Result for Admission to
Pre-school class (2010-11)

Result for Admission to
Pre Primary Class Admissions 2010-11
Economically weaker Section

Springdales School Dhaula Kuan
Admission to Pre-school class (2010-11)

As per order of the Education Department dated 27.10.2008, all the students admitted to the Nursery Class 2009-10 are to be automatically promoted to the Pre-Primary Class.

Registration Forms for admission of 13 students from E.W.S. will be available at the school counter from December 15th to 22nd, 2009 between 8.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.. (minus Sundays and Gazetted Holidays)

CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION FOR ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTION :

• Child must be minimum 4 years as on 1.4.2010
• The qualifying parental income limit is Rs. 1,00,000/- per annum
• The parents of the child should be staying in Delhi for last 5 years.
• Adequate proof for residence. Copy of ration card/electoral identity card and birth certificate of the child should be attached to the registration form at time of submission. (the original documents will be seen before admission is granted).
• The income certificate in respect of parents will be issued by SDM of the area or any other revenue officer, not below the rank of tehsildar or food and supplies officer, Department of NCT of Delhi.
• Students within the local area will be given preference.
• The tuition fee and other charges like development, annual, refreshment etc. will not be levied for economically weaker students.
• In case of students of equal merit there will be a draw of lots.

The Pre-School Class is for children between the ages of 3 – 4 years. 
There are 128 seats for this class i.e. 4 sections of 32 each

REGISTRATION FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE SCHOOL COUNTER from December 15th to 22nd, 2010, 8.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. excluding Sundays and Gazetted holidays.
Although Admission will be granted for the Pre-School Class only, the criteria adopted for admission will be the same as for the criteria for the Pre-Primary Class, which is the entry class for the formal school, to facilitate entry to the Pre-Primary Class for the 2011-12 session.
Selection will be made through a comprehensive Registration Form which parents should fill up carefully and attach photocopies of the documents required. These will be verified from the originals at the time of interaction with parents of short listed children.

Children from the Economically Weaker Section are being admitted to the Pre-Primary Class being the entry class of the formal school. The selection of these children will be based on the rules laid down by the Government.

Since the number of applicants will be far more than the number of seats the forms will be graded an 100 point weightage scale quota-wise and selection made on the merit of each case as given hereunder :-

100 Point weightage system :

Children with Special Needs :  (Special Category)

Authenticated documents of disability to be attached to the form. Children with special needs will be admitted if they can cope up with the system of inclusive education offered at Springdales.

For reasons of transparency the Admission process will be monitored by an Admission Committee consisting of the Principal of the school, the Headmistress of the Junior School and 2 Parent Representatives of the Parent-Teacher Forum.

The School has aesthetically designed building, state of art equipment and educational facilities which includes

1. A/C multipurpose Auditorium with seating capacity of 750- Hall of Friendship and Peace
2. Multilingual laboratory – electronically fitted for teaching English, French, Spanish and Russian.
3. Chemistry, Physics, Biology Mathematics, Computer Science, Home Science, Geography, Psychology laboratories for different levels.
4. A well stocked and aesthetically designed library with Internet connection & networking for the Senior School; Reading Room-cum-Library for Juniors.
5. State of the art Computer labs and Computer Resource Centre with Internet Connection, Networking and with LCD Projector for projection of various presentations.
6. Teachers’ Learning Centre for professional growth of the faculty with Hi- tech Computers, Networked with Internet connection and Plasma Screen for various projecting information during workshops for teachers.
7. Specially designed Art Studios at all levels and centre of Dance and Music (Vocal and Instrumental)
8. Play fields catering to different sports and different levels of students including courts for tennis, basketball and grounds for Football, Cricket, Taekwondo, Skating rink, and facilities for swimming in a pool of International specifications.
9. A centre for children with special needs – “Saath-Saath” Inclusive Education Centre
10. Staff Rooms and Lunch Rooms for all levels.
11. Activity Hall.
12. Students Services – Canteen; Books and Stationery store and Uniform counter, Toilets and Water Coolers.
    
