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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, HYDERABAD DIPSCOOP

SEPTEMBER, 2015 VOLUME. 6 ISSUE. 4

Dear Parent,

Another year began in the annals of Indian history on August 15th when India and Indians once again awoke to life and freedom. Once again it was time to rekindle the sense of patriotism and the responsibility to fulfil our promise to Mother India very substantially. The students of Delhi Public School unfurled a series of celebrations to commemorate freedom.

Independence Day Celebrations

Class: Nursery 12th August, 2015

The month of August brought with it patriotic fervour and the true sentiment of being a proud Indian. To celebrate the auspicious occasion of India’s 69th Independence Day, the tiny tots of Nursery A performed an assembly based on the theme ‘Hues of Unity’. Class V 14th August, 2015 “Alone we are just a drop But together we are an Ocean”.

This very maxim made our India an Independent Country. The students of Class V celebrated India’s 69th Independence Day through a ‘Poster Making’ contest on 14th August with the topic ‘Our Nation Our Pride’. They showed their patriotism through beautiful drawings with apt slogans.


Class VIII – Special Assembly 15th August, 2015

On a crisp and bright August morning the campus at DPS Hyderabad came alive with patriotic songs, inspiring speeches and thought provoking panel discussions. Our Principal, Ms. RekhaAggarwala welcomed the gathering and reminded all to redeem their pledge to be true citizens of the country and contribute to spreading the Indian flavour all over the world in the years to come. She quoted Dr. Kalam and said not to give up on our dreams, but strive to be inspired to realize them. Dr. Shivaji, a scientist par excellence, currently working as a mentor at L.V.Prasad Eye Institute, urged everyone to fulfil the responsibility to the nation. Students with outstanding achievements in the field of academics and sports were honoured with blazers.


Special Events and Enrichment Programmes

Field Trip for Pre-Primary Students 31st August, 2015

The Pre-Primary students were taken for a field trip to Krishnakant Park. Children were very excited to go on the field trip. On arrival at the park, children sat on the lush green grass and had their snacks. Later, they played group games like passing the parcel and throwball. It was indeed an experience to remember.

Student Think Tank Meet 18th August, 2015

DPS Hyderabad’s Student Think Tank India club attended an interactive session conducted by Mr.Kabir David. The Session began with a video presentation of the Partition of India and its effect on the people living on both sides of the border. As the session progressed it discussed and debated about the perspectives of people of the two countries and how it shaped their views on Partition. Kabir David, as moderator of the session discussed about the influence of curriculum designed by these countries where they justify their decision of partition projecting the other country responsible for such an act. The session gave an opportunity to the students to express their opinion and understand different perspectives of an issue which will help them in making better decisions. The session ended with a discussion about the ‘Design For Change Project’ to be discussed and taken up in the coming sessions.


Teacher Enrichment Programme 5th to 7th August, 2015

The workshop, held by The Delhi Public School Society on ‘Nurturing Biology in schools’, was an enriching programme for middle and secondary level teachers. It was held at DPS Dwaraka-HRD Centre, New Delhi and was attended by Mr. A.V.S. Phani Kumar and Ms. Sujani from Delhi Public School, Hyderabad. It was an informative and enlightening experience that definitely succeeded in informing everyone present about new and innovative practices in teaching biology in schools. Student Workshop at ISB, Hyderabad 24th August, 2015 The senior students of Delhi Public School, Hyderabad got an amazing opportunity to be a part of the workshop ‘Physics for Poets’ held at the prestigious Indian School of Business. The speaker of the rendezvous was Professor Arjendu Pattanayak, Associate Dean, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Carlton College, USA. The workshop kick started with the raising of the question: What are liberal arts? This aroused quite hype among the attending students as they came up with various definitions. Liberal arts, as Prof. Pattanayak described being able to do more than just one thing. It can be studying a variety of subjects or learning a subject from all dimensions. Further, the discussion transcended to the basic laws that govern the study of physics.

Inter School Competitions VigneshValliyur, Aditi Kodipady and Rohil Deshpande of Class XII lifted the Glendale Rolling Shield as winners in the Cambridge styled debate ‘Crosswords’ at Glendale Academy. Vignesh also bagged the Best Speaker Award. Kuchi Sravya of Class XI bagged the second position in elocution, in the super senior category at the Glendale Literary Fest. Kanika Tripathi of 9D and Manya Mathur of 6D won the second and third position respectively in the Hindi essay writing contest at the Glendale Literary Fest. Vignesh Valliyur won the Horlicks Wiz Kid contest and will represent Hyderabad in the South Asian finals. Aditi Kodipady and Sreenidhi Narsimhan bagged the first position in the ‘Cryptic Crossword Contest’ organised by CBSE at the city level. They will represent the school at the Nationals in December.


