Never do the young need to be more introduced to the magic of theatre than in these times where they are bombarded by television, movies and media games, yet largely unaware of the beauty of movement and speech a few feet in front of them. Theatre has always been a major preoccupation in St. Mark’s School Meera Bagh and continues to remain so.
Students of St. Mark’s Senior Secondary Public School Meera Bagh made a sincere and successful attempt to stage “The Rehearsal” by the London based English Playwright Maurice Baring which is a hotchpotch rehearsal for Shakespeare’s famous tragedy ‘Macbeth’. After performing at the Zonal level in BACHPAN -2012 organized by Atelier Theatre group on 27 April 2012 alongwith eminent schools like Springdales, Pusa Road, Tagore International, Vasant Vihar, Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, and Shishu Bharti High School, Bhiwadi, Haryana, St. Mark’s School Meera Bagh made it to the TOP FIVE at the Children’s Theatre Festival and repeated their performance on 29 April 2012 at LTG Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi.
The participants were Ravit Malik (XII), Shruti Malhotra (XII), Shubhankar Jain (XII), Kritika Relan (XII), Aneesh Sharma (XII), Danish Girdhar (XII), Rohit Raman Banerjee (XI), Prateek Bajaj (XI), Navneet Arora (XI), Kashish Anand (XI), Tanya Singh (XI), Deepika Matange (XI) and Raghav Aggarwal ( X).
Students also had the privilege of viewing “THE BOX “-A 50 minutes ‘Red Nose Clowning’, depicting innocence by “Uttore Hawa” a theatre group from Siliguri, West Bengal. |
Sakshi Dagar of class XIE of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, participated in an Elocution Competition on ‘Role of Women in strengthening India’s Democracy’, organized by Gandhi Smriti on 25 April 2012.
Students from over 80 leading schools participated in the competition which highlighted that elected women politicians remain scarce at all levels of political involvement while the Constitution emphasizes on Gender Equality. |
A proud moment for St. Mark’s School as it won the Panasonic KWN Best Video of the year Award.
The contest, held by Panasonic Ltd., aims to promote exchange and mutual understanding between children around the world through visual communication.
The students who were part of this global contest were: Lakshay Arora VIII-C, Aman Khatri VIII-B, Tejasva Kalra VIII-D, Aditya Singh IX-E, G. Vignesh IX-B, Madhur Handa X-E, Vishal Kalra X-A and Saurav Sharma X-A. They won the award for their movie-“Life is appreciation.”
The award was given on the basis of story development, creativity, clarity, technical strengths and overall presentation style. The jury comprised of Manish Sharma, MD, Consumer Product Division, Panasonic India, Yoshihiro Mike Kitadeya, Director, Kid Witness news Global Office, Panasonic Corp. and Naveen Chamoli, founding member, Planman Consulting Group.
The eight students and all the performing actors got a medal each along with a certificate while the school has been awarded with a digital camera.
Ms. Anjali Aggarwal, Principal, St. Mark’s School, was thanked by the officials of Panasonic India for the enthusiastic participation of the students. |
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To commemorate World Heritage day, St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, celebrated Sanskriti Utsav 2012.
Around 25 schools from all over Delhi participated in the day long event. Students of class 5 participated in History Comes Alive Competition which saw the participants bringing alive the famous characters of Indian History. Whether Akbar or Ashoka, Chanakya or Rani Jhansi, Shivaji or Gandhiji... the competition was the most innovative way of learning about the famous historical characters of India. |
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Students of class 8 made beautiful posters on the theme Heritage as the competition that they participated was Poster Making Competition. The esteemed panel of judges had a tough time deciding the winner as each poster paid tribute to the rich heritage of our country.
The culmination of the event was with a mega multimedia quiz for students of classes 9 and 10. Ms. Purnima Datt, Director, INTACH, Mr. Adrian D’Costa, GM, Network18, Ms. Shrinkhla Sahai, Sahapedia and Ms. Kanika Singh, Delhi Heritage Walks graced the event with their presence and gave away the prizes to the winners of the various competitions. |
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Fancy Dress – Cosutumes of India for classes I & II was held on 12 April 2012 at St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Children were dressed up in costumes from different states of India, which included different tribes and dance forms. The children participated enthusiastically. The judges appreciated the efforts of the children and the teachers.
