Success is not final, failure is

not fatal: it is the courage to

continue that counts.

Winston Churchill

Volume 2, Issue 2 May 2015Volume 2, Issue 2 May 2015Volume 2, Issue 2 May 2015

In this issu

e:

Editorial Team

Ms.Sanjukta Banerjee

Ms.Dolly Chowdhury

Ms.Deepti Bhattacharya

Ms.Manisha Pandey

Ms Mondira Sarkar

Ms. Sawandipa Banerjee

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK 1

ENGLISH ELOCUTION COMPETITIONS 2&3

FIELD TRIP 3

INVESTITURE CEREMONY 4

RADINDRA JAYANTI & FAREWELL 5

WORKSHOPS 6

ISA & CREATIVITY ON BOARDS 7

NEPAL 8

BEYOND CLASSROOMS 9

CAMPUS UPDATE 10

CONGRATULATIONS!

SCIS – students, parents

and teachers for 100%

result!

Dear All

SCIS proudly congratulates all its ICSE students of

the first batch of 2014 - 2015 for their phenomenal

success in the Board Examination, 2015. I also con-

gratulate all the successful candidates of the IG-

CSE board for achieving their laurels.

The School Management thanks the parent commu-

nity and all its well-wishers for their liberal and con-

tinued support. We aim to be better and will strive

to achieve greater heights in the years to come.

Warm Regards

John A. Bagul

English Elocution Competition for Grade I and 2 was

held on 11th of May 2015. The theme for Grade I was ‘

Five Senses’ . Grade 2 participants recited poems on’

Food’. It was a delight to watch two students of Grade 2

take centre stage and conduct the whole event with

aplomb. Senior English teachers of the school, Ms. Dolly

Chowdhury, Ms. Sonali and Ms.Chinmoyee Choraria

were the judges for the competition. The programme

was well appreciated by parents and the judges. The win-

ners were given certificates.

Held on 12th May 2015 for Grade 3,4 and 5 , it was an Inter-House competition.

Twenty-four students displayed their oratory skills. The contestants were very well

prepared and the flawless renditions signified perfect diction, intonation and ex-

pression.

Grade 3 and 4 recited poems by William Wordsworth while Grade 5 participants

recited poems by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio .

The judges for the event were three secondary teachers of South City International

School, Mrs. Mondira Sarkar , Mrs.Ranjana Battacharya and Mrs.Malobika Poddar.

Two students of Primary section, Rishi Ganchaudhuri and Priyanka Shetty were the

anchors for the show .Sneha Guha of Grade 5 was judged as the best speaker .

Four Houses battled it out in the SCIS Inter House English Elo-

cution Competition, 2015-16 held on 6th May, 2015. With the

introduction of Class XI, the categories of competition were in-

creased from two to three. Class VI and VII formed the first

category; VIII and IX, the second; X and XI, the third.

It was a power packed performance with well chosen poems

from the theme of Freedom and Empowerment. With Class X

and XI, the focus shifted to poets from India, and Bengal in par-

ticular. The participants did not restrict themselves to poems

but explored speeches, letters and extracts from short stories

as well.

With Innovator House finally winning the competition and Ra-

jit Banerjee from Innovator House being declared the Best

Speaker, one can only say like ABBA ‘The Winner takes it All’.

A VISIT TO INDIAN MUSEUM

Along with Principal , Mr. Bagul, who is also our Biology teacher, we the students of Class XI visited the Indian

Museum on a weekday. It was a fascinating as well as enriching experience. There were innumerable biologi-

cal specimens. Particularly the fossils and the objects of taxidermy were very interesting. We returned with a

bag full of knowledge.

Rohitasya Mitra

(Class-XI)

The ceremony was conducted on the 13th.May 2015 in the school auditorium.The Chief Guest was Mr.John F Rafi.It was a solemn ceremony

attended by the Principal Mr.John Andrew Bagul , Assistant Principal, Primary Head, teachers, students (class IV-XI),parents of the student coun-

cil members and the Press.

The student council members were enlightened with the qualities that they should posses in order to be successful Leaders. The qualities

emphasized were :

• Honesty• Integrity Ability to Delegate Communication Confidence

• Commitment Positive Attitude Creativity Intuition Ability to Inspire Sense of Humour and most importantly

ability to lead. A ‘Leader becomes great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower

others.’

During the ceremony, very inspiring messages were

given by the Chief Guest and our Principal.

