SYNERGY

THE FRENCH VISIT
Twenty-five students and two teachers of Lycée l'Oiselet Bougouin Jaillieu, France visited Suncity from 14 to 24 October
2019. Participation is the best method of education, hence, after their welcome on 16 October, their activities began. The
first one was learning greetings in Hindi. In the ISA panel discussion on Our Monuments Under Siege, the French students
exchanged notes on the threat faced by monuments in both countries and the laws to preserve them. Each Day Earth Day
was their science activity, focusing on waste management in French schools, society and country. They enjoyed the
mathematics quiz during the subject week. Learning a Hindi song and Bhangra came as a welcome break. Rangoli making
activity got them down on their hands and knees and they almost became part of the rangoli patterns. They participated in
a discussion with Ms. Marina Torchia, the environmentalist,  who inspired everyone to protect the environment. A Posy of
Performing Arts dramatized famous works from across the world. Financial Literacy Project helped them to see wisdom in
thrift. They visited Project Bagiya, a school for under-privileged children on 18 October. Their foreign hands looked no
different after the Bagiya students lovingly applied henna on them. They loved Indian sweets but enjoyed making them
more. At the Chairman Diwali get together in the evening, they were hardly discernible in their Indian attires. The Taj
Mahal is a must during every student exchange of which they had their visiting share on 19 October. Ms. Dharini Jain, a
Suncity parent, brought great joy and blessing to this visit by hosting a lunch at her place. Dilli Haat, Gurudwara Bangla
Sahib and Waste to Wonder Park topped their itinerary on 20 October. Two days later, they participated in Amnesty
International under the aegis of ISA. Chocolate transcends culture. They made some under the guidance of The Chocolate
Foundation as a culmination. Madam Marie Doublier, attaché, French Embassy was the special guest at the closing
ceremony on 23 October. The French carried the whole programme with their stunning Bhangra performance and the
rendition of a Hindi song, based on the seven musical notes and their heartfelt thanks to the host families and the school.
They had experienced the warmth of our hearts but just before the airport, they made a trip to Anandgram for a peep into
India's soul.

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SENSITIZING

Urban education entails higher engagement in social sensitization programmes.  
Students of grade XII C organised a special assembly to honour and acknowledge workers on
the occasion of Labour Day. The enthusiasm showed through their song and presentations,
especially the interviews of the housekeeping, security, bus staff and everyone else working
behind the scenes to make each day of school fruitful.

An awareness programme was carried out by students to spread
knowledge about vector borne diseases like dengue, malaria,
chickengunia in nearby slums and distributed mosquito coils, mosquito
repellent creams and gels to the needy. They had prepared informative
charts and slogans to impart the knowledge about such diseases. The
empathy, sensitivity and care truly reflected in the way they interacted
with the children.

Grade X celebrated World Elders' Day on 1 October
2019 under the aegis of Earth Savior Foundation. The
old age home inmates attended the assembly, were
served breakfast in the refectory. They were given
Thank You cards as a token of gratitude. This was done
under TRIP, a part of their English syllabus.

A conference on autism was held at Scottish High International School. The message was
awareness is the greatest support. Dr. Lim Hock, Guest of Honor, sensitized the audience
towards autistic children and how early diagnosis and intervention could help in dealing
with it. An exhibition showcased the works of autistic children. A panel discussion was
conducted by the experts followed by an interesting round of question and answers.

‘Go With the Flow’ was about seeing the 'woman' outside the context of the 'ornamental'.
The menstrual health campaign was launched by three students of Grade XII in the
month of March. They conducted their first workshop in the school on 6 July 2019 for all
female workers. The entire lady staff, comprising lady guards, nannies and housekeeping
were surveyed about their preferred products, support by family, and perceptions. They
also gave an educational presentation broadly covering several issues. The team was
delighted by a participant proposing a solution to the problem of the disposal of used
pads. They were distributed 900 biodegradable pads with the aid of ‘Laiqa’, a sanitary pad
company.
Young fingers fashioned beautiful rakhis for the weather beaten wrists of the jawans
guarding the frontiers of the nation. This is the bond that keeps sisters united with
brothers. This is the bandhan that keeps all of us from getting divided. This activity was
made possible by the Craft Club in collaboration with Dainik Jagran.

There is no such thing as ideal death. The heart does not get tired. It just stops. But there are warning signs; there

are symptoms that this is going to happen. Fortis Healthcare organized an awareness session for students of

grades IX and XI on 12 December 2019 to create awareness about heart stroke and to train the students in

identifying its symptoms. Dr. B. Das, a leading neurologist at Fortis healthcare, conducted the interactive session.

Students were shown videos to identify the symptoms of stroke in a better way.

The talk part of the touch session was about good and bad touch and related adolescence issues. The resource

person, Ms. Aleena Ali, therapist and psychologist at Artemis Hospital, also counseled students about the value of

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CAREER APTITUDE

Senior students had counselling guidance and support from career expert, Tanushree Bhattacharya, MD,
University of British Columbia, who conducted an informative session about career aptitude, approaches and
challenges, how to deal with them, and how to narrow down the range of options.
Career clients of grades X and XII attended a Masterclass by Dr. Jeremy Brown from Newcastle University on 2
September, 2019 on Genetic Engineering and Gene Therapy such as food produced from genetically engineered
crops, animals engineered for the production of therapeutic drugs and therapies for treatment of diseases and
technologies to modify crops, animals and human cells, as well as their benefits and risks.
Rohan Gulati referenced his own distinction at Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad. He is the head of the Centre for
Alternative Dispute Resolution, a student run centre that aims to effectively train students in this field. An
alumnus of the school, from the batch of 2017, he interacted with senior students, interested in pursuing a career
in law and provided valuable insights and even real-life cases to help them get a better understanding of the
profession.

