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THE LEGACYreturns

2018JOHNSON IBDP

Shri. S. R. N. MudirajFounder Chairman

Johnson Educational Society

To the magnanimous philanthropist, a man of substance and worth, a man of vision and hard work, a determined soul that spread the love of education, the captain of this sailing ship..You will always be remembered by us, for you are the spark in our hearts and the glory to our success.Thank you for teaching us the value of knowledge and education by providing us the best.

THE LEGACY

The In-House annual Johnson IB magazine

2018Edition V

Cover CreditsArtist: Suksheetha Reddy

Grade 11

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VisionTo ensure all children from our school are able to adjust with respect in this fast-changing global environment, along with the ability to lead in any field of their choice with utmost integrity and courage.

To achieve and sustain exemplary standards, at national as well as global level, in both formal education and student discipline by providing quality education and all round development for every student. We are committed to build and maintain a culture for continuous improvement in all functions of our institution and monitor every success.

Mission

ABOUT THE COVER PAGE

“Lux in Tenebris”- painting of a sunset. During the evening the bright colors in the background fading in makes the sunset look beautiful. Stars can’t shine without darkness and the sun is the biggest star. This piece of art signifies the importance of soft and rough technique used in contrast to memories which makes life seem complete. Everybody experiences something unique and new everyday and it is not the same everyday. Every day is a new opportunity to wake up and explore life. Time fades but memories remain. The sun plays an important role in human lives as every evening when the sun sets, it brings in darkness into lives of people and it’s almost an apocalypse but with the rise of bright light every morning, they show strong rays of hope and excite-ment for a fresh beginning. It’s a cyclic process of life and death every day. The boat represents how far you’ve come sailing across the river passing through different stages of reflections of your experiences. The sun rises and sets every day just like how every year brings in fresh minds into JOHNSON and many graduates become IB Diplomats. Hence, here we present to you “THE LEGACY RETURNS”

ABOUT THE ALPHABET

THE LEGACY RETURNS holds a special place in our hearts as well the hearts of all the readers, and we wanted to make it unique and spe-cial. So we set out to think of the best design plan we can. We start our educational journeys with A-Z. We want to learn A-Z in every subject and topic at school. We want to know A-Z of what is happening around the world. We spend the rest of our lives thinking about the A-Z of our work and family. And finally we all want to live our life to the full A-Z potential.With this in mind, we, at the Legacy team, firmly decided upon our A-Z plan. This magazine covers all Johnson IB events as well as creative contributions from A-Z Because here at Johnson IB, we aspire to be-come anything from A-Z; while not forgetting that all of us started at A-Z.

Malathi Ramaswamy Bindu C G Vijaya Gowri K

The Editorial Board

Greetings Readers,

From a time when we were deciding on the plan, to the point where we submitted the final draft, time passed by in an instant, transforming both the magazine and the three of us working on it.

It has been a privilege to be on board the Legacy team. Captured here are the memorable moments of 18 months. We did our best to capture these events and achievements in their true essence. Having to follow up 18 months of experiences was defi-nitely a Herculean task. But we had a Utopian vision. A vision to express ourselves and the thoughts of those before us. A vision to continue The Legacy.

The magazine holds a special place in all of our hearts, for it carries our precious memories for the future Johnsonites - for the future carriers of The Legacy of our Johnson IB.

Here we present to you the fifth edition of The Legacy magazine. With our dedication, passion and ambition, and three months of work, we were able to transform eighty-eight blank pages into this magazine. The Legacy returns.

Regards,Student Editors.

Akarsh Chalasani

Suksheetha Reddy

Sai Srujana Vepa

The AdministratorDr. B. Chandra Sekhar

It is a matter of pride to pen down the message for the annual school magazine, ‘The Legacy returns’ of Johnson Grammar School IBDP. My heart fills with immense pleasure as I perceive the progress being made at Johnson Grammar School IBDP.‘All I want to be’ - our School Motto lets our students create things and allows them to take time to tinker among the key elements of a joyful school life.In school, we are not punching widgets, we are nurturing young people. Curi-osity is also a critical component of creativity. Fostering curiosity and creativity in today’s learner is a challenge.Most teachers would agree that cultivating curiosity in learners is an important task. Today, the concept of education is undergoing a rapid change, initiating independent study and helping students by directing them how to think, to raise questions, to solve problems, to integrate and to innovate.IB students develop strong academic, social and emotional characteristics. They also perform well academically – often better than students on other pro-grammes.The school magazine is a platform for the students to express their creative pursuit which develops in them, originality of thought and perception. The contents of the magazine reflect the wonderful creativity of thoughts and imag-ination of Johnsonites.I extend my warm wishes to the Principal, staff and students of Johnson Gram-mar School International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme to continue this journey on the road of excellence.

The Principal

Dear Students, Parents and Friends,

The native In House IB Magazine is once again here in the form of The Leg-acy returns. The interim period between June 2016 and December 2017 is

captured here through snapshots of the most effective IB moments. The Editorial Team played a key role in making this happen. I must applaud the students of the Editorial Team who began helping me without my realising it. Akarsh Chalasani and his mates Srujana and Suksheetha are young student representatives who carry the core essence of the programme. They spread light and warmth wherever they go and set an example to all those who think beyond their horizons.Johnson IB is not a place but a people who believe that the world is not one di-mensional but follow a unique and timeless vision and mission towards education. The activities in different subjects consider myriad knowledge perspectives. So-phisticated literary pursuits become the signpost of the language and Literature programme. The Humanities grasp the complexity of economy and business oper-ations worldwide and stimulate decision making. The Science programme follows experiential and analytical learning. Fundamental skill development is at the heart of the practices in the Visual art room. The beauty of mathematics takes a long route from the Sumerian developed maths to technology integrated interactive classrooms. Human actions are never neutral; they always have a consequence for one’s self, for others and for the community. The activities under CAS programme not only cater to an individual’s ethical and social responsibility but also guide stu-dent behaviour that fosters personal value systems. Thus behind every CAS smile you see in the following pages, there is a telling story.Above all, I would like to put forward my sincere gratitude to the entire IB Team that keeps the ship afloat and have gone through series of experiences together. I hope their efforts will set alight a whole new generation as we create a world de-void of conformity, materialism and outward power.

Bindu C G

The COO

Over the years, Johnson Grammar School has built a tradition of excellence all through. This holds strong at the IBDP wing as well. As a school, we take pride in facilitating our students with all the various avenues for success. We do this by bringing the community closer to our students and use this as an aid to find themselves during their journey at Johnson.

We believe and strive to build strong partnerships with students and our parent commu-nity such that they are proud to be a part of the Johnson community for their entire lives. We have a culture of high expectations amongst both the students and the staff and it is our sincere goal that each student’s unique strengths are identified, nurtured and polished to make them successful in whatever future they have planned for.

At Johnson, we closely watch our students’ academic growth as well as their emotional and social well-being, This helps every student achieve their goals extraordinarily well.

The key to this success is that the school, the parent and the student always work in tandem. Parenting plays an important role here, as students spend half of their day at home. Parental conversations, counsel and suggestions play a major role. Knowing your child, identifying their core capabilities and making them responsible for all their actions makes them sincere individuals and responsible citizens. They become more caring, bal-anced and reflective.

At school, apart from academics we also focus on developing the sense of discipline by being principled, thinkers by being knowledgeable and inquirers by being communica-tors. We do this through various activities, exposures and numerous mentoring sessions.

In a fast changing world many values are lost and we as a community should bestow these characteristics in them so they build a life upon a sense of fairness and equanimity.The power lies in how we, parents and school, mould the children to become better citi-zens not just in academics but also as individuals.

Divya Chandrasekhar

Grade 11

Grade 12

IB Learner ProfileInquirers

Open-Minded

Knowledgeable

CaringBalanced

RefLective

Principled

Communicators

Risk-Takers

ThinkersWe nurture our curiosity, developing skills for inqui-ry and research. We know how to learn independent-ly and with others. We learn with enthusiasm and sustain our love of learn-ing throughout life.

We critically appreciate our own cultures and personal histories, as well as the values and traditions of others. We seek and evalu-ate a range of points of view, and we are willing to grow from the experience.

We use critical and creative thinking skills to analyse and take responsible action on complex problems. We exercise initiative in making reasoned, ethical decisions.

We express ourselves confidently and cre-atively in more than one language and in many ways. We collaborate effectively, listening carefully to the perspec-tives of other individu-als and groups.

We approach uncertainty with fore-thought and determination; we work independently and cooperatively to explore new ideas and innovative strat-egies. We are resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges and change. We thoughtfully consider the world

and our own ideas and experience. We work to understand our strengths and weaknesses in order to support our learning and personal development.

We act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness and justice, and with respect for the dignity and rights of people every-where. We take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.

We understand the importance of balancing different aspects of our lives—intellectual, physical, and emo-tional—to achieve well-being for our-selves and others. We recognize our interdependence with other people and with the world in which we live.

We show empathy, compassion and respect. We have a com-mitment to service, and we act to make a positive difference in the lives of others and in the world around us.

We develop and use conceptual under-standing, exploring knowledge across

a range of disciplines. We engage with issues and ideas that have

local and global significance.

What’s Inside?

