19 August 2015

Secondary School Awards Ceremony by Vanshika Goel Gr 8B

It was the morning of August 14th and the day of the Annual Awards ceremony for the Secondary School.
The assembly started out with an orchestral piece titled, Country Gardens by Percy Grainger, performed by some students of the Secondary School, as the parents, students, teachers, and the honourable chief guest, Retd. Air Marshal Veer Narayan entered, which was followed by a choral piece in Latin titled, Gaudeamis Igitur, sung by the students of grade 8.
We also had Kyung Rok Hong of Grade 9 perform a melodious tune on his violin: Violin Concerto No 2 in B minor - O Rieding.
              
Our School Director Dr. Shalini Advani formally began the proceedings after the Lamp Lighting with an inspirational talk to the students and the parents; after her, the Chief Guest gave an equally motivating one.

We then began with the awards presentation. There were two types of awards given:
one, the Special awards for students who displayed attributes that stood out in areas beyond the curriculum. The awards were varied, some of them being: “the Inquisitive Learner award”, “the Community Leader award” and “the Global Citizen award”. The second category of awards given were the Academic awards, to students who excelled and met the standards across subject areas.

As one of the awardees, waiting in line to receive the Special award was an exciting moment, as nobody knew what they would be getting. The same could be said for the academic awards as it was a relief to finally know what we were getting. I’m sure that for all the awardees, it was a great pleasure to know that our efforts last year had paid off, and for next year, there will be even more people standing in line to receive their well-earned awards!! 

Inter House Trophy 2014-15
Fire House