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To provide expert guidance and make right and informed career choices, the school counselor took a workshop with parents of class x students on 31, January, 2015. Ms. Saroj Sharma, the school counselor appraised the parents about different career options available and urged the parents not to force their wards to opt for professions they are not interested in. Giving examples of success stories of celebrities and creative persons, the counsellor asked parents to allow their children to chase their dreams, Parents must help their children to plan their future, guide and counsel them whenever required.

Parents need to realize that every child has a different aptitude, ability and attitude; they must encourage them to focus on their dreams and motivate them to work upon them, It is important to have faith in oneself to achieve success.

The Counsellor asked students to do regular self study and not go in for coaching classes as it is a waste of money. She attended to a lot of queries made by parents regarding the streams students can choose; how the laid back attitude of students can be rectified and how students can be made to follow a regular time table and be focused. A highly fruitful and interactive session, the parents were keen to know about career option available and how to guide their wards for a right stream and career choice.

Philanthropic and Humanitarian gestures by community service club are appreciable and gratifying. Continuing with the tradition of extending a helping hand to the needy, the school’s community service club organized a Blood Donation Camp in association with Rotary club on 31^st January, 2015.

The club volunteers motivated parents and visitors to donate blood for a noble cause i.e., to save life. They urged the parents to come in large numbers and give blood and save life. Beautiful and meaningful posters and captions made by students acted as a catalyst for urging the adults to help for a generous cause.

Many parents especially ladies came forward to donate blood. The Rotary club team appreciated them and thank you cards were given to all the donors. The volunteers were quite happy to have so many givers whose blood could save many lives. The camp was a great success and a gratifying experience for all.

An informative and interesting workshop was conducted by Mr. B. K. Singh do Escherichia Genomics for students of Class XI on 30 January, 2015. Students took keen interest in doing the experiments which involved grinding of the plant material with DNA buffer solutions and incubation in water bath. It was part of experimental learning of isolating DNA from flowers and plants.

Various usages of Isolated DNA like for finger printing or bacteria isolation were discussed in detail with the students.

Students were provided an in-depth insight to the process of DNA isolation by an expert which would go a long way in augmenting their knowledge of the subject.

Such workshops are extremely beneficial for the young learners and enhance the learning process.

Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.

Hillwoods Academy in collaboration with ‘SPIC MACAY’ organized a Dance recital by Mrs. Monica Nayak, a renowned Kathak exponent. The school hosted the lecture cum dance demonstration under the aegis of SPIC MACAY, the society for the Promotion Of Indian Classical Music and Culture amongst youth. The programme began with lighting of the lamp seeking Lord’s blessings by the Head of the Institution, Spic Macay coordinators and honored artists.

Principal Madam welcomed the acclaimed dancer and her co-artists. Ms. Monica Nayak began her dance recital with ‘Shiv Stuti’. She explained nuances of Kathak dance form to the enthusiastic students. She said that synchronization of facial expression, postures and music brings out the beauty of the dance. Beautiful and poised dance movements and the footwork mesmerized the audience. Greatly inspired by her dance recital, the students had a volley of questions for her. They wanted to know how she felt before a performance and many more. She replied that every performance is a memorable performance as she needs to convert with the audience to have positive vibes and energy for dancing.

Ms. Usha Ravichandran, Spic Macay Coordinator profusely thanked Ms. Monica Nayak for an enthralling performance and urged the students to keep alive the rich cultural heritage of India as are the harbinger of India’s culture. She motivated them to take up an art form as it enhances one’s memory skills and concentration power. An ethereal and heavenly performance by Ms. Monica Nayak was immensely enjoyed by students and teachers from many schools of Delhi and the host school.

''India is the cradle of human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and the most constructive materials in history of man are treasured in India'' - Mark Twain.

To celebrate the vivacity and vitality of Indian Culture, CBSE conducts Heritage Quiz for students every year. Hillwoods Academy had the privilege to host the Heritage Quiz on 25 November 2014 in the school theatre.