    

1) Academics
2) Co-Curricular Activities
3) Environmental Education
4) Sports
5) Community Service
6) National And International Understanding

ACADEMICS-2008-2009

Springdales has always believed in an education of the head, heart and hand whereby each pupil’s individual capabilities are explored and his or her personality developed through academic and co-curricular pursuits. As a school we have firmly supported the idea of a stress free environment for our pupils.
It gives us a great sense of satisfaction that the educational reforms introduced and practiced by Springdales for well over 30 years have now become a part of the educational policy of the Government after being in the pipeline for so many years. Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development decision to abolish the X std. examinations has been welcomed by us and so has the new Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation system introduced by the CBSE for class IX, which has been designed to evaluate all aspects of a student’s development – including values, attitudes scholastic and co-scholastic aspects.

At our own Teachers’ Learning Centre we have held orientations for the implementation of the new system of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation for class IX and X and on Life Skills which now include THINKING & EMOTIONAL skills which will be evaluated.

In an attempt to focus on community and society as requiring change and reform by the active intervention of the youth, the theme of this year has been “Learning to Change and Changing to Learn – Education for Transformation”. Similarly at Book Week a Gandhian theme was selected – “Be the Change you want to see”.

On the same note, the school hosted the 36th Annual Conference of the National progressive Schools’ Conference on “Revitalisation of School Education” which was inaugurated by the Lt. Governor of Delhi, Shri Tejinder Khanna. The Valedictory Session was chaired by the Chief Minister of Delhi, Mrs. Shiela Dikshit.

In this direction through the year seminar, symposia, workshops and activities were organized towards issues of National and Global importance. The need of the hour is undoubtedly to establish a culture of peace and harmony, not exclusive to any one nation, race or faith, but with the whole world in tune with our motto – Vasudhev Kutumbkam – The World is a Family”.

The CBSE Results for both Std. XII and X were most satisfying and of high quality.

In our CBSE results for class XII, 171 students appeared with a pass percentage of 100. Average percentage of the batch was 75.25 with a total of 443 distinctions.  Our school topper was Manvi Kathuria with an aggregate of 92.8%.  In Psychology, Devkanya Chakravarty secured a 100%.

The class XII of 2009 did us proud with their high aggregate of 79% and 583 distinctions.  In the class XII, 177 appeared and the pass percentage was 100% . 21 students secured over 90% and our school topper from the Non-Medical section was Anuj Popli who had a percentage of 94.8 followed by Shaurya Sachdev with 94.4%, Tanya Makhni of the Commerce stream and Koulick Ghosh of the Non-Medical obtained 94% marks. The Humanities section was topped by Nikita Ramachandran who secured 91.8% and Akshyeta Suryanarayan who obtained 91.4%.  Anuj secured 100% in Mathematics, Anshuman Singhal secured 99% in Chemistry.

In the Secondary School Examination for class X, the result was truly outstanding with 37 students out of 194 securing above 90%. The aggregate percentage of the batch was 80.1%. Our topper was Apoorv Umang Saxena who secured 96%. He was followd by Radhika Arya, Nilayan Ahmed, Ritika Shah and Devaang Sibal who secured over 95% each. Radhika Arya and Sarthak Batra secured 100% in Mathematics.

It is a matter of great pride that 11 students of Std. X and 9 students of Std. XII were amongst the top 0.1% of the successful candidates in All-India and were awarded ‘Certificate of Merit’ by the CBSE in order to recognize their outstanding performance.

On the academic front our students Nilayan Ahmed, Apoorv and Arpit, Sarthak Batra, Akshay Arora and Sagnik Ghosh secured All India Ranks.

Apoorv Umang Saxena and Ritika Shah were amongst the first 50 students in Delhi State in the CBSE Merit List and have been chosen by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research for an Interactive Workshop on ‘Youth for Leadership in Science Programme’.

Our Quiz Team has performed brilliantly through out the year. Farhan Abrol, Aman Shreyas and Sarthak Batra will be participating in the Final Round of the National Level Heritage Quiz organized by the CBSE.

