School Calendar

Calendar for the year 2012 – 2013

Semester 1

Date	Day	Event
9^th August 2012	Thursday	BVC MUN, Chandigarh
22^nd August 2012	Wednesday	Geography field trip to Slums Inter House Board Making Competition
23^rd August 2012	Thursday	University Visit: Trinity College Dublin
24^th August 2012	Friday	Geeta attended DPC meet at G D Goenka.
25^th August 2012	Saturday	Poonam Jain attended IGCSE Stage 2 Physics Workshop
25^th August 2012	Saturday	Ms. Poonam Shokeen took 16 Bio students to Max Patparganj for the visit.
28^th August 2012	Tuesday	Assembly by Grade 12 a
28^th August 2012	Tuesday	Whacky Hair Day
29^th August 2012	Wednesday	Award Ceremony
1^st September 2012	Saturday	Last day teachers
5^th September 2012	Wednesday	CAS Assembly: Village students were given the stools.
5^th September 2012	Wednesday	Teachers Day Celebrations
6^th September 2012	Thursday	DILA Interact Club Session organised by Rotary club: Students with Ms. Indira attended the session.
7^th September 2012	Friday	Cyber Olympiad
12^th September 2012	Wednesday	Inter School MUN
12^th September 2012	Wednesday	Evan Luthra addressed at Google Conference.
13^th September 2012	Thursday	University of Bath visit
14^th September 2012	Friday	Book Discussion Competition
15^th September 2012	Saturday	PD Session at Pathways Baliawas: 22 teachers with Dr. Advani, Mr. Jaffar and Ms. Geeta Verma attended it.
17^th September 2012	Monday	Sudripta and Saru attended lecture by Sunddip Panesar on Best Assessment Practices for Meaningful Learning", at Sanskriti School, Delhi.
18^th September 2012	Tuesday	Hindi Divas Celebration
19^th September 2012	Wednesday	Interact Club Opening Ceremony
19^th September 2012	Wednesday	Camp K 12 Club Rep Anshul addressed the students
22^nd September 2012	Saturday	Geeta Led ToK Workshop for DP School teachers at Scottish High, Gurgaon
27^th September 2012	Thursday	University of Chicago visit
29^th September 2012	Saturday	5 member team off to Aravali for MUN with Ms. Rifat and Ms. Naghma.
1^st October 2012	Monday	Mr. Jaffar met F12 on Mass bunking
5^th October 2012	Friday	Univ. of St. Andrews visit Randa attended Inauguration Ceremony of French Olympiad 2012 at French Embassy
8^th October 2012	Monday	Linden Tour Visit: 17 US Univ visited Three students: Maulini, Tanmay and Udaiveer attended Students workshop at Fortis NOIDA with Ms. Naghma During Lunch, Promotion Campaign for Burger Sale to be held on 10th.
10^th October 2012	Wednesday	Burger Sale: Interact Club initiative Assembly 10 A
12^th October 2012	Friday	Special talk by Guest speaker for Secondary Students in L6 Dr. BL Pradhan addressed the History students of grades 9 and 10 in L5
26^th October 2012	Friday	Sudripta Tagore attended IB Workshop at Chennai: Level 1 Eng Lang & Lit
27^th October 2012	Saturday	IHT Writing Competition at The British School: Escorted by Divya Pandanda: Shreya, Supriya & Ashira
30^th October 2012	Tuesday	Shubhang's article on 'Delivery of Public Services in India: Challenges ahead' published in The Pioneer, a national daily
31^st October 2012	Wednesday	Shubhang Arora's article on 'Excessive taxes, regulations and babudom root cause of corruption' in Millenium Post, a national daily.
31^st October 2012	Wednesday	Halloween Celebrations: Students came dressed like Angels / Demon after paying Rs. 100 for Interact Club fund. Amity University Visit. Inter House Quiz Competition for Middle and Secondary Geeta Verma attended DP Coordinator's Workshop at KL
16^th November 2012	Friday	Children's Day celebration for our School students.
16^th November 2012	Friday	Children's day organized by the interact club for the children of Hazipur village
18^th November 2012	Sunday	Kahaani Festival in our School
19^th November 2012	Monday	University visit: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
21^st November 2012	Wednesday	MFL Day
23^rd November 2012	Friday	Jyotsna attended IB Workshop on Economics at Ecole Mondial, Mumbai
26^th November 2012	Monday	Professor from Trinity College, Dublin: Lecture on Nano Sciences
27^th November 2012	Tuesday	University Visit
29^th November 2012	Thursday	DPS Computer Symposium: Geetanjali Diwan with 15 students went. Amity MUN: 7 students with Ms. Aprajita participated in three days MUN.
30^th November 2012	Friday	MUN Training at School
6^th December 2012	Thursday	IPAD training for Teachers
12^th December 2012	Wednesday	Six Grade 12 students with Mr. Jaffar, attended a Motivational Lecture by Shiv Khera in Sadhuvasvani International School, Delhi.
13^th December 2012	Thursday	Nine Grade 12 students went to GarhMukteshwar with Dr. Shokeen and Mr. Tagore on a EVSS field trip.
19^th December 2012	Wednesday	CAS initiative: Day of sharing, Carnival followed by Langar: Highlight: Support Staff
20^th December 2012	Thursday	Food Festival
21^st December 2012	Friday	PTM for Form 10 & 12
11^th January 2013	Friday	Camp K 12 organised at our School for training only signed students on Apps
17^th January 2013	Thursday	The talk by Sanford Ungar, President of Goucher College is a very eminent person, author of 8 books and award winner. Form 11 & 12 attend.
18^th January 2013	Friday	Geeta attends SAIBSA for DPC at Lonavala.
21^st January 2013	Monday	Candidates for Student Council interviewed
22^nd January 2013	Tuesday	Nomination finalized and announced
23^rd January 2013	Wednesday	Campaigning by the candidates
24^th January 2013	Thursday	Speeches by the candidates
25^th January 2013	Friday	Student Council Elections Sonu and Charlette attended a workshop on ADHD
27^th January 2013	Sunday	NSTSE Exam: 40 students from Middle and Secondary School write exam under Supervision of Saru and Gayitri Singh.
27^th January 2013	Sunday	Auroville trip: 3 students with S. Indira leave for Pondicherry.
28^th January 2013	Monday	Science Colloquium at Amity Noida. 4 Students with Mala Sinha attended
30^th January 2013	Wednesday	Exhibition at Alliance Francaise: 15 students with Ms. Randa attend Bond University Australia visit School. Form 11 attend the presentation.