The Prize Winners were :
| CLASS | I PRIZE |
II PRIZE | CONSOLATION PRIZE |
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Tavleen Kaur, I-C
Palak Mahajan, I-E |
Ishwar Longiany, I-B |
Aanya Puri, I-F
Jasmine Kaur, I-F
Aastha Sukhija, I-B
Karanam Sai Neal, I-A
Mehak Modi, I-D
Uditi Goel, I-C
Tanya Negi, I-E |
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Kayna Leekha, II-B
Yash Bansal, II-B |
Harshal Dutt, II-A |
Rushil Sharma, II-C
Pihu Mishra, II-B
Pearl Gupta, II-A
Gurnoor, II-C
Abhishek Kajal, II-D
Lisa Gandhi, II-G |
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Students of class V portrayed different characters from Indian History. Students showcased their talent and confidence adorned in apt costumes and make up, bringing the historical characters back to life – Akbar, Rabindra Nath Tagore, Sardar Patel, Chandra Gupta Maurya and many more.
The Prize Winners were :
| CLASS |
I PRIZE |
II PRIZE |
III PRIZE |
CONSOLATION PRIZES |
| V |
Sanah Malik, V-C
(Akbar) |
Harshit Behal, V-A
(Chandragupta) |
Vishesh Malik, V-F
(Swami Vivekananda) |
Ishan Agrawal, V-C
(Sardar Patel)
Nitigya Dutt, V-D
(Rabindra Nath Tagore)
Ishita Saxena, V-A
(Rani Lakshmibai)
Jatin Bansal, V-E
(Panini)
Devanshi Sharma, V-F
(Indira Gandhi) |
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Students of class IV participated in the ‘Story Telling legend behind historical monument'. 27 students participated and spoke about different forts and palaces which tells us about the history of India.
| I PRIZE |
II PRIZE |
III PRIZE |
CONSOLATION PRIZE |
Dhruv Saint, IV-F
(Buland Darwaza)
Aryan Ahuja, V-F
(Bodh Gaya) |
Sparsh Pahwa, IV-D
(Jal Mahal) |
Chaitanya Anand, IV-A
(Lal Mahal) |
Dhiren Chawla, IV-G
(Charminar)
Harmeet Singh, IV-B
(Taj Mahal)
Nehal Nagpal, IV-B
(Siri Fort)
Harjas Kaur, IV-C
(Konark)
Garvit Verma, IV-D
(Gateway of India) |
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St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, celebrated Prakriti Utsav 2012 on the 19th of April 2012. This was to commemorate Earth Day which falls on 22nd April every year.
Prakriti Utsav saw around 25 schools from all over Delhi participating in the day long event. Students of class four participated in Know your Flora Competition and stunned the judges as well as the audience by their awareness about the various varieties of trees, shrubs, plants and bushes. |
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Poetry Illustration competition saw students of Classes 9 and 10 writing a poem, creating illustrations for the poem and finally reciting it. Students showcased their ideas in the most creative manner.
The event culminated with the mega multimedia quiz on ecology. Dignitaries for the event Ms. Aarti Khosla, WWF, India and Ms. Maya Goburdhan, Navdanya gave away the prizes to the winners of the various activities. |
| Aakash Dua and Shristi Manocha, students of class XI of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, participated in NIU Quiz Championship 2011 on 10 December 2011. This quiz was organized by Noida International University in association with Quizcraft Events and Communications. Quiz involved the participation of 250 schools from Delhi and NCR. Quiz was based on General Knowledge covering various fields like current affairs, Science and Technology and tested the all round ability of the participants. It was an exciting and competitive event and a learning experience for all the students. |
| As a part of Project – Search that involves recycling of Tetra packs, a frooti party was held for students of classes I to VIII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Students after drinking Frooti learned to dispose off Tetra packs by following three important steps i.e. Cut, Clean and Collect. These tetra packs would be collected by DLF – Foundation and TERI for recycling. |
| Science Debate Competition was held at the Science Centre, Vasant Vihar, on 30 November 2011. Anish Sharma (XI F) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, bagged the first prize at the State Level. He spoke For the motion ‘Robot can replace man.’ |
  Students of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, participated at Centre Level for Science Exhibition, organized by Directorate of Education, Science Centre – III, under different categories from 1 to 4 November 2011 at Nav Hind Girls Sr. Sec. School, and have been selected for State Level.
