MAGAZINE 25.07.20

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1. About School

2. School Mentor’s Message

3. Chairman’s Message

4. School Secretary’s Message

5. From the desk of Principal

6. Words from the Vice-Principal

7. Editorial Board

8. School Infrastucture at A Glance
9. Glimpses of the Session
10. School’s Achievements of the year

11. Board Exams- Proud Acheivers

12. Press Coverage
13. Competitions Results

14. Independence Day Celebration

15. Diwali Celebration

16. Extempore Competition

17. Janmashtami Celebration

18. Nukad Natak

19. Tour and Excursion
20. Children’s Day Celebration

21. Fit India Movement

22. Sports Meet

23. Republic Day Celebration

24. Certificate Distribution Ceremony

25. Lockdown Challenge

26. Earth Day Celebration Follow us on
27. Mother’s Day Celebration
28. Environment Day Celebration :
29. International Yoga Day
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30. Online Parents Teacher Meeting

31. Students Corner

32. Teachers Perception

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About school

Our school has demonstrated tremendous growth,
commitment to quality & a unique and fresh approach to
education and has risen to prominence in the locality.
Our strong academic performance outcome:-

 Innovation in teaching methods.
 Enriching and comprehensive educational experience.
 Supporting learning environment.

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OUR MISSION & VISIOn
Mission

Ascent Public School is dedicated to :
 Excellence through State, National and

International recognition, through freedom of
academic inquiry and expression.
 Create and disseminate knowledge by means of
scholarly and creative achievements.
 Empower teachers to guide children with
innovative techniques to construct knowledge and
to bring element of joy to School surroundings to
nurture patriotic child to grow in to full bloom.
For us honour and welfare of the Nation will always be
first and every time.

Vision

To become a premier rural school of education
recognized for its diversity, and known for excellence
in teaching, learning and research.

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Chairman’s message

मेरे पूर्वज ंो ने अपने समय मंे समाज सेर्ा करने में ही
आनंोद पाया। उनके पद चिन् ों मंे िलते हुए

तथा आज की जरूरत क समझते हुए मंैने चनर्वय
चलया चक अपने क्षेत्र से अज्ञानता के अोंधकार क दू र
करते हुए ज्ञान का प्रकाश फै लाऊ। मेरे इस चनर्वय से
मेरी आदरर्ीय माता जी भी अत्यचधक प्रसन्न हुई तथा
मुझे पूर्व सहय ग देने का चर्श्वास चदलाया।
उनके सहय ग से मैंने एसंेट पब्लिक स्कू ल की स्थापना
अपने घर के समीप ही की। इस कायव क गचत देने हेतु
ना मंैने के र्ल अपना समय र् पररश्रम समचपवत चकया
अचपतु समस्त जमा राचश भी अपना उद्देश्य पूचतव के
चलए लगा दी। आज इस चर्द्यालय क देखकर मैं
गौरर्ाब्लित ह ते हुए हैरान ह ता हों चक इतने कम समय मंे चर्द्यालय सीचनयर सेकें डरी स्तर तक पहुंोि गया। इस
सफलता के चलए मैं अपने चमत्र श्री यशपाल र्माव जी ,ज चक डी.ए.र्ी कॉलेज मैनेचजंोग कचमटी के भूतपूर्व चडप्टी
डायरे क्टर है, का तहे चदल से शुचिया अदा करता हों। उनके सहय ग एर्ंो चदशा-चनदेश ंो से ही हमारा चर्द्यालय
आज बच् ंो के सर्ांागीर् उन्नचत हेतु सभी अध्यापक-अध्याचपका,अन्य कमविारी तथा चर्द्यालय की सचमचत मेरे कों धे
के साथ कंो धा चमलाकर अग्रसर है।
यहांो मंै अपने चर्द्यालय के बच् ों तथा अचभभार्क ंो का भी अचभनोंदन करते हुए कहना िाहंोगा चक उनके सहय ग
के चबना चर्द्यालय आगे नहींो बढ़ सकता।
इस र्र्व का प्रारों भ न के र्ल हमारे चलए अचपतु समस्त भारत के चलए एक बहुत बडी िुनौती क र ना महामारी के
रूप में समस्त संोसार क चहला कर रख चदया है। हम बहुत सौभाग्यशाली है चक हमें अपने प्रधानमोंत्री श्री नरें द्र
म दी जी का कु शल नेतृत्व चमल रहा है तथा हमंे चर्श्वास है चक हम इस िुनौती क हरा कर ही रहंेगे।
यहाों यह कहना अनुचित नहींो ह गा चक प्रदेश अध्यक्ष बंोशीधर भगत जी का सहय ग भी हमें हर चदशा में चमलता
रहता है।
अोंत मंे मैं श्रीमती िंोपा (सेिे टरी), श्री श्रीप्रकाश चमश्रा (प्रधानािायव) एर्ंो श्रीमती भार्ना ज शी जी के सहय ग एर्ों
उनके अथक पररश्रम तथा कायवकु शलता द्वारा चर्द्यालय क चदन द गुनी रात िौगुनी उन्नचत प्रदान करने हेतु अपना
आभार प्रकट करता हंो ।
धन्यर्ाद।
चदनेश नैनर्ाल

