October 2010 Bulletin (22-9-2... - City Montessori School

CMSBULLETIN—NEWSINANUTSHELL OCTOBER 2010 (2)Prizes worth Rs 51 lakh awarded on Teachers DayA grand 'Teachers FelicitationFunction'washeldontheeveofTeachersDay in which excellent and dedicatedCMS teachers of all campuses werehonoured with certificates and medalsandawardedtheprizesworthRupees51lakh in cash and kind. The Chief Gueston this occasion was Mr Uma ShankarSingh, Deputy Registrar,Societies, U.P.wholittheceremoniouslampoflearningtoinauguratethefunction.Ms Sumita Gulati, teacher of CMSKanpur Roadcampuswho wasdeclaredthe Best ISC teacher for the session2009-2010 and Ms Arpita Samsung,teacher,CMS Mahanagar (Campus III),whowasdeclaredtheBestICSEteacherfor the session 2009-2010, togethergarlanded the portrait of former IndianPresident and teacher-philosopher DrSarvepalli Radhakrishnan and wereawarded cheques for prizes worthInternational Students Science Fair in AustraliaA 5-member delegation of CMSMahanagar (Campus I) participated inthe International Students Science Fair(ISSF 2010) held in Australia. Thedelegation was led by Mrs NaliniSharad, Principal, CMS Mahanagar(CampusI) and teacher MrY.S. Rawatas deputy team leader. The studentmembersoftheteamwereShreyanshP.Rao, Somya Srivastava and AishwaryaGupta. This International ScienceFestivalorganizedundertheauspicesofAustralian Science and MathematicsSchool, Flinders University,Adelaide,Australia was attended by meritoriousThe'NewParentsEvening'organizedbyCMS Rajajipuram on 27 August 2010wasararespectacleofmusic,danceandoratory skills displayed by CMSstudentsonstage.Parentsandguardianswere delighted to watch their childrenperformwithgreatzealandenthusiasm.They clapped heartily after each itemsand their faces shone with pride andhappiness asthey viewed theitems.MrNarendra Bhadauria, Editor, RashtriyaSwaroop was the chief guest on theoccasion.New Parents EveningTalents SparkleThewelldecoratedauditoriumofCMSGomti Nagar sparkled with the talentsof students at the 'New ParentsEvening' organized by CMS IndiraNagar campus on 30 August 2010.Parents were overjoyed to witness theoutflow of music and dance as theirwards performed on stage. Theygreeted and applauded with clappingaftereachitem.Theprogrammebeganwith an All Religion Prayer whichfilledtheheartswithloveforAlmightyGod. This was followed by WorldPeacePrayer inwhich children recitedtheslogan'MayPeacePrevailonEarth'holdingtheflagsof differentcountriesin their hands. The parents wereAnnual Mothers DayAconglomerationofnoblemindsRs. 25,309/- and Rs. 21,210/-respectively. CMS Kanpur RoadCampus and CMS Mahanagar CampusIII were declared the best campuses inISC and ICSE categories respectivelyand their respective principals Dr (Mrs)Vineeta Kamran and Mrs PremaSubramaniam were awarded cheques ofRs. 22,700/- and Rs. 12,700/-respectively.Delegation to Australiastudentsandexpertsofseveralcountriesoftheworld.Aview of the World Parliamentamazed to see the beautiful andcolourful folk dances and the feelingsof unity in diversity as depicted in theculturalpresentations.Live asif you were todie tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.Character Building March By TeachersAround3000teachersofCMStookoutahuge 'Character Building March' fromPuraniChungi,KanpurRoadtotheCMSKanpur Road auditorium on eve ofTeachersDayandmadeanappealtoalltoinstil values in students and youth andpreparethe younger generation as worldcitizens. CMS Founders renownededucationists, Dr Jagdish Gandhi andDr (Mrs) BhartiGandhiled this massiveMarch of teachers along with thePrincipalsofallCMSBranches.Arecord number of 19 CMS studentsproved their superiority being selected inNational Talent Search (NTS) finalexamination out of atotal number of 23students selected from Lucknow. These19 successful students of CMS are -Abhijeet Krishna, Akash Gupta, AnantKumar Singh, Kushal Kumar, PankajKumar Yadav,Parul Srivastava, RishabhSharma, Yash Kumar (Gomti Nagarcampus);Anuj KumarAgarwal, RishabhSingh, Shikhar (Kanpur Road campus);Ambuj Mishra and Manvi Sonkar(Rajendra Nagar Campus I); AdityaSrivastava and Tanmay Shekhar Dabral(Aliganj Campus I), Avijit ThawaniTiny-tots of CMS Rajendra NagarCampus III presented aglimpse ofunity in diversity, cooperation,collaboration and togethernessmesmerizing the audience through anumber of educational-cultural itemsat the Annual Mothers Day of theschool organized on 16 September2010.TheChiefGuestontheoccasionwas Dr Dinesh Sharma, Mayor,Lucknow.ChiefGuest,theMayor,inaugurating the functionHorlicks Wizkids Contest Dance Competition Prolific WriterSrishti Pal of CMS AnandNagar won the city finals ofHorlicks Wizkids Interschoolcontest held atRavindralaya auditorium.Students of several reputedschools of Lucknow hadparticipatedinthisprestigiouscompetition.Tinytotspresenting aculturalitemPratinav Pratap Singh, astudent of CMS GomtiNagar won the first prize ininter-school dancecompetition in FiestaLatina-2010 organized by'Planet Salsa' at SangeetNatyaAcademy,Lucknow.