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Study Hall School joined hands with Lucknow Global Shapers (LGS) for a tree plantation drive on September 14, 2016. LGS had earlier taken a pledge to plant 52 trees in 52 weeks, to take a stand against climate change.
Stagecraft 2016
Study Hall School, Study Hall Educational Foundation hosted the second edition of the Stagecraft Inter-School Dramatics Competition on 8th September 2016 at Sant Gadge ji Maharaj Auditorium, Gomtinagar Lucknow.
Students from different schools of Lucknow namely – Lucknow Public Collegiate (Sharda Nagar), La’Martiniere Girls, Ramswaroop Memorial School, Jaipuria, Army Public School (Nehru Road), City Montessori School participated along with the students of Study Hall School. The competition was judged by the esteemed judges – Mrs. Surabhi Modi, Mrs. Zarine Viccajee and Dr. Kirti Narain and Mr. Sanyal. Study Hall strongly believes that drama is one of the most powerful tools used to express human creativity. It has also been instrumental in promoting critical thinking and dialogue in the learning atmosphere of the school. Dr. Urvashi Sahni, the school’s founder, envisions this as a platform for the meeting of diverse ideas and perspectives which can enhance as well as help us embrace the different facets of human life.
Mrs. Shalini Sinha, the Principal believes, the theme of stagecraft this year “Human Relationships” centers on the ethos of the school of inclusive and holistic education, creating proactive, lifelong learners, innovators and thinkers who are sensitive to the needs of others in the society. Best Play – Study Hall School Runners Up – Army Public School, Jaipuria School
Teachers Day Celebrations
Study Hall, the school know for the special bond of teachers with the students celebrated this year’s Teacher’s Day(5th September 2016) with high spirits and zeal at the Study Hall School, Gomti Nagar.
All the teachers were dressed up beautifully in their alluring attires and had put up their enticing smiles to brighten up everyone’s day. The class 12th students had dressed up as different teachers and welcomed them with flowers and words of love and appreciation. The event started with a welcoming speech from the school vice head girl who had dressed up as the school’s vice principal Mrs. Meenakshi Bahadur. It was followed by different music performances, a dance drama by class 8 and a fashion show(with class 6 students dressed up as Teachers). The event concluded with a dance performance by class 12, followed by the Vice head boy’s speech thanking all our amazing teachers.
The teachers, after the event, were escorted to the staff room which was converted into a restaurant by the students and were served delicious refreshments made by Didi’s. All the teachers were later given cards and flowers and were pampered by their students. The students right from standard 6 had prepared all the performances on their own and had left no stone unturned to make this day a memorable one for their beloved teachers. The teachers were touched receiving so much admiration and affection from their students.Happy Teacher’s Day to all teachers!
The teachers, after the event, were escorted to the staff room which was converted into a restaurant by the students and were served delicious refreshments made by Didi’s. All the teachers were later given cards and flowers and were pampered by their students. The students right from standard 6 had prepared all the performances on their own and had left no stone unturned to make this day a memorable one for their beloved teachers. The teachers were touched receiving so much admiration and affection from their students.Happy Teacher’s Day to all teachers!Happy Colours of Freedom – 2016
Happy Colours of Freedom – 2016
Study Hall School Campus was ablaze with happy colours of freedom and spirited with spectacular festivity as the Study Hall Educational Foundation family celebrated 70th Independence Day, 15 th August 2016.
Students and Staff from Study Hall School, Prerna Girls School, Dosti School, Centre for Learning and NIOS school, Vidhyasthali school, Digital Study Hall and DIDI’s – A unit of sister’s in Solidarity participated with full zeal and excitement made the celebration grand. All the hearts were filled with pride, respect and the feeling of patriotism.
The flag was hoisted by, Dr.Urvashi Sahni. And seeds of the thought – “Are we really free”, were etched in everyone’s mind.
All the creative minds were at work showcasing their talents in different fields. Students from junior section set up a Maths Mela where they demanded freedom from fear of Maths, whereas the students from Senior section celebrated the freedom of thoughts and expression by taking part in Advertisement Competition. Students from Non Formal Education centres painted their thoughts through flowers and little paper flags while the enthusiastic ones from Dosti danced with dynamism on patriotic songs.
