campus news vol 48 sep - dec 16 - army public...

CONTENTS

VOL 48 SEP - DEC 16

CAMPUS NEWS

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2 AWARD AND ACHIEVEMENTS

3 ACCOLADES

4 IPSC EVENTS

5 INTER ARMY SCHOOLS EVENTS

6 INTER SCHOOL EVENTS

7 CBSE INITIATIVES

8 INTER HOUSE COMPETITIONS

9 WORKSHOPS

10 FACULTY ENRICHMENT SESSION

11 CELEBRATIONS

12 POTPOURRI

“Look at the sky, we are not alone.The whole universe is friendly tous and conspires only to give thebest to those who dream andwork.”

A PJ Abdul Kalam

VISITS

EDUCATION WORLD SCHOOL RANKINGS

In a Survey conducted by the Education World,Army Public School, Dagshai has been ranked asfollows: * No. 3 in Best Co-ed Boarding schools in the stateof Himachal Pradesh.* No. 3 in Value Education* No. 3 in Sports Education* No. 10 in Co-curricular Education.The award ceremony was held on 23 Sep 2016 atthe Leela Ambience, Gurgaon, Hotel & Residences,National Highway 8, Ambience Island, Gurgaon,Haryana.

INDIA’S SCHOOL MERIT AWARDSIn a survey carried out by Education Today Co,Bengaluru, based on Jury rating, parents vote andEducation Today’s team analysis, Army PublicSchool, Dagshai has been ranked under thecategory of ‘Top 10 best Military Schools’asfollows:* No 1 in Dagshai area* No 1 in the state of Himachal Pradesh* No 3 in IndiaWith this, Army Public School, Dagshai is amonsgstthe top ten Military schools in the country.

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Army Public School, Dagshai

SAMC MEETING

Brig R S Rawat,

VSM, Commandant,

14 GTC & Chairman,

APS Dagshai visited the

school on 01 Sep 2016

for School Administrative

and Management

Committee Meeting. On

the occasion, he also

released the copy of the

school newsletter,

‘The Echo’.

Annual Adm & Tech Inspection was carried out

in the school on 26 & 27 Sep 2016. Brig Vikrant

Naik, Cdr, HQ 785 (I) AD Bde, Col J P Singh

(Retd), Addl Dir (AWES) HQ Delhi Area,

Mr Subhash Joshi, Principal, APS Beas,

Lt Col Atul Dang & Maj Dipankar Sharma were

deputed to carry out the inspection.

In the technical inspection, the visiting team

assessed the methodology adopted by the

teachers, professional training being imparted in

the school, library, laboratories, classrooms and

audio visual rooms. It is matter of great pride

that the inspecting team has graded Army Public

School, Dagshai as ‘Outstanding’ a feat which

has been achieved the very first time in the last

ten years.

STUDENTS EXCHANGE

PROGRAMME

Thirty six students from Bhawan

Vidhayala, the No. 1 Day School

of Chandigarh, accompanied by four

teachers visited the school on

12 Nov 2016. They were taken

around the school campus and to

the residential houses of the

students.The students from Bhawan

Vidhalaya enjoyed ‘happy hour’ in the

students’ mess.

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ANNUAL ADM & TECHNICAL INSPECTION


Established : 1986


FELICITATION

Acharya Devo Bhava Award 2016

It is a matter of great honour and

pride that Mr Sanjay Kumar Mishra,

Principal Army Public School,

Dagshai has received the Acharya

Devo Bhava Award-2016 on 20 Sep

2016 at Daspalla Hotel, Jubilee Hills,

Hyderabad by Dr K Rosaish, Former

Governor of Tamil Nadu and Chief

Minister of Andhra Pradesh. The

Award has been bestowed on

Mr S K Mishra as a commendation

of his teaching practises and

pedagogical innovation, motivation to

learners and outstanding services for

the cause of education.

NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY WRITTEN EXAM SELECTION

Three bright stars of Army Public School, Dagshai, Sameer Sharma, Himanshu Guleria

and Jasvir Singh have made the school proud by clearing the written Examination of

NDA.