--Mahatma GandhiApanoramicview of Character BuildingMarchExcellent results in National Talent Search ExamNew Parents Evening and culturalprogramme of CMS Gomti Nagar Campusrdwas organized on 23 August 2010. Theparentsand guardians of the newly admittedstudents were welcomed to the CMS familyand were acquainted with the CMSideologies and methods. Hon'ble Speaker ofU.P. Legislative Assembly Shri SukhdevRajbharwastheChiefGuestontheoccasion.Nursery rhymes, fancy dress, world peaceprayer and choreography on 'KrishnaJanmashtmi' were some of the itemspresentedatthefunction.Brilliant ScholarsselectedinNTSE(Indira Nagar campus); PranjalSrivastava(Station Road campus); RohitAgarwal(RajendraNagarCampusII)andMrigankPatel(MahanagarCampusIII).Welcoming the New ParentsCMS organized inter-branch Karatechampionship at CMS Kanpur Roadcampus hall. The students of 8 CMScampuses displayed their sporting skills atthis championship. The competition washeld on various age groups in whichstudentswontheheartsofparentspresenttowatch championship. CMS RDSO campusbagged 101 points and grabbed thechampionship whereas CMS Station Roadcampus hadto settle down as the runner upwith28points.DancingdelightsInter-branch Karate ChampionshipASISC Swimming MeetTalented students of CMS exhibited theirtremendous swimming skills winningglorious success at the Zonal ASISCSwimmingMeet.Thewinnersofcompetitioncan now participate in State levelcompetition. The swimming meet wasorganized at the CMS Rajajipuramswimming pool in which about 200studentsof 15 ICSE schoolsof Lucknow participatedwithfullzealandenthusiasm.Shivdutt, aClass VI studentof CMS Anand NagarcampuswonthefirstprizeinHorlicks Wizkids InterschoolStory WritingContest held atRavindralayaauditorium.Ed-LeadershipAwards 2010Following is the corrected list ofEd-Leadership Awards 2010. Ed-Leadership was organised from 1 to4August by the Quality Assurance &Innovations Department, CMS. We regrettheerrorinpreviousbulletin.—EditorOutstanding contribution to Education Award(Rs25,000/-each)1. MrsElizabethMehta 2. MrMSSolankiEducationInnovatorAward(Rs10,000/-each)1. MrParitoshBajaj 2. MrsJyotiKashyap3. MrDeepakSinghi 4. MrBibhutiN.Biswal5. MrRajeshBatra 6. MsAmitaBardwick7. MrsRackhiNirwan 8. MsKashmiraJaiswal9. MrNKDutta 10. MrSKMahajanForthcomingEvents7thEXSPOInternational23-26October20105thInternationalInnovationDay 28October2010KindlylisteneverydaytoDrJAGDISHGANDHIonBroaderEducationModelforthe21st centuryonthefollowingTVchannelsMorningTransmission1. Aasthachannelat4.30amto 4.50am2. JanSandesh channelat7.30 amto 8.00 am3. AzadNews channelat8.30amto 8.50amEveningTransmission1. DenLocal TVchannelat6.30pmto7.00pm2. No.1 channelat7.00 pm to 7.30pm3. Dishachannelat9.30 pmto 10.00pm

CMSBULLETIN— CREATIVEWRITINGCONTEST OCTOBER 2010 (3)RahulSinghIBMahanagarIII CampusPalash,KindergartenBAsharfabadCampusNakshatra,MontessoriARajajipuramIICampusUtraKhushwaha,NurseryBGomtiNagarCampusCONSOLATIONShivanshu,IIAAnandNagarCampusAlisha,NurseryVIChowkCampusNakshtra,KindergartenHKanpurRoadCampusAaravSharmaRajendraNagarICampusOpen Day at SchoolThatdaywas"OpenDay"atourschool.Allthechildrenwereveryexcited.Parentswouldbevisitingtheschooltoseehow their children studied and what they did at school. Myuncle who was visiting the town was accompanied by myparentstowatchhisnephew'sperformance.TwochildrendressedupanIndianbrideandbridegroom,welcomed the parents. There was an exhibition called'Thinking Green'. There were beautiful pictures of cows,horses, foxes, lions, tigers, peacocks and birds and otheranimals. The children were explaining how they form animportantpartofourlives.There was another presentation on people of the world.Boys were dressed up as English, Americans and RussiansGirls and Boys were wearing clothes of men and women,kings and queens, emperors and empresses from differentparts of the world. In the evening, there was a specialprogrammeorganizedforourgrandparents.Our parents and grandparents were proud of theirchildren.'Ilikeschoolfunctionsverymuch'Utkarsh Srivastava,II D, Station RoadCONSOLATIONMyfavouriteTVProgrammeMyfavourite TV programme is HANNAHMONTANA.HerrealnameisMILEYCYRUS.She changed her hair style that's why she is sofamous. She is an American girl. She is verybeautiful and intelligent. She is about 17 yearsold.SheisaPopSinger.She is an orphan. She lives with her grandpa, abrotherand asister.She has sung many songs. From the age of 14years she started singing. She loves her grandpa very much.She sings most of the songs for her mother. She loves hermotherverymuch.Her grandpa alwayshelpsher in singing.Herfavourite songis"Imissyou" because itwastoldbyhermother.It was her mothers' dream that she becomes agoodsinger.Iam highlyinspiredbyher.IlikeHannahMontanaverymuch.SheisbestinbothwaysasHannahandas'Miley.IwishtobejustlikemyfavouriteHannahMontana.AwantikaSingh, IIB,Station RoadCampusorganisedby CMSEditorialDepartmentResultsofPrimary Section (ClassesI–III)THIRD PRIZE DoramonI Aarushi Chopra IIIA Anand NagarII DevanshTewari IIA Mahanagar IVIII Midushi Srivastava II B GomtiNagarCons. Sanvi Rastogi III C ChowkAamina Khan IIA Mahanagar IIIUtkarsh Srivastava II D Station RoadGaurishree Awasthi IA Mahanagar IVIsha Nandan III C ChowkNamra IIA AsharfabadAwantika Singh II B Station RoadSpl PratyushYadav III Jopling RoadMen. Dhatri Naithani I Jopling RoadJayant Misra III B KanpurRoadMaulishka Srivastava IA RajajipuramIISchoolfunctionSECOND