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From the Principal’s Desk

Dear Parents,

With the onset of the summer months from April, school once again opened its portals for the new session. An important day of Parents’ orientation marked the beginning of a series of events. The details are covered in the pages within. One significant feature apart from the other programmes

was the board results which added another feather in the cap. Remarkably this year, a large number of students got admission in IIT/JEE/PMT and other prestigious fields and made the school proud. The felicitation ceremony also witnessed a large number of students receiving the

scholar’s badge and many more honours.Undoubtedly the chunk of the credit goes to our Parents, students as well as my dedicated teaching faculty.

All in all the months of April to June gave our students ample opportunities to learn and explore their talents.

Another important thing that I need to mention specially is the effective day to day communication between the teachers and parent through the new ERP provided by EDUNEXT.The mobile app has really made it handy and convenient for both teachers and parents to interact fruitfully.

I sincerely look forward to a year full of learning and experimenting with the joint efforts of my teachers and my dear parents.

With best wishes

Thanking you With regards

R.K.Pandey Principal

“If you want to shine like a sun. First burn

like a sun.” - A.P.J Abdul Kalam

Quarterly Newsletter | Issue 31 (July 2015)

SageSageDelhi Public School VaranasiUnder the aegis of The Delhi Public School Society, East of Kailash, New DelhiAffiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi

Memoirs - An Inter house collage making competition

To keep the little minds and hands occupied with a fruitful outcome, DPS VARANASI organized an “Inter House Collage Making competition-Memoirs” on 16th April 2015 for classes VI-VIII.Collage means a picture made from pieces of paper, etc which are stuck onto a backing.

It was a group activity where students were divided house-wise i.e. Courage, Harmony, Wisdom and service. Three topics were given to students, ‘Childhood Memories, My Most Memorable Moment and My first day in School .Out of the given topics the children chose one topic for making their collage.

Students prepared a collage by tearing and pasting method. Border was made to make the presentation impressive. Use of scissors was strictly prohibited.

The results for the same were-• FIRST PRIZE was bagged

by- VI-D (Courage) VII A (Courage)VIII-C(Service)

• SECOND PRIZE was bagged by-VI-B (Service) VII-A(Service) VIII-A(Wisdom)

• THIRD PRIZE was bagged by-VI-G(Service) VII-C (Courage) VIII-E(Wisdom)

Inter House Cricket Tournament

Delhi Public School Varanasi, whose regular feature is successful conduction of various activities, set another standard by organizing an Inter House Cricket Tournament on 25.4.15 for the students of classes VI –X. The teams of House of Wisdom and Courage qualified for the finals for classes VI – VIII,after knocking out House of Service and Harmony. The final match was played with true sportsmanship, and after many ups and downs, the House of Courage won by six wickets, though the House of Wisdom had set a target of 113 runs. The jury selected Prakarsh Singh of VII A as the player of the match.

The other for classes IX – X, which was played between the House of Wisdom and Harmony. The team of Wisdom scored 200 in 15 overs.Harmony team gave a good chase and the match headed towards a nail biting finish. Ultimately the House of Wisdom emerged as the winner and Shikhar Srivastava was adjudged the Man of the Match and was ultimately declared as the Man of the Series.

LIST OF WINNERS:

S. No. Category Name Class House Achievement

1 VI – VIII

Ayushman Yadav VIII – A Courage 66 Runs in two Matches, Man of the Series

Sarthak Srivastava VIII – A Wisdom 64 Runs in two matches, Best Batsman

Prakarsh Singh VII – A Courage 5 wickets in two matches, Best Bowler

Aditya Teja VI – E Service Emerging player of the Tournament

2 IX – X

Ashutosh Singh X – A Wisdom Best Bowler of the Tournament 5 wickets in two matches.

Hameed Siddiqui X – F Wisdom Best Batsman of the Tournament. 106 Runs in two matches.

Shikhar Srivastava X – B Harmony Man of the Series. (Best Player of the Tournament.) 113 Runs and 4 wickets.

Great Minds at Work

Chess, a strategy board game played on a chessboard and played by millions of people worldwide requires high level of multiple intelligence and it trains us for life.

