DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL

Hyderabad
DIPSCOOP
July, 2019 Vol. X Issue 2

It is pretty amazing that our society has reached a point where the effort necessary to extract oil from the
ground, ship it to a refinery, turn it into plastic, shape it appropriately, truck it to a store, buy it and bring it
home is considered to be less effort than what it takes to just wash the spoon when you are done with it.
This year, with Chennai enforcing its Zero Water Day and Gujarat facing the wrath of a bizarre cyclone, it
has been a shocking wake-up call for us to pay attention to our carbon footprints. There is no such thing as
‘away’; when we throw something away it must go somewhere. With this message let us understand that
zero waste is not about recycling more, it is about the need to recycle less.

Board Results X and XII

Delhi Public School Hyderabad has yet again stood the test of time by securing a 100% result in the X and
the XII board examinations. The students have surpassed the expectations of the teachers and parents alike
and have made everyone proud. 131 students of grade X have secured above 90%. 122 students of grade XII
have secured distinction marks.

Delhi Public School, Hyderabad honoured its school toppers, who through their recent achievements made
the school proud with their stupendous performance in the board exams. Agreema Dhiman, Ishani
Chakraborty and Mahika Parmar stood the school toppers with a 98.6% in the X board. Akhila Ajay kumar
stood the school topper in the commerce stream with 97.8%. She also secured a commendable 100 marks
in Entrepreneurship. Vatsal Garg was the school topper of the Science Stream with a 96.6% and Aasha Mittal
and Sakshi Upadhya aced the Humanities Stream with 96.6% each. The state and school toppers of Class XII
were also felicitated by the Principal for their outstanding performance. The students expressed their deep
sense of gratitude to Principal ma’am and extolled all the efforts of teachers as facilitators and motivators in
shaping the young minds. They also expressed pride and happiness to be part of such an esteemed
institution.
School Toppers of Class X

AGREEMA DHIMAN ISHANI CHAKRABORTY MAHIKA PARMAR

[Link]. 4115758, 98.6% [Link]. 4115775, 98.6% [Link]. 4115784 , 98.6%
(100 MARKS IN MATHS)

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 School Toppers of Class XII

AKHILA AJAY KUMAR

[Link]. 4648944, 97.8%
(ENTREPRENEURSHIP 100)
COMMERCE Stream

VATSAL GARG AASTHA MITTAL SAKSHI UPADHYAY

[Link]. 4648862, 96.6% [Link]. 4648934, 96.6% [Link]. 4648964, 96.6%

SCIENCE Stream HUMANITIES Stream HUMANITIES Stream

Then, as an element of surprise, the school felicitated the teachers who have untiringly and commendably
passed on their knowledge to their students, enabling them to come out with cent percent scores in the
subjects of Mathematics, General Science, English, Social sciences, Physics, Physical Education, Accountancy,
Economics, History, Entrepreneurship.

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 Assemblies and Special Events

Assembly on Gratitude
The more grateful you are for things you have today, the more
things you will have to be grateful for tomorrow.
With this thought in mind, the students of Delhi Public School,
Hyderabad, organised a special assembly on Friday, 14th June,
2019 themed ‘Gratitude’, which was attended by the Principal,
Mrs. Geetha Vishwanathan, Headmistresses, Coordinators, Ex-
Dipsites from the batch 2018-19, teachers and students of grades
XI and XII.
The assembly began with a prayer song, as a way for the
students to express gratitude towards the almighty, following
which a speech was rendered by the Head Boy, Tanish Goel, to
shed light on the importance of being grateful for everything that
one has in life, whether it be considered positive or negative.
Following the speech, students from batch 2018-19 proceeded to take over the podium and expressed their
love and gratitude towards Delhi Public School, Hyderabad, Principal and the faculty members for having
given them a platform to discover their true worth and potential. Then, as a token of appreciation, they
gifted the school a Glass Podium to extend their sincere respect towards the institution. After they signed
off and took their position amongst the student-teacher audience, Principal Mrs. Geetha Vishwanathan
inaugurated the Glass Podium and proceeded to address the gathering with a simple thought - that the act
of gratitude is what makes you successful. The assembly concluded with a Vote of Thanks rendered by the
Head Girl, Shavika Kapoor and the audience proceeded to return back to their respective classes.
Not only did the students witness how small ways of expressing one's gratitude towards the people
who help and support them makes one happy, but also how this simple action has the power to inspire a lot
more to keep walking down the path of life, while staying humble and grateful to everyone and everything
they come across.

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Telangana Formation Day Assembly
The Telangana Formation Day was commemorated with an excellent programme put up by the students of
VI E on the 17th of June 2019 through a special assembly. The occasion was graced by the Principal and the
Headmistresses.
The celebration commenced with a melodious choir invoking the blessings of the almighty. The students
then put up a very colourful show where many facts about Telangana were enumerated in a very lucid
manner. The students were told about the people who actively contributed to the betterment of Telangana
from the pre-independence era to the present day. An interesting section pertaining to the well-known and
some obscure tourist destinations in Telangana was presented
in the form of a skit. The reason for the region being named
Telangana was also explained.
The well sequenced programme ended with a quiz on
Telangana in which the audience actively participated.
On the occasion of Telangana Formation Day the school has
taken an initiative to help in the aforestation drive in a unique
way. Some students from middle school were taken to the
nearby Malkam Cheruvu where they scattered beej balls. These
beej balls are a mix of clay, compost and seeds from plants
native to Indian climate. Scattering beej balls is an easy way to
help a struggling ecosystem. If the native seeds are scattered
normally then they are often eaten up by animals or washed away by the rain – but the seeds in the beej
balls are protected inside a ball. When it rains, the clay in the ball holds the water and helps the seeds to
germinate. When the seeds germinate, the compost will help the seedlings grow.
The programme on the occasion of Telangana formation day ended with our Principal Ms. Geetha
Vishwanath congratulating the performers on the excellent show put up by them.

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International Day of Yoga

On 21st June, DPS, Hyderabad celebrated the 5th International Yoga Day along with the whole world. The
theme of 5th International Yoga Day 2019 was "Climate Action". Climate Action theme focuses on the way
how yoga can help us to solve the problem of climate change and also it brings lot more benefits into the
lives of people. It is necessary to work towards climate change. The sense of respect for mother earth
overcomes regular yoga practitioners that will help people to act in a certain way at home and working
environment to work and build better future.
Participating in unanimity with the entire world, Delhi Public School, Hyderabad, began the day with a yogic
fervour, celebrating the International Yoga Day. Amidst beautiful weather, clouds and soft breeze the
students from grade I to grade XII exhibited immense enthusiasm in the practice of yoga. Among other
asanas the instructors helped the students perform the Tadasana, Trikonasana, Vrksasana, Surya Namaskar
and pranayama.
To invoke an added interest among the students, teachers too became ones among the students to
participate in the yoga session. The session concluded with the speeches by the Headmistresses and
coordinators, who motivated the students to integrate yoga into their daily routine.
The twenty minutes session in recognition of the Yoga Day was much rejuvenating and freshening as
expressed by the teachers and the students. According to few of the participants, the idea of having a short
yoga session every morning should be given a thought.