All the teachers, too were dressed up in beautiful tri-coloured attires. Study Hall Educational Foundation celebrated this Independence Day in a different Style spreading Happy Colours of Freedom in everybody’s lives.
7th UP STATE YOUTH BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ( Boys & Girls ) Meerut August 2016
Students from Study Hall School and Prerna Girls School – Sandhya Yadav and Aditi Suryavanshi were awarded certificates of merit for playing and representing Lucknow Team in the 17th Uttar Pradesh State Youth Basketball Championship ( Boys & Girls ) organised by Distt. Basketball Association from 28th July 2016 – 1st August 2016.
Non Formal Education Centres
There is never a dull moment at the Non Formal Education Centres – Gyan Setu’s every month. Last month, children came back after a brief summer vacation and welcomed the rains by making umbrellas out of paper plates and Aaloo Raja. They planted saplings around their centres .They enjoyed clay modelling and children at two centres made lovely clay houses. While learning measurement and time, they made weighing scales and clocks .The Mona Foundation team visited the Anil Brickfield and the Gomti Nagar Railway Station centres and interacted with the children and the community. They were happy to see the children so animated and engrossed in their work.
A Unique Art Exhibition -2016
The students of Study Hall got a chance to visit – Vidyagyan, A Unique Art Exhibition where in addition to the paintings of students of Vidyagyan, schools from Lucknow also exhibit paintings of their students. The paintings of differently abled students from schools in the vicinity of Lucknow are also a part of this endeavour.
The Shiv Nadar Foundation established ‘VidyaGyan Leadership Academy in Uttar Pradesh in 2009 as a unique social experiment. The vision of VidyaGyan is to identify brilliant children from economically underprivileged rural communities and nurture them into future leaders.
Picture Credits : Moin ( Student Photographer)]
Prerna wins best school trophy in Udaan 2016
Students from Prerna Girls School, made us proud by participating in several competitions – elocution, solo and group singing, solo and group dance, painting and winning the “Best School Trophy” at Udaan 2016 an inter school annual competition festival organised by the Loreto Alumnae Association, Lucknow on August 6, 2016
Congratulations to our girls!
Study Hall Annual Inter House Cultural Fest 2016
Study Hall school had organized its Annual Inter House Cultural Festival on 29th and 30th July 2016 in Study Hall School, Vipul Khand, Gomtinagar. The two day high spirited fest had activities ranging from event management to yoga and elomime. In most of the events an overwhelming response was received by the students as well as the teachers. The team spirit of students from class 6 till class 12th was the main attraction of the festival. The house trophy was won by Silver Oak house while Jacranda, Fireflame, and Cypress got the 2nd,3rd and 4th positions respectively.Dr. Urvashi sahni congratulated everyone for their efforts. The entire event was coordinated by the team of students and teachers led by the Principal Shalini Sinha and Vice Principal Meenakshi Bahadur.
The first day of the event witnessed lots of joy and enthusiasm and all of it continued on the second day as well. Even rain could not stop the students from participating with full energy and take the best out of the moment. The second day consisted of mainly three events which were Indian music (group and solo), Just-A-Minute and Junior dance.
Indian Music was held for classes 6-12 and was judged by Mrs Shalini Chandra, Mr Biju and Mr Saurabh. All the students sang folk songs beautifully in their ever so melodious voices. Jacaranda sung a Marwadi song, Silver Oak chose a Begali song, Fireflame went for a Rajasthani song while Jacaranda sung an Awadhi song. All the students were dressed up beautifully in Indian attires and left no milestone unturned to give their bests in their performances. In Indian music solo, Aman from Silveṛ Oak sung a lovely classical song while Arnav Ratan from Fireflame went for the Bollywood song “jee loon zara”. Sukriti Mohan from Jacaranda sung “Mohe rang do laal” while Anjali Abdi from Cypress sang “Saawre”. The Indian music overall was a hit event.The next was JAM or Just A Minute which went on really well. It was judged by Mrs Ritika, Mrs Shalini Sinha and Mrs Bani Malhotra. For the junior dance, the theme was Fairy tales. Fireflame performed beautifully and involved a lot of lifts in their dance. Cypress performed a mix of several fairy tales with full on energy. Jacaranda had it’s graceful dancers dancing the story of beauty and the beast while Silver Oak showcased a modern version of Snow white and sleeping beauty highlighting women empowerment.The four houses secured several individual meritorious positions in all the events.
