FOURTH EDITION OCTOBER 2017

THE CAMARADERIE THE RESIDENT SCHOLARS’ MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

CROSS COUNTRY

On the 4th and 6th of October, Genesians participated in the Annual Cross Country marathon resulting in the excellent performance of the Scholars in Residence. Vineet Raj of Class 7 came in second in The Middle School Boys category, and Ishita Singhal of Class 7 dominated the Middle School category by winning the category. Ashwin Jha of Class 9 bagged the 3rd position in the Senior School Boys category. Ekta Singh and Suzanne Ngaseppam both of Class 11 came in first and third respectively in the Senior School Girls category. Krishna Bansal of Class 5 came second in the Junior Boys category, whereas Alankrita Shah of Class 5 came in second in the Junior Girls category.

On the 7th of October, A Parent-Teacher Meeting was organized in the school. Teachers conversed with parents of the scholars regarding the scholars progress and areas of concern in the various disciplines. Alongside the meet, there was a book fair organized for both parents and scholars. Subject enrichment ac-tivities were put on display . Artisans of various SUPW clubs, including the pottery club, portrayed their skill through models of clay, which the parents viewed with utmost interest.

PARENT—TEACHER MEETING

INTER HOUSE RANGOLI COMPETITION

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On the 12th of October, Scholars participated in the Inter-House Rangoli and Diya Decoration competition. The scholars of vari-ous houses spent time decorating rangolis to impress the judg-es. They made rangolis ranging from geometrical to floral patterns. The result of this competition is shown below:

Winner Faith House

Runners Up Justice House

Second Runners up Peace House

INTER HOUSE TABLE TENNIS COMPETITION

Inter House Table Tennis Competition was held on the 28th

of October. The competition was divided into two groups

for boys; Group A consisted of classes 6-8 and Group B con-

sisted of classes 9-12. There was one group for girls in

which girls of all ages could compete with each other, thus

raising the competitive spirit amongst all. The result of the

competition is as follows:

Category Winner Runners Up Second Runners up

Group A (Boys) Valor Faith Peace

Group B (Boys) Valor Faith Peace

Group A (Girls) Faith Justice Peace

FIFA U-17 WORLD CUP

Our Footballers got a chance to watch India’s maiden U-17 FIFA World Cup Match against Columbia held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi on 9th of October. Footballers were excited as they saw India giving stiff competition to its rival but they returned dis-appointed as the Columbian Team emerged as victors with a score of 2-1.

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ANNUAL DAY

On 14th of October, parents were invited to the Annual Day Programme, organized by the scholars. The Chief Guest who graced the occasion was Mr. Bhure Lal, a former IAS officer who presently is the chairman of EPCA. Members of the Student Council gave reports on Academics, Sports and Residence respectively. It was followed by a Hindi Play; Chanakya and an English Play “The Sound of Mutiny” both received standing ovations from the audience. There was also a fusion of Indian Classical and Western Music by the school choir. Many of our Scholars in Residence won laurels in the field of academics. The names are as follows:

Name Class Subject Prize

Vinayak Singla 6 CS Maths, Science, WS 1

Aditya Verma 6 CS Hindi, German, WS 1, WS 2

Shruti Maji 7 CS Hindi

Aditya Pratap Singh 8 CS German

Mitansh Jain 9 CBSE Hindi and Social Science

WORLD ROBOTICS OLYMPIAD

Our School hosted the World Robotics Olympiad (India) on the 7th and 8th of October. Students from all over India ranging from age of 9-25 years participated. Two teams from our school also participated and qualified for the regional

