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Maria’s Newsletter 3ISSUE NO. NOVEMBER, 2015

Shahil Dey of class 4 won a cache ofawards in Chess Championships heldin India and abroad. His achievementsinclude the 1st rank in the Under 7National Championship, 1st Rank inthe Under 8 CommonwealthChampionship, 2nd Rank in the AsianChampionship held is South Korea.Now, this chess prodigy has comeback from Greece after taking part inthe under 10 World Championship andsecured the 10th rank. Kudos toShahil.Achievements● A delegation of Maria’s Public

School got the Best DelegationAward in the SBGMUN’15!

● Shashank Tamuli of Class 6 wonthe bronze medal in the KarateNational Games that was a partof Indian Independence Cup.

● Nilotpal Kashyap of Class 6 wonthe gold medal in an artcompetition hosted by Income TaxRecreation Club.

● Bikash Gupta of Class 6 won thefirst prize in a Badminton competition.

● Zahra Shaikh of Class 7 andShimaz Haque of class 6 won the2nd and 3rd prize respectively in theInter-School Spell Bee. (Cat 4)

● Sumit Saha of Class 7 has wonthe silver medal in the nationalabacus competition.

● Rajdeep Chakraborty of Class 7won the first prize in the TablaCompetition organized by AssamMusic College.

● Harshit Rajalambya of Class 7 wonthe best fielder in a triangular series.

● Rishika Mahanta of Class 7 wonthe bronze medal in All AssamBadminton Tournament.

● Kristi Kaushik of Class 7 has wonthe third prize in a Table Tenniscompetition held at Nehru Stadium,Guwahati on the occasionon ofNational Sports Day.

● Darshdeep Singh of 7 won the thirdprize in the R.G. BaruahSwimming Competition.

● Minara Pakiza Ullah of Class 8won the silver medal in the AllAssam Ranking BadmintonTournament held in Don BoscoSchool, Guwahati.

● Mayukh Saikia and AbhigyanDuarah of Class 8 won the 2ndprize in the Wild Wisdom Quiz.

● Mayukh Saikia and Suyash Dasof Class 8 won the 3rd prize inthe All Assam MathelaticsChampionship.

● Tanushka Chakraborty of Class 9won the Bronze Medal in the state

level Taekwondo Championship.● Tanushka Charaborty and

Madonna Baruah of class 9 wonthe 1st and 3rd prize respectively inthe Inter-School Spell Bee (Cat 5)

● Himaghna Barua of Class 9 wonthe bronze medal in Assam inter-district Taekwondo championship.

● Tanim S. Mozumder of Class 9was rewarded with Rs 1000 forbeing the youngest writer in theReader’s Digest.

● Riza Anirvaan of Class 10 won thebronze medal in Table TennisCompetition held in Don BoscoSchool, Guwahati .

● Padmanav Baruah and Saurav Dasof Class 10 won the 1st and 2nd

prize respectively in the CottonCollege Quiz Fest.

● Padmanav Baruah of Class 10 wonthe 1st prize in the World QuizChampionship (Guwahati Leg)

● Anurag Baruah of Class XI won theBest Promising Speaker in therecently held East India Debate in TheAssam Valley International School.

● Arundhati Chowdhury of Class XIBest Speaker in Extempore in theRGS- Cross Currents.

● Akashneel Sarma of Class XIIwon the 3rd Best Speaker in theICA Debate.

● Akashneel Sarma of Class XII wonthe best speaker award in theinterschool group discussion ‘Grossfire’ held in Sanskrit the Gurukul.

Compiled by Tanim S. Mozumder and Ana Barua

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EDITORIALEDITORIALEDITORIALEDITORIALEDITORIALDear Readers,

Tweeting birds, blooming flowers,clear sky and with spring in tow,Maria’s Public School started the newsession with more zeal, more zestand more passion. Wonder if the clearand fruitful weather was a premonitionfor our incoming success.

For indeed, what with outstanding

Class X and XII results, the Inter-SchoolMUN and such accolades in our pockets,Marians made it a point to imprint amark not only in India but also aroundthe world. But, more on that later...

Academics and activities wenthand in hand this session and wealways had one event or the other tolook forward to, right? It is never aboring day for you if you are a Marian.