School curriculum includes such games, and to elevate multi level intelligence in the young students, ALL India Open Chess Tournament and U.P. State Inter School Chess competition

were organized in Lucknow from 2nd May to 6th May, 2015.

In All India Open chess Tournament, 100 students participated and in UP State Inter School competition 300 students from 16 schools participated. DPS Varanasi was represented by 11 students who took part in the various categories of the game. The categories were under 10, under 12, under 14.

Adding another feather to the already decorated cap. Vinayak of class 9th bagged first position in under 12 category and Raghav Sharma too excelled in his category that is under 14.

The remaining members of DPS Varanasi Chess team also proved their skill in the game by attaining position in top ten.

Inter House Chess Tournament (2015 - 16 Senior Wing)

An Inter- House Chess Tournament was organized at DPS, Varanasi on Tuesday 19th May, 2015.

It was a competition wherein students from each house participated enthusiastically and performed to the best of their abilities.

The final match was a tough competition and the students who emerged as winners all the way were-

-Class VI-VIII : Shubham Singh (VI A, Harmony house)Hritika Sharan (VII F, Service house)

Class IX-X :Katyayini ( X F, Harmony house)The House of Harmony emerged as a winner house .

The Inter House Chess Tournament (2015-16 Junior Wing)

The Inter- House Chess Tournament for Junior Wing was organized in the school premises under the supervision of Coach Mr.Amit Tiwari (Coach). The students were divided in two groups i.e. under 14 boys & under 14 girls. This tournament was played between selected students from each group; Top 8 students were qualified for the quarter finals.

In the quarterfinal round, students gave an excellent performance against their opponents. Finally four boys & four girls were selected for semifinals from each group. After competition amongst semifinalists, final was also successfully completed on 6.05.15. The participants played with vigor and sportsmanship and enthralled the audience with their enthusiasm and dexterity.

The results of the competition are given below:

Final Result (Boys) Class – IV - V

S. No. Name of Students Class / Sec. House Rank1. Aditya Jalaj Mishra IV E Courage Ist2. Shalabh Gupta V A Harmony IInd

Final Result (girls) Class – IV - V

S. No. Name of Students Class / Sec. House Rank1. Shreya Singh VA Wisdom Ist2. Vanshika Singh VA Harmony IInd

Children showed true sportsman spirit as they carried themselves with pride and dignity to the loud cheering and applause of the audience.

Editorial Board :

Ms. Munmun Sen Gupta (Co-ordinator)Ms. Anindita Mathur

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Repetition of History: Noteworthy Achievement in JEE Main Examination - 2015

Brilliance is not begotten but born within. Diligent students of Delhi Public School Varanasi composed amazing story of success while qualifying in JEE Mains examination-2015. It is the matter of immense praise for school that thirty students passed with creditable rank in this reputed exam. In this exam Shivam Dubey scored 299 marks out of 360 and came first in Varanasi city. Whereas, Ayush Deva scored 269 marks out of 360 and proved the very acumen of his being. Principal of the school Mr. R. K. Pandey congratulated the students for their remarkable accomplishment and asserted

that every year students of DPS Varanasi fabricate the story of academic excellence .

Mukti Pande, Coordinator of Senior Wing, stated that eight students scored above than two hundred marks. She affirmed that Shivam Dubey and Ayush Deva were committed for their scholarly astuteness from the very beginning. They proved the virtue of their excellence in different competitive examinations grounded on national and international levels.

School management and teaching faculties

appreciated Shivam Dubey, Ayush Deva, Anurag Soni, Vidisha Vijay, Chinmay Singh, Vaibhav Kumar, Anshul Kishore, Ayush Yadav, Vansh Pathak, Abhinav Srivastava, Swapnil Singh, Swarnesh Ravi Jha, Mayank Singh, Raghav, Vishwas Singh, Shashwat Agrawal, Shyam Jalan, Yash Sharma, Raghav CB, Akhil Kumar, Akarsh Verma, Satyarth Agrahari, Abhinav Anand, Ankit Srivastava, Ashutosh Tripathi, Khusharg Tandon, Harshit Sonawala, Sumit kumar, Kaushtub Sah and Suryansh Tiwari on their grand success.

