Page:- 1 (Principal’s Report) 27.11.2015

A genuine good evening. It is for the most eminent Shri Rishikesha Krishnan, our Chief Guest, the esteemed Chairman – Shri S.B.S. Iyer sir, Managing Trustee – Shri V.S. Mani sir, Educational Trustee - Dr. (Miss) Vijaylaxmi Iyengar, Trustee Shri K.S. V. Iyer, Convenor SICA -78 Mr. Manish Nair, SMC Members, our patronizing parents, distinguished guests and our mettle for excellence, our loved students who have gathered here to share the canopy of learning extended by SICA, the oldest profoundest and the qualitatively productive institution of North India.

I welcome you all on behalf of the Management, staff and students to this eve of declaring the proud achievements of the academic session and reward to the meritorious.

Ladies and gentlemen, academic performance of any school reflects the efforts of the teachers and the taught. I’am proud to share the outstanding results. I begin with Class XII.

The result of class XII is :

OVER ALL PERCENT / NO OF STUDENTS
Total Appeared / 256
90.01% and above / 33
80.01% - 90% / 52
70.01% - 80% / 71
60.01% - 70% / 71
50.01% - 60% / 31
40.01% - 50% / 7
DISTINCTION / 127
FIRST DIVISION / 227
PASS PERCENT / 99.60%

In 0.1% CBSE (SUBJECT WISE)MERITSis as follows: -

S. NO / NAME OF THE STUDENT / SUBJECT COMBINATION / ACHIEVEMENT IN CBSE EXAM
1 / Ms. Pranati Rai / PCB-PE / 100/100 MARKS IN PAINTING

Toppers of Class XII – Commerce Stream-Saylee Gulwane - 95.4%

Toppers of Class XII – Science Stream (PCM)Sanskar Agrawal – 94.6%

Toppers of Class XII – Science Stream (PCB)Diksha Dwivedi , Rohan Banthia – 92%

Subject Wise Highest Marks are as follows –

English / 95 / Entrepreneurship / 93
Physics / 95 / Physical Education / 95
Chemistry / 98 / Computer Science / 99
Mathematics / 96 / Informatics Practices / 92
Biology / 98 / Multimedia and Web. / 93
Biotechnology / 96 / Music Vocal / 99
Accountancy / 97 / Music Instrumental / 97
Business Studies / 95 / Painting / 100
Economics / 96 / Hindi / 95

In Competitive Examination – Students faired well . The following students were selected in :

CPT / ANUJ GOYAL, RITISHA MODI, URVASHI MOHTA, KETAN VIJAYVARGIYA, NIKHIL DANGRA, SOMYA BHANDARI, ANUSHKA DADHICH, ROSELINE WILSON, ANSH AGRAWAL and AFSHA KHAN.
IIT SELECTION / AMAN GUPTATEJAS LODHAMEGHA VENKATESH
AIPMT SELECTION / SOURABH KUNWAR
Madhya Pradesh
Dental Admission Test (DMAT) / ABHINAV JAISWAL – X (MP RANKING-X)
ADAMYA KANOJE –(MP RANKING-XII)

Now I would like to announce the results of class X

In class X - 266 no. of students appeared and the result also was 100%. 6 students got 10 CGPA.

Ms. Supriya JainMas. Jay suranaMas. Apurv GadreMs. Anjali Sodhani

Mas. Shreyansh Sharma andMs. Natansha Kothari

The overall children scored very impressive grades -

9-10 CGPA=44, 8 – 9 CGPA = 86,7-8 CGPA=66, 6-7 CGPA=43,5-6 CGPA= 23,4-5 CGPA = 4

I would also like to mention here that the Principal and 41 teachers have received Certificate of Appreciation from the Union HRD Minister Shrimati Smriti Zubin Irani for their outstanding academic performance.

Apart from academics our school brought laurels in Co-curricular and Extra Curricular activities. I begin with the sports. I am proud to share that our two students have represented Indiain the soft ball team they are : Durva Mudris (X) and Sannidhya Shukla (IX).

Durva of class X represented India in Asian Junior Women Championship at Chayapum, Thailand and won Bronze Medal and Sannidhya Shuklaof class IX represented India inNankue Softball Tournament at Kualalumpure, Malaysia. The little one from Primary Ms. Falguni Mudris has also qualified for Indian Team in Under 12 category.

I would also like to mention specially that Durva Mudris and Falguni Mudris (V) will represent India on 6th of December 2015 in Singapore U-15 and U-12 category respectively.

Vagisha Sharma made her vibrant presence on Teachers Day i.e. 5th September 2015 on the National Channel India TV. Her article titled “Pranamya Shikshak” also appeared in an American Magazine entitled “Karmabhoomi”.