FRONTIERS OF LEARNING

UNIVERSITY FAIRS
In the annual glocalization of university representation, seventeen US and European institutes of repute shared
information about courses and scholarship opportunities with senior students on 9 April 2019. Some noteworthy
names are: Istituto Marangoni (London-Milan-Paris), ESSEC Business School (France), Swiss Education, University of
Wisconsin (USA), Singapore Institute of Management, IE University (Spain), EcoleHôtelière de Lausanne, Trinity
College (Dublin), St. George's University (Grenada) and UNSW (Australia).
UK universities set up shop on the premise of foreign learning on 2 September 2019. Senior students of XI and XII
interfaced with the representatives of: University of Brunel, University East Anglia, Nottingham Trent University,
University of Swansea, University of Essex, University of Westminster, University of Bristol, Newcastle University and
Queens University Belfast.

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MUSINGS OF THE MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT OUTDOORS
Students had a new classroom: the Aravalis. As journey
is a training of sorts, the nature walk revealed to them
their own strengths and weaknesses and to discover to
their surprise their attraction to the flora and the fauna
(including a lone peacock). This is the best way to
sensitize young minds and hearts to the threat, nature
faces from excessive human activity such as
construction.
Biology students of grade XII conducted a survey on the
impact of unprecedented construction and mining in the
Aravalis. They carried out on-the-spot sample analysis
of soil and plant species.
Creation stems from recreation. The key is participation
in open spaces encompassed by nature. The trip to
Madhavgarh Farms engendered this on 15 February
2020. The Adventure Sports Venue provided a perfect
opportunity for students to plunge headlong into group,
individual, adventure and leadership sports, games and
activities.

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Teaching is no walk in the park but Binsar,
Uttarakhand became just that kind of experience
from 22 to 25 May 2019.

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TEACHER'S DAY

The complaining communities of teacher and student suddenly take a turn for the best for a day. Every school’s story
on September 5 is that every teacher’s day is counted as a milestone in every teacher’s life. In Suncity, however,
expectations were exceeded by the efforts of the students. Still new to their first-year feel, the host coordinators
(read students) of grade XI celebrated the day as the birthday of the teacher in each student’s life. The entertainment
fiesta from the beginning to the end was as follows: Hours best spent in front of the cameras in the grand assemblies,
the lesser and the greater feasts, skits that showed how well the teacher has been read with the books and the notes,
not to mention the sacred dances and the thanksgiving songs. Determined to be great, the teachers outdanced the
kids in the jam session. In between, there was momentary transformation of the teacher into a comedian, singer or
model. This is the stuff of teacher’s day in Suncity.

CHILDREN'S DAY

The thrill of being a child is experienced by children all the time but the vibes get stronger on Children's Day. The
highlight of the day was the grand fanfare witnessed in the special assembly conducted by the teachers for their dear
students.

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SATURNALIA SATURNALIA

December has a different appeal in Suncity with the production hustle of Saturnalia, culminating in the bustle of
pageantry for four days, during which the instrumentalists, the singers, the actors and the comperes have their
day. Saturnalia is Suncity’s Annual Fiesta and for the middle and senior school, it culminated on 21st December
2019. The theme was Nurture Nature. Dr. Sarvesh Naidu, Executive Director, Pathways was the Guest of Honour.
The other esteemed persons, gracing the occasion, were Mr. LN Goel, Management Trustee, Mr Ankit Goel,
Chairman, Suncity schools and Mrs. Rupa Chakravarty, Director, Suncity schools. Dr. Sarvesh Naidu spoke about
progressive education, 21st century jobs and a new future for the next generation in his address. After the arrival
of the luminaries, the lamp was lighted (always the utopian moment of every beginning), going over to the
invocation (shlokas to establish the mythology of human history from vedic times till date), followed by music (an
interlude of the forms of fusion), the annual report (with stark clarity that prose alone makes possible), the
English play (simply epic in originality, story and presentation), the scintillating Hindi play (made its peace with
all the stakeholders finally), the prize distribution (celebrating excellence through perseverance), the grand finale
(method dancing that got a standing ovation for as long as it was possible and the Director actually wept at its
macabre beauty) and the vote of  thanks (Head Boy’s golden words of gratitude). The comperes must be mentioned
since they carried the whole show from the beginning (their discourse was drama in its own right) to the end
(with a touch of the lyricist, they administered the oath to conserve nature).

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MISCELLANEOUS

VANITY FAIR
A winter outdoors. The buoyant pavilions. The sanction of extravaganza. Music. Dance. Colour. Décor. Games.
Rides. Art. Books. Handicrafts. Luck. Race. Chocolate. Street foods. Charity. Prizes. It was Vanity Fair all right! The
Chief Guest was Mr Ankit Goyal, Chairman of Suncity Schools. Parents, students, teachers and visitors enjoyed
themselves thoroughly in the fair’s fun and frolic on 25 January 2020. The proceeds went to Arpan, a Suncity
initiative for underprivileged children. The prizes for the stalls were won by grade V for The Best Decorated Stall
and The Most Profitable Stall and grade IV for The Most Sanskaar Focused Stall. The Cleanest Stall prize went to
EYP. The lucky draw winners were the happiest with their vain (what is vanity all about?) wins such as LED TV,
bicycle, holiday packages and mobile phones!