The host for the Quiz was Mr. Ajay Poonia, a young exuberant and an avid quizzer, who held everyone spellbound with his great indepth knowledge of Indian Culture.

The programme was initiated with lighting of the lamp by the Head of the Institution and the Guests. First, the City Round (written round) was conducted by Mr. Ajay Poonia in which 31 schools from Delhi participated. The 6 best teams were selected for the Regional Round on the basis of their score. A special round on North East was conducted. Out of the six teams, the highest scorer Mount Carmel Team participated in the National Round (Semi Finals). Four teams represented by Amity International School, Saket, Rukmini Devi, Salwan Public School and Mount Carmel competed for the National Finals. A very tough competition between the teams made the quiz very interesting. Celebrating India’s diverse culture and unity in its diversity, the quizzers enthusiastically answered all the questions put forth by the Quiz Master.

Mount Carmel and Amity International, Saket qualified for the National Finals Round.

The audience had a great time answering the questions passed onto them by the Quiz Master, Mr. Ajay Poonia.

The vote of thanks was presented by the Head Boy of the school, thanking CBSE for giving our school the opportunity to host the Heritage Quiz.

In order to celebrate the 125^th anniversary of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru (Chacha Nehru). Children’s day was celebrated within the school premises. To express our love and to make young learners realize their importance in our life, teachers conducted the assembly and Headmistress also addressed the assembly and gave little ones the true message of life i.e., be honest, be punctual, spread peace and love everywhere. A special assembly was conducted by teachers for senior students. Song, skit and choir group by teachers mesmerized all and filled their hearts with joy.

 After assembly, students from classes I – V participated in activity of his and her choice like quilling, card making, origami, flower decoration, drawing and colouring, bell making, lantern making, log decoration, school magazine design through computers as well as by hand, best out of waste, making snacks and many more. Nursery and KG students dressed in traditional costumes of various states of our country, India promoting the message of Unity in Diversity on this special day.

‘Every child is born genius’ this quote is truly proved by the excellent work done by our young achievers. Joy was in the air and every heart was filled with zeal and enthusiasm while doing the activities. Each work done by little hand was a masterpiece. Token of love with blessings in the form of gifts were given to all students by Madam Stuti.

We all love our future citizen, May God Bless all of them.

To commemorate the birth anniversary of India’s first Education Minister and a great freedom fighter, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on 11 November, 2014, students took part in various activities to spread his ideas. Celebrating this special day as National Education Day, children took active part in essay writing competition and a symposium was also held on how education can change the social life of every person and alleviate one’s economic and social status. Many students participated in these competitions with zeal and enthusiasm. The students enjoyed writing as the topics were of great interest like,

1. How education can make a difference in the social life of a person?
2. What improvements can be brought about in the Right To Education Act?

The students expressed and penned down their views on these topics with creativity and ingenuity.

The competition proved to be a huge success as many students participated in it. It was also a great learning experience for them.

A trip to city of Amritsar, Punjab was organized for the students of class III, IV and V. Accompanied by Headmistress and teachers, students reached the destination as per the scheduled time from where they were taken to the Hotel. After the lunch, the students along with their teachers proceeded to the Indo-Pak border to watch the Retreat ceremony. Everyone was mesmerized by the patriotic songs. The presentation of the BSF soldiers and officers and the aura created by the viewers present there amazed everyone. Amidst the loud slogans, feeling of patriotism could be felt all over the place. Our school students had the privilege of carrying the National Flag towards the border gate. The ceremony ended with lowering of the National Flags of both the countries.

After dinner in the hotel students enjoyed a musical evening. The next morning, the students were ready to go to the Golden Temple and Jallianwala Bagh. Inside the temple, they were explained about the importance of the temple and Akal-Takht. After darshan, they proceeded to the Jallianwala Bagh. The history of the massacre at Jallianwala was explained to the students. The Shahidi Well and the bullet marks on the wall evidences of the massacre were witnessed by the students. They were taken for shopping to the local market to be familiar with the rich culture of Punjab. Children enjoyed street shopping and were happy to buy some souvenirs for their relatives.