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 Inter- House Competitions

Grade I
“All the magic lies in the harmony of many interdependent folds.” -Robert Salazar

The wonderful art of Origami was unleashed through a very interesting Inter-house competition conducted
for Grade I students on 18th June 2019, which had an exciting participation from all the students. Origami is
the art of folding paper which transforms a flat square sheet of paper into a finished structure through
folding. The theme for the contest was based on ‘Environment’, a theme which is loved by every age group.
The tiny tots were at their creative best while they used their little fingers to create various wonderful things
like – fishes, pine trees, huts, boats and what not. Children took the contest to an entire next level by
combining these origami structures to depict beautiful scenes from our environment like – fishes swimming
under water, forest scene with huts in between, boats rowing in a river – which are just to name a few.
It was an absolutely engaging experience for the children while they patiently worked through the colourful
origami papers producing beautiful outcomes. It was a treat to watch the little wonders all involved with this
very interesting art form.
Congratulations to all Winners

[Link] NAME OF THE STUDENT CLASS/SEC HOUSE POSITION

1 SONAKSHI MEHAR IA RUBY I

2 SARAYU CHERUKU IA EMERALD II

3 ANOUK SAREEN IA EMERALD III

4 DEVIREDDY SAHA REDDY IA RUBY CON

5 CHARITH SIVASAI TUMMALA IB TOPAZ I

6 PENUMADU AKSHARA IB RUBY II

7 SAANVI LALCHANDANI IB TOPAZ III

8 MOHAMMED AYAAN YOUSUF IB SAPPHIRE CON

9 M LAKSH REDDY IC TOPAZ I

10 HESHVITA NALLABALLE IC RUBY II

11 SIMRAT KWATRA IC SAPPHIRE III

12 PURVI BOYINAPALLI IC SAPPHIRE CON

13 SRI HANVITHA MEDISETTY ID TOPAZ I

14 JUI DHAVAL GANDHI ID SAPPHIRE II

15 HAANA MOHAN ID SAPPHIRE III

16 AARON GEORGE PITTA ID TOPAZ III

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 17 PATHIKONDA KRITISH ID TOPAZ CON

18 ADLA SRI SAI VIHAN IE EMERALD I

19 SAMVED BOCHKAR IE SAPPHIRE II

20 AISHI AHMED IE EMERALD III

21 VANSHIKA CHAPARALA IE TOPAZ CON

22 AGASTYA KAPADIA IF RUBY I

23 AQSA JABEEN IF SAPPHIRE II

24 PRAASA RAO SURINENI IF SAPPHIRE III

25 SHANAYA MARIA SAMSON IF SAPPHIRE CON

26 SAMRAT KARN IG EMERALD I

27 VAANYA BAJORIA IG RUBY II

28 STUTI PANDA IG SAPPHIRE III

29 LAKKAM SHLOKA IG TOPAZ CON

30 AARNIK SHAH IH RUBY I

31 NIVEDITA AICH IH SAPPHIRE II

32 VARNIKA SETH IH TOPAZ III

33 AVANTIKA MANOJ KHATI IH EMERALD CON

34 BHUVAN TRIPATHI II TOPAZ I

35 NARA VIHAAN II EMERALD II

36 AADYA PANT TELIDEVARA II TOPAZ III

37 SAATVIK VATSA II SAPPHIRE CON

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Grade II
“Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvellous” -Bill Moyers

A new research shows that, flowers are the perfect expression of gratitude and appreciation, and they
deliver a message with sincerity and care, these positive characteristics also are attributed to the giver.
Keeping this in view DPS, Hyderabad organized an Inter House Flower Arrangement Competition in the
school premises on 18th June 2019 to enhance the creativity of students. This competition brought out the
creative skills and imagination of students. It showcased the aesthetic sense of the kids with lot of creativity
and imagination. Children displayed keen interest, innate talent and enthusiasm for the competition. They
participated with lot of zeal and enthusiasm and made beautiful flower arrangements with colourful papers.
The designs and colour combinations used turned out to be a feast for the eyes. One could not miss out the
interesting captions added to their arrangements. It was a beautiful display of creativity, symmetry and blend
of colours. The efforts of the students were remarkable and the most creative flower arrangements were
adjudged the winners.
Congratulations to all Winners

[Link] STUDENT NAME CLASS/SEC HOUSE POSITION

1. AADYA SINGH II A SAPPHIRE I

2. AISHANI DUBEY II A TOPAZ II

3. ARJUN RAMASWAROOP SOMANI II A EMERALD III

4. TRIPURANENI NAYANA II A EMERALD CON

5. ANANYA KOLANU II B TOPAZ I

6. CHEKURI SRI V KRISHNA THEJ VARMA II B TOPAZ II

7. AARAV NANDIKANTI II B EMERALD III

8. AAHNA JAIN II B RUBY CON

9. INAYA QURESHI II C EMERALD I

10. DIVYA KEERTHI KURRA II C RUBY II

11. P MAHASRI II C TOPAZ III

12. KHUSHI MANIHAR II C SAPPHIRE CON

13. NIRVAN BAJORIA II D TOPAZ I

14. ZARATUL FALAK SHAIK II D SAPPHIRE II

15. V N NIHAL II D SAPPHIRE III

16. ANANYA JINDAL II D EMERALD CON

17. HETANSH REDDY GODDALA II E TOPAZ I

18. PURAV MUDE II E TOPAZ II

19. HAMZAH IRFAN GHAZI II E RUBY III

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 20. MUPPA AKSHAYA II E TOPAZ CON

21. HARSHVARDHAN JOSHI II F EMERALD I

22. AUM SINHA II F RUBY II

23. KOLLI SUNAINA YASHASVI II F RUBY III

24. SHAURYA REDDY MALLAVARAPU II F TOPAZ CON

25. KAMATAM SRI PRAJNA II G EMERALD I

26. ABHILASHA NANDI II G TOPAZ II

27. SAANVI VERMA II G SAPPHIRE III

28. N MANSI PRASANNA II G RUBY CON

29. VAJJA MAHITH II H EMERALD I

30. ABHIGYA PRIYADARSHINI II H EMERALD II

31. HASINI NUKASANI II H RUBY III

32. CHITTURI KRITI II H TOPAZ CON

Grade III
“I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.” - Vincent Van Gogh