Achievements at National Level :

On 9th December 2014CBSE National Aerobics Championship our under-19 girls got III Place and Bronze Medal

Central Board of Secondary Education organized a National Science Exhibition 24th April 2015, Two students namely Tanishq Jaiswal and Chinmay Kalvade were selected at State level, and later for National Level held at Gurgaon.

In Table Tennis Cluster 2015 held at DPS Sagar, organized by CBSE our school secured III position in the team event the participants are :

Ms. Aanchal Katiya / V / Ms. Shruti Piparkar / V
Ms. Laksha Biyani / V / Ms. Tanishka Kansal / V

And In Individual Event Ms. Laksha Biyani (V) won Bronze Medal in the same competition in Table Tennis Cluster 2015 held at Delhi Public School, Sagar organized by C.B.S.E. Inter School Sports and Games Competition 2015-2016 (Cluster XI)

Achievements at National Level :

Our Music Team participated in Rasthriya Anuvrat Naitik Geet Gayan Pratiyogita at the state level and secured First Position and represented the school at Nationals and secured Second Position on 17th October 2015 at Delhi.

In National Aerobics Championship held at DPS Udaipur, from 14th November 2015 to 17th November 2015, our school got the awards in following categories :

GOLD MEDAL IN UNDER 10 – Team Event

SILVER MEDAL IN UNDER 19 – Team Event

SILVER MEDAL IN UNDER 19 Boys – Individual Event

BRONZE MEDAL IN UNDER 10 Boys – Individual Event

BRONZE MEDAL IN UNDER 10 Girls – Individual Event

After the highlights of national events, I switch over to the state level achievements :

SCKFI State Karate Championship held on 6th September 2015 at Nehru Stadium, Indore - Yashvi Khamesara (VII-D) won two Bronze Medals in two different categories.

61st State Level Games Competition of (Kho-Kho) Ms. Saloni Chouhan, Ms. Sanjana Rane participated and Saloni Chouhan qualified for Nationals and will be the part of the Madhya Pradesh Team.

58th Stag MP State & Inter State Table Tennis Championship 2015 organized by Indore District Table Tennis Association Ms. Aanchal Katiya (V ) won bronze medal

District Level Achievement : -
Master Ansh Goyal got Gold and Master Yash Joshi got Silver in Indore district Table Tennis Tournament held on 4th September 2015.

