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Issue: July, 2016

Khaitan Public School among The Economic

Times Best School Brands in India

ET Edge recently organized ‘The

Economic Times Best School

Brands’, a grand gathering of

major schools from all over India at Shah Jahan Ball Room, The

Taj Palace, New Delhi. The Con-

clave was attended by education-

al leaders from all over India and world. The objective of the sym-

posium was to provide a platform

for discussion of trends and inno-

vations, introducing practical strategies, better ways for stu-

dents to learn, and to felicitate

schools with excellence awards

for their extraordinary contribution in the field of education.

The Coffee Table Book by Economic Times for Best School Brands in the country was also unveiled at the event. The time

had finally come to felicitate the Best School Brand Excellence

Award to different schools of India by honorable guests of the

evening. Proudly, Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad was one of the few schools recognized by The Economic Times for their ex-

cellent contribution to society and education. Ms. Geeta Varsh-

neya, Education Director and Ms. Preeti Gupta, Parent-Child

Relations Head of Khaitan Public School, received the award on behalf of the entire Khaitan fraternity.

The grand evening receded with fine dinner for all invited educa-

tors and congratulatory words echoed in the ballroom.

We also congratulate the entire Khaitan community, students, teachers, and parents for contributing to the success of Khaitan

Public School. We promise we will keep serving the society by

producing the future leaders of the world as the tagline of our

logo rightly says, “Leaders For Life.”

Inside this Issue:

KPS Headlines 1-5

Achievements 7-9

Workshops 10

Assemblages 11-12

Creative Corner 13-15

Science Experiment 16

Counsellor’s Desk 17

Tasty Bytes 18

Birthday Bash 19-20

From Editorial Desk 21

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Culmination of Summer Champ Camp, 2016

Every day is a bliss when you come to school to

see students learning how to swim, play Harmo-

nium, Casio, Guitar, Drum and other musical in-struments. When you take an amble through the

school corridor, and see students busy in taking

Pottery Classes, making Science Models, doing Martial Arts, deeply engaged in building Aero-

planes that actually fly, learning Jazz, Hip Hop,

Salsa, and other forms of Western Dance. When

you see toddlers enjoying their hearts out in the water park every day, learning how to skate,

shoot in the shooting range, and create wonder-

ful pieces of art and craft. This is Summer Champ Camp at Khaitan Public School. After a month full of activities, acquiring skills, finally

comes the day to culminate the Summer Champ Camp, and a day for students to showcase

their newly learnt skills to their parents and teachers.

The success of the Summer Champ Camp, 2016, full of varied activities carefully concocted for

kids during summer break, was clearly visible in the grand culmination ceremony celebrated on 17th June, 2016 in Vividha 2 Hall at Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad. Over 130 students

from more than 16 schools participated in the camp, and in the culmination ceremony too.

The magnificent pieces of art shown as an exhibi-

tion by art students, wonderful Dance Performanc-es, presentations, Martial Arts, Skating, and much

more, made the Summer Champ Camp Culmina-

tion a day to behold. The day was full of activities and skills showcased by the students with pride

and ambition. This is the day when they deserve

standing ovations and claps more than once. This

day they was seen saying ‘I have learnt a new skill’ with much gusto.

Culmination Ceremony started with an amazing Musical performance by students, followed by

Jungle Jungle Dance, Dabang Mashup, an astonishing display of model aeroplanes flying

high in the sky by young students. Soon, Hawa Hawai Dance followed, and later newly ac-quired Martial Arts skills were displayed by varied ages of students. Kisi Disco Mein jayein

Dance, Sorry Dance, and a presentation on the varied technical activities done in Discovery

Spot lab were presented by the students. Later Tap Dance, a presentation on shooting skills,

and Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu Dance were performed. The day ended with swimming and skating skills shown by students.