Let us not keep you waiting, tosum it up this term was one of great

laurels and we are already gearingup for the second term.

Happy Reading Everyone.The Editorial Board

Ana BaruaSnehasish Sharma Kumar Thakur

Tanim Sumaiyya MozumderAli Afrina Shaheen

Meghna BhattacharyyaNamrata Khaund

Teacher-In-ChargeEllie Dutta

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Maria’s Newsletter4 ISSUE NO. NOVEMBER, 2015

Let usA teacher writes own image. Even we all have the urge

to love and to be loved. Love is adecision and commitment. It is a freegift of oneself to another. It is a freechoice of relationship with anotherperson. Everybody is longing for theintimacy. This is the basic need ofman. Intimacy the word is originatedfrom the Latin word ‘Intima’-innermost. Dr. Dan See page 5

A cheerful heart is a goodmedicine. It makes the face cheerful.Guard your heart, for it is the springof life. How can we have a cheerful,peaceful, joyful heart. As we know,God, our creator wants us to be happyalways, that is the reason he createdall the things necessary for us beforehe created us. He wants to keep theintimacy so he created man in his

RESULTSRESULTSRESULTSRESULTSRESULTSEducation plays a crucial part in

our lives. It transforms people’spersonalities, enhances knowledgeand builds up confidence. A childwithout education is like a birdwithout wings.

Maria’s has always excelled,when it comes to the arena ofacademics. All the year round we haveplenty of co-curricular activities likeMUN’S, debates, art competitions,quizzes etc but despite it all theresults of the school have out-shone

almost all the schools of the region.The result of our last session

2014-15 has been splendid! Thesenior secondary and class X asalways have set a benchmark scoringexcellent grades.From our H.S the toppers from 3streams: ● Science – Neeraj Kakoti(95%) ● Humanities – NimishaSabhapandit (97%) ● Commerce –Rohan Saikia and Akanksha Biyani(95.4%)From our secondary examination,we have 20 students scoring 10points: ● Parsha Hazarika ● Shabin Jawed

● Ripunjay Medhi ● Aditya Goswami● Akansha Jha ● Neetya Pasari ●

Mansi Khetan ● Chhandeep Kashyap● Isteeda Ikbal ● Vaibhavi SharmaPathak ● Manish Upadhyay ●

Vasundhara Sikaria ● Aniket Banerjee● Diptava Deb ● Samyukta Nath ●

Ankita Goswami ● Shubhangi Nath ●Manash Sharma ● Namrata Gohain ●Naveed Rahman Saikia

I would like to congratulate theabove students and wish them abrilliant future ahead! We are proudof our Marian’s!

Compiled byNamrata Khound

Maria’Maria’Maria’Maria’Maria’s ass ass ass ass asGlobal CitizensGlobal CitizensGlobal CitizensGlobal CitizensGlobal Citizens

(Special Mention)A delegation of 20 students from

class 8 to 12 went to Malta alongwith our Principal Ma’am, Alpana K.Phukan for a workshop onEntrepreneurship, Creativity andInnovation, hosted by the Universityof Malta.

2 students from class 10 ViolinaDas and Siddhant Aggarwala alongwith Mr. Biswajit De went to WestVirginia, USA to attend the 7th

International Students Climate andConservation Congress.

A delegation recently attendedthe Harvard Model United Nations’15,while another delegation attended theDoon School Model United Nation’15.

Compiled byTanim S. Mozumder

Aarjav Phukan- the ex Head Boyof the School, handed over the batonof duty to the present head boy.Know of which day am I talkingabout? Yes, it’s the InvestitureCeremony, where alumni JuntiSharma Pathak, the guest for the daygave us an awe-inspiring speechabout what leadership is all about.The table below represents the leadersof the school who took the oath toserve their best.Head Boy: Akashneel SharmaDeputy Head Boy:

Anurag Baruah (XI)Abhinav Borah (X)

Head Girl: Asmaani KumarDeputy Head Girl:

Arijita Sinha Roy (XI)Manpreet Kaur (X)

Discipline Captain:Arundhuti Bhagawati

Deputy Discipline Captain:Tushar Nath

Handing over the baton!Handing over the baton!Handing over the baton!Handing over the baton!Handing over the baton!Abhilash Kaman

