Microlympics 2012 Sporting Extravaganza

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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

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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

DANDIYA 2012 Curtain Raiser

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The annual recharge
of the
festive season is
back
with Inter House Dandiya
competition on
20th December 2012
from 6 pm to 10 pm
go steal the best deals (Mall Hopping)
and join In
with vigour and verve
and dance and dine
on
The Grounds of Study Hall

Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting 2012

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Dr. Urvashi Sahni speaks at 2012 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting

When looking to reduce global poverty and improve long-term economic outcomes, there are very few investments better than the investment in girls’ education. Improving access to quality education provides a strong foundation for personal development and empowerment, which leads to a plethora of benefits, including improvements in health and increased national economic growth. Building upon earlier discussions on this topic, this session will discuss past progress, examine how to build productive partnerships, and facilitate cross-sectoral collaborations in order to ensure that efforts in this space result in a successful and healthy transition to an empowered and productive adulthood for all girls.

Breakout session was entitled “Empowering Girls Through Education”, Nobel Peace laureate, Leymah Gbowee (Founder and President of Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa) advocated for making schools safer for girls. Ms. Gbowee also noted the problem of retention rates for girls in school, and stated that educational budgeting is often the smallest sector of government funding in many countries. During this session, Abhijit Banerjee, co-founder of MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), also stressed the need to get families to believe that school is useful, as expectations are often low and people in developing nations “don’t always believe that schools can deliver.” He also stressed the importance of establishing women as role models for children and their families, and referenced a study in India where a local government position was reserved for a woman, and how a rise in school attendance of local girls was seen as a result.

Breakout Session: Empowering Girls Through Education

Breakout Session: Empowering Girls Through Education

Urvashi Sahni, Founder, President and CEO of Studyhall Educational Foundation in Lucknow, India, spoke about her efforts to make students “agents” of the educational agenda, and spoke about how her school is putting gender equality into educational programming. She expressed the need to look at learning differently, “because when you start looking at things differently, people start treating you differently, and that’s how the world changes.”

Key issues related to education, malnutrition, early childhood healthcare and the effects of stunted growth, a primary manifestation of malnutrition in early childhood. A reported 19,000 child

Venue : Empire West, Second Floor, Sheraton New York Hotel
Date of Discussion: Monday, 24th September 2012

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Courtesy : Talk Radio News

Teachers Day Celebration

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Fifth September witnessed a grand celebration of teachers’ day at Study Hall School. The day began with merry greetings to the teachers by the students. The student council members surprised everyone when they came dressed as teachers and played the roles of the teachers they were dressed as. This act was received with laughter by the teachers in comic and cheerful spirit. The programme began when ‘Santa’ and ‘Banta’ taking the stage to host teachers day on part of students. Their hilarious acts entertained and regaled everybody. The first performance was a beautifully sung duet by the Dosti students. This was followed by a humorous play by the young artists of class six

.’Agyaan ke Registaan’ was sung and composed by students from class ninth to eleventh. The lyrics, written specially for teachers stole their hearts. Two consecutive dance performances enthralled the teachers and children alike. The programme concluded by a melodious song sung by the student council. The well choreographed show was much enjoyed by the teachers. The teachers were felicitated with flowers and greetings throughout the day. After the program the teachers enjoyed an afternoon of fun when faculty of all the units of Study Hall bonded over lunch.

Aiman Jafri, Class XI-D

The celebration of rain with mothers

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The first meeting of mothers was full of colors and music. Everyone was dressed up in shades of blue and green. Forthcoming events were part of the discussion. Mothers put their heads together and came up with ideas to help the school.After the discussion, it was fun time – Rain song, antakshari, an observation game and ramp walk followed. A delicious brunch from Didi’s was the fitting finale to the lively get-together.

Hindi and English Elocution

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Hindi and English elocution competitions

In true spirit of Study Hall, all the children participated in the competitions. Instead of solo, we had group elocution where each section competed with other three. Children from ‘Dosti’ also recited poems.

