KPS outshined in School Excellence Award – 2016

Issue: April & May, 2016
KPS outshined in School
Excellence Award – 2016
Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad has added another feather
in its cap by winning four awards in different categories of
“School Excellence Award – 2016”.
The prestigious Award Ceremony was organized on 10th
May, 2016 at The Hotel Grand JBR, Lucknow by EduAce
and Government of Uttar Pradesh. A number of schools
from all over U.P. contested in various categories.
KPS outshined with laurels and accolades by being awarded in four categories. KPS secured the 1st position in
‘Excellence in Driving Holistic Learning’ and
‘Excellence in Teachers’ Development Programme’.
The 2nd position was bagged in ‘Driving Innovations’
while the 3rd position was secured in ‘Special Needs
School of the Year’ category. The other categories included ‘Excellence in use of Digital Technology’,
‘Excellence in Sports’, ‘Excellence in Class room teaching’
and ‘Excellence in Community Development’.
The awards were conferred upon by the honourable Chief
Guest Professor Abhishek Mishra, Minister of Skill Development and Vocational Education Group. Mr. Gaurava Yadav,
Founder & CEO EduAce services welcomed the guests. It’s a
matter of great pride and honour that KPS was the only school to
be awarded in 4 categories.
Inside this Issue:
KPS Headlines
1-4
KPS Achievements
5-8
Assemblages
9
Creative Outpour
10-15
The innovative approach and efforts of the school in building the
Tasty Bites
future of India were lauded and greatly appreciated by the audiReading Galore
ence as well as the authorities.
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16
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Birthday Bash
18-19
Message from Vice
Chairman Desk
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Khaitan Headlines
International Convention on Inventions in the Classroom ICIC:2016
Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad hosted the International
Convention on Inventions in the Classroom - ICIC on
30th March, 2016. Mr. Chris Williams, British Council Ambassador, International School Partnerships Specialist, U.K. was
the Chief Guest for the occasion.
Dr. Kavita Sharma, Dr. Gagan Gupta, Mr. T.P.Sharma,
Dr.M.V.S.V. Prasad, & Dr. Varada Nikalje from NCERT, Mr.
Bikramjit Sen, Ms. Anuradha Sharma, Mr. Ashtamurthy
Killimangalam from ACER, Ms. Deepali Adak from Sunny
Prep & High School were the venerated judges for the occasion.
Apart from the delegates, forty six contestants participated in ICIC – 2016. Participants from Pakistan, Maharashtra, Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Kolkata and Ghaziabad showcased their ingenuity in classroom innovation and truly promulgated the dictum of transcending borders with education.
The contestants participated in four categories, Science, Languages, Mathematics and Social Science.
The First Prize in the Science category was shared by Ms. Smita
from St. Kabir School, Hissar and Ms. Rajini Julka from Bibox,
Delhi followed by Ms. Madhavi Goswami– Seth Anandram Jaipuria
School, Ghaziabad who was awarded the Second Prize for Biology.
Consolation Prize was conferred to Mr. Abhinav Dutta from DPSG
International. Ms. Silvy Zachariah KV, AAIG was conferred with
the First Prize for Languages, Ms.Amita Sinha from Kaushalya
World School, Greater Noida won the Second Prize, Ms. Sarmistha
Bhattacharya from Samsara World Academy, Greater Noida was
awarded with the Third Prize; the Consolation Prize was awarded
to Ms. Rekha Srivastava from Maple Bear, Delhi. Ms. Radifa Niazi
from DPS, Srinagar was awarded the First Prize for Mathematics,
Ms.Ritu Sharma from KV Babugarh Cantt. and Ms.Sangeeta Shukramani, KV SainikVihar, Delhi were
conferred with the Second Prize; the Consolation Prize was given to Ms.Pratibha from Mind Edutainment, Kolkata. In the Social Science category Mr.Arindam Chakraborty from Khaitan Public School,
Sahibabad was awarded the First Prize, followed by 2nd Prize winner Mr. Kartikay Sharma from Sand
Dunes Academy Sr.Sec School, Jaipur. The Consolation Prize was conferred to Mr. J.K.Saini from Patiala.
The programme commenced with the lighting of the Lamp Ceremony by the Chief Guest Mr. Chris
Williams, Mrs. Karuna Khaitan & Ms. Ratna Dhamija, Director ACER, India, followed by a Dance Drama which encapsulated the rendition of the ‘Atma Nubha.’
The Chief Guest Mr.Chris Williams shared the nuances and pedagogy followed at Lincoln Christ Hospital School, U.K. and the Teacher Standards in U.K. The audience engaged in an interactive session for
the same. The Education Director Ms. Geeta Varshneya extended the vote of thanks to the Chief
Guest, Judges, Participants and the Khaitan fraternity for their cooperation to make ICIC a platform
for showcasing a teacher’s talent in classroom teaching.
