School notes: Delhi Public School, Chandigarh

The school hosted the annual inter-DPS environment festival ‘El Entorno’ under the aegis of The DPS Society. More than 200 students from 18 DPS schools from across the country competed in multiple, challenging online and onsite events. Dolly Chanana, Joint Director of the society inaugurated the two-day festival. On the second day, V Neeraja, IPS, ADGP, Cyber Crime, Punjab, was the Chief Guest. The event ended with a valedictory function with DPS, Faridabad, bagging the overall trophy.

Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula

The school hosted a two-day ‘Training of Trainers’ (TOT) programme under the aegis of CBSE and ISTM. Resource persons for the event were Sanjeev Gupta, Deputy Director of ISTM; Ramandeep Kaur, Head, COE, CBSE, Panchkula Region; Pratik Ghosh, HOD, IHMC, Chandigarh; and Seema Jerath, Principal, DLF School, Delhi. The event saw participation, comprising principals and postgraduate teachers (PGTs), from various CBSE-affiliated schools. The opening ceremony was graced by Shekhar Chandra, Regional Officer, Panchkula and. Seema Khakha, Head, COE, Panchkula.

GMSSS, Mani majra

The school hosted a cluster-level millet fair. The fair highlighted the importance of millets for a healthy living. It featured a variety of dishes prepared from millets like ragi, jowar, bajra, fox tail millets etc. Each dish was prepared and presented beautifully by the students. Principal Monika Puri emphasised the importance of millets in daily diet for better nutrition.