Results

Hindi
Class II – D(1st) A(2nd) B&C (commendation)
Class III – B(1st) A(2nd) C&D(commendation)
Class IV – BA(1st) C (2nd) C (commendation)
Class V – A(1st)B(2nd) C&D(commendation)

English
Class II – A(1st) C(2nd) B&D(commendation)
Class III – D (1st) A(2nd) B&C (commendation)
Class IV – A&C(1st) B&D (2nd)
Class V – A(1st) D(2nd) B&C(commendation)

 

Volley ball Senior Boys Finals

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The finals of the Volley ball Senior Boys was held on the 31st of August 2012.
The results are as follows
Cypress House was the winner, second position was bagged by Jacaranda House, Fire Flame House bagged the third position and Silver Oak was in the fourth position.

Inter house Indian Classical Music Competition

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Inter house Indian Classical Music competition was held on 22 August 2012. The senior school students got to feel and understand the multifaceted charm and elegance of ‘ragas’. The school’s effort is to make children understand that Indian classical music is a rich component of Indian culture. The theme this year was ‘tarana’ in various pure ‘ragas’. During practices the school walls echoed with enchanting melodies. Their hard work paid off by a grand success. Mrs Shalini Chandra who judged the event enlightened the audience that ‘Tarana,’ is a traditional form of classical vocal music. It is said to have originated by legendry Amir Khusro. A special feature of tarana is its unique vocabulary ‘nome’ ‘tome’ ‘dir’ which are set to music. Experts are of the opinion that these meaningless but melodious words help the singer’s pronunciation to a great deal. The other judges were the music teachers of Prep school and middle school Mr Beju and Mr Brijendra. Fireflame house piece in raga ‘Malkos’ brightened the audience and amazed the judges by putting them in a well deserved first place. Silveroak house followed next through a striking raga ‘Darbari’ and gave a notable performance. Jacaranda house forceful rendition in raga ‘Kedar’ followed a close to Silver oak house. Cypress house performance in raga ‘Bhopali’ could have been more beautiful had it been powered by adequate number of children. This report will not be complete without mentioning the school’s music ‘guru’, Raviji patiently guiding the children and never getting disheartened by training croaked voices ,screening sounds to melodious tunes . Special note must be made to tabla teacher Sanjay Srivastava for a strong and fitting accompaniment. We hope that whatever the children imbibe of our rich culture they will pass it on to generations to come.

2012 Independence Day Celebration

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Senior school Study Hall affirmed their patriotism on the 15th of august with a lively celebration of the  66th Independence day in true spirit, with great zeal and enthusiasm.  It began with the unfurling of the tricolour by  the principal  Mrs.Shalini Sinha. There after the entire school took pride in singing the  national anthem followed by the pledge.

Study Hall in colors of independence on 15th August 2012; Photography by : Ekisha Narain

Soon after the program began the head boy AmbeshTiwari addressed the school with his inspirational words. Rabindranath Tagore’s beautiful poem “where the mind is without fear” was then recited by class 7-A students.  The Inter- House Declamation Competition was also held wherein the participants Adeel Khan (Cypress house) ,RanaitaShahani ( Fire-Flame house) , Sunaina Baijal (Jacaranda house) and SaumyaTandon (Silver-oak house) had all chosen excellent speeches by eminent people  dealing with very relevant contemporary issues which reminded and re-established the goals for the society and country in the minds of all those present. They all spoke so eloquently that the judges had a hard time in deciding the winner. Ultimately Saumya and Adeel were adjudged first, Sunaina second and Ranaita stood third.

Photography by : Jyotika Mishra XI-D (batch of 2012)

A vibrant dance was performed to a medley of songs adding to the cheer of the occasion with a spectacular, spellbinding formation in the end. An English song with props added to the patriotic fervour pervading all around. The girls from the Prerna School also joined in the celebrations spiritedly by singing a harmonious patriotic song. The entire school  then sang a melodious  number ‘azaadi ka din aaya’  that represented a united bond, of being the citizens of a great country, which began its independent journey on this very day 66 years ago. The school principal spoke on the occasion exhorting students to be the change that they envisaged for the country.

To add to the feeling of glory and  pride the Student Council was formally introduced to the school in an Investiture ceremony. The prefects were given their badges signifying the great power and responsibility delegated  to them, reposing full faith in them, with the  assurance that they would uphold the school’s name while taking it to new heights.Then the  school head girl Avantika Atul proposed the vote of thanks.The ceremony concluded with the distribution of delicious chocolate cookies to each student.

By Rohina Das XI-D (batch of 2012)