Lakshay Virmani & Madhur Handa of Class X-E
(Science Model - Bicycle Wheel Generator)
Yashasvi Mittal & Anshul Bhatia of Class X-C
(Maths Model – Pythagoras Revisited)
Anish Sharma, XI-F
(Debate) |
| After securing the first position in the C.B.S.E. Inter School Quiz Competition at the Zonal level, Anish Sharma of class XI-F of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh bagged the first prize at the Centre Level too. The competition was held in Nav Hind Girls’ Sr. Sec. School. New Rohtak Road on 2 November, 2011. |
| Eight students of Robotics Club (Robomaina) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, participated in Robotics Competition organized at ‘The Sriram School’. It was a thrilling experience for the students as they had designed robots performing various tasks based on the problem statements. Designs made by the students were appreciated and it was a great learning experience for them. |
To celebrate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the greatest source of inspiration for youth, Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi, organized a Future Leader Discovery Contest for students of classes VI to XII. The competition, spread over eight months, consists of three phases. Around 1,62,800 students all over the country from 9000 schools undertook the initial online quiz.
Neelakshi Prabhakar, a student of class XII of St.Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, cracked the quiz and reached among the top 1000 candidates. The second round was a written round in which questionnaire had to be filled by the selected candidates. Neelakshi Prabhakar made it to the top 100 candidates for the final round of the contest. We wish her all the best! |
Maths Quiz was held on 18 October 2011 for the students of classes X and XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Students participated enthusiastically. It was a good learning experience for all the students.
The team members winning the I prize are :
Class XII - Supraja, Tanvi Sood.
Class X - Mohit Gulati, Naman Bhagat. |
Students of classes IV of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Pubic School, Meera Bagh, participated in a Water Sports Carnival under Boys and Girls Category consisting of 5 players each. This event was organized at Bal Bhawan International School, Dwarka, on 29 September 2011.
The girls team of St. Mark’s School, were the winners while the boys team won I Runners Up position :
| Girls Team |
Boys Team |
| Meenal, IV B |
Jatin Bansal, IV E |
| Shree, IV A |
Ashish Chugh, IV E |
| Sachita, IV D |
Nitigaya Dutt, IV D |
| Ishika, IV D |
Sanskar Chopra, IV E |
| Divyanshi, IV C |
Pratham Shokeen, IV E |
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| Three models made by students of St Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh have qualified for the Centre level contest after sending their entries for the zonal level Jawahar Lal Nehru Science Exhibition on September 9, 2011. The winners are Lakshay Virmani (X E) and Madhur Handa (X E) for their model Bicycle Wheel Generator, Yashasvi Mittal (X C) and Anshul Bhatia (X C) for their entry based on Pythagoras Theorem, Dhruv Luthra (V E) and Riddhirup Bera (V E) for their display on Carbon Foot Prints. They were awarded trophies and prize winning certificates. |
| A Science Debate competition was held at the Zonal level on 3 September 2011, at Govt. Co. Ed. Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, New Multan Nagar, on the topic “Can Robot replace a man”. Anish Sharma (XI-F) and Srishti Manocha (XI-F) of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, spoke ‘for the motion’ and ‘against the motion’ respectively. Anish Sharma will now participate in the Centre level competition. |
Two students Mani Makkar (XII C) and Siddharth Singh (X A) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh participated in an Inter School Quiz competition organized by Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj under the banner of “Grey Matter”, the Quiz club of Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj. The students won audience prizes and were awarded participation certificates.
Two students Shivangi Arora (IX A) and Tanya Gupta (IX A) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh participated in the Annual Inter School Quiz Competition “Quiz Wizard 2011” organized by Doon Public School on 20 August, 2011. The students won the Second prize and were awarded a trophy. |
| Mayank Goyal of Class XI G of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh brought laurels to the institution by bagging the second position in “Paint a T – Shirt” competition held at St. Columbus School on 14 August, 2011. He won a cash prize of Rs. 7,500 and a bag from Reebok. |
Students of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, participated in ‘Rabindra Janmahotsav’, organized by Vishal Bharati Public School, Paschim Vihar, on 27 July 2011. They participated in ‘Katha Abhinaya’ and won the III prize for the play ‘Dahej’ based on Rabindranath Tagore’s short story.
Two students of class V participated in the ‘Kavya Gaan’ and won the First and the Third prize. |
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A Solo Singing Competition for classes IV and V was held on 22 July 2011 at St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The participants were very elated to sing and sang melodiously and confidently. The occasion was graced by the esteemed judges Mr. Rocky and Mr. Brigain. The parents were also invited on this occasion.
