DATE : 17th July 2018
VENUE : EDMUND RICE HALL
Time : 9 .15 – 10.15
The theme of the Middle Section Awards this year was “WORKERS ARE WINNERS” and the takeaway message for the awardees and students of Class10 seated in the audience was that each student should stand for a culture of excellence , set performance standards for themselves , work on their dreams and never to get deterred by failure.
In fact , this was reiterated by the Principal Brother Miranda in his address to the audience where he commended the students who had got 100 percent in any one or more of the five subjectsin the CBSE and encouraged each student to aim to get a minimum of 70 percent. He sought the support of the parents to work with the Aspire Team an endeavor to assist the academically brightest students at St Columba’s to make their mark at their CBSE examinations , in admissions to the best colleges and in carving out their careers in the future. Brother Miranda expressed his pleasure over the fact that there were many awards given to students for improvement in various subjects.
This year there were two new awards instituted, The LALITA SHASHTRI SARVASHRESHTHA AWARD for the highest marks in Hindi in CBSE which was given to AkshayHanda for scoring a perfect 100 in Hindi .
The second new award was the BROTHER CHRISTOPHER AWARD given to aColumban who shows sparks of being an emerging leader in sports and philanthropy and the first recipient of this award was MakhreoChillai.
There was a welcoming change to the COLUMBAN OF THE YEAR AWARDie the five finalists too were commended on stage andColumban of the Year trophy was lifted by RaghavNayyar.
The Middle Section choir gave superb rendition of the song “You’ve Gotta Have Heart” and the dancers regaled the audience with their dance moves .
The hospitality team had surpassed all expectations with a sumptuous spread of innovative bite sized snacks for tea which followed the awards ceremony. Full marks to them for encouraging talented young women entrepreneurs by placing their faith in their culinary skills .
MrsSheel , Headmistress of the Middle Section invoked the presence of our founder Blessed Edmund Rice in her vote of thanks and sensitized the audience to the need for saving our planet Earth.
It was heartening to see so many parents present to share this momentous occasion with their sons.
Rachana Taneja
( Awards Co -ordinator)
(Middle Section)
