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The Annual Magazine of St. Jude’s School, Dehradun By Mrs. Michelle Nayar
DearReaders,
WeatSt Jude's School live by the words of Albert Einstein - “Only allife
lived for othersisa life worthwhile.”
I thank our President Mr. R.V. Gardner, Principal Mrs. V.R. Gardner,
our team of teachers and parents who have nurtured each child present on.
campusall year round to the best oftheir ability.
We now have 2936 young ones on campus. Our new playgroup is an
absolute personal delight to me so are the hours spent in the company of
our very many teenagers.
Thave, however, witnessed an aggres
teenager.
Students no longer enjoy games or pursue hobbies of any kind,
Friendships with peers are dwindling, Tuitions, studies and stress have
taken over the lives of somany.
More colleges that impart good education are required. Our youth is
hardworking, intelligent and dedicated. Their educational and career
requirements must be metby our government.
Here [would like to tell ourstudents to please take out one hour of their
time for their friends, their families, recreation, exercise and prayers.
They need to develop hobbies that will sustain them later in life's
journey.
To all adults reading this editorial, please be careful of the words you
use, Use negative words with caution; the results of negative words can be
long-lasting and destructive, especially on young minds
Use positive thoughts and words to enhance the behaviour of those
around you.
Thope you enjoy each page of The Thaddeusian, Each page represents
an occasion. Each occasion takes teamwork and enthusiasm to create. Ithas
been a wonderful year. Thank you teachers and students for your hard
workand commitment.
would like to thank Mr. V.K. Jain and his team at Vikalp Printers who
have helped us in designing the magazine, including this year’s section
dividers. [would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Gardner for their guidance and
support at all time. I would also like to thank Mr. Depender Mehra and
Deepak Purohit for their constant help in regards to typingand planning of
themagazine.
In conclusion, let us today take a pledge to live each moment of each
passing day and tomake life worthwhile for all those around us.
May God continue to shower His blessings on each one of you!
mn and deep anxiety in today’s
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FLESH HADOUSIAN, 2000.00 PRINCIPAL’S ANNUAL SPEECH
PRINCIPAL’S ANNUAL SPEECH — 2008-09
Delivered at the 14th Annual Speech & Prize Day — 10th May, 2009
Good afternoon dear Board Members, Parents,
‘Teachers, Students, Friends and Well Wishers.
First] would like to welcome our Chief Guest, Dr.S.
Farooq, I do not think he needs any introduction for the
people of Dehradun look upon him as a treasure of our
capital. He is the President of the Himalaya Drag
Company. He has published some 200 papers in
national and international journals and chaired many
conferences. He is the Chief Author of "555 Medicinal
Plants”, “101 Herbal Remedies for Cough and Cold”
anda biography of his Father.
He is the recipient of the Presicient Award and has
received many national and international awards in
recognition of his services inthe field of Ayurveda since
the last27 yearsand forhiscontribution to academicand
social work,
Dr. Farooq has done so much that it will need a lot of
time to speak in detail about him all Ican say Sir, is that
we are truly honoured that you have taken time out to be
with istoday,
Today is a very important event in the School
calendar as it marks the culmination of yet another
exciting and meaningful year forall atSt.Jude'sSchoo}.
We gather here not only to acknowledge the
achievements of the boys and girls who have excelled
academically but also to celebrate the achievements of
the other pupils who have represented the School in the
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lies. VR. Gardner, Penepa, delivering her Annual Speech.
many competitions at the Inter-House, Inter-Schoo! and
National level and subsequently attained pride for the
School.
STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS
1. St Jude’sSchool hostsa very interesting event where
many Schools participate, MindSpree 2008, an Inter-
School event. Twelve schools participated in the
competition - they were The Aryan School, The
Indian Public School, Hopetown Girls’ School,
Touchwood School, St. Thomas’ College, RIMC,
Mussoorie PublicSchool, The Doon School, St Jude's
School, Scholars Home, Carman School Dalanwala
and the Doon Presidency School
© Dhruy Sumbli of St, Jude's School stood first in
the Art Competition in the’B’ category. Shubhojit
Chatterjee of The Doon School came first in the
‘A’ category.
© Inthe PowerPoint Presentation,
teamcame first
# In the Academic Quiz, RIMC came first and St.
Jude'scamesecond.