AAbhinaya-NavrasOur very own Annual Day

A Home like no OtherVatsalyam CAS Trip

An Adventurous RetreatRamoji Film City tour

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B Bibliophile BravadoReading Campaign Banking Made Easy Bank Account Opening Brains vs Binary Science Debate

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CCake & Coffee with IBAn Introduction to IB

Career Counselling@ Johnson IB

Creative MessEco-Friendly Ganesh Making

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E exFEARienceHalloween Day

EscapadeA service trip to the Zoo

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GGift a smileService at Abhaya Prada

Galactic FestSpace Adhyaan

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DDiapers to DiplomaTeachers’ Day Celebration

Dragon’s DenThe Big Auction Game

Delight at SightVisual Art Exhibition

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F Fête de la FédérationFrench Bastille Day

Field in MotionFootball @ Bangalore

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HHarvard Model United NationsHMUN 2017

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I Incredible IndiaRepublic Day 2017

Inter-Continental Food FestGlobal cuisine @ Johnson IB

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26 J JGS Model United NationsJGS MUN 2017

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K Know your enemyDrug abuse and prevention

28 L Life and LibertyIndependence Day 2017

Likeable LiteratureElegance of Telugu & Hindi

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MMillion Dollar QuestionEconomics Quiz 2016

32 N Numinous Walk through LifeMotivational Session

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O One step forwardBehtar India fundraising

Open House SessionIt’s all about IB at Johnson

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37 P Potter’s VillageBack to Basics Paper Maker ITC Paper Mill Tour

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Q QriosityK-Circle Quiz Quizzaholics Science Quiz

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42 R Remembering RamanNational Science Day

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S Science For AllScience Fair @ IICT

Strokes of GeniusArt Galleries Visit

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46 T The RendezvousAlumni Meet

The Ghazi AttackHistorical and Scientific Analysis The Big Story House Thread Story Challenge

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UUndermining PollutionDiwali Awareness Campaign

52 VVita ColorataFarewell 2017

Visual ArtsFrom the Imagination Factory

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WWalk the TalkTheory of Knowledge session

Win-WinHands-on World Trade

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57 X X-Mas DelightsChristmas Celebration 2016-17

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Y Yours Lovingly,A ChildChildren’s Day Celebration

61 Z Zealous New ZealandA trip to New Zealand Zesty Discussions Panel Discussion

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Abhinaya Navras

tDr. B. Chandra Sekhar, Administrator of Johnson ICSE, accompanying the guests; Mr. Harish Doraiswamy and Mr. Anirudh Sravan at Abhinaya.

uPrincipal, Head Mistress of Johnson ICSE, Principal and COO of Johnson IB and Mrs. Rama Chandra Sekhar at the inauguration.

ttStudents of Johnson ICSE and Johnson IB take part in a variety of cultural programmes and displayed an array of talents such as dancing, singing and acting.

qJohnsonites escort the administrator and esteemed guests at the Anuual Day Celebra-tion.

uOn the dais, the COO and the Principal of Johnson IB, Head Mistress, Principal of Johnson ICSE, Mrs. Rama Chandra SekharMr. Harish Doraiswamy, VP of Pearson Schools, Mr. Anirudh Sravan, IAS, Dr. B. Chandra Sekhar, Administrator.

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A Home like no other

Manish Reddy K

The orphanage, Vatsalyam, located at Bandlaguda, houses children of various ages who either have no family or have lost their families in natural calamities. A visit to this orphanage was a life-changing experi-ence as it was filled with emotions and sentiments. I had an opportunity to visit this orphanage as a part of our CAS program. As we entered the gate, the children welcomed us with bright faces. We visited the orphan-age frequently to tutor the children and help them with their studies. We shared our knowledge and in turn, learnt a lot from them. I was taken aback by the management skills that they possessed. They take care of themselves and of others around them. The visits made me realize how fortunate I was to enjoy all comforts of life. They taught me lessons through their actions.We usually associate orphans with sympathy. But I have learnt a lot from these kids that I will always remember. The children belong to their own small world where they are the heroes. They learn lessons by them-selves, falling down and rising from obstacles with a huge smile on their faces. Interacting with the kids became one of the best moments of my life. Theodore Roosevelt once said,“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” These children believed in themselves - that they can become the best - and they really did put in every small bit of effort towards the same.

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Bibliophile bravado

Shivani Terli

The oldest and most convenient medium of sharing knowledge has always been books. As a student it is

very important to stay informed, but it has always been emphasised that reading from books is the most preferred and best way to do so. Last year class 11 IB 2016-2018 came together to support a reading campaign that allowed one to inform students that reading from no matter what medium, is still reading. The campaign was to support people who believed in their right not to read. The cam-paign was to support those students who preferred read-ing from comics and graphic novels to traditional fare. All of us came together to write and speak to people about our rights as readers. The students exclaimed that it was okay to read a book only halfway, that it was okay to read it out loud, that it is our right as students to read maga-zines and believe it was appropriate reading material. We walked through the school raising our placards that in-formed every one of the rights the student chose to speak about. All of us designed and made our own placards and it was a fun activity. As a host it was my pleasure to see all students speak and debate over what we should read, how we should read and why we should read. It was satisfy-ing to see students band together to support reading and how conventions should not affect it. The campaign was not to support books in the end, it was to support reading and breaking conventions about what we should read. All of them spoke for a few minutes about why they chose a right and why people should support it. It was humbling, I learnt a lot that day as an avid reader myself, and I am proud that my class broke many of my opinions that day.

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Banking Made Easy

Rithvik PVS

As part of our CAS programme the students of Johnson IB ventured into slum areas near OU campus to educate and encourage people to make best use of

the Prime Minister’s proposal of a cashless economy. People were encouraged to open bank accounts with Cosmos Bank near the IB school with a zero balance. This CAS activity was in the month of December 2016, where we were supposed to conduct an awareness program for opening a bank account in an area where people hailed from modest economic backgrounds.The campaign comprised of students allotted into groups, moving door-to-door, explaining the benefits of holding a bank account. We also informed them about the paperwork that has to be done in order to open a bank account.We also came to know about the household expenditure on a daily basis and the lifestyle followed by the people living in the slum area.The outcome was that most of the individuals understood the welfare of holding a bank account and within a month or so a handful of them had opened a bank account for themselves, and were appreciative of the students and faculty for be-ing informative. In conclusion, I would like to thank my school for giving me an opportunity to contribute to an awareness spreading program.

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Brains vs binary

Anirudh S Krishnan

As the sun climbed the skies and the daylight yawned through the dawn, I half-sleepily realized that today was the day the science debate would unfold. The morning con-tinued as usual, as any other, and it is after twenty sleepy stretches, ten jolts from my mother and five dosas later that I realized that I was a participant myself.Upon reaching school I immediately saw the formidable as-sortment of dangerously enthusiastic science students pre-paring their speeches written on scarily large sheets of paper filled from top to bottom- indeed a breathtaking sight. (lit-erally) The topic, announced two days before the debate itself, was “Will Artificial Intelligence benefit the human populace in the future?”. I liked the question because of its flexibility and neutrality and the scope it provided for both sides of the argument. My team was supposed to present points not in favour of the topic. Two teams spoke for the topic and two against. The debate was fairly strong and thought-provoking as each member from each team provided fairly new perspectives and opinions regarding their stance and interesting argu-ments were brought up including those of the emotional limits of man-made machines and the growing use of Arti-ficial Intelligence in sectors such as defense. The fact of AI’s helpful and controlled nature against its seemingly uncon-trollable limits were like the yin and yang and resulted in interesting rebuttals from all the teams, including the audi-ence.All in all, the debate was a well-balanced yet curious discus-sion of ideas and it honestly felt good to be sitting there as a participant, listening to what everyone had to say and draw-ing your own conclusion from all the knowledge. The event was closed by the judges and by Mr Naresh who shared their opinions which brought the whole thing to a steady end. It was fun.

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Today we are readyTo get our thoughts steadyTo embrace Kalam’s visionAnd make a good decision

Now I am a studentThe nation knows what to expectFull in zeal and young in ageThis is the stage, the nation can change

I could be a farmerFor the nation’s food crisis, I’m the armour

Double the nation’s food productionLead to poverty and malnutrition reduction

I could be a scientist at ISROAt India’s space agency; I could be a heroMaking India the best in space technologyProgressing higher through my methodology

What’s better than working in the armyPerhaps the air force, or even the navy

An end to terrorism, promotion for peaceIn defence gear, India’s power will increase

Now, the nation needs a good leaderI could be that leader, stronger and wiserConcentrate on Education, Healthcare and InfrastructureLiteracy, Social Security, Reliable power I can ensure

I could be a governor at RBITake the economy to an all time highI will make the Indian rupee supreme

However difficult it may seem My nation is my homeTo make its status shine like chromeInspire someone through this poemBecause my country is my home

So let us work together to make aspiration, an existenceMake this vision, a reality!

