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VOL : 5 ISSUE 2 JULY, 20I3 – SEP, 20I3

I am sure you have read the famous book “How to win friends and influence people”. It is really interesting to

follow the practical tips given by Dale Carnegie in his book. As a matter of fact there are lots of other such books

easily available for self-improvement. One has to really create that desire for enhancing self- esteem. Once the

desire is created then it becomes easy to win friends and influence people. It is possible by following and

practicing simple things in day- to- day life. Here are a few tips:

Using good manners- Teenager Maya Van Wagenen was new to her Brownsville, Texas , school and wanted to be more popular. So using a 1950s etiquette book called “Betty Cornell’s Teen-Age Popularity Guide,” Van Wagenen began to follow advice such as being yourself, not putting on “airs” and treating everyone with the same kindness. The advice not only helped the teen become more popular, but the chronicling of her efforts garnered her a $300,000 book deal. DreamWorks has optioned movie rights to the book. If being nice and polite can make a teenager popular and successful, why not you? Offering compliments-Compliments are a great way to make others feel good about themselves, and that can help them feel good about you. Just be careful of what you choose to compliment. Avoiding gossip-Do you like being gossiped about? No? Neither does anyone else. Don’t do it if you want to be liked by other people. Listening better-If you offer your undivided attention to someone, you convey the message that you think they’re important. If you become a good sounding board, others are more likely to seek you out more often. Don’t fake it ‘til you make it- Don’t try to be someone you’re not when you’re trying to increase your popularity. We all have individual strengths and gifts, so think about the positive things people have said about you. Use those abilities to increase your popularity, whether it’s an ability to stay calm during stressful times or a gift for negotiating. When you use your abilities to help others, you will be seen as likeable, not phony. Showing confidence-Put your shoulders back, hold your head high and constantly remind yourself of your positive qualities. Research by Columbia Business School found that individuals who wrote down their accomplishments and goals before going into a group setting not only showed greater initiative during initial group discussions, but they also appeared more competent to teammates.

Pramod Kumar

Principal

From The Desk of the Principal

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DIARY OF EVENTS

JULY 6TH

Discover India Quiz for the students of class IX

to XII.

JULY I0TH

Inter House Calligraphy Competition for

classes V to VIII in both English and Hindi

Language.

JULY 11TH

Inter House English Story Telling Competition

for classes I to IV.

JULY I7TH

Quest for classes V to VIII wherein teachers

answer the queries raised by students.

JULY 24TH

Inter House English Debate Competition for

classes V to VIII.

JULY 27TH

Invitation Football Match for classes XI –XII

between the school team and Ramagya

School, Noida.

AUGUST I5TH

Independence Day and ‘Varsha Mangal Utsav’

celebrations. Students participated in cultural

programme and other activities.

AUGUST I7TH

Inter House Hindi Debate Competition. The

topics were “Mobile phone vardaan kum,

abhishaap adhik” for IX-X and “Chhaatron

par padai ka badta bojh unke vyaktitva vikas

mein badhak hai” XI-XII.

AUGUST 22ND

Inter House English Recitation competition for

classes I to IV.

AUGUST 23RD

Inter House Hindi Debate Competition. The

topics were “Meri Ichha hai main

padu” for V & VI and Suvidhayon se

yukt, kintu chintayon se mukt nah i hai

aaj ka jeevan” for VI I- VIII .

AUGUST 29TH

An Inter School Song and Dance Competition

was organized.150 students from different

schools of Noida participated in the

competition.

AUGUST 3IST

End of the First Term for LKG to class IV. Parent

Teachers Meeting for all classes between

08.00PM to I2.30PM

SEPTEMBER 4TH

Inter House Hindi Elocution competition for

classes V to VIII.

SEPTEMBER 5TH

Teacher’s Day Celebrations. The teachers were

facilitated by the students for their

contribution and hard work.

SEPTEMBER 8TH

A Cycle Expedition was organized for the

Scouts and Guides from School Campus to Sec-

128, Noida.

SEPTEMBER I2TH

Inter House Hindi Story Telling Competition for

classes I to IV

SEPTEMBER I4TH

Inter House Hindi Elocution competition for

classes IX to XII.

