About a dozen students of Std. XI and XII (Com) visited the Income-tax officer on 21st Oct. 2011. They were introduced to the Income-tax officials and shown a documentary film on the evolution of the tax system. It helped the students learn about how taxes are used in the development of India. The students were also given the opportunity to meet the Income-tax Commissioner personally and have some of their queries answered.

This visit helped the students understand the functioning of the Income-tax system.

Udgam School was given an opportunity to perform at the Kankaria Carnival 2011. Girls from Std. 8, 9 and 10 performed the inaugural item of the evening of Tuesday 27th Dec. 2011. They performed Bharat Natyam to the song ‘Swagatham Krishna’. Their colourful costumes and graceful dance drew loud applause from the audience. The girls are:

Anshuka Asnani, Kahinee Bhatt, Radha Iyer, Driti Patel of Std. VIII, Saloni Shah, Lajja Gadhavi of Std. IX and Ashwathy Menon of Std. X.

The certificates were given to the above participants in the month of September,2012.

On Saturday 3rd Dec. 2011, there was an awareness programme on fire and safety presented by FIRE & SECURITY ASSOCIATION OF INDIA (GUJARAT CHAPTER). Students of Std. III to VIII witnessed the live demonstration of fire being caused by gas, liquid and solid substances. The officers explained how each fire should be extinguished and demonstrated it. A few students were given chance to extinguish the fire specially lit for the purpose. They also explained the other rescue operations carried out by them in case of earthquake, heavy rains, floods and so on. It was a great learning experience for students as well as the staff of the school.

On Saturday 26th Nov. 2011, a programme was organized for the students of class 11 and 12 to develop their entrepreneurship skills. It aimed at developing team work, business thinking and logical decision making skills among students. 12 teams of students were formed and they engaged in running a company including all business functions like production, finance, marketing and sales. At the end of the programme, they were evaluated on the basis of their profit earnings, product design and advertisement.

On the whole, it was an enriching experience for the students as their business skills were honed in an enjoyable manner.

Every year Ahmedabad celebrates Heritage Week from 19th nov to 25th nov. This year Udgam initiated to be part of the Heritage week and participated for the heritage walk. The children from standard 6th to 11th will be celebrating the week and will be participating in the walk. The 8th grade children were the first batch to start with the heritage walk on 21st november. the heritage walk starts from Swaminarayan Mandir, Kalupur and then children are taken to different heritage pols, chabotras, haveli, temples and mosque and ends at city museum. At school, after the walk children are given group projects on it and even quiz is organised.

Udgam celebrated children’s day with full zest. Children exhibited their talents in different forms like dramatics, singing, playing musical instruments and having perfect jugal bandi performances. The primary children had a wonderful time exhibiting their flair towards broach designing, card making and had lots of outdoor games. The secondary group also had great time playing on the lawns different games like tug of war, kabadi and kho.  Times of India student edition of 16th November reported about the children’s day celebration at Udgam.

Santa steps in to sparkle Udgam with the spirit of Christmas "Giving and Sharing" – kindling joys in the heart of its little ones.
A beautiful decorated Christmas tree with the Snowman was kept in the lawns. The children from the whole pre-primary section and from classes 1 and 2 were on the grounds for the celebration. The school band performed while all the tiny tots went round n round the tree singing the carols. The pre-primary children were also given little gifts to take home. Children enjoyed with full zest and excitement.
Udgam wishes MERRY CHRISTMAS to all.

Again Udgam proves to be an active member in supporting social cause. Chikkis made by the Blind school girls near Manav Mandir were sold in the school premises for children and for staff. They collected almost Rs. 8000 from it for their school.

Udgam participated in Divya Bhaskar’s initiative of giving cloths to the needy. The children from 6th-9th classes brought woollens and were donated to two different places of Ahmedabad. Children with Principal M’am went to Blind girls school near Manav Mandir, Gurukul  and Visamo Kids Foundation , Bopal. They donated woollens to almost 200 girls studying at the blind school and others to the children of 5 to 17 years of age at Visamo.  Udgam believes in giving joy in any possible form to any strata of society .

Varsha Iyer of class 8 shines in the spelling bee…
She has brought laurels to the school by beating 29 contestants in the spelling bee Ahmedabad round and getting a prize money of Rs 20,000. She now will be participating in the Grand finale at Mumbai.
Udgam School is proud to nurture such talent and groom it to perfection by providing a conducive environment for such co-scholastic pursuits.