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Khaitan Headlines
Annual Art and Science
Exhibition
Visit of Mythological Fictional
writer Mr. Christopher C. Doyle
Students
of Classes
IX – XII
were
ecstatic with
joy
to
meet the
Mythological
Fiction
Writer
Mr.
Christopher C. Doyle, who likes to
call himself an ‘entertainer’, on 5th
April, 2016. The author introduced the
students with his famous literary works
– ‘The Secret of Mahabharata’ and
‘The Mahabharata Quest’. All the
students were extremely excited to
know about the amalgamation of Mythology with Science and Fiction. It was
an interactive session which unveiled
various mysteries of the past and
quenched the curiosity of the students
about the genre.
The students of Classes III-VIII participated in the Annual Art and Science
Exhibition on 19th March. The exhibition was inaugurated by the Education Director of Khaitan Public School, Ms. Geeta Varshneya. This is an annual event
where selected works of art and science
are displayed by our young learners. Students explained how the models work and
also showed their art work to the parents.
The art pieces and models were appreciated by one and all.
Visit of Architect and Urban Planner
Architect and Urban Planner Mr. Sunil Sehgal from
Apex Studio Architecture held an interactive session with the students of Classes XI & XII on 5th
May, 2016. He held a 60 minute session with the
students to brief them about the nuances of pursuing
Architecture as a career option.
The visual presentation given by him showcased the
various colleges offering the course, the eligibility criteria, and information about the
entrance tests.
The informative session was lauded by the students. It helped them come once step
closer to decide their career path after school.
Ms. Sabita Seth, HM Senior Wing, thanked Mr. Sehgal for his gracious presence at
Khaitan Public School.
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Khaitan Headlines
An Orientation Programme
An Orientation Programme was held for the parents of the
new admissions of Classes Pre Nursery - XII. The Education Director Ms. Geeta Varshneya welcomed them. In a
brief interactive session, she elucidated the parents about
the working of the school. The parents were also introduced to the Head Mistresses,
Coordinators and various Process Owners. In the end, they were requested to visit
the new classrooms in order to interact with their wards’ respective class teachers.
The Cleanliness Drive
(The
Cleanliness
Drive (Swachh Bharat Abhiyan) was an
initiative by the
Khaitan
Public
School Community Service Club. The
cleanliness drive was conducted by the
District Magistrate and his officials in collaboration with the renowned social worker Ms. Raj Sharma. This drive was to
make the citizens aware of their surroundings.
It was a drive designed to say no to plastic
bags as they harm the environment. Students marched with banners and used
cloth bags to collect polythene bags scat-
A workshop on Time
Management
A workshop on Time Management was organised by Khaitan Public School, conducted
by experts from ‘Fortis’ hospital for Class VIII
on 11th May, 2016. Dr. Sushree Sahu, Psychologist, Mental Health Department, was
the guest speaker.
Time management has become inevitable in
the growth and development of our emerging new learners. The goal of the workshop
was to bring a change in the attitudes of students so as to plan their academic studies
and co-curricular activities at school and
home through framing time schedules. The
students were also informed about how to
execute their time schedules.
A number of participatory and interactive
students from class VIII made this session a
very educative session and a grand success.
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Khaitan Achievements
Mr. Gaurav Gupta, PGT Commerce at KPS, shines at Teacher’s Professional Olympiad,
2015
5 Shooters from Khaitan Public
School Qualify for UP State
Shooting
Championship-2016
Mr. Gaurav Gupta, PGT Commerce has
secured a National Rank of 424 at
Centre for Teacher Accreditation
(CENTA) Teacher’s Professional Olympiad (TPO), a first of its kind national
competition meant to reward, recognize, and celebrate the achievements
of school teachers.
Five students of Khaitan Public School,
Sahibabad, recently qualified for UP
State Shooting Championship after winning medals in Pre UP State Shooting
Championship held at Shamli from 24th
April to 27th April, 2016.
The subject rank of Mr Gaurav Gupta
in Mathematics is 24.
More than 5000 teachers from 300 cities/towns across 25 states/U.T.s participated in TPO, 2015 held on 5th December, 2015.
Vansh Sawhney (VI), Shubham
Sharma (X), Aryansh Bhardwaj (X),
Gagan Saini (XII), and Kashish Sharma (XII) are the names of the students
who qualified for states after their brilliant performance in the Pre tournament.
Earlier this month he received the final
results with CENTA Appreciation Certificate.
Apart from felicitating the individual
winner, CENTA has also awarded Appreciation Certificate to Khaitan Public
School Sahibabad, one of the winning
organizations at CENTA TPO 2015.
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Khaitan Achievements
CBSE Cryptic Crossword Contest-2016
City round of the
CBSE Cryptic
Crossword Contest, 2016 was
held at Amity International, Vasundhra, Sector-6 on
29th April, 2016. 28 schools of the
vicinity participated in the contest.
Apoorva and Sparsh Kasana of Class
XI secured the Runner-up position.
Max Healthy India Inter-School
Quiz Contest
The Smart-Vocab Challenger
Zonal round
The Smart-Vocab
Challenger Zonal
round was held in
our
school
on
28th
March,2016.