Having experienced the early showers of monsoon, nature started filling itself with colours. With this frame
of mind, soon after the summer holidays, students of grade III participated in a painting competition.
Students were allowed to draw and colour a scenery depicting nature.
First, students recalled the places they visited during their summer vacation and started to transform their
mental picture onto the paper. Slowly, but steadily they filled in colours trying to portray all the details
captured in their mind. They used different mediums of colours to bring out their best. Many of them used
the technique of mixing colours to enhance the natural affect.
Some of the budding artists composed scenes of sunrise over the mountains, sunset behind a lake, the
shadow of a bird perched on a barren tree under the moonlight, a family of ducks happily swimming in a
pond and so on. It was a pleasure to see tiny hands colouring the picture with a rhythm and checking with
their partners if their picture was good.

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All the pictures resonate only one thing – Nature wears the colours of the spirit.
Congratulations to all Winners

[Link] NAME OF THE STUDENT SECTION HOUSE POSITION

1 ASHWIKA VERMA RUBY I

2 AVISHI SINGH SAPPHIRE II

3 ANIKA CHINTA A TOPAZ II

4 DIYA THUMMALA SAPPHIRE III

5 SROTOSWINI MONDAL SAPPHIRE CONSOLATION

6 SHAIVI PETWAL SAPPHIRE I

7 SHAIVI KARN RUBY II

B
8 SYED AYMAN ALI RUBY III

9 SHIVAM DAS KARMAKAR RUBY CONSOLATION

10 CHAITRA KARE TOPAZ I

11 ANAGH ASHUTOSH PANI RUBY II

12 B SREEMAYI C RUBY III

13 SHRESHTA R TOPAZ III

14 H DAKSHITA SAPPHIRE CONSOLATION

15 HIMANSHU NAMADEV NALAWADE TOPAZ I

16 TEJAS CHOUDRI RUBY II

17 SHASHANK R TOPAZ III

18 DIVYA SPHOORTHI PALURI EMERALD CONSOLATION

19 AAKRITI SATPATHI TOPAZ I

20 SAMARTH AGARWAL RUBY II

E
21 SHREYA SARKAR RUBY III

22 CHIPPAGIRI BHASVAN SAI SAPPHIRE CONSOLATION

23 KANUMURI SRI SAHASRA EMERALD I

24 YERRAPRAGADA RISHITA RUBY II

F
25 VYAN TULSIANI TOPAZ II

26 MAMIDI CHAITRA REDDY TOPAZ III

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 27 KAIVALYA BHATNAGAR RUBY CONSOLATION

28 KARTHIKEYA BHARADWAJ V SAPPHIRE I

29 AADYA JAISWAL EMERALD II

30 MANAL ARORA G TOPAZ III

31 VANSHIKA AGARWAL RUBY III

32 SALONI NANDIGAM EMERALD CONSOLATION

33 MIHIKA SINGH RUBY I

34 AVANTIKA KAR TOPAZ II

35 AISHANI SAHU H RUBY III

36 LAAKSHIT CHITIKIREDDY SAPPHIRE III

37 RADHYA REDDY CHADA TOPAZ CONSOLATION

Grade IV
“Poetry comes alive through recitation.” - Natalie Merchant

Poetry recitation is literary work where ideas and feelings, accentuated with the use of distinctive style and
rhythm is delivered through a public speaking activity with a focus on rhythm and alliteration. The students
of grade 4 had an opportunity to participate in the poem recitation competition held on 14th June, 2019.
This inter house competition provided a form of platform for self-expression with the creativity of words and
emotion to convey a message to the audience. Children were given the opportunity to recite poems on the
theme ‘Nature’ written by the published poets as well as their own original poems. The students were not
only judged by the words used in the poem, but the voice, volume, inflexion, pitch, pauses and the
presentation contributed to the entire recitation experience. The students thoroughly enjoyed the learning
experience and the poems were brought to life with the passion and vocal expression of each and every
student.
Congratulations to all Winners
[Link] NAME OF THE STUDENT SECTION HOUSE POSITION
1 AANYA DEY EMERALD I
A
2 SHLOK JAIN SAPPHIRE II

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 3 SAHASRA TIRUNAGARI TOPAZ III

4 AARAV GUPTA TOPAZ CONSOLATION

5 KOJAGORI DEY RUBY I

6 ANAGHA DATTA AVADHANI SAPPHIRE II

7 TANVEE PARIDA B TOPAZ III

8 THANYA SATHYAN RUBY CONSOLATION

9 KRUTIKA RAMESH SAPPHIRE CONSOLATION

10 DISHA AGARWAL TOPAZ I

11 SMRITHI BALAJI C EMERALD II

12 KASHVI SINGHAL RUBY III

13 YATHARTH DADU RUBY CONSOLATION

14 ANIKA MITTAL TOPAZ I

15 VIVANN BAJORIA TOPAZ II
D
16 NISHAD MAHESHWARI EMERALD III

17 LAKSHIN KHATTAR RUBY CONSOLATION

18 SADHIL SAI CHALLA EMERALD I

19 KAIRAV SAI SINGH DUA RUBY II

E
20 NAVIKA SHARMA TOPAZ III

21 REYA JAIN EMERALD CONSOLATION

22 ADRIJA BHATTACHARYA RUBY I

23 MUSKAN HALDER EMERALD II
F
24 NIYATI SANGAL RUBY III
25 MANASA JANDHYALA TOPAZ CONSOLATION

26 NISHTHA GOEL EMERALD I

27 RAGHAV JAIN SAPPHIRE II

G
28 KRIYA KATTA TOPAZ III

29 MUDE KANAV RUBY CONSOLATION

30 RIPANSHI AGARWAL SAPPHIRE I

31 ISHIKA PONNAM SAPPHIRE II
H
32 CHETANA DHULIPALA SAPPHIRE III

33 A. PRANAVI SAI SAPPHIRE CONSOLATION

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Grade V
“The power of the pen is not in the colour of ink it spills; but the power of the word it spells.”