* Inthe Sr. School Debate, St. Jude’s stood first and
Angad Singh was adjudged the Best Debater’.
2. In the Independence Day Essay Competition held
at Police Lines, where many Schools participated,
3. Jude’s School
ST JUDE'S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN Rajvardhan Kavi of Class VI of St. Jude's School
secured the first position. He received his award
from the Chief Minister.
3. In the Junior Inter-School Dance & Singing
Competition St. Jude's students of K.G. and Class I
came 2nd in the ActionSongcategory.
4, Carman School Premnagar hosted the Senior Inter-
School Dance & Singing Competition. St. Jude's
School was the clear winner in the Folk Dance
category (here I must say we have a very talented
Dance Teacher andall credit goes to her).
5. In the Macmilan NSW Competition, Megha Goel
and Vinayak Sharma of Class VIII scored the highest
in Science. Shreyansh V. Singh of Class VI scored the
highest in Maths.
6. In the Computer Olympiad, the following students
were State Level toppers
‘Angad Singh
‘Neham Tayal
Arpit
Sachin Panchal
Akshat Lakhiwal
Aman Gaur
Shubham Dimri of Class VIII
of Class XI
7. I would like to congratulate the Teachers, Parents
and Students of the ICSE and ISC batches for the
excellent performance in the Board Results 2008. We
hhad 100% passresult.
ICSE (10) TOPPERS:
SciencesSection:
First:
PulkitGera (04%)
Second:
Akshat Lakhiwal (93.4%)
Third:
ShashankSoi (93%) and.
Rakshita Sundriyal (93%)
ISC (12) TOPPERS:
Science Section:
First:
‘Ayesha Bari (94%)
Second:
Swati Walia (90%)
ST. JUDE'S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN
Commerce Section:
First:
Sherin Chopra (90%) and.
Ashmita Sinha (90%)
While we are very particular about our students’
excellence in academics we know that education means
intellectual, emotional, cultural and social development
of aperson.
We lay great stress on Games - we have the Annual
Sports Day where our children strive to do their best for
themselvesand their Houses.
ur school teams participate in the Inter-School
basketball, cricket, football, badminton and athletics.
Wesend our teams for the District Games as well.
(Our Senior students are taken to Raphael Home and
Old peoples’ home to prepare them for the life where
they have to be compassionate and caring human
beings.
During Dusshera holidays a group of students went
‘onan excursion to Delhiand Rajasthan
We lay great stress on environmental studies. We
have started a project where the students are surveying
why our mighty rivers turn into mere streams. We
encourage the children to understand the lives of all
living things -birds and animalsand tocare forthem.
We are also planning to start a programme with the
help of Maxmind India for faster calculations, better
memory power, better concentration, high confidence,
high-speed reading and writing with accuracy.
For this Annual Speech Day 375 children are being,
given prizes; the little ones - from Nursery to Class V ~
were given prizes a day before as we could not
accommodate them all in the hall. I would like to
congratulate the Teachers/Parents and students for
their Awards.
STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS:
I would like to congratulate each staff member for
his/her contribution. They try to achieve the objectives
of our education through the pursuit of appropriate
curricular syllabuses for developing individual talents
in games, sportsand cultural activities.
They have worked hard to inculcate the spirit of
leadership and self disciplinein students.
This year we are giving away prizes for three ladies
and one gentleman who never took even one day off
during the school year.
Theyare:
Mrs. A. Chaudhary
Mrs.. Rana
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PRINCIPAL'S ANNU
Mrs. N. Upadhyay
Singh
mention the spirit of Mr. Depender Mehra
gone a surgical operation and came for
inhours.
A special word of appreciation is being given to Mrs.
Kukreja forbeing very brave-shehad met witha
road accident but came over to work in order to
our dance students for today’s function.
year we have promoted Mrs. Michelle Gardiner
Twould like to thank our Board Members for helping
usatall times and for understanding our needs. We had
a new shed put up in the Primary Section as well as a
new Staff Room given for the Junior School. Thank you
Mr. Gardner for your help and advice
Once again, thank you Dr. S
presence with us today
would like to thank my office staff for their selfless
work - the long hours they work in order to keep the
running of the school smooth. For their help at all times
Farooq for your kind
rom being a Coordinator to becoming the first | 74 what is more they are always smiling - thank you
Vice Principal of St. Jude's School. Mrs. Nayar has been | the OfficeTeam
seeing to the discipline in the Sr. School as well as Thank you.
izing various quizzes and other activities.