NATIONAL SCIENCE EXHIBITION
For three days, Suncity was a universe of science projects from all over India, each showcasing a conceptual
understanding of sustainable applications of science in the future. The school hosted CBSE’s National Science
Exhibition from 16 to 18 January 2020 on the theme Science and Technology for Sustainable Development with a
Thrust on Water Conservation. Students from CBSE affiliated schools researched and prepared models and
projects that were either working or static and were related to the main theme. A total of 585 schools from across
the country participated. The Chief Guests on the inaugural day were Ms. Anita Karwal, Chairperson CBSE; Dr.
Joseph Emmanuel, Director, Academics and Dr. Sweta Singh, Joint Director, CBSE. A panel of esteemed judges
selected 29 innovative models as winners in each category. The Chief Guests on the closing day were Dr. Bishwajit
Saha, Director, Training and Skill Education and Mr. Manoj Srivastava, Director, Professional Education, CBSE.
Each of the 29 winning schools was awarded a cheque of Rs. 5000 and the National Winner's Certificate.

INTER-HOUSE DANCE COMPETITION
Dance was an interlude in the rigors of academe.
The spectacle in the auditorium was the Middle and
Senior School Inter-House Dance Competition on
27 July 2019. With foot tapping music, the dance
troupes of the four Houses presented concept
dances, manipulating the judgment from the
beginning to the end. Arctic House won the contest.
The choreography of the other Houses was no less
elastic. The music was simply in the limbs. The
prima ballerina of the show, however, was from XII
D, Indian House.

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INNOVATION

LEADERSHIP

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THE VANGUARD
Honour Roll and Achievements of the Director

The Director is on CBSE Board committees - Leadership content for manual and workshop for Directors
and Principals, Examination reforms, Curriculum development, Master Trainer.
She is Advisor to US News - Education programme.
She has co-chaired IC3 Presidential forum 2019 held in August in Mumbai.
Mrs. Chakravarty is Member of Managing Committee of numerous schools.
She had the honour to meet His Excellency, former President of India, Pranab Mukherjee at Rastrapati
Bhawan on 8 August 2019 when he was conferred the Bharat Ratna.

Le Concours de la Francophonie 2019, Mayo College (Boys), Ajmer invited her as the Chief guest.
She conducted a workshop on 5 January 2019 at Central Academy School, Dwarka.
Embassy of Peru, Vasant Vihar, invited her to the Spanish Book launch on Friday, 13 April at the Art Gallery. .
She was a guest of the Serbian government from 17 to 21 April to tour the country’s world class sports
infrastructure.
The Director witnessed the opening ceremony of the dance festival at Istanbul, TURKEY from 21 to 23 April.
Embassy of Korea invited her to attend the International Education and Cultural Seminar.
At the Embassy of Canada, she interacted with visiting faculty who were invited to teach CODING in
primary schools.
She attended Cambridge Zonal Community meet at the British School on Saturday, 27th July 2019.
Mrs. Chakravarty co-chaired the Presidential Forum along with Michelle Whittingham, Assistant Vice-
Chancellor, International student recruitment. She was also the moderator for a panel. The topic was
‘Juggling and balancing priorities to make a world class institution’.
IFIM Business School, Bangalore invited her to attenda workshop organised by EDU TV on Artificial
Intelligence and Data Analytics at on 14 September.
She judged the Leader in School Excellence Awards at Hua Hin, Thailand from 30 October to 2 November .
She addressed trainee teachers at Heritage Xperiential Learning School on 23 November. The highlight of
the talk was ‘Change yourself to evolve’ and ‘Understanding effective communication’.
Attended Japan Education Seminar 2019 at the Embassy of Japan on 3 December.
Indian School of Design & Innovation (ISDI), Mumbai was on her visiting itinerary on 6 December 2019.
As a panelist, she shared her experience of transforming Suncity School with unique pedagogies for
learning and technology at UNESCO Conference Tech-2019, held at Novotel Hotel on 12 December,
Visakhapatnam.

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Victory favoured Vidushi Jaidka, Ananya Sethia, Aarohi Arora and Aaryman Tanwar, Aaditya Arora, Divyansh
Chawla in Under 15 and Under 13 categories in the Inter-School Badminton Championship held at Pathways
World School on 6 April 2019.
Angad Ahuja proudly displayed his Trophy in his U-14 singles win in the Badminton Competition held at Gems
Modern Academy from on 27 and 28th April 2019.
The medal in play was an exceptional Silver for AaryamanTanwar in the Singles and Doubles categories in the
Badminton Gurukul Sub-Junior and Junior Open Tournament held at V-Club, Gurugram from 6 to 7 July 2019.
They were united by their medals: Aananya Singh two Gold and one Silver, Vidushi Jaidka one Gold and Silver,
Aaryman Tanwar, one Silver and Angad Ahuja one Silver medal in the Open Badminton Championship held at
Flow Badminton Academy from 8 to 11 August 2019 was:
The winning stars, namely, Aananya Singh, Vidushi Jaidka, Ananya Sethia were very much in character in the
SGFI District Badminton Championship whereas Raissa Sharma, Aarohi Arora, Aarushi Pulugurty, Aaditya
Arora, Aaryman Tanwar, Angad Ahuja, Sheersh Kachhwaha, Yaman Ahuja, Neeraj Yadav, Ishaan Gulati were in
Third place.
In the doubles category, Aananya Singh engaged her rivals to take the First place while Vidushi Jaidka was
Second in the Adidas Badminton tournament held at Scottish High International School from 21 to 22
September 2019. In the singles category, Vidushi took the First place.
In this one, not even bronze came first as a choice. Aananya Singh and Vidushi Jaidka settled for the Fourth
position in the SGFI State Badminton Championship held at Sonepat from 17 to 19 September19.