Literary Fest

To ritualize the pantheon inviolability of literary phenomenon Delhi Public School Varanasi celebrated ‘Literary Fest’ on 6th May 2015 in school premises. This literary episode carried different segments entitled elocution, debate, essay writing, literary quiz, poster making . By using the revelatory device of rhetorical skill Yasharth Singh [XII D1], Vedvani Tiwari [XIID3], Ashwi Mehrotra [XI A] and Aviral Mehrotra of XI C secured first, second and third rank respectively in the episode of elocutionary enunciation.

In revealing segment of debate Srishti Singh [XIC], Parmeet Singh [XIID2] and Ayush Piplani of XIIB locked first, second and third rank respectively while supporting the topic ‘Death Penality: Justice to Humanity or Way to Banality’; whereas Shashank Mishra [XIID2], Swarnim Pandey [XIIA] and Shekhar Pandey obtained first, second and third rank even as standing in opposition. The proficient team of Shashank Mishra [XIID2], Vishisht Sahai [XIID3] and Yasharth Singh [XII D1] acquired first, second and

third position in quiz competition respectively. Sunanda Pandey [XIB], Akshita Singh [XIIA] and Vishwani Singh of XIID1 secured first, second and third position respectively in essay writing competition. In creative episode of poster

designing the group of Komal [XIIE] and Devang [XIIE],

Vishal [XIID3] and Adhyayan [XIID3] and Guntasha [XIIF] and Ishika [XIIF] proved the virtue of its aesthetic appreciation and secured first, second and third rank respectively. The programme was efficiently conducted by Anushka Tulsiyan [XII F] and Shibani Pandey [XII E]. After prize distribution, the celebration came to end with vote of thanks delivered by the cultural head Shivani Chaudhary of class XII C.

Planetarium in the school vicinity

A thousand splendid stars..............

It was a day of great moment for Delhi Public School, Varanasi when two thousand splendid stars adorned the multi functional hall of the school.

A portable planetarium was put up from the 6th to 8th of April 2015 for students of classes 3to 8.

The show had actually brought forth the world of stars, the mysteries of the galaxy and the cosmos as a great revelation.

The young children watched the creative show with great enthusiasm.

It was a wonderful experience when children took home the truth about the million of stars that we see in the sky.

Accomplishing Glory: School Excellence Awards 2014-15

The PHD Chambers of Commerce, Lucknow, Eduace Lucknow and DIET Lucknow adorned Delhi Public School Varanasi with ‘School Excellence Awards 2015’. For the pragmatic utility of sound technology and best educational supervision. The Principal of Delhi Public School Varanasi obtained this honor. While receiving this award the school has proved its legitimacy in the realm of technology and modern education pattern. School Excellence Awards 2014-15 was organized in twelve series. By the virtue of distinction DPS Varanasi indexicalized its noteworthy presence in four categories—excellence for the use of ‘Digital Technology’,

distinction in ‘Holistic Learning’, brilliance in ‘Classroom Teaching’ and best ‘Academic Results’. Our school proved its ascendancy in all the four categories. For its splendid performance the concerned authority embellished the school with praiseworthy credit of ‘School Excellence Awards’.

After receiving the award Mr. R.K. Pandey, the Principal of school, expressed his gladness and gave the whole credit to teachers’ community. He asserted that the assessment of the results of award is finalized by DIET Lucknow. This prize is offered for the development and

advancement in sphere of education. At this notable success Directors of school Mr. Pankaj Rajgarhia and Ms. Seema Rajgarhia expressed their immense pleasure and their utmost sense of contentment .

Undeniably, Delhi Public School Varanasi has earned illustrious coin of recognition while obtaining this honour. After the accomplishment of this great honour Vice Principal Ms. Ashoo Kalra, Wing Coordinators and teachers expressed their cheerfulness.