The team DPS Hyderabad did the school proud with its stellar performance at the Oakridge treasure fest. Students won laurels in many categories. Dipsites claimed the first prize in cartoon making, first prize in origami, first prize in 3-D Recycle art, first prize in Fusion Dance, second prize in elocution (Juniors), second prize in elocution(Seniors), second prize in face painting, second prize in Poster making, Second prize in Western Dance.

One Team selected out of 280 teams to represent Hyderabad in the next round in the Sakshi TV Quiz.

The team DPS Hyderabad won first prize in dance, first prize in hurdle race, second prize in color the sports star and second prize in crossword puzzle at Hillside Academy. Interschool Junior Euphoria 14th August, 2015

Enjoy life, feel alive. Face the crowd. Be proud. Perform to your best and shine the brightest. Love every single minute of it. Just amaze them all. And amazed were all, as the Pre-Primary wing of Delhi Public School, Hyderabad hosted the interschool competition on the 14th of August 2015.

The theme for “Colorama” (coloring contest) for Nursery was “Flowers”. The theme for “Rhythmic Romp” (individual recitation contest) for Prep was “Patriotism”. Seven well known schools of Hyderabad had participated and all the children astounded everyone with their performances. When it was time to announce the results, each judge expressed immense pride and happiness in being a part of the event. Nasr Pre Primary School bagged the 1st and the 3rd prize in the Recitation contest. Delhi Public School Hyderabad got the 2nd prize. In the Colouring contest, Delhi Public School Hyderabad won both the 1st and the 2nd prizes while Nasr Pre-Primary won the 3rd prize. All the winners were awarded trophies and certificates. To ensure each child takes back fond memories, participation certificates and gifts were given.


HMUN India, 2015

HMUN is always a great learning curb for anybody who loves MUN’s and this year’s conference was no different. This edition of HMUN India brought with it new challenges, new opportunities and new learning experiences. A delegation from DPS Hyderabad attended HMUN. HMUN 2015 was an incredible journey. Through the course of four days, they gained new experiences, made new friends, interacted with learned professionals, participated in high levels of debate and diplomacy and, above all, learnt a lot of things. By allowing them to interact with people from various countries and diverse cultures, this MUN has helped them to broaden their perspectives and gave them unparalleled international exposure. HMUN India 2015 was truly an experience to cherish.

‘Think and Learn Challenge’ Times NIE conducted a Think n Learn Challenge competition. It was ‘learning through fun’ challenge that focused on Analytical and logical reasoning. The objective of the event was to help students understand their learning fingerprint and give insight into their scientific and mathematical aptitude. The written examination was attempted by all the students of class VII. Yashwant Reddy Challa of Class VII B bagged the school topper award. He was the proud recipient of a Samsung Galaxy Tab.

State Ranker in NATA It is with a great sense of pride that we announce that our student, T. Sai Anoohya, who was a passout from Class XII in the year 2015, stood 5th in the NATA Examination for the state of Telangana.

Sports Events

LIST OF ACHIEVERS IN INTERSCHOOL FOR AUGUST-2015

VIGHNESH ALLIYUR 12-D FIRST GLENDALE ROHIL DESHPANDE 12-D FIRST GLENDALE ADITI KODIPADY 12-D FIRST GLENDALE KUCHI SRAVYA 11-A SECOND GLENDALE KANIKA TRIPATHY 9-D SECOND GLENDALE MANYA MATHUR 6-D THIRD GLENDALE VIGHNESH VALLIYUR 12-D FIRST IN CITY HORLICKS AKHILA H G 6-F SECOND HORLICKS ADITI KODIPADY 12-D FIRST IN CITY CBSE SREENIDHI NARSIMHAN 12-D FIRST IN CITY CBSE U BHARGAV TEJA 12-F BEST IN CITY QUIZ(SAKSHI TV) MANAN AGARWAL 9-E BEST IN CITY QUIZ(SAKSHI TV) SHREYAS VISHVANATHAN 5-B SECOND OAKRIDGE SHAVIKA KAPOOR 8-F SECOND OAKRIDGE