After lunch, they proceeded to the station to board the Swarna Shatabdi at 4:50p.m. in the train, on the way back, the children were given the worksheets related to their trip which they filled with great enthusiasm. Throughout the trip, the children were well disciplined and praised by the people around. They came back happy cherishing the fond memories of the trip.

Students of Hillwoods Academy give exemplary performance

“We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, and we create dreams.”

It was the 11^th International Cultural Fest Udbhav Utsav 2014 which gave us multiple identities with one thing in common – ‘dancers’. For the Delhites we were dancers from Hillwoods Academy, for other states we were delegates from Delhi and for foreigners we were Indian dancers. It was in Gwalior that we got an opportunity to built up our confidence, understand different cultures and of course dance with the best of our abilities.

Udbhav is a prominent organization representing Indian culture at International level. It is not only a cultural programme but also involves sports meet which opens every year with a march past. This year there were five foreign countries participating in the event-Azerbaijan, Kyrgystan, Nepal, Srilanka and Russia. The event was established under the guidance of Scindia dynasty who play a major role in the preservation of Indian culture. The tour included a lot of practice sessions, dressing up for the different dance performances enjoying the regal splendor of princely state of Gwalior.

The Scindia Palace was one of the places we visited and were mesmerized by the artefacts displayed in the palace. We also visited a Gurudwara on the auspicious day of Guru Nanak Jayanti. The level of the competition was so high that even a small mistake would have been catastrophic. Attaining the second position was truly a proud moment for all of us. It was a great experience to interact with dancers from not only India but from many foreign countries. Amalgation of different cultures at one common platform was indeed spectacular.

“When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor, its to enjoy each step along the way.”

Reported by

Charvi Manocha

(Dance Troupe Leader)

As part of CBSE Expression series, Nobel laureate Dr. C. V. Raman’s birth anniversary was celebrated on 7 November, 2014. A lot of competitions were organized to make students aware of his contribution which would inspire them to be inquisitive. Class I to V students wrote about India’s great scientist Dr. C. V. Raman’s contribution and why they find their science class interesting. For class VI to VIII, the topic given was ‘The most interesting topic of my science book is ……’. Class IX to XII students penned down their thoughts on ‘How can I use science for the future development for the nation’. All these activities were conducted under ‘Young scientific minds of India’ to pay tribute to the great scientist of India.

A mind stimulating experience for all the students, these activities helped the young learners to come together on a common platform and learn innovative ways to express and develop scientific temper.

Vigilance Awareness week with its theme as combating corruption – Technology as an enabler was celebrated in Hillwoods Academy with great enthusiasm and sobriety.

In assembly, students were made aware of how usage of technology can help in reducing corruption which is rampant in all walks of life. E-Judiciary, E-Governance and E-ticketing would help eradicate the social evil, corruption from the society. It would also help in saving time, quicker results and transparency would be better. Role played by central agencies like central vigilance commission in combating corruption in PSU undertaking, government bodies, banks, mines, travel bookings was highly appreciated and students were urged to be vigilant and responsible future citizens of the country.

Many activities and competitions were organized to sensitize students about how to be well informed and well aware through technology.

Class VI-VIII students wrote slogans on “Root out corruption before it roots in you”. Collective effort by the students brought excellent results and innovative ways of expression through art & colours.

Symposium on E-Procurement – An effective way of transparency for classes IX-X brought novel and mind-stimulating ideas from almost all the students. It witnesses maximum participation as they came forth with ways to procure e-resources for increasing transparency and for making an effective democratic government.

Debate on E-Governance – A way to smooth governance was conducted for classes XI-XII. Stimulating and invigorating ideas put forward by debaters had a positive outcome as students discussed how usage of technology can reduce the red tapism in government bodies.