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School Number 3948

Red House

School Number 3682

Red House

School Number 4285

Yellow House


Distt Level Exhibition & Project Competition

Two students of the school, Anshuman Singh of

Class-IX and Laksh Sharma of Class-XI

participated in the 6th District Level Exhibition

and Project Competition from 27 Sep to

29 Sep 2016 under Inspire Award Scheme organized

at L R Group of Institutes by the Deputy

Directorate of Higher Education (H.P). The

students made models of Smart City and Li-fi

and the same were selected for the state

level exhibition. The projects were greatly appreciated

in the State level exhibition.

State Level Painting Competition

Three students of our school, Rigzen Chospel,

Tashika and Mannat Verma participated in a State

Level Painting Competition on Energy Conservation

by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (Ministry of

Power India) in collaboration with Satluj Jal Vidyut

Nigam Limited, Shimla at Raj Bhawan on

09 Nov 2016. 100 paintings were selected from a

total of 542000 paintings. Mannat Verma got a

consolation prize and was awarded with a cash

reward of Rs 5000/-.

State Level Schools League Basketball Tournament (Boys & Girls)

State Level Schools League Basketball Tournament was held at Sai Vision School, Bhareri from 11 -12 Oct

2016. Our Basketball Girls Team won the tournament and were awarded a cash reward of Rs 25000/-

whereas the Boys team was Runners up and were awarded a cash reward of Rs 15000/-.

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IPSC Drama Festival

The Students of Drama Club of Army Public School, Dagshai participated in the IPSC

Drama Festival held at Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior from 09-11 Oct 2016.

IPSC Cultural Festival

The students of Music Club of Army Public School, Dagshai participated at the IPSC

Cultural Festival held at Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior from 17- 19 Oct 2016.

IPSC Information Technology Festival

The students of Army Public School, Dagshai participated in the IT Festival held at

Rajkumar College, Rajkot form 23-29 Oct 2016

IPSC Boxing Championship

APS Dagshai participated in the IPSC

Boxing Championship organized by

Rashtriya Military School, Dholpur

from 01 Sep to 04 Sep 2016. The

School pugilists won the following

medals:

* Himanshu Naxine of Class-X won

Silver medal in 48 kg to 50 kg (U-17).

* Avtar Singh of Class-X won Bronze

medal in 63 kg to 66 kg (U-19).

* Ekant Chauhan of Class-X won

Bronze medal in 50 kg to 52 kg (U-19).

IPSC Cricket

T ournament

The Cricket School

Team of Army Public

School, Dagshai

participated in the

IPSC Cricket

Tournament held at

Motilal Nehru School

of Sports, Rai from

24-29 Oct 2016.

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2Corps Inter Army Handball

Tournament

The students of Army Public

School, Dagshai participated in

the 2 Corps Inter Army

Handball Tournament at Army

Public School, Nahan from

20-22 Oct 2016.

Command Level Basketball

Tournament

After winning the 2 Corps Inter Army

Basketball Tournament, the APS Dagshai

Girls team participated and was runners

up in the Command level Basketball team

at APS Chandimandir from 06 Sep to 08

Sep 2016.

2 Corps Inter Army Schools

Hockey Tournament

APS Dagshai Boys team

participated in the Corps level

Hockey tournament at APS

Ambala from 14-15 Sep 2016.

2 Corps Inter Army Schools

Quiz Competition

APS Dagshai Quiz team

participated in the Corps level

Quiz competition at APS Birpur

on 28 Sep 2016.

2 Corps Inter Army Schools English &

Hindi Debate

The debating Society of Army Public School,

Dagshai participated at the 2 Corps Inter Army

Schools English and Hindi debate at Army

Public School, Clement Town from 14-15 Oct

2016. Diya Tanwar was adjudged as the

second Best speaker in the English Debate.

The team participating in the Hindi Debate

stood on the fourth position amongst the seven

participating schools.

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The Basketball school team of boys and Girls participated in the CBSE Cluster

Basketball Tournament at Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Nauni from 20- 24 Oct 2016.

CBSE Clusters Football

Tournament

CBSE Clusters Basketball

Tournament

CBSE Cluster football

Tournament (U-19 Boys)

was held at DAVHamirpur

from 14-16 Oct 2016 in

which a total of 33 schools

participated. Army Public

School, Dagshai got the

third Position in the

Tournament.