अध्यक्ष, एसेंट पब्लिक स्कू ल

प्रबोंध सचमचत

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sChool mentor’s message

I am happy to note that Ascent Public School Family,
is working on its third issue of its E-Magazine “Fantasy”.
Students, Staff and School Authorities deserve my
appreciations for making the publication of this
Periodical, a regular feature of the School Curriculum.
This periodical of the School is not only a routine
Part of the School Calendar but is a Platform to bring
about a revolution in the Educational Environment of
the school.
Since its inception Ascent Public School is trying to give
New dimention to its ‘Teaching – Learning’ Process and establish itself as
an ‘Ambassador of Change’not only in Haldwani or
U.K. but in the Nation as a whole.
Previous issues of this periodical have covered almost all the fields of education viz.
Academic, Cultural, Sports, Values of Life and patriotism etc. I can freely say that this of the
school Magazine will cover much more the areas covered earlier and will cover another mile
stoneof achievements.

At the end, I would like to congratulate the School family for getting the School upgraded to
plus two level of CBSE in a short span of seven years.
Last but not the least is the challenge of living with Corona. The school will have to evolve
innovative ways of teaching to compensate the loss of their studies for more than one quarter
of the session. No doubt School staff tried its best to tech the students on line but they could
not meet the emotional needs of the children.
I wish many more successes in the years to come.

(Y.P.Verma)
Educational Advisor,
Ascent Public School,
Haldwani

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चिद्यािय सचिि की किम से

र्र्व 2008 में बी.पी.एड की चडग्री ग्रहर् करने के पश्चात
एक चनर्वय चलया था चक मंै समाज की सेर्ा बच् ंो के
अध्यापन से करती रहोंगी चकंो तु कई कारर् ों र्श मैं इस
क्षेत्र में पदापवर् नहीों कर पाई। सन 2013 मंे जब
श्री चदनेश नैनर्ाल जी ने मुझे इस पूरनपुर नैनर्ाल गाोंर्
मंे चर्द्यालय की स्थापना की य जना बताई त मैंने तुरों त
चनर्वय चलया चक मंै नैनर्ाल जी के उद्देश्य की पूचतव हेतु
उनके साथ कंो धे से कंो धा चमला कर िलूंोगी। उस समय
से मंै श्री नैनर्ाल जी तथा एसेंट पब्लिक स्कू ल सचमचत के
समस्त सदस्य र् पदाचधकाररय ंो के साथ कदम से
कदम चमला रही हंो।
सन 2016 में श्री यशपाल र्माव जी ,ज चक एन.सी.आर.टी द्वारा चर्द्यालय ों में इन र्ेशन करने हेतु राष्टर्ीय स्तर
पर सम्माचनत ह िुके हंै , उनके सोंपकव में आई । नैनर्ाल जी और मेरे अनुर ध पर र्ह हमारे चर्द्यालय के
साथ जुड गए, तथा चदल्ली बैठे हुए भी चर्द्यालय प्रबोंधन के क्षेत्र मंे मेरा मागवदशवन करते रहे। तथा आज मंै
पूर्व आत्मचर्श्वास के साथ चर्द्यालय के हर क्षेत्र मंे पूरी सफलता के साथ कायव कर रही हंो।
प्रधानािायव श्री श्रीप्रकाश चमश्रा जी, श्रीमती भार्ना ज शी जी तथा अन्य अध्यापक गर् के सहय ग से हम
चर्द्यालय के उद्देश्य ों क पूरा करने हेतु बडी ही तीव्र गचत से अग्रसर हंै।
यहाों यह कहना अनुचित नहीों ह गा चक चर्द्यालय के अन्य कमविारी गर्, छात्र-छात्राएंो एर्ों सभी अचभभार्क
गर् भी मुझे पूर्व स्नेह देते हुए मुझ में नई स्फू चतव प्रदान करते हंै।चर्द्यालय के सभी सदस्य ंो के सहय ग से मुझे
चर्श्वास है चक हमारा यह चर्द्यालय शीघ्र ही चशक्षा के क्षेत्र मंे एक चर्शेर् स्थान प्राप्त कर लेगा।
धन्यर्ाद।
शुभकामनाओों सचहत-िोंपा
सचिर्-एसंेट पब्लिक स्कू ल प्रबंोधन सचमचत,
अध्यक्ष- चडब्लिक एथलेचटक्स एस चसएशन, नैनीताल