What can I do to fulfil Kalam’s vision for India?Akarsh Chalasani

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Cake & Coffee with IB

The Cake and Coffee session conducted on 17th December 2016 was a hands on experi-ence for many interested parents as it made it convenient for them to come and meet Johnson IB faculty representatives and famil-iarise themselves with the IB curriculum and teaching methodology. Staff members were able to meet with prospective parents who wanted to get acquainted with the history of the IB, the rare subject combinations possible and the Johnson take of an internationally val-ued programme.Mr.A.S. Krishnan, parent of S.Anirudh (Johnson ICSE) remarked: “The entire faculty and alumni were so con-vincing that I was sure my son was going into the right hands with the right Programme.”

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Career CounsellingIn today’s technological era, the

world of work is always changing. Futurist Thomas Frey predicts that by 2030, two billion jobs which are pret-ty common now will disappear. The good side to this? You could end up working on something we don’t even know about yet. A few years ago, on-line banking, 3D printing didn’t even exist. Our society will change too, with people living longer and cities grow-ing bigger. The jobs in demand will be in health and social care, waste man-agement, increased demand for pow-er, food and housing. There are some skills which will be useful no matter how things change – being adaptable, resourceful, and good at solving prob-lems. It is more important to choose a subject of your interest than to choose subjects which prepare you for a job or a career. Always remember, under-standing your skills, strengths, ambi-tions and interests will help you build your career.

Strengths are things you’re natural-ly good at – solving problems, being persuasive or being organized.Under-standing them can help you see which jobs you’d be good at.Skills are things you develop through work or study – public speaking, using other languages, teaching, program-ming computers. You can match your skills to the ones employers are look-ing for.Interests are things you enjoy and have an interest in – going to gigs, playing football or baking. Your interests can help you choose a career you’ll love.Ambitions are your career goals – the jobs you dream of doing and want to work towards. All of these things linked together can help you make de-cisions about your career.

Aarti Rawat Career Counsellor

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Creative Mess

Samhitha Reddy T

As part of CAS activities, we made our own idols of Lord Ganesh and sold them for a fund rais-ing activity. It was a completely new and interesting task for us as we first learnt the technique of

working with clay. The potter and my friends helped me shape the clay perfectly. We had fun while trying to mould it into different shapes and figures. The Ganesh idols which

we made turned out very well and were beautiful. Then we decorated the idols by sprinkling powders of different colours on them. We car-

ried them back home to sell and raise funds. All of us sold the idols to people who were interested in celebrating an

eco-friendly Ganesh Chaturthi. Overall, the activity was quite different from the other CAS activities

we have done so far. It was a good learning experience for

all of us.

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Diapers to diploma

Kesavan Komandur

‘One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world,’ said the daughter of a teacher, Malala Yousafzai. Rightly so, teachers are our first guides in this big world, teaching us to distinguish right from wrong. Without a mentor over our heads, we would all be bod-ies without spirits. Teachers may not always be confined to the four walls of a school. They may come in the form of your parents, sib-lings, friends or a companion.Having under-stood the importance of teachers in our life, we, the students of Johnson IBDP celebrated Teachers’ Day on the 4th of September, 2017.There was joy and thrill in the air as chimes of lovely music spread all through the cam-pus. The twelfth graders presented a beautiful video identifying some of the best qualities in each of our teachers. Priyanka B of Grade 12 delivered a wonderful speech, highlighting the importance of teachers in one’s life. The celebration ended with the Principal cutting a cake, which was shared by the entire school.

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Dragon’s den

Anagha Deshpande

It was smart, really, to name this event after a television series, Dragons’ Den which was similar to our event. Rita Ma’am all set on doing something new, wanted to change the course of our school’s history of yearly busi-ness quizzes. So ‘The Dragon’s Den’ it was.It was a business auction game where all the 11th grad-ers were, hypothetically, entrepreneurs who presented their products to the bidders, who were students of 11th and 12th, in teams. Each team was given cash of a made-up currency. The team who would make proper busi-ness decisions and bid smartly, and the product with the highest profit earned from the bid, would win, so the event was very interesting and exciting. The challenging part was coming up with a product that had a good chance of getting a ‘sold’ flag within minutes; a product that would impress the bidders who were re-ally teenagers eager to bid their money on what they thought was the best of all.I took general interests of my sample into consider-ation – travel? Yeah. But something that they’d do of-ten. Camping? Perfect. It included most of the interests – taking a break, going to a new place a.k.a. travelling. And I came up with the idea of a camping hammock with fairy lights and a warm interior. Served me well. I won and it was great.

Some of the innovations on display were: Time travel in reverse, TARS Home Help Robot, Johnson Army, Sta-tus Quo - electric bike, Madrid Travel, Oculix Looking Glass - telling a place as soon as looked, Lets Pizza, Ven-ti GDC, Estas Hermosos and Camping Hammock.

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Delight at sight

The Bridge of Dreams,Yashila and Pooja

Visual Art Installation, Pranoye

The Mickey, Suksheetha Reddy

Copycat,Shreya Terli

Expressive Animals, Shreya Terli

Abyss, Nikhila Kalla Never lose Hope, Suksheetha Reddy

Jackson’s Cubism, Manish Reddy

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The Ghost, Pranoye Thuppari The Behind, Shreya Terli

The Ugly Beauty, Suksheetha Reddy

Mandala Art, Suksheetha Reddy

Braided Zentangle, Suksheetha Reddy

Equus ferus, Shreya Terli

Halcyon Hyderabad, Suksheetha Reddy

The Angry Man, Shreya Terli Devil Owl, Samhitha Tera

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ExFEARienceSAI Srujana Vepa

The time has come when spirits rise, when you dress up as something or pretend to brew potions and cast magic spells and the time when we celebrate Halloween!

Halloween is one of those festivals that aren’t very popular in India. And so, it was only natural that most of us were participating in the celebrations for the very first time. Yet, it was a really fun and exciting day, with a tinge of fear added.All the students had actively participated in the arrangements and the celebration itself. The wax dripping candles, the black satin webs, the spiders and the bats, the toilet paper mummy, the bloody ghost, the smoky dry ice and the bloody red drinks – every element added to the Halloween atmo-sphere. And not to mention the freaky masks, that actually scared some of us!We began with a speech on the history and origin of Halloween. We then had a couple of activities along with the teachers – Dumb Charades and Musical Chairs. The Musical Chairs was a tad bit longer but a lot more fun as everyone walked consciously to the beats of some popular party songs. After a short break of around 10 minutes, during which the teachers were served blood red fruit drinks, the floor was open for everybody to dance, and I must say, we saw some excellent dancers! The dancing was short-lived as we had to quickly proceed to the Halloween-themed cake cutting ceremony – not a traditional way, but surely something fun and tasty. At the end of the day, everyone enjoyed themselves, students and teachers alike. It was a day that will be etched in our hearts for quite some time.

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EscapadeJaya Suryan M

The students of Johnson IB went on a field trip to Nehru Zoological Park with the students studying in SRN Mudiraj Memorial School. The students of the memorial school come from less privileged back-grounds and the school encourages them to just have fun and enjoy basic schooling. Our trip to the zoo was very short but we managed to make the kids enjoy and have fun during the trip.What makes the Zoo an amiable place for both visitors and inhabitants are the open enclosures in which animals are kept. These open enclo-sures have been created to resemble their natural habitats. A wide va-riety of exotic animals have been successfully bred in this zoo as well.The train ride we had with the youngsters was the most interesting highlight of our trip as the ride covered the full view of all animals - tigers, deer, ostriches, tortoises and stags.At the end of the trip, we understood the agony that our parents go through in raising us, and how we simply ignore it. I also experienced the happiness of service and the joy of giving joy to others.

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2016 & 2017Fête de la Fédération

La fête nationale française est célébrée le 14 juillet chaque année en France. Cette journée marque l’assaut de la Bastille dans les années 1789. En tant qu’étudiant ab initio français, nous avons eu un

concours pour faire une présentation de poster. Cette compétition était très excitante car nous avons commencé à apprendre la langue pour la première fois. Et c’était très difficile pour nous de donner le meilleur de nous-mêmes. Nous sommes divisés en groupes de trois. Nous avions un très bon plan pour rendre l’affiche très belle et attrayante avec des images plutôt que des mots. Nous avons mis en place toutes les images liés à la France - la nourriture, la culture, la mode, le style, les traditions, les coutumes. Ensuite, nous avons donné une brève description du poster. Les résultats ont été annoncés après tous les groupes ont présentées. Nous étions tous ravis de connaître les résultats. Nous étions vraiment heureux après avoir pris connaissance des résultats car nous avons repris la première po-sition. A travers cette compétition, nous avons appris beaucoup de choses. Apprendre la langue en faisant des posters. Cela nous a aussi aidés à comprendre la culture française. Et je me sentais bien d’apprendre une langue étrangère de cette manière au début.

Priyanka Bathula

Afin de commémorer la Fête de la Fédération de France en juillet, les élèves de Classe 12 ont par-ticipé avec l’enthousiasme dans les concours de Recitation de Poésie et d’Expression Créative. Pour la Récitation, ils ont choisi à réciter et puis interpréter à leurs propres mots, la poésie des écrivains français. La thème pour L’expression créative était “Je rêve..”. Tous les élèves ont très bien abordé leurs tâches.

