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Dr Vijay Datta Receives the Prestigious National

Award on Teachers’ Day

It is a matter of great honour

and pride for all at Modern School that the charismatic and

iconic scholar, Dr Vijay Datta, Principal Modern School,

New Delhi, has been awarded the National Award on the

occasion of Teachers’ Day this year. The award is in

Dr Vijay Datta Receiving the Award

At the Rashtrapati Bhavan

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recognition of Dr Vijay Datta’s

noteworthy contribution towards

infusing true educational values among

the students and teaching community.

Instituted in 1958, the National Award

to Teachers is given by the President of

India on the 5th

of September

every year to

accord public

recognition to

meritorious

teachers. This

year the Vice

President, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu presented the

National Award to Teachers – 2016 on the occasion

of Teachers’ Day in New Delhi. He congratulated the

winners of the award for the invaluable services

rendered by them in the field of education and lauded

their service to the nation at large. The prestigious

award carries a Silver Medal and a Certificate. Later

in the day President Ram Nath Kovind hosted the

awardees at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Modern is at the pinnacle of its glory owing to the

never say die efforts of Dr Vijay Datta who has set a

benchmark in academics and discipline. It was a

proud moment for the entire Modern fraternity when

Dr Datta donned the Medal later in front of the

students who were enamoured by his towering

personality. The entire staff gathered enthusiastically

in his office to congratulate him on this remarkable

achievement.

A born leader, eminent academician and a

disciplinarian, Dr Vijay Datta is a role model for the

students and staff of Modern School. The award is

surely a precursor of many more such accolades that

await Modern in the years to come. Under the

dynamic leadership of Dr Datta, Modern School is

undoubtedly at the threshold of an era of great historic

pre-eminence.

The Medal

At the Office with the Coveted

Medal

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Teachers’ Day 2017

Teachers’ Day is a special day for the appreciation of teachers and it includes

celebrations to honour them for their contribution towards the community.

Teachers’ day in Modern School was celebrated

on 6th September. The teachers sang in the

assembly displaying their hidden talent and

mesmerising everyone with their melodious

voices. The students of class XII came to

school dressed in sarees and kurta pyjamas.

They thanked their teachers for their mentor

ship. The seniors looked stunning and

confident in the ethnic wear. The students

also contributed to the show with a dance performance. They thanked the Principal and in a

touching gesture presented the honourable Principal with his portrait. Teachers’ day will be

cherished by every Modernite as a special day in their memories.

Visit of Round Square Officials Modern School continuously strives to provide the

best for its students. Application to be member of

the prestigious Round Square is one such initiative.

On 30th Aug 2017 Ms Rajbir Sandhu the Regional

Support Manager of South Asia and Gulf region of

Round Square, Mr Sumer Singh former Principal

Daly College Indore and Mr Sarvesh Naidu

Director Pathways International visited the school

to see how the tenets of Round Square are practiced

at Modern School. Ms Rajbir Sandhu had a meeting

with the members of the Round Square Students’

Council where she had an informal question answer session with the students in the presence

of the Principal Dr Vijay Datta and the teachers. On 31st Aug 2017, the officials attended the

assembly and saw a presentation on Life @ Modern. After the assembly Ms Beeba Sobti the

treasure house of knowledge on history took the officials around the school. The officials then

attended a session at the HLL auditorium where a presentation on the tenets of Democracy,

Internationalism, Leadership and Community Service and Environmentalism as practiced at

Modern was shown. The meeting ended with a Vote of Thanks.

Presenting the Portrait

The Officials Being Briefed

The Traditional Tilak

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Quiz Club

Exhilarating Victory….From Start To Finish!!! On 30th August 2017 two of our young budding

quizzers pulled off a stunning victory at the St Xavier’s

Inter-School Quiz Competition. This is a prestigious middle school quiz

competition held annually and receives participation of all leading

schools of Delhi. The preliminary round saw the participation of 32

schools from various parts of the city. The team of Shreyansh Krishna

S2 D and Reyan Bangia S2 E made it to the final round with consummate

ease. In the final contest, there were 10 grueling rounds. Our team led in

each of the rounds to finally emerge winners.

A Proud Moment for Team A4

The Columban Open Quiz, the singularly seminal and foremost inter school quiz of North

India created a quizzing history of sorts when two teams of ace Modernite quizzers made it to

the finals. Our winning quartet Aatmik Gupta, Aman

Agarwal and Ayan Marwaha all of S7 A and

Aryaman Sood S7 F notched the coveted second

rank. They won a gift cheque of Rs 4000 and a book

hamper from the Oxford University Press. The other

Modern team comprising of Arshdeep Singh S7 C,

Aditya Sarkar S6 C, Shashank Ramesh S6 D and

Kaartikay Agarwal S6 J stood at a proud sixth,

winning a gift cheque of Rs 1500. The quiz was

structured into three tiers comprising a written Elimination Round with 270 competing teams,

a Semi Final between 25 teams and the Grand Finale of three rounds among 12 teams on

September 2nd 2017. Our winners valued this victory as a defining personal triumph since the

Columban Open Quiz represents the pinnacle of achievement.

Sports

Athletics In the Delhi State Athletic Meet which was held at Chattarsal Stadium from 1st to 3rd September

2017, Arshiya Choudhary won a Gold in the Shot Putt event in the U 14 Girls category and

Dipankar Verma won the Gold in the High Jump event in the U 20 Boys category.

Table Tennis In the 3rd Sports Inter School Table Tennis championship held at Hansraj Model School,

Punjabi Bagh from 29th to 31st August 2017, Tamanna Gulshan won a Gold in the U 17 Girls

category and Mannika Kesar won a Gold in the U 14 Girls category.

The Winners Bag

The Trophy

Team A4

Sports Reporter: Ms Himantica Compiled by: Ms Seema Puri Supervised by: Ms Sanjana Mulla