The Presidians, Peer Educators and the Counselor of Presidium Indirapuram got the opportunity to celebrate birthday of Former President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee at his residence on Tuesday, 11th December 2018. The students and the Counselor along with Dr. Nagpal from Expressions India presented a bouquet of flowers, a beautiful handmade card and a Newsletter on Mental Health and  Life Skills to the Former President. After which they joined him for a cake cutting ceremony. The students also got the opportunity to express their views on importance of Mental Health for Adolescents and how counselors are working in their school for same. It was indeed a memorable day for all our students. 

It was a proud moment for Presidium Indirapuram, when the young skaters won laurels at the 2nd Little Champ Speed Roller Skating Championship 2018 at Rotary Club Gandhi Nagar, Ghaziabad. Eleven schools participated in the event. All 5 participants from Presidium Indirapuram won medals in various categories. Kashvi Jain & Khevan Khushwaha  won Gold medal, and Keshi Gulati won a Silver in the 6-8 Inline girls category. Anirudh Dev Sheel won Gold medal in 8-10 inline boys category. Aalekh Rastogi won a Bronze in the 8-10 Quad boys category. 

Annanya Bhardwaj won 3 Silver medals at the 4th U.P. State Roller Sports Championship 2018 in the U-14 Girls Inline category. We congratulate all the winners and their coaches for their amazing performance.

Appreciation is like a magic wand that can boost morale and infuse students with the much needed confidence. Mrs. Sudha Gupta, honourable Chairperson of Presidium truly believes in encouraging students & motivating them further to achieve the heights of success. To applaud the meritorious students of Presidium Indirapuram, Mrs. Gupta visited the school and congratulated students for their victorious efforts. Ma’am congratulated the powerful weightlifters who performed stupendously at the Open National North Indian Powerlifting Championship held at Dharamsala. Simran Kaur of grade 12 lifted a total of 222.5 kg and clinched two silver medals in the 57 kg category. Yashna Chopra of grade 10 won a silver and bronze medal in the 84 kg category. It was a proud moment for the Presidium family when Bhavi Jain was selected for the Indian Yoga Team to represent the country at the 9th Asian Yoga Sports Championship to held in Malaysia in July 2019. Representing the school in another prestigious competition, Sakshi Dwivedi secured the first position in the Hindi Extempore competition organised by the Parivahan Vibhag, Uttar Pradesh. It was a great opportunity for the students to showcase their medals and trophies to Ma’am.

Adventure camps offer all sorts of learning possibilities. They provide with the opportunity to lead, be a team player and make new friends. In an endeavor  to ensure that students gain confidence & enhance their social skills, life skills and sense of independence, an Adventure Camp was organized at Presidium Indirapuram. The self-confidence of children soared after successful completion of tasks. It gave them the platform for exercises that improved both teamwork and leadership skills. Overall, it was a successful and empowering exposure, keeping the recreational interests as the basis and working towards the holistic development of our students.

Talent is a universal gift, but it takes a lot of courage to use it. Don’t be afraid to be the best.” - Paulo Coelho 

To unleash the power of performance and untapped reservoir of talent in the students of grade 4, Presidium Indirapuram organised a Talent Hunt.  The showcase consisted of dancing, singing, mono acting, drawing, story telling. students were very enthusiastic to display their skills and talent. It was a wonderful liberating experience for all the students. It gave them the opportunity to express joy and camaraderie while performing on the stage and also watching their friends’ performances.

“Creativity is seeing what everyone else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought”- Einstein

With an aim to experience the joy of creativity, a Newspaper Dress Designing activity was recently organised at Presidium Indirapuram. Students designed beautiful dresses from newspapers which were displayed with a ramp walk to include the joy of presenting. It was a wonderful experience to see the budding fashion designers display their artistic expression.

Spellathon provides an opportunity to the students to enhance their vocabulary. It is an integration of imagination, education, technology, inclusiveness. In the time and age of auto-correct, predictive text and spell check, the competition came as a whiff of fresh breeze for the students of grade 3. The competition had two rounds - first, wherein the children were asked to write 20 words, and the final round, which consisted of questions like fill in the missing letters, make a word from jumbled letters, big word-small word and who am I. The competition made students aware of spellings and the usage of many unfamiliar words. It was a wonderful learning experience not only for the participants but also for their peers and served to enrich the vocabulary bank of the students .

Students of grade 3 got the opportunity to visit and interview a block printing expert. Students were shown a video on the process of block printing. The expert talked about the processes and technique of this printing style and also briefed students about the history related to the art. Block printing is a 2000 year old technique used to transfer words or images to paper or fabric. The technique originated in China and is a very popular printing style in Asia. Students asked different questions related to the blocks and dyes used in block printing process. It was a great learning experience for the students as they had a fruitful interaction with the expert. 

"FLAG DAY OF INDIA’ is a day dedicated to India towards collection of funds from people of India for the welfare of the Indian Armed Forces personnel. To understand the importance of this day, students of grade 3 presented a special assembly. They were all dressed in tricolor and spoke about the national flag  meaning of each colour and its history. Students also told about the protocols for displaying the Indian National Flag. students were spellbound with the amazing display of  information and knowledge. The assembly filled everyone’s hearts with pride and respect for the country.

The special students of Sparsh expressed their heartfelt gratitude to their friends at Presidium Indirapuram for their generous donation. The Sparsh family received a warm welcome by the Presidians, as they rekindled their bond of friendship. The happiness and euphoria present in the atmosphere was unmatched. It was a wonderful experience for the students.