The Bishop’s Co- Ed School

KLN Chronicle

Vol – 24 October-2011

From The Editorial Desk:

As Lord Tennyson says ‘Old order changeth yielding to the new’. Change is the essence of life. Change replaces the old. Change announces the advent of the new. Change is omnipresent. Change is powerful. Change is the only permanent thing in our lives. India is changing. The world is changing. Our school is changing. We are changing.

The 2nd term has been eventful. From the debates and elocutions to the swimming and basketball, we’ve had it all. Our school has really shown its mettle and character in such activities. We have done well in 3 of the 5 calendar debates. TheInter-House Hindi and English elocutions were also a great success.

The Inter-House swimming meet saw new heights scaled and records broken. It was heartening to see young students, swim with such panache and confidence. The basketball tournament, too was a success. T.I.M.E group brought in the Aqua Regia Science Quiz. The competitive Examinations held were also successful. The TCS IT Wiz, the Wimbledon of all IT quizzes in the country was a heart breaking affair as our team consisting of Rohan Jhunjha and Saptarshi Majumdar missed qualification by just one point.

But perhaps, the highlight of the term was the ‘Joy Of Giving Week’ and the ‘Donate A Brick’ initiative associated with it. It was basically a 10th standard initiative for collecting funds to help Dr. Graham Homes School, Kalimpong.

Strangely enough though, we are actually curtailing ourselves, in writing this editorial. It was a term packed with activities, curricular co-curricular and athletics. The school has given wonderful opportunities to develop ourselves and improve our skills in public speaking, dramatics and singing. The qualities of sportsmanship and leadership have been inculcated within us as we blossom in to wholesome individuals.

Our sincere thanks, to the entire management; each and every staff member, estate management members and all the other nurturing hands that have helped us to blossom.

May the sun shine brightly over our school for decades to come!!!

Sincere Thanks,

The Editorial Team

STARS OF THE TERM

Best speaker, St. Mary’s Inter School English

Debate

Best Speaker, St. Mary’s Inter School Hindi

Debate

Second Runner-up for Best Speaker, Symbiosis

Inter-collegiate debate

Saptrishi Majumdar

A trained and talented Indian Classical Dancer

practicing Kathak also teaches and trains many of her

colleagues and other children to develop their

expressions and skills in the same. She does this for the

pure love of dance without accepting any remuneration

for her training.

Soumya Jayprakash

A class four student, was awarded the first prize for

GRADE 1 in the Trinity Speech and Drama, Pune in

September 2010 and also received a trophy for the

same.

A class six student, has been playing professional lawn

tennis for the past two years. He is coached by Mr.

Sandeep Kirtane, A Davis Cup Winner. Siddhant has

been a winner of both singles and doubles matches held

in Indore in the All India Tennis Tournament and also in

tournaments at Sholapur and Kolhapur.

Kavina Patel

Siddhant Banthia

On 23rd August 2011, The Tata Consultancy Services Organised an IT Quiz at the Yashvantharao Chavan Natyagruha, Kothrud. Students from Classes 9 and 10 participated in pairs. Saptarshi Majumdar and Rohan Jhunja of Class 10 from our school ,secured the 7th position in the

competition. Well Done Boys!

On the 29th of August, 2011 a documentary on “The Five Essential Elements of Nature” was screened for the students of Class-9. This documentary gave them an opportunity to understand the importance of Nature and create awareness among the

students to realize the need to conserve them.

A thoughtful gift by our CEO for the members of the staff of The Bishop’s Education Society, on the occasion of

TEACHER’S DAY (5th September 2011). It was an enjoyable and unique experience

for everyone.

On the 13th of September, at the first elimination round, both our school teams represented by Tishya Venkatraman with Aarshia Saluke and Rohan Jhunja with Saptarshi Majumdar, qualified for the final which was held on the 20th of September at The Symbiosis college,

Deccan, Pune. The topic for discussion was “Artistic Freedom is curbed in India”. Saptarshi

Majumdar was adjudged “The Second Best Speaker” of the debate.

To create awareness amongst the students towards the concept of “REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLE”, a newspaper drive was initiated in the school by the students of class 8-A. The entire school contributed

enthusiastically.

Our annual school concerts provide our students with the opportunity to showcase their acting prowess in the form of speech song and dance. This year our junior school concerts was held on the 29th of September. The little ones from our Nursery and LKG classes took us on a trip “Around the World “and the children of UKG standard I and II chose to bring forth “The Chinese Carnival”. The culture and tradition of china was depicted in an innovative manner. The children of classes III, IV & V staged the magical classic fairy tale of all times “The Wizard of OZ”. The costumes were colourful, the choir was excellent and the dances were well coordinated. The hard work put in by the student and staff of the Pre-primary & Junior School was appreciated and applauded by one and all.

Our school was invited to participate in the Hindi Week Celebrations of St. Mary’s School, Pune. The topic for the debate was “Orkut Aur Facebook jaisee samajik network pranali ne aaj ki yuva pidi ko samajik roop se adhik sajag aevam samvedan sheel banaya hai”. Our school team was adjudged the second best team in the competition out of the ten participating teams. Saptarshi was also declared the Best Speaker of the event.

This year’s best swimmers were as follows:

Most Promising Swimmer: Katelyn Sydney

1. Vaibhav Ghegade & Sabarinath S

2. Rikwik Vatsyayan & Saptrshi Majumdar

3. Nachiket Tribhuwan & Prathamesh Lohokare

4. Sarthak Tripathi & Pawan Anandhani

5. Rathod Meet & Chinmay Huddar

6. Rohan Jhunja & Deepankar Bhat

7. Krishnan Suresh & Vishwa Iyer

8. Gayatri Ketharaman & Samruddhi Dhamdhere

On the 3rd of October, 2011 our swimmers exhibited their swimming skills in various styles: Free Style, Breaststroke, Backstroke and Butterfly at the Parsi Gymkhana. The event was a huge success with 13 records being broken. It was graced by our Chief Guests, Mrs. & Mr. Jolly.

Girls under 12: Dipshika Bhanot and Tanika Upasani Girls under 14: Prapti Setty

Girls under 16: Tishya Venkatraman

Boys under 12: Amin Saxena Boys under 14: Karan Someshwar Boys under 16: Tanmay Jadhav

and Dylan Fernandes

On the 5th of October, students of classes 8, and 10 participated in the Aqua-Regia Quiz conduced by T.I.M.E. The quiz questions were based on General Knowledge and Science which the students solved enthusiastically. The following students have been short listed to represent our school in the city finals on 10th November, 2011.

Well done, children! Best Wishes for the Final Round.

1 Gayatri Ketharaman Class 8

2 Asmita Chaturvedi Class 6

3 Hiral Nagori Class 8

1 Rohan Jhunja Class 10

2 Apurva Tekawade Class 10

3 Tanvi Ramrakhiany Class 10

On the 7th of October, eighty four students from classes 6, 7 and 8 and thirty four of them from classes 9 and 10 showcased their creativity through designing of greeting cards and sketching of cartoons respectively. The following three entries in each category, are sent to TERI, the

organizers of these events. Results are awaited.