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Standing (5 Row): Kran, Shahuntoala, Poolwat, Mrs. VR. GarénerPrincipel, Mr: O. Malcom (Estate Wc )Lily, Maya, Deveshary
Standing (2d Row): Pot, Girish, Navadeep, Bonyface, Meene Kuma, Vikesh Kumar, Bhagwat, Ram Murty
Standing (rd Row): Anand Bhat, Anu, Rakesh Kumar, Kishan, Rakesh Chand, Anand Joba, Rajesh, Sompal, Sunder, Raj, Pradeep
ST. JUDE'S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN THE THADDEUSIAN, 2008-09
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HE THADDEUSIAN, 2008.09 SSS ST. JUDE'S SCHOOL. DEHRADUN Prize List, 200
Nursery-A
General Proficiency Ayushi Tiwari
English Ashi Arora
Maths Khushi Kukreti
Hindi Srishti Bhardwaj
English Hlocution (Girl) Aishi Arora
Consistent Effort Neal Nayar
Progress Astha Mittal
GK. Neal Nayar
Art Kartik Chopra
Craft ‘Sejal Thapa
Nursery-B
General Proficiency Pragya Saraswat
English Ananya Ghildiyal
Maths Shubham Bhatt
Hindi Suhani Saklani
Consistent Elfort Harshit Parashar
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‘The matches were really exciting and the spectators were overwhelmed
when Rehan, Ajay and others showed superb skill and technique
Theresults wereas under (wintersin bold):
HowardHouse(19) Vs. Gardner House (09)
KhannaHouse(22) Vs. Lyons House (20)
LyonsHouse (16) Vs. Howard House (08)
KhannaHouse (21) Vs, Gardner House (02)
LyonsHouse(18) Vs. Gardner House(10)
Howard House (23) Vs. KhannaFlouse (18)
JUNIOR INTER-HOUSE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS WITH THEIR HOUSE MASTERS AND PT!
LYONS HOUSE
St JUDE'S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN
THE THADDEUSIAN, 2008-00 33 THE SENIOR INTER-HOUSE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Soon followed the Senior Boys matches where Bhanu, Garvit, Rajesh and
others played exceptionally well with amazing shows of technique and
accuracy.
Theresultsin theSenior category wereas follows (winnersin bold):
Howard House(33) Vs. GardnerFlouse (11)
KhannaHouse(24) Vs. Lyons House 26)
pe NtERHOUSE LyonsHouse(20) Vs. Howard House(51)
KhannaHouse (27) Vs. Gardner House (31)
OVERALL RESULTS
or noe LyonsHouse(08) Vs. Gardner House (15)
; been Howard House (35) Vs. Khanna House (8)
: Gere we With ths the Inter-House Basketball Tournament for the year 2008-09
4. Khanna House came toanend.
The overall winners of the trophy for the Boys Basketball were Howard
House,
SENIOR INTER-HOUSE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS WITH THEIR HOUSE MASTERS AND PTI
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LYONS HOUSE
3 HETADOCUSIN 20000 ES | $7 IUDE'S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN ‘An annual General Knowledge
Quiz was organized by the Doon
Defence Academy to mark i
establishment in Dehradun on the
10th of August, 2008. St. Jude's
School, along with twenty one other
Schools of ISC and CBSE Boards,
participated in the Quiz. Five
students of SJS participated in the
competition under the guidance of Mr. Tribhuvan
Singh. Questions were asked from different fields such
asHistory, Geography, Current Affairsand Science
The marks scored by the participants (out of 150)
wereasfollows:-
1. NehamTayal 118
2. HiteshKukreja. 105
Chess instills in young players a sense of self
confidence and self-worth. It not only increases
cognitive skills but also teaches the value of hard work,
concentration and commitment
On 2nd August, 2009, SJS participated in the Inter-
School Chess Tournament hosted by The Doon School,
Dehradun. The tournament was on open tournament in
which ten schools participated. They were the Indian
Public School, Summer Valley School, St. Jude's School
Selaqui World School, Ann Mary School, Brightlands
School, The Doon School, Constancia School, Cambrian
Hall and Welham Boys’ School. St. Jude's School was
represented by Bhanu Pratap Singh Aswal and Ishan
Rayal of XLSc-A.
