Be the Change
The evening hours of Thursday, 24th March saw the
Dubai Festival City Square echoing the messages set
forth by Street Plays. Our School presented a
captivating play ‘Be the Change’.
Parent Orientation
Our students are characterized by
a variety of unique and
distinctive positive attributes
that bear further considerations.
The School, hence, detects and
responds to even the most subtle
expectations the students place on
themselves. Parents and teachers,
thus, took part in an innovative
meeting which was a facilitation
to the beginning of good tidings
for 2011-2012. Leading the
orientation day, our Principal Dr.
Aninda Chatterji took charge of
the exemplary process, where
parents can have an open
communication with the school.
Hand outs on ‘ How to maximize
performance’, ‘Pick up your study
skills’ ‘Way to improve
concentration’, ‘Top six antidistraction tips’, ‘ A helping hand
which parents can do’ and ‘ Time
management’ were given to the
students. Parents left the venue,
much convinced after having met
the teachers and the mentors of
their wards.
ELECTION
The students of Grades VIII to XII
were exposed to real election
atmosphere where the school carried
out it’s election for Vice-captains of
the the various houses. It was a real
fair deal. The students were briefed
on on the ballot system and each
house had a ballot box . Prior to the
election day, the candidates were
given opportunities to run their
campaign by promoting themselves with
posters and badges. The elected
leaders were:
•Mars - Vigneswari M
•Neptune – Sreyoshi Guha
•Saturn – Ashvriya Thapa
•Jupiter – Abhinaya Ravichandran
Investiture Ceremony
OOEHS Students perceive themselves as leaders. They look forward to increased levels of
responsibility and to employ their leadership skills towards making a difference in this world. During
the Oath taking ceremony, the elected leaders took a formed pledge to carry out the duties assigned
to them with sincerity and efficiently. The Oath was administered by the Principal and that was
followed by the presentation of the badges. Our leaders are the Head girl-Nisha Mariam Johnson,
President Student Council-Swati Murali. Sports Captain-Jewel Boniface, Asst. Head girl-Prateeksha
Prakash Kamath, student Council Secretary -Amata Boban and Vice-Captain Sports-Navneet Kaur. We
also have Captains and Vice- captains for the 4 houses and they received their badges from the
respective house mistresses. The members of the Student Council received their badges from the
Advisor. In his inspiring speech, Dr Farooq Wasil- the Executive Principal and Director of Asian Schools
Gems urged the leaders to lead by examples and to preserve the discipline and decorum of the
School, thereby respecting the values of the institution.
Sheikha Fathima Award
The quest for Scholastic success
dictates nearly everything for Nisha
Mariam Johnson who is the winner of
Sheikha Fathima Award 2011. She
received a trophy and a scholarship
entitling her for free education
during the current academic year.
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UAE NATIONAL BRAIN
O’ BEE 2011 (5 June
2011)
Kunchay Gayathri of 12 B secured
the second position in the Brain
O’ Bee quiz on neuroscience for
high school students held at DPS
Sharjah .
Inter School
Symposium
On ‘The World Environment Day’,
The Indian Excellent Private
School had organized an Interschool Symposium on
‘Deforestation and Climate Change
Mitigation’. Our girls , Vrunda
Atul Shah Snd Shradha shetty
bagged the first position in the
junior category . Vrunda was
also declared The Best Speaker.
Eco-Code Competition
Steffy Anna Annian of Grade 10 E is
the proud recipient of the 2nd
prize in the Eco Code Competition
for her wonderful sketch on the
theme ‘Climatic Change’ held at
Knowledge Village where ninteen
other schools participated.
OUR OWN RECORDS CENT PERCENT RESULTS
OUR own girls are by and large top achievers academically. The
experience at school and their productivity have made them goaloriented people. Meet our super students.
ANNUAL PRIZE DAY (27 and 28 June)
The immense stature with which the annual prize day exceeded all
expectations proved a milestone move . A highly coordinated Ecodance (Grade V and VI), a Design Show , Orchestra and Exhibition
proved grandiosity at it’s height . The first surprise was the
annual report which was presented in the form of a documentary film
. It was a proud moment for OUR OWN to premier it’s first orchestra
which had eighty-two musicians. The renditions where ‘Green
Sleeves’, ‘Country Garden’ and ‘No Matter What’. Our last number was
from ‘The Pirates of the Carribean’ –a breathtaking and a soul
stirring composition. The academic and endowment awards were given
to the highest scorers in the Board Exams and thirteen teachers
were honoured for their outstanding work and commitment to the
course of education.
Pulse Activities
Body Language
Dress to impress
Table Tennis
Ann Mary Shibu & Suman Sanjay
,Nandana & Aishwarya made the
school proud by securing the 2nd
position in the Inter-school
Table Tennis Tournament , which
was part of the sports festival
conducted by The Indian Hugh
School Dubai.
Table Tennis Nationals
2011
On 3rd October 2011 the Our Own Sharjah
Table Tennis team under 19 was
qualified for the CBSE Nationals 2011.
About a hundred schools had
participated. Our girls managed to
reach the quarter finals and grabbed
the 12th position in their group. It was
good learning experience for the entire
team.
Basketball
Our Basket Ball team played against Winchester School beating them
by 19 points (36-17). In the match played against OOEHS Dubai , we
defeated them by 19 points (39-20) and secured the 3rd position
Our Players are Aiman Khan , Ashna Gupta , Malavika Menon, Simran
Mehra , Athira Vishwanath , Megan Edward ,Sanjana Ganesh , Danielle
Pareira ,Kimberly O’Conner , Leanne Pimenta and Aleefia Arun.