CIS Newsletter - Calcutta International School

CIS Newsletter
June 18, 2013
Volume 5, Issue 35
Calcutta International School
Amra Sabai Raja
Rabindra Jayanti
Celebration
Primary Section
CIS celebrated Rabindra Jayanti on May 9 in the
Music room. Dr. Banerjee spoke to the students.
Teachers sang Rabindra sangeet. Parents took
part in a few songs as well. The children were
shown a documentary on Rabindranath Tagore
directed by Satyajit Ray.
Pool Par ty
To beat the heat, the Pre Nursery kids enjoyed a pool party at the Tot Lot.
Ele gantly Elocute
Vernacular Elocution Competition was held in the Music Room on 30th April, 2013. Upper Nursery, batch of 2012-2013
was geared up for their Graduation Ceremony in the Music Room on 10 th May. They received a Graduation hat and a
Certificate from the Senior and Junior School Principal.
“ A sunbeam to warm you, a moonbeam to charm you, a sheltering angel. So nothing can harm you. ~ Irish Blessing“
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Workshop Wealth
04 May 2013: Professor Gilman W Whiting from Vanderbilt University
conducted a workshop for teachers of Calcutta International School in
the Audio-Visual Room. The workshop was on ‘Understanding by Design’
- UDB which was based on Backward Planning. It was Activity oriented
teaching with a goal of understanding as opposed to tests.
Hold My Hand
30 April 2013: The Graduation ceremony of the outgoing A Level students was organized by the AS Level students with
support from the school management. For the first time, there was a formal ceremony to mark the occasion. Ankhi Maulik
and Abhijoy Mitra spoke as Valedictorians. Pooja Tripathy, Auyon Chakrabarti and Ritiwk Roychowdhury were the
chosen Salutatorians. Kritika Wadhwa and Pradyumna Chaudhuri were awarded for Best Initiative. Ritwika Ghosh
and Siwoo Lee were awarded for Best Conduct.
The outgoing students made a presentation showcasing their memories with the school, while AS students showed a
recording of the teachers sharing their feelings about the outgoing batch. A cultural performance was stringed together
by the AS students to mark the event which ended with a dinner.
Good bye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.
- Walt Disney
Design, Concept & Layout: Mrs. Angshumitra Chakrabarti
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Happenings
22 April 2013: Representatives from three reputed US universities – Princeton, Duke and Northwestern – visited
Calcutta International School and interacted with students of A Levels. Admission requirements, entry modalities,
financial support, courses offered, accommodation and other related issues were discussed.
03 May 2013: Representatives from Columbia University spoke to students of A Levels discussing the possibilities of our
students joining the University for Further Studies.
Empower Ear th
The Earth Club had a special assembly, which was on the
importance of butterflies in the environment. Planting was
encouraged to attract butterflies in the CIS garden. Dr.
Banerjee gave and interesting introduction and the children
watched the film ‘Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams.’ Classes 1-5
watched ‘The Peach Orchard.’ This was followed by an
activity and an interactive session with the director.
Tournament Tales
On April 4 an Intra school
Basketball tournament took
place. Green team
emerged as the winners
and the red team was the
1st runners up.
Sub Junior Golf Tournament:
Kaushal Bagrodia won the
runners up trophy in this
tournament sponsored by Tata
Steel and held at Patna.
KMC School
On April 24, CIS teachers Ms. Ganguli and Mrs. Ghosh taught the pre primary and class 4 children at the Corporation
school.
Ms. Ganguli showed slides of birds and animals and explained why they were endangered species. Mrs. Ghosh
showed a video clip and explained the story of Goldilocks, which the children enjoyed. On April 5 Mrs Antara Banerjee
and Mrs Sangeeta Chatterjee went to the KMC school in Patuli to teach Class 4 and Class 3 students. Children of Class
4, learnt how to read time and they prepared clocks along with Mrs. Banerjee.
Mrs. Sangeeta Chatterjee’s students enjoyed multiplication along with fun activities.
Editing: Mrs. K. Ghosh; Advisor: Mrs. P. Nayar & Dr. S. Banerjee: Photographs: Mr. A. Ali & the Web
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CIS Newsletter
June 18, 2013
Volume 5, Issue 35
Calcutta International School
Cheers CIS
A feather in the cap: CIS once again wins the International School Award for the years 2013-2016! Thanks to the
ISA coordinator Mrs. S. Ray and the ISA team comprising of Ms. L. Khanna, Ms. Nundee, Mrs. S. Boral, and Mr. S.
Ghosh. Collaborated projects were done with partner schools in Germany, Qatar and Sweden. CIS thanks British
Council teachers and students for their guidance and support.
Annual Music Competition for the Middle School 2013 [ 7 – 10]
The Annual Music Competition for the Middle School (Classes 5 to 8) was held in the Music Room on 14.5.2013 and
15.5.2013. On the first day, there were three events-Piano/Keyboard, Guitar and Indian Vocal, while on the second
day, there was one event-Western Vocal. There were two groups. Classes 5 & 6 and Classes 7 & 8. The instrumental
pieces ranged from western classical composers to Indian songs and Rabindra Sangeet. As for the vocals, some students
sang without accompaniment, some played the keyboard or guitar on their own or sang with music tracks. The enthusiastic participation of the children made the event successful. The result was as follows:
Piano / Keyboard –
Nalanda Ray (7) – First
Soham Roychowdhury (7) / Aditya Pandit (7) – Second
Suroma Nag (5) – Third
Guitar –
Soham Rouchowdhury (7) – First
Padmaja Bose (5) – Second
Dheemaan Ray (5) – Third
Indian Vocal –
Soham Roychowdhury (7) – First
Shuvam Roychowdhury (6) – Second
Aditya Pandit (7) – Third
Western Vocal (Classes 5 and 6) –
Shuvam Roychoudhury (6) / Suroma Nag (5) – First
Yejin Lee (6) – Second
Daniel Moon (6) – Third
Western Vocal (Classes 7 and 8)
Aritri Ghosh (7) – First
Soham Roychowdhury (7) – Second
Torsha Deryn Majumdar (7) – Third
Information: Ms. S. Ganguli, Mrs. A. Banerjee, Mr. A. Chatterjee & Mr. S. Mitra
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