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INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE OZONE LAYER

16 Sep has been designated as the International Day for the preservation of the Ozone layer by the United

Nations General Assembly. Under the guidelines of CBSE, a series of events like Slogan Writing, Poster

Making, Essay Writing were organized in the school to create awareness about the importance of Ozone

Layer for the environment and human beings.

* Slogan Writing for Class VI

First Sanjana Bhardwaj

Second Abhay Pratap Gangwar

Third Soniya

* Poster Making for Class VII

First Abhinav

Second Anshul Chauhan

Third Anubhuti

* Essay Writing for Class VI

First Urvi Yadav

Second Ajit

Third Abhibhav Manhas

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VIGILANCE AWARENESS WEEK

A vigilance awareness week was orgnised in the school under

the guidelines of CBSE from 03 - 05 Nov 2016. The aim of

this vigilance week was to create awareness against corruption

and wrong practices prevalent in the society. To mark the

occasion, Poster Making, Elocution and Essay Writing

Competitions were conducted in the school.

VIDHYARTHI VIGYAN MANTHAN

Under the guidelines of CBSE, a national talent search

exam named Vidhyarthi Vigyan Manthan was conducted

in the school on 20 Nov 2016 in which 180 students from

Classes VI - X participated under two categories. The

aim of the talent search exam is to provide a platform to

the students based on scientific temperament and take up

career based on science subjects.

CONSTITUTION DAY

Another initiative taken up by CBSE to promote

constitutional values among the students is the

celebration of the Constitution Day. The 77th

Constitution Day was celebrated in the school on

26 Nov 2016. A special assembly was organised in

the morning where the fundamental duties enshrined

in Article 51-A were read out. In addition to this, a

mass reciattion of the Preamble was also under-

taken


INTER HOUSE CALLIGRAPHY

COMPETITION

Keep in mind the importance of good handwriting,

calligraphy competition was organised for the Sub

Juniors and Junior category as part of the Literary

Week.

* Individual Results (Sub Junior Category)

First Tashika of Class VI

Second Nikki Singh of Class VI

Third Aathini of Class V

* Individual Results (Junior Category)

First Priya of Class VII

Second Ghanshyam of Class VII

Third Shuejal Rana of Class VIII

House Results

First Green House

Second Blue House

Third Yellow House

INTER HOUSE HINDI DEBATE

An Inter House Hindi debate for Seniors was organised

in the school auditorium on 07 Oct 2016.

* Individual Position

First Ruhi of Blue House

Second Naman of Blue House

Third Priyanka Thakur of Red House

Consolation Sahil Bhardwaj of Green House

Best Interjector Vishwajeet of Yellow House

* House Position

First Blue House

Second Red House

Third Yellow House

INTER HOUSE VOCAL COMPETITION

An Inter House Vocal Competition (seniors)

was held on 01 Sep 2016 in the school

auditorium.

* Individual Positions

First Ashima

Second Manjeet

Third Stanzin Angmo

Consolation Simran

* House Positions

First Green House

Second Blue House

INTER HOUSE PAINTING COMPETITION

An Inter House Painting Competition was organised for

all categories on 12 Nov 2016.

* Individual Results (Junior Category)

First Prabin Rajali (Red House)

Second Mannat Verma (Red House)

Third Vageesh (Red House)

* Individual Results (Middle Category)

First Abhinav (Red House)

Second Rigzin Chospal (Green House)

Third Deepali (Green House)

* Individual Results (Senior Category)

First Maya (Yellow House)

Second Roshan (Blue House)

Third Priyanka (Yellow House)

* House Results

First Red House

Second Yellow House

Third Green House

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INTER HOUSE ANNUAL ATHLETIC MEET

The 28th Inter House AnnualAthletic Meet was held on 21 – 22 Oct 2016. The Chief Guest for the opening

ceremony was Col Bhavnish Sharma, CO, 11 Madras.