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INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

The most proudly celebrated occasion ever is the Independence Day.The gamut of
celebration activities held on Ascent campus consisting of special morning assembly. The
entire school assembled at the ground. The director sir hosted the tri colour with the
presence of society members, accompanied by the loud voice of national anthem sung by
the whole school family. The group song “Vijay Vishwa Tiraga Pyara” filled everyone
with pure patriotism.
At the end Principal Sir gave a speech, reminding the students and the teachers of the
sacrifices made by our great freedom fighters and made us take a pledge that we
should serve our motherland India with heart body and soul. At the end the students,
were given sweets.

teaCher’s DaY CeleBration

In Ascent Public School all the events are celebrated with great enthusiasm and interest.
Teachers day was also celebrated with lots of happiness. As we all know this day is celebrated
in the memory of Dr. Radahakrishnan who was himself a successful and influential teacher. 5

September is the birth anniversary of Dr. S.Radhakrishnan.
On this day students of Ascent Public School prepared many dance performances, skit and
speech as a surprise for the teachers. Apart from traditional dance they showed a butterfly
dance, which was beautiful. In a group dance the students showed respect and love to the
teachers. The funny skit presented by the students filled the environment with humor. The
arrangement by the students proved that they have a lot of capabilities to perform to their best

level. Not only the performances were good but the environment of the school was also
disciplined. The teachers received beautiful cards as a token of love from the students. At the

end of the event the games for teachers were organized like save your cups, remember the
names and cover the notebook. All the teachers felt truly happy and proud.

The school management of Ascent Public School never sits at back when it comes to rewarding
the teachers. The teachers were presented a gift and sweets as a token of respect.

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Diwali Celebration

There are numerous religious festivals of
Hindus one of the significant festival is
Diwali. It is celebrated in honour of Lord
Ram's return to Ayodhya after 14 years of
exile. It is commonly known as the festival
of lights when we light up the houses and
the surroundings. It marks the victory of
good over evil.

On 24th October 2019, a grand celebration
of Diwali was held in the campus of Ascent
Public School. The whole campus was
beautifully decorated to welcome this
festival. A beautiful smile persisted on the
face of children for celebrating Diwali.

A special Assembly was organized in which
a speech was presented explaining about
the importance of this festival. An act was
presented by the primary section on
requesting the children not to burst
crackers and save the environment.

Later a dance competition was held for the
preprimary section in which the tiny tots
danced on the beats of the music and
wishing everyone a happy Diwali. The
dance performance of all the three classes
mesmerized the spectators however class
LKG got first position followed by class
UKG at second position.

A Rangoli competition was organized for
the higher classes where with the creativity
and devotion students prepared beautiful
rangoli designs and filled the campus with
colors.

Each member of the school was provided
with the sweet as a blessing from the
management. All the activities and
celebrations ended on a happy note.

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EXTEMPORE COMPETITION

Students of Ascent Public School participated in the Inter House Extempore
Competition for Grade VI to X. Every moment of our life is unscripted like an
extempore competition. What comes on our platter at that allotted one minute’s
time is completely unknown. An extempore is an impromptu speech which the
participant is required to make on a topic there and then. Perhaps that’s the
beauty of this competition.
Ascent Public School regularly organizes various scholastic and co-scholastic
activities to cater all round development of its student. With this objective, an
Extempore Competition was organized for students of grade VI to X on Friday,
November 22, 2019 to enhance their communication skills.
They spoke on a variety of topics like education, knowledge, life, beauty,
happiness, ICT, entrepreneurship, leadership, culture, freedom, diversity, politics
etc. The participants were judged on the basis of content, confidence, voice
modulation, pronunciation and overall impact.

RAKHI MAKING COMPETITION

Rakhi is an important festival of India. And plays an important role between brother
and sisters. The chaste bond of love between a brother and sister is one of the deepest
and noblest of human emotions. To commemorate this festival a “Rakhi making
competition” was organized for the students of class 1st to 5th. Students made beautiful
rakhi using different articles like silk thread, ribbon, beats etc. Their artisanship was
quite fascinating and children thoroughly enjoyed this activity that tickled their
creative side.

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Janmashtami celebration

Lord Krishna is one of the most powerful reincarnation of Lord Vishnu. We celebrate
Janmashtami as the birthday of Lord Krishna. According to the Hindu calendar, this festival
is celebrated on the Ashtami of Krishna Paksh or the 8th day of the dark fortnight in the

CALLIGRAPHY COMPETITONmonth of Bhadon.

