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, <strong>City</strong><strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong>, Station Roadbrought laurels to her institutionbywinningthe'StateTopper'rankinEnglishsubjectinInternationalAssessment of Indian <strong>School</strong>sjointly 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 <strong>School</strong> CertificateExaminationon19AprilatSwarajIndiaPublic<strong>School</strong>, 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
15RenownedPersonalities fromTinselTowngrace CMSInternationalChildren'sFilm FestivalCMSMultimedia,FilmsandRadioDivisionorganized the 2nd International Children'sFilmFestival2010 from6to12Aprilwithaview to instill moral values in children andexpose them to meaningful educationalfilms,thusprotectingthemfromtheexistingmeaninglessvulgar cinemawhich iscorruptingy o u n gimpressionableminds anddiverting themtowards crimeand immoral behaviour. 223 educationalchildren'sfilmsfromasmanyas38countrieswerescreenedatthefilmfestivalforstudentsof CMS as wellasotherschoolsofLucknowandsurroundinga r e a s .Renownedpersonalitiesfrom the woldof Indian cinema including actors, FarooqeSheikh, Amol Palekar, Naghma, child actorDarsheelSafari,renownedfilmdirectors,MrMuzaffarAli, Ms Sai Paranjape and famoussingers Vineet Sharma and Harshit Saxenaspecially came to Lucknow to participate intheChildren'sFilmFestival.The best Indian and foreign films forchildren were awarded total cash prizes ofRs. 10 lakh in various categories. BestChildren's Feature FilmAward was given toSri Lankan film 'King Siri' and its DirectorSomaratne Dissanayake and Producer MsRenuka Balasooriya were awarded cashprize of Rs. 2lakh and 1lakh respectively.'Storm'ofDenmarkreceivedtheSecondBestChildren's Feature Film award of Rs. 1lakhand 'Le Secret D'eleonore of France wasgiven prize of Rs. 2 lakh for the BestAnimationFeatureFilm.ChildactorMohsenTanabandeh got the 'Jagdish GandhiAward'forthefilms'ATimetoLove'andPolishfilm'The Magic Tree' received 'Bharti GandhiAudience Award' and were given the cashprize of Rs. 2lakh. The Indian film 'Vitthal'becametheBestShortFilmandEnglishfilm'Lost and Found' got the Best ShortAnimationFilmof Rs.1lakh each.InternationalConferenceofPrePrimaryandPrimaryPrincipalsAround 200 educational experts, principalsand teachers of over 153 reputed schools ofSriLankaandIndiaparticipatedinthe3-dayInternationalConferenceofPre-PrimaryandPrimary Principals (ICPPPP-2010)organized by CMS Quality Assurance andInspectiondepartmentfrom24to26Aprilatthe CMS Kanpur Road auditorium.ConferencewasformallyinauguratedbytheChief Guest, Mr A. Parasuraman, Directorand representative of UNESCO in India,Bhutan,MaldivesandSriLanka,bylightingthelamp oflearning at aglittering inauguralceremony held at CMS Kanpur Roadauditorium. During the three days of theconference,t h e s eeducationists s attogether todiscuss andexchangethe modernteachingtools andteachingmethodsforP r e -Primarya n dPrimarystudents inorder tobring about a revolutionary change ineducation across the world. Amodel of theCMS methodology of Pre-Primary andPrimaryEducationwasputupintheformofanexhibitionattheResourceCentreputupatthevenue.International Education FairHeldat CMSTo make students aware of new coursesand career options available after school,CMS Personality Development and CareerCounselling Department (PDCC) organizedthe2-dayInternationalEducationandCareerFair (IEF-2010) on 16 and 17April at CMSKanpur Road auditorium. Chief Guest andDistrict Magistrate of Lucknow, Mr AnilKumarSagar,IAS,litthelampoflearningtoformally inaugurate IEF-2010. MrDhanushvir Singh, GeneralManager,TimesofIndiawastheGuestofHonour.Free of cost Pre-Engineering and Medical Coaching classesby CMS Quality Assurance and Innovation DepartmentTimings:Class XII 3.00 pm to4.30 pm Class XI 4.30pm to 6.00 pmPre-Engineering classes 2010-2011S.No. DAYS /CENTERS ALIGANJSEC 'O' KANPUR ROAD STATION ROAD1 MONDAY PHYSICS MATHS CHEMISTRY2 TUESDAY PHYSICS MATHS CHEMISTRY3 WEDNESDAY MATHS CHEMISTRY PHYSICS4 THURSDAY MATHS CHEMISTRY PHYSICS5 FRIDAY CHEMISTRY PHYSICS MATHS6 SATURDAY CHEMISTRY PHYSICS MATHSPre-Medical classes 2010-2011S.No. DAYS/CENTERS ALIGANJSEC'O' KANPURROAD STATIONROAD1 MONDAY CHEMISTRY BOTANY2 TUESDAY3 WEDNESDAY BOTANY PHYSICS4 THURSDAY5 FRIDAYPHYSICSCHEMISTRY ZOOLOGY PHYSICSCHEMISTRYZOOLOGY PHYSICS CHEMISTRYPHYSICS CHEMISTRY ZOOLOGY6 SATURDAY BOTANY BOTANYFormore informationcontact:MrSNDikshit,Co-ordinator atPh.:0522-2638733,Mb.: 9935236120'VoiceofBaha,'ahugeorchestraof135singers andmusiciansof25countriesoftheworldpresentedaStaggeringMusicExtravaganzaatCMSGomtiNagarandKanpurRoadauditoriumrespectivelyon20and21June2010.Themusicalconcertwasaimedatpropagatingunityofreligions,unityofworldandunityofmankind.If you have the ability toreach,thetopisalwaysvacant.—AuthorUnknown