Workshop on Self Defence

Delhi public School Varanasi organized a week long workshop from 22.06.2015 —28 06.2015 on self defence in order to train and make the girl students aware and prepared of unexpected and random situations through self defence. The workshop was conducted by Ms. Dipti Shankar-chief instructor and Neha Shilal, women empowerment called FITCOMB . The mind is trained to judge the environment and it has to be trained in combat skills and self-defence techniques . The resource person also taught the students about situational awareness and the use of the surrounding for our advantage .The WOO-weapons of opportunity a skill where anything can be used as a weapon for self defence .She also illustrated the students about victim syndrome and how confident, positive body language and alert mind can help us to overcome unexpected situations and persons. She also asserted that the gap between parents and peer has to be bridged, so that the children feel free to share their problems and find solutions to everyday problems “eve teasing” rampant on the streets. The workshop included demonstrations and Power point presentations to comprehend the self defence technique in a better way.

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Manipuri Dance Recital

Dance is the hidden language of soul, it is like listening to the poetry which is conveyed through rhythmic movements of hands, arms and legs. To give a glimpse of the rich cultural heritage of our country and also to motivate young minds to appreciate the art form, Spic Macay a nationwide organisaton conducts the concerts by renowned artists. A dance recital by the famous Manipur dancer. Ms. Preeti Patel was organised in the multi functional hall, of the Delhi Public School, Varanasi on 23rd April 2015. Ms. Vandana Chand welcomed the guests and the Principal Mr. R.K. Pandey presented the bouquet welcoming Ms. Patel and her group.

The performer of the program, Ms. Priti Patel is a leading Manipuri dancer and a premier disciple of Guru Bipin Sing. She promotes her passion of dancing through her organisation Anjika. She has performed in most dance festivals including Khajuraho Dance Festival, Bhaggu Chandra Dance Festival and Dance Festival of India in France & USSR.

Ms. Patil started the programme by Seeking blessings from Gurus for the successful programme. She demonstrated the invocation of Lord Vishnu in all his ten incarnations in her next excerpt of dance. Ratan Singh, another member of her group, gracefully performed

a dance piece which is performed during Holi Festival. Next was the demonstration of the swift movements of sword and spear, supported by graceful steps of the expert dancer finally a form of Raasleela a small excerpt of Basant Rass has presented by four members of the group in traditional Manipuri dance attire & ornaments.

The young audience was thrilled and were full of questions to know more about the dancers and the dance along with the instruments played. So there was round of questions and answers.

The Programme culminated with the address of Principal Sir and the vote of thanks p r o p o s e d by Vridhi Rawtani.

Swaranjali -2015

Delhi Public School Varanasi organized musical extravaganza-Swaranjali, an Inter DPS Hindustani Vocal Music Fiesta on the 16th of May 2015. Five schools of different branches of Delhi Public School had participated.

The event commenced with lighting of the lamp followed by a beautiful presentation of the Opening dance. The renowned and celebrated personalities like Dr. Nishi Gupta, Mr. Rajendra Gautam and Mrs. Sucharita

Gupta were on the judgment panel. They were felicitated by the Principal Mr. R.K. Pandey with bouquets and mementoes.

The mesmerizing programme was conducted by Saadhvi Mehra, Rishabh Keshri, Vanshika, Apoorva Tripathi and Anshika Singh with great eloquence. Entire M. F. Hall was filled with serene notes and rhythmical performances. The Programme came to an end with a captivating ballet performance.

The highly anticipated valedictory followed with the final results. In Solo Song Category DPS Haridwar adjudged the First position, DPS Varanasi bagged the Second and DPS Eldeco got the Third position. DPS Varanasi adjudged the First position and DPS Haridwar and DPS Eldeco bagged the Second and Third positions respectively in Group Song category. The programme concluded with the vote of thanks proposed by Anshika Singh.

Culinary workshop by Vicky Ratnani

Your diet is a bank account , good food choices are good investments. Delhi Public School Varanasi organized a workshop on 9-5-2015, by the intensively trained and extensively travelled corporate chef of Aurus dining ,Vicky Ratnani of Mumbai. His food is an amalgamation of the experiences and the tastes that he has acquired from his exciting career. The comfort with which he brings even the dull cooking an epic grandeur is surprisingly superb. For Vicky Ratnani food is all about creating dreams and feeding the imagination. He hosts the popular show Vicky Goes Veg on NDTV Good Times fame.

