St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh

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PRESENTATIONS ON AGGRESSION MANAGEMENT
Three students of St. Mark's Sr. sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, Uday Anand (IX D) Mani Makkar(IX C) and Parkhi who had attended the Max Pro-Social peer Moderator Program on Aggression Management, held at Max Hospital in October 2008, showed the presentations based on Aggression Management, along with Ms. M. Mehta, Guidance Counsellor, to the students of classes VIII, IX and XI. They were told about the difference between aggression and assertiveness, how anger reduces the social life and how to practice assertiveness. The whole program aims at reducing the rate of aggression, cases of bullying in teenage group.

An 'On the Spot Poster Making competition' was also conducted on Aggression Management on 19.11.2008 for class VIII. The winners who received certificates and prizes were:

Sr. No.	Student Name	Class	Position
1	Vanshree Garg	VIII B	I
2	Priyanka Pahuja	VIII C	II
3	Sahil Gandhi	VIII A	III
4	Dishpreet Saluja	VIII C	Consolation
5	Ayush Bhatia	VIII B	Consolation

TRAINING PROGRAMME
Three students of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. School, Meera Bagh, Rishabh Bhandari (IX F), Shivam Chabbra (IX A) and Samiksha Verma (XI D), participated in Max Peer Moderator Program on Study Skills organized by Max Health Care on 07.11.2008. The speakers were Dr. Sameer Pariekh and Dr. Puneet who guided about the various study skills, study techniques, relaxation techniques etc. The programme aimed at creating awareness in schools about how to deal effectively with Examinations so as to lower the rate of suicide/depression among students, by imparting 'Study Skills' and converting studies into fun by making 3 'Moderators' - 2 from class IX and 1 from class XI, who would further train their schoolmates.
STUDENTS OF ST. MARK'S MEERA BAGH ATTEND VIPASSANA
Meditation has become a part and parcel of our curriculum. So, twenty Seven boys of classes VIII and IX of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, alongwith three teachers attended a 2-day 'Anapana' course at Vipassana Sadhana Sansthan form 8.8.08 to 10. 8.2008. They got to know about the 'Anapana' technique in which a person is able to exercise control and improve concentration by concentrating on his breathing because breath is directly linked with different kinds of emotions that we undergo. It was a very fruitful and enriching experience.
VIPASSANA CAMP
Students of class IV and V accompanied by Ms. M Meena, Ms. D. Dutt and Mr. D. Kalra attended a 3 day Vipassana Meditation Camp near Chattarpur from 7 to 9 March 2008. It was conducted under the able guidance of Mr. Apoorv Lochan. The children were taught 'Anapana' i.e. meditation through breath control which enhances concentration power and will help them to be focused. A fixed time-table was given to the children for the whole day to maintain regularity. They were exposed to certain creative activities and games too and sufficient counselling was provided. The students returned much more confident and peaceful.
OUR STUDENTS DO IT AGAIN
Ramakrishna Mission had organized a 'Value Based Educational' Competition and our school competed in a large number from classes VI to XII. We were appreciated for the good participation and received the Special Prize from the organization. At a prestigious gathering organized at the Mission premises on 12.1.2008 to commemorate Swami Vivekananda's Birth Anniversary, the school was felicitated. The students who received prizes and meritorious certificates are Pratishtha Sharma (VIII E), Sanya Khurana (VIII E), Parul Ahuja (VII D), Tanya Arora (VIII E) Garima Baweja (VI A), Kritika Gandhi (VI A), Aditi Ramdas (XII F), R. Sandhya (XII D).

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STUDENTS TEST THEIR SKILLS
ASSET (Assessment of Scholastic Skills through Educational Testing) a national test for schools was conducted in our school by Educational Initiatives, Ahmedabad. The test measures how well the concepts and skills underlying the school syllabus have been learnt by the students. 244 students participated from our school. The students who excelled were awarded certificates under the following categories:

Class	Creditable	Distinguished
III	Amough Mittal	Arsh Tayal
	Dhruv Sharma	Jahnavi Seth
	Divyanshu Sharma	Siddant Malhotra
	Ivneet Singh Gambhir
	Kushal Shokeen
	Paurav Gulati
	Shikhar Juneja
	Vansh Arora
	Yash Grover
IV	Akhil Bajaj	Lakshay Arora
	Guneet Dhiman	Siddharth Bose
	Ishan Arora
	Pragya Madaan
V	Pranav Verma
	Sarim Ahmed Ansari
	Shivangi Arora
VI	Charlie Thapliyal	Raghav Arora
	Naman Bhagat	Satwik Singh Nagpal
	Sidharth Sohal
VII	Rudhi Jain
IX	Harshleen Kaur	Garv Malik
	Mohit Sharma	Nikhil Mittal
	Sakshi Kalia
	Tanvi Lamba
X	Abhishek Raina
	Nimisha Sethi

STUDENT ATTEND VIPASSANA CAMP
A -36 member team comprising of 33 students of class 10th and 3 teachers were introduced to 'Vipassana'- a process of self-observation, during a 3 day meditation camp form 13-15 April. To start with, an overview of the entire schedule was given on the first day which included the aim and purpose of the camp. The duration of each meditation session was gradually increased and the students soon fell into the rhythm of observing their natural breathing to concentrate. The camp ended on a creative note when different groups of students, guided by their teachers enacted short plays based on the precepts of the Vipassana followers. The team came back enriched, recharged and cleansed after a soothing experience, in a natural setting. To continue with the process 16 girls of class X along with 2 teachers attended this camp from 10th August to 12th August where they learnt 'Aanapana' the process of self observation.