It was a tough competition of wits. Boys of SJS
reached the Semi-Finals after competing with various
schools. However, SJS lost to The Doon School in this
raging battle of intellect and Brightlands School
emerged as the ultimate winner.
3. MuditKhansili 99
AngadSingh 97
5. ShubhamPal 88
Neham Tayal secured the second position in the
competition. He received a prize of Rs, 2500 and a
trophy from Colonel BS, Rawat (Retd.) who was the
Chief Guest at the prize distribution ceremony. Various
patriotic songs and plays were organized by the
students of Doon Defence Academy.
It was a great learning experience for the students
and wehope that such competitionsare organized in the
future too.
Neham Tayal (XII-Se-B)
Congratulations boys! Don’t stop playing this game
cf wit; it will keep you in good stead in times tocome,
Prashant Sinha (XI-Sc-A)
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‘ST. JUDE'S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN
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Extra Curricular activities are of utmost importance
in St. Jude's School. Maintaining the same ritual from
4th to 7th of August, 2008, English Flocution
competition was conducted for the Junior School
children. The children made efforts to learn the poems
and to be able to recite them confidently. The students’
hard work was appreciated and applauded by our
judges Mrs. V.R. Gardner (Principal), Mrs. S. Singh and
Mrs. G. Kohli. The event became more colourful with
props being used by the classes. The group elocution
competition gave a chance to every student to come up
onthestageand bea partof the event.
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RESULTS
JUNIOR SCHOOL
ENGLISH ELOCUTION
Group Category vidal Category
Narsery-C Boy Bhanu? Singh (NurC)
Gist shiarora(Nurea)
KGB Boy UssavGulati(KG-D)
Gist Neclakshi(KG-A)&
Divashini(KG-D)
ke Boy Danielimbert(-C)
Girl ayesha Rathore (I-A)
1A Boy UikarshRathore(-B)
Gist Shrisi(tL-n)
mc Boy svidrora(lI-E)
Girl RinSakhia (11)
va Boy AgrajNagarkoi(1V-C)
GiplUrvashiNegi(1V-B)
ve Boy Shear Kapoor(V-C)
Girl ShrutiDangwal(V)
3h EOS a EEE $7 1UE'S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN ‘THE RESULTS “MindSpree’ is the brainchild of Mrs, Michelle Nayar who, in the year
Saas 2003, when St. Jude's was growing, realized the need for her students to be a
durcoereciin partof the Quizzing world.
“MindSpree' began with a Computer Quiz and evolved into three days’
Oe festival whose goals and objectives were to create a platform for students of
(ladon all schools to apply knowledge and to learn to think for themselves, to help
st Semen prepare them for the workforce, to foster teamwork and above all to help
(petown Ge Sea) break the boundaries that exist between schools and to help students
7 Abhishek Rae recognize talent, no matter which school itis found in.
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Geoup 8 ART AND MEGA POSTER CONTEST
Phew On day one of the festival, an Artand Mega Poster Contest took place and
ee was held on the 6th of August. Twelve schools participated in the
juss a competition. They were The Aryan School, The Indian Public School,
xamernwan Hopetown Girls’ School, Touchwood School, St. Thomas’ College, RIMC,
opto Gi See) Mussoorie Public School, The Doon School, St. Jude's School, Scholars Home,
Carman School Dalanwala and the Doon Presidency School. The Chief Guest
THE RESULTS for theday was Dr. BP. Kamboj,
‘MindSpred? The Art contest was divided into two categories A & B, Section A’s theme
MEGA POSTER COMPETITION was ‘Depict Paradise’ and Section B's theme was ‘Wonderful Nature’. The
MasworiePublesdwa contest hoped to choose the ‘Best Artis’ for the year 2008. A Mega Poster
mt Tenocisaen competition was also held, in which eight students had to together create one
7 Stade Shoo poster with the themeof Countries at Peace’, within a period of hours.
Ants trying to create ‘Dapic Paradise’ and
"Wonderful Nature’ with penel and clout
‘Mega Poster aking competition, very school made a poster saying ‘Countries at Peace
SOLON ES | THETHACDEUSIAN, 20609 37 “what wonderful posters”
Minds, thoughts and the pencils create waves a Ss.