This workshop witnessed the enthusiastic presence and participation of students and parents. Mr. Ratnani while addressing the audience stressed on the declining interest in home-made and nutritious food among the youth and how the habit of junk food, and instant food is alarmingly growing among the youngsters. The shocking results of growing disease is a matter of serious concern among parents and educators. Ratnani believes that with a twist in the food it can bring taste and excitement and attract children.

Vicky Ratnani shared four exclusive recipes which were exciting and had high nutritional values . In this series of healthy food, noodles with crispy veggie, fresh salad in the form of starters and some other tasty recipes were also taught. He also highlighted that presentation at final stage can add divine touch to the food.

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Yoga : Way to the Journey of Self

Meditation evolves the perspective of transcendental journey through which meditative self crosses the mundane range of material world. To magnify the resonance of spiritual consciousness Delhi Public School Varanasi celebrated International Yoga Day on 21st June 2015 in which students and teachers participated with great zeal and warm

enthusiasm. Yoga is dire need of present day that resonates enchanting element of body, mind, and consciousness. The practice of yoga commenced at 6:00 A.M. in M. F. Hall. In the beginning Power point presentation was offered in order to provoke the very being of silence. Through demonstration method Dr. Vibha Tripathi [Dev Vishwavidyalya, Haridwar] engaged students and teachers for yoga performance. While demonstration she involved them to learn different postures like ‘Gomukh, Bhujang, Paschimotasan, Tadasan, Garudasan, Padmasan, Purnatitli, Vajrasan, and Shalbhasan.

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The Inter House Carrom competition (Junior Wing) was organized in the school premises under the supervision of Coach Mr.Ghosal. The students were divided in two groups i.e. under 14 boys & under 14 girls. This tournament was played between selected students from each group; thereafter top 8 students were qualified for the quarter finals.

In the quarterfinals, students gave an excellent performance against their opponents. Finally four boys & four girls were selected for semifinals from each group. After competition amongst the semifinalists, final was also successfully held on 6.05.15. It was a tough competition and the students enjoyed every bit of the challenge striving towards victory.

The results of the competition are given below:-

Final Result (Boys) Class – IV - V

S. No. Name of Students Class / Sec. House Rank1. Praghan Singh V E Courage Ist2. Rajan Kumar Singh V G Harmony IInd

Final Result (girls) Class – IV - V

S. No. Name of Students Class / Sec. House Rank1. Arushi Singh V E Service Ist2. Payal Yadav V F Wisdom IInd

Children showed true sportsman spirit as they carried themselves with pride and dignity to the loud cheering and applause of the audience.

Excellence in Full Swing : Grand Result of Class 12

The hard work and perseverance of students of Delhi Public School Varanasi had once again proved great hallmark in the board results of AISSCE 2015-16 which was declared on 25 May,2015. Out of 239 students 151 appeared in Science stream, 81 in Commerce and 7 in Humanities.

Ayush Deva from science stream secured 97.4 and came with flying colours. Shivam Dubey and Chinmay Singh stood second and third respectively with 96.6 and 96% marks. Vishal Lakhotia ,Palak Jain and Shobhit Ojha of commerce stream topped with 95.2% .Amisha Gupta ,Suchi Goenka and Mahima Khanchandani stood at second position with 95% marks. Siddharth Modi and Vinayak Agrawal bagged third position with 94.2%. Anushya Sinha of Humanities stream secured 96.2 % and Sana Singh stood second with 95%.

The efforts of 18 students paid well as they have scored more than 95% and above ,62 students have secured their positions between 90-95% . 53 students secured their rank between 85-90%. 43 students acquired their position between 80-85% .36 students stood in the category between 70-80%. 27 students shared the category between 60-70%.194 students out of 239 passed with great credit of distinction marks that is really remarkable.