Cultural Secretary:Manesa Krichena

Deputy Cultural Secretary:Pratiksha

Sports Captain:Kaustav Barua

Deputy Sports Captain:Akashdeep Saikia

Jatinga House Captain:Vedika Goswami

Deputy: Cheryl ZiaulManas House Captain:

Arundhati ChowdhuryDeptuty: Darshana GauratraOrang House Captain:

Parsha HazarikaDeputy: Sourav DasNameri House Captain:

Shreya BhattacharyaDeputy: Violina Das

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A parent writes

Disorderliness and unruliness areobserved everywhere in our societytoday. People gossip on the road, parktheir vehicles according to their whimsand fancies, show physical might,scramble and meddle in shops andmarkets, oblivious to inconveniencesof law abiding citizens of the society.Some irritated people comment thatthis behavior is the result of lack ofproper teaching in educationalinstitutions or because ofinappropriate nurturing in the families.Now a question arises, whether theteachers are responsible or theparents are accountable for theseunruly activities.

People often say, “He is aneducated man, but his behavior is notup to the mark”. In common concept,if a man attains a certain qualificationhe is considered as educated. But ifthat man displays some indecentbehavior, will it be justified to adorn

him as an educated person? On theother hand, we might find an illiterateman living in a remote village adornedwith generosity and hospitality. Thenwill it be reasonable to rationalizethose people in the villages asuneducated?

To my understanding the word‘Education’ has a wide significance.Attaining a certificate of qualificationfrom educational institutions is notsufficient enough to affirm one to bean educated person. It needs more.If a person possesses a good culturein addition to his academicqualification, he will be embellishedto be a perfect person. Educationalinstitutions help us to acquireacademic knowledge. If a personobtains some academic degree, heis simply a certificate or degree holder,not educated in the strictest senseof the term, unless he is cultured.

Culture of a person germinates

from his own family and theenvironment in which he belongs. Inthis context I recall a very short storycarrying a large connotation that Icame across during my school days.The story goes like this

There was an old man with adisability of movement. His bodytrembled and whatever he took intohis grip often tumbled down theground and sometimes broke intopieces. Thus, he was served solidfood in wooden dishes on a woodentumbler by his son and daughter-in-law. One day the couple noticed thattheir four-year old son was busycutting wood. Seeing this, the couplequeried their son about his work. Thefour-year old boy replied that he wastrying to manufacture two woodendishes and twotumblers out of wood.The couple again asked the boy aboutthe utility ofthose articles. The boyplacidly answered that he wouldprovide food and drink in thosearticles, when his parents would

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“The desire to share one’s innermostself with another”. So to fulfil thisbasic need we must love each other.If not, the problems may arise. Weshould not blame anyone for theproblem in our lives, but ourselves.Let us be honest to ourselves andask, do we really love our fellowbeings? Give unconditional loveregardless of what they do, disapprovetheir bad behaviour, but not them.Parents, teachers, be friendly withyour children, do not try to be theirfriends. When you are wrong admitit, let them learn truthfulness fromyou. Spend quality time with them.Nobility of our character should be

From page 4 Mc Adam says,

the guiding spirit of our behaviour. Weshould manifest genuine enthusiasmand pride in our calling as parents,teachers. Education must lead us torespect and love others irrespectiveof their religion and economic status.Benjamin Franklin says “when youare good to others you are best toyourself”. We teachers and parentsshould be the living example in frontof our children. We can create apositive atmosphere by taking sounddecisions and by acceptingresponsibilities. A person can changeso many lives by the example of his/her genuine life. Parents andteachers, together we can change thesociety for the betterment, and thenour children surely will live joyfully,peacefully, cheerfully. In my opinion,if possible, never make use of corporalpunishments, sarcasm, and attemptsto humiliate our children. Especially

adolescents are subject to vigorousemotional drives as well as interiorconflicts. We have to form anatmosphere of love, a community oflove. The sorrow of the one must bethe sorrow of all; the joy of one mustbe the joy of all. Then we can seethe qualities like trust, openness,willingness to serve others, courtesyand thoughtfulness in our society.Together we can make wonders, anatmosphere of friendliness and peace.We can have a cheerful, joyful heartwhich God has already planned forus, let us rejoice.

