Flawless Flaws is a student-led campaign of Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar which works for the welfare of acid attack survivors. This group, in collaboration with Team Awaam, the theatre team of our school, performed a play to raise awareness about acid attack survivors at District Centre, Janakpuri on 30 December 2022. The eight students who performed were Saira Bhateja, Gunamay Rakhyani, Saiansh Kwatra, Saivansh Kwatra, Vrinda Arora, Tishya Chandok, Prabhtej Singh and Harnoor Kaur. A crowd gathered at the sound of dhol being played by Shriyans. Those who started watching the performance, stayed till the very end which showed how riveting the performance was. One could see how deeply the audience was affected. At the end, the whole team along with Ms Uma Chopra received a huge round of applause and a number of viewers filled out the skin donation forms which will subsequently be deposited with NOTTO.
‘The only one who can tell you that you can’t win is you – and you don’t have to listen’ said Jessica Hill.2 December 2022 dawned bright and sunny and put everyone at TIS,VV into a mood of excitement and anticipation. Finally it was the much awaited Sports Day for the Senior School ; and participants, Cabinet members , volunteers ,teachers , spectators alike were agog with sporting fervour.The meet was inaugurated by Dr Satyapal Singh, a Dronacharya awardee and a much esteemed coach who has specially guided para-athletes to compete at both national and international sporting events. He motivated students to make physical activity a regular part of their routine and inculcate values of perseverance and resilience which would pave their way to success.The ceremonial torch was carried around the field by Tanvi Nandal , Krrish Vikram Jain, Akshita Singh and Pratyaksh , all of them stars in various sporting disciplines at both national and international levels. Track and field events including relay races , hurdles, high jumps, shot put, fun races for students, teachers and support staff, kept the crowd cheering . Each House was in a fiercely competitive mode with their respective Goal Posts decorated in the House colours in the Anime theme, with Mascots and Cheerleaders to boost their morale. A lively commentary held the audience engaged. The event culminated with the JK Sen Awards for the best Sports Girl and Sports Boy in both senior and junior categories and the trophy for the Best House bagged by Shanti House with Shakti and Ekta as runners up. Click here for more pictures
The power of education can bring about great social change. An interactive and impactful Gender Sensitization Workshop was conducted by Breaking Barriers for DPS Rohini on 19 October 2022 for Classes X and XI , with almost 400 students attending this session in twobatches.The entire team worked together with much enthusiasm to deliver a very informative presentation. The campaign team members discussed various concepts related to the LGBT+community and human rights. The audience was keenly engaged and asked many questions and made note of key points. They expressed interest in having more sessions like these and so that they may initiate Breaking Barriers campaigns in their own campus.
In a continuous endeavour to provide the right guidance to students, Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar is proud to announce an association with Jitin Chawla’s Centre for Career Development. A counsellor from the organization will be available in school every Wednesday from 9.00 A.M. to 2.00 P.M. to assist students in finding and walking on the right career path for them. To introduce the benefits of the Career Resource Centre, Mr Jitin Chawla conducted orientation sessions for the students of Classes X-XII from 11-13 October 2022 where he guided them on how to make the best of the opportunity.
The Primary wing of the school celebrated the Junior Sports Meet on 21 October 2022. Grandparents were specially invited to be a part of this exciting day. Dr. Sunita Godara, the 1992 Asian Marathon Gold Medalist, was the Chief Guest at this mega event.The air was vibrant with energy and cheers as the audience watched the much awaited athletic events where competitiveness among the students was at itspeak. The young athletes participated in various races; flat race, fun races and relay races. In between there were graceful aerobics presentations and a scintillatingdisplay of yoga and taekwondo. The races organized for the grandparents and the teachers saw an impressive participation. The ceremony ended with the declaration of results and encouraging words from the chief guest. It was a very special day for all the little ones, featuring sportsmanship, unbridled enthusiasm and happy memories to cherish. Click here for more photos
Students of Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar, successfully participated in The Fit India Freedom Run 3.0 organized by the Government of India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports from 2nd October to 31st October 2022. The Sports department encouraged the students to inculcate fitness in their daily routines to maintain their health.