Mrs. Shirisha ReganiFaculty for French at Johnson IB

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Le 12 juillet, nous avons eu un competition pour la Fête de la Fédération. Nous avons fait des posters dans des equipes. Les affiches étaient trés jolie. Les sujets étaient sur

la culture de la France. Par example la cuisine, les festivals et la mode. Les posters etaient tres belles avec beaucoup de couleur et des images. Plus, nous avons fait une présentation. Toutes les equipes ont fait un bon travail. Tout le monde était très contents. La principal et les professeur ont regardé les présentations. L’equipe qui a gagné la competition était Pooja, Akarsh, Jayita, Suksheetha et Shreya. C’etait une bonne experience parce que nous avons gagné une bonne compréhension des aspects culturelles de la France. Nous avons part-agé nos connaissances entre les équipes and les présenté dans une belle façon. Apprendre les traditions et la culture d’un pays estune bonne manière de devenir plus appréciatives et ouvert d’esprit. Étant donné que nous apprenons le français comme langue étrangère, notre compréhension de la mode de vie des français nous aidera dans notre trajet d’ap-prentissage. Cet activité était très amusant et une bonne opportunité d’engager tous les élèves. Tous les équipe ont bien travaillé et les présentations étaient bien accueillis par tous. Pooja Kasarapu

Oh France!

France me prend à la rêverie, Et de réconfort me il endure au bonheur, De la tour Eiffel a la seine, Paris soufflet espoirs et de romance, Marseilles climat méditerranéen me enchante faire la fête, La ville historique de Strasbourg m’amuse avec ses musées vivants, Les ports de Bordeaux m’ont séduit par ses beaux sites, L’enthusiasme Urbain de Nice a suscité mon intérêt pour explorer et apprécier, Les villes de Lyon, Lille, Toulouse, Nantes, Versailles et d'autres appels à moi au plaisir eux. Oh France, vous êtes un pays si vaste, mais encore pleine de charme, Me souhaiter la bienvenue à ton bliss et je vais parcouru votre paradis pour toujours!!

Tanya Sharon

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Field in MotionAkarsh Chalasani

The students of Johnson IB World School took part in the 2nd National Youth (7 a side) Foot-

ball Tournament - 2016 held at Kittur Rani Chen-namma Stadium, Bangalore from 22nd August 2016 to 24th August 2016. The Johnson team of 11 were categorised in the Under-17 category. The prac-tice started from 10th August 2016 to 20th August 2016 with training in fitness, football skills, flexibili-ty, endurance, collaborative skills and sportsmanship. Players travelled from Hyderabad to Bangalore on 21st of August 2016. The students gave their best to excel in the competition. The Johnson team played four match-es in this tournament. Players did their best to make the team stand out. The Johnson team secured the fourth place out of the sixteen teams that came from various places in the country. Johnsonites showed team spirit and coordination. It was a great opportunity for the IB students to participate in the 2nd National Youth Foot-ball Tournament in 2016. The students got an oppor-tunity to showcase and develop their skills. This tour-nament also acted as a door to expose the latent talents of the students to the world. The school supported the team and the players as they embarked on this sports journey to be the best in the country. The students were overwhelmed by the opportunity given, and their per-formance at the event. The event and the school’s ac-tivity was managed by Ashok B. The students were well coached by Mr. Abhiskek. Overall, it was a wonderful time as they look back at the event and the prize that they won.

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Gift a Smile

Indusree Seelam

Not all are privileged to get what they want. All around the world there are people who try to find

happiness in their lives in spite of getting all they want. They try to become millionaires and billionaires, but did anyone wonder about those who struggle for existence? About specially-abled people? How, despite their disabil-ity, they stay happy? Recently the students of the Abhaya Pradha School paid a visit to our school. I was sent to bring the students of the Abhaya Pradha School. It made me happy to see the small kids and also it was a great ex-perience. I knew about Abhaya Pradha School and also their objectives and work. I felt really happy being in-volved.. I conducted an activity called the PICACT so that the kids interact with us. I enjoyed a lot playing with them. It made me learn how to manage students. It also made me know that we all are privileged and that we get the things we need.

I learnt how people all over the world are. Not everyone gets what they want. This activity meant a lot to me be-

cause it made me connect to the students and made me know more about them, and their lifestyle. This activity has great value as it made me realize that only few people get what they want. It has great value for me because this activity has now added to my personal experiences that I will never forget. It made me think about how people are different all around the world. I realized the struggles that every human being has to make in his life. I real-ized that one has to constantly struggle in life. In order to survive, every human being has to struggle. It made me realize that everyone has problems and must struggle in their own way. In spite of problems and struggles people remain happy. This taught me that one has to stay happy, keeping up the positivity.

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Galactic Fest

Gayatri Kommera

Space Adhyaan was a science workshop conducted on 2nd August, 2017 in B.M. Birla Science Centre, Hyderabad. The workshop was mainly based on astrophysics and

astronomy. This meeting fits into a conference where the younger generation has the opportunity to present their work and clear all their doubts related to space science. The event was also a great opportunity for senior astronomers and physicists to form new connections with the next generation of researchers. The selection of invited speakers concentrated on the researchers. A number of senior experts and PhD students were also invited. In the beginning, all the students who had come to participate were connected on a video call with a senior scientist of ISRO in which he introduced us to many interesting facts of space. Students who had doubts in his explanation were given a chance to clarify them. After the conference, the programme was hosted by a young scientist to be who had completed his PhD from IISc, Bangalore, one of the best science institutes in the world. He had also worked with many great scientists such as our beloved President late A.P.J. Abdul Kalam during his projects and researches. He spoke about the inspiring wonders of space. Later, they asked one of us to volunteer in making a rocket and a parachute using simple things available. After creating them, they showed us the working and the result. Later, during this session, they asked us to pair up and form a team of two and provided us with a kit. We had to create a robot using the tools in the kit and the one who made the best robot was awarded a prize. Space Adhyaan was an enriching experience of young minds interested in space science. It really helped us find the right path to become what we aspire to be.

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Harvard Model United Nations

Akarsh Chalasani

Riveting, engaging and stimulative are just a few words to describe the Harvard Model United Nations 2017. Harvard Model United Nations India is a four-day international relations simulation

for high school students held annually in Hyderabad. Started in 2011, and now completing its seventh session, HMUN India has been an opportunity for a country like ours, with immense potential and an opportunity for growthThe students of Johnson IB got their hands on this opportunity, took on the role of delegates, and got ready to deal with issues that have both local and global significance. Students from Johnson IB represented the Republic of San Marino at the conference on 5 different committees – The Legal Committee; Disarmament and International Security Committee; Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee; Special Political and Decolonisation Committee and World Health Organisation. At HMUN India, we gained insight into the workings of the United Nations and the dynamics of international relations. The four days of the conference were involved in confronting issues, drafting resolutions and working with other, equally passionate students a.k.a. delegates.Diplomacy, research, public speaking, debate, negotiation and communication are some of the many skills that we learnt and displayed at the Harvard Model United Nations 2017. HMUN acted as a constructive forum for an engaging involvement on complex issues, including international peace and security, economic and social progress. As delegates, we learnt to put process over product and undertake in-depth examination and resolution of pressing issues. The conference demonstrated how each of us is a global citizen, and taught us the importance of balancing national interests with the needs of the international community. Here at HMUN, we could detect our powers and limitations as an individual, and as a nation. We believe that the lessons learnt from HMUN India will inspire and empower us to form a voice beyond the committee room.

A husband. A father. A son.He wanted to be a martyr too

With many stories to tell...Nithyashree K

There hid a face under that veil,

Bruised, pale and unfathom-able..

There hid a face under that veil,

With many stories to tell…

Motive: One book, could not contain the many stories a girl could say, if given a chance….

There hid a face under that veil,

Bruised, pale and unfathom-able..

There hid a face under that veil,

With many stories to tell…

Back in the good bygone days, Blithe and buoyant was she.. Withal as a phase elapsed, Captive was she…

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Incredible india

Jayita Reddy g

Independence from the clutches of the British was a great achievement for us after the harsh struggle against the Britishers. But this achievement truly bore fruit when our Constitution came into effect on January 26th 1950, the day which has since been celebrated as our Republic Day.Every year we Indians pay a tribute to our great nation from the depth of our heart on this day.We, the studentsof Johnson IB celebrated this spectacular day at Johnson Grammar Senior School. Various students gave speeches, performed plays, songs and dances. The teachers too contributed towards the celebrations by supporting the students in all activities.The students also received certificates and mementos for their achievements in the academic year 2016-2017.Respecting our country is not only respecting our flag or our freedom fighters, but also respecting our fellow citizens and those in need.

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Inter-Continental Food Fest

Shriya Kareddy

Food is a significant part of any celebration regardless of culture or religion. We usual-ly look at a range of special events and prepare foods unique to specific celebrations.

Our school decided to conduct a Continental food fest as part of our CAS activity. They conducted this as a competition. Food presentation and service was the main focus of this fest and we learnt how to present and garnish food appropriate to a given setting. A variety of cuisines from across the world ranging from the Mediterranean, Europe, Asia and the Middle East were on display by grade 11 and 12 on July 23, 2016. We were divided into 5 groups consisting of 7 members each. Each group was allotted a different cuisine to work with. We personally learnt many things and gained attributes in the form of team work, cooking and learning the authentic food culture of different places. We all came up with different dishes like chicken fritters, vegetable broth, hot cross buns, Brit-ish omelette, ice-cream, lasagne, garlic bread, spaghetti, Tiramisu etc. Each group was allotted one room to display their dishes. Everyone decorated the rooms in such a way that it gave a hotel ambience to whoever entered the rooms. The judges for this compe-tition went around each room to taste different dishes prepared by us. After considering various dishes, the judge finally announced the members of Middle East Cuisine as the winners of this competition.