To seek the blessings of Lord Krishna, this festival was celebrated with great zeal and
enthusiasm in the campus of Ascent Public School on 23rd August 2019. The whole campus
was decorated beautifully and the environment was filled with the love and devotion for Lord
Krishna. Beautiful dance performances were presented by the students of primary section and
a fancy dress competition was organized for the preprimary section. The heart of each and
every one present in the audience melted with love looking at so many Bal Gopal. The sweet
voice of each and every Bal Gopal attracted the whole audience and the environment was filled
with clapping. The unconditional participation by the kids showed the true spirit of a
competition.
The Vice Principal of the school, Mrs. Bhawna Joshi blessed all the students with her beautiful
message showing the devotion towards Lord Krishna. She also motivated the students to
respect their parents and teachers to be a good human being.

CLEANLINESS CAMPAIGN

Cleanliness gives rise to a good character by keeping body, mind
And soul clean and peaceful. It needs to be a part of our daily life
which should be taught since childhood. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
is one such significant mission that was started on 2nd October 2015
by the Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi in order to
honour Mahatma Gandhi vision of a clean India. It is a great initiative
in making people aware of the importance of cleanliness.
Ascent Public School always participates in social campaigns
being a responsible part of the society. As per the norms of CBSE, this
year on 2nd October 2019 our school participated in the cleaning
campaign which carried a theme "Go green, Go clean". A specific area
for cleaning drive was allotted to different schools. After reaching the
allotted place the students along with the teachers were provided with
mask and gloves for their protection. Two different kinds of bags were provided for biodegradable
and non-biodegradable waste. The enthusiasm of the students truly proved that they understand
their responsibility towards the society and environment.

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Card making competition

Every festival is celebrated happily and enthusiastically
in the campus of Ascent Public School. When it comes
to the festival of lights, Diwali the interest of the whole
school can be seen more filled with light. As we all
know Diwali celebration starts many days before the actual
day of Diwali in the same way in the Ascent Public School
campus also this celebration started many days before with
the card making competition on 19-10-19 i.e. Saturday.
The competition was organized for all the classes from
1st to 9th and the theme of the competition was “DIWALI”.
The enthusiasm for making the card was clearly seen among
the students. The sheets for making card were provided from
the school for all the classes. Students showed their creativity,
neatness and abilities for making the cards. After the successful
completion of the competition the students submitted the card
to their respective class teachers, the judges were confused
regarding the judgement. At last the result was announced

class wise. From each classes the winners were selected.

G.K Quiz competition

Development of a child inside the four walls of a classroom can never be a complete
development. Knowledge in the books lets the child to be academically strong but for being an
alert human it is necessary for a child to know about the basic activities going around
himself. To check the alertness of a child towards environment an inter house GK quiz
competition was organized in Ascent Public School. From each class one student of each house
was selected for participation. To celebrate the Constitution Day of India, that falls on 26th
November every year the theme of the GK quiz competition was chosen as “Constitution of
India”, which was declared many days before the competition. The children practiced many
days to go through the different aspects of Constitution of India. The competition of primary
classes was held on 23rd November 2020.The judges of the competition, the Principal and Vice
Principal of the school were amazed to see the performance of the students.
To motivate the primary classes students for performing better in such competitions the Social
Science teacher Mrs. Renu Bargali gave a short speech.

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GROUP DANCE COMPETITION

To let the children, explore their talent Ascent Public School always focuses on every
area of development. Dancing on the beats of music not only refines the body but also
refreshes the mind. Keeping this view in mind an inter house group dance competition
was organized on 15th November 2019. To increase the level of competition the theme
given was Uttarakhand traditional dance form. The judges and spectators were waiting
keenly to look forward to this group dance competition. The performances were summed
up with many dance forms of Uttarakhand like chhapeli, chholia, jhoda. Each house
tried their best to become the winner of the competition. The dance performance of
Bluebell house was so stunning that it not only impressed the spectators but the judges
were so mesmerized that they declared them as first position seekers. The beautiful
performance of Greenwich house let them to stand at second position. The competition
ended with the words of the Principal of the school, Mr Shri Prakash Mishra. The
environment of Ascent Public School got filled with the traditional colours of
Uttarakhand.

CALLIGRAPHY COMPETITION

To improve the presentation skills to inculcate habit of good handwriting among students,
Ascent Public School organized Calligraphy Competition in its school premises. The
competition was held for grade 1st to 5th students. On 29 April 2019 English calligraphy
was held and on 30 April 2019 Hindi calligraphy was held. The students participated with
enthusiasm and fervor. The teachers observed the students very well. After the completion
of the competition , assessment of the calligraphy was done by the selected panel of
teachers on the basis of writing style, curves ,patterns, legibility neatness and
beautification.