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BON FETE NATIONAL

La Fête Nationale and commonly Le quatorze

juillet is the national day of France which is

celebrated on the 14th July. In France it is

called “La Fête Nationale” .We call this day

“Bastille Day”. In France it is a national

holiday which is celebrated all over the

country. Origin of this special day was when

“The Storming of the Bastille” by the people of

Paris on 14th July 1789. The storming of the

Bastille marked the start of the French

revolution, the end of the monarchy and the

beginning of the Republic of France. On 15th

July 2013, Jagran Public School celebrated this

day. French Department organized the

morning assembly on the occasion of Bastille

Day. The programme started with a French

prayer, sung by students of class 6th followed

by a speech on Bastille day, describing its

importance to the French people, it's various

origin names and celebration in other

countries. Afterwards, there was a play “Jean

D’Arc” by class 8th students. It was the

summarized form of the

French Revolution highlighting the

contribution made by Jean D’Arc in the

revolution. All the students wore colorful

dresses according to their roles in the play. All

the dialogues and narration were spoken in

french language. This was followed by music

of french national anthem (la Marseille). On

the occasion of Independence Day a greeting

card was sent by the school to H.E Françoise

Richier the Ambassador of France in India.

Merci!! MRS RASHMI SINGH

INDEPENDENCE DAY AND VARSHA MANGAL

UTSAV

Independence Day And Varsha Mangal Utsav was celebrated with a plethora of activities and cultural programmes. The Guest of Honour Col (Retd.) V.N Thapar and Sri S.S.Bishnoi senior member of the School Management graced the occasion by unfurling the National flag and planting a sapling. Col Thaper is the proud father of a brave son Captain Vijyant Thapar, who was posthumously awarded India’s high military honour the Vir Chakra by President for his audacious bravery during the Kargil war. In his speech Col. Thapar motivated and inspired the students to place country before self. The boy scouts and girl guides renewed their promise to serve the country and humanity followed by Patriotic songs by the school choir like ‘Hamein Janmbhumi se pyaarhai’ and ‘Man samarpit tan samarpit’. The students demonstrated field exercises like Dumb Bell, Yoga and Lazium with a lot of vigor and precition. The students expressed their spirit of patriotism through a one act play-Rani

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LaxmiBai. The audience were mesmerized by their performance. This was followed by the Investiture Ceremony of the Prefects. Our school Principal Shri Pramod Kumar administered the oath. The elected representatives were invested with their badges by Col. Thaper. The honourable guests along with the school Principal planted a sapling ‘Terminalia Arjuna’ commonly known as ‘Arjun’ a medicinal plant used as a powerful soothing tonic for the heart. Students presented vibrant dances and songs to celebrate the Varsha Mangal Utsav. Their performances were applauded by the audience. The programme came to an end by the melodious rendition of Vande Matram. MRS. KAVITA KHANNA

INTER SCHOOL SONG AND DANCE

COMPETITION

Jagran Public School, Noida organized Inter School Song and Dance Competition on the occasion of Varsha Mangal Utsav on 29th and 30th August, wherein children of different age groups (classes IV – VI and Classes VII – IX) took part in Group Singing and Dance based on Indian Classical and Folk Music. 150 Students of prestigious schools of Noida and Greater Noida, like Jaypee Public School, Noida & Jaypee Public School Greater Noida, Greater Valley School, Greater Noida, Kothari International School, Noida etc. Participated in

this event. The event started with the lighting of the lamp by our Principal, Mr. Pramod Kumar. The honourable Judges Mrs. Anusuyia, Professor Deptt of Education, Amity University, Mrs. Shupta and Mrs Himani Mehta graced the occasion. This was followed by Ganesh Stuti. Jaypee Public School Noida and Jaypee Public School Greater Noida won the first and the second positions in different categories of Song and Dance Competitions. Greater Valley, Greater Noida bagged second position in the Duet Dance Competition. The host school bagged first position in the Duet Dance in both the categories. In Solo Song Category-I and Group Dance category-I, Jagran Public School, Noida won the second position. In the end, the Principal appreciated and thanked all the participants and the teachers who had put in their efforts in making the musical fiesta a success.

