Cambridge MUN
Young Diplomats From Amity At CUIMUN HS

AERC

Nine students from five branches of Amity Group of Schools participated at Cambridge University International Model United Nations High School (CUIMUN HS) organised by The Cambridge University United Nations Association from September 21-26, 2023. The programme, designed to hone the students as future global leaders, was extended by Dr (Mrs) Amita Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Group of Schools & RBEF, and facilitated by Amity Educational Resource Centre (AERC).
At the conference, Amitians represented different committees such as General Assembly, Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations Security Council and UN Women, and deliberated on agendas namely potential security risks of a bio-tech revolution in military affairs, agrifood systems of the future and their implications on food security, conflicts between the Turkish government and Kurdish minority groups and women in bottom-up peace keeping track-II.
Samaya Chauhan (X) AIS Pushp Vihar won Best Delegate award in UN Women. Rahil Kharbanda (XI) AIS Gurugram 46 was awarded High Commendation in United Nations Disarmament and International Security and Shivanjali Sapra (X) AIS Saket was applauded for her efforts in United Nations Security Council. Other delegates who attended the conference were Yash Rao (XI) AIS Gurugram 43, Sanjana Chauhan (X), Madhav Gupta (X) and Bisman Kaur AIS Noida; Nitiya Chaudhary (XI) AIS Gurugram 46; Yash Rao (XI) and Samridhi Rathore (IX) AIS Gurugram 43.
The students also got an opportunity to interact with Simon Gerard McDonald, Baron McDonald of Salford, GCMG, KCVO, a former British diplomat. During their visit, they went on an educational trip around Cambridge and a tour of London, visiting places like Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, 10 Downing Street, Oxford Circus, London Eye, Trafalgar Square, the Museum of Natural History, Royal Observatory etc.

Winning laurels

AIS Saket

Team Menstrumate comprising Anupriya Nayak, Vanalika Konwar and Prisha Dubey of Class XII secured first rank all over India in the business plan category of The Champions League 2023, hosted by an edtech platform The Big League and Admit Kard from October 14-15, 2023. The winners were felicitated with a certificate, a gold medal and a cash prize of 3,00,000 INR for their business presentation on sustainable, eco-friendly, and hygienic menstrual solutions.
The two-day event saw over 3,500 participants hailing from top 700 schools across the nation, compete in a multitude of preliminary rounds conducted for various competitions such as business plan, debate, chess, scrabble, MUN, dance, book writing, research paper and quiz.
It is notable that the team in past has also won several accolades in many prestigious competitions at both national and international levels.
Here is the trailblazer of Team Mentrumate’s victory saga:
n Selected amongst top 3 in Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2022 competition. Awarded money amounting to INR 38 lakh
nAwarded Best All Girls Team and second runner up at Young Tycoons Business Challenge 2022
nSecond position at global level in the Together 2023 entrepreneurship online bootcamp and venture competition.
nSelected amongst top 25 in Youth Ideathon 2023. Awarded silver in seniors
nGlobal Finalist in The Paradigm Challenge 2023
nSelected out of 15000 in ATL Marathon 2023 and selective internship programme to work under Adobe, Dell, IBM.

Readersville

AIS Vasundhara 6

The school organised its 12th edition of ‘Readersville’ for the students of Class Nursery-XII from November 16-17, 2023. The annual event involves a multitude of literary activities along with gifting a book session. The students of primary class engaged themselves in storytelling and story listening sessions as well as in the making of bookmarks. They also got an opportunity to choose a book from a plethora of literary marvels namely India at Olympics, Psychology of Money, Novels by Sudha Murthy, My Life - an autobiography by Late. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam etc.
Further, the students of senior classes participated in activities such as ‘Immortal verse calligraphy’ where they explored the beauty of William Shakespeare’s sonnets through calligraphic expressions, ‘Twist in the tale’ propelled them to rewrite endings of famous plays and poems of Shakespeare, ‘Dictionary lookup’ provided them an insight into the meanings of unfamiliar and unique words, while the ‘Classic creation of WordArt’ saw students pick excerpts from literary works and design visually appealing word art.

A spectacular gala

AIS VKC Lucknow

Esperanza, a two day interschool extracurricular and sports fest was organised by the school from November 3-4, 2023. The event saw participants from 20 schools across Lucknow, engage in distinct competitions namely Symposium, Sanskriti, Bizz quiz, War of ideologies, Digital palette, Basketball and Nritya natika.
Lalita Pradeep, former director, Literacy and Alternative Education; Dr Shweta Singh, former member, State Women Commission; Anju Bhatt, chairperson, City Noble Academy School; Aditi Thapliyal, Kathak artist and Vidhi Tekvani, special educator, judged the competitions held during the event. The rolling trophy was lifted by AIS Vrindavan Yojana Campus, Lucknow followed by school principal Rachna Mishra’s words of appreciations for all the participants.