-Vinod Narayan

India, world’s fastest growing economy stares at some very challenging environmental issues like – Air
pollution, Water pollution, Garbage management, Unchecked use of plastic, Loss of Biodiversity and
ground water depletion. Responsibility of handling these challenges not only lies with the government
but needs an active participation from each and every one of us.
Schools can play an important role in creating awareness among children, thereby generating awareness
in their families. One such step is to conduct interesting competitions to build students’ interest. An inter-
house competition – “Slogan Writing” based on theme – ‘Environment’ was conducted for students of
Grade V on June 22nd, 2019.
Students were asked to write a slogan in any one language of their choice – Hindi, Telugu or English. They
not only came up with catchy slogans but supported their work with few drawings on environment. Five
best entries from each section were selected. The competition was judged by Mrs Lakshmi Samal and Mrs
Ruchi Gulati. The first, second and third positions were given to winners from each section to acknowledge
their hard work.

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Congratulations to all Winners

S. NO. CLASS/SEC POSITION STUDENT’S NAME HOUSE

1 VA I AISHANI ROYCHOUDHURY EMERALD

2 VA II NITYA BHARATH SAPPHIRE

3 VA III RIYA BISHT EMERALD

4 VB I BRATATI BASURI RUBY

5 VB II AISHANI MAJUMDAR SAPPHIRE

6 VB III DAKSHITA SANWARIA TOPAZ

7 VC I PRAJUKTA MANIK TOPAZ

8 VC II MUNTASIR RAHAMAN EMERALD

9 VC III PILLI ARJUN ANAND SAPPHIRE

10 VD I HANNSUJA HARRSH RUBY

11 VD II VIBHUSHITA SHARMA EMERALD

12 VD III SARTHAK BARNWAL EMERALD

13 VE I JANAYA DHANHAMSAN PILLAI SAPPHIRE

14 VE II AVASARALA SRIVISWA MUKUND SAPPHIRE

15 VE III JOGINIPALLY SHRIYA RAO RUBY

16 VF I SUREKHA RAVINDRA SAPPHIRE

17 VF II SOLASA ANEESH EMERALD

18 VF III PALLE AVISHI REDDY RUBY

19 VG I KAVYA RATH RUBY

20 VG II NAMAN ARORA RUBY

21 VG III PRANAVI REDDY REDDY SAPPHIRE

22 VH I ATRAIU PRAVEEN RUBY

23 VH II SEMONTI SARKAR RUBY

24 VH III A NISHIKA EMERALD

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Grade VI
“Art does not reproduce what we see. It makes us see.” -Paul Klee

Our Mother Earth is currently facing a lot of environmental concerns. The environmental problems like
global warming, waste disposal, water pollution, climate change and many more affect every life form
on this planet. It is the need of the hour to create awareness about the alarming situation which has now
started to affect our present and future.
Our children are the torch bearers of our future. If we make them aware of the challenges related
to environmental protection and inspire them to take action we can hope to recover from a bleak future.
Delhi Public School, Hyderabad as always strives to make its students conscious and aware of their role
in keeping our environment safe and healthy. An inter-house competition – “Poster Making” based on
theme – ‘Environment’ was conducted for students of Grade VI on June 22nd, 2019.
Students expressed their thoughts on paper in a brilliant display of art with messages. Five best
entries from each section were selected. The competition was judged by Mrs Boul Dey and Mr Anand.
The first, second and third positions were given to winners from each section to acknowledge their hard
work.

Congratulation to all winners

S. NO. CLASS/ SEC POSITION STUDENT’S NAME HOUSE

1 VI A I AYAAN SHAH ZAMA TOPAZ

2 VI A II VENNAM SRI SRADDHA EMERALD

3 VI A III SHACHI AGARWAL RUBY

4 VI B I PRISHA GUPTA EMERALD

5 VI B II ADITI A SAPPHIRE

6 VI B III SHRAVYA KONIDALA SAPPHIRE

7 VI C I MISHITA SHARMA SAPPHIRE

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 8 VI C II HASINI SRI LAKSHMI VELUVOLU SAPPHIRE

9 VI C III BOPPANA SRI SESHA RUBY

10 VI D I AGAM RAJ SINGH SAREEN SAPPHIRE

VI D ADITYA VARDHAN REDDY

11 II
DOMMALA TOPAZ

12 VI D III AARNA CHATURVEDI EMERALD

13 VI E I ADITHYA PRATAP CHATTERJEE TOPAZ

14 VI E II VANYA MALL TOPAZ

15 VI E III VAISSHNAVI V DUGGASANI RUBY

16 VI F I SAISHA JAIN SAPPHIRE

17 VI F II AARUSHI JAGETIYA SAPPHIRE

18 VI F III BHAVYAA JAIN RUBY

19 VI G I HARINI MALLIPUDI RUBY

20 VI G II POORVI BEDI TOPAZ

21 VI G III PRIYANSHI SINHA EMERALD

22 VI H I JISHA MAHAJAN EMERALD

23 VI H II VEMURI MEDHA SRI NIDHI TOPAZ

24 VI H III ANWESHA SAHOO SAPPHIRE

Grade VII
“Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of Discussion, Dissent and Debate”
The Inter house competition for class VII was conducted on 29 th of June, 2019. The competition was
conducted in three rounds.
The first round was held during regular classes by respective English subject teachers. Students were given
the topic as “Use of Nuclear fuel” to present their views within the given time period. The best speaker
from each house was selected for the next round.
The second round was held house wise. Speakers were given the topic as ‘Climate change is a myth’. They
were judged by the English teacher belonging to that house. In this round the best four speakers were
selected for the final round.
The final round was conducted on 29th of June, 2019. A total of 8 teams were in the final round. Each house
were represented by two teams, one speaking for the topic and the other against. Each team comprised
one speaker and another student for rebuttal. The debate moderator was Stuti Tripathy from Class VII B.
The topic for the final round was ‘Conservation and development can go hand in hand’.

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The speakers presented their view with utmost sincerity and confidence. During rebuttal session they were
thoroughly questioned and asked to validate their points. Although this was a first time experience of this
format, each participant debated intensely and with utmost zeal. Judges found it difficult grading so many
great performances. Ms Navneeta and Ms. Geetanjali were the judges for the final round. Overall it was a
great learning experience for the students.

