Chief Organiser – Mrs. R. Popli
Committee members – Mrs. Chauhan, Mrs. Payal, Mr. Vaz, Ms. David, Mr. Emmanuel, Mr. Singh, Mrs. Khanna, Mrs. Garg, Mrs. Nagpal, Mr. Fernandes, Mr Joseph
The much awaited Graduation Ceremony of the class of 2022 was held onsite on 9th April, 2022. The graduating class attended the ceremony accompanied by their proud parents, who were especially invited for the function.
The Academic Procession led by the Principal Rev Br. Robert, former Principal Rev. Br. Miranda, Mr.Chopra, Mrs. Kaushal, Mrs. Pal and Mrs Chatterjee was followed by a meaningful prayer ceremony conducted by Ms. G. David. The Senior School Administrator, Mr. Chopra addressed the parents & students and reminded them of how St. Columba’s has played a pivotal role in their lives to help nurture and transform the boys into mature young men, ready to rise and shine and take on the world.
The graduating class bid a befitting farewell to Br. Miranda, who then shared his wisdom and blessings with the young men and their parents. Brother’s address was followed by the distribution of mementos (a lapel pin) and reading of the citations, which had been painstakingly written by the class teachers for each student.
The class XI choir performed a foot-tapping number to bid goodbye to their seniors. Mrs. Rekha Bhandari, parent of Manshay Bhandari expressed her gratitude on behalf of the parents to the Christian Brothers and the teaching faculty for the wonderful environment that the school had provided, which enabled their sons to blossom into committed & sincere young gentlemen.
The confident valedictorians Ansh Gupta, Ronnaq Wilson, Ibrahim Haneef, Shambhava Sood, Chris Antony and Aditya Sebastian spoke with pride & fondness for their alma mater which had transformed them from toddlers to young men of substance.
The Grad film “Making Memories” directed by Mr.Vaz and Mr joseph along with their team of very talented class XI students comprising Krrish, divij, Yashwardhan, Adit, Nimai and Artham was a rewind filled with nostalgia and humour of the 13 years spent in school.
As a break from tradition, Surya and Madan of the graduating class performed a medley of nostalgic songs and were enthusiastically joined in by their peers.
The Principal, Br. Robert addressed the guests & wished the students every success in life. Mr Amit Bansal, Secretory of the OCA also took the opportunity to encourage the students to join the association to give back to the institution.
The programme ended with a beautiful powerpoint presentation of blessings by the senior school faculty and the vote of thanks proposed by Mrs. Chatterjee. The school anthem resounded in the hall as the students sang it for the last time with fervour and reverence.
Parents, teachers and students had an informal interaction over light refreshments.
