Contents - Yadavindra Public School, Patiala

16 YPS - Co-curricular ActivitiesYPS - Tours and Treks 17Co-curricular ActivitiesThe School ,keeping in with the true ethos of a public school ,offers all kinds of cocurricularactivities ranging from inter and intra school debates, quizzes anddramatics to other cultural activities like Mime competitions and dance. TheSchool encourages and stimulates the interest of the students in the field by organisingand arranging workshops, seminars and visits by prominent artistes of the region andthe country, regularly.Tours & TreksThe most coveted activity during the year, for boys and girls from class VIonwards, is trekking. This adventure activity is an integral part of theschool curriculum and eagerly awaited by the senior school students everyyear. The aims and objectives of organizing this activity are to inculcate thespirit of adventure and comradeship, to instill self-confidence and an attitudeof self-reliance, to foster qualities of leadership and the love of nature, todevelop self-learning through observation, to promote learning through traveland recreation and enjoyment. On return from treks, honour cards are givento certain selected outstanding and deserving students every year. Thismeritorious recognition is given on the basis of helpful attitude, discipline,stamina, endurance, punctuality and co-operation with other students duringtreks.Tours to various parts of the country are regularly organized during thesummer and winter vacations. Apart from this, regular weekend campingtrips are also organized at various nearby spots in the Himalayas.From a modest beginning of a small number trudging across the Shivaliks in1961, treks/tours/camping in YPS has burgeoned to a major adventureactivity with over 800 students taking part in the same annually. Year afteryear, new areas in the country are explored by young boys and girls.