Winners are as follows:-

Speaker
Sl. No Position Name of the student Class/Section House

1 First Arusha Bhatt VII B Topaz

2 Second Aditya Aribandi VII F Emerald

3 Second Riddhima Mehrotra VII E Sapphire
4 Second Siddharth Maira VII G Ruby

Rebuttal
Sl. No Position Name of the student Class/Section House
1 First Aarushhi Mitra VII G Sapphire

2 Second Trishanu Mazumdar VII D Emerald

Best Team:
First Position: Group 3 (Sapphire) Sumedha Das, 7D Riddhima Mehrotra, 7D

Second Position: Group 8(Ruby House) Anuj Mohanty, 7C Ramcharan, 7E

Third Position: Group 1(Emerald House) Aditya Garg, 7A Shoham Mukherjee, 7G

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Grade VIII
“For good ideas and true innovation, you need interaction, conflict, argument, debate”

Debate is an activity that brings the art of reading, thinking and speaking together in one place. It helps
students to develop a sense of ownership and empowerment. It also offers them solution to problems in
a creative way.
An Inter house Competition was held for the students of grade VIII on 22nd June, 2019. The aim of the
competition was to hone public speaking skills of the students and teach them to be articulate while
expressing their thoughts and opinions. It was conducted in two rounds. In the first round Best speaker
from each house was selected by Class teacher as well as English teachers. The final round had Eight teams,
each team had two students who spoke ‘for’ and two ‘against’ and a moderator. Students of 8A-8H of
various houses (Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire and Topaz) spoke eloquently on the topic “Can alternate fuel
replace petroleum?” The participants speaking for both ‘for’ and ‘against’ the motion debated
enthusiastically. The session was a kaleidoscope of opinions, thoughts, ideas and perspectives that
definitely enhanced the knowledge and understanding of the topic amongst the students.

The Judges were [Link] and [Link] Gulati. The Speakers were given two minutes each ‘for’ the
topic or ‘against’ the topic and moderator was given two minutes to summarize. Students were judged on
the criteria of content, diction, relevance to topic and body language.
The participants debated the topics with great confidence and poise. The competition ended on a positive
note with the judges giving their valuable feedback to the participants, congratulating all winners and
participants for their efforts and ingenuity.
Congratulations to all winners

SNO POSITION STUDENT’S NAME HOUSE

1 SARA JOSHI

2 DARSHIKA SAWARIA

3 I BHOOMI BANSAL EMERALD

4 AKSHATH NAGULAPALLY

5 SHASWATH.R

9 SHREYA KHATTAR

10 HARSHIT TRIPATI
II EMERALD
11 ARUSH ARORA

12 SAI SRIYA

13 BEST SPEAKER (FOR THE TOPIC) SARA JOSHI EMERALD

BEST SPEAKER (AGAINST THE

14 KSHITIJ MATHUR TOPAZ
TOPIC)

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Grade IX

“Good Design is a language not a style”

An inter house competition was held for class IX in the school premises on 24 June 2019. The topic was “Be
a Designer.” Each class was divided into four groups according to their house. All the students participated
with great enthusiasm and put their best foot forward. They used biodegradable materials like cardboard,
ice cream sticks, clay, bamboo, pistachio shells, paper cups, old jeans etc. to make house hold décor and
utility items such as stationary organizers, key chain holders, flower vases, table tops, fountains, bags, photo
frames and cloth folders. Students came up with innovative ideas. The judges were impressed with the
creativity of the students.
Congratulations to all winners

CL / SEC Student Name House

GURSIDAK SINGH BASSI
ANISH PALETI
K SAI SRINIVAS
MANVI AGARWAL
PRANJAL PANDA SAPPHIRE
SREEVARSHA VYTLA
SUBHASH SRI SAI AMITH REDDY ARIMANDA
9A TANVI KOMARAVELLI
YALAMANCHI KEERTHANA
G ABHIRAM
AMBATI KRISHIKA SAGAR
ASMITA REDDY VANGALA
RUBY
[Link]
DARPAN JAIN
DHANUSHA PONDURI
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 HARSH VINAYAK
JAYANTI SHARMA
SIDDHIKA SHARMA
ARJUN PANT
BANDI VENUGOPAL REDDY
NARAHARI SREEJA
PRAGYAN MISHRA
TOPAZ
[Link] REDDY
RAJ INDER SINGH GULATI
SYEDA AHMEDI
VIPPA DHANUSH REDDY
9B NIMMALA JAYASHANKANKER KOUSHIK RUBY
ANSRUTHA KALAKONDA
BHAGAVATULA SREE KARTHIKEYA
LAKSH KEDIA
PENDYALA SOHAN CHIRANJEEVI
SARAANSSH MEHRA
SRI SANTOSH ADITYA POOSARLA
SRIJA KARN
SURE AKSHITA
ANSHIKA KUNDALIA
ANSUMAN RATH
KAMBHATLA ROHAN
KANDRA BHAVIKA
KOPPULA SRISHA NAIDU SAPPHIRE
NIKHIL REDDY PALEMPALLI
NIKHITA VAIDYULA
[Link] HARSHINI
SANDHYA SOWMYA NARAYAN
9C
JALI SHREEMAYI EMERALD
KRISH SANJAY SINGHVI
KUSHAL AGARWAL
MITTA PURVIKA REDDY
SANJEETI RAZDAN
SRI PRADEEP NEKKANTI
TRINATH REDDY BOLLAMPALLY
VIHAAN MISHRA
VUNNAM KEERTHANA
B RAHUL
KODALI RAMYA SRI
KONDAKALLA DEEIKSHITA REDDY
MAHALAKSHMI PONNUSUNDAR
[Link] RUBY
REVANTH PAMIDI
9D SAHITI GUMMADAVELLI
SAI AMRUTHA POLU
SANYAM GUPTA
ANOUSHKA CHIGULLAPALLI
BOYAPATI AKHIL
EMERALD
CHINTANA MANAS
CHIRRA VEDA SREE
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 DEVIKA MANOJ
GAURANSH KOTWAL
GUNNA NITYA REDDY
HARSHVARDHAN KALRA
VUPPALA SURYA
[Link] REDDY
BOINAPALLY NEHA RAO
DISHA THUMMALA
MARIA FATIMA
MOHAMMED AYAAN TAIMUR TOPAZ
MONISH UNNAVA
PRANAV BOMMAKANTI
PRIYADARSHINI
RITIKA MUSTHYALA
9E
AKHIL KOGANTI EMERALD
AKSHATH W
IPSITA PRAVEEN
KATHI SAI SREE
MALUPALLY AKSHATH REDDY
METTUPALLY DHARANESH
PEDABALLE SASHREEK REDDY
SIYA RATH
VANI CHOKKATH THEYANDATH
AARUSH PRAMIT
AKAANKKSHA MANDAVA
ANOUSHKA DEVINENI
ENDURTHY EESHA REDDY
TOPAZ
GADDAM KRITHIKA REDDY
KAMBHAMPATI PRANAV
MOHITA SINHA
SURUCHI LAKHOTIYA
9F
ALLURI SAI SANTOSH VARMA
ARYAN DHAWAN
BONGA PARITOSH REDDY
GARVIT BANSAL
SAPPHIRE
KANTHATE RAHUL VARMA
MOHD. ABDULLAH ISMAIL
PRATHAM ENAGANTI
UTKARSH REDDY NATHALA
AARUSHI DEY
ANSH JINDAL
KALIDINDI VINYA
NAGIREDDY SAIBABA
PUVVADA JAHNAVI EMERALD
RISHABH GILADA
9G
SRIJA SRIRAMDAS
TRIYA POONDRA
VAKATI THARUNI
BACHINA HARSHITH
BUDDOLE JESSICA TOPAZ
ISHANI SINGH
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 KOLAN SADHWIK REDDY
NASHWA SYED
SARASWATULA SAMHITHA
VELAGALA SAI MANISH
MUDE SAI ABHINAV CHAUHAN
TADIBOYINA HANSIKA
AMITH RAMA
BURRA SWETHA
MALUPALLY ANKITH REDDY TOPAZ
THARUN UPPALAPATI
VARUN LAL LAXMINARAN
J ASHMITA
ADITYA SINHA
9H
AYUSH SARKAR
BHAVYARAM VUPPALADADHIAM
GUNDA ANAGHA
KANTETI SRI LAKSHMI KEERTHI EMERALD
SAIVYA SINGH
SRINIJA KHAMMAMMETTU
SWAYAM ASHOK PATTANAIK
TAPPETLA MOHANA SRESHTA