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In the next one, right on the heels of the first, Vidushi Jaidka went straight for the yellow metal and a crisp
bank roll. She won two Gold medals and a cash prize of Rs. 4200 in the Invitational Badminton Championship
held at Khel Academy from 28 to 29 September 2019.
In the Eleventh Inter-House Badminton Tournament, held on 18 October 2019, following students upheld the
flags of their House: Aaditya Arora, Arctic House, Eshaan Gulati, Indian House, Vidushi Gupta, Pacific
House, Angad Ahuja, Atlantic House, Aarohi Arora, Arctic House. The focus of envious adulation, however, was
Atlantic House as the overall winner.
Angad Ahuja won the U-14 Invitational Badminton Championship held at Gems International School from 2 to
3 November 2019.
It was victory season for Suncity players. Vidushi Jaidka picked up three Gold medals in the singles category,
Angad Ahuja won two Gold medals in the singles and doubles categories, Ananya Singh won Gold and Silver
medals in the mixed doubles and doubles categories respectively and Aryaman Tanwar won a Silver in the
doubles category in the First Winter District Badminton Championship held at DBG Management Institute,
Gurugram from 13 to 15 December 2019.
Gold reasserted itself in Vidushi Jaidka's winning streak. She won a gold medal and gift vouchers worth Rs
3000 and Aditya Arora won a Silver medal and gift vouchers worth Rs 2000 in the Fitsco Badminton League
Tournament held in Spuddy Academy from 18 to 19 January 2020.

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BASEBALL

The school team showed full fidelity to victory and lifted the Trophy
in the Baseball Spring League matches held at Field of Dreams on the
26 May 2019.
Ansh Ajeet Singh Loomba, Sambhav Sharma, Aryan Srivastava, Aditya
Kathane, Yatharth Bajaj, Aryan Verma and Madhav Malhotra won
three matches but the capricious Trophy eluded their grasp and they
settled for the Second place in the SGFI State Level Baseball
Championship held at Panipat from 17 to 19 September 2019.
Aryan Khanna and Hardik Mehta experienced fraternal joy when they
were selected for the Nationals in the SGFI U-14 State Level Baseball
Championship held at Gurugram from 17 to 21 September 2019.
Victory put its mark on Aditya Abhijeet Kathane, Aryan Khanna,
Hardik Mehta and Madhav Malhotra for them to win the Delhi Youth
League held at Field of Dreams, New Delhi from 13 to 15 December
2019. Aditya Abhijeet Kathane and Hardik Mehta were conferred the
the Golden Glove Award.

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It was Trophy all the way for Parth Wadhera, Aryan Khanna,
Cherraj Sobti, Hardik Mehta, Ansh Ajeet Singh Loomba,
Madhav Malhotra, Aditya Kathane, Ryan Makhija, Krish
Goswami, Siddharth Bhattacharyya, Vajr Banerjee, Aryaman
Yadav, Saksham Jain, Aarish Sachdeva, Sambhav Sharma,
Aryaaman Luther, Aryan Srivastava, Gnanav Nand, Jagadish
Easwar, Yatharth Bajaj, Viraj Garg, Om Malhotra, Abhishek
Chauhan, Aryan Verma, Sridhar Gupta, Kaif Farooqi, Akshat
Singh Rao and Vivek Agarwal.
They lifted the Trophy in both U-17 and U-14 categories in the
School Games District Baseball Competition held at Govt
School, Sushant Lok-I from 7 to 9 August 2019.

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It was an all-star performance by the U-14 boys and BASKETBALL
girls. Sabhya Kumar, Neil Gehlot, Abhinav Arora,
Siddhant Malik, Kushagra Mittal, Piyush Ghudaiya
and Sairaa Julka, Stutee Totla, Nemika Sahni, Saanvi
Dhingra, Stuti Sharma, Anushka Vora, Mehek Kapoor,
Shivika Jain, Anusha Makkar, Zikra Tahir Wani,
Vatsala Chadha, Kasvi Sood, Supreet Kaur Bhatia,
Yeshita Sahai, Samaira Suneja, Gauri Gautam, Suhinaa
Saluja, Aarushi Ghai, Astha Vora and Shreeya Agarwal
secured Second and Third positions respectively in
the SGFI District Basketball Tournament held at Govt
School Dhankot from 1 to 6 August 2019.
The U-19 girls’ team were persistent in their
endeavours. Sairaa Julka, Nemika Sahni, Stuti
Sharma, Mehek Kapoor, Anusha Makkar, Samaira
Suneja,Yeshita Sahai, Astha Vora, Gauri Gautam, Zikra
Tahir Wani, Anushka Vora and Shivika Jain secured
the Second place in the Inter-School Basketball
Tournament at Lancers International School from 19
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Besides another Second place win by the girls’ team,
Areema Dhingra was declared Player of the Match in the
Gurgaon Basketball League held at St. Xavier’s School
from 21 September to 20 December 2019.
Arctic House made a spectacle of themselves by being
knocked out of the semi-finals of the Fifth Inter-House
Basketball Tournament on 27 December 2019. Pacific
House clinched the title.
Areema Dhingra, Santushti Mehra, Yeshita Sahai and
Rubaina Aggarwal’s performance was worth a Silver
medal in the Basketball Tournament held at Dhankot on
31 December 2019.