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NUKKAD NATAK

Being a respectful and responsible member of a society, Ascent Public School
always focuses on preparing their children not just to understand the social issues
but also motivates them to participate in various awareness campaigns.
A nukkad natak or Street show is a great tool that can be used by people to
convey some information or message to the society. These are performed on the
streets for awaring the society about the social issues. One of such nukkad natak
was performed by the students of Ascent Public School for awaring the society
against the increased danger of dengue that is prevailing at high rate in the
environment on 16 Sep.2019. It was performed under the supervision of the Vice
Principal of the school Mrs. Bhawna Joshi.
It was performed near a place in Haldwani to aware the local people. The
performance of the children attracted the people passing from the area. The show
was motivated by the presence of the city Mayor Mr. Joginder Singh Rautela. He
appreciated the role of our school in such a social issue and blessed all the
children.

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Tour and excursion

Educational tour for class 7th to 10th

Industrial visit has its own importance in a career of a student who wants to pursue a
professional degree in business or engineering etc. It is considered as an important part of
their curriculum. It provides students and insight regarding internal working of companies
and bridges the gap between classroom theoretical training and practical learning in a real
life environment.
Keeping this in mind today Ascent Public School has provided an industrial tour to the
students of classes 7th to 10th at Fly Ash Brick Factory, Chakalua during the school
hours.
The system was appreciated by the students & staff as they were educated about the
upgraded technology used in the field of construction which is eco-friendly as well. It was
a wonderful experience for all the students. All the students and teachers thoroughly
enjoyed this educational field trip. The school authorities highly appreciated the efforts
made by the staff and management of the Factory to help the students learn about this
new and advance process. Principal Shriprakash Mishra thanked the entire team of Fly
Ash Brick Factory for giving this lovely opportunity to the budding students of their
school.

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Educational tour For class 3rd-6 th

शैचक्षक भ्रमर् से चर्द्याचथवय ों क दुचनया का व्यर्हाररक अनुभर् चमलता है तथा इस प्रकार के भ्रमर् से
उनमें अपने पयावर्रर् के प्रचत रुचि बढ़ती है यह बच् ों के सामाचजक चर्कास में मदद करता है। अतः
बच् ों के व्यर्हाररक ज्ञान क बढ़ाने हेतु चर्द्यालय द्वारा कक्षा 3 से कक्षा 6 तक के बच् ों क नया गाोंर्
ब्लस्थत कों ब ज बॉटचनकल गाडवन ले जाया गया, जहांो बच् ों ने फू ल ों की चर्चभन्न प्रजाचतय ों के चर्र्य मंे
जानकारी ग्रहर् की एर्ों बच् ों ने चडर प चसोंिाई और चनर्ेिन के तरीक ंो क भी जाना। बॉटचनकल गाडवन
के प्रबंोधक द्वारा बच् ों क चर्चभन्न प्रकार के फू ल ंो के पौध ंो की देखभाल के तरीके बतलाए गए।
चर्द्यालय कों ब ज ब टैचनकल गाडवन की समस्त टीम क उनके सहय ग एर्ंो समथवन के चलए धन्यर्ाद
करता है।

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ChilDren’s DaY CeleBration

We were all children once and waiting for the
special day marked only for us. The day celebrated
every year on 14 November which focuses on
children and enjoy the day celebrated to pay
tribute to the former Prime Minister and of
children Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who was
popularly known as Chacha Nehru. In the campus
of Ascent Public School this year also this day was
celebrated enthusiastically beginning with the
wishes offered by the teachers to the lovely
children. Then special Assembly was conducted by
the teachers. A beautiful speech was given by Mrs.
Gitanjali Rekhari and poem was followed by Mrs.
Bhawna Pandey that presented her childhood
memories. Many games were decided to be played
and enjoyed by the children that started just after
the assembly.

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FIT INDIA MOVEMENT

As per the CBSE guidelines and the program launched by honourable Prime
Minister on 29-August-2019 for celebrating the fitness week, our school has also
actively participated in it.
On day 1, a speech on the importance of yoga, sports and other physical exercises
was delivered by the student of standard 10th. Then the students did the P.T
exercises.
On day 2, a debate on the sports as a career was organized for classes 5th to 7th.
On day 3, a poster making competition was organized for classes 2nd to 4th.
On day 4, gardening activities were organized for all the classes from 1st to 10th.
On day 5, essay writing competition was held for all the classes from 6th to 10th.
On day 6, the school organized a sports program in which the traditional games
of Karnataka states were played, which are as follows kabaddi, basketball, etc.