MRS HIMANI MEHTA

TEACHER’S DAY CELEBRATIONS Teacher’s Day was celebrated with a lot of zeal

and enthusiasm by the students. The day

began with a variety of matches like football,

basketball, badminton and table tennis for the

students of classes V to X. the students also

participated in ‘on the spot art competition’,

expressing their thoughts and imagination

through colours. Students of classes V & VI

were shown a movie in the auditorium. The

programme began with a welcome address by

Aaradhya Mishra, student of class XII. On

behalf of the students he expressed

appreciation and gratitude towards the

teaching faculty. This was followed by rounds

of felicitations of the teachers. The students

presented a variety of songs like, ‘aaye khuda

mujhko bata’, ‘sun raha hai tu’, ‘tumhi ho

bandhu’, ‘give me some sunshine’ etc. the

melodious rendition of the songs

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mesmerized all followed by the felicitation of

the teachers. The programme came to an end

with a vote of thanks delivered by our

Principal.

MR. JITENDRA KUMAR SHARMA

JOY OF RIDING A BICYCLE

Jagran Public School, Noida organized a Cycle Expedition on Sunday, the 6 th September 2013. Sixteen Scouts and Guides participated with great enthusiasm in the f irst ever Bicycle Expedition in the school.. This was a compulsory Outdoor activity. All the boys and girls brought their own bicycles. The expedition was f lagged off at 8 am by our school Principal, Shri Pramod Kumar. Under the supervision of the teachers Mrs. Prit i Dutt, Mrs. Geeta Sharma and Mr Manoj Sharma, the group reached its destination in sector -128. The distance covered on the bicycle was 12 km one way. During the course of the tr ip, the children were under constant supervision and guidance of the staff. They were made to follow all the traffic rules and took two halts on the way. Finally, the group reached Jaypee Public School, Sector-128 and after obtaining permission, camped in the children’s Park in the school. After the enjoyable ride, all the boys scouts and girl guides were full of energy and enthusiasm. The teachers organised some recreational activit ies for them like Group singing, PT displa y, Scout promise and oath etc. Everyone enjoyed the tiff in and snacks during the break and after about an hour returned back to the school.

MRS. PREE TI DUTT

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INTER HOUSE DISCOVER INDIA QUIZ

On 6th July an Inter House Discover India Quiz

was conducted for the students of classes IX to

XII. Students were categorized into two

groups- (IX & X) in Group-A & (XI – XII) in

Group-B. In both the groups, Green Leaves

took the first position whereas Blue Birds was

at second position. Golden Wings and Red

Roses were on third and fourth positions.

INVITATIONAL FOOTBALL MATCH

On 20th July an Invitational Football Match was

played between the junior students of Jagran

Public School, Noida and Lotus Valley, Greater

Noida. Lotus Valley won by 2-0.

INTER HOUSE FOOTBALL MATCH

On 22nd July an Inter House Football match

was played between students of classes-V &

VI. Green Leaves won the match against

Golden Wings by 2-1. The overall result was

Blue Birds and Red Roses shared the first

position followed by Golden Wings on third

and Green Leaves on fourth position

respectively.

INVITATION FOOTBALL MATCH

On 27th July the second Invitation Football

match was played between the students of

senior classes of Jagran Public School, Noida

and Ramagya School, Noida. Jagran Public

School, won by 2-1.

INTER HOUSE HINDI DEBATE COMPETITION

On 17th August an Inter House Hindi Debate

Competition was conducted for students of

classes IX-XII. The topics were “Mobile

phone vardaan kum, abhishaap adhik” for

Group-A (IX-X) and “Chhaatron par padai ka

badta bojh unke vyaktitva vikas mein

badhak hai” Group B (XI-XII) respectively.

Meenakshi (X B) Golden Wings stood first,

Akash Sachan (IX A) Green Leaves and

Prachi Saraswat (IX B) Blue Birds shared the

second position. Richa Tripathi (XII-A)

Golden Wings, Raymon Prakash (XI A) Blue

Birds and Anjali Chauhan (XI A) Green

Leaves bagged first, second and third

positions respectively. Golden Wings &

Green Leaves bagged the first position

followed by Blue Birds & Red Roses sharing

the third position.

