Success is not final, failure is
not fatal: it is the courage to
continue that counts.
Winston Churchill
Volume 2, Issue 2 May 2015Volume 2, Issue 2 May 2015Volume 2, Issue 2 May 2015
In this issu
e:
Editorial Team
Ms.Sanjukta Banerjee
Ms.Dolly Chowdhury
Ms.Deepti Bhattacharya
Ms.Manisha Pandey
Ms Mondira Sarkar
Ms. Sawandipa Banerjee
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK 1
ENGLISH ELOCUTION COMPETITIONS 2&3
FIELD TRIP 3
INVESTITURE CEREMONY 4
RADINDRA JAYANTI & FAREWELL 5
WORKSHOPS 6
ISA & CREATIVITY ON BOARDS 7
NEPAL 8
BEYOND CLASSROOMS 9
CAMPUS UPDATE 10
CONGRATULATIONS!
SCIS – students, parents
and teachers for 100%
result!
Dear All
SCIS proudly congratulates all its ICSE students of
the first batch of 2014 - 2015 for their phenomenal
success in the Board Examination, 2015. I also con-
gratulate all the successful candidates of the IG-
CSE board for achieving their laurels.
The School Management thanks the parent commu-
nity and all its well-wishers for their liberal and con-
tinued support. We aim to be better and will strive
to achieve greater heights in the years to come.
Warm Regards
John A. Bagul
English Elocution Competition for Grade I and 2 was
held on 11th of May 2015. The theme for Grade I was ‘
Five Senses’ . Grade 2 participants recited poems on’
Food’. It was a delight to watch two students of Grade 2
take centre stage and conduct the whole event with
aplomb. Senior English teachers of the school, Ms. Dolly
Chowdhury, Ms. Sonali and Ms.Chinmoyee Choraria
were the judges for the competition. The programme
was well appreciated by parents and the judges. The win-
ners were given certificates.
Held on 12th May 2015 for Grade 3,4 and 5 , it was an Inter-House competition.
Twenty-four students displayed their oratory skills. The contestants were very well
prepared and the flawless renditions signified perfect diction, intonation and ex-
pression.
Grade 3 and 4 recited poems by William Wordsworth while Grade 5 participants
recited poems by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio .
The judges for the event were three secondary teachers of South City International
School, Mrs. Mondira Sarkar , Mrs.Ranjana Battacharya and Mrs.Malobika Poddar.
Two students of Primary section, Rishi Ganchaudhuri and Priyanka Shetty were the
anchors for the show .Sneha Guha of Grade 5 was judged as the best speaker .
Four Houses battled it out in the SCIS Inter House English Elo-
cution Competition, 2015-16 held on 6th May, 2015. With the
introduction of Class XI, the categories of competition were in-
creased from two to three. Class VI and VII formed the first
category; VIII and IX, the second; X and XI, the third.
It was a power packed performance with well chosen poems
from the theme of Freedom and Empowerment. With Class X
and XI, the focus shifted to poets from India, and Bengal in par-
ticular. The participants did not restrict themselves to poems
but explored speeches, letters and extracts from short stories
as well.
With Innovator House finally winning the competition and Ra-
jit Banerjee from Innovator House being declared the Best
Speaker, one can only say like ABBA ‘The Winner takes it All’.
A VISIT TO INDIAN MUSEUM
Along with Principal , Mr. Bagul, who is also our Biology teacher, we the students of Class XI visited the Indian
Museum on a weekday. It was a fascinating as well as enriching experience. There were innumerable biologi-
cal specimens. Particularly the fossils and the objects of taxidermy were very interesting. We returned with a
bag full of knowledge.
Rohitasya Mitra
(Class-XI)
The ceremony was conducted on the 13th.May 2015 in the school auditorium.The Chief Guest was Mr.John F Rafi.It was a solemn ceremony
attended by the Principal Mr.John Andrew Bagul , Assistant Principal, Primary Head, teachers, students (class IV-XI),parents of the student coun-
cil members and the Press.
The student council members were enlightened with the qualities that they should posses in order to be successful Leaders. The qualities
emphasized were :
• Honesty• Integrity Ability to Delegate Communication Confidence
• Commitment Positive Attitude Creativity Intuition Ability to Inspire Sense of Humour and most importantly
ability to lead. A ‘Leader becomes great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower
others.’
During the ceremony, very inspiring messages were
given by the Chief Guest and our Principal.
