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Grace Chronicle

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Sports Day

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Quote of the month

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POLL OF THE MONTH

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SPORTS DAY AT GRACE ACADEMY ByAditiMasih&ShouriyaSundriyal

Sports is the greatest physical poetry – anonymous

Sports Day is a much awaited event at Grace Academy. Held on the 28th ofOctober2016, itwasmarkedbythepresenceofouresteemedchiefguestMrRanbirSingh,RegionalOfficer,CBSE.

The festivities started with the students and teachers asking for God’sblessings. Refreshments were given to the students which they enjoyedthoroughly.#frooties&patties

The programme was initiated with a march-past led by the school captainsfollowedby the fourhouses inaccordance to their formerpositions.The top-notch performances of the participants in the pre decided field events likeJavelin Throw, Long Jump, etc. was commendable. Sportsman spirit andcompetitivenessalsoleftthespectatorsamazedasthefastandfuriousathletesranthe100M,200M,400Mandrelayraces.TheenthusiasticP.TdisplaysbytheJuniorandMiddleschoolswerelikeacherryontop.

Thestudentsapproachedtheclosingmarchpastof theglorioussportingeventwithanxioushearts .Eachguessingwhichhousewouldendwinningthegrandprize. The excitement increasedwith thedeclarationof respective championsofeachgroup.Sneha(blue)housekeptupthetraditionofwinningtheMarchPasttrophy.ButitwastheonesinthegreenshirtsofSahashousewhojumpedfor joy on winning the overall Athletic trophy and hence continuing theirdominanceintheathleticfield.Thefinalstandingwasinthefollowingorder–Sahas,Satya,Sneha,Sanyam.

”Spreading the Light”

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Teachers’DayBySanjanaRana

Teachers’ Day was celebrated on 5th September 2016. Students expressed their love and respect for the teachers by organising a very beautiful programme on this occasion. The theme of this programme was “God’s Guidance Through”. The MCs of the programme were Akansha Kumar and Ashish Singh. Rachel Jacob began the programme with a word of prayer. Then Class XII led the assembly. After that Ashmita Rana, Urvashi Bisht, Stuti Farmer and Rachel Jacob said a few words of appreciation for the teachers. The primary school presented a beautiful choreography, followed by a duet by Blessy Kindo and Hannah Chandamala.

Primary school students recited poems which were written by them. A skit was presented by Class XI students on the importance of teachers.

At last, our Principal ( Mr. Benjamin Newton) gave the vote of thanks to all the students for their love and respect.

SpecialMentionRECORDBREAKERSByNeetaSCharlotte

“Everychampionwasonceamongstcommonmenbutrefuseddefeatandstooduponceagain.”

ThisyearGraceAcademycelebratedits26thAnnualAthleticMeet.Thestudentsallshowedundauntedcourage.Thelionsinsidethemroared,cameoutandshoneoutamongthecrowdbutsomestoodoutexceptionallywholefttheirmarkasrecordbreakerswhoperseveredandenduredhardshipstoachievetheiraimandtoreachtheirdestiny.Tomakeadifferencetheybecamethedifferenceandthesespecialpeopleareasfollows:

1) KaranPantwhobrokethepreviousrecordfrom4’9”to4’10”inhighjump2) KaranPantwhobrokethepreviousrecordfrom14’9”to17’7”inlongjump3) ShouryaRawatwhosetanewrecordof10.35mintriplejump4) JennyPearlPradhanwhobrokethepreviousrecordinhighjumpandmadeitfrom3’

11”to4’5) JennyPearlPradhanwhobrokethepreviousrecordinlongjumpandmadeitfrom

11’9”to12’11”6) BlessyKindowhobrokethepreviousrecord18’3”injavelinthrowto25’8”7) BlessyKindowhobrokethepreviousrecord20’3”indiscusthrowto22’6”8) AlexJohnwhobrokethepreviousrecord15’10”inlongjumpandmadeit17’5”9) AlexJohnwhobrokethepreviousrecord4’6”inhighjumpandmadeit5’10) AlexJohnwhosetanewrecordintriplejumpof11.33m11) StutiKutiyalwhobrokethepreviousrecord11”4andmadeitto12’9”inlongjump12) SnehaNagwhobrokethepreviousrecord3’9”to3’9.5”highjump13) GraceSinghwhomadeanewrecordinjavelinthrowto18.3m14) SakshamRawatwhobrokethepreviousrecordof10.3minshotputandmadeit10.6715) HarshitJosephwhomadeanewrecord12.44secondsin80m16) SanikaChanduwhomadeanewrecordof14secondsin80m

Evenyoucanbeachampion.Allyouneedisthecouragetoriseup,refusetoloseandruntowardsyourgoal.