The Chief Guest for the closing ceremony was Brig R S Rawat, VSM, Commandant, 14 GTC and Chairman

APS, Dagshai

* March Past House Position

First Red House

Second Yellow House

Third Green House

* Overall House Positions

First Red House

Second Green House

Third Blue House

* Best Athletes

Sub Junior Girls Soniya of Blue House

Sub Junior Boys Manish of Yellow House

Junior Girls Anshika of Red House

Junior Boys Siddharth of Blue House

Middle Boys Rajesh of Blue House

Middle Girls Shweta of Blue House

Senior Girls Kanika Poonia of Green House

Senior Boys Ravi Ambawata of Blue House

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WORKSHOPS

The following staff members attended FDRC workshops at FDRC Delhi

* Miss Yashpreet Kaur, TGT English attended TGT English (vii) workshop from 05 Sep to 09 Sep

2016.

* Mr Pravesh Kumar Bansal, Accountant attended Accountants’ workshop from

13 Sep to 16 Sep 2016.

* Mr Ravi Sharma, TGT English attended Potential Masters Trainers’ workshop

from 19 Sep to 23 Sep 2016.

FACULTY ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME

Afaculty Enrichment Programme was organised for the faculty on 12 Nov 2016 where

teachers showcased their presentations on various important topics.

* Instructional approaches and strategies by Mr S K Mishra, Principal, Army Public

School, Dagshai.

* Observation: a tool for assessment by Mr R K Thakur, Academic Coordinator.

* Classroom Assessment Methods by Mrs Meenakshi Shridhar, Supervisor of Faculties.

* Formative Assessment and report card comments by Dr G D Saini.

* Hindi lesson plan by Mrs Nutan Kumar.

* Minimum Level of learning in language by Mr Shammi Ahluwalia.

* Concept Map of Language by Mrs Poonam Verma.

* Assessment of learning samples, Mathematical ability and mathematics skills and Sakshat

Portal Site by Mr Ravinder Patiyal.

* General lesson plan for all subjects by Ms Yashpreet Kaur.

* Resources to use TAL by Mr Deepak Saraswat.

* Life skills by Mrs Jyotsna Harjai, Counsellor & TGT Psychology.

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HINDI DIWAS

Hindi Diwas was celebrated in the school

on 14 Sep 2016. Students expressed their

view about the importance of ‘Hindi’ as a

language in the morning assembly. Students

also recited poems in Hindi to mark the

o c c a s i o n .

DUSSHERA CELEBRATION

Dusshera was celebrated in the school

playfield on 11 Oct 2016. An effigy of

Ravana was burnt to signify the victory of

good over evil.DIWALI CELEBRATION

Diwali the festival of lights was celebrated

on 30 Oct 2016. A lunch was organized for

the staff on the eve of Diwali. The Group-D

staff were presented gifts by the Principal

TEACHERS’ DAY

Teachers’ Day was celebrated in the school

on 05 Sep 2016. A variety concert by the

students was put up for the teachers.

Teachers Vs students friendly Volleyball

match was organized in the school playfield.

The teachers won the match.

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CHILDRENS DAY

Childrens Day was celebrated in the school

on 14 Nov 2016.The boys of Subhash

House were taken to Polo Ground for local

trekking. The girls of Indira House and boys

of Patel house were taken to Solan for an

outing under supervision of teachers. Some

studenst were also taken to the Gurudwara

for community langar on the occasion of

Gurpurab.


SILVER ZONE OLYMPIADS

Silver Zone for Mathematics, Science and English

were conducted in the school on 16, 18 and

22 Nov 2016. A large number of students

participated in these olmypiads.

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CAREER COUNSELLING

��Workshop on Teen Empowerment by Canan

Consultants Chandigarh was conducted for Classes IX

& X at APS Dagshai on 30 Sep 2016.

* A representative from Chandigarh University came for

a career counselling session at Army Public School

Dagshai on 12 Nov 2016. The counselling session was

to enlighten the students about various courses in the

Chandigarh University.

* Mr Vivek Khanna from ITC group of hotels came for

a career counselling session at Army Public School,

Dagshai to inform the students about career in the

hospitality industry and how to enter it.

* A career counselling session for class X was conducted

by Crest Counselling Services on 17 Nov 2016. The

students took the psycho matrics test to choose the

vocation of their choice and study the corresponding

subjects to pursue the vocation.

SECURITY MOCK

DRILLS

Security mock drills by

the local unit, 11

Madras were

conducted in the

school on

08 Sep 22 Sep, 04 Oct,

24 Oct and 30 Nov 2016.


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Ms Yashpreet Kaur

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

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