Young Writers

Students of class XI went for an educational trip to a local Newspaper Press in the month of Janurary,2013 to know the working of the same as a part of practical learning. After the visit they were supposed to write a report on the experience and knowledge they gained during the visit.

All the students submitted the report and the reports of two girls were found to be excellent and they were awarded with  certificate as a gesture of appreciation. The names of the girls are:

1.       Aishwarya Chari of class XI-D

2.       Stuti Sharma of class XI-E

Congratulations to both! Keep up the effort.

UNSTOPPABLE UDGAM WINS RECOGNITION FOR USEFUL EFFORTS

Udgam School has been actively involved in all kinds of charity work and has inspired their students to help the underprivileged in whatever way they can. As a recognition for all the charity work that has been done by Udgam School over the years for the needy and the underprivileged, Yuva Unstoppable, a charity organization that works on the principle that ‘young people are not useless, they are used less’ awarded them with an award in the ‘Best Social Impact’ category in a ceremony held on February 23, 2013. 

Based on the belief that ‘A little goes a long way’ Team Udgam over the years has distributed stationery items, soft toys, sports kits and lunch boxes to underprivileged children. The school has encouraged their students to visit old age homes and orphanages where they distributed fruits, milk powder and cold cream.

They have also added a little bit of warmth to the lives of pavement dwellers by giving them blankets. The students have visited slum areas along with their teachers and distributed clothes. Students of Udgam School have visited municipal schools and taught the children simple craft making techniques.

The Udgam students have also held drives in city malls to increase awareness on voting, girl’s education and other social issues. They have conducted education rallies and ‘nukkad nataks’ with ‘Save the girl child’ as a theme. On a smaller scale the students have taught the illiterate helping staff of the school to write their names and sign.

According to the principal, Ms Radhika Iyer, “We are happy to be recognized by Yuva Unstoppable, the group that has made so much difference where it matters. The award is an incentive to our students to render social service in any form.”

Udgam School has been shouldering social responsibilities right from its inception. In the latest drive the school participated whole-heartedly in the Charity Walk-2013 organized in Ahmedabad on Sunday, February 17, 2013. There were 374 participants in all from the school which accounted for the highest group of participants from any individual organization to take part in the charity walk. Team Udgam included the Executive Director, Shri Manan Choksi, Joint Director, Smt Bhumi Choksi, the Principal, Ms Radhika Iyer, teachers, staff, parents and students.

The purpose of the walk was to create health awareness and to raise funds for NGOs and Udgam School participants donated generously to the Prabhat Education Foundation, an NGO involved in the upliftment of education. Caps for all participants were sponsored by the school. The Principal, Ms Radhika Iyer, also helped students from other schools to register for the event.

Enthusiasm was high even in the early hours of the morning. Udgam School had their own live music band playing to encourage the supporters. There were four music bands in all in the event, helping to keep the spirits high.

Principal, Ms Radhika Iyer, said “We are overwhelmed by the enthusiastic participation, especially by parents. I am happy to observe that even the morning chill could not keep the people from participating in the charity walk. 

School Shines

USFC hosted the prestigious International dance festival organized by Spandan on 10^th January and 11^th January at Gujarat University Convention Hall as a part of exchange of culture. Apart from India there were dancers from 4 countries who showcased their talent on stage. A group of 17 girls of USFC put schools name forward by performing a traditional ‘kathak’ dance. With their graceful steps and confident gestures, they left everybody present in the hall mesmerized. No body could stop clapping throughout the whole performance. 11^th January, being the last day of the festival, was attended by our trustee Shri Gautambhai Choksi and Executive Director Shri Manan Choksi. The evening ended with national anthems of all the participating countries being sung with pride and honour. 

Christmas Bells

Pre Primary Children of USFC celebrated Christmas with great fun and frolic. The school was delightfully decorated to accord due prominence to the occasion. Christmas tree was put up to make children understand its importance. Few students came dressed as Santa Claus and red and white was the theme colour all around the campus. The school echoed with the Christmas songs and children moved their feet on the same tunes. Santa Claus with gifts and Jingle Bells were also visible on the soft Boards all over the school.

Kankaria Carnival

Based on the performance given by the girls of USFC at Kankaria Carnival 2011, this year also school received invitation to showcase its  talent at the Carnival. So a “Kathak” dance was planned and 18 enthusiastic girls took part in it. Although they are from different classes, they managed to take time out for practice daily and the result was seen on Saturday 29^th December,2012 when they got the chance to perform. Their elegant costume, graceful steps and synchronized movements enchanted the audience and drew loud applause.They mesmerized everyone present there and also the passersby. The performance was applauded and appreciated by one and all. Following are the names of the students, who participated in the event, school is proud of them.

Udgamites Shine

Udgam School firmly believes in Recycle, Reduce and Reuse and this is what is inculcated in the students as well. This was made clear by Jaanvi Desai of class 8 when she made a motorbike made out of waste nuts and bolts and won 1^st prize at city level competition organized by United World Institute of Design, wherein more than 1500 students from 25 schools participated with their products.  

She was conferred with a trophy at the grand function on 23^rd of December.

All the participating students will get certificates and the winners at school level got gold, silver and bronze medals.

USFC congratulates and is proud of all the students.  

Hands on Experience

As winter has already set in, we see variety of vegetables around us. In order to make children of Pre primary section aware of importance of green vegetables and our body requirement of these, “Sandwich” day was observed in Junior K.G. wherein children had loads of fun preparing sandwich of their own style and also relishing them was great fun.

 “Vegetable Shop Day ” was also  celebrated for Nursery and Jr. K.G. section. Children brought vegetables from home which was arranged in a shop. Tiny tots got the chance to buy and sell the vegetables. End of the day teachers and students together made vegetable salad and enjoyed it along with recognizing the importance of green vegetables.

SCHOOL LEVEL NCO CHAMPS

It is a matter of pride to announce the class toppers of the 12^th SOF National Cyber Olympiad. Following is the list of students who managed to bag medals for their outstanding performance in NCO at school level:

Awareness Campaign

USFC has always shouldered moral responsibility, may it be any field. Although not 18 years of age, students of class 10 already know the importance of casting the vote during elections. So with the elections coming up in the next week, enlightened students prepared and presented a nukkad natak on the theme of ‘Cast your Precious Vote”.

The awareness nukkad natak stretched from the school premises to a shopping mall with an objective of touching the people and convincing them to cast their precious vote and importance of taking part in elections.

The students were successful in reaching out the public and were applauded and encouraged by one and all.