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