Other than the exhilarating performances, a magical exhibition of extraordinary art and craft

was done on the sides of the hall. Beautiful pottery work of each student, painting on T-shirts,

clay models of Elephants, Tortoise, Crocodiles, Peacock, Aeroplanes, Penguins, etc, stick art

using wood sticks, acrylic painting on pots, paper modelling, and modern art were displayed

in the exhibition.

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Dharamshala Trip “Life is a journey’’. School trips and excursions are an integral part of the students’ life at Khai-tan Public School. School trips teach valuable lessons to stu-dents like cooperation, unity, leadership skills and of course, it is an amalgamation of adven-ture, thrill and excitement too. On 29th May 2016, the fun be-gan for 40 students and 4 teach-ers when they embarked on an exploratory journey to Mcleod-ganj and Dharamshala for a 4 night 5 day trip. The fun started with the bus trip itself with songs and jokes by the students. After an over-

night journey, all students trekked to Bhagsu waterfall. The visit to the wa-terfall was refreshing and enjoyable fol-lowed by a short visit to the market and leisure time. Next morning the stu-dents indulged in rock climbing, rap-pelling, and trekking. They visited the local village too, where they interacted with foreigners who have stayed there and have adopted the Indian culture. In the evening, the spiritual experience at

the Namayajual monastery overwhelmed all. Next day the students embarked on their journey back home but not before visiting Kangra Art Museum, War Memorial and Dharamshala Cricket Stadium. The young boys were thrilled to see the cricket stadium surrounded by the majestic mountains. After an overnight journey in the bus they reached school, early in the morning tired, but happy to experience the spiritual and fun filled journey to Dharmashala.

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Investiture Ceremony

Student Council Members of Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad were

sworn on Friday, 8th of July 2016, for the current session at an impressive

Investiture Ceremony, amidst an air of enthusiasm and anticipation. The

deserving young talents were bestowed with the responsibility of leading

the school from the front with integrity, commitment, and excellence. The

grand event commenced with the singing of melodious Sufi Songs by the

students followed by a traditional welcome. Air Commodore Nagesh Ka-poor, Air Officer Commanding, Air Force Station, Hindon graced the occa-

sion as the Chief Guest while Ms.

Jyoti Gupta, Principal DPSG was the

Guest of Honour. Wing Command-

er Mr. M. Yagnaraman and Vice

Chairman Mr. Anirudh Khaitan

were the distinguished guests for

the occasion. AOC appreciated and

applauded the students for shoul-dering responsibilities at a very

young age. He also emphasized the

importance of hard work, determi-

nation and time management.

The newly appointed Council Members were adorned with badges and

sashes by the Chief Guest and the Guest of Honour. The elected Head Boy,

Shivam Mavi, and Head Girl, Manavika Khanna were handed over the

school flags by the Former Head Boy and Head Girl.

The entire Council took the oath, headed by Education Director Ms. Geeta

Varshneya, to discharge their duties with sincerity and to fulfill everyone’s expectations. A presentation per-

taining to school’s achievements

and accolades was also shown fol-

lowed by a scintillating dance per-

formance by the students on

‘Chakravyuh’ which was the high-

light of the event. The function cul-

minated with the Vote of Thanks

proposed by Senior Wing HM Ms. Sabita Seth.

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Leadership Camp, 2016

Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad orga-

nized a two day Leadership Camp for

the students of Class IX and the newly

appointed Prefectorial Board of the

school. The programme concerned with

the setting of ground rules and general

introduction of the participants was conducted by Ms. Sabita Seth (HM,

Senior Wing) and Ms. Lovely Arora

(HM, Middle Wing). A workshop on personal effectiveness and team bond-

ing was organized by Mr. Kapola, Ca-

reer Counselor followed by a lecture on

‘Leadership’ by Ms. Satamani from

Times Of India. Problem solving ses-

sion was also conducted by Ms. Shivani

Shesh (Co-ordinator, XI-XII) followed by the outstanding Talent show con-

ducted by the students of Middle and

Senior wing.