It is reliable to acknowledge the subject toppers in this examination of noteworthy creditability. Shivam Dubey in Maths, Anushya Sinha in History, Ayush Deva in Instrumental Music, Shrabani Dongre, Mahima Agrawal and Mahima Kanchandani and Shashwat and Sonal Srivastava in Applied Arts had all secured 100%. Ayush Deva in Chemistry

and Shyam Jalan in I.P. secured 99 marks. 3 students scored 96% marks in English. In Physics 11 students scored 95 marks. Saumya of Science stream scored 97 marks in Biology and Vinayank Agrawal acquired 96 marks in Business Studies and 98 in Economics. Suchi Goenka scored 97 in Accounts. Anushya Sinha acquired 97 marks in Psychology. Apurv Pandey scored 91 in Computer Science. Deepti Singh and Anshika Khanna have secured 95% marks in political science. Naman Gupta and Arnav Singh have got 95 in Multimedia. Anukriti Srivastav in Bharatnatyam and Tanushree in Kathak bagged 97 and 98 % respectively. Pushkar Nath Mishra secured 95% marks in Tabla, Sushil Patel and Amritansh Shekhar shared 98 in Physical Education.

The Inter House Carrom Competition

Investiture Ceremony 2015

The swearing in ceremony of the newly formed council members for the session 2015-16 was held on 14th May 2015. This ceremony magnifies the ritualistic attires of institutional credentials which involve students to develop strong component to meet the need of existing system.It was a special occasion where school entrusted upcoming leaders. They received

the responsibility with a pledge to preserve the pride of the school.

The council members were introduced and were honoured by the sashes and the badges. The Principal of the school in his address acquainted the students with the responsibilities they had to shoulder and

the requisite amount of sincerity and determination needed from each members of the council.He also asserted that Students of today are the visionaries and torch

bearers of tomorrow. The bracing of the council members was initiated by Ms. Nandita Singh. The Head boy Chandramouleshwar and the Head girl Ananya Rai articulated their feelings and expressed gratitude on this eventful day with the school members through a short speech.Aviral Mehrotra and Ananya Agrawal were graced with the sash of Vice-

Head boy and Vice Head girl.The sashes of the house Captains and Vice-House Captains were also presented to the deserving candidates. Aditi Bhadury and Shrey Kumar Singh were adorned by the sashes of the Captain and Vice Captain of Courage house. Tapsi Keshri and Parth Singh Rajput became the Captain & Vice- Captain of Wisdom House. Shubhangi Singh and Rajki Gupta were chosen the Captain and Vice-Captain of Harmony house. Alina Ahmed and Charu Pasricha were graced with the sashes of Captain and Vice- Captain of the service house respectively. The portfolio of sports Captain was given to Swarnim Pandey and Shibani Pandey and Vice Sport Captain to Sachidanand Singh and Purnima singh The Cultural Heads were Pratyaksh Agrawal and Tapsi Mishra and Vice-Cultural Heads were Prateek Jain and Vasudha. Shivani Chaudhary and Nandlal Agrawal were declared as the Literary Heads and Vice Literary Heads were Shristi Singh and Gyanendu Deo Singh. In the next segment the prefects were called to embellish badges.Each council member had the proud privilege to adorn the school sash and badge. The newly appointed members were applauded by everyone.

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Parent Orientation

Parent orientation was conducted on 1st April 2015 to facilitate the parents to foresee the path for nurturing the children in a disciplined and healthy manner together.

The schedule of the programme included the guidelines for parents to understand school rules and procedures through almanac, followed by the demo teaching of all the subjects taught to the children in the school. Teachers exhibited the way they teach English, Hindi, Maths and EvS with teaching aids to the parents in the respective classes. Demonstration of I-Pad classes, music, dance, stories and rhyme using props were also done for the parents to have an insight into their child’s learning process.

The orientation helped in building up a healthy school and parent relationship which will surely help in the positive growth of the child.

Best out of waste — A Creative Extravaganza.

Using waste objects to prepare best out of waste needs lot of creativity and imagination. The children of class III-V came up with amazing out come and creations. Their expression, confidence and certainty was worth appreciating. This activity was conducted to enhance and enrich the

creative ability and imaginative skills of the students. The children of Junior Wing bursted with excitement and put in all efforts to wave the best out of waste, a house activity for classes three to five on 23.4.15. The categories were.

Class Three – Multipurpose box Class Four – Multipurpose stand Class Five – Folder

Students enthusiastically participated and created wonderful items. The results of the event are as follows.