We are all one par - the students who participated in the
far & Poster Making Competition,
MICROSOFT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
On Day 2 of the contest, ie. on the 7th of August, a novel contest was
held, the first of its kind in Dehradun ~ an Inter-School PowerPoint
presentation contest. Students were told to work in groups of four, and
they were to research various topics and create a presentation by way of
computer graphics.
‘The contest aimed at allowing students to work together. It aimed at
allowing students to conduct research and create their own five-minutes
slide shows, The topics that were given tothe schools wereas follows:
a. One day we will live as one...
(Theme:- Countries at Peace)
b. IPL, Good or Bad.
c. India in the Future.
Depict her strengths and weaknesses.
4. How long will Planet Earth survive, given
her present problems?
e. Are we all alone in the Universe???
Or, does life also exist elsewhere???
{. Should Tibet remain a part of China?
g _Inwhat way will the ‘Indo-US Nuclear
IMcrosoft PowerPoint presentation
by St. Jude's Schoo.
‘The S15 team - winner ofthe computer presentation,
Deal’ benefit India? ‘with the Computer Teacher, Mrs. Kanda.
Cw. ————
ST, JUDE'S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN ‘THE RESULTS
‘Mindspree’
ACADEMIC QUIZ
ia RIMC
2nd St Jude's School
3rd St Josepis Academy
ST JUDE'S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN
‘THE ACADEMIC QUIZ
‘An Academic Quiz followed in the evening of the 7th of August, 2008.
Sterne once said, ‘the desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases
ever with the acquisition of it’. The Quiz was complete with audio-visuals
and a variety of questions on different topics and fields. Mr. Deepak Ahuja
put the Quiz together and was wonderful as the Master of Ceremonies.
The school that participated were as follows: RIMC, St. Thomas’ College,
St. Joseph's Academy, Scholars Home, Mussoorie Public School, Hopetown,
Girls’ School, Touchwood School, Pine Hall School, The Indian Public School,
Hilton’sSchool and St.Jude’sSchool
After the Online Quiz, the following schools reached next phase of the
quiz, RIMC, St. Thomas’ College, St Joseph’s Academy, Scholars Home, Pine
Hall School and St. Jude's School. The final results are given in the table
alongside.
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elders that it is our sacred duty to be respectful See towards them. Our sense of gratitude towards them goes a long way in making them feel happy and worthwhile. ‘RENDEZVOUS’ - 2008 “Always bear in mind that your oton resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.” ‘The whole purpose of learning at St Jude's School is to broaden our horizons and open our minds to new tas. Therefore, ‘Rendezvous’ ~ a festival of creativity and academics ~ is held annually to showcase our knowledgeas wellas to gainconfidence. C-) =) =) I ira i i= i aI eS io I wn ICSE - (IX-X) - QUIZ ‘THE RESULTS (ICSE-IX-X) SRENDEZVOUS Ta Acapewte Quiz Peston ‘Howe 1 ‘Khanna Howse Lyons House Hoveard House Gardner House Nes. , Tull conducts the ‘Rendenvous" Quiz and meets the Four House teams of Classes IX & x LYONS HOUSE QUIZ TEAM STJUDE'S SCHOOL. DON ES THe THADOUsiAN, 200800 | 45 “Logical Reasoning’ round, which was loved by all. The Rapid re paced noun Wad Glyrad ty ise |CPSueyoa as Va ares ed! cartes ere | detabtstatiewiner third round was the ‘Current Events’ round. T eM This year, ‘Rendezvous’ was held on Ist September, | Fire’ round waskeenly contested. FM 2108. salvars from all the Houses reached the stage | The challenging gui started wit the contestants Feil after geiting through a tough exam, The teachers in- | from Classes IX and X from ll four Houses ready forthe I charge were Dr. Deepak Ahuja, as the Quizmaster; Mr. | battle of wits. The quizzing among the participants from ae PS Bisht, as the Timekeeper and Mr. R. Kumar, as the | Classes XI-XII was awesome. It was a wonderful ayy Scorer. experience for the audience too. = The quizcomprised fourrounds. The irstround,the | The competition concluded with a speech by the aI BS a oI 1p) ISC - (XI-XI) - QUIZ ‘THE RESULTS (ISC-XI-XII) SRENDEZVOUS TuEACApaNC Quiz Postion House 1 Lyons House