Fifteen students from Khaitan Public
School, Uttam School for Girls, and
DLF Public school, participated in it.
It was conducted by Quiz Master Ms.
Dolly Haryal.
In the Junior group, Aditi Singh of
DLF Public School won the first
prize. In the Senior group, first position was bagged by Mrigya Gupta
of DLF Public School, and Sparsh
Kasana of Khaitan Public School got
the second position.
A healthy lifestyle is the key to long life.
Keeping this notion in mind Max Health
Care organised the ‘Max Healthy India
Quiz Competition’ in the school premises to help students understand that,
without health there is no happiness, no
peace and no success.18 students from
Classes III-VIII participated in the first
round of the quiz and four students qualified for the semi-final round. The quiz
was interesting and well organized. The
winners were: Pratham Jain (VIII C),
Urvi Tyagi (VII A), Kabir Sharma,
and Lavanya Singh (V D).
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Khaitan Achievements
Khaitanians win Gold at
Vibrations-2016, a National Level
Dance Competition
On the eve of the World Dance Day, Kesari
Devi Bajaj (KDB) Public School, Ghaziabad organised a national level dance competition ‘Vibrations-2016’ based on the
theme – Epics and Classics of India. Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad presented a
dance choreography ‘CHAKRAVYUHU’, the
story based on Abhimanyu’s brutal death
on the 13th day of the greatest war ever
fought in India i.e., Mahabharata.
The students of Khaitan Public School
gave a heart wrenching performance and
stood first in the competition.
The entire presentation was conceptualized
and Choreographed by Ms. Anusuya Ghosh
Banerjee (Cultural Head) and assisted by Ms.
Suman Rawat & Mr. Peeyush Hasija. 11
schools from Ghaziabad and Delhi participated
in this competition. The name of the winning
team of students from Khaitan Public School,
Sahibabad are:
Ayushi Kumar (IX) | Shruti Segal (IX) | Anishma Prashanti (IX) | Shreya Goel (X) | Dhruv
(X) | Himani (X) | Krishna (X) | Aditya Tomar
(VIII)
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Ghaziabad district team of
Roller Hockey Team
10 member Ghaziabad district team
of Roller Hockey also won Silver
medal in U-12 category. 9 out of 10
students were students from Khaitan
Public School, Sahibabad. The Team
is as follows:
Gorang Mundhra (Captian) |
Ansh Sawhney (Vice Captain) |
Udai Manan (Keeper) | Pulkit |
Suyash Rajput | Akhil Chaudhary
| Kapish | Avyukt Sharma |
Keshav
U-19 Ghaziabad District team also
won a Bronze medal at the tournament. 2 Members including captain
of the team were from Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad. Students of
Khaitan Public School who were part
of the team:
Harsh Mundhra (Captain) Ayush
Mittal
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Khaitan Achievements
Ghaziabad’s top school emerges with 2nd best medal tally in
Uttar Pradesh at
Roller Skating Championship
Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad emerged among top 2
schools at the final day of the Uttar Pradesh Roller Skating
Championship, 2016. Students were led by Mr. Akash
Tomar, Skating Coach at Khaitan Public School. They performed valiantly in the championship, scoring medals in all
categories ranging from 300 metre Speed skating to the
team events such as Roller Hockey.
The winning run of Khaitan Public School ended with the
final tally of 13 Gold, 5 Silver, and 1 Bronze medal at the end of the championship on day
2. The Championship was conducted at the state level by Meerut District on 14th and 15th
April at IMT Academy, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.
List of Students from Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad, who bagged a medal
at the championship:
U-8: 300m Speed Skating : Krish Mehta (Gold Medal)
U-8 : 500m Speed Skating : Krish Mehta (Gold Medal)
U-10 : 300m Speed Skating : Darsh Chaudhary (Gold Medal)
U-10 : 500m Speed Skating : Darsh Chaudhary (Gold Medal)
U-8 : Girls 300m Speed Skating : Mehak Mehar (Gold Medal)
U-8 : Girls 500m Speed Skating : Mehak Mehar (Gold Medal)
U-8 : Girls 500m Speed Skating : Yashika Bhatt (Gold Medal)
U-8 : Girls 1500m Road Race : Yashika Bhatt (Silver Medal)
U-8 : 300m Speed Skating : Arman Tyagi (Gold Medal)
U-8 : 500m Speed Skating : Arman Tyagi (Gold Medal)
U-6 : 300m Speed Skating : Vansh Tuli (Gold Medal)
U-6 : 500m Speed Skating : Vansh Tuli (Gold Medal)
U-16 : 300m Speed Skating : Ujjwal Sharma (Gold Medal)
Ab-16 : 300m Speed Skating : Ayush Mittal (Gold Medal)
Ab-16 : 500m Speed Skating : Ayush Mittal (Silver Medal)
U-6 : 300m Speed Skating : Umaan Huzer (Silver Medal)
U-6 : 1500m Road Race : Umaan Huzer (Silver Medal)
U-6 : 1500m Road Race : Vartual Kaushik (Silver Medal)
10 member Ghaziabad district team of Roller Hockey also won Silver medal in U-12 category.