The Student Council for the academic session 2014-15 :

Secondary school

School captain Nayla Nigar Sadi

School vice captain Zeeshan Ahmed Farid

Primary School Captain Purav Gupta

Primary school vice captain Mahee Singh

Sports captain Yash Chakrabarti

Sports vice captain Sk.Sajid

Pr.Sports Captain Pragnan Saha

Pr.Sports vice captain Sayesha Mukherjee

Assistant sports captain Kanishka Dogra

Activity captain Darsh Parasrampuria

Activity vice captain Vansh Choraria

Activity assistant captain Dipannita Bhadra

Pr.Activity captain Tanya Vanjara

Pr.Activity vice captain Sia Agarwal

House Captains Vice Captain Assistant Captain

Achiever Aman Bajaj Shubham Chandak Khushi Agarwal

Creator Aritro Datta Meher Malhotra Raunak Dasgupta

Innovator Jyotsna Agarwal Rajit Banerjee Shivangi Sinha

Philosopher Anwesha Sen Nirvaansh Gupta Abhimanyu Sharma

Primary school

Achiever Sanya Chakraborty Pranav Bangur

Creator Arhant Raj Modi Varalika Sharma

Innovator Akarsh Jaiswal Hrishita Dev

Philosopher Tanya Prashant Abhisha Das

The birthday of Tagore is celebrated religiously

every year in SCIS. This year it was different.

The students performed before an open audi-

ence in the corridors of the school a la

Shantiniketan. Attired in traditional costumes,

they danced to the tune of Rabindra Sangeet

down the corridors much to the delight of the

audience.

It is with heavy hearts that we bid adieu to

Ms. Seethalakshmi and Ms.Romi, teachers

from the Secondary Section. Though it is

hard to imagine SCIS without them, we

celebrate with them as they embark upon

a new phase in their lives .

The workshop involved all parents of Foundation and Preparatory

classes. The workshop was conducted to bring about awareness

amongst the parents and to sensitize them to help their children

adapt and accept each other’s multicultural backgrounds. Sejal

Arora, pre-primary teacher, spoke about the multicultural differ-

ences and how sad it is for a child to know that he is not accepted by

his peer group, leading to aggression, stress, anxiety and an increas-

ing sense of alienation. Monita Basu and Chandrima Ghosal( special

educators and counselors) touched briefly about cognitive and social

development and means and ways to stop such situations from tak-

ing place.

The outcome of this workshop proved to be very positive. Parents de-

manded for more workshops like this every month. They became

more sensitive towards the international children and changed their

views after attending this workshop. Written feedbacks were given by

each parent present in the workshop.

"Kids for Tigers" Teachers’ Meet

On 5 th May 2015 ,two teachers ,Ms. Soumita Roy & Ms. Luna Roy, attended a Teachers’ Meet -Kids for

Tigers at Loreto Day School , Bowbazar.

The chief guest was Mr. Raju Das, an IFS officer. He shared his views about the devastating effect of pol-

lution on trees of Kolkata.

He enlightened us about the causes of urban pollution and also about the initiatives taken by govern-

ment, KKolkata Municipal Corporation and NGOs to save trees in our city and plant more.

It was followed by an interactive session with teachers where he answered the queries regarding 'Re plan-

tation Strategy' of the government.

Few extremely relevant suggestions were put forward by the teachers regarding nurturing of the saplings

planted in the roadside.

His presentation was followed by screening of a nationally acclaimed documentary on "Conservation of

coastlines of India".

The programme ended with a small speech by Ms. Kaveri Dutt, Principal of Loreto Day School and Mr. Joy-

deep Kundu delivered the Vote of Thanks.

All participating teachers were given a certificate for attending the Teacher's Meet.

Preparatory Activity

Colouring National flags of India and Wales.

SCIS tested its readiness when fresh tremors were felt in the city dur-

ing the 7th lesson on Tuesday, 12th of May 2015.Emergency Evacuation

Plan was executed as soon as the tremors were felt. Students gathered on

the playground without panicking.

SCIS has always helped in creating awareness in students regarding school

safety. Concentrated efforts are taken to engage students in activities which

enhance their understanding of disasters and relevant aspects. Mock Evacua-

tion Drill (pre-announced and unannounced) , posters and thematic skits during

assembly helped the children to cope with the disaster in a positive manner.

The devastating effects of major earthquakes that have struck Nepal has affected many lives and de-

stroyed countless homes across the country. We know the road to recovery will be a long one and our

hearts are with those affected by this unimaginable tragedy.

The School swung into action and collected items which were of immediate requirement ,such as ,first

aids, bottled water and dry food items which could be transported to the affected areas. The Manage-

ment of SCIS contributed a sum of twenty-five thousand rupees for this noble cause.

We thank the Nepal Consulate for the cooperation.

Highest score – Ms. Sweta Shah – 96.6 %

Range No. of candidates

100 %to 90 % - 10

90 % to 80 % - 11

80% to 70 % - 10

70% to 60% - 7

60% - 50% - 3

Total 41

HIGHEST IN EACH SUBJECT:

English Sattwik Das, Shameek Paul 96 %

2ND Language Rohitashya Mitra 92 %

Mathematics Rutvi Padhy 99 %

SCI / CST Aman Bajaj , Kevin N. Hemani and Sanjana Shetty 99 %

HCG Sweta Shah and Rutvi Padhy 97%

6TH Subject Sweta Shah and Sattwik Das 98 %