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Jgs model united nations

Nithyashree K

A MUN is more or less a conference, in which students take up the roles of different nations and simulate UN Committees.

JGS MUN was one such conference held in the Senior campus. We had 4 committees; The Security Council (SC), The Human Rights Council (HRC), The Disarmament and International Security Council (DISEC), and Arab League (AL). Well, this year was pretty much a divergent one as I had participated as one the members from the International Press. I was allotted the DISEC Committee, consisting of about 54 delegates, 2 IP members and 3 mem-bers of the Executive Board. So, on the first day we had the opening ceremony which continued until lunch time. After lunch, we began with the first session of the 3-day con-ference. The second day was when the simulation actually took place and ended only on the last day. It was a very modish experience for me as I got to learn a lot about what it takes to be a true IP member. Moreover, I learnt how to write articles for the newsletters. I also improved my listening and attention skills as we had to keep a note of the tiniest things that each and every delegate delivered. We had to write articles on the controversial discussions of the delegates. We even had a Press Conference on the last day in which we had to question the delegates about the various statements made by them. Our IP head was very benevolent as he encouraged and motivated us to give our best despite most of us being first-timers. Learnt a lot, met a lot of people, made new friends, had good food and what not! It was indeed a very edifying and momentous experience!

Know your enemy

Drugs and booze are the new trendsetters. They are believed to be the gateways to our worldly fantasies. Escapism to cut all the bothersome

ties we have with this world. Well, I will tell you this it does not dust off your responsibilities; it only brings them back twice the weight. Youth and teenagers are most prone to become the victims of drug abuse. Thousands of men and billions of dollars are involved in drug traffic. That is why it is so difficult to keep it under control.

Why do many indulge in drugs?

It may be because of a subtle kind of peer pressure due to the kind of environment surrounding them, or he/she joined the bandwagon as it might have piqued someone’s curiosity. Well, do you like being pricked by a needle 10 times a day, probably not. Then ask yourself if these drugs are really worth the pain it comes with. Alcohol, another source of abuse, trying it is not a crime. But it requires a cer-tain limit. It’s clear that uncontrollable use of such agents will cause mass hysteria. It is a chain reaction - if I do it, then you do it too. The reasons are unambiguous. Then why do we have the astound-ing 80,000 deaths that are related to alcohol abuse every year?It starts with you, Always re-member the choice is yours. Do what you want to. I did my part warning you be-cause I cannot force you. I urge you to think be-fore you act.

Shreya Terli

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Life and libertyJayita Reddy G

It is the time when we are off from the manacles, free from pain, then free to feel the freedom. It is the

most remarkable and special occasion for our coun-try, Independence day. It is the day when every citizen lights up patriotism filled in us, It is the proudest mo-ment for every Indian to celebrate it very cheerfully. To celebrate such a great day we IB students collab-orated with the high school children to express our happiness. Everyone had pinned the tri coloured flag close to their heart. IB students showed their ded-ication and patriotism at JGS ICSE. An air of thrill and excitement prevailed. The sun greeted the morn-ing in a brighter way than any other day showing the glow within our hearts. The IB students conducted and monitored many cultural programs like singing, dancing and giving a speech to let the children know how our great leaders went through sacrifices, pain and tragedy with courage. A patriotic song was sung gracefully by the IB students. Students putting in all their efforts from their hearts put up a beautiful, ap-preciable performance. One of the marvelous events was reviving the knowledge about our true heroes who fought for India’s Independence. It was a spec-tacular event.

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Likeable literatureTelugu

Kesavan Komandur

Priyanka Reddy B

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Hindi

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Yashila RAPARTHI

November 16th 2016,Our seniors had the Economics Quiz as a Satur-day activity. The quiz had 3 rounds , each team had 2 minutes to answer the question. Our seniors shared their experience with us and said that it was a very intense and interesting activity. The first two rounds had a lot of questions relating

to “Guessing the Picture” and “Person Identifi-cation”. Many questions were general knowledge questions about the IMF, WTO, and Asian Tigers. They were also asked about the World Bank CEO and bank loans, especially short-term loans. Most of the participants were Economics students, so they were tested on their knowledge and memory

“In all these quiz competitions I was greatly im-pressed by the awareness our young adults had on issues not only related to academics but also on current affairs and world changing issues”

Mrs. Malathi Ramaswamy

of the teaching in the class. As one senior said, an important aspect of the quiz was to understand the question properly and prove that the student is a pure economics student. The winning team of Sankeerth, Rithvik, Tannusha and Neeharika won a really tough competition and were really proud of their attempt. Overall, it was a healthy compe-tition and fun activity for the students.

Winners: Team 3Team Members:

1. Neeharika2. Tannusha

3. Rithvik4. Sankeerth

Million Dollar Question

The struggle you are in today, is the strength you will need tomorrow.

Once you realise this, life is awesome.

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Numinous walk through life

Yashila Raparthi

On 15th October 2017, the students at Johnson IB World school were to be the live audience for an interview with Ln. Y. Mohan Rao by TV 5 program

Srusti.

It was a very interactive and interesting conversation about what the word “dhar-mam” means and the impact of “hindu dharmam” on students of the 21st century. The core of the program was to enlighten students with the concepts on relief from stress , good education and being happy in life.

An important element to the interview was our students participating in the pro-gram and asking questions to the speaker, Y. Mohan Rao.

We discussed knowledge, whether it has an end. We also talked about the reliabil-ity of knowledge. To what extent is knowledge a boon to us, and when is it a bane. I personally felt that the way he explained knowledge to students was very clear. He explained stanzas about knowledge from the Bhagavat Gita and the Mahabharata.

Last but not the least, I thank the school for conducting this program for us.

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One step Forward

Anirudh S Krishnan

Behtar India is a joint campaign launched by NDTV and DHFL to work for a better future for the country through fundraising; and Johnson IB contributed to this cause by holding something similar in the Junior

School campus. We decided to hold the sale on the day the school had the Parent-Teacher Meet of the academic term. We made cupcakes, sandwiches, candles, and plants. The rest were in charge

of making posters for the event and getting people to buy the items. Convincing people to come and buy what we had made and brought was a tough

task, but not fruitless. The activity kept us busy throughout and we did our level best to make as much money for this cause as possible. Many people were interested in buying these for

a cause, and at the end of the day we had successfully made enough money for a charitable cause and

we did it through people’s interest. It was a well earned victory.

Mistakes are the road to successJayita Reddy G

Never ever in life regret the decisions taken

But think before you decideAs a result you may face problems as

fish without waterThe decisions taken may or may not

lead you to your destination But you will be played with

by destinyThough you fear for your life

care for your future Many dark deep breaths may lead to

Colourful bright days in futureknowing the fruit of success;

not trying tobe successful is the reason for true

failure.

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Open House SessionSAI Srujana Vepa

The students, staff and management of Johnson IB World School conducted an Open House Session on December 2nd, 2017 at the

Senior School campus. The Session was open to all parents and stu-dents from the city who wanted to know about the IBDP or about Johnson IB World School. The Session also hosted IB’s parent repre-sentative, Mrs. Vasundhara, and the Administrative Coordinator for Johnson Grammar School ICSE, Mrs. Lakshmi Ayyappan. There were many parents and students who attended the Session. It began with the current IB students rendering the school’s melodious prayer song, “God Will Make A Way” which was followed by a welcome address by our Principal, Mrs. Bindu CG. I am quite sure that many parents would have connected to the way she briefed them about IB, as a par-ent herself. Later, Mr. Sudhakar, from the Mathematics Department addressed the gathering on how IB provides education relevant to today’s world, and how students with an IB Diploma benefit in the future. As a true Mathematics teacher, he did show parents and stu-dents a report that showed the effectiveness of the present education system in India, and how IB is the better option. This was followed by a question-answer session open to parents. After parents had cleared some of their general doubts, they interacted with the staff and stu-dents of IB. Prospective students asked us questions on what the best subject combination could be, for their respective interests. And out of nowhere, all of us felt like we were their counsellors, and we did answer their queries quite enthusiastically! It was a lot of hard work, preparing for the session, but I am sure it will pay off soon!

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Potters’ Village

Shriya Rao P

23rd of June 2016, was our first day at JIB. The day is also well re-membered because of our visit to the potters’ village at Ameerpet,

Hyderabad. The students of both grade 11 & 12 were accompanied by the teachers and the principal. We travelled by the school bus. This trip was a part of our CAS program. As soon as we reached the potters’ village, we were shown how pots and various clay articles are made on the wheel. After the demonstration, we were given a chance to try our hand at pottery, which was a thrilling experience. The air was filled with petrichor. We also saw their families. One of the potters told us that this is most probably the last generation of potters, as they do not want their heirs to suffer financially, like they did. Pottery is becoming an extinct art. The potters also showed us how idols of Ganesh are made. The idols are made by setting clay in special moulds. The trip has definitely taught me a lot. As the future generation of this country, it’s our duty to encourage such forms of art, as they are gradually dis-appearing. Besides learning about this form of art, I learnt about their living conditions and financial status. It was a great visual learning experience. This trip has also encouraged us to bond well with our seniors and, of course, our teachers.