The second day commenced with medi-

tation, yoga and morning prayer. The exuberant children were extremely

excited to participate in the Physical Endurance Test. Throughout the day

students were engaged in various workshop and sessions like Communica-

tion Skills, Grooming Time, Stress Management, Values and Etiquettes,

Empathy Analysis, Chit Discussions, Organizational Skills, etc. Students

were truly enchanted and mesmer-

ized by the session on Systems

Thinking conducted by Education

Director Ms. Geeta Varshneya .

The two day programme culminat-

ed with the prize distribution cere-

mony. It was an extremely in-formative camp which enlightened

the students and helped them a

great deal to search the leader

within themselves.

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Khaitan Students at Maker’s Meet by Cooler Master, GigaByte and BenQ

A team of students from Khaitan Public School visited Maker’s Meet at Okhla Phase II, New Del-hi on 14th May, 2016. The event was sponsored by big players in the computer industry such as Nvidia, BenQ, Cooler Master, and GigaByte. The entire team of students had a wonderful time at the event and they built their own ‘power comput-er’ as a participating team in the event. All the students were given amazing goodies at the end of the event.

A Fruitful Student Interac-tion with Khaitan Alumni,

Mr. Manmeet Singh Ahluwalia

Mr Manmeet Singh Ahluwalia, Alumni of

our School took the initiative to address the

students of Class XII on 13th July for an hour

long interactive session on various career

options available; he further enlightened the

students on choosing unconventional options

as their profession and how they can prove to

be prolific for us.

His knowledge and expertise helped the stu-

dents to gain insight and instilled them with

clarity and evocative thinking.

CBSE Online Labs Workshop

CBSE Online Labs workshop was organised on

18th July, 2016 at DPSGV. Teachers from our

school participated for the same in an interac-

tive session with Ms. Ratna representing Amri-ta University, Kerala. The execution of Olas

Online Labs is a joint venture of CBSE and Am-

rita University. They showcased videos and

presentations on various subjects including Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and English

in an animated, colourful and illustrated form.

It gave an insight into futuristic methodology

of teaching which will surely be beneficial to

students and facilitator.

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Khaitan Achievements

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2 Students from Khaitan Awarded Cash Prize as winners in Na-tional Level CBSE Painting Competition, Expression Series, 2016

CBSE organized a Painting Competition, Ex-pression Series, 2016 on the occasion of Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at the national level. Numerous schools partici-pated in online submission of the same which was held on 13th & 14th April, 2016.

Many Students of our school participated in the competition which was divided into three categories. Finally, 12 students from each category were selected, out of which two students were selected from Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad.

Schools from all over India participated in the competition.

Khaitan Public School is the only school from Uttar Pradesh and one of the only two schools from all over India to win two prizes in the national level competition. Winners from Khaitan Public School were awarded with a cash prize worth of Rs. 2500/- each and a certificate of merit.

Samiksha Kaul from Class VIII C and Gurpreet Singh Nijjer from Class IX A are the winners

from Khaitan Public School.

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Khaitan Achievements

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Manavika Khanna - ‘Best Danc-er’ at Indradhanush, 2016

Manavika Khanna, a student of class XI-C at Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad was felicitated with the best dancer award in a 20 member group at an annual cul-tural event, “Indradhanush” at Azad Bhavan auditorium, Indi-an Council for Cultural Rela-tions (ICCR), New Delhi.

The event was held on 21st May 2016, and was organized by Association for Learning Performing Arts and Normative Action (A.L.P.A.N.A.). The event was graced by Mr. M.L. Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Min-istry of Culture, Govt. of India, as the Chief Guest.

Painting Competition

On the occasion of World Environment Day, National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi organized a painting competition at Indian Paryavaran Bhawan, MOEFCC, Jor Bagh Road, New Delhi. The theme for the same was ‘Go Wild for life-Zero Tolerance for the Illegal Wild Life Trade’. In category II , Puru Mehra of Class XI bagged the covet-ed Second Position.

