Happy Hour classes (9-12)

Project Citizen is an educational program designed to engage students in the principles of public policy and civic involvement. It aims to encourage young people to become active and informed citizens by identifying community problems, researching solutions, and proposing policies for change. Among the multitude of problems that plague the community we had taken up the challenge to question the importance of civic responsibility on topics like Right to Free legal Aid, Women Empowerment, Fake news and Misinformation and Food Security.

Agni House

Topic: Right to Free Legal Aid

In the Project Citizen competition, Agni House focused on the Right to Free Legal Aid, addressing the barriers that prevent marginalized individuals from accessing this fundamental right. We examined existing policies and their limitations, recognizing the need for more efficient and accessible solutions. Our proposed ideas included a Chitbox, Fingerprint Board to streamline the legal aid process, as well as webinars and seminars to raise public awareness about legal resources available to the public. We also conducted interviews with lawyers and domestic workers to gain real-world insights into the challenges both legal professionals and individuals face in accessing legal aid. We also sent letters to Mr. Subodh Ghildiyal, Chief Editor of the Times Of India and Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of Law, Government of India.

The competition was a valuable learning experience, where we presented our research and Proposal to a panel of judges who posed insightful questions that encouraged deeper analysis. Through this project, we gained a greater understanding of the complexities of legal aid and its importance in ensuring equal access to justice for all, regardless of socio-economic status.

Jal House

Topic: Women Empowerment

Jal House grappled with the issue of “ Women Empowerment” that include deep-rooted gender biases, unequal access to education and healthcare, wage gaps, underrepresentation in leadership roles, and cultural norms that restrict women’s autonomy. Additionally, violence, discrimination, and lack of legal protections continue to hinder progress towards true equality and empowerment for women. This mindset problem cannot be overcome overnight and would require to be dealt with on a regular basis.We had taken a plan of action where the focus has been mainly on  empowering girls and also teaching boys how to treat women with respect.

Our research included visiting an all out boys' NGO and conducting a workshop there,conducting signature campaigns and surveys, speaking to pedestrians and taking an online interview of a celebrated author, Professor Nandini Das of the Oxford University .Throughout this Project Citizen itizen campaign students have evolved and learnt  that it's not only about spreading awareness but more importantly it is about making a change in everyone's life and thinking.

We have pledged not to stop here but are committed to take this forward and bring about a positive change in society. We have deviced class policies so that they can impact perspectives and lay the foundation for an unbiased generation.

Prithvi House

Topic: Fake News and Misinformation

The project citizen for classes 9 and 11 was held on 29 th January and Prithvi House presented on the topic “Fake News and Misinformation”. We had prepared a binder and PPT along with 4 speeches which addressed the audience. The presentation ended with a question- answer round with the judges and a group photo taken of all the 24members that were a part of the project. As fun as the presentation was, the highlight was most definitely working as a team to fulfil our goal. This event created a sense of belonging to our house for each one of us and those of us who can, would gladly participate again next year.

Vayu House

Topic:Food Security

This year the Vayu House Project Citizen topic was about one of the most concerning and global problem, Food Security.

We started off with explaining the problem, showcasing in detail the seriousness of this topic and how many millions of people or even children go to sleep without eating proper food. After that we had the government policies, where we explained the different existing policies which the government had already applied in regard to this problem like The Mid-Day Meal Scheme. Next, we shared the Class Policy of our House, where we presented the different policies we, as a house, had made to secure food for the mass people. Lastly we talked about the many initiatives that our house had taken in the Action Plan. We discussed the Food Drives carried out, Interviews and Surveys taken, and even the awareness we spread through multilingual posters, social media platforms etc. . Finally in the Question Hour Round, we answered the question which the judge had asked us regarding the wastage of food in classrooms and how to tackle them. Overall, it was a very enriching experience for the whole team, getting to know so deeply about such an important topic and actually taking initiative for the same was a fortunate opportunity we could get.

This experience helped students develop skills in research, teamwork, communication, and critical thinking, while fostering a deeper understanding of the democratic process and their potential role in shaping their community’s future.