9 out of 10 students were students from Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad. The Team is as
follows:
Gorang Mundhra (Captian); Ansh Sawhney (Vice Captain); Udai Manan (Keeper); Pulkit
Suyash Rajput; Akhil Chaudhary; Kapish; Avyukt Sharma & Keshav.
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Assemblages
Class- III-E
hosted a class
assembly on
the
topic
‘Mother’s
Day’.
The assembly
commenced
with a prayer
followed
by
the Thought of the Day.
An informative skit befitting the topic
was enacted by the students.
The skit brought to light the various
qualities of a mother, her love and
sacrifices.
A special assembly was conducted by the
students of class XI. They discussed about
three streams offered in school i.e. Humanities, Commerce and Science as well
as various career options that the students
can avail.
In the end, students sang a melodious
song to pay tribute to all the mothers
of the world.
Ms. Lovely Arora (H.M. Middle Wing)
applauded the students for their efforts. It was an enthralling assembly.
The students also briefed the audience
about their long term and short term
goals; and why is it a necessity for them
to have a goal. They also emphasized on
the importance and need of discipline in
their life.
Towards the end, Education Director Ms.
Geeta Varshneya, shared her thoughts
with the students on importance of goal
setting, time management and a structured time table in a students’ life; she also distributed medals to the Olympiad
rankers.
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Creative Corner
Why Women Empowerment is the only way Forward for a
Better Society
The nature divided us into two genders i.e. male and female while
crafting the most complex living structure; but the society classified
these mortal beings as family earners and family makers. This division of labour was charted out centuries ago when the earnings were
solely based on physical labor. Biologically, this system was appropriate around the time when humans were far from civilization, living
as cave-people. But as time progressed, this idea became rigid and
turned to a baseless stone-carved rule. People forgot the logic behind the understanding, thus leading to discrimination, oppression,
and subjugation of women.
Now the human population lives in a globalized era and the modern
civilization is at its pinnacle. Today’s jobs no longer merely require
physical labour but mostly depend on intellect and creativity of employees. Often women are
more than capable of overcoming these barriers but the traditional mindset of Indian society
denies women of these basic rights. It is still considered in rural areas that a female is just a
burden and capable of only managing the house. This rudimentary thinking leads to female infanticide and female child deaths. This disturbs the female-male ratio and causes imbalance in
the social milieu and hampers the social growth of a civilization. If the girl child survives, then
her path of life is not a bed of roses. At a very young age, the child is taught to be submissive,
respect elders, and their male counterparts. This congenital submission by the female enables
the men to harass a woman mentally, physically and sexually throughout her life.
The scenario in urban regions is quite contrasting. The thinking prevalent in city-dwellers is
that if a married woman is working then she is not a good home-maker as she is not devoting
her full time to the family.
Women empowerment refers to providing females with opportunities that enable
them to walk shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts.
The Indian government has enacted much legislation to support the cause: The Equal Remuneration Act, The Dowry Prohibition Act, The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act and
The Maternity Benefit Act to name a few.
Today’s woman, with the help of many aids provided by government, is single-handedly managing her job and the home. No longer is she confined within the four walls. She is stepping
out and showcasing her talent in various fields. This change has occurred only since last two
decades. The mind-set of general population is changing. Women are being promoted and are
doing better than ever.
All of us, men and women, must come together to support the cause of women empowerment
and spread the message of equality, because that is the only way forward in which there will
be no discrimination on the basis of gender.
By : Manavika Khanna (XI C)
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Hackers – The misunderstood race | The Technocratie
The word evokes an imagery of a hooded, shady figure sitting on a computer, furiously tapping the keys on the keyboard in an effort to bring an entire organisation down to
its knees.
Now, a few things to be understood right off the bat:
1. ‘Hackers’ as a word died in the past century. If you’re
still using it, time for a much-needed update.
2. People who can be referred to as ‘Hackers’ are not the
ones described above.
So, now having made myself clear, we can move on to
properly defining this misunderstood lot.
From Dictionary.com
A person who circumvents security and breaks into a
network, computer, file, etc., usually with malicious
intent.
So, the person passes through network security as if they weren’t even there and messes with things, no
surprise. Keyword that is used above is ‘usually’. You remove that word from this definition, and you have
just defined ‘Crackers.’
Or wait, let’s approach the classification through an easier analogy, Hats.
Black Hat Hackers
Black Hat Hackers are the ones most of us know of. They break into companies, steal data, and disappear
without a trace (at least try to). Or they can do what is called in technical terms, a ‘DDoS’, basically flooding
the server with so many requests that the server says ‘That’s enough, I quit!’ and goes down, usually only
for short periods (It takes tons of computational power to do this).
These guys are the prime targets of cyber crime cells. They’re an underground mafia of sorts, maintaining
secret databases of each one’s bragging rights.
