Students develop AI chatbot for mental health
A group of Grade 11th students of Shiv Nadar School, Gurgaon, have developed an AI chatbot and online forum that provide support to teenagers who are facing anxiety and stress. Their innovation was covered by a number of media publications. The story can be followed on the following pages:
E Pluribus Unum - June Edition
E Pluribus Unum-which means "One out of many" or "One from many" is an E magazine with articles by the students of grades 9 to 12 of Shiv Nadar Schools of all the three campuses. The magazine not only showcases the creativity, research skills and writing skills of our students but also gives them a platform to air their views on a plethora of topics.
It has articles published from the following students of Faridabad Campus
- A well researched article by Lakshita- Covid-19- Pandora's Box of Wuhan
- Two lovely poems by Anvi Behl
- Another well research article by Akshay Bhatia- Israel-Palestine Conflict
- A nostalgic narrative by Gayatri Iyer- The Earth Magician
- A philosophical article by Nipun Jain- The Truth
Enjoy Reading!
Investiture Ceremony - Middle and Senior School
The investiture ceremony was an occasion to celebrate the indomitable spirit of resilience and empathy and felicitate the new torch bearers of the student body. The Middle and Senior School student body elected their student council virtually for the first time. The whole process of the democratic elections was held in an organised and seamless manner. The candidates shared their vision in their manifesto videos and campaigning was kick started by showing these manifesto videos to the students during the circle time slots. A google doc was shared with the students and they voted for the candidates of their choice virtually on the 19th of June 2021.
The newly elected Student Council was sworn in at the Investiture Ceremony held on the 26th of June, 2021. Before that, the service and leadership of the previous council members who had led by example, holding themselves, those around them and the SNS core values to a higher standard, was lauded.
Viren Choudhary and Nirvani Jain were elected as the School Captains for the year. Along with School Captains, House captains, Sports Captain, Vice-captains, Prefects, Literary Incharges and Cultural Secretaries, this year, several new posts were introduced namely - MUN secretary, Heritage and History Anchor and Habitat Conservationist. The elected students gave their acceptance speeches and thanked their peers for voting for them.
The School Captain of the previous council, Arnav Sachdeva, led the Student Council in taking the oath to do justice to the responsibilities entrusted upon them. Col Gopal Karunakaran, CEO of Shiv Nadar School and President of Shiv Nadar University, inspired the council with his motivating words about leadership. Our Director Principal Ms. Wal congratulated and motivated the council to be the voice of the student body and learn the true essence of leadership.
A lot of hard work, technical expertise, creativity and innovative thinking had gone into planning what finally culminated into the Investiture ceremony.
World Music Day
Music gives soul to the Universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.
The Musical project is a compilation of videos shared by students, parents and teachers.
It is time that we all rejoice in the rhythm, music and positivity.
We hope that you will experience the same sense of joy and exuberance that the Co-Scholastic Teachers have felt in stitching this together for you.
News channel interviews Team Postura
Vihaan Motwani, Varnika Motwani, Sparsh Jha and Gayatri Brijesh, the young inventors of Postura, were recently interviewed by a senior journalist from a national television channel. They spoke confidently about the utility of the product and the challenges they had to face while executing their idea. Catch the conversation here:
https://www.facebook.com/aajtak/videos/754285501911775/
Source: https://www.facebook.com/aajtak/videos/754285501911775/
Team Postura Grabs Media Attention
Team Postura is capturing widespread attention for the innovative device offering a solution for posture related health problems. After winning Colloquium 2020, the culmination event for Capstone projects by class X students, their story has been covered by several media houses. Check out the links below to read about their journey:
Dance Challenge
We have come across a wonderful way to channelise our minds towards optimism available at such dynamic times. To help students break free of the pressures created by the pandemic and engage in a fun, collaborative and creative activity in these challenging times, Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad decided to respond to the Dance Challenge which has been trending these past few weeks.
Here is a glimpse of the Dance Challenge - https://youtu.be/EGurRm-rBuw
An Update from the Principal's Desk
Dear Parent
I hope for wellness and good health in your family.
I write to inform you that there is an exponential rise in Covid infections in my team, in their families and immediate community. We are struggling to keep our online classes regular and uninterrupted for the Foundational grades. Many parents who are sailing through the same storm, have also written that it is challenging for them to support and enable their child during the online classes.
We are constrained to inform you that we will be suspending online classes for Nursery to Grades 2 from April 28th to 30th May and consider this as their summer break. On 15th May we will review the situation and let you know how we will proceed in the given circumstances. Communication will be regular and seamless from our end.
That said, offline work, asynchronous engagement, Aha engagement and Holiday enrichment will be sent to you as frequently as possible. You may take some time out whenever you have the window and relive the sense of joy of doing engaging, interesting learning activities with your child.
I assure you that the year will not result in a gap year for your child. When 2020 hit us, we invested in training, technology, reskilling and more to make sure our online learning model led to rich, meaningful learning for each child. We will do the same, again. There will be no loss whatsoever of academic milestones and children will continue their journey to learn with joy and learn for life. The Holiday enrichment and offline work will also be designed with these objectives in mind.
At present the priority is health. To stay afloat and get out of the eye of this storm keeping our resilience, equanimity and combativeness intact. We wish the same for you. Just hold on and let us journey together and see better times soon.
We will stay connected. Be assured that you can reach out to the teachers, me for any assistance, support whatsoever.
My prayers for your family and all loved ones. May our community be safe again and our fellow citizens experience wellness and good health.
Best Regards
Director Principal - Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad
Secretary Sahodaya (South Delhi Schools)
+911294615000/01
Education for life.
From Good to Great
Newsletter from the Principal's Desk...Closing the Year
Dear Parent
The year has been phenomenal, unpredictable and extraordinary in every sense. I remember writing to you at the beginning of the session in April 2020, where I quoted Lenin, 'There are decades where nothing happens and there are weeks where decades happen', describing the revolution of a 100 years ago. His words deftly encapsulated the situation in the world at the dawn of 2020 and continue to pulsate in our lives.
The structural and strategic changes we have witnessed in Education in this last one year have been remarkable. What stands out most is that we have much to be thankful for.
Our children are blessed to be in homes that have a stockpile of supplies, secure, loving environs, digital devices, uninterrupted internet, a clear pathway and possibility to continue their learning that has saved them from a ruinous gap year, which is the unfortunate destiny of many children in our country; children who lost out on learning, reading, schooling, and above all lost their childhood.
I feel compelled to write this in my year end letter to you, it is imperative that our children count their blessings and focus on the gains of the year than the gaps. It is important they remain grateful and humble. It is crucial. you'll agree, that they remember how privileged and fortunate they are.
The year has built immense reservoirs of patience and resilience in us all. Children have become more self reliant. empathetic and displayed a maturity that defies their young years.
Every child has been heroic in his/her endeavours and adapted to a novel way of living, learning, evolving.
Whilst all children have scaled many mountains in this year, I am happy to share with you certain defining accomplishments of the year gone by.
Click on the links and savour the Faridabad SNS journey from Disruption to Consolidation.
https://youtu.be/HXc2tB4DWqg - Student Accomplishments
I will write to you again, soon, to welcome you to the new session which promises to have it's own share of ambiguities and uncertainties.
With my Prayers for you and your families & Best Regards
Anju Wal
Principal
Anandam - 2021
Culmination of the joyous journey of year-long Aha Arts Programme marked as 'Anandam'. Click on the vidoes to witness the culmination.
Grades 1 & 2
Group 1: Grades 3 to 5
Group 2: Grades 3 to 5
Part 1 Grades 6 to 10
Part 2 Grades 6 to 10
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