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101st ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF MOTIVATIONAL SESSION BY GAURAV SOOD-
NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA ISC BOARD TOPPER 2008
101st Anniversary celebration of Nelson Rolihlahla Mr. Gaurav, an alumni of Doon School and St
Mandela was held at the India International Center Stephens College has authored the book, “How
on July 18, 2019. The hall echoed with the slogan I Topped the Boards and You Can Do Too” which
‘Madiba Tujhe Salaam’ voiced by more than three has inputs from his own life for students to imbibe.
hundred students across India who had gathered He explained his mantra of success and asked the
to celebrate the 101st Anniversary of the most youth to focus on connecting the dots, i.e. to have
recognizable human rights symbol of the 20th a vision and purpose. He also told that one should
century, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, a man whose have a plan and strategy to achieve one’s vision
dedication to the liberties of his people shall inspire and suggested to start slow, build up momentum
the world for ever. A group of Political Science and then give our 100%. He also urged the students
students of our school got an opportunity to be to give their best shot and good things will happen.
part of the celebration. The songs presented by the The inspirational speaker motivated our students to
students charged them with confidence. The stories think about their goal and vision and work towards
shared by honorable Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, the achieving it.
former Indian High Commissioner to South Africa
were very informative and most of these were the
first hand stories coming from the man who had
shared stage with Madiba himself on more than
one occasion.

STUDENT LED CONFERENCE
DPS Greater Faridabad successfully completed its Student Led
Conference (SLC) organized for students of Class X on July 13, 2019.
The SLC is an interaction of Parent-Student-Teacher, wherein the
student explains his/her work and progress to his/her parents and
teacher.
SLC took off very well last year as a pilot project as students took
the onus for their performance and had clarity in the understanding
of various concepts. Students confidently articulated their goals
that they made in the month of May 2019. Further, they explained
the percentage of their goals they have achieved till July 2019 with
the help of the target board that was displayed in their classroom.
Students also shared their analysis of the Multiple Intelligence
Questionnaire by Howard Gardner and their individual graph of the
same. Parents were thrilled to see that their children were scoring
well in many other areas of intelligence like visual-spatial, body
kinesthetic, naturalistic intelligence etc. Parents felt that SLC was
a wonderful concept as children take accountability for academic
progress along with the targets they set for themselves. Parents
were impressed that their children were aware and working on
multiple domains and they assured their fullest support to their
wards in this area.

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