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MIME COMPETITION

Action speaks more than words and this proverb suits YELLOWMON HOUSE
best when we talk about the students’ performance in BLUBELL HOUSE
inter house MIME Competition at Ascent Public
School, Haldwani. Students conveyed a wonderful
model for the society on the topic “Women role in the
current society”.
On 12-10-19 a MIME Competition was organized in
the school for the students of class 6th – 10th. All the
students showed their interest in this event and
prepared for it very enthusiastically moreover, they
painted their hands and faces with colour and wore
same costumes to give it an effect of real MIME Act.
All the teams from all the houses followed the rules and
regulations for he MIME Act very carefully. Nobody
spoke a single word but expressed deep meaning which
made it really interesting.
Every participant expressed himself/herself only
through their expressions and acting. The audience
were very supporting and kept on cheering their
teams to boost their confidence. In this tough
competition first position was a tie between
Greenwich and redission house and the runner up was
Bluebell was. During this competition the school
Principal and Vice Principal was also present. They
praised the performance of the students.

GREENWICH HOUSE REDISSION HOUSE

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GARDENING ACTIVITY

Environment is a natural world where a person lives. A healthy environment helps to
lead a healthy and happy life. Trees are one of the most important natural resource
for human and we can understand its need and usefulness since our childhood.
Ascent Public School always focuses on building better relation between the child
and its environment. Gardening activity can prove to be a best option to understand
the natural resources. On 10th February 2019, the school gave a chance to the
children to dig the mud and become a friend of the environment by planting a tree.
Children of all the classes were given a chance to plant a tree so that they develop a
sense of understanding, responsibility and love for nature. Ascent Public School
always motivates the next generation to accept nature as their family member. Not
only the children but the management and the teachers also contributed in this noble
work. The children were told to take care of their plant not only that day but for the
whole future.

CHRISTMAS DAY CELEBRATION

Respecting the phenomenon of secularism, on 25th
December every year a grand celebration is done in the
campus of Ascent Public School on the occasion of Christmas
day.
This year in 2020 this festival was celebrated by organizing a
dance competition on English songs. This competition was
organized give our children a chance to show different form
of their talent in dance. One child from each house was
selected from classes 6th to 10th. It was a tough fight which
was won by Sanjana Bisht of Bluebell house where the
runner up was Garima of Redission house.
The children of pre-primary section wore Santa dresses. At
last the Santa came and distributed chocolates among the
children.

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SPORTS MEET

Sports fills us with energy and enthusiasm.It is an important part of learning and
increases the abilities of a child. Daily sports activities help the child to maintain
good physical health that in turn help to build a mental health.
Keeping the importance of sports in view Ascent Public School School has
organized the annual sports meet for the session 2019-20 on two consecutive days
that is 27.12.19 and 28.2.19. On the first day of the sports meet, programme started
on time with the welcome of School Chairman and Secretary along with all the
parents. Due to some casualty the Chief guest was not present on that day. The
program started with a dance on Maa Saraswati vandana, through which we thank
Maa Saraswati for giving happiness in your life. Then a welcome dance was
performed by the students of class 6th to 9th to welcome all the guests and parents.
For starting all the sports, torch lighting was done in which our director sir lighted
the torch that was carried by the captain of all the houses. Then came all the four
houses for the march past starting with bluebell house. All the houses showed the
respect to the guest of honour by saluting. After the Bluebell house, Greenwich
house students came marching followed by Redission house and at last Yellemon
house. The program started with the cultural dance of Uttarakhand which was
performed by the students of primary section that show the glimpses of Jodha and
Jagar.

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Then the sports were conducted beginning with class nursery that performed the ball and
bucket race in which students had to run with the bucket and put all the balls kept on the
track in the bucket. The next sports was “Pyramid game” of class LKG in which the
students had to make pyramid using the glasses kept on the other side of the track.
The next game “Balloon game” of class- UKG was very interesting the children have to
burst the balloon kept on the chair by sitting on it and coming to the finishing point. All the
parents and guests enjoyed the performance of the tiny tots of our school. Then the sports
events of primary section started with the balancing game for class 1st and in the game the
students have to reach the finishing point by balancing the ball on the racket. For class II
station race was held where the students carried a bucket and had to keep all the balls and
cones in the bucket. All these sports created interest and enjoyment in the performer as well
as the parents. The students who secured 1st, 2nd and 3rd position were awarded the medal
and certificate in between the events by the guest present. Then came a very interesting
game” Three Leg Race “for class 3rd in which legs of two children were tied together to
make one and they had to run by three legs. The last event of the day was 50 metre race of
class IV. All the games were appreciated by the parents and praised the performance of all
the students. The even got over with the vote of thanks to the guests including the parents
and at last all the guest, teachers, students and everyone present stood for the respect of
national anthem. Sports are not just a day work and it cannot be done in a limited time so
the sports event for extended to the next day on 28.12.19 also.
Mr. Sanjeev Verma the RTO of Haldwani, was the Chief Guest of the day. The
programme was started with a Saraswati Vandana and welcome dance followed by the
cultural dance of Uttarakhand that mesmerized the audience. The sports event started with
the kho kho match. There were series of competition held which were as follows: Kho Kho
match between girls and boys differently, Kabaddi match of girls and boys in different
timings and volleyball match of girls and boys. The day was filled with cheers and clapping.
The music filled more enthusiasm. The prizes were distributed by the Chief Guest along
with the members of School Management Committee. At last march past was done and then
the chief guest was invited for sharing his views. The Chairman of our school also shared
his view with the children. The program ended with the singing of the National Anthem.