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Trophy is a custom and a tradition with the sister duo, CHESS
Tanishka and Riddhika Kotia who began the session by
lifting the Runners up Trophy in their categories in the
District State Level Chess Championship held at
Gurugram from 20 to 21 April 2019.  
In the District Level Chess Championship held at
Gurugram on 28 April 2019, Taniskha returned with
vengeance to claim her property, that is, the
Champion's Trophy and Riddhika Kotia struck bronze.  
Tanishka remained indestructible and lifted both the
Trophies in U-25 and U-17 categories in the State Level
Chess Championship held at Gurugram from 2 to 5 May
2019.
The duo laid siege to the State Chess Championship
held at Gurugram from 17 to 19 May 2019. Tanishka
bagged a Gold medal in the U-19 category while
Riddhika a Bronze in the U-15 category.
In the GM Chess Tournament held in Serbia, Europe
from 14 June to 14 July 2019, Tanishka and Riddhika
were conferred with First rank in the U-16 and U-11
girls’ categories respectively and the highest position
for an Indian player. Tanishka improved her rating by
355 points and Riddhika by 325 points.

Tanishka again finished with First position in the SGFI
District Chess Championship held at Presidium School from
1 to 4 August 2019. Riddhika stood Fourth and Aryan Sood
was Fifth.
Riddhika positioned her chessmen into Sixth rank in the
National U-11 Chess Championship held on 24 November
2019.
Victory divided up the four Houses in the Twelfth Inter
House Chess Tournament on 12 July 2019 with Pacific House
on the winning side. The following students also made their
Houses proud: Satvik Marathe, Pacific House, Dhruv Singh
Bisht, Indian House, Harshit Ratnani, Atlantic House, Satya
Narang, Pacific House.
The National Junior Chess Championship organised by
Haryana Chess Association and All India Chess Federation
held at Suncity from 1 to 9 November 2019 brought triumph
to Aradhya Garg from Delhi. He won the championship with
a score of 9.0/11, beating three IMs in the last three rounds.
Satya Narang was the last man standing in the Open Chess
Championship (Under-11) held at Presidium School, Gurgaon
from 1 to 2 February 2020.

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CRICKET

Living upto Suncity’s motto sadaiv agrani, the U-17 team lifted the Trophy in the SGFI
Cricket District Event held at Droan Cricket Academy from 6 to 16 August 2019. The proud
team members: Akshit Agarwal, Vivek Agarwal, Trivikram Gupta, Himnesh Chhawari,
Krish Khetarpal, Kaif Farooqi, Parth Wadera, Parth Mathur, Krish Mehta, Aryan Verma,
Aryan Chakraborty, Aryan Sood, Dhaval Lal, Bhavya Rathore and Aryan Malhotra.
Four players, Parth Wadhera, Dhaval Vijay Lal, Himnesh Chawari and Kaif Faroqui
participated in the SGFI State Cricket Tournament held at Kaithal from 26 to 28 August
2019. The team bowled and batted the pitch from under Mewat and won the match.

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Palakshi Sehrawat swung her club to the top
in both LMJGT Classic Golf Tournament held
at Golf Club on 13 April 2019 and in the
Sixtieth Lufthansa Golf Club tournament held
at DLF Golf Club, Gurugram on 21 June 2019.
Alternatively, she was in Second place in the
Green AtdodGbloodryyteGxot lf Tournament held at ICT
Classic Golf Course, Manesar, on 27
November 2019. She also qualified for the
IMG Academy Junior World Golf
Championship on 24 January 2020 by
winning the ‘Greens to Glory’ Golf
Tournament held at ITC Bharat.

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GYMNASTICS

A shower of ten Gold, four Silver and sixteen Bronze
medals caught the performers (not) by surprise in the
Sixth Pathways Invitational Inter-School Gymnastics
Competition from 24 to 25 April 2019. The two proud
team (U-12 and U-14) members were: Rubaani Batra
(Bronze), Nandika Chakraborty (1 Silver and 3 Bronze),
Aarna Bhanot (Bronze), Smera Arora (Bronze), Arshiya
Ahuja (Bronze), Rishika Bhatia (Bronze), Myra Marwah
(Gold), Aayushi Sachdeva (Gold), Kritika Ambawata (3
Gold), Deeti Babbar (1 Gold and 2 Silver) Marisha Bhatia
(Gold) and Suhani Kapoor (1 Gold and 1Bronze).
Gold topped the medal tally in the SGFI District
Gymnastics held at Excellence Gymnastics Academy
from 10 to 12 August 2019. Deeti Babbar: 1 Gold and 1
Bronze medal. Aayushi Sachdeva: 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 1
Bronze medal. Suhani Kapoor: 2 Gold and 1 Silver
medal. Kritika Ambawata: 1 Gold and 1 Bronze medal.