Mahatma Gandhi said“contentment is the richest treasurea person can have”.

“Resentment is like taking poisonand waiting for the outer person todie” Malachy Mccount.

Mercy AlexDip. in Counselling, Dip. In N.L.P.

See page 6

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The Mofizuddin Ahmed HazarikaLiterary Fest is a grand four day event,held every year, in the memory ofeminent poet and writer, MofizuddinAhmed Hazarika. A much awaitedevent for the students; the variouscompetitions seek to challenge thestudents’ skill, giving them anopportunity to showcase their talents.

This year, students representingmore than 29 schools in the city

participated in the competitions, whichwere held from the 17th to the 20th ofAugust. These four days were filledwith well fought debates, enthrallingelocutions, creative writing and anexciting quiz!

On the 30th of August, 2015, theMofizuddin Ahmed Hazarika LiteraryAwards ceremony, organised by ourschool, was held at the DistrictLibrary Auditorium.

The programme started with thewelcome address by Mrs MadhabiGoswami, HoD, Assamsesedepartment of our school. The eventwas graced by the presence of DrAmarjyoti Choudhury, Pro ViceChancellor of Tezpur University, theGuest of Honour for the event wasMrs Gauri Basu, the Vice Principalof Loreto House, Kolkata. Dr Mafuza

“Don’t ever hesitate to spread your wings and fly; to follow your dreams to their destination.Because after all, life is not a song, it’s a concert!”

-Mrs Gauri Basu, Vice Principal of Loreto House, Kolkata

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From this story we can appraisethat family environment andambiance, generates impact in themind of a child. If we see the presentunruliness in the society, in contextof the above story, family milieu maybe one of the root causes. Honestlyspeaking, it is not my idea to insultand taunt the parents of the alreadystained and blemished children. Thematter that has already been occurredcannot be altered and readjusted. But,I am concerned about the futuregenerations. The present state ofaffairs cannot turn worse than that ofthe present.Unless the mind setupand character of a child is patternedin an accurate direction, there is nouse of blaming the educationalinstitutions or the family environmentin designing and redesigning theintellect of a child.

I read an interesting Persianstory of a wise man. His name wasNausaranAdil. ‘Adil’ means wise.

Nausaran was so intelligent andastute that people used ‘Adil’ as histitle. One day a man asked him,“From whom do you learn etiquetteand good behavior?”

NausaranAdil replied, “Fromwicked and evil persons.” The man:“How?”

NausaranAdil: ‘The deeds andactivities which they do, I always stayaway from those.”

Thus, even if there is noenvironment and atmosphere forerudition of good culture either in thefamily or in educational institutions,a child may learn it as NausaranAdildid. To acquire this learning a minuteof surveillance is necessary to seewhether a particular act of a personreally attracts us as satisfactory andacceptable and if our conscienceimmediately negates it, better we

should avoid such type of activity.This way we may be able to improveour nature, temperament andpersonality.

It is possible to keep away fromimproper and intolerable activities if,consistently, we create selfdetermination and perseverance toguide our consciences intelligentlyand it is absolutely possible to createour determination and willpower. Wemust follow the words of famous poetWilliam Ernest Henley, “I am themaster of my fate; I am the captainof my soul.”

The present generation of thechildren, since they are the future oftomorrow, must be aware andconscious to preserve the society inits proper state in order to developour nation in all aspects.

MZ Haque

Rahman, retired HoD See page 7

A celebration of talent and excellence

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Results of Interschool English Elocution18th August, 2015Seniors 1st Meghma Kataki (X) - Maria’s Public School

2nd Chisa Sangma (X) - Miles Bronson Residential School, Borjhar3rd Rounak Mittal (IX) Royal Global School

Juniors 1st Iffat Ruhani Borbhuyan (VII) - Axel Public School2nd Shakil Imtiaz (VIII) Maria’s Public School3rd Pratim Gogoi (VII) - Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Silpukhuri

Result of Mah Assamese Creative Writing CompetitionDate : 17 August, 2015

1st Rikee Talukdar - Srimanta Sankar Academy, Dispur2nd Arpan Lahon - Modern English School, Kahilipara3rd Bhabarnab Kashyap - Srimanta Sankar Academy, Dispur

