HALL OF FAME - City Montessori School

14CMSObservesWorld EnvironmentDayWorldEnvironmentDaywasobservedatCMSGomti Nagar auditorium on 5June, 2010. Onthe occasion, a grand celebration wasorganised by Personality Development andCareer Counselling Department (PDCC), onthe theme "Many Species, One Planet, OneFuture"inwhichenvironmentexpert,MrAnupPunia, National Coordinator, IndianYouth forClimate Network, Mr SurendranBalachandran, Board Member, Indian Youthfor Climate Network and Gaurav Shukla ofPennsylvania University, USA, motivated theCMS students to work for preservation ofenvironment. CMS Founder, Dr JagdishGandhi inspired the students to protectenvironment, reminding them thatearthis ourmotheranditisourdutytoprotectit.International InformaticsOlympiadAditi Agarwal, student of Class III of CMS,GomtiNagarcampuswonaGoldMedalasfirstprizeatInternationalInformaticsOlympiadfordisplayingheroutstandingabilitiesinthisfield.She was especially honoured for this brilliantachievement. This competition was organizedat national level under the aegis of ComputerLiteracyFoundation,NewDelhi.Greeting Card ContestYash Thakur, aclass IV student ofCMS, Gomti Nagar campus wonthe first prize in inter-schoolgreeting card design makingcompetition organized by PrasarBharti Doordarshan Kendra,Lucknow. Students of several reputed schoolsofLucknowhadparticipatedinthiscontest.InternationalAcclaimPriya Bhatnagar, a talentedstudent of Class V, CityMontessori School, Station Roadbrought laurels to her institutionbywinningthe'StateTopper'rankinEnglishsubjectinInternationalAssessment of Indian Schoolsjointly organizedunderthe aegis of Universityof New SouthWales,Australia and MacmillanPublishers India Ltd. Students of India,Baharin, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Iraq, Iran,Kuwait, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Oman,Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka andUAE participated in the contest to test theirabilitiesinvarioussubjects.InternationalInformaticsOlympiadAryaman Somvanshi, of CMS,GomtiNagarcampuswonaGoldMedal as first prize atInternational InformaticsOlympiad organized at nationallevelundertheaegisofComputerLiteracyFoundation,NewDelhi.Conscientious Reporter of CMSPriyanshu Dwivedi, 11-year old student ofCMS Gomti Nagar acted as areporter one dayto make the people ofthe communityaware ofthedifficultiesthelessfortunatechildrenofhisagehavetoface.Hisexperienceshaveappearedin the form of an article published in theSaturday, 27th March issue of Amar Ujalawherein he has described in detail the lives ofsomechildlabourersbeingdeprivedoftherighttoeducationandexploitedbytheirownparentsandguardians.$50,000 Scholarship of USAGaurav Shukla, a student ofCMSAliganjICampushasbeenselected for a four yeargraduation course in the famousPennsylvania University ofUSA.HewillbegettingayearlyscholarshipofUS$50,000fromPennsylvania University for thisachievement. Gaurav has also been selectedforfellowshipbyKendriyaVigyanProtsahanYojana and National Talent Search byGovernmentofIndiaearlier.Group Dance ContestA15-member team of brilliant students ofCMS,RajendraNagarwonthefirstprizeintheinter-school group dance contest orgnaized atRaiUmanathBaliAuditoriumby"SurSangamEvamSampurnaKalaKendra".TheCMSteamincluded Sonal, Muskan, Anubhav, Manjari,Shrishti, Rishika, Jegesha, Shivangi, Shreya,Palaksh, Anushka, Ishika, Amisha, SamarthandAbhimanya.Thesestudentswereawardedcertificateandshieldbytheorganizers.Greeting Card DesignEkta Singh, student of CMSMahanagar Icampus won thefirst prize in inter schoolgreeting card designcompletition organised byPrasar Bharti DoordarshanKendra, Lucknow. The greeting carddesigned by Ekta in this competitionconveyedthemessageofworldunity,worldpeace and global brotherhood taught inCMS.Tennis ChampionshipPushkar Aditya Singh of CMSGomti Nagar got the award ofthebestsportsmanofthestateofUttarPradeshbywinningtheAllIndia Talent series TennisChampionship (12-16 years)held at SDS TennisAcademy, Gomti Nagar.Hewasawardedashieldandcertificatebytheorganisers.Merit HoldersPriyamvad and Shubham Bajpai, students ofCMS Mahanagar secured the third andfourteenth position respectively in the meritlist of Regional Mathematical Olympiadorganised at All India level by NationalMathematical Olympiad, New Delhi.Thousands of students from all over thecountryparticipatedintheolympiad.Dr Bharti Gandhi HonouredFounder-Director of CMS Dr (Mrs) BhartiGandhiwasawardedProgressiveAwardforherunparalleledservicestotheworldofeducation.Dr Bharti Gandhi received this prestigiousawardfromtheChiefGuestDrAbdulMannan,Hon'ble Minister for Science and Technology,U.P. at a grand ceremony organised at RaiUmanath Bali Auditorium to mark the 15thanniversary of Hindi weekly. "ProgressiveLucknow". The Special Guests at theHonourning Ceremony were Mr Javed Iqbal,Hon'bleChairman,U.P.AgroandMsTarannumAkeel,Hon'bleChairperson,UrduAcademy.HDFC Merit ScholarshipSreja Ghanshyam Vatsa of Class VI, CMS,MahanagarIIwonameritscholarshipofHDFCBank. He received acash prize of Rs. 2,500/-and a certificate under 'Meritus ScholarshipScheme'forhisallroundtalent.YoungArtistAyush Srivastava, of Class III, CMS, GomtiNagarbaggedthefirstprizeininter-schoolartcompetition organizedatLaMartiniereGirlsCollege,Lucknow.Theontestwasorganizedunder the aegis of Health OrientedProgrammes and Education (HOPE)InitiativeinwhichseveralstudentsofvariousreputedschoolsofLucknowparticipated.Open Day CelebrationsCMS, Aliganj organized 'Open DayCelebrations'atitswelldecoratedcampuson21 April with great pomp and show. Thetalented students of school mesmerizedeveryonepresenttherewiththeirmultifarioustalents and were applauded by parents,guardians and visitors for their beautifulmodels and handicrafts. Earlier, thecelebration started with All Religion andWorld Peace Prayer followed by variouseducational-culturalitems.FrankAnthony DebatePooja Vohraand NirabhiSharma ofCMS KanpurR o a dparticipatedinthe FrankAnthonyMemorial All India inter school debatecompetition (preliminary round) organized byCouncil for the Indian School CertificateExaminationon19AprilatSwarajIndiaPublicSchool, Kanpur.While Pooja was declared thebest speaker of the contest held on the topic'Criticismnotappreciationbringsoutthebestinman,' the team of Pooja and Nirabhi wasdeclared the best team amongst the 14participatingteams.Adetermined person doesn'tfindithardto succeed;he finds it hard tostoptrying.—AllenSteble