Through these competitive activities and talks, students learnt about the ways to fight out the social evil of corruption from India. This outcome would be possible be possible only when the young generation is awake, aware and well-informed.

“Cleanliness Is next to Godliness” going by this maxim, the students, teachers, administrative staff and the supporting staff took the initiative of not only cleaning the school premises but also surrounding neighbourhood areas to spread the message of a clean and healthy Delhi. Enthusiastic and sincere participation by students of junior and middle classes made the cleanliness drive an effective and meaningful one as the seniors were inspired by their zeal and zest.

An array of activities were organized to sensitive students about keeping their homes, school classrooms and surroundings clean. Talk in the assembly, slogan writing, poster-making, skits, poem recitation themed on ‘Clean and Green City’ helped in motivating and inculcating the message of keeping one’s surroundings clean and tidy.

A discussion about the campaign was carried out in class where the need and importance of cleanliness was discussed. Junior students were briefed out for how to contribute their bit towards the campaign.

They all brought dusters everyday and cleaned their benches, the rack kept in the class etc. They dusted the boards. They also went to the canteen area and cleaned the statues in the garden area. They all enthusiastically participated in the campaign.

Dignity of labour or shramdan was also learned by the young learners when they actually picked up the garbage, paper, leaves, and twigs & cleaned the canteen area especially after the recess. It also made them learn that they must segregate bio-degradable & non-biodegradable waste.

Eco club of the school had appointed a team of active workers to ensure that segregation of waste is done and waste paper is used for recycling and twigs & leaves for manure.

A collaborative effort on part of all, it also generated team spirit among the students.

“Manpower without unity is not a strength unless it is harmonized and united properly, then it becomes a spiritual power”                                                  - Sardar Patel

To commemorate the birth anniversary of Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, the Nation observed 31 October as Rastriya Ekta Diwas.

Hillwoods Academy also took part in the celebrations by conducting “National Unity Day Pledge’ in the assembly, organizing Run for Unity, making students aware of the contributions of the first Home Minister of India in unifying the princely states with Indian Union. A tribute was paid to his indomitable spirit by reciting poems describing his unflinching determination to unite the divided and partitioned India left to us by the British.

The Social Science teacher explained the inherent unity in India’s diversity by citing examples of how the national heroes and freedom fighters overcoming their religious or regional differences fought for their motherland. Academic Coordinator urged the students, with story narration, the need to be united for internal & external security of the country. The headmistress of the school apprised the students about Sardar Patel’s contributions to ‘No Tax Campaign’ in Gujarat and his role in constructing a new and free united India. The assembly ended with singing of National Anthem with great vigour.

A number of activities were organized in the school for junior as well as senior students to convey the message of unity, safety and security to all. Collaborative efforts by students in making posters, jingles, collages and holding declamation with the underlying theme as Unity and Integrity has been a great catalyst for spreading the message of unity in sustaining any work.

Resilient spirit and zeal of students could be witnessed in the inter-school events held in Centre Coordinator schools in which our students took active part. Synergizing efforts by young and future citizens of the country would enable them to carry forward the message and act as ambassadors of unity, integrity, safety and security. Empowered, responsible and awakened citizens of the country, these students would take their nation on the path of development and progress and would always uphold the sovereignty & integrity of their nation.

Students and teachers of Hillwoods Academy, Preet Vihar initiated to spread the message of celebrating pollution free Diwali and a safe Diwali in Delhi. In the assembly on 21 October, 2014 students of junior school presented a skit to disseminate the message of cracker free Diwali.

A talk on ‘How to be safe and cautious on Diwali’ was presented by a teacher to motivate students to celebrate the traditional festival with sweets and earthen diyas.

Anti-cracker rally was executed by senior students in the Preet Vihar area and were joined by Iniversal Public School near CBSE Building, Preet Vihar. Determination and willingness of children to spread the message of reducing noise and air pollution could be seen in the enthusiasm shown by them. Plight of child labourers who make crackers in factories under unhygienic conditions was also conveyed through the placards carried by students in the rally.