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REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION

Every year 26th January is celebrated as
republic Day of India, which is one of the
national festival of India. This day in the year
1950, the constitution of India came into
effect in the whole country. The constitution
of any country helps in the smooth
functioning of rules and regulations in the
country. This day is celebrated with great joy,
enthusiasm and energy in the whole country.
This year on 26th January 2020 a special
celebration was done in our school in the
presence of the guest of honour and the
management of the school. The celebration
started with the flag hoisting followed by the
national anthem of India. Later the march
past was performed by the four houses for
paying respect and gratitude towards the
national flag of India.
All the four houses moved proudly under the
command of their house captains. A beautiful
patriotic song was presented by the students
of primary section. Some motivating and
patriotic speech were given by the students of
higher classes.
The celebration ended with the motivating
words of the Chairman of the school
Mr.Dinesh Nainwal. He blessed the students
with his words and motivated them to become
an important part of the society by being a
responsible citizen of the country.

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CERTIFICATE DISTRIBUTION CEREMONY

The performance rate of any individual gets improved day by day when they get
rewarded for their last performance. In the same way by rewarding the children in
the school campus they get motivated for improving their performance every time.
On 25, February 2020 a certificate distribution ceremony was held in the campus of
Ascent public school to reward the children for their best performance in different
competitions like drawing, cursive writing, fancy dress, dance etc. during the whole
year. Along with the certificate medals were also awarded according to the positions
of the students. It was a moment of pride for all the winners when their name was
called for the award.
The function was honoured with the presence of Secretary of the school Mrs.
Champa Nainwal, Principal and Vice Principal of the school. They not just
awarded the students but also blessed them for their bright future. The winners
were appreciated with loud cheers and the motivating speech by the Principal of
our school gave more strength to the children.

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LOCKDOWN CHALLENGE

The month of April every year is the start of new
session for almost every school in India. Children
enter the school with the joy of sitting in the new
class holding the new bag and stationery. They feel
fresh and full of energy. Happiness of meeting their
friends and becoming more senior than their last
class gives them more motivation. However,
sometimes the situation runs out of our hand where
we have to face something completely different.
The year 2020 came with such a big change that
affected not only one part of India but the whole
world. Since last few months a pandemic disease
Covid-19 also known as Corona virus has affected
the neighbouring country of India, China. In India
during the month of March this disease started
showing its effect in some parts of the country, due
to which for safety measures the concept of social
distancing started. The public places like schools,
malls, markets etc. work closed keeping in mind the
safety of people.
In general, the month of March can be known as
the month of final examination when the result of
the whole year hard work of the children is
presented before them. However, due to the effect
of Covid-19 the schools were closed before the
completion of final examination and the schools
were not able to prepare the final result. The
children were promoted to the next class on the
basis of their half yearly examination result.
In Ascent Public School we always focus on the
development of children by motivating them to
utilise their time in doing some productive and
creative work. Keeping this in mind the online
classes were started during the lockdown period. A
proper planning was done before the starting of
these online classes. The class teachers and subject
teachers were allotted their respective classes along
with the time table in which two subject classes
were decided to be held in one day.
The school management along with the teachers
tried their level best to make the challenge easy to
be dealt with so that we do not lose our strength
and talent due to this lockdown. Even in this
difficult situation we have not left the hope of being
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ONLINE CLASSES