Semester 2

Date	Day	Event
14^th January 2013	Monday	Teachers Return
16^th January 2013	Wednesday	Students Return
25^th-31^st March 2013	Monday- Sunday	Mid semester break
30^th May 2013	Thursday	Last day students
4^th June 2013	Tuesday	Last day teachers

Student Festival Holidays in working week

Date	Day	Event
10^th August 2012	Friday	Janamastami
15^th August 2012	Wednesday	Independence Day
2^nd October 2012	Tuesday	Gandhi Jayanti
24^th October 2012	Wednesday	Dussehra
12^{th -}13^th November 2012	Monday- Tuesday	Diwali
28^th November 2012	Wednesday	Guru Nanak Jayanti

Festival Holidays on weekends or during break

Date	Day	Event
19^th August 2012	Sunday	Id-Ul-Fitr
26^th October 2012	Friday	Id-Ul-Zuha during semester break
26^th January 2013	Saturday	Republic Day
27^{th -}28^th March 2013	Wednesday- Thursday	Holi during semester break
29^th March 2013	Friday	Good Friday during semester break
14^th April 2013	Sunday	Ambedkar Jayanti

Administration Holidays

Date	Day	Event
10^th August 2012	Friday	Janamastami
15^th August 2012	Wednesday	Independence Day
2^nd October 2012	Tuesday	Gandhi Jayanti
24^th October 2012	Wednesday	Dussehra
26^th October 2012	Friday	Id-Ul-Zuha
12^{th -}13^th November 2012	Monday- Tuesday	Diwali
28^th November 2012	Wednesday	Guru Nanak Jayanti
25^th December 2012	Tuesday	Christmas
1st January 2013	Tuesday	New Year Day
27^{th -}28^th March 2013	Wednesday- Thursday	Holi during semester break

Other Days Of Note

Date	Day	Event
20^th October 2012	Saturday	Founders Day
22^nd February 2012	Friday	Sports Day
1^st August 2013	Thursday	2013: School opens for students
25^th July 2013	Thursday	School opens for teachers

Workshops and Trainings 2012-13

Date	Event
July	Puja Dawar Rao attended workshop on Peer facilitator for student Council at Fortis Vasant Kunj.
30^th July	Puja Dawar Rao attended workshop on Peer facilitator for student Council at Fortis Vasant Kunj.
24^th August	Geeta Verma attended DPC meet at G D Goenka.
10^th September	Naghma Khan, Aarti Khurana and Mala Sinha attended workshop on Sensitization of Teachers towards dealing with Mental Health needs of Students at Max Hospital, Saket
13^th September	Dr. Poonam Shokeen attended workshop on "Differentiated instructions in classroom- Reaching every learner" by Ms. Kamini Narasimhan of Universal Learn Today.
15^th September	PD Session at Pathways Baliawas: 22 teachers with Dr. Advani, Mr. Jaffar
17^th September	Sudripta Tagore and Saru Bhardwaj attended lecture by Sunddip Panesar on "Best Assessment Practices for Meaningful Learning", at Sanskriti School, Delhi.
22^nd September	Geeta Verma Led ToK Workshop for DP School teachers at Scottish High, Gurgaon
October	Puja Dawar Rao visited UK to Bath, Bristol, Nottingham, Nottingham trent, Southampton, Durham and London University.
8^th October	Naghma Khan with 3 students attended Fortis Pro-Social Peer Programme
November	Puja Dawar Rao visited Melbourne for Monash University.
2^nd February	DP Teachers attend SAIBSA job alike session at GD GOENKA.
6^th February	Naghma Khan atteneded National Convention of School Counsellors on "Child Sexual Abuse Prevention and Intervention – Emerging Role of Schools at ICTRC, Mayur Vihar
23^rd February	Saru Bhardwaj and Dr. R. K. Kaul attend TAISI workshop at Pune.

IBDP Workshop 2012-13

Geeta Verma	DPC - Kuala Lumpur
Sudripta Tagore	Eng Lang Lit - Chennai
Jyotsna	Economics - Ecole Mondiale
Geetanjali Diwan	CS - Online
Geeta Verma	SAIBSA - Lonavala