Results of Interschool English Creative writing17th August, 2015Juniors 1st Antarakshi Dev Choudhury - Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Silpukhuri

2nd Tanvir Islam - Sarla Birla Gyan Jyoti, Amingaon3rd Pratyusha Talukdar - Maria’s Public Schol

Senior 1st Subham Sinha - Guwahati Public School, Panjabari2nd Nitin Bhattacharyya - Srimanta Shankar Academy, Dispur3rd Ipsita Choudhury - Maria’s Public School

Result of Interschool Assamese Elocution17th August, 2015Senior 1st Trinav Barkakati (X) - Srimanta Sankar Academy

2nd Subhram Bhattacharya (X) - Maria’s Public School3rd Susmita Talukdar (X) - T.C. Girls’ H.S. School

Junior 1st Ishan Ehsan (VI) - Maria’s Public School2nd Asthajitananda Bordoloi (V) - Maria’s Public School3rd Samiran Sharma (VII) - Cotton Collegiate Govt. H.S. School

Jugal Kishore Choudhury Memorial Award for Excellencein ElocutionRolling Trophy for best performance as a team in englishElocution– Maria’s Public SchoolTeam Members: 1. Meghma Kataki

2. Shakil Imtiaz3. Tania Choudhury4. Divisha Kashyap

Result of Interschool Debate20th August, 2015Best Speaker- Akashneel Sharma - Maria’s Public SchoolRunner-up - 1. Devarnav Sharma - Army Public Schol

2. Arshia Amin Choudhury - Sarla Birla Gyan JyotiBest Team - Akashneel Sharma, Asmaani Kumar - Maria’s Public School1st Runner-up - Devarnav Sharma, Hitoishi Sarkar - Army Public School2nd Runner-up -Arshia Amin Choudhury, Nehal Agarwala - Sarla Birla Gyan

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Result of Interschool Quiz19th August, 20151st– Srimanta Sankar AcademyTeam 1. Sudershan Goswami (XII)

2. Tapan Jyoti Saikia (XII)3. Abhinav Das (XI)

2nd– Maria’s Public SchoolTeam 1. Anurag Barua (XI)

2. Padmanav Baruah (X)3. Saurav Das (X)

3rd– Maharishi Vidya Mandir, BarsajaiTeam 1. Rishabh Gogoi (XII)

2. Arnab Das (XI)3. Plawani Sarma (X)

Cotton College State University, MrAnis-Uz-Zaman, the current presidentof Xodou Axom Kabi Sanmelan andthe president of Mofizuddin AhmedHazarika Literary Awards Committee.

The award ceremony started withfour special awards to Violina Dasand Siddhant Agarwal, students ofClass X, for their remarkableperformance in the Student Climateand Conservation Congress held inWest Virginia, US this year and toSahil Dey, Class IV and AfsheenZaman, UKG, child chess prodigieswho created ripples in the nationaland international chess arena!

Prizes for the Literary Fest weredistributed to winners from variousschools in Guwahati. Our school’sperformance was really commendable,but the icing on the cake was TheJugal Kishore Choudhury RunningTrophy being awarded to our very ownelocution team! This trophy has beenoffered by Prof Ranjit Choudhury,retired Head of the Department,English, Cotton College, in memory ofhis late uncle to acknowledgeexcellence in elocution.

– Meghna Bhattacharyya

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Suits, socials, debates, research; any idea aboutwhat is being referred to? A round of tapping could beheard along with MUN resonating from everywhere,because that’s what is being referred to.

To put it in the MUN format, this Editorial Boardmember is proud to inform you that Maria’s PublicSchool was the first school in North-East India tohave ever hosted an Inter-School MUN from the 7th tothe 9th of May.

The esteemed vice-chancellor of the CottonCollege State University, Dr. Dhruba Jyoti Saikia gracedthe occasion with his honourable presence. In hisspeech, he expressively stressed on the importanceof change and the management of resources whilealso underlining the importance of MUN in today’sworld.