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INTER HOUSE ENGLISH RECITATION

COMPETITION

On 22nd August students of classes’ I-IV

participated in the Inter House English

Recitation Competition. Blue Birds came first,

Green Leaves stood second and the third and

fourth positions went to Red Roses and Golden

Wings respectively.

INTER HOUSE HINDI DEBATE COMPETITION

On 23 r d August an Inter House Hindi

Debate Competition for classes V to

VII I was organized. The topics were

“Meri Ichha hai main padu” for classes -

V & VI and Suvidhayon se yukt, kintu

chintayon se mukt nahi hai aaj ka

jeevan” for classes VII - VIII . Pravishti

Gautam (V A) Green Leaves came first,

Gaurav (VIC) Green Leaves & Anshul

Rawat (VIB) Golden Wings shared the

second position. Devina Mishra (VII I A)

Golden Wings, Nikki Gupta (VIII C)

Golden Wings and Simran Chauhan

(VIIIA) Green Leaves stood first,

second and third respectively. Golden

Wings & Green Leaves bagged the f irst

position followed by Blue Birds & Red

Roses sharing the third position.

KHEL D IWAS

On 29th August the school celebrated ‘Khel

Diwas’. Senior students gave speeches on

‘Major Dhyan Chand’ and Value of sports

in student’s life’. Apart from this, a quiz

on ‘Sports’ was conducted for the

students of classes VI-VIII.Sankalp Saxena

of class VIIIA scored the highest marks.

INDEPENDENCE DAY “15th August 1947” a golden day engraved in

the history of the world. The day that marked

our independence, our victory and our

freedom. Achieving independence was not

easy. A lot of struggle and sacrifices have given

us this freedom that we enjoy and, at times,

misuse. It is not just a national festival but a

celebration within. It gives us the warmth and

security we all seek. It reminds us of the

innumerable sacrifices and selfless services of

our defense forces, who act as the guarding

angels of this freedom. We were the

priviledged to have been born in free India but

we must not allow those hard times, struggles

and sacrifices to fade away from our

memories. It is befitting for us to celebrate this

national festival and recall the heroic deeds of

our national heroes and pay oue sincere

homage to them. Today we have come a long

way in the path of free India. On the occasion

of the 67th Independence Day, let us as

students pledge to do our duty of preparing

ourselves to be well educated and

knowledgeable citizens of tomorrow. India will

be a super power in the coming years but it

can only be achieved if we, the torch bearers

of the future break free from the cages of cast,

creed, religion and language and stand united

as only Indians. If we break free from the

clutches of dishonesty, corruption and

ignorance then we have achieved true

independence.

I remember on this occasion the famous poem

of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. I quote

“Where the mind is without fear and the head

CREATIVE WRITTING

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is held high. Where the knowledge is free.

Where the world has not been broken up into

fragments by narrow domestic walls. Where

the words come out from the depth of truth”

Unquote. So on this occasion, let us all take

our country into that heaven of freedom.

ANJALI CHAUHAN- XI A

INTERVIEW WITH COLONEL V.N.THAPAR Arvind: Good morning sir, we welcome you to

Jagran Public School.

Colonel Thapar: It is a wonderful school. I have

seen your programme it was very good and

you all are very talented children.

Arvind: Sir we have a newsletter ECHO which

comes out in every three months and is

circulated through the internet. We would like

to ask you a few questions for the same. Sir we

know that you have a family lineage in the

armed forces. Your grandfather, father and son

all were in the army. We would like to know

something else about you. How are you

spending your life after retirement?

Colonel Thapar: It is a fully packed life for me

and my wife. Normally people are known for

their parents but we are known for our son. He

fell while fighting against Pakistan. We go to

many functions like yours. We also do a lot of

social work. There is a lot of reading and

writing that is done and then there is my

granddaughter who keeps me

busy.

Tanmayata: Sir we are proud of Captain

Vijyant's sacrifice and gallantry. We wish some

of us will follow his footsteps to join the army,

but sir in the recent years we have seen that

the youth today is demoralized, they are

choosing other careers over the army. What

steps would you suggest to bring back the

youth?

