ceremony but they did receive 2 awards.

 

 


The Wall

Kushboo tied for the youth jury award.
[watch on youtube]

 

 


Change 

Ms. Priya Dubey won the award for the (Self)Portrait category.
[watch on youtube]

 

Other nominee from Prerna girls school for One minute of Freedom category was Ms. Neeshu Singh for her movie Its a baby girl [watch]

Microlympics 2012 Sporting Extravaganza

Microlympics, 2012 – 2013 (The Sports Day of Study Hall) was celebrated at the Home Guard Head Quarter Complex ground at Jail Road. Children put up a wonderful and colourful show. Mr. V.S. Chauhan was the Chief Guest for the occasion. He is the ex Principal of Sports College at Lucknow. Known as the Iron man of Asia, he is the Asian gold medalist in Decathalon.

The Lemon Tree (by Std 7), and the Russian dance ( by Std 6) were performed with precision which enthralled the audience. Students of Std. 8 displayed their skills in Yoga and Taekwondo. The track events brought out the sportsman spirit amongst the young athletes.

The highlight of the evening was Fire Flame House lifting the trophy for the Best House followed by Cypress House. Jacaranda House stood third and Silver Oak House fourth. In March Past, Cypress House was adjudged the best House. Jacaranda House won a trophy for being the best house in swimming.

The Mothers’ and Fathers’ race saw enthusiastic participants on the field.  The chief guest appreciated the efforts of the children. The logo for the sports day was designed by Rohina Dass of class XI D and Sakshi Raj of class XII D. The symbols signify the fire burning inside every sports person and the phoenix the spirit of relentless efforts before succeeding.

The Best Athlete award went to the following students :

Group A Girl Praneeta Pandey Class XI D Cypress
Boy Kumar Harsh Class XII D Fire Flame
Group B Girl Manya Gupta class IX B Silver Oak
Boy Shahzar Afzal class IX D Fire Flame
Group C Girl Mariyam Asakina  class VII A Silver Oak
Boy Abhinav Singh Class VII B Fire Flame
 photography by : Ekisha Narain

 

Dandiya Night 2012 Celebration

As nine days of non-stop fun, dance and festivities is around the corner, the young brigade of Study Hall celebrated Dandiya on 20th November, 2012 with the help of perfect traditional attires, the dolled-up look and dancing skills, preparations for which had started almost a month ago. The dandiya night saw a riot of colours and an eclectic mix of music which will make its  revellers remember the joyous celebrations for years to come.

The event was graced by the presence of Mrs Rehana Ali who has been closely associated with the school  as its former Vice principal and is the founder and Principal of Fairies and Elves school, Mrs Shalini Sinha Principal Study hall, Mrs Meenakshi Bahadur Vice principal Study Hall, Mrs Shalini Chandra Head Mistress Junior school, Mrs Shashi Mehta Principal Prep school ,Mrs  Surabhi Kapoor Head of the department Dosti , Mrs Rakhi Punjwani Principal Prerna school, Mrs Pratima Srivastava Principal Vidyasthali school and Mrs Veena Anand Head Didis food.

Traditional dandia music along with some peppy bollywood dandia numbers to kept the visitors  glued to the floor all through the evening.

The four houses of the school Cypress, Fireflame, Jacaranda and Silveroak participated in an Inter house Dandiya competition. The sight of light-footed young boys and girls swirling in graceful rythmic patterns  delicately balancing themselves evoked awe and admiration in all those who were present.

Silveroak house stood first while Jacaranda and Fireflame house bagged the second and third position respectively.

Various prizes for best attire, best dance, etc were given out.

 

photography by : Ekisha Narain