At the National level Science Talent Search Exam we received the best participating school Award and our National Level Toppers were Arpit Saxena, Apoorv Saxena and Kirti Pal Singh.

Our congratulations to Farhan Abrol, Apoorv and Arpit, Tarang, Nupur Lilaramani, Pragya Malhotra, Shivanshi Malhotra, Shreyam Parth Krishna, Siddharth Gupta and Kunal Bansal for securing All-India ranks at the National Cyber Olympiad. We are proud of Soumya Mishra who was amongst the top 10 scorers of the National Astronomy Quiz. She won a free trip to China to view the solar eclipse.

Academics no doubt give our students knowledge and specialization skills to analyse and critically evaluate theoretical information, but it is essential to connect knowledge with experience and hone all talent academic and co-curricular.

LARUELS WON BY SPRINGDALES , DHAULA KUAN DECEMBER 2008-NOVEMBER 2009

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 2008 - 2009

Co-curricular activities are the heartbeat of Springdales. Co-curricular participation has gone a long way in helping the students to develop their hidden talents and skills and we are certainly proud of our achievements which are highlighted in the booklet of laurels.

The many clubs of the school afford an opportunity to hone the individual interests of students. From the Mathematics Club “Pi” which organized an Inter-School Mathematics Olympiad, to the “Jyotirmay” Hindi Club which was inspired by the poetry of Munshi Premchand, many special assemblies have taken place at the school centering around school clubs – Astronomy, Elocution, Geography, Nutrition, Art and Philately.

Our outstanding debators and speakers are Jahanara Raza, Karan Kareer, Radhika Arya, Ananya Das, Vidur Gupta, Devaang Sibal, Abhinandan Antony, Tanya Khera, Pulkit Aggarwal, and Vaishali Rathore.

Our Artists have participated in many contests and festivals – worthy of mention are Poulomi Roy, Sara Suri, Pallavi Rajaram, Ashna Malhotra, Ritika Shah, Sophia Khan, Rajasi Gera, Mantika Haryani and Sagar Chawla.

Amongst our talented dancers, who you will see in tonight’s programme are - Jahanara Raza, Sonika Ajwani, Adishri Khandelwal, Mannat Juneja, Mannat Bajaj, Rohit Malhotra, Rishab Gupta, Anandini Kapur and Sanjam Chawla.

Our choir is fairly well known in Delhi and it has been invited to quite a few public functions and events amongst which was the inauguration of the International Day of Peace “The Garland of Peace” Ceremony at the India Habitat Centre where Shri Oscar Fernandes presided.

Our outstanding vocalists are Raj Sachdeva, Pooja Pant, Tanya Thukral, ritwika Verma, Sanyam Kharbanda, Siddhant Bansal, Arjit basu, Tuhina Kapoor, Kamakshi Khanna, Divya Francis and Kushan Dhawan.

This year the school hosted the A.K. Saha Memorial Young Scientists Experimental Project Contest where budding scientists from the schools of Delhi took part. The Science Club of the school was proud to win the First Prize at a Science Drama Festival at the National Science Centre representing Delhi State. They will now take part in the Regional Finals. Recently the school hosted the Kusum Verma Memorial Inter-School Recitation Contest in which students expressed their ideas and feelings through poetry.

Talking of National events Pooja Anna Pant was a third position holder in the National Spelling Bee Contest organized by the American Centre. She represented Delhi in Kolkata.

The school Birthday, Independence Day, the Winter Carnival and many more functions are the life of our school.

LAURELS WON BY SPRINGDALES, DHAULA KUAN
(At Interschool events, outside School)
December 2008 – November 2009
CO-CURRICULAR

SPORTS 2008 - 2009

This year has been a good one as far as sports is concerned. Our students have participated in many sports championships and won accolades at the National and International levels !