It was indeed a commendable effort by students to sensitize all the commenters on roads and residents of Preet Vihar locality to celebrate the Diwali festival without crackers and by distributing sweets, gifts and lighting diyas.

Hillwoods Academy, Preet Vihar organised a workshop for teachers of classes VI to XII, on ‘GENDER SENSITIVITY’ on 6 September, 2014. The resource person was Ms. Suman Chawla, an active part of CBSE. She acquainted the teachers about the sensitiveness of gender issues such as gender equity, gender discrimination, patriarchy etc. Experiences and ideas were shared during the workshop focussing on the various areas where gender discrimination is prevalent especially in Indian Society. Through a series of activities the session came to a conclusion that how the teachers can take this topic to their classes. In the end the speaker asked the teachers their plans and strategies to call off any type of gender bias in the classes. Overall it was a very learning and thought provoking session. The teachers appreciated the workshop.

On 6 September, 2014 another capacity building workshop was organised for the teachers of classes Nursery to V, on ‘ATTITUDES AND VALUES’ by CBSE resource person–Ms. Renu.

Following points were discussed

• Students should be able to do well not only in school but outside the school i.e. learning should be life long.
• Teachers are like bridges who help the students to cross and eventually collapse so that the latter can form their own opinions in life.
• Your attitudes + your choices =your life. Our life is totally dependent upon our attitudes that build our perceptions.
• Attitudes and values are two sides of the same coin.
• Your attitude not your aptitude will determine your attitude.
• VALUES are abstract but play a major role in building up character of a person. It is a continuous process.
• Values – social, moral, ethical – must be assessed under CCE.
• Value – based questions must be added in the curriculum right from class-I.
• These cards can be used to build up right attitudes and reinforce values.

Japan International Corporation Center had organised a youth exchange programme in association with Dept. of Environment, Delhi Government. The programme, JENESYS 2.0 on Environment Technology was an initiative to generate environmental awareness and conservation methods among the youth. Kartikey Arora from Hillwoods Academy along with 21 students attended the programme in Fukuoka, Japan. Students were given first-hand information about new technologies used in Japan for sustainable development. Interacting with high school students undergoing Environmental science course was an invigorating experience for the students from Delhi. Visit to Kyushu University enlightened students about hydrogen powered cars which are eco-friendly. They also visited Nissan Motor Kyushu Co. Ltd. Plant to understand the production system which is based on eco technology. Staying with a Japanese family was a novel experience and a good exposure to Japanese culture. A final presentation on the learning process, its outcome and further plan of action was given by group leader, Kartikey Arora on the seventh and last day of their visit. An educative and informative trip, it has provided the students an indepth knowledge of Japanese environment friendly technology and how it can be implemented in India also. A great learning experience, the trip was immensely enjoyed by all the members and coordinators.

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Students of Astronomy club learnt many new facts about astronomy IN THE YEAR 2013-14 and did hands on learning and finally the time had come to share it with other students of the school. On 12 May, 2014 Astronomy Club of the school in association with S.P.A.C.E. celebrated astronomy day in the school coinciding with the International Astronomy Week. It was inaugurated by launching of the hydro-rocket by the head of the institution. All the students from class 6th to 8th observed it. Principal Madam appreciated the work done by astronomy club since its beginning 10 years back i.e., 2004. She also applauded the achievements of the students of club in various international and national astronomy projects. Astronomy club members demonstrated how a real comet would look by making a replica of the comet in Comet Kitchen. To find the weight of different planets, they had different weighing scales for each planet where one can actually find the real weight, other students were surprised to see how light or how heavy they would be on different planets!! Students also displayed astronomy related software and the astronomy kit they had got as the support material for the activities. In safe solar observation students showed various safe methods of observing the sun, real time viewing of the sun through a telescope was the main attraction as visitors saw so many sunspots in real!, They also were part of a new concept in face painting with astronomy as theme, it was really nice to see them getting stars painted on their faces. .In the last phase of astronomy day, a movie on astronomy was screened and a very interesting quiz was organized. Students very enthusiastically participated in it. Club Coordinator Mrs Babita Kundalia remarked that it was indeed a very good learning experience for all the students.

