Cyber cup junior

Amitians Bag Top Awards In Tech Skills

Amity International School, Mayur Vihar, bagged the overall trophy at Cyber Cup Junior, organised by Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh. An inter-school competition organised for the third consecutive year as a part of the Cyber Cup, a technical fest, was held from January 8-9, 2019. A total of 24 students from different branches of Amity Group of Schools and other eminent schools from Delhi/NCR took part in the competition that aimed at providing school students with an opportunity to be a part of technical symposium to showcase their skills as well as get a hands-on experience of how to build industry prototypes.
Cyber Cup Junior comprised three onerous competitions namely DecodeX, Techwizard and ITWiz which required the participants to put their technical knowledge, reasoning skills and quick thinking prowess to test. DecodeX was an event for mystery lovers that consisted of various questions which challenged the participants’ wits and deduction skills. Techwizard was a time based coding skills competition for participants to wrack their brains. Prakhar Saxena of  Class XI, AIS Vas 6, was awarded the Best Coder in Techwizard. Saumik Shashwat, XI and Arnav Praneet, IX of AIS MV won the Best Quizzer award in IT Wiz, testing the participants’ skills with its quizzes and interesting crosswords.
A total of nine technical and non- technical events were held under the aegis of Cyber Cup that included  Cyber Cup Junior, Hackathon, Designathon, CodeIt, TalkItOut, ITWiz, DecodeX, BlendIT and Techwizard wherein both school and university students took part. The event, overall, was a success.

A for adventure

An adventure camp for school students was held from January 17-18, 2019, in association with Baghira Edu Ventures under the supervision of well-trained coaches and instructors. The real aim of the camp was to instill the spirit of sport and values like team work, go getter’s attitude, problem solving, quick decision making skills etc., in students to keep them fit and happy. Children indulged into a plethora of games and activities like hamster wheel, commando net, burma bridge, tug of war, wall climbing, zorba roller, vertical ladder, trampoline, laser beam, hopscotch, mowgli walk, hipty hop, tyrolin travels, tent pitching etc. Parents also came to witness games and  activities and were pleased and happy to see children enjoying and learning in a happy environment with the safety and security being well taken care of.

Republic day

Celebrating Patriotism

School celebrated India’s 70th Republic Day from January 25-26, 2019. During this period, students presented various programs to celebrate the spirit of patriotism.
School principal, Rachna Mishra, hoisted the national flag as the school resonated with the tune of the national anthem. A special assembly by Class V students saw little ones  chanting ‘gayatri mantra’ and reciting the praise of Bharatvarsh in Sanskrit as described in Vishnu Puran. They also made a PPT  highlighting the constitutional rights and duties. Maanvi Chandra, Class V, Aryan Tiwari, Class VI, Sneha Raitani and Sanatan Dwivedi, Class XI presented motivational speeches  elucidating the Preamble of Indian constitution and the importance of Republic Day. Vaishnavi Singh of Class VII recited a zealous and beautiful patriotic poem ‘Mitti hee meri pehchaan.’ 
The occasion also marked the feliciatation of meritorious students of Class XI, for their outstanding achievements in Class X Board exams during the session 2017-18. The proud achievers felicitated included Anushka Singh for outstanding performance in Social Studies and Science with a score of 100% and 94% respectively; Avi Agarwal for 99 % in Math, Aishwarya Bhattacharya for 97% in English, Khyati Rajput for 97% in Hindi and Anisha Singh for 96% in French.

Subhasha

Junior Annual Function

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The school’s junior annual day titled ‘Subhasha – Festival of languages’  held on February 1, 2019, was a commemoration of ‘Vishwa matrabhasha diwas’. The event aimed at celebrating the importance of languages, especially the mother tongue for every country and civilization.  Anurag Tripathy, IRPS and Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), graced the occasion as the chief guest.  Yashpal Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Gurugram, was the special guest.
School principal, Arti Chopra, presented the school’s annual school report highlighting the academic and non-academic achievements of school students at various national and international platforms. A special awards ceremony was also held to felicitate the meritorious students and hard working educators, especially the ones who have been with the institution for a very long time.
Over 1300 students from Class I-IV took part in the cultural evening which commenced with the school band according a musical welcome to the guests. ‘Sudhwani,’ a mellifluous orchestra comprising 125 Amitians played ‘raga desha’ on contemporary musical instruments to celebrate the vibrancy of Indian culture. A special musical performance titled ‘Sankalp’ by the students of ‘Amitasha, an initiative of Dr (Mrs) Amita Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Group of Schools and RBEF, for the less privileged girls, mesmerised the audience.
Students also showcased literary works of famous poets and authors like Maheshwar Sutra in Sanksrit by Panini, Harry Potter in English by J. K. Rowling, Chandalika in Bengali by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore and life story of famous Tamil poet Bharati. ‘Vithika’ , a heritage exhibition inaugurated during the occasion, showcased the beautiful artifacts and different murals, depicting the rich heritage of  rivers Mahanadi, Indus, Godavari and Krishna.
The programme concluded with  the school song, followed by the national anthem, leaving everyone wanting for more.

Heritage quiz

A heritage quiz based on conservation and management of rivers of India was held for the students of Class VI-VIII on January 23, 2019. The quiz was held in three rounds: questionnaire round, visual round and fastest-finger-first round. In the closely contested rounds, all the active competitors were loudly cheered and supported by their team members and the audience.
Team D comprising Amogh, Sumit Singh, Prashant and Ankit stood first.  Second prize was bagged by Team B comprising Priyanshu, Rishab, Takshak and Akshay while third prize was won by Team A comprising Abhay Pratap, Harsh Garg, Nitin and Krishna.

Patriotic group song

An inter-house patriotic song competition for Classes I to V was held on January 23, 2019. The objective was to instill a spirit of patriotism in the young hearts of the bright students, athrough music and dance. Every house presented mellifluous patriotic songs and the participants received a lot of appreciation and accolades for their singing skills. Yuvraj Singh Bhadoria,  Kivnoor Singh Dhillon, Sankalp and Veer Verma of Bhagirathi house stood first. Kushagra Pandit, Suryansh, Vijay Karan and Chetan of Alaknanda house bagged the second position while Abhay, Anmol Sharma, Harshita Narayan, Mahaveer and Shreyaditya of Mandakini house came third.