STATE TIMES NEWS
KATHUA: Thames House of Delhi Public School, Rajbagh was declared as winner in the Inter House Dance Competition organised on Saturday in the school premises to celebrate New Year -2016.
It was a scintillating performance which was cheered by the students who also resolved to be ‘Good Citizens’ and follow the principles of great personalities in all fields who did their best to shape the country and gave children an education policy in tune with modern day needs.
The management, staff and students of this institution showed great zeal and enthusiasm in making the New Year celebrations a grand success.
Principal of the Institution, Nirmal Mahna impressed upon the students to remain alive to happenings in their surroundings and prepare themselve accordingly to meet any challenges posed to them in academics as well as social and civil lives.
Appreciating the winner house, she lauded the efforts of other groups who performed to their best and said that in DPS, Rajbagh children are made to grow and learn in a free atmosphere where they are made to learn more by experiences than through text books.
Earlier, students shared their New Year resolutions on the stage and pledged to stick to them by all means. It was also impressed upon that “There is no greater calling than to teach young people and DPS staff is good at it”.
Mahna added that DPS Rajbagh recognises individual identity of every child, his/her character, and student’s humanity.
Regarding learning as a sacred endeavour she said that everything in the school will reflect learning’s elevated status for which she asked the staff and students to dress accordingly.
Later the management and staff wished children Happy New Year and resolved that by the time children will leave the school they will be among the few to instinctively distinguish between the elevated and the degraded, good and the bad, the holy and the obscene which will shape their future and make them stand tall amongst all.