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Paper Maker

SAI Srujana Vepa

Paper plays such an important part in everyone’s life,

especially students like us. Be it tiny toddlers or senior

citizens, everyone uses books and paper – for reading,

writing, drawing, painting, sketching and what not. It

was really an interesting and worth-while trip to the ITC

Paper Mill at Patancheru where we saw the production

of notebooks. The trip taught us lessons both in business

and the sciences. We learnt how the business operates,

the various steps involved in the production and how

the finished goods are economically stored. We were

also explained how the thickness of the paper is specific

and how the covers of the books are printed. It was real-

ly fun seeing how a book, something that we use every

single day, is produced. We also explored the warehouse

where the books were packed and kept ready for distri-

bution. It was a fun-filled trip to the Paper Mill. I am

quite sure that everybody learnt something. Some learnt

a little bit of business, some science, while others learnt

a bit of both.

Success does not define how hard you hit back.

It defines the way you receive the same hit

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Anirudh S KrishnanQriosity

a whirl!However, the questions were hard on the outside and soft on the inside. All you needed was a mix of a sense of lateral thinking and some before-hand knowledge, which depended on your luck. Thinking and trying to come up with the right answer was thoroughly fun and the topics were total brain-candy.Overall, it was a broadening experience and a good exposure to the intellectual part of the so-ciety that surrounds us. The quizmaster also in-vited all of us to similar events that are open to everybody and are conducted in the YMCA in Secunderabad. It was fun.

As a prelude to the pleasant October day ahead, I grudgingly dragged my groggy self

to school; anticipating that I would be wasting the day in some random quiz competition on such a fine day. What a yawnathon.I was wrong, though.Wondering if our brains had ample knowledge in them, along I went in the school van to the venue with my classmates Akarsh and Kesavan. Most of the time in the van passed amidst the re-gurgitation of facts, both worthy and unworthy, fearing the questions that awaited us in that quiz hall.Our host venue, St. Francis’ Women’s College, was menacingly huge and it took us a solid fif-teen minutes to navigate through and get to the theatre. The air was saturated with intelligence- young people brimming with knowledge, ambi-tious and ready to destroy any and all questions that came at them.The competition- it was exactly how my friend Akarsh predicted it to be. The questions, on first sight, seemed obscure and their size, which regularly exceeded 50 words, was intimidating. They seemed to set every competitor’s mind into

“It was an enlightening experience for all of us. We explored the horizons of knowledge, and had a lot of fun at the same time!”

Kesavan Komandur

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Rahul RawatQuizzaholics

the quiz, maintaining proper communication and transparency within the group so that any important information could be shared with-out hindrance, we (Group Leaders) enjoyed or-dering our members to do work. Not that we escaped from all the work but being a leader has its perks! It was certainly an achievement to win the Science Quiz in my second year, couldn’t have done it without my team. Events like the Science Quiz recognizes your interest in science and encourages you to be passionate towards it and I thank Johnson IBDP for this.

The Science Quizzes will forever be one of the most cherished moments of the IB

life. Right from the formation of teams to the final question of the Rapid- Fire, each and ev-ery participant, especially those who couldn’t resist showcasing their scientific knowledge were excited and thoroughly involved them-selves in this event. Out of everyone involved in this event I feel that it is the Group Leaders that had the most fun of all. It’s a different ex-perience altogether to lead a team into such a grand competition. Apart from the usual duties of guiding your juniors through the format of

“When it came to tackling questions related to real life situations and science, our students just aced that part by identifying problems and providing realistic solutions.”

Mr. Naresh Jallipalli

It’s always YouYashila Raparthi

She looked at me with hatredSniggered at my failures

Those evil eyes threw me into turmoil.She looked at me with disgust... as if I looked

like a trash can to her.I walked towards her.... she walked towards

me.. I could feel fear waiting for my arrival.... I stood in front of her .. brave and strong

Stared into her eyes with confidence .... her face changed .

Her expressions became blank....She started to smile.... smile so geniune that

I had to smile back.I reached out to her raising my hand to feel

her... Her hand was raised too....

There she was.... in the mirror. Looking right at me.

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R emembering raman

Priyanka Bathula

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind! National Science Day is celebrated annually on 28th February to

commemorate the discovery of the ‘Raman Effect’, a Nobel Prize-win-ning discovery by Sir C.V. Raman. An elocution and a poster presen-tation competition were organized at Johnson IB to mark the celebra-tion of the National Science Day 2017. The themes of NSD-2017 for the competitions revolved around gender equality and specially-abled persons in science and technology. The topics helped us focus on sit-uations that have to be tackled for the welfare of our society as well as humanity. We dealt with gender equality in the elocution competition, where I highlighted the contributions of women like Leelavati and Anandi Gopal Joshi in the fields of science and technology. I secured the second position in the elocution competition. Then we had a post-er presentation competition on the topic, “Science and Technology for the specially-abled”. We were divided into groups of three members each. We found the topic very broad and so it required a lot of plan-ning to describe our ideas on a small chart. Yet, we tried our best. These competitions instilled a positive attitude in us towards Science for the betterment of the people.

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Science For All

Nishika Choppala

The science fair at IICT, conducted by CSIR, was an opportunity for everyone to explore the beauty of science which is continually widening the frontiers of human study. Everyone displayed a spirit of enthusiasm, and an urge to know more and widen their understanding about how things work and why.We first saw how electricity can be generated from food waste, mainly carbohydrates. They are fed to microbes which chemically oxidize them and help in generating electricity. Next, we went to the desk of the Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute, where we looked at the main cause of anemia, the deficiency of iron, and how it could be prevented using a cost-effective method that prevents the interaction of iron and iodine in matter.We looked at some amazing bags made out of chicken feet, feathers, banana leaves and collagen based non-adhesive wound dressing. We also understood the difference between NANO filtration and RO filtration.Before we left, a few physics enthusiasts attended a talk on origins and the history of phys-ics. We were told of the various milestones in the history of classical and quantum physics and how, ever since the propounding of the Quantum Theory by Max Plank, scientists have been on a quest to find the“Theory of everything”. We were later enlightened about the man, because of whom we are able to use GPS systems and send satellites and rockets into space, he who stated that there is no absolute frame of reference that is at rest, Albert Einstein. We were explained in detail about how he discovered and propounded the Theory of Relativity. It was a very nice session that took us back in time. It made me believe that science is not thinking about the unthinkable, but thinking about the little things that we notice every day.

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Strokes of Genius

Suksheetha reddy

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” The stu-dents of grade 11 and 12 were taken to visit a couple of art gal-

leries. To most of us, this idea didn’t sound exciting as we didn’t know anything about what an art gallery looked like and what exactly we were supposed to do there, but after taking a look around the gallery, everybody was fascinated and astonished by the art works they saw.In the first gallery, THE DHI SPACE, there were abstract drawings and most of them were enigmatic. At the second gallery, SHRISH-TI, we found some professional works of experienced artists. Naresh sir, who is a part of the physics department told us that the artists here had to slow down their heartbeat to get the details, the finest of strokes.All the students had their own perspective on different works. The students of Visual Arts now had a better idea on how to proceed with their efforts and what is expected from an artist. Art galleries allow people to interpret a single art work in different possible ways and a single piece of art can speak a thousand words. Students of physics and visual arts were the ones who were deeply involved in the action of observing and analyzing a work.Every artist was once an amateur. Being a visual arts student. What grasped my attention was that not every piece of art needs to be per-fect but the meaning delivered needs to be effective. It was a day to be marked on the calendar with a really good learning and inspiring experience for all of us.

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The Rendezvous

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The Ghazi AttackVineeth Peddi

This was an outing that we had from school. The main motive was to help us identify and link it to

the IB learner profiles and our subjects.We were taken to Asian Cinesquare to watch the movie “The Ghazi Attack” directed by Sankalp Reddy and star-ring Rana Daggubati as the protagonist of the movie.The Ghazi Attack is based on the mysterious sinking of the behemoth of a submarine called PNS Ghazi, pretty much The Nautilus of the Pakistan Navy between 1964 and 1971. According to the Pakistan defence forces, PNS Ghazi sank due to explosions caused by entering its own minefield in the Bay of Bengal. However, the In-dian Navy credits the destroyer INS Rajput for sinking PNS Ghazi.After watching this film all my classmates and teachers had a discussion about the movie and I could see every-one coming with different points of view.From the TOK perspective, I could see how leadership can be inherited in order to achieve success and victo-ry. My friend, who isn’t a native Telugu speaker could also understand the movie, implying that expressions and body language play a vital role in communication. From the drama perspective - war, peace, love, dedica-tion, leadership, and patriotism were the major themes identified in this film.These fruitful discussions made me relate to the film and link it to my subjects.

