CONVOCATION CLASS X & CLASS XII

Convocation to honour the meritorious students of Class X and Class XII (session 2013-2014) was held on 26 December 2014. Mr.Alok Singh, IAS, Commisioner/ Secretary, Board of Revenue was the Chief Guest. While awarding the meritorious students and congratulating them, the Chief Guest in his address gave important inputs that would help the students channelize their education so that it is beneficial in their future endeavours.

Study Hall senior school celebrated their annual sports day on 20th December, 2014 with much fanfare.  We believe sport activities provide children with positive opportunities to display their inherent or acquired talent, at the same time they enhance their school accomplishments. They are also challenged to stretch their boundaries hitherto unknown to them. Above all, they learn to win with dignity and in defeat, show grace under pressure.

A delightful variety of the events was the hallmark of the function. It began with a regal march past followed by races and drills like Rainbow Delight, A Step towards Clean India,Yoga,Aerobics, Mass P.T., topped by fun races for the parents. For the children there were interesting races that gave them an instant adrenalin rush ! The audience was fascinated and enthralled.

Imagination, creativity and out of the bubble ideas made an interesting collage of the various items. The time and energy invested by the teachers was clearly visible in the delightful presentations by the children and the encouraging applause of the audience.

Fun, frolic, excitement, competition, it was all there at the Study Hall Annual Fete organized on

7^th Dec 2014. It was a full house with the active participation of students and guests in all activities and games of skill.

Food and craft stalls set up by the students and staff were a hit with mouth watering fare .Games stalls set up by the students were very well attended .

A mega event with much fanfare and aplomb.

Study Hall observed World Toilet Day in association with Sulabh International on 19 Nov 2014.A variety of programmes were held to mark this occasion. The most appreciated performance was the NUKKAD NATAK which they were asked to perform again.

 Study Hall Junior School celebrated its annual day on 21^st and 22^nd November, 2014. “Once upon  a time…” was the theme of the programme,  which took us back to our childhood and the stories with which we grew up. The children of Study Hall presented a delightful melange of stories and fairy tales which truly enthralled the audience. The  little ones of Class 2 replayed ‘Lion King’ with true- to-life characters of Simba, Mufasa and Scar. Students of Class 5 staged a play on Ronald Dahl’s ‘Matilda’ and the acting skills of the children was highly appreciated. The story of ‘Peddler Polly’, enacted by the students of Class 4 stole the hearts of the audience.

Each of the presrentations followed the theme, ‘Once upon a time’. Stories were recounted in various forms like Kathak and  Bharatnatyam dance presentations by Classes 2, 3 and 4. The time and energy invested by  the teachers was clearly visible in the delightful presentations by the children and the enthusiastic response of the audience.

 The Inter- House Western Music competition went off literally with a bang of musical instruments from 29 to 31 Oct, 14. The competition was in three categories:

(i)  Vocal Solo (IX-X)

(ii)  Vocal Solo (XI-XII)

(iii) Instrumental Solo (IX-X-XI-XII)

The theme of the competition was Millennium Crossover of songs for the period 1990-2014 and participants could select songs of their choice,

All genres with the exception of Hard Rock and Rap were allowed.

Silver Oak, rendered the songs with élan, understanding the genre beautifully. The audience was transported to another world—spell bound.

Aman Srivastava (X) and Anushka Singh (XII), both of Silver Oak stood first in the Solo Vocal category while Parijat Kirti stood first in the Instrumental Solo

Other Houses worked dedicatedly to give their best and gave a tough time to the judges.

Kudos to all of them.

 The very popular, Indian Music (Solo) competition was held on 12 Nov, 14. It was an opportunity for the budding Rafi’s, Kishore Kumar’s and Lata Mangeshker’s of the new Millennium to showcase their talent. And wow, their enthusiasm was phenomenal.

The competition was however, restricted to Classes VI to VIII. The following genres were allotted to the participants:

(i) VI — Geet

(ii) VII— Bhajan

(iii) VIII—Shastriya Sangeet

The competition was very well contested, but Jacaranda House walked away with the honours

pushing Fire Flame House to Second Position.

Well Done.

Having your own swimming pool is a great attraction and the students of Study Hall take to it like the proverbial duck to water. These dolphins of SH put the pool ablaze during the annual swimming competition held in the month of July’14.

It is rightly said that in sports–as in other human endeavour’s—those who wish to win never quit. And quitters never win. The students of study hall competed fiercely in all the events with a desire to win and put up a very good show. The relay races, both for boys and girls were the most applauded. Fire Flame house led by Arushi Bharti won the medley relay. Jacaranda House led by Akiksha U Singh was pushed to second place by a resurgent Cypress house which secured first position.

Arushi Bharti of Class XII is a State level swimmer. She won 4 Silver and 3 bronze medals at UP State Aquatic Championship held on 14-15 June ’14. Besides, she also won Gold with a new meet record in the Medley Relay.

Akiksha U Singh of Class IX has won 32 Gold, 15 Silver and 3 bronze medals in District level and State level Swimming meets. She has been the best swimmer of SH since Class 1.

Our Congratulations and best wishes to all the participants.