White Hat Hackers
These guys are the misunderstood lot. So terribly at points, that most people don’t even know just how
much they earn by legit methods!
Most White Hat Hackers prefer the term ‘Penetration Tester’, and for good reason. At the core, both White
Hats and Black Hats do the same thing, but the difference is the intent. White Hats are recruited by firms to
test their network defenses, and if a loophole exists, the White Hat will leave a trace on the systems that he
was there, to prove his point, and offers his opinion on how to close the hole.
White Hats are usually more formidable that Black Hats, since most large IT firms(read: Google) face up to a
1000 attacks each day and never face a second’s downtime, thanks to their penetration testers who keep all
the loopholes plugged tightly.
Grey Hat Hackers
Grey Hats are on the fence here, nothing special other than the fact that they have no moral compass and
only money is the guidance whether a loophole they discover ends up in the company’s hands on whose platform it was discovered, or on a shady underground guy’s, whose has intention is to destroy that organisation
and gain control over its networks.
This is the easiest classification of Hackers which I can devise. The differences essentially end at their moral
inclinations, since everyone uses the same tool, the Swiss Army Knife of Hacking.
Well, this is getting too technical, so I think I’ll rest my case here. Hope you guys understand a bit more
about ‘Hackers’ now!
By :Harsh Shandilya (XII C)
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Relevance of Sports
The Real but Fake World
Sports are all forms of usually competitive
physical activities or games which, through
casual or organised participation, aim to
use, maintain or improve physical ability
and skills while providing enjoyment to
participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators.
People don’t show honesty,
To the ones who really trust them.
Faces shown and faces hidden,
In the motive of pretension.
Promises are made to regret;
The loss of faith and humanity.
Now I fear I’ll not find,
A heart full of purity.
I have been so kind,
To people who never mind,
About me or my life,
Whom I now in spite,
Want to forget forever,
To make my life smoother,
For I have gained maturity,
From the world full of brutality.
By - Rupal Handoo (XII B)
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Usually, the contest or game is between
two sides, each attempting to exceed the
other. Some sports allow a tie game; others provide tie-breaking methods, to ensure one winner and one loser. Sports are
usually governed by a set of rules or customs, which serve to ensure fair competition, and allow consistent adjudication of
the winner. Technology plays an important
part in modern sports. With it being a necessary part of some sports (such as motorsport), it is used in others to improve performance. Some sports also use it to allow
off-field decision making. Youth sports present children with opportunities for fun,
socialization, forming peer relationships,
physical fitness, and athletic scholarships.
Activists for education and the war on
drugs encourage youth sports as a means
to increase educational participation and to
fight the illegal drug trade.
By : Simran Gulati(X D)
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Correct Road taken
This is a story of a boy, named Rahul who belongs to a very poor family. He has two
younger brothers and his parents
in his family’s. The family financial
condition is not so good, even
though his father took loan from
others and made their son complete their high school. And as a
result the pressure of loan accumulated on the father's head. Until,
Rahul completed his high school,
mountains of troubles broke out on
his family. Every person was pressuring his father to pay the loan.
Besides, his father was now unemployed.
Rahul started taking tuitions and
earn a living for his family. After
some time his father started to
work again. He has now started studying in college. He continued his studies and was
very concerned about his motives.
The dream of becoming an officer was taking birth in Rahul's mind. Meanwhile, eligibility test for teacher's were announced for applying. Rahul halfheartedly applied for the
same. Exams happened and he scored 105 marks out of 150. He received many appointment letters from different schools, but he didn't go to any. He still has the desire
to become an officer. Months passed on. Finally, he received a letter in which only four
days were left before the ending date to apply.
His mother compelled him to go there and he started his job. On the contrary, his father’s health got deteriorated. So, he suggested his father to stay at home and rest.
During this period Rahul returned the loan which was taken by his father and now, he
took a sigh of relief. He is doing hard efforts for civil services. His both the brothers
are doing their studies well.
Now, Rahul wonders had his mother not forced him to go for the interview,
what would have been his family condition today???
Rahul learnt a lesson" Something is better than nothing and no job is small or menial".
By : Nandini Sharma (IX E)
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Celebrations
Mahavir Jayanti, also known as Mahavir
Janma Kalyanak, is the most important religious holiday for Jains. It celebrates the birth
of
Mahavira.
According
to
Jain
texts, Mahavira was born on the thirteenth day
of the bright half of the moon in the month
of Chaitra in the year 599 BC. Mahavira was
born in a democratic kingdom (Ganarajya), Vajji, where the king was chosen by
votes. Vaishali was its capital. As a child, Mahavira was called with the name
'Vardhamana', which means "One who grows", because of the increased prosperity
in the kingdom at the time of his birth.
The idol of Mahavira is carried out on a chariot, in a procession called rath yatra. During the day, most members of the Jain community engage in some sort of charitable
act. Many devotees visit temples dedicated to Mahavira to meditate and offer prayers.