The Inter-house sports activities organized for classes IX-XII in the month of August included Basketball, Football and Volleyball. In each of these events, players showed improving levels of skill and definitely put their best foot forward , determined to help their Houses reach the top. The teams played to win and didn’t want to settle for anything less. True sportsmanship was seen on all fronts during the matches. Result Sports Activity FIRST POSITION SECOND POSITION Football Sr Boys Shanti House Shakti House Volleyball Mix Sr Category Ekta House Pragati House Basketball- Sr boys Pragati House Disqualified Basketball- Sr Girls Pragati House Ekta House
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Educational Institutions Breaking Barriers celebrated the 4th anniversary of the repealing of Sec 377 on 6th September 2022 by organizing and conducting an Educators Workshop on “Inclusion Matters” – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Educational Institutions. Close to 40 educators including counsellors , teachers and Vice Principals attended this workshop which was supported by the High Commission of Canada. The session had opening remarks by Mr Colin Shonk, Counsellor and Head of Advocacy Program from the Canadian Embassy, and talks by Atindra, Counselor and Legal Advisor for NAZ Foundation and Kiran, Transgender Model and Actress.As educators are the catalysts of change so the aim of this workshop was to engage educators in discussions on greater inclusion in classrooms via activities, social experiments, class discussions, art, films, and more. Educators brainstormed ideas, asked questions and took these thoughts back to their schools. We hope that they now work on creating inclusive school policies and create comfortable, safe space for their students and staff in their campus. All the educators gave positive feedback and wanted our campaigners to visit their schools to initiate the Breaking Barriers campaign in their schools. That students conducted the workshop and that lgbt+ guests shared their experiences was what impressed them most.All participants received certificates from the Canadian Embassy and from our school.
National Sports Day, which is celebrated on 29th August every year, is dedicated to the memory of renowned hockey player Major Dhyan Chand . He was known for his extraordinary ball control and goal-scoring feats, in addition to earning three Olympic gold medals, in 1928, 1932 and 1936, during an era where India dominated field hockey. His influence extended beyond these victories, as India won the field hockey event in seven out of eight Olympics from 1928 to 1964. Our school celebrated National Sports Day with much enthusiasm this year, starting with a speech about Major Dhyan Chand in the Assembly by Krrish Vikram Jain, the Assistant Sports Captain, who spoke about the significance of the date and also encouraged students to inculcate physical activity in their daily routine to keep themselves fit and healthy. Later, we had an exciting volleyball match between the teachers and the school volleyball team in which the teachers proved to be more sporty than our school team and thus won the match! For students of Classes III to XII , we had various fun activities throughout the week starting from 24th August to 29th August. The activities included a lot of games like kho-kho, head shoulder knee toe, seven stones, balance the ball, air hoopie, giant tic-tac-toe. We ended the celebrations with a hard fought tug of war between Classes XI and XII. The Sports Department planned and organized these activities and said that sports should be a part of everyone’s life.
ANON Global Foundation, an initiative to develop Mental Health and Lifestyle, organized an event called ANON Utsav on the 29th of July 2022 as they turned three. The event was organized at Apparel House, Gurgaon where our school’s Team Awaam was invited to perform a street play on one of the life skills. We chose Khrod (Anger, an act on how anger affects one mentally and physically) The three hour long event also saw dance, music, poetry and more from 14 other schools across Delhi. The guest of honor was Mrs Rema Alex Daniel, recipient of Delhi State Award & CBSE National Award and the Chief Guest was Mr J.P Saini, Vice Chancellor of Netaji Subhash University of Technology. The founder of ANON, Ms Aarti Girdhar praised our performers for their efforts and shared some insightful thoughts on how schools can contribute towards mental and physical well-being.Our student performers were Parthivi Bhatia and Viniti Sabharwal of VIII-B, Kavya Anand and Angad of class X, and Aarav Suri of class XII. The students were also felicitated with gifts and certificates of participation.