Happy Hour (Interhouse Kho Kho Competition)

Participants: Students of Classes IX – XII
Highlight: Jal house was the deserving winner beating Prithvi house in the final round. The matches were exciting and students enjoyed this tournament after a long time. All the House Captains maintained the discipline exceptionally well.

Happy Hour - Inter-house Chess Competition

Participants: Students of Classes IX – XI
Highlight: Jal house won the competition. It consisted of the following members :Yug Desai, Jatin Agarwalla, Anshuman Dugar and Devansh Sultania. Prithvi House lost the match to Jal house in the final.

Inter House Table Tennis

Participants: Students of Classes IX – XII
Highlight: All the matches were played with great enthusiasm. In the final round, Jal house defeated Prithvi house to win the tournament. Agni house defeated Vayu house and secured the third position.

Happy Hour (Interhouse Dance Competition)

Participants: Students of Classes IX – XII
Highlight: In reverence to the Earth Day, we organized an Inter House Dance Competition for its senior section on the theme- celebrating Earth Day, during its Happy Hour event .The participants of each house gracefully presented their scintilling renditions, mesmerizing the judges and the audience with their charisma. Though a tough call, Agni house emerged as the winner with Jal house and Prithvi House following suit as the runners up. Class IX students watched the movie ‘Hachiko’ which the students enjoyed thoroughly.

Inter House Project Citizen Competition

 Participants: Students of Classes VI – XI

 Highlight: All the four houses were extremely competitive. Vayu House bagged the first position and their topic was Human Displacement. There was a tie between Prithvi and Agni for the second position. The event was enjoyed by all.

Interhouse Sports Quiz – Happy Hour

Participants:Students of Classes IX to XII
Highlight:Every house member attended and participated in the quiz enthusiastically. Agni House won the quiz and Vayu house emerged as the first runner up.

Workshop on Recreational Games Happy Hour

Venue: Ground Floor Assembly Hall, Ground, Volleyball and Basketball Court
Organized By: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Resource Person:Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Participants: Students of classes IX - XII
Highlight: There were four different set ups for Recreational Games like Pittu, Catch the Stick, Modified Dog and the Bone and Relay Tag games. The participants enjoyed the workshop and showed great enthusiasm. Due to rain, the workshop was interrupted and got over before the scheduled ending time as the activities were all outdoor.

Inter House Debate Competition

Participants Students of Classes IX – XII
Highlight The Houses debated on the topic Technology is controlling us, we are no longer controlling technology. Vayu House won the debate, Prithvi house bagged the second position. The debate was enjoyed by all.

Interhouse Quiz Competition: Dr. B.R Ambedkar and Constitution

Resource Person Quiz Master: Ms. Sneha Singh
Participants: Selected students from all the four houses
Highlight: Students of Class IX to XII enthusiastically participated in the quiz competition. They were happy to know about Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and his contributions. It was very informative and the quiz ended with an extraordinarily good performance of Agni House.

Project Citizen (Inter House Event)

Participants Students of Classes VI - IX and XI
Highlight:
1. Innovative posters and Power points were made.
2. Question- answer round was interesting.
3. It was significant to know that two of the jury members were an alumnus of the school.
4. The topics selected were relevant in context of current problems faced worldwide.

Interhouse Football

Participants Students of Classes IX – XII
Highlight The matches were very competitive. The students displayed lot of coordination and agility skills with a lot of precision in passing and dribbling. Jal house bagged the first position and Prithvi house was runner up.

Interhouse Volleyball for Boys

Participants Students of Classes XI – XII
Highlight Agni House won the tournament. Vayu House was the Runner up. The matches were very competitive.

House Meeting 2022-2023

Organized By Happy Hour Representatives
Participants Students of Class III - XII
Highlight Various points were discussed. The house captains along with the House mistresses / masters were able to identify the various talents of their house. Students were boosted for March Past and to participate in the upcoming co-curricular activities along with project citizen activity.

Heritage City (9 12)

Participants Students of classes IX - XII
Highlight Agni house secured the 1st position. Vayu, Prithvi and Jal bagged 2nd, 3rd and 4th position respectively. The event was theme based and the audience enjoyed and cheered the participants heartily. The students learned about the cultural diversities and rich heritage of our Indian cities.