ALKAD BALAJI KARTIKEYA 5-C FIRST OAKRIDGE ESHAAN SHARMA 5-C FIRST OAKRIDGE SOHAN CHIRANJEEVI 5-F FIRST OAKRIDGE D SAMANVITA 8-G SECOND OAKRIDGE N NITYA 8-F SECOND OAKRIDGE DEVISREE 8-F SECOND OAKRIDGE Y CHAKRADEEP 8-C FIRST OAKRIDGE M RUTHVIK 8-E FIRST OAKRIDGE YASH RAI SHARMA 8-G FIRST OAKRIDGE JYOT SANDILYA 8-F FIRST OAKRIDGE LAYA D. 8-G FIRST OAKRIDGE SONAKSHI GUPTA 8-A FIRST OAKRIDGE MRIDINI UPADHYAY 8-A FIRST OAKRIDGE A DIVYALIKA 8-F FIRST OAKRIDGE KEERTHANA K. 8-F FIRST OAKRIDGE HARIKA V. 8-C FIRST OAKRIDGE AMRUTHA KOTICHINTALA 8-A FIRST OAKRIDGE ANUSHREE MUNDHADA 8-D FIRST OAKRIDGE AANCHAL AGARWAL 8-E FIRST OAKRIDGE PRACHI PRADHAN 8-A FIRST OAKRIDGE SRIDA RAO V. 8-B FIRST OAKRIDGE M SINDHU 8-E FIRST OAKRIDGE SARA JOSHI 4-E SECOND OAKRIDGE AANYA SODHANI 4-E SECOND OAKRIDGE JAYANTI SHARMA 5-G SECOND OAKRIDGE SURUCHI LAKHOTIYA 5-A SECOND OAKRIDGE SHRAVYA VENKAT 5-B SECOND OAKRIDGE SAISREE KATHI 5-E SECOND OAKRIDGE AMRITHA MANDAVA 5-F SECOND OAKRIDGE MANVI AGARWAL 5-D SECOND OAKRIDGE TANISHA CHAWLA 5-F SECOND OAKRIDGE LASYA POONATI 5-B SECOND OAKRIDGE BHAVNA RAO 5-G SECOND OAKRIDGE SRISHA NAIDU 5-G SECOND OAKRIDGE SANJITHI DUBASI 3 FIRST HILL SIDE M ASHWIKA 3 FIRST HILL SIDE SAI ANUSHA SARVA 3 FIRST HILL SIDE AANYA SODHANI 4 FIRST HILL SIDE SARA JOSHI 4 FIRST HILL SIDE AADYANT MAITY 4-B SECOND HILL SIDE HAARIS MOHAMMED IQBAL 4 SECOND HILL SIDE RITSIKA B PREP-A FIRST HILL SIDE ANIKA MITTAL PREP-A FIRST HILL SIDE AARUSHI MITRA 3-A FIRST IN DPS WILD WISDOM QUIZ SHRIYA BANERJEE 3-A FIRST IN DPS WILD WISDOM QUIZ


The Cricket team of DPS Hyderabad lifted the Winners’ Trophy in the Under 17 Category at Glendale, Hyderabad. T. Sai Venkat of XI C won the Best player of the match and Best player of the Tournament by making 227 Runs and 12 wickets.

The Winning Team - Cricket

AMULIKA G. VIII E won Gold medal in Lawn Tennis in SANCTA MARIA Inter school sports Meet held at Sancta Maria International school, Hyderabad from 26th to 28th August-2015.

S. No Name of the child Class/Sec 1 PRANAVA AGARWAL XII D 2 BHAVESH BAWA XII A 3 AKASH AGARWAL XII A 4 T.SAI VENKAT XI C 5 HIMANSHU SAI SAMRAT BULUSU X A 6 B.PRANAV SHESHA SURYA VARMA X A 7 HARSH AGARWAL X E 8 PRAKHAR SHARMA X H 9 M.SAI SRUJAN IX A 10 KHUSH SAVLA IX C 11 BHAVYA SINGHANIA IX D 12 SAMARTH GOENKA X G 13 TANMAY AGARWAL XI D 14 NAMAN GOUR XI A 15 ARYAN KAK X H 16 PRAMAN GOUR X G


The swimmers kept the school flag flying high at the Inter School Swimming Contest held at Oakridge International School, Newton Campus on 20th and 21st August, 2015.