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The girls’ team’s predilection for the yellow metal
resulted in their victory in the Inter-Centre
Gymnastics at Nehru Stadium, Gurugram in the Under-
17 category on 22 August 2019. Kritika Ambawata: 2
Gold and 1 Silver medal. Deeti Babbar: 1 Gold, 1 Silver
and 2 Bronze medals. Aayushi Sachdeva: 1 Gold, 2 Silver
and 1 Bronze medal. Suhani Kapoor: One Gold medal.
Marisha Bhatia: One Bronze medal.
Kritika Ambawata, Deeti Babbar, Aayushi Sachdeva,
Marisha Bhatia, Suhani Kapoor and Kanishka Ambawat
survived with Third Position in the State Gymnastics
Championship held at Rohtak from 18 to 20 September
2019.
In the CBSE Gymnastics National Championship held at
Allahabad from 6 to 11 November 2019, Deeti Babbar,
Aayushi Sachdeva and Suhani Kapoor took the Team
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S KAT ING Aditi Garg got o to a slow start
with a Bronze medal in the
National Ice-Skating Competition
(U-17 Girls Speed Skating category)
held at Ambience Mall, Gurugram
from 21 to 25 May 2019.
However, she distinguished herself
with a Gold in the Haryana State
Ice Skating Competition held at
Ambience Mall, Gurugram from 22
to 25 July 2019 while Shreya Jain
won a Silver medal.
Two Bronze medals were ample
win for Hreelina Basak in the SGFI
District Level Skating Competition
(U-14 category) held at Baliawas on
30 July 2019 beacuse prize is small
and participation great. She stood
Fourth (500m and 1000m Rink
Race) in the State Level Skating
Championship held at Karnal from
24 to 27 August 2019. She did not
let that flag her enthusiasm down
and went on to win a Silver medal
in the CBSE Zonal Level Skating
Competition held at Fatehgarh
Sahib from 8 to 13 October 2019.
Four more Bronze medals in the
District Roller Skating
Championship held at Skating
Bank Track, Gurugram from 19 to
20 October 2019 were followed by
another one in the Haryana State
Roller Skating Championship held
at Baliawasm, Gurugram from 22
to 24 November2019. Finally, her
persistence paid o and she won
two Gold medals in the Inter-
School Skating Competition held at
Amity International School from
10 to 11 December 2019. At the
same event, Veera Prathambir won
a Bronze medal.
Veera's  presence boosted the
morale of the team which won the
First place by 3 to 1 in the State
Roll Ball Skating Championship
held at Guru Dronacharya Stadium,
Kurukshetra, from 17 to 18 August
2019.
Indian House were too fast for the
other three House and won the
Seventh Inter-House Skating
Competition held on 31 January
2020.

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In the Soccer theatre, Suncity’s U-12 team had SOCCER
a dramatic win and the U-14 team clinched
Second place in the Inter-School Soccer
Competition organized by Heritage School
from 24 to 27April 2019. The team members:
Aaryman Tanwar, Krish Goswami, Sridhar
Gupta, Vajr Banerjee, Aryaman Yadav,
HarshVardhan Sewal, Eshmeet Channa,
Aashman Sabharwal, Yohaan Kapur, Aditya
Mangal Acharya, Karmanya Sharma, Rehaan
Dogra, Lakshay Ambawata, Devik Ahuja, Arjun
Sai Ram Mohan, Teevr Banerjee, Mansimer
Singh Ahluwalia, Ryan Makhija and Nirav
Bhandari. Krish Goswami was declared the
Man of the Match and Sidhaant Yadav was the
Best Goalkeeper.  
The U-14 team remained dominant and won
the Friendly Soccer Match organized by
Lancers School On 4 May 2019. The team
members were: Sridhar Gupta, Lakshay
Ambawata, Arjun Sai Ram Mohan, Mansimer
Singh Ahluwalia, Ryan Makhija, Kabeer
Mithra, Deepak Jordy Bora, Sukhjyot Singh
Sran, Parth Dubey and Harman Khurana.
Krish Goswami, Sridhar Gupta, Mohit
Ambawata, Arjun Sai Ram Mohan, Mansimer
Singh Ahluwalia, Ryan Makhija, Harman
Khurana and Kabeer Bansal had tagible
victory in the Friendly Soccer Match against
Shiv Nadar School, Gurgaon on 18 May 2019.
It was trophy day for the Under-17 boys’ team.
They made a clean 8-1 sweep in the Friendly
Soccer Match at Lancers International School,
Gurugram on 24 August 2019.
Long festivities for Kushagra Kakkar’s
honourable participation in the SGFI State
Tournament held at Karnal from 8 to 12
September 2019. The Haryana team won the
match at the state-level for the first time and
he has been selected for national-level
matches.
Onward U-17 and U-19 boys’ teams! They
participated for the first time in the CBSE
Soccer Tournament held at Mohindergarh,
Narnaul from 21 to 27 September 2019 and
secured Third place. The team members were:
Krish Goswami, Vajr Banerjee, Lakshay
Ambawata, Arjun Sai Ram Mohan, Harman
Khurana, Kushagra Kakkar, Rohan Bhatia,
Trivikram Gupta, Shaurya Batra, Arjun Kalra,
Aarnav Arora, Varun Rao, Arav Sethi, Rohit
Ayyalasomayajula, Jayin Khanna, Keshav
Yadav, Deveshvar Nanda, Aaryan Dhaul, Karan
Chaudhary, Danish Sharma, Mayank Mehta,
Shaurya Anand, Krishna Mehndiratta,
Aashman Sabharwal, Naman Nanda and
Hardik Choudhary)