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The Big Story House

Akarsh Chalasani

Steve Jobs once said, “Don’t let others opinion drown your own voice.” But we at Johnson IB, with our collaboration, and with our coordination, and with our confidence, would go one step forward and say this, “When your voice meets the opinion of the group, the finest results are achieved.”The finest result being referred to are the two stories that emerged as the outcome of this activity. The activity, in brief, is a thread-story writing challenge where the class of 20 was divided into two groups of 10 each and each team member was supposed to write a part of the story continued by the next member. The opening and closing clauses of the story were given beforehand. The first group, mentored by me, came up with the story titled ‘Two Ways, One Direction’ while the other team, mentored by Srujana, authored a story titled ‘The path of hate’.Working in a group of 10 to create one story was not as easy as it seemed. With different opinions ranging from tragedy to fantasy and ghosts and time warp, the story appeared to be going places. Through this activity, we learnt that while the opinion of others might sometimes conflict with ours, the combination of ideas gives better results than any in-dividual idea. This was also an arena to develop and display our teamwork, creativity and writing skills.With fine collaboration and creativity, the stories started taking the right shape; and with contribution from every one, and ignorance from indeed none; the end-result was two tremendous pieces of literature, so good that it was difficult to choose the best. Read for yourself, and while you dive into these two worlds, do not forget to appreciate the effort that was involved in their making.

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Undermining Pollution

Indusri Seelam

The school took up the environment awareness campaign. We took up the initiative to educate the students of our school

especially the primary school. Participating in a campaign is what I love the most and campaigns for me are really interesting. I felt happy while doing this activity, but also felt sad that students are not aware of the environmental pollution that they are causing. I got to know that there are many children who are unaware of the effects caused by burning of crackers on Diwali. I got a chance to speak to the children about the destruction caused to the en-vironment. As we went on with the campaign we had to go to classes and speak about the health hazards caused by burning of crackers. This improved my communication skills as we had to communicate with all of them.This activity meant a lot to me and it has great value. I learnt how to co-ordinate in a team, and how to spread awareness among people. As this activity was based on the pollution caused due to Diwali, I came to know different opinions of different people. I learnt how to communicate with people better and also learnt how to actively participate and contribute to team work. If ev-ery single person takes a step to not pollute the environment, we would lead a life free from pollution and that would make a huge difference.

Things end. People leave. Feelings change.Time passes.But you know what?

LIFE GOES ON

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Vita Colorata

Priyanka Reddy B

Goodbyes are not forever. Goodbyes are not the end.They simply mean I’ll miss you until we meet again! It feels

like it was just yesterday that I had met my seniors. How quickly time flies! It is very hard for me to say goodbye to our seniors, but it is our responsibility to bid you a happy farewell.Farewell 2017 was held on 11th April, 2017 and was named “VITA COLORATA - COLOURS OF LIFE”. The atmo-sphere was breathtaking, with bright colourful lights, and photographs of our seniors all around. The colourful event started with welcome drinks and snacks. We had only one-half day to organize the event and make ita grand success. As a team, we divided ourselves and assigned activities to each of us - room decoration, dance, singing, games for se-niors, prize distribution and preparing the invitations. The program started with a prayer song, following which I gave a speech recollecting the bitter-sweet memories at Johnson IB.We then had prize distribution - Good Conduct and Cultur-al Ambassador among others. We also had a couple of dance and singing performances, and a friendly mimicry of some of the seniors which was quite entertaining. An emotional video of the seniors was played, recalling all the time they had spent together for 2 years. The seniors also presented small tokens of gratitude to the teachers. The Principal, Mrs. Bindu gave an inspirational speech which moved hearts. We also received greetings and blessings from our Headmis-tress, Mrs. Saraswathi Rao. Lastly, we conducted few games for the seniors, where they had a lot of fun.We personal-ly thank all our caring, inspiring and friendly seniors who guided us through our journey at Johnson IB.

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Visual Arts

Anagha Deshpande

Being a First year Art student myself, I thought that this Ex-hibition was the key to my insights on a serious Art display.I

was planning on dedicating the whole day to help out the senior year artists fashion their gallery. Even if it meant skipping other classes. Of course, I was there the whole day, putting up works of IB’s very talented artists and guiding the visitors through the display rooms. Each student had a unique set of work, with interesting topics – one collection was all about fashion design, and the oth-er was focused on culinary arts. The students recounted their works, which I attended in the end. It was really amazing to listen to how someone started off and finished their art piece, the pro-cess and their experience that led to the creation of their work. The viewers had their own interpretations of the artists’ works too. It was my first experience of setting up an Exhibition, and it was something to remember.Our saviour was Geetha Ma’am, who helped us out in every way she could, saving us from putting up a bad show. I got to design the invitation board which was at the entrance of the building.Altogether, it was a fun day. I got a good lesson on the working of a gallery, its set-up process and how to not be nervous while your work is under the spotlight because it will all turn out to be perfect. I’m still glad I didn’t miss that day.

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Walk the Talk

Every fortnight, students and staff gath-ered together in the library for the Talk show that covered topics that ranged from ethics and the human condi-tion to current topics like demonetisa-tion and Trump’s victory in the USA. There were times when our alumni too joined the discussions. Students who were taken to the film Ghazi that has science related aspects gathered for a reflective session under the last discussion of Walk the Talk umbrella. Mr. Naga Sravan who conveyed the Theory of Knowledge core for the IB said, “All of these discussions pro-vided opportunities for students to think outside the box and then relate the topics to their own subject areas.”

Win-Win

Nikhila Kalla

Economic education is vital to the country’s growth. It is one of the build-ing blocks of a developing country. It is perhaps the best investment we can make to strengthen our nation’s economy. So what’s the “Win-Win” game?The Indian School of Business and Finance (ISBF) organized a work-shop at our school. The students were split into five different countries, USA, UK, India, Sri Lanka and Philippines. Well, we all know that each of these countries is different from each other. Every team was handed a bag. Each bag had different assets, like an extra pair of scissors or a com-pass, and some cash. All the teams were given a sheet of paper with a few shapes and their measurements.With the given goods each country was supposed to cut out these shapes and make profit out of it. And as the game went on everyone started to realize that they had different equipment. And so started the trade among the countries. And every unit started to prosper at some point of time. In the end the big countries did win. Playnomics enables students to understand basic concepts of Economics and Management through a role-play game. As opposed to traditional classroom/text book teaching, Playnomics involves students to actively participate in the learning pro-cess that is both enjoyable and relatable to the real world scenarios.In to-day’s ever-changing and increasingly competitive financial marketplace, knowledge is power. Playnomics was student-centric, and they increased their knowledge with enthusiasm. “Economics is everywhere, and understanding economics can help you make better decisions and lead a happier life.”-Tyler Cowen.

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X-mas Delights

The gifting baskets that overflowed stood testimony to the spirit of sharing

during Christmas season. Our students not only shopped for gifts for their secret friend at school but engaged in collecting innu-merable clothes, toys and shoes for people in the slums. They also made it a point to go out and distribute them before the School choir could begin their trademark opening song; Don Moin’s, ‘God will make a way’. The Christmas carols continued to ring the bells of cheer as school closed for a short winter break.“Our students who keenly believe in the Learner Profile made all their effort to bring the downtrodden to the mainstream through these small actions and I am hap-py they are Caring individuals who will re-member that everybody deserves a place on this planet.”

Mrs.Rita Sehgal

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2017Suksheetha Adulla

“Christmas is not just a festival, it is a feeling”The students of Johnson IB celebrated Christmas with the kids of Mudiraj Memorial School. As it is said, “Christmas is not as much about opening presents as opening our hearts.” We, students collected funds to get the kids some gifts. It all began with the Nativity play. The act was portrayed in an excellent way that made kids understand why Christmas is celebrated. The school choir along with the kids sang melodious Christmas carols. Later, there was a cake cutting ceremony exciting the kids and us. We had a great time at the Mudiraj Memorial School, making memories, singing along with the kids, playing a few games, having the cake together and then distributing the gifts that lighted the faces of these little tots. A Christmas event is never com-plete without the presence of Santa Claus in the house; we then had Santa Claus wishing all of us ‘Merry Christmas’ by dancing, jumping around in joy and distributing chocolates that every one of us loved. Everybody had great fun and joy. It was a beautiful day filled with happy and smiling faces, because that is what Christmas is all about.

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2017SAI Srujana Vepa

Christmas, Christmas time is near, Time for toys and time for cheer; We can hardly stand the wait, Please Christmas don’t be late.

Christmas is finally here, bringing with it the spirit of joy and gifting. But what good is it if you can’t make someone in need happy? With the same question in mind, we IB students decided that we would distrib-ute gifts to the under privileged and bring joy to them this Christmas. We collected some of our used clothes, jewellery, toys and furnishings ourselves and packed them separately and neatly. We then went to a slum area near Osmania University and distributed these gifts to those who needed them - those who deserved to be happy just like us. It was very gratifying to see their faces light up with smiles brighter than the sun when we gave them the packed surprises. Some kids couldn’t hold their excitement and immediately opened the gifts. They seemed really happy on receiving a gift and opening it – a little bundle that brought joy to them. We also distributed a few notebooks and pens to little kids and lemon rice packets to the elders. It was really nice to see their smiles that stretched from ear to ear. I am glad that we could make someone happy.