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Saturday 26th April was something special for the astronomy club students of the Hillwoods Academy club as for the first time they were going to organize and celebrate the SUNday as a part of GAM2014 (Global Astronomy Month 2014). The programme started at 8:30 am with students making their own spectroscope with help of old cd/dvd and looking at the spectrum of the sun with these handy self made instrument. Mr C B Devgun, President SPACE organization graced the occasion by interacting with the curious bunch of young minds who had so many questions to ask. Later on the group shifted to the open courtyard where students setup the small refractors they had received in the kit and started projecting the image of Sun on paper. Some of them set up their own handmade ball projectors. They also made pin hole projectors and used solar goggles to view the Sun safely. A big telescope and sundial was setup by the Club Coordinator Mrs Babita kundalia to show the sun and concept of shadows and time to the whole school. It was attended by large number of students from other schools also who were very appreciative of the work done by the club. Around 300 students saw the sun through various instruments.

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“Trail blazers, the innovators, the torch – bearers bestowed with responsibility bring remarkable results.” In Hillwoods Academy on 22nd April 2014, the newly appointed students Council was conferred duties and responsibilities who pledged to keep the ideals high of the school with utmost sincerety, loyality and devotion. Varun Sobti of class XII C and Mehak Tyagi of class XII B were sworn in as the new Head Boy and Head Girl of the school.rl of the school. Discipline committee heads Nilay Srivastava and Rajasvi Chaudhary were given the responsibility of maintaining discipline in the school. Prateek Varshney and Ainika Jain were given the honours os school prefects. Kartikey Arora and Deepanshi Jain were assigned the task of conducting co-curricular activities in the school. Sports captain Shubhanjali was conferred the responsibility of motivating the students for participating in sports with zeal and enthThe newly appointed students’ council took the solemn oath of performing their duties with diligence and commitment. The head of the institution urged the students’ council to work in an exemplary manner for maintaining discipline in the school and upholding the ideals of their institution for others to follow.

JUNIORS The primary school, Hillwoods Academy had its investiture ceremony on 22nd April, 2014 to delegate responsibility to the young enthusiastic learners. As education is the power to think clearly, power to act well in the world’s work and power to appreciate life, students are equipped and empowered to shoulder responsibilities from formative years. Newly elected Head Boy Ikjyot Singh and Head Girl Tanshi Jain were conferred the responsibility of primary school by the head of the institution. Sarthak Sharma and Priyani Kwatara were elected as sports captain and activity coordinator respectively. Bhumika Sharma was given the responsibility of the discipline in-charge. A solemn oath was taken by all badge holders of students’ council to shoulder responsibility with sincerely and commitment. The Headmistress and Principal Madam urged all the students of Prefectorial board to perform duties assigned to them with utmost dedication and upholding the ideals of their Alma Mater.their Alma Mater.

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A session was conducted on "Safe Solar Observation" for the students of Astronomy Clubby S.P.A.C.E.organisation. With the help of visual presentation students were explained about the facts about the sun ,its structure, chromosphere, photosphere, corona etc. They were really excited to know about the properties of the Sun especially the huge size and the way it generates heat and energy. They also learnt about the sunspots as how these dark spots form on the sun. Students made their own pin hole camera to observe the sun. Students enjoyed watching sun using pin hole camera ,telescope and solar goggles.lescope and soBesides students were made aware about the Global Astronomy Month (GAM) which is being celebrated worldwide by astronomers without Borders.Students were encouraged to participate in GAM by contributing in writing astropoetry, astrophotos doing observations of Mars, Asteroid Vesta and Sun. Astronomy club is going to participate in the various activities in a very Big way for the GAM2014.

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