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In his last year at Suncity, Krishna Mehndiratta’s SKATING
dedication to the sport took him to the National
Soccer Competition held at Andaman and Nicobar
Islands from 26 November to 6 December 2019.  
The soccer team’s accomplishments scaled down
slightly when they represented Delhi NCR in the
U-14 National Football Federation Match held at
Aligarh from 20 to 25 January 2020 and were the
second runner-up. They also received a
scholarship of Rs. 11,000.
The girls team beat some heat into the sport by
winning a Friendly Soccer Match at Heritage
School on 11 May 2019. The U-14 girls’ team
comprised Yashita Manglick, Palak Singh, Aarshi
Manan, Arzoi Duggal, Rinaya Duggal, Prisha
Dhuper, Manya Sharma, Kamakshi Singh, Amiya
Leekha, Aashna Jain, Astha Vora, Anushka Vora
and Tvisha Dhuper.
The girls’ team had every intention to win the
Great Indian Football Action Soccer Tournament
held at CWG Akshardham from 15 September to
13 October 2019 which they did and received a
cash prize of Rs. 50000. The noteworthy winners
were: Arzoi Duggal, Rinaya Duggal, Hiranmayi
Jajoria and Preha Gandhi.
They made short work of their rivals again in the
Inter-School Soccer Tournament held at DPS,
Sushant Lok from 25 to 30 November 2019 and
won the tournament. The invincible force
comprised: Amiya Leekha, Rinaya Duggal, Arzoi
Duggal, Manya Sharma, Kamakshi Singh, Aashna
Jain, Astha Vora, Anushka Vora, Aarshi Manan,
Palak Singh, Sia Avlash, Yashvi Gupta, Aarushi
Pulugurty, Aayushi Sachdeva and Khushi Kochar.
In the Pre-Subroto Cup Soccer Tournament
playoff, Suncity’s U-17 boys’ team made it to the
Second position out of thirty-two teams. The
tournament was held at D.A.V School, Sector 5,
Gurugram from 16 to 19 July 2019.
Mr. Roshi Kumar, member of Suncity’s sports
faculty, felt magnified when he was handed the
Best Coach Trophy in the Inter-School Soccer
Tournament held at Made Easy School, Gurugram
on 20 November 2019.

Sia Prathambir led by example by winning three Gold medals and declared Best
Swimmer in the Inter-School Swimming Competition held at G.D. Goenka School
from 7 to 8 May 2019. Little sister, Veera Prathambir, followed suit and won two
Silver and one Gold medal. Hriday Kabir picked up a Bronze medal. Anushka
Vora won four Bronze and twin sister Astha won two Bronze medals. Mahip
Reen and Gauri Gautam both picked up two Bronze medals.
Sia and Veera continued to shine. The former outswam her rivals and won three
Gold and three Silver medals and the latter won one Silver and two Bronze
medals at the Swimming Open District Meet held at Baba Ganganath Swimming
Academy from 27 to 28 July 2019
Sia Prathambir again upset a lot of aspirations by winning a Gold medal in the
100 m back stroke and a Silver medal in the 50 m back stroke in the Senior
State Swimming Championship held at Bahadurgarh on 3 August 2019. She was
declared the overall champion in her category.
The Eleventh Inter-House Swimming Competition was held on 6 September
2019. Indian House cliamed the trophy, leaving the other Houses floundering for
second and third places.

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The sister duo, Sia and
Veera engraved their
names on water in the
CBSE North Zone
Swimming Championship
held at Pathankot from
12 to 16 September 2019.
Sia won two Gold medals
and Veera won a Gold, a
Silver and Bronze medal.
With singularity of
purpose, Sia won three
gold medals in the SGFI
State Swimming
Championship held at
Kurukshetra from 9 to 11
September 2019. She
went on to pick up a
Bronze medal in the
CBSE National
Swimming Championship
held at Gyan Ganga
School, Bhopal on 17
November 2019.
It was a day of medals for
Suncity’s swimming
team. Tarini Khatri
picked up a Silver medal,
Siddhanth Sehrawat won
two Silver and one
Bronze medal, Mahip
Reen picked up two
Bronze medals, Hriday
Kabir, Naman Sharma,
Khushi Mehta, each won
a Bronze medal in the
Inter-School Swimming
Competition held at
Lotus Valley
International School on 9
October 2019.

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Championship was a

certainty for Yuvika Bang

with two Gold medals in the

Third Delhi NCR Karate

Championship held at Bal

Bhawan, Delhi from 17 to 18

August 2019.

Reyansh Arora hung in till

KARATE the end to take the Third

position in the Shaheed

Bhagat Singh Karate

Championship 2019

organized by R2F Martial

Art Academy from 17 to 18

August 2019.

The Seventh Inter-House
Taekwondo Competition was
held on 26 April 2019. The
martial arts engagement of
sorts threw up the following
winners: Kritika Jindal, Indian
House, Chaitanya Yadav, Indian
House, Shashwat Baran, Indian
House, Yashvardhan Yadav,
Arctic House, Aaradhya
Sharma, Atlantic House, Daksh
Rathore, Pacific House, Ainesh
Kapoor, Indian House, Latika
Jindal, Arctic House, Mihir
Girotra, Pacific House and
Aaryan Chadha, Pacific House.
In the overall reckoning,
Indian House overpowered and
pinned down the other three
Houses.
Arzoi Dug al, Rinaya Dug al
and Aryaman Nandyal
belonged in the winner’s club
with a Gold medal each in the
Delhi State Level Taekwondo
Competition held at Tyagraj
Indoor Stadium from 28 to 30
November 2019 while Arnav
Goel picked up a Silver.

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Sanjana Verma captured the court with two
gold medals in the first R.S Memorial Table

Tennis Tournament (U-12 and U-15
categories) held at Unified Titans Table
Tennis Academy from 13 to 14 April 2019. It
was love all the way for her in the State
Table Tennis Tournament held at Sonepat
from 9 to 10 May 2019. She was Second and
won two more Silver medals and a Bronze

in the Gurugram District Table Tennis
Ranking Tournament held from 20 to 21
July 2019. She swept up two Silver medals
in the Haryana State Ranking Table Tennis
Tournament held at Rohtak from 24 to 26
August 2019 and was unstoppable in the

Haryana State and Inter District Table
Tennis Tournament held at Sonepat from 6
to 8 October 2019 and collected a Silver and

a Bronze medal.