PRIZEOur school organizes afunction every year calledthINNERSCAPE. Last year I went to see it on 19December. This is the function specially organized formentally and physically handicapped children. Firstly,therewasanintroductory,speechbyMr.JagdishGandhi.Thenitwasthe turnof group1,whodancedon'DilBolahadippa' and enjoyed it alot. Then there was adance of handicapchildren.Iwasamazedtoseethemdancing.Iwasverytouchedbytheirdance.Thentheypaintedandweregivenprizesforthat.Theywereveryhappy. Then there was dance of group 2. It was our class dance theyweredancingverywell.Iwishedtobetherewiththemdancing.Itodayalsoremembermyschoolfunctionandsmilecametomyface.CONSOLATIONDevansh Tewari, IIA, MahanagarCampus IMyselfMansi Srivastava ID Mahanagar IVVaishnaviSingh IIIB Indira NagarAlankrita Negi IIA Mahanagar IIIVinit Singh IIA Indira NagarAayushi Singh IIA Indira NagarKushagra II B Gomti NagarBhavya Bhatia II B Mahanagar IVSuhani Pal IA Raj. NagarIISrishti Saxena IA Raj. NagarIIAneesha II B Mahanagar IVVinayS. Rawat IIIC Mahanagar IVKhushiSrivastava IIIA Mahanagar IIIZehra Zaidi IIIA AsharfabadHarshit Jaiswal IIIA Raj. NagarIIMy favouritecartoon characterMyfavourite cartooncharactersareTomandJerry.IlovecomicsofTomandJerry.Theyhavesimplegraphicsbut are very captivating and enjoyed their running andchasing. Through the storyline in every episode is thesame but it is presented in avery different way and isthoroughlyenjoyable.Ilovethewaythesmallmouse,Jerry,evenhasthegutstoteachthehuge cat, Tom always inspite of the difference in their sizes. Toconclude, it is, and will remain my favourite pastime to watch theirludicrousanticsincomicsandonthetelevision.Sonvi Rastogi, III C, Chowk CampusCONSOLATIONMynameisNamra.Myfather'snameisMohdImran.Heis abusiness man. My mother's name is Mrs. Shahana.She isahousewife.Iam agirl. Iam eight yearsold.ThenameofmyschoolisCityMontessoriSchool. IstudyinclassIIA.MyfavouriteteacherisMrs.Shweta.Ilike to study English, Maths, EVS, Science and GK. Ilike drawingalso.Iliketowear skirttop,jeanstopshalwar suit,frocketc. Ilike to eat kawab paratha biryani, ice-cream, magi, sandwich,pizza,dalroti,rice.IliketodrinkFrooti,Pepsi,tea,coffee,Sliceetc.Ilike to watch television in my free time. Ilike to watch singingprogramme cartoon,quiz programme anddiscovery channel. Ilike toplaycarom,ludoandbadminton.Ialwaysrespectmyparents,teachers,eldersandgrandparents.Ialwayshelpmymotherinwiththehouseholdwork.Ilovemybrotherandsister.IwanttobecomeaDoctor,Ialwayshelpneedypeople.IalwayspraytoGodandreadQuran.Myfavouritepetisparrot.Ilovemyfamilyandmyself.Namra, IIA,Asharfabad CampusCONSOLATIONMy FavouriteTV ProgrammeMyfavouritecartoonisDoramon.Doramonisarobotcatwhohasdifferentgadgetswhichcomeoutfromhissparepocketonhistummy.ndDoramonhascomefromthe22 centuryforhelpinganunluckychild.Nobita. he also has acopy of his pocket. He has asister, Dorami. heforcesNobitatostudy.ButNobitaalwaystakesthehelpofhisgadgetsand at last he gets himself in trouble. Doramon has atime machinendwhich he uses to go into the future and to buy gadgets from the 22century. he has gadgets such as bamboo copter, anywhere door,anywhere balloon, upgrading syrup, opposite pills, garddian paper,onlyforyougas,smalllight,biglight,instantcamera,TV,Telephone,Computer, Pencil, pencil, missile, invisible paint, house robot, guardman robot which helps Nobita. Nobita has many friends who areDackisugi, Sizuka, Giyan, Suniyo. Suniyo is avery rich boy. Giyanalways fights with others. Sizuka and Daekisugi like to study.Daekisugialsoliketocollectfossils.DoraemonlikestoeathDoraecakabutisafraidofrats.HehasafriendMichan.Ilike this TV Programme very much because it gives us an ideaaboutthefuture.Itisanimaginarycartooncharacterlovedbyall.IshaNandan, III C, Chowk CampusTOPICS OF CONTESTFor Classes I-III1. My Favourite TV Programme2. My Favourite Cartoon Character3.An School Function4.About MyselfCongratulations to all winners! Results and prize winningarticles of other sections will be published in the nextBulletins.—EditorThough there are manycartoon characters like MickeyMouse, Tom and Jerry, Popeyeetc but my favourite cartooncharacter is Doramon. Doramonis aJapanese show. He is verysweet. Iwatch it on Hungama channelat 4:00pm everyday. He is avery helpful kitty andalways helps Nobita. He is blue and white incolour with abell around his neck. He has around red nose. He takes out gadgets from hispockettohelphisfriends.HelovestoeatDoracakes. His sister's name is Dorami. His bestfriendisNobita.HeliveswithNobita'sfamily.Nobita's friends are: Jian, Suniu, Suzuka,Dakesuki, Doremon and his classmates.Doremon is acute, sweet and handsome kitty.My favourite gadget is 'Show light'. IhaveDoramonclips,stickers and colouringlooks.IloveDoramonandenjoywatchingthiscartoon.Midushi Srivastava, II B, Gomti NagarCampusCONSOLATIONMyselfIam six years old. Iwill beseven in October. I have veryshortblackhairandbrowneyes.Ilooklikemyfather.I live in a big city calledLucknow. Ilive with my father,motherandbrotherHamzainourownhouse.Ilike English, Maths, EVS, Art and Hindi. IstudyinCMSMahanagarIIICampusandIaminClassIIAMy favourite meal is hotdog, chips andice-cream. My favourite flower is marigold. Iwish my parents