Our Football Teams, Junior and Senior have done the school proud. Whilst the Senior Football Team secured the Runners Up Trophy at the Directorate of Education Tournament and the Zonals for South-West Zone, the Sub-Junior Team secured the first position in the Zonals for South-West Zone and the team will now play at the Inter-Zonals. Our star football players are – Punit Paul, Shivam Verma, Hemant Choudhary, Reuben Dony, Siddharth Kanti, Shubhanka Gupta, Rakshat Chopra, Vedant Mehra, Aman Shukla, Manohar Jeena, Karan Khanna, Ekant Chopra, Abhinav Nath and Rohan Sehgal.

Our Athletic Team has brought laurels to the school recently and in the Zonal Athletics Meet – Kritika Narayan, Sumandita Sharma, Bisman Kaur, Sakshi Arora, Raj Sachdev, Saksham Nijhawan and Abhinav Nath brought many medals home. Congratulations !

Under the Henry Selz Foundation, our ground is a riot of activity with coaches who train students in Football, Basketball, Cricket, Skating, Karate and Lawn Tennis.

Cricket is a favourite team game and The Sonnet Cricket Club boasts of Shivam Verma, Shubhankar Gupta, Abhinav Nath, Vignesh Anand and Raghav Khanna as our most promising players.

Individual sport is gaining momentum and it encompass a variety of forms of sport. Bhavyajeet Singh is our star Equestrian who has represented Delhi and India at the All-India and World Challenge Equestrian Championships where he won the Best Riders Award in his category. Congratulations Bhavyajeet !

Another keen horse rider is Siddhant Sharma who participated in National and International Polo Championships and often trains at Jaipur.

Sukrit Khanna represented India in Kickboxing in Cairo and Ayush Kalra received his black belt from South Korea.

Amandeep Kaur our ace shooter won a Gold Medal at the Delhi State Shooting Championships. She is fortunate to be training under Mr. Jaspal Rana.

Abhinav Nath our star footballer represented Delhi in a Under –13 Tournament at Bangalore.

Squash and Tennis have been popular too and Sachit Jolly qualified for the Squash nationals at Indore and represented Delhi. Our Tennis stars - Rajat Sindhu, Dipesh Bagga, Chaitanya Bhatt and Keshav Khurana have also participated in various contests.

Our emerging star on the Golfing Horizon is Karan Sharma.

It is a matter of pride that Krishna Gosain who took part in the Special Olympics last year for Roller Skating, has also won a Bronze Medal and Certificates of Merit for Races.

Perhaps the most outstanding achievers at Dhaula Kuan are in the field of Swimming – School Prefect, Arshita Bhandari has been the mermaid of Springdales and she has put our school on the National map with her endless number of Gold and Silver medals at the National School Games and CBSE nationals. Congratulations Arshita !

Devaansh Kochar too has won innumerable medals in Delhi State and at the Junior Nationals.

From Sports to Community Service, another very important dimension of Springdalian Education, viewing education within the larger social context is what we believe in for the school is an indispensable part of the community.

LAURELS WON BY SPRINGDALES, DHAULA KUAN
(At Interschool events, outside School/National Events)
December 2008 – November 2009
SPORTS

COMMUNITY SERVICE 2008 - 2009

Serving the community is an inbuilt part of our school curriculum and there are diverse programmes where Springdalians render help to members of society. Our outstanding students in this field are Mannat Juneja, Mannat Bajaj, Brinda Raju, Saurabh Gupta, Kirti Pal Singh, Zeba Siddiqui, Sahil Makker and Geetika Haryanavi.

This year has been a particularly active one and our special assemblies have included World Elders Day, International Literacy Day, World Aids Day and World Autism Day.

At the school our Interact Club members have been busy organizing a Diwali sale of products from Tamanna, helping in the stall at the Literacy Mela, in the Polio Eradication Campaign and in the running of the Annual Blood Donation Camp at Springdales.

The “Saath-Saath” Centre of the school with special students continues to be a haven for many who need specialized training and want to explore their talents. The mentors of Std. XI and XII are doing a fine job with their assigned students and the centre now has two special educators. In October, the students of our scholarship section had a wonderful experience in an Environment workshop cum Camp at the Mussoorie Holiday Home. Apart from exposure to environmental issues the group also learnt about social and personal life skills and group solidarity.