Donations are collected in order to promote charitable missions like saving cows from
slaughter or helping to feed poor people. Ancient Jain temples across India typically
see an extremely high volume of practitioners come to pay their respects and join in
the celebrations.
By : Ujjwal (X B)
Vaisakhi,
also
known
as
Baisakhi,
Vaishakhi,
or Vasakhi refers to the harvest festival of the Punjab, the
Punjabi New Year falling on the first day of Vaisakh which is
the first solar month of the Punjabi calendar, Khalsa Sirjana Divas which marks the birth of the Khalsa in the year
1699 and the Mesha Sankranti festival. It is celebrated
on either 13 or 14 April. Vaisakhi is a Punjabi harvest festival for people of the Punjab region. This day is also observed as a thanks giving day by farmers whereby farmers pay their tribute, thanking
God for the abundant harvest and also praying for future prosperity.
The main celebration takes place at Talwandi Sabo (where Guru Gobind Singh stayed
for nine months and completed the recompilation of the Guru Granth Sahib), and in
the Gurudwara at Anandpur Sahib, the birthplace of the Khalsa and at the Golden
Temple in Amritsar. It is culturally and traditionally regarded as an important and significant Punjabi festival, further exemplified by the thousands of Sikh pilgrims from
around the world arriving each year to commemorate the day at the sacred Sikh
sites of Nankana Sahib.
By : Ujjwal Sachdeva (X E)
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What leads to success in life? IQ or EQ?
In today’s time and age, it’s very important to possess balanced Emotions to survive
and grow in the world. As High Academic performers {With High Intelligent Quotient (IQ} doesn’t necessarily guarantee success in life. You all must have experienced
or witnessed people who have high IQ but still fail to hold a job for a longer time,
doesn’t have cordial relationship with co-workers, failed marriages, Low endurance, Low self-esteem, etc.
Future is uncertain and unpredictable, we have to prepare our selves and our kids for
the best and for the worst of it. It is disheartening to
see that the talented Youth of our country are facing
severe emotional turmoil and are unable to deal with
the stress effectively. They are getting depressed, socially withdrawal, and also having negative
thoughts clouding their logical part of the brain. The
time has come where we start questioning our parenting methods. Why & what’s wrong with our generation? Why aren’t they able to cope up with the stressors in life?
Emotional Quotient (EQ) is the new phenomena that has become the inevitable part
of our lives.
Emotional Quotient is to monitor and regulate our emotions. We humans are driven by
emotions. It’s necessary to have a healthy balance in emotions. We need to keep a
tab especially on our negative emotions like (Anger, Jealousy, etc.).
We need to teach our kids to be positive in life, be compassionate, be patient, be
hopeful, have faith in themselves, Self- Regulation, manage anger effectively, value
the importance of time, etc. The concept of EQ has emerged and now is valued by all
the organizations as well, whether it’s a school set up or corporate companies. The
companies are assessing the EQ of a person along with the IQ before hiring people.
So together, lets promise each other that we will imbibe and give utmost importance
to EQ- as it makes or breaks our life.
By : Manika Pal (Counsellor)
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TASTY BITES
STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE
PREPRATION TIME= 10 min.
RECIPE TYPE: breakfast, beverage
CUISINE: International
SERVES: 2
INGREDIENTS (measuring cup=250
ml)
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250 grams strawberries 22 to 25 small
to medium strawberries
2 cups chilled milk, 500 ml, you can also add 2.5 cups milk
3 to 4 tbsp sugar or add as required (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
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First rinse the strawberries and then drain them.
Put the chopped strawberries in a blender jar along with 2 cups
chilled milk.
Add 3 tbsp sugar or as per taste. If the strawberries are very
sweet, then you don't need to add any sugar.
Blend till smooth.
Pour in a tall glass and serve fresh.
You can also add a scoop of vanilla ice cream or strawberry ice
cream and turn it into a strawberry ice cream shake.
BY: SHRIYA VARMA (IX)
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BOOK REVIEW
THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI #49
Recently, I read a book called ‘The Way of the Samurai’
part 49 of ‘Geronimo Stilton’
series, published by
Scholastic. It is a story about a mouse called ‘Geronimo
Stilton’ who is the editor of a magazine. In this book, he
goes to Japan with Wild Willie in search of a legendary
ancient samurai scroll that holds the secret to a longlost fighting technique. The story talks about the adventurous journey of Stilton and his friends to Japan. They
fight bravely with a group of talented ninjas in order to
secure back the secret scroll which had fallen in the
wrong hands. The book is illustrated well. It is interesting to read not only because of its story but also because of its absorbing highlights, font and design. It’s
another treat for Geronimo Stilton fans. Overall a great
read!