in the morning and beforegoing to sleep. Istudy from 5pm to 6pm. IwanttobecomeadoctorwhenIgrowup.IpraytoGodeveryday.Aamina Khan, IIA,MahanagarIIIFIRST PRIZEMyselfHello, my name is Aarushi. Iameightyearsold.Aarushimeans"firstrays of the sun." Iam proud of myname. My parents gave me thisname.IliveinLucknow.ItisthecapitalofUttar Pradesh. My mother is apharmacist. Myfatherisacomputerengineer.Ihaveonebrotheralso.HisnameisIneshChopra. Heisfouryearsold.Mygrandparentsalsolivewithus.Igo to school by van. My school is 2km awayfrom my home. My brother also studies in myschool. All the teachers are well educated andexperienced. My class teacher is Miss UrvashiSingh. She teaches us Art and many othersubjects.Sheisactiveandsmart.Shehelpsusinsalvingourschoolandpersonalproblems.Ihave many friends. But Sakshi is my bestfriend.Sheismyclass-fellow.Iliketoeatrice,chapatti,dal.Ilikemango-shakeandice-creamverymuch.Myhobbyisreading.IalsopraytoGoddaily.When Igrow up, Iwant to become an IASofficer.AarushiChopra, IIIA,AnandNagarCampusCONSOLATIONMyselfMynameisGauriShreeAwasthi.Iam agirl.Iam sixyearsold.Dr.PuneetAwasthiismyfather.Ilivein Lucknow. I am a student. Istudyin1A,Mahanagar CMS.Iam quite hale and hearty. Iamalways cheerful.Myteacherslike me. Iam anearlyriser.Iamveryregularinmystudies.Igoto school and study hard. Ihave very goodhabits. My hobbies are dancing and playinggames. My father's ambition is that Ishouldbecome a 'doctor' I obey my teachers andrespectmyparents.Iwouldliketobeadoctor.To work of a'doctor' is very noble. Iam verypunctual and regular in my duties. Iwouldalways be ready to help the poor and needy.Iwould give free medicine to the poor. Myambitioninlifewouldbenottomakemoneytoservethepeople.Iwouldtrytoteachthepeoplethat'Preventionisbetterthancure'.GauriShreeAwasthi, IA, MahanagarCampusIVUnity to be realmuststand the severeststrain without breaking.--Mahatma Gandhi

CMSBULLETIN—INTERNATIONALEVENTS OCTOBER 2010 (6)Cofas-2010unveilsaplethoraoftalentsorganisedbyCMSStationRoadCampus from 12to15September2010E-COLLAGECONTESTFirst Utkarsh Singh Montfort InterCollegeSecond SatwikAnandTripathi CMS Mahanagar,CampusIIIThird Atireya Bhatt Seth M. R. Jaipuria, LucknowCREATEKCONTESTFirst Indraneel Lahiry Sunbeam School, VaranasiSecond SatwikAnandTripathi CMS Mahanagar,CampusIIIThird PrashantDwivedi St. Joseph's College,AllahabadBRAINZ CONTESTFirst ShashankAwasthi Montfort InterCollege,LucknowSiddharth GuptaSecond Abhijeet Krishna CMS GomtinagarCampusAbhinav ShuklaThird AtulKumar CMS, Station Road CampusVaibhav SinghTURNCOAT CONTESTFirst Srujan Gupta DPS International, New DelhiSecond TanayTewari CMS Mahanagar Campus IIThird Ujjwal Krishna La Martiniere College,LucknowWEBTEK CONTESTFirst Amit Sharma, GautamHill Top School, JamshedpurSecond I. R.Ahmad Jubilee School, JordanAshraf BassamThird Akashdeep Maheshwari CMS Mahanagar CampusIIRohan GargCOMPUTERQUIZFirst PrakharTripathi St. Peter'sCollege,AgraUddhav BhagatSecond ArafatSalman Sunbeam School, Lahartara,Varad Shambhav VaranasiThird Ayush Yadav CMS, Mahanagar Campus -IIIHritvikPandeyCollegeSectionE-COLLAGE COMPETITIONFirst Anurag Sharma Hill Top School, JamshedpurSecond Rishi Singh CMS, Mahanagar CampusIIIThird Mustafa M. Husn Jubilee School, JordanMansourCOMPUTERWIZARDFirst Arunabh Mukherjee St. Joseph's College,AllahabadAditya MittalSecond Sneha Singh Seth M.R.Jaipuria, LucknowAshutoshAgarwalThird AsimAliCMS, ChowkCampusAman AgnihotriSOFTEK CONTESTFirst Anurag Sharma Hill Top School, JamshedpurKundan KumarSecond Sneha Singh Seth M.R.Jaipuria ,LucknowAshutoshAgarwalThird AkhilKesarwani CMS Rajendra Nagar,CampusIAnuj SrivastavaDEBATE(Group A)For MayankJuneja CMS Gomtinagar CampusAgainst Abhieraja Shahi CMS Gomtinagar Campus(Group B)For Pratik Das Hilltop School, JamshedpurAgainst RishavMukherjee SethA. R. Jaipuria, KanpurMATHCOMFirst Akash Bajaj SethA. R. Jaipuria, Kanpur.Ashish LavaniaSecond AsimAliCMS Chowk CampusShiva BhallaThird IshitaAgarwal CMS Station Road CampusPrateek KesarwaniCOMPUTERQUIZFirst RahulAgarwal Carmel Jr College, JamshedpurTushar PalSecond Ronnie Chatterjee SethA. R. Jaipuria, KanpurRishavMukherjeeThird Vatsal Vasudev St. Peter'sCollege,AgraShivam GaurJingle ContestFirst All SaintsCollege, NainitalSecond St. Conrad'sInterCollege,AgraThird St. Joseph's College AllahabadThird CMS, Station Road CampusThe World Unity Convention Centreat CMS Kanpur Road resembled acyber village with the congregationofover500buddingscientistsofSriLanka,Nepal,Nigeria,JordanandvariouspartsofIndiawhoarrivedheretoparticipateintheth4-day 15 International ComputerOlympiad 'Cofas 2010' organised by CMSStation Road from 12 to 15 September2010. Cofas 2010 began with all itsgrandeur with the formal inauguration bythe Chief Guest Mr Jitendra Kumar,IAS,Secretary Education, U.P.at aglitteringinaugural ceremony organized at CMSKanpurRoadauditoriumon12September2010. Around 500 participating studentsfromSri Lanka,Nepal,Nigeria,Jordanandvarious states of India introducedthemselves in unique style amidstscintillating educational-culturalprogrammepresentedbyCMSstudentsatthefunction.Interesting contests likeCreatek,Webtek,Brainz, Turncoat, Softek, Mathcom,Computer Wizard, Debate, e-Collage,Computer