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Yours lovingly, A Child

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Zealous New Zealand

Kanishq Reddy B

I had no clue what I was getting myself into, but it has been one of the best spontaneous deci-

sions I had ever made. We took the New Zealand Game and Sport Tour and were hosted at Palm-erston North Boys High School. I met the most incredible people there. This trip was all about ex-changing our cultures and we had fun throughout this trip. It taught me many things including how to understand people and adjust accordingly. We engaged in sports activities with Awatapu college. We also had thrilling adventure based actions at YMCA Raukawa. At Massey University, we were exposed to careers in food technology and as-tronomy. We also had discussions on admission procedures to universities in New Zealand. We also visited Te Papa Tongarewa Museum savour-ing the fantastic natural history, science and cul-ture along the changing climes of the place. The exotic scents of Waitomo Glowworm caves was an amazing and unique experience that also in-

cluded a guided walk through the cave where we learnt about rock formation and geology. Our trip leader, Mrs. Aarti, helped us throughout this trip and took care of us. I thank our school for giving me an opportunity to go to New Zealand. Last but not the least the University which we visited gave me proper clarity as to what can be done after the IB.

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Zesty Discussions

Shriya Rao

The Humanities Department hosted a panel discussion on the 24th of October on the topic “Make in India and its im-pact on the country’s economic growth.” There were two teams of Grade 11 humanities students that participated in the discussion.There were 3 rounds altogether. The first round was the dis-cussion round. Round 2 comprised of expressing views and critiquing the discussion that happened in Round 1. The third round was called, the Audience Round, that involved the interaction of the audience.Team A started the discussion – Jayita, Yashila and Srujana. The team spoke about the introduction of Make in India, the increase in our GDP after its introduction and the possible neglect of the agricultural sector. Another interesting point brought forth by the team was how India had skipped the Industrial Revolution under the British Raj and how it had not set a base for our shift into the manufacturing sector.Team B followed next – Nithyashree, Akarsh and Nishika. Nithyashree gave a boost to the discussion by highlighting the various acts implemented and their impact on our econ-omy. Akarsh critically analysed the topic and questioned the contribution of MNCs to our economic growth. Nishika stirred quite a storm in the room by bringing up the possi-bility of an Indo-China war in the near future.The third round was called “Panelist vs Audience”. This round welcomed the audience to participate in the discus-sion. It began with Shreya from grade 11, highlighting the impact of the Make In India campaign on cottage industries, that most of our poor rely on. Shivani of Grade 12 supported Shreya’s argument which was followed by Pranoye of Grade 12 suggesting a few points to Nithyashree and Srujana. The hour-long discussion enriched us with great knowledge and facts that we formerly were unaware of. The audience were all ears during the discussion. The entire Humanities De-partment put in a lot of effort to make it a success.

Dear life, I did not come this far to only come this far. Still a lot more to go!

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Achievements 2016-2017

EVENT WINNERS RUNNERS

INTER-CONTINENTAL FOOD FEST

SHADAN FATIMACHAITANYA REDDYEKROOP KAUR TOORASHISH REDDYRAHUL SINGH RAWATBHARGAV MANCHALLAKAUSHIK SANGEPU

KRISHNA SAI GODAVARTHITANNUSHA BASABOINASONI YALAVARTHIRAGHAVENDRA KASUGANTIPAUL LEKHANNEEHARIKA PASUPULETI

BUSINESS QUIZ TANYA SHARON FRANCISABHAY SURAJRITHVIK PVSANAGHA DESHPANDE

NEEHARIKA PASUPULETISONI YALAVARTHIINDUSRI SEELAMVINITH PEDDI

SCIENCE QUIZ RAHUL SINGH RAWATINDUSRI SEELAMASHISH REDDYPAUL LEKHANSONI YALAVARTHI

KRISHNA SAITANNUSHA BASABOINAGOUTHAM VARMAABHAY SURAJSHIVANI TERLI

ECONOMICS QUIZ NEEHARIKA PASUPULETITANNUSHA BASABOINASAI SANKEERTH CRITHVIK PVS

ABHAY SURAJKAUSHIK SANGEPUSHRIYA RAO PKANISHQ REDDY B

FRENCH NATIONAL DAY:CREATIVE WRITING

TANYA SHARON FRANCIS KRISHNA SAI GODAVARTHI

FRENCH NATIONAL DAY:POSTER PRESENTATION

RITHVIK PVSSHRIYA RAO PPRIYANKA REDDY B

SHRIYA KAREDDYSHIVANI TERLIANAGHA DESHPANDEDEEKSHA REDDY

ENGLISH READING CAMPAIGN

SHRIYA RAO P MALEEHA FATIMARITHVIK PVS

DRAGON’S DEN TANYA SHARON FRANCISEKROOP KAUR TOORBUDDA GOUTHAM VARMAABHAY SURAJ

MALEEHA FATIMAANAGHA DESHPANDEVINITH PEDDISHRIYA RAO P

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Achievements 2017-2018

EVENT WINNERS RUNNERS

FRENCH POETRY READING:GRADE 12

SHIVANI TERLIPRIYANKA REDDY B

ANAGHA DESHPANDE

FRENCH POSTERPRESENTATION: GRADE 11

SHREYA TERLISUKSHEETHA REDDY APOOJA KASARAPUAKARSH CHALASANIJAYITHA REDDY G

SAI SRUJANA VEPAYASHILA RAPARTHIANANYA KOMMUVAIBHAV SHARMA

FRENCH CREATIVE WRITING SHRIYA KAREDDY SHRIYA RAO

SCIENCE DEBATE ANIRUDH S KRISHNANPRIYANKA REDDY BJAYASURYAN MUTYALA

SAI SRUJANA VEPAYASHASH CHANDRA KOTHAPOOJA KASARAPU

PANEL DISCUSSION AKARSH CHALASANINITHYASHREE KNISHIKA CHOPPALA

SAI SRUJANA VEPAYASHILA RAPARTHIJAYITA REDDY G

BIG BOSS STORY HOUSE AKARSH CHALASANIYASHILA RAPARTHISUKSHEETHA REDDY AANANYA KOMMURISHABH CHHIBBERNIKHILA KALLAKESAVAN KOMANDURSHREYA TERLIMANISH REDDY KJAYITHA REDDY G

INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITION NAME OF THE STUDENT CLASS POSITIONNSTSE TANYA SHARON FRANCIS CLASS OF 2017 STATE RANK HOLDERNSTSE PRIYANKA REDDY CLASS OF 2018 STATE RANK HOLDERNSTSE DEEKSHA G CLASS OF 2018 STATE RANK HOLDERKENOSIS QUIZ RAHUL SINGH RAWAT CLASS OF 2017 SECOND RUNNER-UP

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Passout 2016 & 2017

“Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out”

Santhoshi ReddyB.A Creative Writing, Manipal University,

Sumaja KonnaB.Sc Economics and Management Honors, ISBF, Delhi

Anurag ReddyInternational Masters Course in Transportation Design, DSK

Khairavi M SM.Sc Forensic Science and Law, Duquesne University, US

Aakanksha SeelamBSW, Roshni Nilayam School of Social Work, Mangalore

Uroosa FirdousB.Sc Microbiology, St.Pious, Hyderabad

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Sai Siddharth KallaBachelor of Development Studies and Economics, ANU, Australia

Maharidhi PagadalaB.Des Bachelor of Game Design, Full Sail University

Sai Dheeraj ChunduruB.Des Product Design, Woxsen School, Hyderabad

Shashank SangepuBBA, Griffith University, Australia

Balaji VunnavaB.Tech Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shiv Nadar, Noida

Pranitha RokkamM.Sc Life Sciences, Indian Insti-tute of Advanced Research, Gujarat

Jayanth Sai BasaboinaB.Sc Economics and Industrial Organisation, Warwick, UK

Chaitanya Reddy BBA, Western Kentucky University, United States

Rahul Singh Rawat B. Tech Electronics and Commu-nication Engineering, NIIT

Manik ReddyBBA, Bennett University, Noida

Kaushik SangepuBBA, Manipal University, Dubai

Ashish ReddyBBA, Holy Mary Business School, Hyderabad

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Soni Yalavarthi BBA, Jain University, Bangalore

Harshitha ChintapulusuBachelors in Catering Technology and Culinary Arts, Culinary Academy of India, Hyderabad

Tanya Sharon FrancisB.Com Foreign Trade, Ethames Degree College, Hyderabad

Paul LekhanB.Sc Applied Mathematics, FLAME University, Pune

Shadan Fatima JuveriaTannusha BasaboinaBBA, Manipal University, Dubai

Monika ReddyB.Des Product Design, Woxsen School, Hyderabad

Md. Abhay Suraj Rao Ekroop Kaur ToorB.Sc Microbiology, Deakin University, Australia

Budda Goutham VarmaBBA with Law, IBS, Hyderabad

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Raghavendra Kasuganti

Bhargav ManchallaB.Des Product Design, Woxsen School, Hyderabad

Neeharika PasupulatiB.A Economics, FLAME University, Pune

Krishna Sai GodavarthiB.Sc Physics with Economics, Indiana Bloomington, US

Dear me,I am sorry. But I’ll burn you everyday, and for sure more than yesterday, unless and until you outshine the you that you were yesterday.

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