Inter School Achievements -

SNO / DATE OF EVENT / ACTIVITY / VENUE OF THE COMPETITION
19.12.2014 / CAROL SINGING / St. Paul School organized Inter School Carol Singing Competition our school secured First position
23.1.2015 / SEVA SURABHI / Seva Surabhi Group organized Inter School Patriotic group song competition. Our school secured First position and won Rs. 11000/- as cash prize.
21.6.2015 / International Yoda Day Celebrated / International Yoga day was observed by NCC cadets (95 cadets) and received certificate of participation. Both the ANO(s) were also felicitated with a medal and certificate respectively by N.C.C..
18.8.2015 / Ahilya Utsav / SICA-78 participated upto the final round of Ahilya Utsav Patriotic Group Song Competition and won the First Prize again in Junior and second prize in Senior category.
2-4/ 9 / 2015 / Chess Competition / Smt. CMP Gujarati Primary & Middle School
Aarya Kekre (VI-F) won I prize (Trophy + Certificate) Chess Competition
8/9/2015 / SGFI State Level Table Tennis Comp.
Divyanshu Pareek – X E (U-17) and Mitul Saini – VIII E (U-14)
Now qualified for Nationals
8/9/2015 / SCM VAISHNAV BAL MANDIR / Our Junior Team participated in Sahodaya Inter School Group Song Competition for III-V on 8/9/2015 . Won the “Best Performance” prize
11/9/2015 / DAVV Auditorium / TCS QUIZ was organized by TCS Company in DAVV Auditorium
Correct Answer was given in less than 56 seconds by Hussain Ali of class XI F and won Philips Head Phone
12/9/2015 / Prestige Public School / Bharat Vikas Parishad Group Song
Competition – Secured II Position
14/9/2015 / Tae-kwan-do Competition / Tae-kwan-do Competition
Bhavya Baheti got III prize in Tae-kwan-do Competition held at Mumbai and won Bronze (III position)
04/10/2015 / Kho-Kho Cluster 2015-16 / In Kho-Kho Cluster 2015-16 held on 4.10.2015 at Shri A.M.N. Gujrati Samaj English Medium School, our school team secured Second Position
12/10/2015 / Inter School Folk Dance Competition. / Sahodaya Group of CBSE Schools organized Inter School Folk Dance Competition held at Pioneer Convent Sr. Sec. School, Mahalaxmi Nagar, Indore on 12/10/2015 and our secured First Position.
13/10/ 2015 / Fair Play (Best Player of Table Tennis) Position+ III Position
The school participated in 11 Even Sports Inter School Table Tennis State Championship 2015 held on 13th October 2015 and received the following awards
Master Yash Joshi / VI / Fair Play (Best Player of Table Tennis) Position+ Medal
Ms. Shruti Piparkar / V / III Position+ Medal
Ms. Tanishka Kansal / V / III Position+ Medal
14/10/2015 / A Talk Show was organized by Rotary Club of Indore Grande held at Pritam Lal Dua Auditorium, Indore Ms. Rakshita Narwariya of class XII got I Position.
17/10/2015 / BAL NIKETAN SANGH / Bal Niketan Sangh School, Pagnispaga, Indore organized Inter School Bhajan Singing Competition on 17/10/2015. And our school secured II position.
30/10/2015 / Acro Battle of Bands i.e. Inter School Rock Bank Competition was organized by Acropolis Group of Institutions on 30th October 2015. Our school secured First position and Won Rs. 15000/- cash.
The team comprises of the following students.
Vishwas S. Likhar / VI / First Prize – Rs. 15000/- Cash
Akshar Sharma / VIII / First Prize – Rs. 15000/- Cash
Vidit Jain / IX / First Prize – Rs. 15000/- Cash
Shivam Landge / IX / First Prize – Rs. 15000/- Cash
Sarvasva Vyas / IX / First Prize – Rs. 15000/- Cash
Swaraj Lonsare / XI / First Prize – Rs. 15000/- Cash
Prateek Yadav / XII / First Prize – Rs. 15000/- Cash
Saurabh Panchasara / XII / First Prize – Rs. 15000/- Cash
5/11/2015 / Students Participated in Bal Vigyan Competition, Organized by Sahodaya – Winners. The following awards
Best Project Award / Commerce
Best Project Award / Computer Science
Aim and Utility Award / Biology
Best Presentation Award / Chemistry
7/10/2015 / A walk for environment and extempore 2015 Competition organized by Vidyasagar School in association with Time of India. Our school secured II position.
20/11/2015 / Out Pre primary students participated in Kiddy olympics organized by Prestige Public School on 20th November 2015.
Individual 50 meters sprint (Boys) – Master Syed Mohd. Fazal Alam secured II position (Silver medal + Certificate)
Individual 50 meters sprint (Boys) – Master Pratham Solanki secured III position (Bronze medal + Certificate)
Individual 50 meters sprint (Girls) – Ms. Eshika Jain secured III position (Bronze medal + Certificate)
Individual River Crossing (Boys) – Master Raghav Patel secured II position (Silver medal +Certificate)
Team Event Relay Race (Boys and Girls – Secured First Position (Gold Medal + Certificate)
Master Naman Khandelwal, Master Vishes Gurjar, Ms. Kuhoo Sandhu, Ku. Ruhani Maderiya
Our school team participated in the Parlimentry debate held at Choithram School organized by School of Skills educational academy. Rakshita Narwariya and Mansi Pandey got the Audience Question Prize.

“Precaution is better than cure “. Keeping this in mind, we arranged a workshop on Cyber safety by I.G. Shri Varun Kapoor, we offer send our children for various institutions for awareness programme and we also have a vibrant consumer club, that organizes various sessions to make children aware.

Student Awareness Programme

2.7.2015 / Digital Week / Class X Students were taken to BSNL office to learn about telecom technology, as a part of the P.M.'s "Digital Week"
7.7.2015 / Live Demo / The students of Biology stream were taken to the Softvision College of live demonstration of DNA isolation and other such experiment.
Consumer Club / Inaugural Meeting Workshop and Presentation on “Drugs and its abuse” organized by Consumer Club of SICA – 78
4.8.2015 / Workshop / 24 students of Biology stream were taken to Soft Vision college to attend a workshop on Bioluminescence. Dr. Mukesh Yadav and Dr. Ravi K. were the resource person. Students were accompanied by Ms. Binu Thomas
10.8.2015 / Tiranga Abhiyan / SICA School has observed Independence Week as a part of Independence Day celebration. It began with the lecture of prominent personality Mr. Ravi Atroliya, who narrated the story of our national flag through various PowerPoint presentations, which was very effective. Students as well as teachers found it to be very absorbing and informative.
12.8.2015 / Nukkad Natak / A lively and vibrant Nukkad Natak was performed at Vijay Nagar square on the theme of Child Labour. Students of VII & VIII class have given lively performance on this very serious social stigma of our society. Children were successful in drawing attention by their enthralling performance. It was a multi-disciplinary project of the Social Science department that collaborated with Drawing, Music and Language departments.
21.8.2015 / Consumer Club / Second workshop was organized by Consumer Club of SICA 78 on "Weights and Measures, Mr. Vijay Kumar Bhalla, Airtel Chief was resource person.
28/8/2015 / Ganesh Idol Making / A workshop organized on eco-friendly Ganesha making. Students from Std. VII to XI participated with vigour and devotion. Ms. Meena Shah was the resource person.
26.6.2015 / NCC Cadets participated in a rally on Narcotic day organized by NCC on 26th June 2015.
NCC / Anushka P. Jain Ridhima Vaishnav, They have qualified for all the pre R.D.C. Camps held so far.
Our investiture ceremony was based on the theme of “The joy of giving” where children/staff gerenously donated grains/clothes for the needy people.
Children were taken to the old age home to donate the collection similarly after the Nepal Earth Quake tragedy the staff donated one day salalry along with the Trust’s contribution. The amount of 3 lakhs were hand over to Collector Mr. P. Narhari for the P.M.’s Relief Fund.
On 15th August – The replica of Amar Jawan Jyoti was specilly created to pay tribute to the solidies who sacrifice their lives to safeguard us.