Name Class Events Position GOLI CHANDRIKA 6C 25M F/S SILVER SHREYA.C 8H 50M BR/S SILVER KARTHIKEYA.T 8A 4*50M F/S RELAY SILVER AKHILESH 8A 4*50M F/S RELAY SILVER SAMBIT 8A 4*50M F/S RELAY SILVER PRATHAM RAO 8F 4*50M F/S RELAY SILVER SHAGUN GOYAL 11C 50M BR/S, 4*50M F/S RELAY SILVER, BRONZE YAMINI JAYASWAL 11C 50M F/S, 4*50M F/S RELAY SILVER, BRONZE POOJA ANAND 11C 4*50M F/S RELAY BRONZE AKSHITA AWASTHI 12B 50M BK/S, 4*50M F/S RELAY BRONZE, BRONZE

Our young and energetic

Footballers claimed the

Winners’ Trophy in the under 17

category at Glendale on 27th and

28th August.

Results: WINNERS

S.No Name of the player Class /Sec 1 NEERAV NEHEMIAH 12-B 2 K.R SRIYANSH CHHAJER 12-C 3 V.VIVEK VISHWANATHAN 12-D 4 MUDIT AGARWAL 12 B 5 SHUBAM SINGH 11 -A 6 SAI ANNEY 11-A 7 AYUSH AMBERSHETH 11-A


8 VISHAL GUPTA 12-C 9 ROHAN NAGI REDDY 11-C 10 NANDAN GARAPATI 11 D 11 SANDEEPAN SAN 12 B 12 KAUSHIK IMMADISETTY 12 B 13 MOHD.FAIZAN 12 C

The Girls’ Basketball team (U19)

emerged Runners-Up in the 12th

Emily Emanuel Inter School

Basketball Tournament at St.

Andrews School, Secunderabad

on 21st to 25th August-2015.

Result: Runners-up

S. No Name of student Class/sec House

1 MAREDDY SREETHA REDDY 12 C TOPAZ

2 MUDUNURI GAYATHRI 12 D RUBY

3 NEHA VARMA GADIRAJU 12 A TOPAZ

4 ANKEETA CHAMPATIRAY 12 B SAPPHIRE

5 HARSHIKA JAIN 11 D SAPPHIRE

6 SAMRIDHI GOENKA 11 C TOPAZ

7 KASHISH RAMCHANDANI 10 F EMERALD

8 ANANYA ACHANTA 8 D SAPPHIRE

9 V. SRIDA 8 B TOPAZ

10 ISHIKA VARMA DANTULURI 7 D EMERALD

11 SANTOSHI SUBRAMANIAN 7 G RUBY

12 PEDDIREDDY SRIHITHA 8 G TOPAZ


Basketball Inter school Runner up Boys & Girls (Under 17)

Basketball Inter school Runner up (Under 10)

Rahul Ajay of X ‘C’ and Hardik S Chawda of X ‘D’ were the Winner and Runner up and won the trophies at the President Cup organised by the Hyderabad Golf Club on 15th August, 2015.


Inter House Competitions Nursery Fancy Dress Contest 24th to 28th August, 2015

All the students of preprimary participated in the weeklong event of fancy dress competition - "Charismatic Garb". Five different themes like nature, advertisements, cartoon characters, national leaders and community helpers, were chosen to enhance their creativity and imagination. In nature, beauty may be discerned in all things and places. It can be found in all the creations of the world. This diversity was presented creatively and colourfully by the tiny tots.

Class I Origami 5th August, 2015

Origami is the Japanese word of paper folding. ‘ORI’ means fold and ‘GAMI’ means paper. Together they form the word ‘Origami’. The ‘Origami Contest’ was conducted by Emerald House, in DPS Hyderabad for class I. The children participated enthusiastically and showed their talent. It was judged by Mrs. Boul Dey and who had selected the winners from every section.


List of Winners

Class Name Position

I-A G. Nihal Reddy I I-A Vibhushita Sharma II I-A Janaya D Pillai III I- B M. Akhil Sachitanand I I- B Navya Punia II I- B Pranag .A III I-C Kavya Rath I I-C R Hannsuja Harrsh II I-C T Prajukta Manik III I-D Jayeti I I-D Lavenyaa II I-D Shreansh III I-E A Ananya I I-E Aditya Deshpande II I-E Anushka Sharma III I-F Sharvani . S I I-F Akshara Gupta II I-F Mohammed Omair III I-G G.G. Lakshana I I-G Rithika Reddy Kisari II I-G Meghana Matcha III I-H Lakshya I I-H Naren II I-H Shivesh III