Quiz and Jingle etc held duringthe four days of the Olympiad not onlyprovided aglobal forum to the youth toWeareheretoincreaseourknowledgeandspreadWorldUnityTheComputerQuizwithMrBarryO'BrienYoungmindsatworkEarth’sbeautyshowcasedatGeofestInternationalorganisedbyCMSMahanagarCampusIIIfrom5to8September2010COMPUTERFAIR AND SEMINARCOFASINTERNATIONAL COMPUTEROLYMPIADindulge in fruitful exchange of thoughtsand ideas but also encouraged them toexhibit their talents and mental abilities,thus helping in increasing theirknowledge.Chief Guest of the closing ceremony, MrDhanush Veer Singh, Deputy GeneralManagerandBranch Head,TimesofIndiagaveawayshields,medalsandcertificatestothewinnersofvariouscontests.HillTopSchool, Jamshedpur won the overallchampionship of college section whileMontfort Inter College, Lucknow grabbedthechampionshipofschoolsection.SingingthesongofPeaceandUnityContestingontheComputerFun&LearningGEOFESTGEO-TECH(SENIOR)First SaurabhSrivastava,RajatMishra SunBeamSchool,Varuna,VaranasiSecond ArshMarwaha,ChiragKhatri St.MarksSr.Sec.School,Meerabagh,NewDelhiThird EdwinSaurabhMinz,MonikaShrutiGupta SunBeamSchool,Lahartara,VaranasiCREATEYOURTASTE(COLLAGECONTEST)-JUNIORFirst ManshiSanghai,S.Karishmaa LakshmipatSinghaniaAcademy,KolkataSecond RahulAgrawal,RenuTaparia DAV Sushil Kedia Vishwabharati Kathmandu,NepalThird PriyankaMaheshwari,R.Parasrampuria BishopWestcottGirls'School,RanchiCREATEYOURTASTE(COLLAGECONTEST)-SENIORFirst Md.Adil,DebarchanRoyChowdhary CMSAliganj,Sec-O,LucknowSecond NehaShokeen,KarunaSaini BoscoPublicSchool,NewDelhiThird Shazila,VaishnaviMishra J.B.Academy,FaizabadGEOTOON(CARTOONCONTEST)-JUNIORFirst H.G.L.C.Piyarathna,B.B.Thejana AnandaCollege,Colombo,SrilankaSecond SampritiBangal,ChhayaShukla BalBhartiPublicSchool,SIPAT,BilaspurThird AkshiChauhan,NeelamArya JawaharNavodayaVidyalaya,HaridwarGEO-TALK(DEBATECONTEST)-SENIORFirst ChandKapoor BalBhartiPublicSchool, Pitampura,DelhiSecond KACSamadhiWijenayake AnandaCollege,Colombo,SrilankaThird IshitaAgarwal CMSStationRoad,LucknowVOICE&VISION(CHORIOGRAPHYCONTEST)-SENIORFirst LordJesusPublicSchool,GurgaonFirst St.Mark'sSr.Sec.PublicSchool,Janakpuri,NewDelhiSecond SunBeamSchool,Lahartara,VaranasiThird MotiLalNehruPub.School,JamshedpurMODELDISPLAY-JUNIORFirst PriyaSingh,VarnaBalkrishnan SunBeamSchool,Varuna,VaranasiSecond Ritika,DharmanshuKundal ArmySchool,PathankotThird NishaRathi,UtkarshKeshari SethDwarkaPrasad,MeerjapurMODELDISPLAY-SENIORFirst SaurabhSrivastava,AsthaModi SunBeamSchool,Varuna,VaranasiSecond Abhineet,AnupAnandSingh St.Michael'sHighSchool,PatnaThird PayalLulla,NehaPanjabi JaiHindSchool,PuneGEO-QUIZ-SENIORFirst AnkitPathak,PrakharTripathi GurukulAcademy,LucknowSecond RohitVerma,ShashankPandey LPC,Rajajipuram,LucknowThird SiddharthLall,ShivamDarmora BhartiyaVidyaBhavanVidyashram,JaipurNGORESULTFirst SiddharthaYaddanapudi YadavindraPublicSchool,MohaliSecond NimeshSaxena CMSStationRoadThird MayankKumar LucknowPublicInterCollege,JailRoadOver 500 budding geographersand renowned geographyexpertsfrom prestigious schools ofMauritius, Sri Lanka, Nepal andvarious states of India tooksolemnpledgeto contributetheirbitinprotectingenvironmentandconserving natural resourcesthrough their participation in thefour-day-long InternationalGeography Olympiad, GeofestInternational 2010 organised byCMS Mahanagar Campus IIIfrom 5 to 8 September 2010.Geofest International wasformallyinauguratedbytheChiefGuest and Member of RajyaSabha, Mr Akhilesh Das at agrand opening ceremonyorganized at CMS Kanpur Roadauditorium on 5 Septemberwherein the CMS studentspresented a colourfuleducational-cultural programmein honour of the participatingteamsfromIndiaandabroad.Thefour days of the event sawmassive tussle for medalsamongstparticipating studentsinCreate Your Taste, Geo toon,Model Display, Geo quiz,Geotech, Geo talk, Voice andVision and other interestingcontests. Geofest also providedthe opportunity to students fromdifferentcountriesoftheworldtolive together realizing the dreamof Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam andlearning about each other'scultureandtraditions.Renowned experts from variousfields judged the differentcontests and prizes weredistributedbytheChiefGuestMrM.V.S. Ramireddi, HousingCommissioner,UPattheclosingcum-prizedistribution ceremonyheld on 8September.The overallchampionship in senior categorywenttoSunbeamSchool,Varuna,Varanasi whereas the juniors'championship was bagged by St.Marks Senior Secondary PublicSchool,Janakpuri,NewDelhi.Theearthisbutonecountry Theearthinspirescreativity Students'artworkatitsbestOverall Championship (Junior)Overall Championship(Senior)St.Mark's Sr.Sec.Public School,Janakpuri,New Delhi Sun Beam School,Varuna, Secrole, VaranasiOverall Championship Runner Up (Junior)OverallChampionshipRunner Up (Senior)Lord JesusPublic School, Gurgaon, HaryanaSun Beam School, Lahartara, VaranasiTalentsrecognized Livelydebates WeareOneIn orderto haveawinner, the team musthaveafeeling of unity; everyplayermustputtheteam first-ahead of personal glory. --PaulBearBryant

