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141 out of 216 in ICSE 80% and above,131 out of 172 in ISC 80% and above.
Excellent performance as highest 98% in ICSE by Subhojit De Sarkar and 97.25% in ISC Sneha Karmakar
Imroz Syed 141 in WB JEE General and Ankita Basu 1379 in General and in Medical 16th.
EXCURSION TO SHANTINIKETAN
42 students accompanied by 4 teachers of NGHSS went for an excursion to Shantiniketan. It was an exciting and memorable experience for them.
DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF LATE NARAYAN SHAW
26TH April 1999
was the day which brought shocking news of sad demise of our
dynamic energetic, First President Mr.
Narayan Shaw. To show our respect , every year a meaningful
prayer service is organised on the closest working day to 26th
April. This year the service was conducted on 24th May in the
School Ground where all the student , teaching and non-teaching
staff along with the Principal and the Head master were present.
Our Principal and the Headmaster gave speeches on ethics ,
principles , morals and views of Late Narayan Shaw. After that a
group chanted some relevant portions from Holy Gita , Bible and
Koran and paid homage through spiritual songs to the departed
soul.
MAY DAY
Like every year this year too, our
school organised a grand celebration to observe
MAY DAY . At the beginning of the programme
Juhi Agarwal , one of our students
delivered a speech in English. She was followed by
Ishita Roy who delivered a speech in Bengali . Then a group
song was presented by our student followed by a dance performance.
Krishna Das , one of our Group D staff recited a poem ,
written by herself . Then our Principal handed over gifts to all
our Group D staff. The programme concluded with the Principal
appreciating the hard work they carry out behind the scene.
RABINDRA JAYANTI CELEBRATION
Like every year this year also we celebrated Rabindra Jayanti in
our school on Friday, 8th May 2009.
The programme started with garlanding the portrait of Rabindranath
Tagore. It was followed by a short Bengali speech on
Rabindranath Tagore.
Dhriti Das and
Madhurima Dutta enlightened us with necessary information
about Rabindranath Tagore’s work and life. After this, few
students of our School Choir sang the melodious Rabindra Sangeet
‘Akash jure …..’ Then a dance performance by
Snehasree, Priyanka, Sayani and
Moumita accompanied by the song ‘
Aaji dakhino pabone dola lagilo….’ created a blissful
atmosphere. The Principal enriched the students with more
information in this context.
NCC ARMY WING GIRLS
10 girls from 2nd year NCC, were taken to Fort William for firing.
They were trained to fire with .22 deluxe rifle. All the girls
fired 20 rounds of bullets, after which
Oyendrila Dobe, Sweta Sadhukhan, Paramita Ghosh, Sudipta Das and
Tanurima Mondal, were selected to be trained for the TSC
camp, and were asked to attend the CATC camp from 1st June to 10th
June 2009.
CATC CAMP. ( Combine Annual Training Camp
from 1st June to 10th June)
CATC camp was organised by 2 Bengal ( G ) BN
NCC from 1st June to 10th June at Searampore Girls College
Searampore.
Girls were trained to fire and perform rifle drill. They attended
theory classes in subjects like Map Reading, Weapon Training,
First Aid, National Integration etc.
In the Inter School games event NGHSS Girls
Cricket team of 11 players defeated 10 schools and
qualified for the finals with Adarsh Hindi High School Howrah and
were the 1st runners up winning silver medals.
NGHSS cadets also participated in the Inter School Quiz
Competition organised in this camp and bagged the
1st prize winning gold medals and
certificates and making the school proud.
It was an exciting camp and a very good learning experience for
the girls from NGHSS. Associate NCC officer
Mrs. Anita Joshi was conferred with the second star and
promoted to second officer’s rank, by the camp commandant
Col. Rajan Kadayan.
The discipline, turn out and good conduct was highly praised by
the Group Commander and the Training Officer from the Head
quarters, who paid a surprise visit to the camp.
ANNUAL PRIZE DISTRIBUTION
Awards act as an impetus to spur students to achieve better
results. The much awaited Annual Prize distribution of NGHSS was
held on 22nd June, 2009 at Kala Mandir.
Mr. Barry O’ Brien , member of the Legislative assembly and
also the member of the managing committee graced the occasion as
the chief guest.
The day also witnessed the prefects investiture ceremony. Our
Principal Mr. M.S. Calvert presented
the annual school report to keep the audience abreast of the
school’s performance and achievements in the academic year
2008-2009.
Mr. Barry O’ Brien lauded the school
choir for singing harmoniously with poise and equanimity in all
three languages English, Hindi and Bengali. We also had a welcome
dance in the form of Saraswati Bandana and a western dance
performance which caught the attention of the audience.
The students were overwhelmed to receive their awards from Mr.
Barry O’ Brien.
INVESTITURE CEREMONY
The investiture ceremony of NGHSS for the academic year 2009-2010
was held on 22nd June’09 along with
the Annual Prize Distribution at Kala Mandir.
The student leaders consisting of boys and girls from classes X to
XII had their badges pinned by their
Principal Mr. M.S Calvert.
The prefects took the oath and promised to work faithfully and
honestly in all matters affecting work, sports and general
demeanor to work for the honour of the school. They pledged
further to place the interest of others before their own and
strive to persevere a sense of humour always.
Proud parents of the student leaders witnessed their children
receiving the honour.
