School Notes

St Mark’s School wins World Education Jury Choice Award

It was a very proud evening for the students of St Mark’s Sr Sec Public School,Meera Bagh,when they won the Best Global Collaborative School Learning Award at the World Education Summit-2011,held at Hotel Ashok,on July 14. The award was in recognition of the school’s attempt to collaborate with institutions across 17 countries through the project,Windows to the past – Chronicles of Stamps. The award comprised a trophy as well as a certificate. What made the award special was the fact that it was judged by eminent stalwarts from the education sector — Shakila Shamsu,former Joint Advisor, Planning Commission; Naimur Rehman,director,One World International; Dr Veera Gupta,Secretary,CBSE,and DrThomas Christie,Director,Aga Khan University Examination Board,to name a few. The award was collected by Geeta Rajan ,Global coordinator,who represented the school during the three-day summit.

Bal Bharati school takes part in Oz-India exchange program

Geeta Gangwani,vice-principal of Bal Bharati School,Gangaram Hospital Marg,participated in the ‘Australia-India school leaders exchange programme 2011’,organised by The Asia Education Foundation (AEF),New Delhi. A delegation of 15 administrators from different schools of Delhi visited Australia from May 22 to June 3 . The first four days at Melbourne included workshops and interactive sessions on Victorian education systems,school leadership and principles and applications of assessment for learning. A formal dinner with the Lord Mayor of Melbourne was organised for the delegation. The second part of the visit included a homestay with Jenny Eggins,principal,Banksia Road Primary School,Sydney.

City schools participate in JPL cricket league

Students from different schools across Delhi/ NCR participated in the JPL cricket league. The list of winners are as follows:

Best batsman: vikram Singh ,Adarsh School,Vikaspuri (282 runs)

Man of the series: Ajay Guliya (190 runs,11 wkts),Modern School,Vasant Vihar

Best bowler: Sahil Kataria (14 wkts),Lalit Mahajan Saraswati Vidya Mandir,Vasant Vihar

Best fielder: Mohit Tokas,Amity International School,Saket

Best wicket keeper: Vaibhav Kandpal,Father Agnel School

Face of jpl: Pranav Anand,Modern School,Vasant Vihar; Uttkarsh Suri,Patanjali Public School; Aradhya Yadav,Ryan International School,Mayur Vihar phase-3

Tagore International School makes it big in e-learning

On July 14,at the award ceremony of the World Education Summit-2011,Tagore International School,Vasant Vihar,was the proud winner of the award for Best Global Collaborative Learning in the school education section. Constituted by World Education Rewards for Digital Learning,the award was received by its principal,Madhulika Sen. The school has always provided its students with the latest in technology. To enhance classroom teaching,LCD projectors have been installed in all the classrooms. This year,e beams were installed in some classrooms,which enabled classroom teaching to become more interactive. It also provided teachers with various tools and softwares to enhance the teaching-learning process. Students are taught lessons — mostly involving mathematics and science — through projectors,laptops and interactive softwares such as Educosoft. Students are also encouraged to complete their assignments online. Bharatiya Vidya is another software that has been used for the past four years to teach subjects such as science and social sciences. Besides this,regular collaborative learning of the kathak style of dance and yoga by Chinese students of Jinhuan High School,Shanghai,through video conferencing,and the simultaneous learning of Chinese dances by their Indian counterparts,has become a part and parcel of the school curriculum. This helps familiarise students with the art forms of the two countries. On November 25,2010,the school had also received an award for being the pioneer in implementing pedagogies of digital learning.