CMSBULLETIN—TALENTSGALORE OCTOBER 2010 (7)GOMTI NAGAR CAMPUSEid was celebrated at the Campus withgreat festive spirit. The students wereapprised about the importance of thefestival.DevangSehgalwonindividualfight-Iandindividual Kata-III and Isha Singhal wonindividualfight-IIandindividualKata-IIIat the inter branch Karate championshiporganized at CMS Kanpur Road on 27August2010.Shubham Pandey, Aruna Elangovan,Debika Ghosh, Anamika Mishra andMeghna won many prizes in the ASISCZonalSwimmingMeetheldon28August2010atCMSRajajipuramCampusI.Shreyshri Pandey,Anuja Trivedi,AparnaTewariandSrishtiPatelwonmanyprizesin inter-branch Atheletic Meet organizedfrom30Augustto1SeptemberatChowkstadium.Vaibhav Gupta won silver medal in interbranch Table Tennis ChampionshiporganizedatCMSKanpurRoad.Himanshi Tiwari won the first prize insloganwriting,PoorvaBhattwonthefirstprize in collage making and Stuti Mohanwon the first prize in poster makingcontestatdistrictlevelcontestsorganizedby Northern Railway Scouts and Guides,Lucknow.Anamika Mishra, Meghna Arora,Shubham Pandey and Aruna Elangovanwon many prizes at ASISC RegionalAquaticChampionship2010heldatCMSKanpurRoadon9and10September.DebikaGhoshandTulikaVatswonprizesthin the 56 School State Swimming,Diving and water polo competitionsorganizedbyEducationDepartment.ALIGANJ CAMPUS IIStudents of the campus participated invarious competitions held at Bal Utsavorganized by the Search Foundation andwon several prizes. Among the first prizewinners were Malvika Singh in cartoonmaking and Katha Chitra; SagarikaSrivastava in Bal Kavi; Sagarika andAnushka Srivastava in poetry writing;group comprising Sagarika, Malvika,Shreya, Deepanshi, Pankhuri, Tanushri,Ankashtha and Sanya in group dance andAnkastha Asthi in Sulekh. Second prizewinners were: Sagarika Srivastava inclassical singing and debate; AnushkaSrivastavainAdMad;AnanyaSrivastavainBal Kavi; Sagarika and Malvika Singh induetdance;MalvikaSinghingreetingcarddesign,fancydress,postermakingandfacepainting; Ankastha Asthi in extemporespeech; Saima and Yusuf in duet singingandtheteamofsingersingroupsong.Thethird prizewinnersof BalUtsav were:Sagarika Srivastava in instrumental musicand poetry writing; Anushka Srivastava ininstrumental music; Sulekh and Bal KaviMalvika Singh in Ad Mad, on-the-spotpainting, collage and letter writing andSaimaFatimainSulekh.JOPLING ROAD CAMPUSUnder the ongoing Earth Kids Spaceprogramme of the campus being run incollaborationwithGoiPeaceFoundation ofJapan, which aims at teaching values ofpeace and unity to children from the verybeginning, the students took up the Rakhimaking activity, furthering the cause ofworld unity, world peace and globalbrotherhood.OntheeveofthisTeachersDayon4September2010,CMShonoureditsmostoutstandingteachers,MsSumitaGulatiOhri,theBestCMSISCTeacherforthesession2009-2010andMsArpitaSamson,theBestCMSICSETeacherfor2009-2010inagrandway.TheseteachershavebeendeclaredbestaswhileallClassXIIstudentsofMsSumitaGulatisecuredthehighestaggregateamongallISCcampusesof90.66%marksinEVSinISCBoardExamination2010,MsArpita'sallstudentsofClassXsecuredthehighestaggregateof89.56%marksin ComputerScienceinICSE Board Examination 2010,whichisthehighestamongallICSEcampuses.OurSr.SubEditor,SmitaKharespoketo thesetwoteacherstofindout thesecretbehindsuchoutstandingsuccessoftheirstudents.Givenbelowaresomeexcerptsfromthisinterview:Ms SUMITA GULATI OHRIEVS Teacher of CMS Kanpur RoadASHARFABAD CAMPUSStudents of the campus enthusiasticallyparticipatedinvariouscompetitions heldat Bal Utsav organized by the SearchFoundationandwonseveralprizes.Firstprize winners in senior category were:Rishabh Shukla in on the spot painting;TejasviShuklainextemporeanddebtate;Anushka Srivastava in debate andMuskaninsolosinging.Thesecondprizewinners in senior category were:VatsalaKishore in Ad-Mad; Muskan Sharma inpoetrywritingandRishabhindebateandthermocolmodel making contests.Thirdprizewinnersofvariouscontestsinseniorcategory were Anushka Srivastava,Rishabh Shukla, Muskan Sharma,Shagun, Shamya,Ayushi, Saumya,Asra,Zaima, Sarah and Aditi and theconsolation prize winners were MuskanTripathiandRishabhShukla.In Juniors category at Bal Utsav,AditiShukla won four first prizes in postercomposition, debate, thermocol modelmaking and collage while ShagunSharma won the first prize in solo folkdance.Aditi also won two second prizesincartooncompositionandessaywritingand two third prizes in Little LaughterDhoom and greeting card composition.Besides the above, Aditi Shukla won asmany as four consolation prizes in AdMad, Bal Kavi, Extempore and on thespotpointingcomposition.ALIGANJ CAMPUS ITree plantation activity was held at theCampuswithaviewtobringthestudentsclosertotheenvironmentandmakethemrealizetheirdutytowardsitsprotection.RAJAJIPURAM CAMPUS IITanya Verma, talentedClass VII student of theCampus was awarded thetitleof'MasterBlaster2010'for winning as many as 16prizes at Bal Utsav 2010organised by the Search Foundation,Department of Culture, U.P.Shewon 7first prizes in face painting, thermocolmodel making, fashion show, fancydress, poster competition, poetry andLittle Laughter Dhoom contests, 5second prizes in letter writing, picturecomposition, classical dance, collageandBalKavicompetitions,athirdprizeinessaywritingand3consolationprizesinfilmiduetdance,cartoonmakingandpatrioticdancecontests.The festivals and days of importancelike