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 Workshops

Wellness Workshop
“The mind and body are not separate. What affects one affects the other.”

A Wellness Programme was held at DPS, Hyderabad on 11th June, 2019. Teachers from Class V to XII attended
the workshop. The guest speaker was Mr Jayaprakash Nambaru who is an internationally certified – Life
coach, NLP Practitioner and Yoga trainer. He has experience working with corporate in India, Singapore and
USA.
He focused on role of Nature in one’s life, emotional freedom, rapport building, listening styles, how to
precondition our brain to achieve more. Few activities were conducted like Focus and concentration game
which helps an individual to zero down their negative thoughts and focus better on the present situation, a
stress buster. He also highlighted on Visual cues- how a person constructs and recollects visually. Another
game that was played was VAKOG which helps one to analyse the other person and further helps us to
converse powerfully. Rapport building plays a vital role in knowing the other person. One can achieve this
by Matching and Mirroring the posture, expressions and breathe rate of the other person. Teachers and the
participants thoroughly enjoyed this activity. Listening styles/differently was also discussed.
Finally, he stressed on how to appreciate oneself and to make a gratitude list before going to bed. It was
very informative and invigorating session and most of them learned how to start their day cheerfully, subdue
stress, reduce illness and ensure positive moments in their life.

Workshop on Python’

22nd June, 2019

As part of National Mission on Education through ICT,
MHRD, IIT Bombay conducted a nation-wide workshop on
Python in various remote centers across India. In
Hyderabad, the centre for the workshop was at GRIET
(Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and
Technology), Nizampet.
The workshop was conducted through a blended mode,
using both live video conference facility (A-VIEW) and
hands-on sessions using ‘Spoken-Tutorials’. During video conference, Prof Prabhu Ramchandran from IIT
Bombay stressed upon the need to learn Python. In his speech, he elaborated on the diverse practical
applications of Python.

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Afterwards attendees were given access to a set of online tutorials available under ‘[Link]’.
Each of these tutorials had both explanation as well as a set of questions based on the topic to ensure
hands-on practice. There is also provision for downloading these tutorials for future reference.

The workshop was very informative. The tutorials are based on more of Mathematics oriented topics of
Python. But few topics can be selected and used for students of Std. XI and XII. Also the videos can be
shared amongst faculties to facilitate training for anyone interested in learning Python.

Scrabble Workshop
A workshop on “Learning to Scrabble” was conducted on 10 th June for the teachers of grade 3 and 4 by
Mr. Shaik Ahmed, the winner of National Scrabble Championship of Saudi Arabia in 1992 and of India in
2002. The session was informative, interesting and exciting. The rules to be followed while playing scrabble
were explained by Mr. Shaik Ahmed. The story of scrabble taught us the importance of lateral thinking, of
letting ideas breathe and evolve, and of drawing from the expertise of others. It was indeed a great way
to start our new academic year.
Since a word game, scrabble teaches vocabulary, the most clear benefit to play scrabble is that it teaches
people of all ages to expand their vocabularies and word derivations.
The session was made much more interesting when Mr. Shaik Ahmed divided the teachers into two groups
and a scrabble match was played between the two teams. All the participants enjoyed playing scrabble
and came across with many words which they were not aware of. It was indeed an enriching session.

Kinder Dance Workshop

Kirthana Ramarapu is the executive director for Learning, Parachute, the All India Master franchise owner
for Kinderdance International Inc, USA based company. The workshop kicked off with the speaker briefing
about her association with kinder dance and her overall journey till date. The predominant objective of the
workshop was to inculcate the sense of importance of dance and movement for a child’s overall
development, how it can place special emphasis on self-confidence and self-esteem and how it can be
integrated with the academics for holistic development of the child.
Then she briefed the teachers about the Kinderdance program.
Kinderdance is not just a dance program, it's an early childhoond dance and movement program. The
developmental dance, motor development, gymnastics and fitness programs blended with various
educational concepts. It is designed for age groups 2 years and above. It laid emphasis on the cognitive,
physical and language development; To See, Say, Hear and Do.
The session was concluded with teachers doing some graceful simple movements of dance that could be
taught to small kids.

While teaching the dance steps, rhyme, story, vocabulary and other concepts were blended well in order
to make the learning even more interesting
Teachers got an insight on how simple dance and movements can be incorporated into the curriculum to
enhance the learning and make the classroom more enriching. Various concepts can be taught creatively
by synchronising them with music, rhyme and movement.