Class II Thematic Fancy Dress Contest 6th August, 2015

A ‘Thematic Fancy Dress Contest’ was conducted on August 6, 2015 by the Emerald House for class II. The children participated enthusiastically and showed their talent. The teachers and students used their creative mind to depict the theme on the stage. Parents also did their bit by providing the costumes and dressing up their wards. The winners were as follows:

Class/Sec Position II-A I II-E II II-B & II-G III


Class II Show and Tell Contest 25th August, 2015

The Show and Tell contest was conducted by Ruby House. The contest was conducted for all the eight sections of class II. The contest had a preliminary round and a final round. The topic for the preliminary round was ‘Great National Leaders’. The final round of the competition was held on 25th of August. The topic for the Final Round was Healthy body –Healthy mind. The students were enthusiastic about their participation. It was a great learning experience for all the children.

Position Name Class/Sec I Advita Krishna II D II BhaskarGhildiyal II H III Aditya Pratap Chatterjee II E Consolation VivanUniyal II D Consolation SuhaniGukati II C Consolation Aditya Sarkar II G

Class III Best out of Waste 7th August, 2015 The ‘Best Out of Waste Contest was conducted by Emerald House for class III. The children participated enthusiastically and showed their talent. It was judged by Mrs. Boul Dey, who had a tough time selecting the winners.


Class /Sec Name Position III-A AarushhiMitra I III-A Anvitha C II III-A HammadGazi III III-B Omkaar I III-B Michelle Jose II III-B AnoushkaSatpathi III III-C K. GeethSiddappa I III-C Saksham Chopra II III-C AnanyaTripathi III III-D Keshav Agarwal I III-D R. Keerthin Reddy II III-D Rohan Ramadugu III III-E Challa Sai Siddhanth I III-E B Krithika Reddy II III-E N Srikar Reddy III III-F TrishanuMazumdar I III-F David Samuel II III-F Tejas M Ural III III-G BarishaDureja I III-G Aarit Panda II III-G ThwishaMunjampally III

Class III Poster Making Contest 21st August, 2015

DPS Hyderabad organized a Poster Making competition. All children from Grade III participated with great enthusiasm. They exhibited their talent through their art work. The theme for the contest was “Go Green, Go Clean”. It was a great opportunity to watch these young minds trying to paint their ideas on paper. They displayed the various posters in the display zone which was an eye opener to motivate everyone how to keep our environment clean and green.


Class IV Elocution 6th August, 2015

‘Aiming high, always giving it a try’ is the motto of Emerald House and with this theme in mind the students were encouraged to give their best at an elocution contest. The contest was structured to have two rounds, which were – Prelims and Finals. In the preliminary round each student was allotted one minute to speak on any one of the following topics. The topics were the following:

A day with an Alien

If I were invisible for a day

If I were an astronaut

The topic for the final round was – ‘MY DREAM INDIA’ where each participant had to speak for two minutes. The students were judged on different parameters like – content, voice modulation, diction and presentation skills. The students got yet another opportunity to exchange their innovative ideas and to develop confidence. Class IV Craft Contest 20th August, 2015

The students of class IV enthusiastically participated in the craft contest that was by Ruby House. The students were asked to make a show piece with any material of their choice. This contest saw a hundred percent participation and it showcased the student’s creative abilities. The respective class teachers selected the best showpieces and exhibited them in the corridor. Judges awarded 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes to the students of each

section.


Class V Spin – a – Yarn 6th August, 2015

This contest provided a wide platform for the young minds to develop confidence and showcase their creative and presentation skills.

The contest was bilingual and consisted of two rounds- Prelims and Finals. In the preliminary round each student was allotted one minute time to speak on the topic given. The topics in Hindi and Telugu were as follows:

Hindi : जब छोटा भीम से मेर मुलाकात हु ई ---- Telugu: పచ ెట – పగ ట

The topics for the final round were –

Hindi : य द मझेु पंख लग जाए ------------ Telugu: క ట ంబంల ద ా ర ఎల స యపడ ర .

The students were judged on different parameters like – content, voice modulation, diction and presentation and were allotted the first, second and third positions along with two consolation prizes. Class V Elocution 13th August, 2015

The Prelims of the elocution competition were conducted amongst class V students in their respective classes. The topics were

- If I were the PM for a day - I wish…….. - What my best friend taught me

All the students of class V actively participated in the competition. Marks were awarded to the speakers on the basis of content, fluency and presentation.

