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SCIS BUZZ

JUNE 2017

Volume 15 ,

Issue 15

Editorial Team

Ms. Dolly Chowdhury

Ms. Mondira Sarkar

Ms. Deepti Bhattacharya

Ms. Sawandipa Banerjee

Ms. Manisha Pandey

Mr. Abhishek Guha

Ms. Asmita Kapoor

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

Dear Parents, Students and Well-wishers,

Mobile phones are today a habit and our

dependence on it cannot be wished away. It is

convenient and enhances accessibility. In

addition, technology has ensured that such

phones have multiple functions and can be used

for wide purpose. The possibilities of

communication have now become limitless.

While accepting the huge scope these phones

have provided , let us not forget such powerful technologies can be misused

deliberately or unknowingly. Certain cases of misuse have been brought to our

notice . We are concerned that if some preventive measures are not taken, the

consequences of misuse could be catastrophic. Children are impressionable and their

reaction to certain situation could result in adverse situation by which they

themselves may be affected.

After due deliberation and considering the possibilities of preventing misuse ,it was

decided that the students up to Class X will not be allowed to bring mobile phones to

school. The students of Class XI and XII are permitted to bring their mobile phones.

However ,the mobiles will be deposited to a person deputed by school, before the

student enters the premises. The mobile phones will be returned to such students

prior to their departure from school.

Few eminent principals had received an invitation from AUB to visit them. I must

thank AUB for extending an invitation to me and be a part of the illustrious team

that visited AUB this summer.

Mr. Ronald Jones, Education Minister of

Barbados met us and even accompanied to

some of their schools. I wish to share with

you an interesting piece of information

that I gathered at AUB. AUB is an ideal

place to pursue education in medicine. The

cost of studying medicine in AUB is one-

tenth less than the universities in the US.

More importantly, they offer internship

and training in the US.

Warm regards

John Andrew Bagul

From the Principal’s Desk Page 1

Accolades

Activities

MUN

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Creative Writing

Competition (Primary)

Page 3

Primary Assemblies Page 4

In this issue :

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On 18th June 2017, Mrs.

Rekha Singla, Senior Hindi

Teacher of South City

International School was

felicitated by ―Sanmarg‖

Newspaper as the Best

Teacher in Hindi.

There were around Twenty one schools participating in the

preliminary round of XQuiz' 17. It was held in St. Xavier's

Collegiate School auditorium on 24th June 2017 from 10:30

am onwards. Many leading schools of Kolkata participated in

it. Some of the schools were Don Bosco Park Circus, Shri

Shikashayatan, Loreto House, St. James', Modern High,

Loreto Entally, The Heritage, DPS Ruby Park to name a few.

There were Twenty six questions asked at the preliminary

stage, where the answer for each question was in the

alphabetical order. Eight teams were selected for the final

which consisted of eight rounds. The quiz masters were two

former ex students of the host school and they were Dhruv

Mukherjee and Aditya Prasanna Bhattarcharya. The SCIS

participants Rajit Banerjee, Subhaditya Basu, Wrik

Karmakar and Aritra Kar secured the first position with 170

points followed by the host school i.e. St. Xavier's Collegiate

School with 150 points and the third position was secured by

Modern High School with 140 points.

On the 13th, 14th and 15th of May, La Martiniere Calcutta hosted the 8th Edition of LMCMUN wherein SCIS sent 10

delegates. We were provided with a wide array of committees to choose from and lastly we ended up sending delegates to

the UNODC, HSC, SFC and the General Assembly: SPECPOL. Sasha Agarwal and I, Snigdha Negi represented Saudi

Arabia at UNODC. About half of the delegates were first timers, who have indeed gained forward motion and motivation

to continue MUN. Along with making memories that would never fade, we returned with an honorable mention to

symbolize our efforts.

Snigdha Negi

Head Delegate- LMCMUN 2017

On the 20st, 21st and 22nd of June, 7 students of our school attended the

JacoMUN conference hosted by St James' School at ITC Sonar Bangla.

We attended an orientation at St James' School on the 19th, where we

were briefed about our agenda, aspects that our Executive Boards would look favourably on and the type of procedure we would be following. This

orientation, in addition, was a platform for us to lobby with allied countries and portfolios as well as clarify doubts regarding further proceedings.

Coming to the conference, a Model United Nations Conference is essentially a simulation of a conventional organ or agency of the United Nations, or

an unconventional summit, war cabinet or crisis solving body. Jaco MUN had nine such committees, ranging from a Historic Security Council to the

Iraqi War Cabinet to a futuristic Council of Defence Ministers.

Moderated by an excellent Executive Board with particularly stiff competition, JacoMUN 2017 was a learning experience for every delegate. It

seasoned our ability to research and use facts to our benefit, to debate spontaneously and write communiqués and resolutions. Feedback sessions

with our respective EBs also served to throw light on areas that we needed to focus on.