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CBSE Workshop for Principals and Senior Teachers
“Technology will never replace great teachers, but in the hands of great teachers it’s
transformational” -George Couros

An interactive session was conducted by the CBSE for Principals and Senior Teachers in Hyderabad on
Sunday, 19th May 2019 between 11.00 am to 2.30 pm. The workshop was hosted by Delhi Public School,
Nacharam, Hyderabad and attended by Principals and Senior faculty members from various schools across
the twin cities. The session was jointly addressed by Mr. Pramod Kumar T.K., Joint Secretary CBSE, Mr. R.P
Singh, Joint Secretary CBSE and the Q & A session was conducted by Mr. Biswajit Saha, Director (Skill
Education & Training) CBSE.
The main agenda comprised of a detailed presentation and elucidation about the existing syllabus, latest
guidelines, new initiatives and Skill development and training.
Mr. Pramod Kumar conducted an interactive and demonstration session on promoting classroom initiatives
pertaining to pedagogy and expressed that a more innovative and blending approach like group discussions,
problem solving strategies, concept planning, role plays, demonstrations, experimentations, ICT have to be
adopted by the teachers in order to equip the students with the subject knowledge and ignite their
exploring skills. Mr. [Link] spoke about introduction of skill based courses at secondary and senior
secondary levels urging the schools to take initiative in offering such courses which can reduce the stress
faced by the students where the marks scored in a skill subject replaces the score in a failed subject(Core)
and also creates self-employment on completion of courses. Mr. Singh emphasised on imparting academic,
occupational, vocational technical and workplace skills through skill-based subjects.
Mr. Biswajit Saha Director-Skill Education & Training highlighted the following points--
- Introduction of Artificial Intelligence at class 8
-Integration of Art into learning
-Experiential Learning, Role of a Pedagogical Leader
-Creation of learning Hub’s for Professional development of staff and overcoming isolation
-- Introduction of two levels in the subject of Mathematics at secondary level-Standard and Basic
This was followed by a question and answer session where the queries of the participants were addressed.

Capacity Building Program

''The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what
they imagine they can design.” -Friedrich von Hayek

To apprise and guide the Economics teachers on major changes that have been introduced in Economics
curriculum recently and inclusion of project work, CBSE - Centre of excellence organized a workshop on the
22nd and the 23rd of June, 2019 at St. Columbus School, Faridabad. The two days have been a collective quest
towards raising individual benchmarks. It was an enriching experience for all the teachers as it provided each
one of them a platform to voice their views, suggest innovations in the teaching – learning process and
develop a more practical pedagogy in the light of changing global scenario. The capacity building programme
was planned to cover all the changes in the curriculum done by CBSE, related issues in economics and
developing innovative teaching practices among other topics.

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‘AI Master Trainers Workshop for School Educators’
10th June, 2019
CED Foundation Trust conducted workshop on Artificial Intelligence
for school educators at Hotel Shubham Celebrations, Hyderabad.
The objective of the workshop was to guide educators about how to
introduce Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at classroom
level.
The resource person Prof. M.M Pant conducted the workshop in
two sessions. In the first session, he explained what exactly AI is and
why this topic should be taught at school level. In this context, he
stressed on treating AI as part of our daily life. Using few examples
he elaborated on how AI can bring drastic change in our life and also how data plays the most important role
in the world of AI.
Next session was about CBSE curriculum on AI for std. VIII which includes the basic concept of AI and its
applications along with sustainable development goals. The curriculum also includes AI ethics which helps
students to understand and decide what is ethical and what is not for a given scenario. While discussing
these, Prof. Pant explained how possible bias in data collection can generate unexpected results and create
havoc in the society.
The workshop was informative. But it was conducted through general discussion and most of the topics were
left untouched. Curriculum-specific discussion would have been more beneficial.

Orientation

Nursery Orientation
One of the most important challenges faced by school is to enlighten the new set of parents of Nursery who
joined the school for the first time with high aspirations and expectations.
Delhi Public School Hyderabad organized Orientation for the parents of Nursery on 15 June 2019. The session
was organized in two slots. It started with a welcoming note by the Pre-Primary Coordinator, Ms Laxmi Samal.
A power point presentation enlightened parents about the Objectives, philosophy, vision, curriculum, co-
scholastic activities of the school. The presentation elucidated the activities that are undertaken for the
holistic development of the students.
The coordinator emphasized the role of parents in shaping their children especially in the crucial years of
growth. She motivated all the parents to spend quality time with their children and give constant support
and encouragement to the kids. There was a brief interaction with the parents where she eloquently
answered their queries with patience. It gave the parents a good opportunity to pose all their queries related
to their child's better upbringing.
The session was supported by a PPT presentation, self-explanatory handouts were also shared with the
parents. Most of the parents were in attendance for the orientation.
It was an enriching session for the parents.

Prep. Orientation
An orientation program was organized for the new parents of Prep on 9th March [Link] was organized by
Pre-Primary Coordinator Mrs Laxmi Samal. The aim was to familiarize the parents with the curriculum,
rules,and regulations of the school, teaching methodologies and co scholastic activities.
She started the session with a welcome note.

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She laid stress on effective communication between the teachers and the parents and also sought their
support and suggestions so the best could be done for the development of the students.
She also shared some parenting tips with them. She answered their queries patiently. She concluded the
orientation by emphasizing the fact that parent-teacher partnership is the key to success.
It was a fruitful and enriching experience for the parents.

Grade I

“A parent is a teacher at home and a teacher is a parent in school and the child is the centre of our
universe.”
Studies show, that when families are involved in the education of their children in positive ways, children
maximize on their untapped potentials and are more regular to school and demonstrate positive attitude
and behaviour. The foundation for good parent teacher relationship is, frequent and open communication,
mutual respect and a clear understanding of what is best for each individual child.
Keeping this in mind Delhi Public School, Hyderabad organized Parent Orientation Programme for grade 1
parents on 29th May 2019. The programme commenced with a warm welcome to the parents by the
coordinator Ms. Ruchi Gulati. The aim was to familiarize the parents, “as partners in progress” with the
school vision, curriculum, rules and regulations of the school, teaching methodologies and the co-scholastic
activities.
A small session on Effective Parenting was conducted by Ms. Savitha Burra. The main focus of the session
was to provide effective approaches to parenting. She gave tips to parents as how to raise kids who are not
only disciplined but at the same time happy and responsible human beings. She emphasized that parents
should always encourage their children in a positive manner. The session was very inspiring and enriching.
The orientation programme proved to be a sincere effort made by the school in educating the parents to
look after and guide their children in a proper manner. It also helped in evolving a common teaching strategy
and helped the parents in identifying suitable follow up methods to reinforce the learning process of their
children.

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Grade X

“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with
diligence” -Abigail Adams

Studies show, that when parents are involved in the education of their children in positive ways, the
children maximize on their untapped potentials and are more regular to school and demonstrate positive
attitude and behaviour.
At Delhi Public School, Hyderabad we completely understand the importance of a child’s growth and the
sensitive role of parents along with teachers, wherein we foster the child’s learning through joint efforts
of parents, teachers and the school.
Keeping this in mind an Orientation programme for Class X was organized at DPS, Hyderabad on 8 th June
2019 in room no: 14. Ms. Sandhya Pratap, Headmistress addressed the gathering by congratulating all
the students of 2018-19 for their astounding performance in board exams. To continue the legacy she
detailed the parents about the challenges of upcoming session, academics and ways to facilitate the
learning process. She further briefed the parents about the examination pattern, new scheme of
evaluation, internal and external assessments.
She also talked about the importance of maintaining notebooks and parameters on which the child will
be assessed in the coming session. This year CBSE expects every student to maintain a PORTFOLIO for
every subject. Especially for Science students need to develop a concept map at the end of each chapter.
Students were advised to read the text on regular basis, prepare well for all tests seriously, not to miss out
any activity and to have a positive attitude.
By the end of the programme the parents understood and experienced what happens in classes and how
the child experiences learning.