Project Citizen (Seniors)

Participants Students of Classes VI – XII
Highlight The competition was keenly contested with the participants answering the queries thrown by the jury with confidence. The participants had to use their presence of mind in tackling the questions from the panel of judges. A lot of analytical skills were involved too. Vayu House won the competition.

Happy Hour - Speak Not But Act

Participants Students of Classes IX – XII
Highlight It was a wonderful event as the participants showed their mime skills using gestures and well-coordinated movements. Audio visual aids were used to good effect. Prithvi House bagged the first spot, Jal was second.

Laughter, the best medicine

Participants: Students of Classes IX – XII
Highlight: Everyone enjoyed the one act comedy as all the themes were based on current issues. Agni House was the winner of the event and Prithvi House emerged as the runner up.

Constitutional Quiz (IX - XII)

Participants: Students of classes IX – XII
Highlight: The participants and the audience got to know about the framework of our constitution, contributions of great men like B.R Ambedkar, Surendranath Mukherjee and others and facts regarding RTI.. Agni House won the event. Vayu, Prithvi and Jal occupied the 2nd , 3rd and 4th positions respectively.

The quiz was conducted in a technically sound manner by Pranav Chowdhary, our Head Boy. The participants performed well. There was valuable information
shared between rounds.

Project Citizen - Senior and Middle school

Organized By - Lakshmipat Singhania Academy

Participants - Students of classes V to XII

Highlight - The speakers were well trained and presented their projects with confidence and conviction. The projects focussed on the present socio?economic issues like, water scarcity, food control etc. The event helped them to be aware of Government policies, analyse them and design action plans based on these pertinent issues.

Inter House Hand Shadowgraphy Competition

Participants - Students of Classes VI – XII

Highlight - All the participants showcased their talent of creating images and stories with the help of hand shadows. The competition was enjoyed by all.

Inter house Parliamentary Debate Competition

Venue - Zoom online platform

Participants - Students of Classes IX – XII

Highlight - It was the first parliamentary debate organized by the school and was enjoyed by all.

Online Debate Competition (Senior school)

Venue :   It was hosted using Microsoft Teams
Participants : Animesh Sachan(XI A), Divija V Agarwal (XI A), Ishaan Jain (XI A), Khushboo Gupta (X C), Kritin Bansal (XII C), Priyanshi Saraogi (XI A), Shubham Agarwal (X A), Varenya Mehrotra (X C)
Highlight : It was organized entirely on an online platform and was conducted smoothly. The speakers spoke with enthusiasm and energy and the event was keenly contested with the First position being shared jointly between Agni and Prithvi sharing 20 points each. Jal bagged the third position with 10 points and Vayu , fourth position with 5 points. Divija Agarwal and Kritin Bansal were adjudged the best speakers for and against the motion respectively.

Inter House Cricket Competition

Venue : School                        

Participants : Classes IX and XI          

Highlight : Jal won the tournament beating Prithvi in the final convincingly. It was well organised and enjoyed by the audience.

Start Up

Participants     Students of Classes IX - XII    
Highlight    Vayu House emerged as the winner. Second position was won by Prithvi House. The event was enjoyed by all and was very competitive.

Keep Fit

Event: Keep Fit – Happy Hour
Participants: Students of Classes IX – XII
Highlight: All the of the Houses were very competitive and the competition was won by Jal House. Vayu, Agni and Prtithvi were 2nd,3rd and 4th respectively.

Sand Art

Participants : Students of Classes IX – XII
Highlight : It was a very innovative event and there was a lot of enthusiasm among the participants and spectators. Jal House won the event and Prithvi House was adjudged as the first runner up.

Inter House Mini Cricket

Event: Inter House Mini Cricket
Participants: Students of Classes IX-XII
Highlight: The participants enjoyed the contest and all the matches were closely contested. Prithvi House won the event and Jal bagged the second position.

Inter House Quiz

Participants: Students of Class IX – XII
Highlight: The audience enjoyed the quizzing. The quizmaster was good. Agni House was the winner.

Inter House Dance Competition

Participants: Students of Classes IX-XII
Highlight: Vayu House won the event and the audience enjoyed a lot.

3 minutes to fame

Highlight: All students enjoyed a lot. Mostly new students took part in this competition.

Inter House Volleyball