The students who won prizes were :
| I PRIZE |
SACHMEET KALSI, IV-E |
KARTIK LUTHRA, V-F |
| II PRIZE |
SNEH BEDI, IV-E |
SAKSHI GOEL, V-E |
| III PRIZE |
PURNIMA SETHI, IV-B |
RASHMEET KAUR, V-E |
| CONSOLATION |
PAWAN NAIDU, IV-D
ABHINAV ARORA, IV-F |
GAURANG ALAGH, V-D
PRATISHTHA VERHWANI,V-G |
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| Jotsna Arora, of class XA of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, has made the school proud by winning the Runners-up prize in the Non-fiction category of Writing Awards, organized by Scholastic India Pvt. Ltd. Her essay on ‘Five books that changed my life’ has won her laurels as she proudly received a hamper of books as a gift from Scholastic India Pvt. Ltd. |
4 students of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh participated in Green Guru (Quiz) which is a National level competition organzied as a part of the Earth Care initiative 2011 supported by the Times Group and JSW. It was held on 19 April, 2011 at Don Bosco School, Alaknanda.
2 students of our school participated in Green Artist (Painting Contest) and in the Essay Writing Competition.
52 students of VIII and IX of Inquisitive Club attended a workshop organized by ‘BMW’ to introduce the ‘BMW vision efficient dynamic concept car’ at their BMW studio at Connaught Place. It is a unique concept car demonstrating technology of future.
This workshop was organized by the Times of India Group. The event was followed by a Quiz where the students won goodies from BMW and also refreshments at the end of the activity. |
2 students of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh participated in Earth Day celebrations organized by TERI on 13 April, 2011 in the school premises. The theme was “Energy Climate Change and Forests.” It was an Inter School Zonal Quiz Competition held in our school.
This workshop was organized by the Times of India Group. The event was followed by a Quiz where the students won goodies from BMW and also refreshments at the end of the activity. |
An interesting and informative session on ‘Stories and Poems on conflict and hope’ was organized by Habitat Children’s Book Forum on 9.4.2011, at India Habitat Centre. Famous children’s author Subhadra Sen Gupta’s gracious presence on the occasion was a source of great inspiration for the students.
Two students Dev Soni (VIIID) and Ishaan Arora (VIIIA) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, enthusiastically participated in the session and expressed their views on the topic “Violence in Stories : exciting or disturbing?” The session was indeed a wonderful platform for students to express their views. |
An Inter School Debate Competition was organized by TERI, on the topic “Access to energy and human development are the two sides of the same coin.”
Students of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, participated in this competition and won the first prize. They qualified for the semi-finals. The students who participated were Shubham Sareen (XIID) and Shibika Suresh (XIIE). |
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| “Arise, Awake and Stop not till the goal is reached.” |
These immortal words of Swami Vivekananda inject an extra dose of adrenaline in the veins of today’s youth to move not only towards success and glory but also towards the path of self – realization and excellence.
The annual Ramakrishna Quiz Competition is a means to keep the teachings of Swamiji alive and encourage the youth to imbibe them and maintain his rich legacy of wisdom.
The following students of St.Mark’s Sr.Sec.Public School, Meera Bagh, won the final round of the competition and received cash awards by the Chief Guest of the event, Dr.Kiran Bedi (IPS), Social Activist.
Neelakshi Prabhakar (XI C) - Rs. 10,000
Raka Chaudhary (XII E) - Rs. 4,000
Aparajita Pandey - Rs. 1,000
The school won an appreciation prize for the maximum number of students participating.
It was indeed an eye-opening and mesmerizing journey into the spiritual world of Vedanta and Upanishads that runs parallel to the materialistic and competitive world of today. |
2 students Shivangi Arora (VIIIA) and Tanya Gupta (VIIIB) of the Eco Club of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, participated in Paryavaran Mitra Mela, in Ajmer, from 31 Jan. to 4 Feb.2011. They were accompanied by their teacher incharge Ms. M. Pathak. A host of guest lectures, activities, competitions like poster making for students and teachers, games and Nature walks, generated environmental awareness amongst the participating students and teachers alike.