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 Interact Club

An interact club meeting was held on 20th June, 2019 to

brief the students of classes VIII and XI who are
interested to join the club. The briefing was about the
motto, work ethics of the Interact club as well as various
activities carried out during previous session.
Meeting began with a presentation on the club
activities. Incoming President of the club, Tanish Goel
addressed the students, discussed club ethics, rules as
well as the plans for the next session. It was an interactive session with active participation from
enthusiastic students. Students were asked for suggestions, ideas regarding the future projects and they
did come up with some very brilliant ideas on diverse issues.
During the meeting one of the major topic was Bullying and this was decided to be taken up first.
Interactors decided to tackle this very prevalent issue and the month of July to be used as Anti Bullying
Month. It was decided that Interact volunteers will try to help their peer group members by having
discussions etc. for different class levels. Guidance from the counsellor will be sought.
Overall the meeting was very fruitful with the students
getting an idea of the dynamics of the Interact club. The
willingness and the zest shown by the students was very
encouraging.
The second meeting was a Board members meeting held on
21st of June. Agenda for this meeting was the forthcoming
Inter-Interact Collaboration Meeting scheduled for29th of
June. Six other schools have been invited for the same and
logistics were planned. Website content designed for this purpose was discussed. Incoming Board
members and the yearly plan was chalked out. This will be shared with all the members during next general
meeting.
With active participation and support from all the teachers and management, Interact team is looking
forward to a year full of significant and impactful of social service events.

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 Award and Accolades

Felicitating the Illumind Star Performers

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically, Intelligence plus
character that is the goal of true education.” - Martin Luther

Most of us would agree unanimously on the fact that the sole purpose of education is to make us
better human beings from an intellectual level. It should teach us skills that help us think better, have
clarity of our visions and goals, come up with precise action plans and application strategies.
To inculcate this habit in children, ‘ILLUMIND’ an in-house OLYMPIAD Contest was organised for
children, by Delhi Public School, Hyderabad from classes 1to 4 in the year 2018-19. Apart from regular
curriculum, students were also prepared with Olympiad to give exposure about competition and make
them ready to face any competitive challenge that would be thrown open to them in the future.

The main objective being to recognize the young geniuses and generate a talent pool for the future and
also encouraging students to go all-out for better.
Awards do not only acknowledge success; they recognise many other qualities: ability, struggle, effort and
above all, excellence. On 25th June 2019 certificates were awarded to last year’s grade 1 students for a
combination of intelligence, perseverance and hard work.

Trophies were given to Champions and Certificates were given to students who secured above 80%. It was
surely a significant and meaningful ceremony which was concluded with a motivational thought “No matter
how you feel, get up, dress up, show up and never give up”.

National Science Concours

“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to
humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.”

National Science Concours is an annual Olympiad, which

inculcates this very ideology of learning by doing. It consists of
an online test round and a project round. Every year, lakhs of
students from across the country strive to be winners at this
competition and dipsites have always secured a place in this
camp. This year too, dipsites who participated were declared winners of this competition.

Prithvi of Class X, Tanish Goel and Suhani of class XI and Shourya Arvind of Class VII participated in the NSC
2019 putting their best foot forward and working on their projects for several months altogether. Creativity
knew no bounds for this round as dipsites not only made documentaries but also made presentations and
got in touch with professors to dive deeper and acquire knowledge for their project. Their efforts finally
paid off when the dipsites were declared winners of this prestigious competition.

Prithvi K won a National Rank of 3rd, Tanish Goel won a National Rank of 5th (and was consequently the
only eleventh grader across the country to win this competition) and Shaurya Arvind also won an award.

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 Junior Open Badminton Championship
SHRIYANSHI VALISHETTY of class VII A won the Single and Doubles in Junior
Open Badminton Monthly Series -2019, under 13 years category , which was
Organized by PROSCIRCLE ( Professional Sports Circle ) Under the HDBA , from
5th June to 9th June 2019 at Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy ,
Hyderabad.

Annual Inter DPS Heritage festival and Art exhibition

J Hemanth of Grade X secured 2nd Position in Annual Inter DPS Heritage
Festival and art Exhibition (senior Category) held at DPS Noida on 23 rd
December, 2019

Theme of the Month

“It’s hard to workout but will never give up staying healthy and strong as the days are long and the years
are short”.
Encouraging children to adopt healthy habits early in their lives
is an integral part of learning experience and also an excellent
way to incorporate the best practices concerning health, to
bring an element of harmony in their lives.
Children are very inquisitive and instinctive by nature. They
learn through hands on experience in any activity. In this
connection, our spirited little Dipsites were introduced to
various intriguing activities as part of the novel theme of the
month “Health Fest” that lasted for a week. The central
objective of the theme was to steer the young minds towards
adopting a lifestyle with healthy habits while exposing them to
various awareness activities filled with fun. During this week-
long celebration, children revisited their lessons on health and
hygiene as they learn the importance of healthy habits,
establishing and following routines, healthy eating and physical
well-being. Each day of the week was dedicated to varied
healthy habits while giving them a true learning experience.
Creative games on healthy eating, rhythmic aerobics, pep talk
on healthy manners and group activity on healthy habits were
planned as part of the week long celebrations.
To understand healthy eating habits, kids were taken through some fascinating creative games like sorting
of fruits and vegetables, hurdle race, body balancing and many more throughout the week. In the process
of doing these activities, kids not just develop math skills, literacy skills but also get exposed to myriad of
colours and textures pertaining to food. Children love indulging in physical activities -adopting this strategy
with emphasis on fitness, rhythmic aerobics was conceived for our ever zestful Dipsites.
The children were engaged in making vibrant, majestic head bands with a message “BE FIT TO BE HIT” as
part their activity which was a major take away for the week and also to reiterate the learning of the health
week, the kids were encouraged to share the healthy habits they learnt during the week. The week long
proceedings came to a crescendo by showing them stories on healthy habits using audio visual aids.
Overall, it was an inexplicable joy watching the little ones enjoying the thematic activities.

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 DPS in News

Until our next issue… Keep Smiling.

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