The “Kaamyaab” Centre for after school programmes has held recreational activities, personality development classes, English conversation classes and Sports training. Our social workers also organize “Growing up Sessions” for students of the middle school focusing on behaviour modification and responsibility.

Under the Social Work Department all Community Service programmes for classes XI and XII include working at the National Association for the Blind, Tamanna, Nai Disha and Aanchal.

The Literacy Department under the Delhi Schools Literacy Project organized the Valedictory Function of Literacy Week 2009. It was a privilege to receive the Education Minister Mr. Arvinder Singh Lovely on the occasion. Our school was awarded the Overall Trophy for commendable cultural performances from the South Zone District.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING 2008 - 2009

For us - there is no way to Peace – Peace is the way !

Peace Education has played a pivotal role at Springdales since its inception and today more than ever, the need for us to develop skills in our students and contribute with positive energy towards this end is of deep significance.

On the national front our UNESCO Club was part of a programme organized by the Peace Federation of India and the Guild of Service entitled “A new version of peace towards a world without weapons”. The Unesco Club of the school also collaborated with the Universal Peace Federation at a workshop on disarmament. Building up the talents and skills of our active Peace Volunteers who learn much from the CNDP Advocacy Programmes is another feature of our work in this field.

In bridging the divide between the rural and urban sectors, the school has initiated over 3 years an exchange programme with the students of Shreyas Madhyamik Vidyalaya in Dewas village in Madhya Pradesh. The exchange is a way of exchanging cultural experiences and meaningful dialogue between young people from parts of India.

The need of the hour, undoubtedly is to establish a culture of peace and harmony, not exclusive to any one nation, race or faith but with the whole world in tune with our motto – “Vasudhev Kutumbkam”.

We received a number of delegations from overseas this year – among them the Honourable Minister of Education from Bhutan Mr. Lyonpo Thakur Singh and his colleagues who were very interested to learn about the Indian school system and about Springdalian Education.

Under the Indo-German Students Exchange programme, we received delegations from 2 schools in Germany - the Roentgen Gymnasium Remscheid and the Bayrenther Gymnasium Wuppertal. Jointly with Springdalians, our German friends embarked upon a Literature workshop, which was the focus of this exchange. Springdalians will visit the German schools in May next year.

A large British and Indian group of school students visited Springdales as a part of the UKIERI (UK-India Education Research Initiative) under the auspices of the British Council. We had the pleasure of receiving students from the Lancaster Girls Grammar School, Central Lancaster High School, Arkholine Primary School and Dallors Road CP School. Our joint projects are centered around Global Citizenship and Climate Change. Bhavini Khullar will now be visiting Lancaster.

In meaningful programmes abroad, many students and staff have visited various countries this year. Mrs. Shweta Kukreja was selected on a Japan Foundation Study Tour, under the auspices of the Japan East Asia Future Leaders programme. Under the same programme Rijuta Lamba and Farhan Abrol attended a 21-days Asian Youth Exchange Programme in Okinawa which focused on the Environment.

Under the auspices of the Confederation of Unesco Club, 17 students accompanied by Mrs. Ritu Madan and Mrs. Rhea Wadhwa visited Penglai and Beijing to attend the International Youth Culture and Art Festival called “an Ode to Peace”.

Russian Language students, Alisha Ono Idris, Anna Sinha and Aastha Nigam participated in the International Summer Camp ‘Muskovia’ in Moscow. Manshreya Grover had the opportunity to be a part of a week long “STORY WORK RETREAT” in Thailand, organized by the International Women’s Forum for Peace and Justice.

Creative writing on issues of Global concern have caught the interest of many of our budding writers. Arpita Raj won the essay writing on Egypt and was given an opportunity by the Egyptian Embassy to visit the Land of the Pyramids. Medha Raju won the 3rd prize at the International level for her essay for the Royal Commonwealth Society. Certificates of commendation were also given to Reuben Dony, Mrigank Jha, Abhinandan Antony, Rishi Aneja, Pragya Arya and Ashna Behl. Anna Sinha won the First Prize in a National Essay Writing Competition under the auspices of the Hindi Academy.