Eid, Janmashtmi, InternationalLiteracy Day and Teachers Day werecelebrated at the Campus in great way.The students were told about therelevance, motives and history behindthecelebrationoftheparticulardaysandaboutthevaluestheypreach.ANAND NAGAR CAMPUSStudents of the campuswon many prizes in BalUtsav 2010 organized bythe Search Foundation.Konkana Das won thesecond prize in fancySuccessStoriesofBestCMSTeachersforsession2009-2010dress competition, Astha TandonPranjalee Das wonsecond prizes in solo dance and storywriting competition and Astha Tandonwon four first prizes in solo singing,sulekh, letter writing and greeting carddesign competition.Inter house debatecontest on the topic –'Hindi should notbe the compulsory subject' wasorganized. Piyush Gunjiyal andAvinashwere declared best speakers for andagainstthemotionrespectively.Shivdutt,aClassVIstudentof the campuswon the first prize in Horlicks WizkidsInter-school Story Writing Contest held atRavindralayaauditorium.Ms ARPITA SAMSONComputer Teacher of CMS Mahanagar Campus-IIISmita:Congratulations Ma'am, on the outstanding success of yourSmita:CongratulationsMa'am,ontheoutstandingsuccessofyourstudents.Howdoyoufeel?students.Howdoyoufeel?Ms Gulati: Ifeel elated and satisfied because there can be no greaterMs. Samson: Ifeel elated. I feel the secret of my success issuccessforateacherthanthefactthatsheisrecognizedforwhatshedoes,consistencyofefforts,motivationandperseveranceofmystudents.whichisteaching.Smita:Whatwasyourstrategyofteaching?Smita:Howdoyoumakeyoursubjectinterestingforyourstudents?Ms. Samson: My strategy was very simple. Iincluded diligence,Ms Gulati: I try to make the whole teaching-learning process moreconsistent efforts and tremendous motivation for students to achieve highinteractive and interesting by asking various kinds of questions, showing them powerpercentage.pointpresentations,givingthemextrainformationandfactsrelatedtothetopic,makingthemwritetheanswersunderheadingsandinpointswhichmakesthemgraspquicklyand Smita:Whatkindofguidancedoyouprovidetoyourstudentsinpreparingtheirbydrawingflowchartsandmakingthemhighlightthekeywordsinthebook.timetable?Smita:HowdoyoubelievetheinnovativeschemesinCMShelpthestudents?Ms.Samson:IlayemphasisonsystematicandmethodicalpreparationwhichbeginMsGulati: CMSTeacher-guardianandHomeVisitschemeshavebeenprovedtobevery muchbeforetheexams.Iencouragechildrentolongtermandshorttermgoalsineffective in fostering astrong bond between school and home which means between theirlives.Toachieveahighpercentageinthesubject,Imotivatethemtoworkonteachers,studentsandtheirparents.Whenateachervisitsastudent'shouse,thestudent relevant topic on weekly basis. Itell them to supervise their time and keep thestartsconsideringhisteacherasafamilymemberandstartssharinghiseducationaland desired percentage intheir mind. Isuggest that at least three readings of entirepersonal problems and which the teacher helps in solving, thereby contributing in his syllabusneedtobedonebeforetheexam.Ialsosuggestpracticingprogrammesonoveralldevelopment.regularbasissothattheyareconfidentenoughatthetimeofexam.InanutshellISmita:Anymessageforyour students?tellthemtobewiseandprioritize.MsGulati: Just keep yourself focused towards your goal. Keep apositiveoutlook. EverySmita:Doyouhaveanyspecialmessageforyourfellowteachersandstudents?problemcomeswithasolution;youjusthavetoapproachyourparents,yourteachersandMs.Samson:Well, teachers should be like great archers whose bow should besometimes your inner self. We use only 10% of our actual efficiency,90% is still there.knowledgeandshouldmakethestudentssharparrowswhoaretargetedtowardsEverythingcanbeimproved.Youallcandoverywellinexamsjustbelieveinyourself,planthesociety.andact."In peace sons bury fathers, butwar violates the orderof nature, and fathersbury sons."--Heroditus

CMSBULLETIN—EVENTSANDACHIEVEMENTS OCTOBER2010 (8)CMS Kanpur RoadCampus won the boyschampionship while CMSIndira Nagar won the girlschampionship in the interbranchJudoChampionshiporganized at CMS KanpurRoad hall. Students of allCMS campuses hadparticipatedintheevent.Four students of CMSStation Road CampusnamelySundaramNigam,Swati Bhatt, Parul Tiwariand Meghna Malhotrawonthefirstprizeininterschoolcollagecompetition organized byLa Martiniere Girls'Alumini Association.Judo ChampionshipCollage CompetitionEssay competitionShubhangiGuptaofCMSStationRoadwonthefirstprizeinAllIndia Essay Writing Contest organized by Shri Ram ChandraMission in collaboration with United Nations InformationCentre,IndiaandBhutanandconductedbySahajMargResearchandTrainingInstitute.Creative WriterSana Nahid of CMS Station Road won the firstprize in All India Essay Writing Contestorganized by Shri Ram Chandra Mission incollaboration with United Nations InformationCentre,IndiaandBhutanandconductedbySahajMarg Research and Training Institute. Thejudgesofthecompetitionwerehighlyimpressedby the humanistic and spiritual thinking of Sana Nahid andawardedcertificateandattractivegiftstoher.Debating championAnishkaChaudharyofCMS GomtiNagarcampuswonthe BestSpeakerAwardaswellasthefirstrunnerupawardinseniorgroupat the ASISC zonal debate contest. The competition wasorganized by St. Teresa Day School and College in which 17teams