Media Coverage : Amar Ujala, My City, Lucknow Edition 30th July 2016
Media Coverage : HT, My City, Lucknow Edition 30th July 2016
Around the Campus July 2016
For Literary Excellence at St.Teresa School, Lucknow
The junior school students participated in various events at St.Teresa’s school and made us proud with their performances.While little Praharsh won the first prize in the “spell bee” competition, Sanskriti of standard II bagged the first prize in “story telling competition”.Sanchit Gupta of Standard III also took part in “read aloud competition”, and Samra from standard I participated in “jumble word competition” and got the third prize.
LUCKNOW CHAPTER OF INDIAN INTERNATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS JULY 2016
Lucknow chapter of IIMUN was organised by Indian International MUN,(Mumbai) from 22nd Of July ’16 to 24th of July’16 at Allen House School Lucknow. A delegation of approximately fifty students participated and bagged several prizes from Study Hall School. Study Hall School was awarded the title of “THE BEST SCHOOL DELEGATION” by Honourable governor Ram Naik. It was not only in debating that Study Hall students showcased their talents but also in management skills as the whole event was managed by logistic members from Study Hall .
- Best school Delegation trophy-Study Hall
- Committee Prizes :
- Siddhant Mishra-1st prize
- Arushi Dixit-1st prize
- Tanya Nanda-2nd prize
- Ashutosh Raj-2nd prize
- Arjun Chaudhary-2nd prize
- Aditya Shukla-2nd prize
- Special Mentions: Yashasvi Krishna
- Verbal Mentions: Chaitanya Mohan,Vinayak Dixit, Saman Hussain,Apoorva Vardhan
- Best photographer-Akriti Rastogi
JUNIOR SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTION 2016
The Study Hall Universe of Care deserves a clap for changing the lives of the students enrolled here, for better. The real life experiences given here, impact the minds of the students and teach them things which can never be forgotten.The youngsters of class 5 were fascinated while studying about the country’s constitution and government.
To understand how India is a true democracy, the class activity included getting the children into groups.Each group gave a class presentation on their “Party”, for which they decided on a name and prepared a symbol placard, a slogan banner and a speech for canvassing.
This was followed by all the children of class 5, casting a secret vote in the Ballot box to elect the Junior School Cabinet.Their participation in the election of the Junior School Student’s Council made them feel very proud and taught them the importance of elections in our country.
PANEL DISCUSSION – CHILD MARRIAGE
PRERNA GIRL SCHOOL – STUDY HALL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
The senior girls of Prerna Girls School organised a panel discussion on child marriage on 15th July, 2016 .The panel comprised of Prerna alumni, Prerna boys and Prerna girls, Dr Urvashi Sahni, Mrs. Shalini Chandra, Mrs. Suparna Chatterjee, Madhu [a parent ] along with Dr Smita Singh and Ms Shipra Hitesh [ both visiting faculty, Lucknow University ]were the guest participants .The programme was graced by the presence of Ms.Rebecca Winthrop,Director, Global Education, Brookings Institution, Washington D. C., who was visiting the Study Hall Foundation . Prerna girls Panchkumari and Kirti Gupta conducted the discussion brilliantly.
The discussion began with the understanding of the term Child marriage and then moved on to it’s reasons and repercussions and finally to finding ways to end this malpractice. There were poignant moments when girls and parents recounted their personal experiences. Many of them broke down ,making everyone in the jam packed hall realise the gravity of the problem .The hall resounded with applause when a father got up to admit that he made a mistake by getting his elder daughter married very early but he would let his younger daughters study as much as they wanted .
A visibly moved Ms. Winthrop talked of her experiences while working in other countries and praised the Prerna girls for their courage and enterprise. The Principal, Prerna Girls School – Mrs. Rakhee Panjwani proposed the vote of thanks.
Top Mentor : NSTSE 2016 (Unified Council)
Congratulations to Mrs. Anuradha Baijal from Study Hall for being the Top 5 Mentors across Uttar Pradesh for highest Student Participation in NSTSE 2016 (Unified Council). She is a inspiration and regular source of encouragement for all students.
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