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Khaitan Achievements

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Inter-House Street Play Competition An Inter-House Street Play Competition was or-ganized on 20th May, 2016 for the students of Classes IX – XI. Pragati House presented the street play on the topic “Environment – Protec-tion”. Jagriti House won the consolation prize; their topic for the day was ‘Child Labour.’ San-skriti House secured the second position. They focused on the theme of ‘Corruption.’ Sumati House was the winner; the presentation was based on ‘Women Empowerment’. Education Di-rector, Ms. Geeta Varshneya appreciated the efforts of the students. The students were moti-vated and encouraged by Ms. Sabita Seth & Ms. Lovely Arora. It was a fun-filled learning activity.

Synergy Around 11 schools participated in ‘Synergy’ at Gurukul, The School on

16th July, 2016. Khaitanians have been adjudged the best in the ‘Theme Ap-propriateness’ category. This win is an-other feather in the cap of Khaitan. Students who participated in the com-petition are as follows: Anvesha Jain: III E Uttkarsh Morya: III E Vipra Dobriyal: III C Shivansh Singh III C

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Khaitan Workshops

Yoga Session at Khaitan Public School

Derived from the Sanskrit word yuj, Yoga means union of the individual consciousness or soul with the Universal Conscious-

ness or Spirit. Yoga is a 5000 year old Indian body of

knowledge.

Though many think of yoga only as a physical exercise where

people twist, turn, stretch, and breathe in

the most complex ways, these are actually

only the most superficial aspect of this pro-

found science of unfolding the infinite poten-

tials of the human mind and soul.

Ms. Shalini Kamboj & her team explained

the members of EOS & EPP batch, how

practicing “Pranayama” and asanas can help

to bring more oxygen to the blood and brain,

eventually helping control prana or the vital

life energy. Pranayama also goes hand in hand with various yoga asanas. At the break

time members learned some team building exercises. The goal of this workshop was to

make principles of yoga and practices more understandable and accessible.

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Workshop on Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences (POCSO)

‘POCSO’ (Protection of Children Against Sexual Of-

fences) workshop was held by Ms. Gagandeep

Kaur for the teachers at Khaitan Public School on

29th June,’16. The purpose of the workshop was

to make the teachers aware of the different kinds

of abuses that a child may face in his life.

The workshop emphasised on how a child can pro-

tect himself/herself against physical abuse, sexual abuse, negligence, isolation and

depression. The teachers were further made aware of their duties as a guardian/ facil-

itator, to ensure the safety of children in the school as well. Overall the workshop was

truly relevant for the teachers and enlightened them about the ways to handle, recog-

nise and appropriately respond to student behaviour.

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Assemblages

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A special assembly was conducted by the

students of class XI. They discussed about

three streams offered in school i.e. Hu-

manities, Commerce and Science as well

as various career options that the students

can avail.

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 struc-

tured time table in a students’ life; she al-

so distributed medals to the Olympiad

rankers.

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A welcome assembly was organized for Classes III-VIII on 1st July, 2016.

The students came rejuvenated after

the long summer break. The assembly

commenced with the prayer to the al-mighty.

The achievers of the International English Olympiad were felicitated and

medals for the same were disseminat-

ed. Ms. Lovely Arora (H.M. Middle

Wing) delivered an invigorating speech and urged the students to set their

goals higher in order to touch the zen-

ith of success. She also advised them

to stay focused. It was an enjoyable and informative assembly.

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Assemblages

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Khaitan Public School conducted a Wel-

come Assembly for the students of Class

XI on 4th July, 2016. Focus was on the

Importance of Time Management,

goal planning, structured time table

and the need for a student to be disci-

plined to achieve success.

The students of Class XI nominated their

names for various posts of the New Stu-

dents Council. They were given an op-

portunity to speak and share their views

regarding the post of responsibility that

they would wield on their shoulders soon.

Education Director Ms Geeta Varshneya

congratulated Prateek Sinha(X) for re-

ceiving ‘Junior Scientist Award’ by Na-

tional Science Concours.