TENNIS

The Thirteenth Inter-House Table
Tennis Tournament was held on 17 May
2019. Atlantic House were in top
position when the rackets came down.
Individual winners were: Arihant Ojha,
First position, Atlantic House, Mahir
Varma, First position, Arctic House,
Divyansh Prashar, First position, Arctic
House and Shaurya Walia, First
position, Pacific House.
In another Inter-House clash on 23
August 2019, Arnav Sharma turned the
tide in favour of Indian House.
Siddhanth Sehrawat took Arctic House
to Second place and Aryan Jain fought
tooth and nail to keep Atlantic House in
the Third place.

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The lawn tennis team had a
fan-led victory in all the
matches in the SGFI U-14
District-Level Lawn Tennis
Tournament held at Sports
Academy from 26 to 28
August 2019.
Haryana State Lawn Tennis
Tournament (U-14) was held
at Sonepat from 11 to 14
September 2019. Aryan Jain
and Pranav Taneja gave a
hard time to their opponents
and took the Third place.
Aarav Roy determined the
outcome in his favour by
winning the Team Tennis
Open Tournament (U-10)
organised by G.D. Goenka
Public School from 5 to 7
October 2019.
Saavya Bhargava persevered
and won a Silver medal in
the Fitsco Sports Academy
Lawn Tennis Tournament
held from 19 to 20 October
2019.

Many more tennis
lifetimes to Param Pratap
Singh who made it to the
finals in the Doubles and in
the Singles to the semi-
finals in the Lawn Tennis
Tournament organised by
Shantima Lawn Tennis
Academy (SLTA),
Gurugram on 6 December
2019.
Pranav Taneja plyed hard
to claim the Trophy as well
as Second Runner-up
position in U-14 and U-16
respectively in the AITA
Lawn Tennis Tournament
held at Karnal from 6 to 17
January 2020. He
embraced the Title in the
AITA National Ranking
Lawn Tennis Tournament
held at Sonipat on 27
February 2020.

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YOGA

The yogis of Atlantic
House did great

tapasya, performing
asanas like Tadasan,

Padamasan,
Parvatasan and
reached the pinnacle
of self-actualisation
by winning the
Seventh Inter-House
Yoga Competition on

10 May 2019.

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MISCELLANEOUSKrish Gupta succumbed to Sixth position in the CBSE
Archery Competition held at Sangrur Punjab from 26 to
30 September 2019.
Vidushi Jaidka made a free run to stand First in the VKM
DLF Freedom Run on 14 August 2019. To mark the 73rd
Independence Day of India, Suncity School organized a
Run for Security marathon for teachers, parents and
students on 25 August 2019 at Tau Devi Lal Stadium,
Sector-38, Gurugram. The key focus was building a
connection with the Indian Armed Forces and to boost
patriotism, unity, passion and the health of the youth.
About 10,000 marathon runners paid pay a tribute to the
nation’s martyrs. The event was attended by Baichung
Bhutia, among others. The Chairman, Mr Ankit Goyal,
Mrs. Sandeepa Rai, the school’s Principal and teachers
joined the parents and students to support this noble
cause and to spread the message of ‘Healthy India, Fit
India’. Gift vouchers and participation certificates signed
by the Sports Minister of India were given away.’

Leap Academy, Gurugram organised a special camp for fast
bowlers on 24 August 2019. Mr. T.A. Sekar, medium pace
bowler (test and ODIs), personally trained the players to help
them make it big in cricket. Another highlight of the camp
was to meet Irfan Pathan, one of India’s finest fast bowlers.
Following students attended the camp: Aryan Chakraborty,
Parth Wadera, Aryan Malhotra, Naman Singhal, Dhruvika
Rao and Grihith Gumber.

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Sports Department threw in the Annual Sports
Day into the school works on 13 December 2019

for grades VII and VIII. After the opening, the
whole nine yards unfolded, including some of the
main attractions like the track events, relay races,
cycling race and the hurdles. Mrs. Sandipa Rai, the

school’s Principal, gave away the certificates and
medals to the winners. Indian House were beside
themselves for winning relay events for both girls

and boys. Angad Ahuja came Fourth in 200 m,
Second in 400m and Third in the relay race.

Times of Sports,
under the
banner F1 in
Schools,
organized the
Regional
Championship at
Suncity School
from 31 January
to 1 February
2020. Forty eight
teams from
fifteen  schools
across Delhi,
NCR
participated. The
Chief Guest, Mr.
Vikas Jain,
Owner/Joint
Managing
Director of PMV
Maltings Pvt Ltd.,
PMV Nutrient
Products Pvt Ltd.
and The Malt
Company India
Pvt Ltd., gave
away the prizes
to the winners.

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TOP ACHIEVEMENTS IN SPORTS

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MRITYUNJAYA THAKUR XIC

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   EDITORIAL BOARD

Rupa Chakravarty

Editing, literary embellishments and designing:
Rajesh Dutta

Newsletters: Sapna Bakshi

English: Navita Thakur, Geetanjali Sethi,
Sushmita Sharma, Seema Vijay, Sapna Bakshi,

Avantika Sharma, Richa Mukerjee

Hindi: Dr. Beena Raghav
Sanskrit: Arjun Kumar Shastry, Akashdeep

Continental flavours
French: Kajal Jain, Khushboo Gupta
Spanish: Anjali Mehra, Nirmal Kaur

German: Kanika Nanda

Art: Meghansh Thapa, Budhhadev Mukerji

Sports: Deepika Mehndiratta
  

Cover Design: Sanjoy Patra

Coordination: Reema Khanna

Photographs: Deepa Gandhi, Ankit Choudhary

                                              
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The editors wish to thank:

Mrs. Rupa Chakravarty, the school's founder
Principal and Director, for her guidance and

support.
All students and teachers for their contributions
and support in the successful making and launch

of Synergy 2019 – 2020.

THANK YOU!                              

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