Model United Nations is a platform that isn't restricted to public speaking or paperwork, but shapes us as a person, teaching us to attain a balance

between diplomacy, conviction and force.

SCIS Interact Club did us proud when they received awards for five categories at the District Interact Award

Function on Tuesday,27th June at Rotary Sadan . The coveted awards were for the Interact District 3291 Award

2016-17—Concern for Society, Community Service (Medical), Literacy, Concern for Physically Challenged

Concern for Senior Citizens and Orphans.

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PRIMARY SECTION

CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION

English and Vernacular Creative Writing Competition

Classes III , IV and V

Topic- Spring

Congratulations to all !! Keep Up the Effort!

IIIA

Shirin Manoj Tannani- !st.

Rishit Saraogi – 2nd.

Shaurya Chandak – 3rd.

IIIB

Ritesha Banerjee – 1st

Advait Rohtagi – 2nd

Dhruv Rahul Vora – 3rd

IIIC

Pranav Saraogi – 1St.

Devi Kumar – 2nd

Shreyan Surana- 3rd.

IIID

Krishnak Jain- 1St.

Shivam Gupta- 2nd.

Shlok Appaiya- 3rd.

IVA

Devraj Gogoi- 1st.

Ritom Sen – 2nd.

Aavni Bose and Devanshi Pagaria – 3rd.

IVB

Yashaswini Lakhotia- 1st

Simran Choudhury- 2nd.

Ishant Jaiswal – 3rd.

IVC

Aditya Kejriwal – 1st

Sarah Lall – 2nd

Ishant Jaiswal – 3rd

IVD

Arjya Sarkar – 1st

Pranay Roy – 2nd

Aryaman Halder – 3rd

VA

Rishit Lahiri Choudhury- 1St.

Dhvani Gupta - 2nd.

Sounak Mondal – 3rd.

VB

Rydhima Ghosh- 1st,

Shlok Maheshwari- 1st.

Retesha Karnani – 2nd

Vivaan Mohta- 3rd.

VC

Raunak Banerjee – 1st

Abhirup Bhomick- 2nd

Harsha Agarwal- rd.

VD

Ahana Hazra- 1st.

Ayushman Gupta- 2nd.

Zoe Basu and Vivaan Jain – 3rd.

Winners Of English Creative Writing

Winners Of hindi Creative Writing

IIIA

Mehak Chordia- 1st

Rajveer Gupta- 2nd

Arini Gupta- 3rd

IIIB

Dhruv Rahul Vora – 1st

Darshit Agarwal – 2nd

Aishwarya Banthiya – 3rd

IIIC

Devi Kumar - 1st

Md. Yusuf - 2nd

Samarthsur Roychowdhury

- 3rd

IIID

Krishank Jain - 1st

Rayan Guhathakurta - 2nd

Ankush Mishra -- 3rd

IVA

Aavni Bose - 1st

Akshita Shukla - 2nd

Megha Chakraborty - 3rd

IVB

Kanishka Garodia - 1st

Panya Bagaria - 2nd

Yashaswini Lakhotia - 3rd

IVC

Ahana Mewar - 1st

Arjun Thomas - 2nd

Niyati Dhurka - 3rd

IVD

Zoya Mazhar - 1st

Kinjal Chahar - 2nd

Arav Khemka - 3rd

VA

Dhvani Gupta - 1st

Pragati Rathi - 2nd

Akshat Saha - 3rd

VB

Vedika Dugar - 1st

Dron Angnani - 2nd

Aakansha Gupta - 3rd

VC

Harsha Agarwal - 1st

Jetesh Chhajer – 2nd

Kashvi Goel – 3rd

VD

Ayushman Gupta - 1st

Soundarya Acharya - 2nd

Vivaan Jain - 3rd

Winners Of bengali Creative Writing

Class III

Mahika Chatterjee - 1st

Sounav Barman - 2nd

Diptangshu Bose - 3rd

Class IV

Arjya Sarkar - 1st

Ritom Sen - 2nd

Syamontak Bhattacharya - 3rd

Class V

Rishit Lahiri Choudhury - 1st

Shreyashi Kar - 2nd

Rythima Ghosh - 3rd

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MORNING ASSEMBLIES

Class III D

Topic – World Music Day

Music is the language of the soul.

SCIS celebrated World Music Day on 21st June 2017.

It is impossible to imagine life without music.

The students of Class III D presented a wonderful

assembly which emphasized the same notion.

They spoke about the importance of music and

re-energized the audience through their singing.

Philosopher House Assembly- 27th June 2017

The Primary Philosophers made the school aware of the meaning and

importance of their House motto- Semper Sursuin, which means Always Aim

High.

The children cited examples from the lives of great personalities who had

overcome all odds in life to reach their goals and target, example Dr. A.P.J

Abdul Kalam, Pele, J.K. Rowling etc.

The Assembly was concluded with a the message that one must always aim high

and reach out for the stars.

Bidding Farewell to ms. Sudha volz, primary teacher