Students Ashuditi Devbala Class X and

Nikhil Mishra Class XII shared their experi-

ences about their internship in Physiother-

apy Clinic and Pearl Academy respectively.

Ms Sabita Seth Headmistress Senior Wing

encouraged the students with her motiva-

tional speech and asked them to work

hard to achieve success.

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Class VI C presented an assembly on

the theme ‘Remembering Kargil Mar-

tyrs.’ It was a very inspiring assembly and the class presented it in a very in-

teresting way. Students shared infor-

mation about the Kargil War and the

bravehearts who were martyred in the war. This was followed by the news and

the thought of the day. Ms. Lovely Aro-

ra, Head Mistress, Middle Wing, offered

tribute to the Kargil Martyrs. Students sang a patriotic song and staged a role

play on the theme. In the end, a quiz

was conducted to ignite the interest of

the audience. It was an informative as-sembly.

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Creative Corner

FACE - TO - FACE OR FACEBOOK?

As schedules grow more hectic and we become deeper entrenched in this globalised world,

social media leads the way as compared to personal interactions. Sites like facebook makes it

easier to stay connected with people in this busy world. Recently, facebook celebrated its

10th anniversary. What was once an ordinary normal website suddenly became an internet

phenomenon that changed the way we interact, hence there has to be some strong reasons that

have made it evolved so much. There are studies

that suggest that social media users demonstrate

attentiveness when they retweet the information,

comment on a post. Even if they are multitasking,

its not an obvious distraction since checking your

mobile phones multiple times a day hardly takes

much time. Therefore, if asked whether face-

book or face to face, I would always be in sup-

port of the former one. Yes we cannot deny that

presence matters a lot, which social media

doesn't provide in most cases. But one should not forget that it is the body posture, tone of

speaking and facial expressions only that prohibits the counterpart to understand one's point

and finally lead to endless debates. Hence it is rightly said that the biggest problem of face to

face communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

Moreover, social media like facebook also helps you to have more productive discussions be-

cause there you can have more substantiate opinions and quickly provide links to more infor-

mation and thus involves searchable conversations.

Now let me give some examples where facebook has helped people in ways that we as indi-

viduals could not.

1) In 2014, Elva Carri, a British girl created a facebook group particularly for British

women in Dublin who want to make new friends. The group has now more than 5,000

members and is famous with the name "girls crew"

2) Homeless in Seattle – A former high end architect in Seattle made a drastic career

change in 2011 when his passion changed from designing homes to helping those who

don't have one. On his FB page homelessness, Rex gives homelessness a face by posting

personal stories to the new people he meets.

At last, to sum up the whole article I would like to say that facebook has become the ulti-

mate form of communication in today’s society, a form which is much better than face to

face talks.

By : Mansi Khurana (XI)

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CHILD LABOUR

Child labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children

of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and that is

mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful. Lack of meaningful alternatives, such as affordable schools and quality education, is

major factor driving children to

harmful labour. Children work be-cause they have nothing better to do.

Many communities, particularly ru-

ral areas where between 60–70% of child labour is prevalent, do not pos-

sess adequate school facilities. Even

when schools are sometimes availa-ble, they are too far away, difficult

to reach, unaffordable or the quality

of education is so poor that parents wonder if going to school is really

worth it.

Certain cultural beliefs have rationalised child labour and thereby encouraged it.

Some believe that work is good for the character-building and skill development of children. In many cultures, particularly where the informal economy and small house-

hold businesses thrive, the cultural tradition is that children follow their parents' foot-

steps; child labour then is a means to learn and practice that trade from a very early age. Similarly, in many cultures the education of girls is less valued or girls are simply

not expected to need formal schooling, and these girls are pushed into child labour

such as providing domestic services.

Concerns have often been raised over the buying public's moral complicity in pur-

chasing products assembled or otherwise manufactured in developing countries with child labour. However, others have raised concerns that boycotting products manufac-

tured through child labour may force these children to turn to more danger-

ous or strenuous professions, such as prostitution or agriculture.