Howard House ‘Khanna House 4 Garde House LYONS HOUSE QUIZ TEAM AB THE THADDEUSIAN, 2008.00 ‘ST. JUDE'S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN THE ‘RENDEZVOUS’ DEBATE A Debate on the topic “Tradition is an obstacle to progress”, wasalso held on the occasion of the’Rendezvous’ 2008. ST JUDE'S SCHOOL, OEHRADUN THE THADDEUSIAN, 2000.09 7 2° c=} r— x] eB aI 4 = S| = a fa 1) (oe) = =) I a ia 9 = a = oy ia io) —_—— THETAOOLLS AN, 20000 EE ST JUDE'S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN ‘TEACHERS’ DAY CELEBRATION (JUNIOR SCHOOL) Gone is the builder's temple, Crumbled into the dust. Low lies each stately pillar, Food for consuming rust. But the temple the teacher builded Will last while the ages roll, For that beautiful unseen temple Was a child’s immortal soul. ‘And for this noble deed teachers are admired in the most special way on Teachers’ Day. Teachers’ Day is celebrated with lots of zeal and enthusiasm all over India on the 5th of September. So is the case with usat St Jude's School. ‘The celebration started with a variety entertainment programme. Speeches in English and Hindi were first presented by Charu and Saksham followed by various dances like ‘Its Rocking.’ by Riya and Muskaan from ILE, "Yoh ishg hai’, by the students of I-A, II-B & 1V-C, wonderful sight - our young ones enjoy the performances fon the occasion of Teachers" Day ST JUDE'S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN ‘Mrs. Sonia Ahuja and Ratika Machal enjoy being n the midst of our young ones. Students of Nur-A have a ball onthe accaston of Teachers’ Day. “Nagada Nagada...’ by the students of III-C & IV-A and many other foot-tapping numbers like ‘Jeet Karda’, "Touch me, touch me’, ‘Hare Ram Hare Ram’, ‘Pappu can’t dance’, “Milo na milo’ and ‘Khacoab dekie' by the students of V-B IV-A &III-C Toadd cherry to theicing, class parties were held and provided more entertainment for both the teachers and, stuclents alike. With such an elaborate show of loveand affection, all the teachers were really grateful and well pleased, as the love and appreciation they get from their students is beyond any reward THE THADDEUSIAN, 200808 4B ce) S S x} iad is fea = Ss a = im 3) oy Cy =} S i] aI 4 eI SI I i» fl 7) Children are the future of our country and they are shaped and moulded into responsible citizens by their teachers. A teacher provides the gateway through which a child enters and brings glory for himself and to the country. Teachers’ Day is celebrated on the birth anniversary of late Presicient Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who himself was a renowned teacher. On this day, students honour their teachersand express their loveand gratitude. Every year Teachers’ Day is celebrated at SJS with great vigourand joy. ‘This year, as soon as the teachers entered the Jonty auditorium, they were greeted with flowers and songs. ‘The opening act was a group song followed by a beautiful dance performance by the girls of Classes X and XI. An English and a Hindi song number came next and was followed by a scintillating dance sequence which was the limelight of the event, and lastly an exhilarating play was put up by thestudents of Class XII which was appreciated by everyone. Principal, irs. VR. Gardner, with our School Captains on the [Joyous eccasion of Teachers Day ‘Mind-btowing performance toa popular beat (ur Seniors iove to cance. 50 THe mapdeUsIAN, 2000 09 Sm ST.JUDE'S SCHOOL, DEHRADUN And we were rewarded and were given the fallawing titles... Haraworkina! Mrs, Mh, Nayar ~ “ost Creative Mrs. Shama Kukreja- ‘Most Talented! firs. A. Chaudhary - ‘Most Dependable" ST. JUDE'S SCHOOL. DEHRADUN rs. Deepa Bisht - ‘Most Helpful The day ended with class parties. Thestudents invited the Principal and the teachers to their respective classes in orderto honourand entertain them. They decorated their classes. They. presented cards and bouquets to the teachers to show their appreciation and gratitude. The main aim for this was not just to entertain but also to let our teachers know that they are cherished and loved by each one of us and hold an. extremely special place in our hearts. a 51 ee) i) So N ira <3) = I a = im isi n ce) = =)You might also like