Colonel Thapar: You know army is a

profession. Those who want to fly will join the

airforce. You can take them to IITs and IIIMs ,

you can take them anywhere, they’ll leave it

and go back to the army. If you want to lead a

full man's life, you should join the army. It is

not like the corporate life "paisa mil gaya".

They move in AC cars,AC offices and go back to

their houses. What is their life? At 15, I had

gone to NDA, there you have horse riding,

firing, flying, sailing, whatever you like and

studying. I used to study 23 subjects. You

become a complete man.

Tanmayata: Which was your favourite subject?

Colonel Thapar: Now, you dont embarass me!

I wasn't good in studies.

None of the subjects were my favourite.

Arvind: Sir we are all aware of the brutal

slaying of our soldiers by Pakistan's army.

Should we just keep on talking about it or

should some action be taken? What is your

take on it?

Colonel Thapar: I don't want to make any

critical comments about how the country is

being run. When I was selected for the army,

everybody wanted to join army first and then

the IAS. Gradually you know, the neglect of the

army has resulted this but the quality of life

doesn't diminish. Every cantonment has got

swimming pool, personally you have to play

with your men every day. 1 hour you have got

to play. You have P.T. You have to pass

examinations. Where else do you get this kind

of life? You have sports club, golf courses.

Playing golf in Noida is a very big thing but for

an army person, every cantonment has got its

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own golf course. Rations are free,

accommodation and transport is free.

Arvind: Few politicians have said unacceptable

things for those soldiers who died in a recent

attack by Pakistan's army. How do you

feel about it?

Colonel Thapar: Did you listen to me on the

T.V? ‘humne un logo se kaha ki aise bayaan

islie aate hain’ because if they had their own

sons among those who died they wouldn't

have tolerated it. I asked Chief Minister of the

state that why wasn't he there to recieve the

dead bodies? Obama can come 400km to

recieve just 2 bodies but when a body of an

Indian soldier comes, nobody goes.

Arvind: Isme kabhi sudhaar hoga?

Colonel Thapar : Sudhaar hoga kyu nahi hoga?

Aap log hai na, aap layenge sudhaar.

Tanmayata: How do you rate the Indian army?

Colonel Thapar: Best army in the world. But

equipment wise I am sorry!

ARVIND SHARMA,TANMAYATA NAITHANI

XII-A

CAREER COUNSELLING

On Monday 19th august 2013,a seminar was held by the International Knowledge Centre in our school's A.V Room for class 11th and 12th.Different representatives of American Universities were welcomed by J.K Sharma Sir. After the welcome address, the Indian coordinator Mr. Girish Ballolla briefed us about certain mechanisms of American Universities and how & why it is beneficial to study there. Mr. Girish handed over the mike to a 17 years old girl named Apoorva, who got inspired through this very seminar a year ago and decided to study in one of the American Universities. She told us how she started thinking about studying abroad and also about

different obstacles that came her way. It was very difficult for her parents to accept her wishes. According to her parents, sending their child to a place which was several thousand miles away from their country was firstly unsafe and too expensive. But after enquiring about the universities and procedures to get admission in these universities it became a little easier for her parents. She told us about the various steps or levels she had to clear to get admission in American University. It was very difficult for her to study simultaneously for 12th boards and for American University entrance examinations. She concluded by giving us advice to start thinking today about studying abroad so that we can plan out our future in advance. After Apoorva's inspirational story we were motivated and eagerly made enquiries from the representatives of the various universities present there regarding campus, location, functioning, events, etc. there were seven universities namely:-

1. University of Denver- Represented by Aliklein

2. IUPUI- Represented by Evelyn Havel

2. Rutgers University- Represented by Marlo Divovelli

4 Salve Regina University- Represented by

Tricia Mckinney

5. University of Nebraska Lincoln- Represented by Jake Hay Elswick.

6. University of Wisconsin Stevens point-

Represented by Martha Youke

It was a highly motivating and informative session with them, we got a lot of information about the American Universities. SATAKSHI AWASTHI XI-A

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Flag Hoisting

Inter School Song Competition

Independence Day Celebration

Cycling Expedition

Career Counselling

Varsha Mangal Utsav

VarshaMangalUtsav

Inter School Dance Competition

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Students : Soumil Jain (Class-XII)

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