By :- Anushka Gulati (X-D)

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THE RUSTY GATE'

The old rusty gate at the side of my house

always coming out from there are mouse

the rusty gate had some mystery

and something was related to its history

Never did i see someone getting out the color of the house was just fading out

it stood here long and stand here today

I have passed through it many times on my

way

And one day i stopped and asked it who did you see the last

but the gate didn't say much and stood by the past

From that day many days have passed by

I still walk through the old gate and just sigh

BY- DWIJA BALI (IX C)

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Mr. World 2016 Rohit Khandelwal is officially world's 'most desirable' man

Every guy out there with good looks and an aesthetic phy-

sique dreams

and wishes to win the most de-

sirable man title

in the world i.e.

the Mr. World ti-

tle, but winning the crown is not

as easy as it

looks. The grind

is as difficult as that of any other competition out there because it has its

own challenges.

Rohit Khandelwal, after winning the Mr. India title last year, has won the title of

Mr. World in the event that took place in Southport, United Kingdom. He became

the first ever Asian-Indian to win the crown and went on to make India proud on the

world stage.

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SCIENCE EXPERIMENT

RAINBOW IN A GLASS

Materials Required:

5 glasses

Sugar

Water

Different colored food coloring

Tablespoon

Epic patience and a steady hand

PROCEDURE: Line up the glasses and put 3 tablespoons

of water into the first four glasses.

Add one tablespoon of sugar to glass one,

two to glass two, three to glass three, four to glass four.

Stir thoroughly to dissolve the sugar.

Now add a different color food coloring to each glass. Pour 1/4 of glass four into

glass five.

You must pour the next layer (glass three) so gently that it doesn't mix with the first

layer.

You can put a teaspoon just above the first layer and pour the mixture gently over

the back of the spoon to minimize splash.

The more slowly you do this, the better the results. When you have filled the

glass to about the same width as the last layer, repeat with glass two, and then with

glass one.

If you have done this right you should get something like the picture.

OBSERVATIONS:

The different amounts of sugar in water create different densities of water. As you

are layering them with the heaviest at the bottom, the different layers will 'sit' on

top of each other. Eventually, due to particle dynamics, the layers will mix. The

greater the difference in density, the longer the effect lasts. Unlike water

and oil, however, once you mix the layers, they will not settle back.

By: Harshvardhan Kejriwal (IX C)

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Life…Why is it so complicated?

“Life” All have different approach, opinions, ways and ideologies about it.

We are social beings, we have the social appetite and to be socially satisfied, we need to be in certain

group or society, we follow the norms naturally as it’s fed to us since childhood.

“We become what we see.”

As we learn the most from our immediate environment (Family & significant others). We somehow

begin to follow them unknowingly too, but often we feel helpless and lost in life. Why does that hap-

pen?

We always have been asked questions about our “LIFE” especially by our parents & Teachers. Like

What are the goals in your life?

How are you planning to accomplish them?

What do you want to be in your life?

Have you set mini goals to achieve those major goals?

We are clueless & confused whenever we have been asked these questions. Why?

Most of us makes the resolution in the beginning of every year of one thing or another like “I will

start the morning walk from Tomorrow or I will start studying one hour extra from tomorrow or I

will not use social networking site from tomorrow” & that tomorrow never comes. The innumerable

wishes & desires cloud our judgment and thinking, we become aimless and eventually we start curs-

ing our life.

So, the question arises -then how some people are sorted and are able to manage time for everything

they wish for. I begin to search for an answer……The answer lied in myself that it is “Me” not oth-

ers who is stopping to achieve what I wish.

I begin to set goals those are SMART goals about my Academic, Personal & Professional Life.

S- Specific

M- Measurable

A-Attainable

R- Realistic

T-Tangible

“Have clear, concrete & realistic goals in life, Prioritize your life, Get things

done, take charge, Learn to take responsibility & most importantly have positiv-

ity & humility”. “Life will become worth living”.

