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A morning assembly was held in the school on 22 April to celebrate the ‘World Heritage Day’ and the ‘Earth Day’. A speech was given by the Gandhi House representative, Meghna of class XI enlightening the students about the importance of both the days and about the significance of conservation of heritage sites in India.
Two representatives of the Eco Club Simrran and Roshni of class XI discussed about the different heritage sites of India, how they are misused and the steps that should be taken to conserve these sites. This was followed by a prize distribution ceremony. Prizes were distributed to students who participated in the cleanliness drive under the ‘Great Banyan Tree Project’ by our Vice Principal, Ms. Shergill. |
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| This year our school joined hands with the British Council to protect the environment by participating in the Great Banyan Project. From 1 August to 28 October 2011, the students of our school contributed waste paper for the “A Million Notebook Challenge" initiative under which paper waste was collected and recycled for making notebooks for the less advantaged children. Further, they also took out the Cleanest Drive on 30 September 2011. The students made a humble endeavour along with their parents as they are concerned about the squalor that is accumulated on the roadsides making them a dumpster. The parents and the students helped each other in a syndicate manner to clean the commercial place adjacent to the school. The volunteers made a sincere attempt to spread awareness to help keep the surroundings clean. Two link schools of SMGS also carried out such cleanliness drives in their respective countries namely Sekolah Menengam Sains Muzaffar School, Melako Malaysia and ITG Deledda Via Rismondo 6, I-634133 Trieste, Italy. |
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Plantation Drive on Diwali
Diwali-The Festival of Lights-has nowadays simply become a night full of crackers, noise and smoke for many people. This Diwali too, the students of SMGS decided to celebrate an Eco-friendly Diwali. The Eco-Champs took out a plantation drive and planted a few saplings in the park adjoining their school. With placards in hand, they spread the message that on Diwali we should clean and decorate our houses as well as plant saplings instead of bursting crackers. As responsible citizens, they understand that by bursting crackers, we scare birds to death, shorten the lives of children who are engaged in cracker factories, trouble asthmatic patients and burn thousands of rupees to ashes in the name of ceremonies. The students of SMGS took upon themselves to help people understand that Goddess Lakshmi does not want us to dispel the darkness of Amavasya this way. They enjoyed Diwali in its purest form by lighting lamps, offering prayers and by making this world a better place by planting saplings. |
  The students of class IX engaged in the AEC-NET Global Project "Naga To Earth", planted a sapling each in the school garden on 13 July 2011, along with their teacher- in -charge, Ms. Handa , there by getting close to Mother Earth and promoting the importance of plants to the environment.
These students also went to a nearby village, Nangloi, Chander Vihar, for doing research work on the life of people living there. They
talked to some of the local inhabitants and did a survey on the changes in their life style over the past 25-30 years. |
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For the year 2011, India was the global host of the World Environment Day (WED). The WED theme for 2011 was 'Forests: Nature at Your Service". Over 5 days, Centre for Environment Education (CEE) organized Green Haat on behalf of the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF), Govt. of India. Green Haat was basically a marketplace, where non-timber forest produce – both agro processed and crafts were brought together at Dilli Haat from 1-5 June, 2011 to showcase India’s forest heritage .Several activities, workshops and competitions were also organized daily for participants and visitors in which the talented students of classes 8,9 and 10 of our school also participated. In all 25 schools from all over India participated in these events.
The students had marvelous experiences. They participated in various competitions like Poster-making, Collage –making and Stamp designing. They also attended workshops on Pottery-making, Paper recycling, Nest-making, Lamp shade making and Paper Mache. Through these workshops and competitions, the students learnt better ways to recycle material and conserve the environment.
Some of our students won prizes and met the prestigious environment minister Shri . Jairam Ramesh, Mr. Sandeep Dixit and respectable social environmentalists like Chandi Prasad Bhatt and Radha Ben. |
 Some of our students won prizes and met the prestigious environment minister Shri. Jairam Ramesh, Mr. Sandeep Dixit and respectable social environmentalists like Chandi Prasad Bhatt and Radha Ben.
The following students were honoured by Shri. Chandi Prasad with the first prize at the Ashoka Hotel :
Kirtee Kaul of 9-C in Poster-making
Roshni Khatri of 10-C, Devanshi Malik of 10-D, Ramni Kaushik of 10-C and Saloni Handa of 10-B in Collage-making
The following students were honored by Mr. Sandeep Dixit with the third prize at Dilli Haat :
Sukhmani Marwah of 10-B, Charulata Mukherjee of 10-B , Meghna Jha of 10-B , Shivangi Arora of 10-D in Stamp designing. |
| The students of Class IX and X engaged in the projects 'Flora and Fauna' , 'R.E.D' , 'Biodiversity in my Town', 'Butterfly in your Hands', 'Going By Sea' and 'Environment Education Linkage' visited the Yamuna Biodiversity Park, Wazirabad along with their teacher-in-charges, Ms. Anjali Handa and Ms. Komal Ghai on 23 April 2011. The purpose of this visit was to gain knowledge about the vast species of plants, animals and butterflies and to learn about their medicinal uses and general importance. |
  The students of Class IX engaged in the project 'Butterfly in your Hands' took the first step forward to curb buttterfly extinction in India by planting butterfly host plants in the school garden on 12 April 2011 along with their teacher-in-charge, Ms. Anjali Handa.
Some of the saplings planted were of the following plants : Chinese orange, Bael, Gardenia, Jungle Jalebi, Amaltas and Lemon. |
| Some of our students of Class IX, engaged in the global project 'Neighbourhood Guru' visited the landmarks in the neighbourhood of their school on 9 April 2011, along with their teacher incharge, Ms. Handa. They talked to the local people in Meera Bagh, Paschim Vihar and Guru Harkishan Nagar and conducted surveys which enabled them to gather first hand information of their school neighbourhood. |
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