We all know what happened after that. With thehanding of the gavels, the test of diplomacy, negotiation

The Graduation Ceremony of Maria’sPublic School which took place onthe 6th of June was an event thatmarked the hard work, determination,perseverance and excellence of ourseniors, Batch 2014-2015. It wasgraced by the presence of our ChiefGuest for the evening Dr. MahfuzaRahman, Guest of Honour Shri RanjitChoudhury, Special Invitees Mr. T.Mate and Mr. H. Barman, our Founderand Managing Trustee Nellie Ma’amand our dear Principal Alpana Ma’am.This auspicious occasion began witha welcome song by the school choir,a welcome speech by Nellie Ma’amafter which the ceremonial lamp waslit by the dignitaries present. It wasafter this that Alpana Ma’am read outthe school report highlighting thelandmarks, the milestones, theachievements of Maria’s in the pastyear. This was followed by speechesby our chief guests and guest ofhonour who emphasized about theplethora of opportunities that the worldbeholds and the importance of seizingthem as they pass us by and as westrive to make a mark and follow our

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On the 22nd of April Maria’sPublic School celebrated the 45th

anniversary of Earth Day. The schoolbeing situated in one of the mostprominent bio-diversity hotspots of thecountry the students were taught howto protect and conserve our MotherEarth.

The students were encouragedand mobilized into variousprogrammes based on ‘Sustainability,Biodiversity Awareness &Environment Conservation’. A specialinteractive presentation session wasorganized with Mr Udayan Borthakur,

Publicity Secretary & Head, WildlifeGenetics Programme, AaranyakAssam. The school also appointedthe Green EnvironmentMonitors(GEMS) during thecelebration who would take care ofthe future activities and programmesbased on the conservation andprotection of our environment. Theteacher in-charges of the programmewere Biswajit De, Lipi Choudhury,Sushmita Chakravarty, SubhalakshmiBaruah & Nivedita Chowdhury.

Compiled byAna Barua

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dreams to their destination. We thenproceeded with the graduationceremony after which each of thestream toppers namely Neeraj Kakotifrom Science, Nimisha Savapanditfrom Arts, Akansha Biyani and RohanSaikia shared a few words of gratitudeand hope and inspiration as theyrealized that it was time to start thejourney to the next milestone in theirlives. The cultural program then took

place which was a dance performancebased on a fusion of elements fromvarious dance forms across the world.The event thus concluded after thiswith tears of farewell, words ofgratitude, hearts filled with memoriesand hope for all that is to come anda vow to face every hurdle with truth,determination and perseverance.

- Asmaani Kumar

and public speaking began. As the three days rolled by,the delegates returned to normalcy with heavy but contenthearts. Back to school again? *Sigh*

-Tanim S. Mozumder

Diplomacy Reigns here at Maria’Diplomacy Reigns here at Maria’Diplomacy Reigns here at Maria’Diplomacy Reigns here at Maria’Diplomacy Reigns here at Maria’s.s.s.s.s.

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An inter house debate andrecitation competition was held in themonth of May among the students ofdifferent houses. Students weregrouped according to their housesand classes; hence there was a seniorcategory as well as a junior one.

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The 5th day of the month ofJune is celebrated as The WorldEnvironment Day. Each year ourschool contributes to the cause byperforming various activities relatedto the conservation and welfare ofthe environment. This year too, thestudents from different classes wereinvolved in different activities likeposter making, article writing,creating models out of wastematerials and a special screening

related to theconservation ofenvironment.

T h ehighlights of thisyear’s WorldEnvironment daywere the streetplay competitionand the relayrace competitionheld among the

The topic of the debate for thesenior category was “The presentschool syllabus is an instrumentdesigned to kill creativity”. While thejuniors debated on “Coming to schoolwithout a uniform will help studentslearn better”.

The recitation competition washeld for each of the languages,namely, Assamese, Hindi andSanskrit. Students from both thecategories took part in the competitionwith full gusto and recited the poemswonderfully.

Celebrating Sports Day!

Come 16th May and all thescientific-heads and scientific-pots ofMaria’s Public School put up a grandshow for the Interschool ScienceExhibition. From technology tonature, the students expressed thatthey were not far behind discoveringa new cure, a new idea or a newsource of power. All around the airitself gave off a scientific aura of it’sown as the judges moved aboutcomplementing and appreciating eachand every model. One project thatsurely needs mention was an ideaproposed by a group of class 10students who challenged theresearchers’ theory that hiv aids isincurable. The theory that theyproposed was the use of nanotechnology to control the stem cellsof the body. Now, now, no boring youguys...let’s end it by saying that theday was something where innovationwas it it’s best.