By: Yash Nain (VII D)
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Classes III & IV
Akshi Gupta, Simran Bhalla, Mohd Zaki Zobair, Piyush Sarkar, Mohd Kaif, Akshat Verma, Sharvani Srivastava, Krish Mehta, Mahira Khan, Aalya Bhardwaj, Akshat Joshi, Anureet Kaur Sandhu, Janav Ranjeet
Naik, Unnati Jain, Jai Krishna, Navya Sharma, Anshika Mavi, Daksh Pathak, Mahi Jhunjhunwala, Parth
Saxena, Dhruva Joshi, Suhani Sharma, Garvit Arya, Sanhvi Chaturvedi, Yashika Kaushik, Debangi Das,
Akshay Rana, Mehul Bansal, Shreyas Singh, Kartikey Joshi, Apurva Roy, Ishita Kasana, Aarush Upadhyay,
Ansh Nirwan, Armaan Sahal, Shashwat Chaudhary, Bhavya Kumar, Anmol, Darsh Singhal, Karnpriya Sharma, Navya Sidana, Saieesh Dhar, Soumil Sharma, Tanishq Jha, Snehal Dixit, Udayendu Bose, Niket Gupta,
Nischay Sharma, Aryan Singh, Abi Gupta, Achal Grover, Aarnav Choudhary, Anya Singh, Armaan Tyagi,
Anushka Goyal, Architt Krishna Bharadwaj, Arnav Singh, Adwait Bharadwaj, Rajyavardhan Singh, Preet,
Priyansh Chandel, Rashi Chaudhary, Pranav, Sanvi Chaturvedi, Lavanya Yadav, Ruchi Kaushik, Ujjwal
Pratap Singh, Pradyuman Badwal, Vaibhavi Kaushik, Daksh Jain, Manleen Walia, Shriya Garg & Ujjwal
Sharma.
Classes V & VI
Siya Mahajan, Dhruv Gupta, Naman Sharma, Aryan Sinha, Nishkarsh Kasana, Sanchit Arora, Anushka
Anand, Ishaan Nagar, Ishita Jain, Vidushi Raj Asthana, Pragati Choubey, Yash Kumar, Monish Jain, Drishti,
Yash Goel, Vishakha Ranjan, Shejal Choudhary, Arnav Goyal, Anubhuti Priya, Vartul Kaushik, Aditya Kumar, Harshvardhan Dagar, Fatir Raza, Devishi Sachdeva, Omar Akmal, Bhavya Singh, Kavya Mathur,
Aarush Rastogi, Ayush, Etasha Tufchi, Guneet Kaur Sandhu, Lavanya Kaur, Aditya S, Rida Geelani, Palak
Birmiwala, Chhavi Koul, Krishna Kakkar, Parth Singh, Rudra Rana, Divyansh Pant, Kushwardhan Plawat,
Ananya Jain, Aradhya Tyagi, Archit Sapra, Arjun Rajput, Yash Kumar Singh, Mohd. Armaan & Shauryadeep
Singh.
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Classes VII & VIII
Tarandeep Singh, Harshdeep Varshney, Sneha Jain, Kavya Gaur, Vishal Sharma, Udai Mannan, Arnav
Tomar, Jahnvi Chauhan, Shubhanshu Gupta, Aditi Sharma, Mayank Dubey, Atharva Singh, Manya Singh
Gaur, Naman Jain, Lakshya Kapoor, Dhruv Wazir, Raxit Singh, Darsh Verma, Shirsha Sarkar, Gagan Prakash
Beetan, Tarun Kaul, Nishkarsh Jain, Anshika Gupta, Suhail Chaudhary, Samridh Sinha, Aditya Nanda, Abhishek Singhal, Samridhi Singh, Krish Kaul, Nikhil Choudhary, Ankit Sharma, Gaurika Sharma, Lakshay Kumar, Astha, Abhinav Agnihotri, Ansh, Nishika, Hirakjyoti Das, Archit Jain, Pulkit Khattar, Urvi Tyagi, Nihar
Poddar, Tushar Garg, Caustav Karan, Aryan Arora, Dev Verma & Satakshi Sharma.
Classes XI & X
Richa Arya, Suhail Choudhary, Harshita Tyagi, Karan Chaudhary, Pranjal Sharma, Himanshu Dwivedi, Moin
Khan, Sarthak Sinha, Tanya Rana, Riddhi Sharma, Muskan Sanghi, Tasmiya Akmal, Nikhil Sharma, Siddharth Singh, Arman Malik, Namami Pasricha, Akriti Sharma, Nisha Chauhan, Sumaiya Khan, Arjun Sharma, Anshika Paruthi, Madhav Khosla, K.V. Prashant Dwivedi, Manik Dhedha, Parth Aggarwal, Harshal
Garg, Siddharth Kasana, Shruti Srivastava, Shruti Sehgal, Shriya Varma, Vishakha Sharma, Samarth Singh,
Jai Karan Mahajan, Ashuditi Devbala & Aryan Kotru.