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“It is unwise to be sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might be weaken and the strongest might err”

- Mahatma Gandhi

CHILDREN’SDAYBySarahShashotiThangpa

“Thegreatestinthekingdomofheavenistheonewhohumbleshimselfandbecomeslikethischild.”-Mathew18:4

Thisyear’sChildren’sDaywasagrandcelebration.Thewholedaywasfullofexcitingprograms.First,wehadthe‘LiveJam’bandperformsongsledbyMrParneetCalvin,wholatersharedhisinspiringlifestorywhichtaughtustovalueourselvesandnevergiveupasGodhasapurposefor

ourlives.Themusicgoteveryone’sfeettappingandhandsclapping.Afterthebandfinished,wehadacricketmatchbetweenthestaffandstudents.Thestudentshadwonderfulteamworkandtookthematchbyonerun!

Next,thestudentsenjoyedanaloo-pooritreat,whichweenjoyedgreatly.TheteachersgaveadynamicperformancewhichincludedaGarhwalidanceandanenactmentofashortstorythatremindedusofthesacrificeGodmadethroughHisonlybegottenSon.OurP.T.I.teachersactedout

abatteryadvetisementinahilariousway.Attheendahumorousmovietitled“BringingUpBobby”,wasshownwhichthestudentsenjoyedthoroughly.

PolloftheMonthByShreyaLama

Doyouthinkdemonetisationisastepping-stonetothebetterfutureofournation?

Feedbacks:

Ifyes,thenwhy?

Becauseitleadstoanend,thecirculationoffakecurrencyandterrorismfundedthroughfakecurrencyproducedinPakistan.Blackmoneyhasalsobeenabolishedinthecountrywhichremainedaproblemtillthisdate.

Ifno,thenwhy?

Becauseithasininconveniencedtheentirenationbycausingpeopletostandinqueuesforhourstogettheirmoney.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Editors-in-chief:AninditaMishra&KarunaTaylorManagingEditor:EleiEstherIssacharNewsEditors:AmanCharan&S.NitaCharlotteOpinionEditors:ShreyaLama&SamikshaDasWriters:SanjanaRana,ShouriyaSundriyal,AditiMasih,SarahShashotiThangpaCartoonists:AditiMasihProofReader:Mrs.IreneC.Khan

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MARATHON:AsItHappened

ByKarunaTaylor

Whowouldhavethoughtpeoplewouldgetupat5AMandvoluntarilygotoschool–onaSaturday?Well,seeingchildrenrushthroughtheschoolgates,stretching,securingtheirnumbertags,wasasighttobeholdasover200studentsdidexactlythat,toparticipateinthisyear’smarathon.Theboysstartedoutfirstontheir5kmendeavorafterawordofprayerandafew

stretchingexercises.Itwasreallyfunwatchingtheyoungerboysraceahead,whiletheolder,experiencedonestookarelaxedapproach.Honestly,afterthefunofseeingthemoff,myheartstartedracingasthegirlswerenext!Itwassoinspiringandsomuchfuntorunwithfriends,andaftertheadrenalinkicked

in,itwasaracetothefinishline.Therunnersweredividedintotwocategorieseachnamely,6-8gradesand9-12grades.

Thegirlsran3kmandthepositionswereasfollows:

Group1(6-8)->Niloli,AshlynFiol,AshnaTandon

Group2(9-12)->JennyPradhan,SupriyaPoelman,SwatiTomar

Thepositionholdersfortheboys5kmrunwere:

Group1(6-8)Jonah,Saksham,

Group2(9-12)->SubitDas,SilasBhatta,AyushSundriyal

Ourhopeisthatnextyearmorestudentswillfindhowexcitingthemarathoncanbe!

RickRiordan’sTheLostHero

By Anindita Mishra

ThefirstthingJasonhasanymemoryofiswakingupinTheWildernessSchoolbusonthewaytoafieldtripwithtwopeoplehedoesn’tknowbutclaimtobehisbestfriends.Tohimitfeelsasifsomeonewashedoutallhismemories.Mattersgodownhillaftertheircoachconfirmshisdoubtsandtellhimthathejustappearedoutofnowhereandaccuseshimofbeinga‘monster’.

ThingssnowballfromtherewhenherealisesthatCoachHedgewasbeingseriousaboutmonstersastheyareattackedbywindspiritsleadingtohimfindingoutthatheisademigod.JasonissuckedintoaworldpreviouslythoughtasfictitiousandnowmusttakeonadangerousquesttosaveHera,theGreekgoddessofFamily.