Tanim S. Mozumder

On the 29th of August, Maria’sPublic School celebrated The NationalSport’s Day with respect to the birthanniversary of noted hockey player ofIndia-Dhyan Chand.

To be true, all of us enjoy sportsbut how many of us do respect it,cherish it or play it with utmostdiscipline?

The day started with thisquestion from the speech delivered

by the School Sports Captain-KautavBarua. He underlined the values of atrue sportsman and it may surpriseus but sports are actually about beingdisciplined, being punctual and ofcourse being fair. He also mentionedthe importance of sports in our livesand the negligence that it is sufferingfrom. The special assembly endedwith all of us pledging to lead a life oftrue sportsmanship and to behold it

importance in the days to come.Despite the light shower, the

school gathered to watch the friendlyfootball match between Class 11 andClass 12; which was the highlight ofthe day. Class 12 won for 6-1.Although in sports there is never aloser, there is just the opponent teamwho played better or worse than youdid.

Tanim S. Mozumder

InnovationInnovationInnovationInnovationInnovationat its best!at its best!at its best!at its best!at its best!

four houses.The theme for the street play

competition was ‘tobacco and itsharmful effects’. All the housescame up with different ideas toshowcase the main theme and todeliver a meaningful message. Therelay race was successful inbringing out the best in everyone.The enthusiasm and sportsmanshipdisplayed by everyone wasexceedingly impressive.

World Environment Day

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Walking down the main street ofdowntown Dallas, my attention wascaught by a siren coming from behindme. I turned around and saw a policecar approaching. The law enforcersasked me to use the footpath. Withoutany hesitation or protest, I compliedwith.

After taking a few paces, Istopped to look. Huge flocks of menand women with immense enthusiasmand eagerness aligned themselves onthe sides of the road. And the placewas in its true sense bustling withlife. I was surprised but notastonished. Dallas had been a hugevote pot and thus I presumed of the

around. However what I saw as I lostmyself into the depth of his eyes wasblood tumbling down the side of hishead wetting his jet black coat. Thosefew seconds seemed to be likedecades.

An intense ray of light blinded me.I woke up with the book still on

my lap. Putting the book aside, Iwalked a few steps to switch the TVoff. But just as I reached out my finger,I saw the Television screen read“U.S.A. hangs its head in shame asthe assassination of John F. Kennedycompletes a decade”.

Snehasish KumarSharmah Thakur

On the 19th of August an interschool quiz competition wasorganised by MPS which wasconducted by renowned Quiz masterBarry O’Brien. Various school fromacross the city participated in thisquiz. Our team along with five otherteams qualified for the stage round.Mr.Barry had an air about him whichcaptured the attention of the young

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My eyes caught of a vacantcorner where the road meandered.Realizing that I had the noon all tomyself, I joined the eager crowd.

After about half an hour or solater, I saw a modern convertible carapproaching from the horizon. Thecrowd roared.

With very slow pace, the carapproached. The man stuck his bodyout and waved to the crowd.

As the car turned at themeander, the man gazed into myeyes. Suddenly the attention of myears was caught by a shot ofexplosion, but I did not bother to look

Teachers’ DayOne of the main and most

awaited events of the year, Teachers’Day, was celebrated with fun andenthusiasm. It witnessed the activeparticipation of students as well asteachers like never before.

This year ’s Teachers’ Daycelebration, named Crescendo,comprised of performances byvarious student groups and also anadded question and answer roundfor the teachers. The traditional aswell as modern danceperformances, the melodious songs

and the hi lar ious and highlyentertaining quiz was appreciatedand enjoyed by everyone. Theshow also had a specialperformance by a group of students

from class 12. What made this actspecial was that the studentsperformed song specially requestedby the teachers.

The best part of the day was tosee the bright smiles on theteachers’ faces after being wellreceived and appreciated by theirstudents.

and the old alike. The peoplepresent in the auditorium werefortunate enough to get some ideason personality development andspeaking skills. This quiz gave aplatform for the healdy bonding ofthe students with the Quiz master.Mr. Brien encouraged the studentsto let their creativity reach itspotential.

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