Samad Wani 9 CBSE Maths and Science

Prerak Arora 9 IGCSE Business Studies, Combined Sci-ence, EFL

Agrim Mishra 9 IGCSE German

Divyansh Jain 9 IGCSE Art and Design, Math Extended

Rebecca Pauto 9 IGCSE ESL

Sameeksha Aggarwal 9 IGCSE ICT

Yedol Wangmo 9 IGCSE ESL

Kushaan Shampuria 9 IGCSE Maths Additional

Naman Gupta 9 IGCSE French

Divya Gupta 9 IGCSE English Literature

Aryan bansal 10 IGCSE Economics

Tshering Tenzing 10 IGCSE Enterprise

Riya Rastogi 11 CBSE Economics and Maths

Ujjwal Bansal 11 CBSE Chemistry and Physics

Sujin Kim 11 IB French B SL

Mansi Chottani 11 IB English HL

Chih Huan Chen 11 IB Chemistry HL

Naina Uppal 12 CBSE Psychology

Ramil Srivastava 12 IB Hindi B HL

Jinhee Park 12 IB French B SL, Business Manage-ment HL

Vinayak Trehan 12 IB Economics HL

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DIWALI CELEBRATION

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Diwali the ‘festival of lights’ is an ancient Hindu festival celebrated in autumn every year. The festival spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, good over evil and hope over despair. SIRs who stayed in the hostel for their Diwali break artistically decorated the entrance of the Hos-tel with beautiful rangolis. The whole display was overwhelming.

SPELL BEE COMPETITION

There was a Spelling Bee Competition held between the

junior scholars in residence on the 28th of October. The

competition was organized by Suzanne Ngaseppam a

scholar of Class 11. The event was very fruitful as the

scholars were challenged and were made to test their

knowledge in spelling. The result of the competition is

as follows:

Winner:- Jainis Sharma (Class 5)

Runners Up: - Bhavya Bhatt (Class 5)

ACHEIVEMENTS

BASKETBALL NATIONAL

Itqua Ansari (Class 7) was selected for Basketball Nationals. She represented the Uttar Pradesh Team at Didwana, Rajasthan from 8th October to 14th October, 2017. She made Genesis proud at the national platform via demonstration of her skill.

Scholars namely Kanin Kultha (Class 7) and Vidit Mahajan (Class 8) came second in the interschool story writing competition held at the Lotus Valley International School, Noida.

INTER SCHOOL STORY WRITING COMPETITION

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BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

From the 2nd of October to the 5th of October, the U-14 Girls Basketball Team participated in a basketball tournament held at Pathways School, Noida. Due to the perseverance and hard work of our girls, they attained an overall Runners Up position. The team consisted of Ishita Singhal, Radhika Juneja, Anukriti Kapoor, Shreya Bhusal, Syna Sethi, Sanya Aggarwal and Sanya Pervez.

FENCING COMPETITION

Recently, SIRs participated in a fencing competition held at Presidium School, Dwarka, Delhi, on 7th and 8th of October. They won many awards and made Genesis proud. Their achievements are listed below. Qais Shah has been selected for Fencing Nationals, which will be held in Gwalior.

Name Medals (Under 14) Medals (Under 17)

Maanik Dhall 1 Gold Medal 1 Bronze Medal

Qais Shah 1 Silver Medal 1 Bronze Medal, 1 Silver Medal

Sarthak Singhal 1 Bronze Medal 1 Bronze Medal, 1 Silver Medal

Aryan Gupta 1 Bronze Medal 1 Bronze Medal

Raghav Agarwal 1 Silver Medal 1 Silver Medal

TRI SERIES CRICKET TOURNAMENT

Our school hosted a Tri Series Cricket Tournament span-

ning over 3 weekends in which they competed against

Skills Academy. Over a series of 3 matches our school won

2 matches including the final match on 28th of October.

Aryaman Gupta of Class 9 was declared the “Best Batsman”

with a score of 131 runs over the 3 matches.

Our Team

Student Editors:- Pulkit Singh Chauhan (Class 9), Aditya Pratap Singh (Class 9), Rigyal Phuntsok Yousal

(Class 9), Sukhnoor Singh (Class 12)

Mentors :- Mr. Pradeep Paul, Mr. Abhishek Sharma