These lectures were given by Dr. Madhu and Dr.K.K.Sharma who are avid bird watchers. Mr. Farhan Contractor gave an excellent presentation on how people of Rajasthan are doing Rain Water Harvesting by making Beris and Step Wells. All this has led to increase in the water table, thereby making agriculture possible in these areas, where women had to walk for 7-8 hours to just get a pitcher of water. |
| An Exhibition was also organized in which all participants of 13 states showed their projects and ideas. The stall which was set up by students of St. Mark’s School, Meera Bagh, was highly appreciated, with people really interested in the various ways to decompose waste and turn it into compost and the eco-friendly products made by the eco club members which were on display. |
The bird watching was a wonderful experience, when aquatic birds were shown in Ana Sagar Lake in front of RIE University (Regional Institute of Education). Students got the opportunity to see rare species of birds like Yellow Footed Green Pigeon, Drongo, Babbler, Stilt, Lapwing and Ducks like Mallard, Shovler, Egrets, Dabchick, Pintail, etc.
The Paryavaran Mitra Quiz was the central event of the entire programme in which St. Mark’s students outshined other schools and states. In the final round there were five finalists from the states of Delhi, Chandigarh, J&K, Chhattisgarh and Punjab. Students of St. Mark’s topped the quiz with the massive total of 115 points whereas the second position was bagged by students of Chattishgarh with 75 points. Kudos to the students for their excellent performance! |
  Parneet Singh and Radha Bhola of Class X-B displayed commendable Mathematical Skill and application when they qualified for the National Level Science Exhibition after displaying their Mathematics model on Thales Theorem at the State Level Jawahar Lal Nehru Science Exhibition held at Science Centre Vasant Vihar, New Delhi From 14-16 December 2010. Among the twenty models from various zones of Delhi Thales Theorem was rated among the Top Five best models eligible for the National Level Exhibition. They were guided by their Mathematics teacher Mrs. Lakshmi Srinivas. Principal Mrs. Anjali Aggarwal and VicePrinicipal Mrs. Veena Wahi congratulated the winners. |
Our school won the Rolling Trophy for the second consecutive year at Vision-2010, an English Fest organized by Lancer’s Convent School. Students from classes VI-XII participated in various events like Ad-Making, Quiz, Science Quest and Shakespeare Comes Alive.
The Winners were :
| Kashish Goyal |
XI |
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| Shibika Suresh |
XI |
I Prize |
Journo-Jab |
| Ashima Gujral |
XII |
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| Deepika Arora |
X |
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| Pamposh Pandita |
X |
III Prize |
Kavya Manchan |
| Lakshay Arora |
VII |
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| Mayank Rawal |
VII |
III Prize |
Quizzical Quest |
| Tanvi Lamba |
XII |
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| Mehak Juneja |
XII |
II Prize |
Science Quest |
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Students of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, brought laurels to the school when they bagged the Rolling Trophy at the ‘Vision 2009’ organized by Lancer’s Convent School from 28 July 2009 to 30 July 2009.
It was an amalgamation of competitions from oratory to theatre to music. The young singers and musicians bagged the first prize leading the school to victory. |
"Music rises in the heart and vibrates in the soul and soothes the nerves."
An Inter Class Solo Singing Competition was organized on 14 September 2009 for Classes I & II. 34 students participated in this competition in which they sang melodious songs.
Some of the songs sung by the students were -
» By the rivers of Babylons
» If I were a butterfly
» I have a dream
» Oh! Carol
» Que Sera Sera!, etc. |
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The Winners were -
Class I :
Aanya Sharma (I-F) : I Position
Neha Nagpal (I-B) : II Position
Class II :
Sneh Bedi (II-E) : I Position
Siya Bajaj (II-E) : II Position |
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The Consolation Prize winners were - Sia Dua (I-E), Bryan Rose (I-G), Sparsh Pahuja (I-D) and Aarushi Rajpal (I-G) from Class I while in Class II, Ishita Saxena (II-A) won the Consolation Prize. |
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| We should always walk on the Zebra crossing. |
Do not drive Zigzag. |
Do not race on the road. |
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| Do not use mobile phone while driving. |
Wear Belt while driving. |
Always cross the road on Zebra crossing. |
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| A workshop was organized in which Mr. Sushil Kumar taught the students the 'Art of Mask Making'. While Ms. Silky taught the students the 'Art of Rakhi Making'. The students enjoyed the workshop as they actively participated in the same. |
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