S. No. Students Name Class & Sec House Rank1 Krish Singh III B Courage I2 Pahal Ruani III F Wisdom I3 A.V. Sanskriti III F Courage II4 Kushal III A Courage II5 Aditri Dixit III E Courage III6 Sarsh Mukherjee III C Wisdom III

S. No. Students Name Class & Sec House Rank1 Samreen Shahid IV F Service I2 Vrinda Agrawal IV E Harmony I3 Samriddhi Agrawal IV E Wisdom II4 Vanshika Singh IV G Service II5 Ananya Dwivedi IV A Service III6 Siddharth IV C Wisdom III

S. No. Students Name Class & Sec House Rank1 Vansh Agrawal V C Service I2 Kartik Jaiswal V C Harmony I3 Shubh Tondon V D Service II4 Aarush Singh V E Service II5 Divyansh Singh V G Wisdom III6 Mudita Agrawal V G Service III

Inter House Badminton Tournament 2015-2016

An Inter- House Badminton Tournament was held on 19.5.2015 at DPS Varanasi for classes VI to X. A number of enthusiastic participants keenly represented their houses. Each house in the final round had one participant .After the intense competition between the four houses the following results were obtained.

LIST OF WINNERS VI To VIII (GIRLS)1. VIDHI SAGAR VIII F HARMONY (WINNER)2. ANSHIKA SINGH VIII A COURAGE (RUNNER UP)

LIST OF WINNERS VI To VIII (BOYS)1. SANIDHYA SINGH VII A SERVICE (WINNER)2. PRANAY BARANWAL VII D COURAGE (RUNNER UP)

LIST OF WINNERS IX- X (GIRLS)1. ISHITA SRIVASTAVA IX A SERVICE FIRST2. MAITRAYEE PRAGYA IX G HARMONY SECOND3. SUMEDHA TIWARI IX D WISDOM THIRD4. ARSHI JAISWAL IX D COURAGE FOURTH

LIST OF WINNERS IX-X (BOYS)1. DEVESH RAJ X C COURAGE FIRST2. SHYAM JAISWAL X B HARMONY SECOND3. KAUSTUBH VRISHNI IX E WISDOM THIRD4. MANAN AGRAWAL IX C SERVICE FOURTH

Inter House Carrom Tournament An Inter House Carrom Competition was organized at DPS Varanasi on the 19th of May 2015.Students from all the four houses actively participated in this competition and secured the following positions –

List of Winners –VI To VIII Boys1st Shiv Raj Patel VIII F [Courage]2nd Pratham Jaiswal VIII C [Courage]3rd Garvit Raj VII E [Wisdom]

VI To VIII Girls Saanvi Singh VI F [Service]

IX To X Boys 1st Aryan Rai IX G [Wisdom]2nd Parth Bhargava X D [Wisdom]3rd Anirudh Jajoo X A [Harmony]

IX To X Girls1st Astha Jaiswal IX E Wisdom2nd Sakshi Singh IX G Service3rd Veena Chandok X B Wisdom

The students performed well and brought laurels to the school and their respective houses.

Aspirations, Achievements, Accolades!! Class 10 Board Results

Delhi Public School Varanasi scaled the heights of success for the tenth consecutive year by giving excellent class X Board Results. It was a momentous occasion for the school when the result was declared and DPS Varanasi had a long list of students who have brought such meritorious result.

Around 34 children secured 10 CGPA, 57 students scored more than 9 CGPA, around 49 students scored more than 8 CGPA and 46 students scored more than 7CGPA, bringing the school to a high pedestal. The remaining students also qualified with first division grades.

It was the hard work and relentless effort of the students and guidance of the teachers that brought laurels to the school and the city.