With the change in time technology has also got advanced day by day. During this
lockdown period the best use of technology was done by all the organisations for
doing work from home.
In Ascent Public School, the online classes were started so that the studies of the
children do not get hindered. The online classes were started with the planning of the
time table that was allotted to the respective teachers by informing them about their
subjects. The class teachers added all the children in one WhatsApp group named
after their class in which according to the time table, the videos and work of two
subjects per day was sent. The concept of two subjects per day was set so that the
children do not feel burdened. The videos were selected by the teachers from
YouTube according to the age group and class of the children. In case of confusion
the teacher made their own videos so that they can communicate in much better way.
Looking at the efforts of the school the parents who were earlier not serious about the
online classes also showed their interest and started giving positive responses.
To keep a check on whether the children are taking the online classes regularly or not,
the concept of online attendance was started. For the daily attendance the children
were sent the videos and work for two subjects according to the time table till 10:00
a.m. and the children were asked to complete the work and send it in the class group
till 3:00 p.m. The children who sent both the subject work were marked as full day
present and those who sent one subject work were marked as half day present. This
also motivated the children to complete their work at home as a regular check was
kept on them.
To motivate the children a new system of announcing the best performers of the day
for each subject was started. This not only rewarded the children for doing good work
but also motivated the other children to do hard work. Further, for checking the
performance of the children, online Google form was started for taking test of the
children. The attendance of the children in the test was almost 100% which proved
that the children were taking keen interest in these test.
The focus for teaching the children was more by using the written work rather than
the videos after the request of the parents who felt the difficulty due to network
problems. By sending the written work it was easier for the children to complete their
work more easily without the problem of networks. During the online classes the
queries of the children were also considered properly so that they take more interest
in all the activities of the school.

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EARTH DAY CELEBRATION

Earth day is celebrated every year on 22nd
April. The first Earth day was held on April
22, 1970 when almost 20 million Americans
ventured outdoors and protested together who
faced serious issues concerning toxic drinking
water, air pollution and effects of pesticides.
This year 2020, marked the 50th anniversary
of Earth Day. Leaving behind the prevailing
condition of lockdown in the whole country
Ascent Public School took an effort to
motivate the children to connect themselves
with the environment and spend some time
with the nature.
For making this day memorable even during
the lockdown period the children were asked
to plant a tree around their home by following
proper steps. They were asked to click pictures
while they were performing the gardening
activity. The collection of pictures sent by the
children was converted into a beautiful video
for each class by the class teachers showing
the interest and efforts of the children for their
planet Earth. Some of the children not only
planted the tree but also does extra effort for
saving their tree by providing a fencing and
naming their plant.
A practice sheet was also provided by the
school to the children in which some general
questions related to our environment were
given. This was all done to realise the students
about the importance of this day and the
necessity of saving our planet. Since Earth is
the only planet with life on it thus it becomes
our duty to protect it for our better future.
Earth Day should not be considered the only
day to increase awareness of environmental
problems but we should take daily efforts to
discard the environmental issues by taking
small steps like conserving water, reducing the
use of plastic, starting an organic vegetable
garden and last but not the least explaining
the kids about the importance of clean and
pure environment.

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MOTHERS’ DAY CELEBRATION

Mother's day is a celebration honouring the mother of the family as well as
motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. Since
many ages this line seems always true that 'God could not be everywhere so he
created mothers'. The power that mother holds is unique and ultimate power
that never fails and is no less than the power of God. Every year the second
Sunday of May is celebrated as Mother's Day throughout the country and this
year it fell on 10th May, 2020.
To make this day special for all the mothers Ascent Public School decided to
conduct a competition for the children of the school.
For this competition different themes were given to different classes like for pre-
primary the children were asked to make a video reciting a poem for their
mother, the theme for class 1st and 2nd was to make a card dedicating to their
mother, class third and fourth word asked to click a picture while they are
helping their mother, class 5th and 6 were asked to prepare a dance video
dedicated to their mother, class 7th and 8th were asked to make a craft material
and present to their mother and at last classes 9th to 11th were asked to give a
speech on Mother's Day of not more than 3 minutes.
The children were asked to send the videos or pictures before 10:00 a.m. on
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For selection of winners the class teachers were asked to select the pictures or
videos of six students from their class which was further sent to the final judges.
The final four judges were Mrs. Jyoti Mehra, Mr. Raju Bankoti, Mrs. Heni Pandey,
Miss Kavita Pandey.
Out of the best six students only three students were selected as the winner by the
judges after carefully analysing the efforts of the children. It was difficult for the
teachers to select only six children from the bunch of pictures and videos and was
even more difficult for the judges to select only three children as the winner.

Looking at the efforts of
children in the form of pictures
and videos in the class groups
all the parents also felt happy
and appreciated the other
children also for their
performance.

The competition seemed
complete with the positive
responses of the parents.

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ENVIRONMENT DAY CELEBRATION

Between the green lush of the nature is the beautiful campus of

Ascent Public School. The greenery around the school proves that
the school always focuses on saving the environment and take
efforts for creating natural beauty. For giving extra concern to
our environment 5th June is regarded as the World Environment
day and celebrated in more than 143 countries.
Our environment has number of species and a great biodiversity
which need to be preserved not only for their own sake but for the
betterment of human life. Each and every organism in this
environment holds their own importance and thus has equal
rights on the nature. This year in 2020, when we are facing a
global concern with the pandemic disease COVID-19 it becomes
more important to connect the children with their environment
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INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY

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