By- Manika Pal (School Counsellor)

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TASTY BITES Chocolate Chip Truffles

Ingredients

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

2 tablespoons milk

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/4 cups all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

Chocolate Candy Coating Popsicle sticks, cut in half (use kitchen scissors to

make a clean, smooth cut)

In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy (about 3 minutes). Mix in milk and vanilla. Add flour and salt and mix on low un-

til combined. Stir in chocolate chips. Chill dough in refrigerator for about 30

minutes until firm enough to roll or scoop into 1-inch balls. Place rolled balls on a wax paper lined baking sheet and place in the freezer for at least 15 minutes. (I had

mine in for about an hour so longer is okay too) Melt candy coating following in-

structions on the package. Remove a couple of balls from the freezer at a time and insert the cut stick into the ball. Dip in candy coating and let any excess fall off

back into the bowl. Add small sprinkles on top and place on wax paper to set. If

the chocolate pools at the bottom of the ball, dot the balls on the wax paper until most of it is pulled off the ball and then place it on a clean spot of the wax paper to

set.

Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to a week. If decorating like chocolate chip cookies, flatten the balls into patties and freeze

for dipping. Insert the stick carefully into the thickness of the patty and dip in

melted peanut butter candy coating. Then just sprinkle with more mini chocolate chips before the coating sets.

By: Khushi Arora (XI D)

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Classes III & IV Kabeer Khanna, Kartik Maheshwari, Hitansh Kumar, Namish Tyagi, Harjas Kaur, Harman

Arora, Jagjeet Singh, Nivi Rohatgi, Krishna Tyagi, Divya Pal, Aryan Thadiyan, Shivam Deb,

Shubhansh Singh, Tanvi Tiwari, Yuval Gupta, Shiv Pratap Sharma, Arya Goel, Aarav Sisodia,

Arman Alvi, Divyam Chaurasia, Priyanshi Mathur, Pragaya Sharma, Prabhat Praveen,, Shreya

Bansal, Ridhima Saxena, Palak Bhardwaj & Kartikey Mishra.

Classes V & VI Muskan Singh, Aryesh Arya, Aman Shali San-

gam, Zayn, Shaurya Yadav, Talin Yadav, Riya

Bansal, Vaishnavi Narayan, Tanmay Malhotra,

Vaibhav Rawat, Anikait Sinha, K. Anirudh,

Chinmay Anand, Prerna Thakur, Sanvi Ag-

garwal, Vidhi Rohatgi, Lavanya Bhatnagar,

Kritika Rana, Harshav Jain, Kavya Agarwal, Se-

jal Kaur, Sannidhya Raghav, Abhya Sharma,

Darsh Chaudhary, Shlok Srivastava, Aditya

Naresh, Jiya Jain, Avaneesh Khanna, Ridham

Pandey, Nandini Bhuyan, Siddhant Chopra, Ab-

hishek Sharma & Akanksha.

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Classes VII & VIII Ananya, Rimjhim Tiwari, Annu Poonia, Divya Choudhary, Kartik Bansal, Fariya Achhab,

Umar Bin Shabbir, Kshitiz Chauhan, Gauransh Arora, Shatakshi Tyagi, Snehil Raj, Suyash

Rajpoot, Ananya Rana, Pranjal Shukla, Yash Raj Mishra, Deepanshi Puniya, Simran Aryan,

Payal Chaudhary, Anant Sharma,, Shamit Gautam, Ekta Chauhan, Mishika Sharma, Vanshika

Jain, Aadya Giri, Tanya Kapoor, Insha Chaudhary, Raj Rana, Aditya Sharma, Akshat Joshi,

Aryan Karanwal, Aryaman Jeewan Kutar, Shreyansh Ghansela, Yashika Singh, Aryan

Chaudhary, Manraj Singh Grewal & Anuj Bansal.