The following students secured 10 CGPA

Kshitiij Srivastava

Kumar Abhinav

Kumar Vivek

Nishant Kumar Gupta

Samriddhi

Shruti Asthana

Akshat Singhal

Anshuman Srivasta

Kriti Shah

Raghav Agrawal

Arnav Kapoor

Dhruv Gupta

Jasmine Saluja

Sanjana Singh

Shivi Bhatt

Aman Tilak

Mohit Kaushik

Prarthana Singh

Sanskar Singh Nah

Ananya Tapadar

Eashan Das

Harshita Awasthi

Muskan Mishra

Paritosh Gupta

Pranjali Seth

Riyansha Singh

Ananya Agrawal

Anusha Rastogi

Archit Deva

Meishty Pande

Samridh Deva

Satydeep Singh Ma

Srishti Singh

Tanmay Raj Anand

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Budding Young Writers

Budding young writers can give a spring to new ideas of creative writing. It is not only a competition about writing but also an opportunity through which one can freely express his/her imagination and creativity; and when such an opportunity is given at an early stage of schooling, children tend to create beautifully.

Such an inspiring activity was conducted for the Junior Wing students (classes III, IV & V) on 16th April 2015 in the House Activity Period where the students were asked to utilize an activity sheet to enhance their creativity.

For class III the students had to arrange the given pictures in proper sequence, form a story in about12 sentences and conclude it by providing a suitable moral. It was great to observe that the students used multiple intelligence to complete the story.

Simultaneously class IV Students were provided with few pictures of daily use products and were asked to make an advertisement for those products. Students grabbed the opportunity and wrote wonderful jingles, poems and slogans using their imagination about the world of advertisements.

The students of class 5 were provided with concluding stories. The beginning of the stories were given on the sheet and students were supposed to imagine a proper ending for the stories. It was observed that students were very curious about concluding incomplete stories in their own words.

Result Class 3

Class 3 A Class 3 B Class 3 CVarunika Abinav AnanatBhavini Swati AtharvDivyansi Soumya ShauryaClass 3D Class 3 E Class 3 FJanhvi Samyak A V Sanskriti

Sunehri Samridhi PahalSwapnil Rudra Shreyansh

Class 41st 2nd 3rd

4 A Abhijeet Aadrika Vedant4 B Shefali Aanya Shwetanshu4 C Shreya Aditi Kaavya4 D Shabd Sudhanshu Anukriti4 E Rhea Abhishek Sampada4 F Ashaz Samreen Parth4 G Siddharth Somil Aniket

Class 5

1st 2nd 3rd5 A Ayush Ankur Harshit5 B Kirti Ayush Suhani5 C Saranya Ishan Kartika5 D Shashank Prastuti Muneeb5 E Gautami Ilina Arush5 F Manya Satvik Kushagra5 G Anshika Lakshya Manvi

Science Seminar

DPS Varanasi organised a Science Seminar on 19th and 20th May 2015 for Class XII to explore their talent and innovations and to commemorate the ‘International Year of light’ in the field of Science.

Ananya Rai, the Head girl delivered an opening speech. Classes XI and XII were assembled for the same. Vatsala Bajpai successfully anchored the event where the students of Class XII showcased their knowledge of science through amazing presentations. The students formed a team of five who presented wonderful presentations with custom animations and commendable explanations on a particular topic chosen by them from the given set like Photoelectric effect, Atomic spectrum, Refraction of light, Polorisation of light, Cancer therapy, DNA finger printing, Interference, reflection of light etc. One

by one the teams were called upon to present their power point p r e s e n t a t i o n s and conveyed application based information in lay man’s context . This proved to be quite fruitful and informative.

After the presentation a quiz was conducted for the students and the winners were awarded with prizes.

Yasharth of XII D1 proposed the vote of thanks.

The Inter House Skating Tournament-(Junior Wing)

The Inter- House Skating Tournament for Junior Wing was organized on 6.5.15. The students were divided in two groups i.e. under 14 boys and under 14 girls. This tournament was played between selected students from each group.

In the quarterfinal round, students gave an excellent performance against their opponents. Finally four boys & four girls were selected for semifinals from each group. After competition amongst semifinalists, final was also successfully completed. There were six rounds in skating competition .The participants played with such vigor and sportsmanship that even the audience was enthralled with their enthusiasm.

Final Result (Boys) Class – IV - V

S. No. Name of Students Class / Sec. House Rank

1. Avinash VA Service Ist

2. Aditya Gupta V A Courage IInd

Final Result (Girls) Class – IV - V

S. No. Name of Students Class / Sec. House Rank

1. Aarchi VC Service Ist

2. Akansha Sachdeva VE Wisdom IInd

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