Under the Indo-Swiss Friendship Cup, Ritika Shah won an award for her essay on “Science and Technology in India and Switzerland”. Under the auspices of the UN World Food programme, for their essays on World Food Day, our winners were Snigdha Das, Harleen Pasricha, Neelashma Singhal, Mallika Vishwanathan, Ritika Shah and Himadri Gulalia. Ananya Das was selected for the National Bal Bhawan Camp on the basis of her creative writing.

Our in school programmes continue with enthusiasm and commitment to the goal of peace and international understanding. A Special function was organised on Dr. Nelson Mandela’s Birthday when our Chief Guest was Mrs. Marina Minnie, Political Counsellor of the South African High Commission. On the occasion, the school was presented with a poster “Make an imprint”, symbolizing that we as youth must follow the example of leaders like Dr. Mandela and make an imprint with our contributions to society. On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, the school hosted an Inter-School Peace Festival to share ideas with youth of other schools.

Jahanara was the proud recipient of the Award for the best interview at the Y. Kumar Inter-School Contest for International Understanding. She also represented India on the B.B.C. Channel recently in dialogue with youth of other countries.

It is a matter of great pride for our school to have received the International School Award from the British Council for its outstanding development of the International Dimension in the Curriculum.

To journey with an open mind and accept with gratitude the diversity of the human race is an important part of Springdalian ethos. We are deeply committed to inclusivity and respect for difference and we project both universal and relativistic values. From “Ubuntu” to “Ahimsa” we are guided by common aspirations and I have no doubt that all Springdalians are culturally aware and sensitive and equipped to make their contribution to society.

Springdales is an ever-growing family whose boundaries transcend the whole of human kind. Our young Springdalians are our hope for the future – Let us help them to become proud Indians and world citizens for the world of tomorrow !

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 2008 - 2009

A dimension of Co-curricular Activities is our emphasis on Environmental Education. Springdales has been in the forefront of sensitizing students to embrace environmental concerns – Climate Change, Depleting Ozone layers, Extinction of Species, Water Depletion – all these issues claim our action.

Our out of school programmes include the work of our Environment Club “Vasundhara” – whose students have participated extensively under the WWF on Climate Savers programmes, Kids for Tigers rallies, wild Life Week and workshop on Landmark Trees. Pallavit Aggarwal was chosen as the Tiger Ambassador to attend a camp at the Jim Corbett National Park.

Our students Aishwarya Singh, Abhay Bhalla, Soumya Misra and Garima Tandon have been selected as WWF India Coordinators for carrying out its activities.

Apart from the WWF, we work actively with the TERI with whom we have collaborated on “Green Building” with the support of the Embassy of Switzerland.

Unesco and the Rotary Club organized a rally recently on the occasion of “World Water Day” – our students participated in large numbers.

Of significance is our involvement with the “Yamuna Project” where some of us joined the Yamuna Cleanup Drive. We are proud of Rijuta Lamba who edits the Yamuna Newspaper – an off spring of the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti. Rijuta will soon be awarded the Student Karamveer Puruskar instituted by the Indian Confederation of NGO’s for her contribution to The Citizens Action for Social Justice.

At the school level, a number of programmes have taken place this year. Apart from observing Earth Hour on the 28th of March, monthly data on weather conditions is compiled by our “Crosswinds” Club and sent to the Meteorological Department who have kindly donated weather instruments to the school.

The School Farm at Chattarpur has become the centre for much environmental work and this year a Herbal Garden has been established. Paper Recycling and Pottery have been introduced for all students including the Juniors who visit the farm three days a week. Environment walks, using waste material, recycling paper and learning about trees and plants is all a part of the Chattarpur work experience project.

At Springdales we continue to strive to spread awareness about the importance of conserving our natural resources for environmental sustainability.

Let us not only REDUCE – RE USE – RECYCLE but also RESTORE and RENEW.

LAURELS WON BY SPRINGDALES, DHAULA KUAN
(At Interschool events, outside School/National Events)
December 2008 – November 2009
GLOBE TROTTERS