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1. Ardeeian Weekly Newsletter Ardeeian Weekly Newsletter Week of July 24-04 August, 2017 vol 3.3 Week of September 18 - 29, 2017 vol 5.3 ?Feet, ?hat do I ?eed the? for If I ha?e ?i?gs to fl?.? Frida Kahlo Highlights September 18 – 29, 2017 EducationWorld awards for The Ardee School, Gurugram Ardeeians visit New Gallery of Modern Arts Faculty attends Art & Design AS/A level Extension training Frida Fiesta @ Ardee Inter house drama competition @ Ardee ?Interface? swim meet @ Ardee Book fair @ Ardee Ardeeians meet Padma Shree awardee Krishen Khanna EducationWorld awards for The Ardee Schools We are proud to share that The Ardee Schools, Goa and Gurugram have managed to leave its stamp on the education scene in India by winning two awards. The Ardee School, Gurugram has been ranked - No 3 in India for Innovative teaching. The second award was for best International Day Schools as we ranked No 4 in Gurugram and No. 5 in Delhi/NCR. This was announced at the EducationWorld awards in Gurugram on Friday, 22nd September at a ceremony which witnessed officials from several schools across the NCR.

2. Inter-house drama competition @ Ardee An Inter-house drama competition was organized onSeptember 20th 2017, which saw students exhibiting their acting and script writing skills. The theme was ?E?plori?g hu?a? e?otio?s a?d ho? it affects our relatio?ships?. The students of each House had to write the script, the dialogues, select music, make props and enact it. The script writing of the play was done by students of grades 6-12, while the students from grades 1-5 gave the dramatic presentation. Yellow house stood first as the students presented a play on the relationship between a father and an unwanted girl child. Green house stood second, students enacted a play on Gautam Buddha and his disciples while Blue house stood third - their play was based on a Japanese farmer sacrificing his rice fields The students performing the drama were assessed on the basis of originality of the script, usage of props, voice modulations, technology used, act of the participants and stage presence. to save the people of his village. Faculty attends Art & Design AS/A level Extension training Akhil Arora, the Art and Design teacher of our school attended a two day face to face Art & Design (9704), AS/A level Extension training at the DPSI, Saket. After an intense discussion of 35 portfolios, the trainer from Cambridge, Ms Nicky asked the participants to moderate them. The moderations done by Akhil Arora were highly appreciated and a certificate of participation was awarded at the end of the training.

3. browsed through the books on display. Ardeeians visit New Gallery of Modern Arts Art is a matter of perspective; everyone has their own interpretation of a painting, sculpture, mural or installation. To understand the nuances of a master artist's works, Ardeeians visited the National Gallery of Modern Art to meet Manu Parekh. Shri Parekh has been working for over 50 years now. His paintings are most sought after by connoisseurs of art. His recent productions have been based on the ancient city of Benares. The colours, smells and ethos of the city come alive in his paintings. The revered stone, the holy ghats, the mesmerizing landscape all blend together in one magical piece. The students were spellbound by all that was exhibited and asked numerous questions and tips from the artist. Shri Parekh led the curated walk explaining his works and also gifted an autographed coffee table book to the school. Book Fair @ Ardee ‘Today a reader, to?orrow a leader?- To help discover the joys of reading, a Book Fair was organized last week where not one but two publishers, Scholastic and TERI stocked books for students, teachers and parents. While we believe that reading is the best form of self-education, there are no limits or boundaries to what a student can learn. The book fair offered an opportunity for Ardeeians to acquire their favorite titles and take their preferred author home. All students were guided on their choice of books. Parents who had come to pick up their wards during dispersal and on the Parent Teacher Conference day

4. ?Interface? swim meet @ Ardee We proudly hosted our seco?d ?Interface? - inter school swim meet on Tuesday, 26th September 2017. The swim meet saw participation from schools like The Heritage School, Shiv Nadar, Shri Ram School, Suncity school, DPSI, DPS Ghaziabad and DPS Sector 45, Modern school along with our two branches - The Ardee School, New Friends Colony and Gurugram. Mr Anil Khatri, Secretary, Swimming Federation of Haryana, was the Chief Guest of the event. Our Director Principal, Ms Vasudha Neel Mani administered the oath to the participa?ts a?d declared the ?eet ?ope??. The participants enjoyed their day of glory as they were cheered by their team mates and school mates for every event. The swim meet included events for breast- stroke, free-style and relay in graded age groups. TheBest Performers for the day were Keisha Nair of The Ardee School, Gurugram for girls and Aditya Kumar of Modern School for boys. The event concluded successfully and was appreciated and lauded by one and all - participating students, coaches and teachers.

5. the ?Frida Fiesta?. It was a huge success. Frida Fiesta@ Ardee ‘World Studies is an important aspect of the Ardee curriculum. In continuing with the tradition of educating the students about world leaders, an exhibition was put up o? the leader of the ?o?th ?Frida Kahlo.? Frida was a ?oted artist who was k?ow? for pai?ti?g 55 self-portraits during her lifetime. Our students from grade VI-XII visited ‘AkshayPratishthan’, a special school, as part of Community Service. The students had collected some sports equipment which they gifted to the students there. Ardeeians also played a soccer match with the students of AkshayPratishthan and shared some social etiquette that they had learnt at school. forms like the serigraphy, LED light installation, pin push installation, acid and base portrait and self – portraits looking into the mirror. ?Frida Fiesta? was based on glimpses from her life. A replica of her of her house ?Casa Azul? a?d garde? were recreated with the help of props. Students from all sections of the school were assigned tasks to create Frida Kahlo?s portrait i? differe?t Ardeeians gave their own twist to Frida?s fa?ous pai?ti?g ?The Drea??. Grades X-XII used student tables to assemble her bed with the canopy. The efforts put in by the students were appreciated by visitors to Ardeeians meet Padma Shree awardee Krishen Khanna In a once in a life time opportunity,Ardeeians met the ace creator, at close quarters at the New Friends Colony branch last week. The 92 year old Padma Vibhushan and Padma Shri awardee left the students spellbound as he painted a portrait on the spot. Shri Khanna is an abstract painter who specializes in oil painting and his technique includes the use of turpentine oil to paint. He also taught the students how to handle various kinds of paint brushes.