It is said, to chisel, our tools should be sharp: we train teachers time to time by organizing various workshops

DATE OF EVENT / ACTIVITY / DETAILS / PARTICULARS / PRIZE
4.6.2015 / WORKSHOP / A workshop for teachers on the topic "Role of a teacher" by Shri M.G. Paranjpe, Director Shri Sathya Sai Vidya Vihar, Indore
5.6.2015 / WORKSHOP / A workshop for teachers on the topic "Creativity in Learning" by Mrs. Cynthia James, Director Academics IPS Group of institutions, Indore
1-29.7.2015 / NCC Training / Ms. Sunita Patil had gone on training for a month at Gwalior organized by NCC Department.
31/8/2015 / Advocacy Workshop by
National Institute of ………….. / Advocacy workshop on Child Mental Health organized by NIPCCD. In the first session Mr. P. J. Philips, Asst. Director, NIPCCD elaborated issues concerning mental health. Second session was under the able guidance of Mr. Nilesh Shinde, Faculty Member, NIPCCD. The last session taken by Dr. Vandana Patil emphasized managing learning and behavioural problems among school children.

CBSE organizes C.T.E.T. i.e. Central Teachers Eligibility Test to maintain the standard of teaching throughout the country.

The following teachers cleared the prestigious CTET exam organized by CBSE. They are:

1 Mrs. Mary Siji2 Mrs. Sugandha Dabir3 Mr. Shyam Badan Tiwari

4 Mrs. Sanju Pathak5 Mrs. Jyoti Soni6 Mrs. Divya Veda

7 Mrs. Sunita Nair8 Mrs. Ketki Jaiswal9 Mrs. Anju Gupta10. Mrs. Praseetha Nair

Pre Primary Aranya –

Our pre primary branch at Aranya works under the umbrella of SICA – 78. The tiny tots made their vibrant presence felt though out the year. The session began with Vidyarambham ceremony.

All festivals are celebrated in special assemblies, to introduce children to our rich cultural heritage. Many activities like : Clay modelling, Colours day week, fancy dress, story telling, shloka competition, Monsoon Masti, Guru Purnima, Rakshabhandhan, Onam, Sharing Day, Vegetable Day, Fruit Chat etc. were organized through out the session to make them learn through play-way method. One of the must prestigious ceremony “Grand-Parents Day” was also celebrated, where in Grandparents were the special invitees to see the ‘exhibits’ of their beloved grandchildren.

I am delighted to share that our young talents have already started unfoleding their wings by bringing two prizes in Inter School Kiddies Olympic held at Prestige Public School, Indore -

Winner of 30 meters girls sprint race - Vanshika A. Shrivastava

Winners of Clean the house are Pratham R. Sabarwal and Maniya M. Ingle

I extend my deep sense of gratitude to the entire team of dedicated teachers, Vice Principals, Headmistress Ms. Swati Jain and Ms. S. Kalavathyin particularand expect the team to take care of our toddlers and lead them to the righteous path.

Well, the occasion has made an impact of the most deserving and renowned SICA and we are satisfied that, as all the proceeding years, we have added another feather of annual achievement this year. The work accomplishing in co-operation of the three components… the students, the teachers and the curricular have found a culmination in the qualitative and quantitative achievements for the session. We have been proud recipients of our renewable Chief Guest who spared his valuable time to witness and encourage our students and the staff with his address. I reach out my sincerest thanks to our Management who leave no effort unexplored to build the future of students.

I offer my sincere thanks to my staff for their unstinted support day in and day out.

I wish to draw this address to close, with a small prayer ‘May God abide in us’.

Jai Hind