Classes IX & X Arshad Ahmed, Bhawna Chauhan, Anjali, Satyaprakash Singh Yadav, Aakash Shankar Sarkar,

Prakriti V Kotru, Ansh Arora, Chinmayee Mishra, Manasvi, Vaibhav Jha, Deepanshu Rai,

Kartavya Bansal, Abhay Kumar, Manan Arora, Prashant Yadav, Aman, Piyush Sharma, Su-

priya Tiwari, Vijay Sharma, Pranavi Sharma, Aditi Rastogi, Anurag Singh, Aman Kumar

Sharma, Jai Narayan Sharma, Pavitra Sharma, Palak Sinha, Shubham Singh & Kshitij Saxena.

Classes XI & XII Harshita Verma, Raghav Sehgal, Tanvika Bansal, Karan Jeet Singh, Sagar Kasana, Aman

Saxena, Aryan Singh, Shilpa Choudhary, Vaibhav Singh, Prabha Yadav, Dhairya Khurana,

Nimesh, Apoorva, Abhishek Kumar, Prateek Varma, Samyak Kumar& Shagun Choubey.

Staff Mr. Jeetendra Kumar Sharma, Ms. Manju Garhwal, Ms. Shivani Mehra, Mr. Michale Peter,

Ms. Saloni Agarwal, Ms. Sakshi Tyagi, Ms. Richa Singh, Mr. Balam Singh, Ms. Ladley Gur-

too, Mr. Sandeep Kumar, Ms. Indira Deoli, Ms. Parul Saxena, Ms. Sayyeda Zaiba Zaidi &

Ms. Kirti Singhal

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Um, Like Actually, Using Filler Words Is 100% OK

Years ago, it often took me a few seconds to get my thoughts in order in my head before I

could deliver them in the foreign tongue (i.e. English). English “um,” “ah,” “I mean”—words

that, no matter how intelligent a speaker you fancy yourself, you probably rely on more than

you realize.

Susmita Baral, writing for Quartz, points out that even President Obama uses the filler words.

Baral explains that, in spite of their bad rap, “there are a not-insignificant number of studies to

suggest we’ve got it all wrong. Not only might filler words be inevitable, it’s possible they’re

actually a useful part of our linguistic evolution.”

The findings Baral cites are fascinating: A 2014 study makes a connection between filler

words and conscientiousness, and a 2011 study discovered that the words aid in listener recall.

Similarly, a study by the University at Rochester in 2003 found that these so-called superflu-

ous words help with listener comprehension.

Obviously, if every other thing out of your mouth is um, uh, like, ah, I mean, you’re not going

to impress anyone. And, if you have a point to make, it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to get it

across if you overuse these tiny words. But it turns out there’s a sweet spot: Two filler words

per every hundred is what helps people understand a story better, according to Scott Fraun-

dorf, one of the authors of the listener recall study and psychology professor at University of

Pittsburgh.

It’s not just the number of filler words you use that’s significant—when you use them may al-

so matter in how your speech is perceived. When used in the middle of the sentence, they’re

more acceptable than when kicking off a sentence.

If you fear that you fall in the camp of relying too much on them, you can try pausing on oc-

casion instead. But ultimately, if you’re able to gather your thoughts and express yourself fol-

lowing an “um,” you’re doing just fine, and pausing can actually feel more awkward than fall-

ing back on the trusted “um.” So, go ahead, fear nothing and start conversing in English today.

By : Sangeeta Parmar (PGT English)

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THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Chief Editor: Ms. Geeta Varshneya

Editor: Ms. Sabita Seth

Teacher’s Editorial Board: Ms. Shivani Shesh (Head), Ms. Sangeeta Parmar, Ms. Chanda Banerjee & Ms. Jyoti Sharma and Ms. Swati Kapoor.

Student’s Editorial Board: Ayushi Chowdhary (XI)

Student Reporters: Nikita Gupta (XI), Harsh Shandilya

(XI), Riya Singh (XI), Kavyanjali Jha (XI). Sector – V Rajendra Nagar

Sahibabad, Ghaziabad (U.P.)

Issue: July, 2016