The topics for the final round were - Courage in adversity - Indian Culture…..acres of diamond

All the finalists spoke confidently and were succinct.


Class VI & VII Numerical, Verbal Reasoning and Quiz Contests

Students of Classes VI and VII put their brains to test at cracking mathematical tricks, logically solving puzzles, understanding verbal structures and recalling geographical and historical facts at lightning speed. The following are the winners for Quiz.

Class VI

Name of the Student Class/Sec Position N.SIDDHARTH VI A I K. NAMRATH VI D I D.V RAHUL VI B I GEETHA RAJ KUMAR VI E I ROHAN MITRA VI F II ANIRUDH MULEY VI A II SANJIT YOGESH PATIL VI G II SHAIL ANTANI VI H II ANUSHA CHATURVEDI VI C III SRIKAR LANKA VI D III P. SUMUKHA REDDY VI H III ANSHUL SACHAN VI D III

Appreciation Certificates

1. ARSHIT MANKODI VI – D Emerald 2. K. NIDHI VI – D Topaz

Class VII

Name of the Student Class/Section Position ADVAIT IYER VIIA FIRST ESHAN VIIC FIRST KAUSHAL GOGULA VIID FIRST ISHANI CHAKRABORTY VIIH FIRST MADA SAHASYA VIIF SECOND BHAVYA SANJANA VIIC SECOND SAKETH DASARI VIID SECOND SRI KARTHIKEYA VIIH SECOND T.S. ANANYA VIIB THIRD M.SRI.DIVYA VIIC THIRD KARTIK.H VIID THIRD AKSHAY VARMA VIIE THIRD


Class VIII Creative Writing 3rd August, 2015 All students were asked to write a story based on the hints provided. They had to give a Title to their story. The three Best Creative Writing from Class VIII were selected Extempore 17th August, 2015

An extempore contest was conducted for the students of class VIII. The class teachers who had been chosen as the judges for the contestants in their respective sections were educated prior to the competition on the procedures of affair. The first step of the contest necessitated the selection of minimum three best speakers from every house of the section. The chosen speakers were expected to speak for two minutes on the topic assigned to them in the form of lottery. The preparatory time was a span of fifteen minutes preceding the contest. The contestants were judged on the criterion like content, articulation and presentation and three best speakers (irrespective of their houses) out the chosen twelve were declared the winners. The wide range of options with their relations with the present world infused a new interest among the contestants to make their speech not only informative but also invigorating.

Class IX Numerical and Verbal Reasoning 3rd August, 2015

To test Verbal and Numerical reasoning skills 20 Multiple choice questions were assigned to all students. Three Best Scorers in Verbal and Numerical Reasoning from Class IX were chosen

Class IX and X Computer Contest 17th August, 2015

Inter house computer contest was conducted section wise for Class IX during their regular practical classes. Topic for the contest was to create a webpage on multiple listing as well as nested lists. Objective of the contest was to test the technical/IT skill as well as to re-impose the importance of arranging data in a systematic manner. Sample page was displayed with required specifications. Students were judged based on technicality, innovative application as well as relevance to the topic. Class X Just A Minute 3rd August, 2015

Just a minute extempore speech on a topic decided by a draw of lots. Three speakers from each house represented their group. Three Best Speakers from Class X were selected.


Class XII Debate 5th August, 2015

Debate is one of the academic activities that give students creative room to express what they feel. The length and breadth of knowledge that they gain through this is simply unparalleled.

The topics given were - Community Service should be made part of regular curriculum - Media needs Censorship - Celebrities get away with more crime than the common man - Cultural diversity slows down the progress of a country

The participants, armed with statistics and data made their arguments with the right tone, tenor and tenacity. All the four teams exhibited great oratorical skills and presented their arguments articulately but finally it was the Ruby House that bagged the best team award. The following are the names of students adjudged as best team and speakers.

1. Best Team - RUBY HOUSE 2. Best Moderator - ADHYA KANCHARLA 3. Best Speakers - NAMAN GAUR – EMERALD HOUSE

PURNIMA MATHUR – SAPPHIRE HOUSE SRINIDHI NARASIMHAN – TOPAZ HOUSE RUPAL CHAYA – RUBY HOUSE

Before we meet again next month we would like to leave you with the thoughts of our Honourable Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi. He said, “The chances of success are higher when we create a sense of participation for everyone; when we give everyone a stake in our success”.

Our success story at DPS Hyderabad is driven by every contributing member and we hope you do the same in the sphere that you are working in.

Jai Hind!

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