TABULATION
ISC 2009
| Subject average:81 |
| Total Students:144 |
|
Frequency Distribution |
|
>=90 |
16 |
80-89 |
66 |
70-79
|
52 |
60-69 |
10 |
50-59 |
0 |
40-49 |
0 |
Subjects |
Average |
Maximum |
CTS |
83 |
99 |
Acc |
70 |
99 |
Eng |
79 |
94 |
Beng |
76 |
90 |
Hin |
90 |
97 |
Phy |
61 |
95 |
Chem |
69 |
95 |
B
Maths |
49 |
88 |
EVE |
80 |
94 |
Eco |
66 |
95 |
Com |
72 |
94 |
maths |
69 |
100 |
B.
Stu |
60 |
88 |
TABULATION
ICSE 2009
School averge: 84%
Subjects |
Average |
Maximum |
Eng |
79 |
94 |
Beng |
77 |
92 |
Hin |
82 |
96 |
P/C/B |
69 |
97 |
H/C/G |
77 |
96 |
EVE |
87 |
100 |
CAS |
82 |
96 |
maths |
76 |
100 |
CTS |
92 |
100 |
JUNIOR SCHOOL SPORTS
Aiming to inculcate the spirit of teamwork through co-curricular
activities Junior school held their annual sports on
30th January 2009 at Oxford Mission Ground.
Click the following link to find
all the information about Junior School
Sports:
http://www.nghss.com/activity_sports.html
For Sports Pictures please visit the Picture Gallery
TANG-ALUMNI OF NGHSS
This is something that everyone was waiting for, and finally it hits the phase with a Bang. Yes, now National Gems Higher Secondary School has formed its very own ALUMNI, named as “THE ALUMNI OF NATIONAL GEMS HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL”, popularly known as “TANG”. This will add to the illustrious and rich history of National Gems Higher Secondary School. Click the following link to find all the information about TANG:
http://www.nghss.com/about_alumni.html
POGO –HOLE IN THE WALL
Pogo the kid’s entertainment channel came to N.G.H.S.S. on 2nd September, to conduct the game show –“Hole in the Wall”. They also introduced a palmtop touch screen technology device called the Human Tetris aided with which the children played the game .Students from class 5 to 8 participated in this game and were divided into 4 teams.From class 8 Arran Calvert and Soumyojyoti Bhattacharya teamed up to defeat Anamitra Sur and Bishal Ganguly.From class 7 Arjun and Ankita were the winners .Thus N.G.H.S.S. is one of the most privileged schools of Kolkata to get a glimpse of this technology The winners got gift hampers while the others got Pogo stickers. Everyone enjoyed this experience .
Spell linc or word cracking
A handwriting and spelling competition was held on 28.11.08.
organized by Linc at N.G.H.S.S. for
classes 5 to 10. In the spelling competition Indranil Haldar came
1st,Shreya Halder and Sarthak Sathpathy stood 2nd and 3rd
respectively.
These winners will be participating in the grand final of the 10th
All Bengal Spell Linc Competition 2008.
Story Telling Competition – All India Anglo Society (Santragachi
Branch)
The All India Anglo Indian Society (Santragachi Branch) conducted
a story telling competition in memory of Late Frank Anthony.
Twenty three schools participated in it and each one excelled the
other. The main aim of the programme was to encourage the young
ones to travel through the world of imagination and speak out
their thoughts in front of the audience. The participants were
judged on the basis of originality, articulation and poise.
Sutirtha Banerjee of National Gems Higher Secondary School stood a
proud third. The audience was engrossed at the way Sutirtha
delivered his humorous story. The audience cherished the precious
moments they spent with the little ones.
List of School Captain, Vice Captains, House Captains, House vice Captains and Prefects:
SCHOOL CAPTAIN
Wade Calvert
SCHOOL VICE CAPTAIN
Anish Mahapatra Sneha Karmakar
| LIBERTY | FRATERNITY | EQUALITY | JUSTICE |
| House Captain | House Captain | House Captain | House Captain |
| Anwesh Mishra | Ishita Roy | Juhi Agarwal | Dipanwita Neogy |
| House Vice Captain | House Vice Captain | House Vice Captain | House Vice Captain |
| Dimple Varshney | Shibasish Banerjee | Roshmi Bhattacharya | Pooja Ray |
| Prefects | Prefects | Prefects | Prefects |
| Arunita Barui | Abhishek Thakur | Ashwini Sancheti | Saurabh Agarwal |
| Tanmay Banerjee | Roshni Bharadwaj | Shankar Mukherjee | Ankita Thakur |
| Abhishek Bose | Ansul Mohapatra | Rajshekhar Upadhyay | Suman Chetri |
| Joyee Adhikary | Erica D’Cruize | Agni DebBurman | Anurag Roy |
| Rajlakshmi Upadhyaya | Kritik Rohra | Shreya Halder | |
| Souvik Banik |
Science Fellowship from the Kendriya Vigyan Protsahan Yojana (KVYP)
I, Ankita Basu, have received a
Science Fellowship from the Kendriya Vigyan Protsahan Yojana (KVYP)
which is being funded by Department of Science and Technology,
Government of India and administered by Indian Institute of
Science Bangalore. A total of 198 students from all over India
were selected in the SA ( Class X ) Category.
It is a fellowship for students who wish to further their career
in scientific research. Qualifying students receive a monthly
grant of Rs. 4000/- and an annual contingency grant of Rs.
16000/-, which increases as the student enters college. Selected
Candidates also get free access to libraries, interaction with
scientists and various facilities in many Science R & D
Laboratories under Government of India.
KVYP also organizes yearly contact programmes for the candidates.
This year KVYP has organized a week long science interaction meet
with world renowned scientists from the likes of Oxford and
Harvard, called “ Vijyoshi Programme” at Jawaharlal Nehru
University in New Delhi from 12th – 16th Oct’09.
Ankita Basu ( XII B )