The Student Council for the academic session 2014-15 :
Secondary school
School captain Nayla Nigar Sadi
School vice captain Zeeshan Ahmed Farid
Primary School Captain Purav Gupta
Primary school vice captain Mahee Singh
Sports captain Yash Chakrabarti
Sports vice captain Sk.Sajid
Pr.Sports Captain Pragnan Saha
Pr.Sports vice captain Sayesha Mukherjee
Assistant sports captain Kanishka Dogra
Activity captain Darsh Parasrampuria
Activity vice captain Vansh Choraria
Activity assistant captain Dipannita Bhadra
Pr.Activity captain Tanya Vanjara
Pr.Activity vice captain Sia Agarwal
House Captains Vice Captain Assistant Captain
Achiever Aman Bajaj Shubham Chandak Khushi Agarwal
Creator Aritro Datta Meher Malhotra Raunak Dasgupta
Innovator Jyotsna Agarwal Rajit Banerjee Shivangi Sinha
Philosopher Anwesha Sen Nirvaansh Gupta Abhimanyu Sharma
Primary school
Achiever Sanya Chakraborty Pranav Bangur
Creator Arhant Raj Modi Varalika Sharma
Innovator Akarsh Jaiswal Hrish*ta Dev
Philosopher Tanya Prashant Abhisha Das
The birthday of Tagore is celebrated religiously
every year in SCIS. This year it was different.
The students performed before an open audi-
ence in the corridors of the school a la
Shantiniketan. Attired in traditional costumes,
they danced to the tune of Rabindra Sangeet
down the corridors much to the delight of the
audience.
It is with heavy hearts that we bid adieu to
Ms. Seethalakshmi and Ms.Romi, teachers
from the Secondary Section. Though it is
hard to imagine SCIS without them, we
celebrate with them as they embark upon
a new phase in their lives .
The workshop involved all parents of Foundation and Preparatory
classes. The workshop was conducted to bring about awareness
amongst the parents and to sensitize them to help their children
adapt and accept each other’s multicultural backgrounds. Sejal
Arora, pre-primary teacher, spoke about the multicultural differ-
ences and how sad it is for a child to know that he is not accepted by
his peer group, leading to aggression, stress, anxiety and an increas-
ing sense of alienation. Monita Basu and Chandrima Ghosal( special
educators and counselors) touched briefly about cognitive and social
development and means and ways to stop such situations from tak-
ing place.
The outcome of this workshop proved to be very positive. Parents de-
manded for more workshops like this every month. They became
more sensitive towards the international children and changed their
views after attending this workshop. Written feedbacks were given by
each parent present in the workshop.
"Kids for Tigers" Teachers’ Meet
On 5 th May 2015 ,two teachers ,Ms. Soumita Roy & Ms. Luna Roy, attended a Teachers’ Meet -Kids for
Tigers at Loreto Day School , Bowbazar.
The chief guest was Mr. Raju Das, an IFS officer. He shared his views about the devastating effect of pol-
lution on trees of Kolkata.
He enlightened us about the causes of urban pollution and also about the initiatives taken by govern-
ment, KKolkata Municipal Corporation and NGOs to save trees in our city and plant more.
It was followed by an interactive session with teachers where he answered the queries regarding 'Re plan-
tation Strategy' of the government.
Few extremely relevant suggestions were put forward by the teachers regarding nurturing of the saplings
planted in the roadside.
His presentation was followed by screening of a nationally acclaimed documentary on "Conservation of
coastlines of India".
The programme ended with a small speech by Ms. Kaveri Dutt, Principal of Loreto Day School and Mr. Joy-
deep Kundu delivered the Vote of Thanks.
All participating teachers were given a certificate for attending the Teacher's Meet.
Preparatory Activity
Colouring National flags of India and Wales.
SCIS tested its readiness when fresh tremors were felt in the city dur-
ing the 7th lesson on Tuesday, 12th of May 2015.Emergency Evacuation
Plan was executed as soon as the tremors were felt. Students gathered on
the playground without panicking.
SCIS has always helped in creating awareness in students regarding school
safety. Concentrated efforts are taken to engage students in activities which
enhance their understanding of disasters and relevant aspects. Mock Evacua-
tion Drill (pre-announced and unannounced) , posters and thematic skits during
assembly helped the children to cope with the disaster in a positive manner.
The devastating effects of major earthquakes that have struck Nepal has affected many lives and de-
stroyed countless homes across the country. We know the road to recovery will be a long one and our
hearts are with those affected by this unimaginable tragedy.
The School swung into action and collected items which were of immediate requirement ,such as ,first
aids, bottled water and dry food items which could be transported to the affected areas. The Manage-
ment of SCIS contributed a sum of twenty-five thousand rupees for this noble cause.
We thank the Nepal Consulate for the cooperation.
Highest score – Ms. Sweta Shah – 96.6 %
Range No. of candidates
100 %to 90 % - 10
90 % to 80 % - 11
80% to 70 % - 10
70% to 60% - 7
60% - 50% - 3
Total 41
HIGHEST IN EACH SUBJECT:
English Sattwik Das, Shameek Paul 96 %
2ND Language Rohitashya Mitra 92 %
Mathematics Rutvi Padhy 99 %
SCI / CST Aman Bajaj , Kevin N. Hemani and Sanjana Shetty 99 %
HCG Sweta Shah and Rutvi Padhy 97%
6TH Subject Sweta Shah and Sattwik Das 98 %