comprising 34 participants belonging to various reputedschools had participated.Anishka was very fluent, to the point,and intelligent and gave authentic arguments on the topic. Shepresented her thoughts forcefully and discussed peacefulsolutionstoworldwideproblems.le;%jkstkukçkr% 9-00cts lsvijkUg% 12-00 ctsrdLFkku% dSfiVyflusekgky] th-ih-vks- ds lkeus]gtjrxat]y[kuÅ^fu%'kqYd ;ksx f'kfoj*Quiz competitionTwo teams of CMSstudents won the firstprizes in CadburyBournvita Quiz contest.Students of Classes VtoVIII of several reputedschools had participated inthe 'Bournvita ConfidentIndia Intra-SchoolChallenge-2010'competition heldunder theauspices of Times of IndiaandDerekO-BrienAssociateInitiate.CMS Gomti Nagar team comprised four studentsnamelyAkshat Kumar,Yashwant Singh, SiddharthaJhaandAnantPandeywhileCMSIndiraNagarteamhad six students, Harshavardhan, Ashutosh Ojha,Rashi,AnshumanSingh,VishakhaPatelandHarshitJoshi.ASISC Basketball ChampionshipAviewofthe 3-dayASISC Inter-ZonalBasketballChampionshiporganizedundertheaegisofCMSatChowkStadiumandKDSinghBabuStadiumfrom8to10September2010Inter-branchAthleticMeetJubilantwinnersoftheinter-branchAthletic MeetorganizedbyCMSQAIDHEALTH COLUMNOCTOBER 2010Printed andpublished byMrHariOmSharma,ChiefPRO, CMSon behalf of City MontessoriSchool,12StationRoad,Lucknow.ChiefPatron: MsSusmitaBasu Patrons: AllCMSPrincipals HOD PersonalityDevelopment: Mr ShishirSrivastavaChief Editor: DrPreetiShankar Sr.Sub Editor:SmitaKhare SubEditor: Manju RaniDubeyEVENTS2 Gandhi Jayanti &Peace March organised by QAIDat WUCC20 (9 am) Special PrayerAssembly (ICSE &ISC) organisedby CMSMahanagar III at school premises21 (11am) Special PrayerAssembly of Degree Section,Kanpur Road at WUCC, Kanpur Road23(9 am) Special PrayerAssembly for classes VI to XIIorganised by CMS Chowk at school premises.th23 to 26 8 International EXSPO 2010 organised by CMSRDSO at WUCC, Kanpur Road24 (9 am) (i) NTSE class VIII written exam at respectivebranch centres organised by CMS QAID at VariousCMS campuses(ii) Inter-Branch Biology Olympiad for class IX atStation Road Branch25 (8.30 am) Special PrayerAssembly for classes IX and XIorganised by CMS Mahanagar II at schoolpremises.27 (9 am) Special PrayerAssembly (Primary &JuniorSection) organised by CMSAliganj II at schoolpremises28 (8 am) Special PrayerAssembly (Junior &Senior section)organised by CMSKanpur Road at WUCC, KanpurRoadth28 (5 pm) 5 International Innovation Day organised by CMSJopling Road at CMS Gomti Nagar29 (4 pm) Annual Parents Day (Mont. to class III) organisedby CMSAliganj Iat school premises30, 1&2Nov.Inter-Branch NTSE Quiz for class VII organised by(9 am) QAID at WUCC auditorium, Kanpur Road30 to 31 Mini CISV Camp organised by CMS Station Roadat CISV Building31 (9 am) Inter Branch Maths Olympiad for class IX to XIIorganised by CMS QAID at Station Road Campus31 (4.30 pm) National Presentation of Mini CISVCamporganised by CMSStation Road at WUCC, KanpurRoadNational Science CompetitionAnkit Tewari of CMS Mahanagar CampusIII secured place in 'National Top OnePercent' merit list of "National StandardExaminationinJuniorScience"organizedatAllIndialevel.Thisprestigiouscompetitionwas organized under the auspices of IndianAssociation of Physics Teachers in which10,200 students of several reputed schools participated toexploretheircapabilityinscienceandknowledge.National Biotech OlympiadAbhilashSinghofCMSMahanagarCampusIII won the gold medal in National BiotechOlympiadorganizedatnationallevelbyEduHeal Foundation, New Delhi. He wasawarded gold medal, cash prize and otherattractivegifts.Small WonderAnveshaa Gupta of Nursery E, CMSGomti Nagar Campus, secured place inthe India Book of Records for heroutstanding performance of tracing 50countriesontheglobeandherknowledgeabout 40 celebrities of India at the youngageof3years.10 FOODS FOR TOPPING YOUR EXAMSFor your memory to function smoothly,brain cellsneedtobeabletocommunicatequicklyandeasilywith one another. As one ages, nerve cells shrinkand nutrient-rich blood supplies to the brain startdeclining. The brain then produces smallerquantities of key messenger chemicals calledneurotransmitters.At somepoint,communicationbetween cellsbecomeslesssmoothandyourmemoryskillslesssharp.Whatmanyofusdonotrealize,isthatcertainfoodsthatourchildreneatcanstartthisdamagingprocessataveryyoungage.Eatinganexcessiveamountofsugarandfriedfattyfoodscancausemoreharmandpermanentlyinterferewiththebrain’sabilitytofunction.As afirst step to topping yourexamsavoid these Bad BrainFoods -Artificial foodcolorings,Artificialsweeteners,Colas,Hydrogenated fats and White bread. Stopping these “braindrainers”willitselfimprovebraincapacityby50%!Children of all ages, especially the ones preparing fortheir exams and in higher classes have shown toincrease their scores by more than 15%byincludingthese10GoodBrainFoods:Bananas, Broccoli, Brown rice, Kiwis,Salmon, Soybeans, Spinach, Tuna, FigsandBlackGrapes.DR.AMITABH PANDITND (Ind), BCAMP (USA), D.Hom (Lon), FBIH (UK)Available for consultation every Monday to Fridayat CMS, Gomti Nagar,LucknowTIMING: 6.00 –8.00 pm (free forCMS staff &students)Live consultation on Radio CMS FM 90.4 every Sundayat 9.30 amRing or SMS on 9415410134