Ashima Sharma, 23rd August, 2014, Shimla
St Thomas Junior School celebrated their Annual Concert on 23rd August 2014. The chief guest for the event was Father A.S. Francis Xavier, the Administrator and Parish Priest of St Michael’s Cathedral Shimla, who inaugurated the function with the traditional lamp lightning ceremony. The lightning ceremony was followed by a melodious song Hey Humaare Pitah sung by Shubh Ashish, the school choir. Parents were also present in full strength on the occasion to support their children.
School Principal Vidhupriya Chakravarty informed the parents about the achievements of the students and competitions that took place during last annual session in the school and added, “The school conducts various programmes, competitions, workshops for helping each child discover his/her potential as an individual by encouraging enquiry and creativity. By providing a conducive and encouraging environment the learners are mentored to participate in a variety of intra- and inter-school activities/competitions. Keeping alive the house spirit the school conducted competitions and activities for students of nursery to second classes, such as the inter-house flower arrangement competition, inter-house quiz, inter-house recitation, inter-house declamation, drawing, junior sports day, workshops celebrating environment day were few events that took place during the year. Appreciation of natural beauty and value of outdoor play was brought to fore through fun filled picnic. The school is engaged in the outreach program ‘Nishtha’ for educating less privileged children especially the ‘Girl Child’. Last but not the least all the staff and students of the school deserve a special mention for consistent diligence, sincerity and devotion with which they continue to preserve zealously in achieving excellence in all aspects of learning at school”.
A variety entertainment programme was soon started by the tiny tots of Nursery who came forward to sing the welcome prayer ‘We Thank Thee Lord”. A Punjabi dance by the kids of Nursery class on the song ‘Jugni’ left all the parents and the guests awestruck. Giving out the message of ‘Truth alone triumphs’, the school choir sang Satyamev Jayate, which was a prize winning so
ng in the Inter-House patriotic song competition. Then the students of Class I staged a beautiful musical play ‘Prem Se Humko Jeene Do’, giving the message of ‘Love always wins’.
The students of Classes 1 and 2 spread the magic of music through their song ‘Light of the World’. Then came a scintillating dance performance by the students of Kindergarten on the famous football song ‘Waka Waka’. Last but not the least, the students of Classes 1 and 2 came up with the flavour of Himachal as they performed the folk dance Naati.
Expressing their happiness on the occasion, one of the parents Mrs Pandey, mother of Ishan Pandey said, “It feels great to see your child on the stage performing so well. He also won proficiency prize for coming first in the class and has made us proud”.
Mother of Sukriti Sharma shared her happiness by saying that “We have come here to see our daughter perform today. She was in the dance item. We have made a video which we will be showing to our family members who are waiting eagerly to see it”.
At the end of the program the Chief Guest gave away the prizes to the students who had excelled in academics.
The proud winners were:
Nursery: 1st – Rashmi Mehta, 2nd – Anamika Bisht, 3rd – Lav Mishra.
Kindergarten: 1st – Akshit, 2nd – Ishan Pandey, 3rd – Nidhi Yadav.
Class 1A: 1st – Aatika Darmi, 2nd – Gaurav Thakur, 3rd – Pradyan Sharma.
Class 1B: 1st – Ankita Chauhan, 2nd – Nixit Sharma, 3rd – Arpita Rana.
Class 2: 1st – Moksh Bhardwaj, 2nd – Mohit Begra, 3rd – Ajit Jaswal.
Class 3: 1st – Nikita Dhiman, 2nd – Avantika Kalta, 3rd – Arpita Verma.
Class 4: 1st – Sukriti Sharma, 2nd – Ahana Bisht, 3rd – Sneha Lakhnatra.
Class 5: 1st – Nitaani Mehta, 2nd – Kanchan Singh, 3rd – Gaurav Sharma.
The event concluded with the Chief Guest’s speech who congratulated all the winners as well as the staff members for presenting a beautiful show. He also gave some useful parenting tips and said, “Teaching is not just a profession but a responsibility which has been successfully taken up by the faculty of the school. I appreciate all the parents for coming here today and supporting their children. It is the duty of the parents to make their child differentiate between good and bad starting from an early age. A child learns from his parents before learning anything from the school, parents should set a good example for their child”. He further added, “Keeping does not mean loving, loving is giving”, I know it is important to give and all parents want to provide all the comforts to their child. Giving children Iphones, Ipads can be a blessings but it can also turn out to be a drawback for your kids. Loving your children unconditionally is not mistake but making them undisciplined surely is.
Another important message he shared was that in present times parents should spend quality time with their children. Listening and talking to child is an important part of being a good parent.
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