Classes XI & XII
Prajjwal Srivastava, Peeyush Sisodia, Ujjwal Prakash Sharma, Tushar Chauhan, Akshita Bhardwaj, Shaurya
Bhargava, Riddhi Maheshwari, Sakshi Singh, Rachit Chaudhary, Abhinav Sharma, Harsh Shandilya, Prajawal
Srivastava, Ayush Singhwal, Akash Kumar, Nikhil Mishra, Shivam Kumar Singh, Vinit Malik, Kavyanjali
Jha, Tanishq Sindhu, Akriti Goel, Ritesh Garg, Mallika Verma, Rupal Handoo, Anand Roy, Poornima
Choudhary, Swarn Kaur, Aryan Dixit, Yuvraj Singh Nainwal, Ankit Kumar, Anjali Sharma, Kush Raghav,
Riddhi Sharma, Shubham Pal, Trisha Baunthiyal & Sayonee Mitra.
Staff
Ms. Swati Sharma , Ms. Anita Jhawer, Ms. Charu Goswami, Ms. Rachna Priya Verma, Ms. Garima Bhasin,
Ms. Sherly John, Mr. Babu Lal Thapa, Ms. Preeti Gupta, Ms. Vineeta Singh , Ms. Mansi Sharma, Ms. Rishika Sharma, Ms. Garima Gupta , Ms. Rachna Bhatnagar , Ms. Kumari Ritu , Ms. Saumya Shri Nayak, Ms.
Sangeeta Parmar, Mr. Pawan Dutt, Ms. Ekta Singh, Dr. Sher Ali Khan, Ms. Shalini Arora, Ms. Shikha
Singh, Mr. Mahipal Singh Rawat, Mr. Amit Gupta, Ms. Lovely Arora, Ms. Monika Ahuja, Mr. Salman
Hussain Warsi, Mr. Sandeep Kumar Yadav & Ms. Greeshma Varma.
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VICE—CHAIRMAN’s MESSAGE
Hello students,
Today is more exciting time than ever to be a young entrepreneur and a dreamer in India. There are tremendous
opportunities for growth. If you are willing and daring to
take calculative risks for a better tomorrow, you can reap
the rewards that this herculean economy has to offer.
India is one of the few countries with a very young population that has insatiable needs. You simply need to tap
the market and fulfill the demands.
I truly believe in the phrase that “You are only limited
by your mind.” I changed my thinking process after
reading the book “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill. A definite must-read for anyone who wants to make a
dent in the world and to do big in life. Today, I believe there is nothing you cannot achieve if you have dreamt it
before. Infact, if you look around, everything that you see is actually crafted by humans. It was conceived and developed by someone like you, whether an idea, organization, or a country. Therefore, the first path to live your
dream is to actually believe in your dream.
The path may not be as clear as it looks in the beginning, but what is easy isn’t worth it. Right?
The most frustrating aspect about dreaming is that only you can see the dream. Other than working on your dream,
you will have to work on convincing others to believe in your dreams. You will have to make people see the same
dream as you have seen, and then the dream will become reality one day, with the joint efforts of the dreamer i.e,
you and the people you made to dream.
Khaitan Public School was also built on a dream. A dream seen by my Grandmother, Mrs. Draupadi Khaitan.
She dreamt of a school with thousands of children studying in it and getting quality education. My young friends,
today you are entering the most exciting phase of our country’s growth. There are so many opportunities and you are in the thick of it. Dream big, stay true to your dream, because you yourself don’t know
what you can achieve, your true potential.
At this point, I remember a story my father once told me.
There was a very successful entrepreneur by the name of Rohit in India who used to own a shoe company. His sales
were doing very well in India, so he decided to expand his business to other countries. He had heard about this tiny
little country called Zambia in Africa and so, he researched on the market capabilities in the country. Later, he
sent one of his head territory managers, Rahul, to Zambia to investigate the market in the country, and find out
more about the possibilities of success in the zone.
Upon reaching Zambia, Rahul called his boss and told him, “Sir there is absolutely no market here! Nobody is
wearing shoes.” At this point his boss, Rohit called him back to India.
Rohit decided to go to Zambia himself, and he got very excited looking at the conditions in the country. He called up
his manufacturing unit in India and told them, “Start producing on a large scale, there is a huge market
here, nobody is wearing shoes.”
My students, remember it’s all about how you see the world. Always remember to look at it through
your own eyes, your own experience, with a belief in yourself . If you want to be successful, be creative
in your thinking, take calculative risks, and I can assure you, the world will be at your feet.
– Mr. Anirudh Khaitan (Vice Chairman)
THE EDITORIAL BOARD
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Chief Editor: Ms. Geeta Varshneya
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Editor: Ms. Sabita Seth
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Teacher’s Editorial Board: Ms. Shivani Shesh (Head), Ms.
Sangeeta Parmar, Ms. Chanda Banerjee & Ms. Jyoti Sharma
and Ms. Swati Kapoor.
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Student’s Editorial Board: Ayushi Chowdhary (XI)
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Student Reporters: Nikita Gupta (XI),
(XI), Riya Singh (XI), Kavyanjali Jha (XI).
Harsh Shandilya
Sector – V Rajendra Nagar
Sahibabad, Ghaziabad (U.P.)
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