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The AVE welcomes back the student community from a well-deserved winter break and wishesClass 10 and 12 good luck for the forthcoming ICSE and ISC examinations.

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In the 37th Annual Yogasana Championship 2011,the AVS pupil awardees were:

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RSC ARSC ARSC ARSC ARSC ATTTTT H H H H HISSARISSARISSARISSARISSARFrom 28th November to 1st December, 2010, TheAssam Valley School participated in the RoundSquare Conference at Vidya Devi Jindal School,Hissar. The theme of this conference was Get Going;and it encompassed areas as diverse as leadershipqualities and the development of reading habits.

PPPPPEACEEACEEACEEACEEACE S S S S SUMMITUMMITUMMITUMMITUMMIT ATATATATAT D D D D DELHIELHIELHIELHIELHIDuring 19 -21 January, 2011, the Regional RoundSquare Conference took place in Delhi. NishiAgarwal, Daksha Salam, Chaity Sarkar and MrinalKoijam of AVS took part in the conference. Theywere escorted by Mrs. Anusha Sharma

AVS AT ALL-ASSAM BASKETBALL

TOURNAMENT

MMMMMAKINGAKINGAKINGAKINGAKING AAAAA D D D D DIFFERENCEIFFERENCEIFFERENCEIFFERENCEIFFERENCEAt the Young Round Square RegionalConference held at The Daly College, Indoreduring 7-9 January, 2011, AVS was representedby Anoushkaa P. Kashyap, Anushka Ganguliand Moumili Dutta. They were escorted by Mrs.Pamela Syiemlieh.

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In the first AVS Inter-School Basketball Tour-nament held at AVS during 15-18 December 2010,AVS secured the second runner-up position. St.Francis School won the trophy.

- Mr. Adreyo Sen

HAVING LAID DOWN the laurels of a finalyear richly spent, as you start preparing for the ICSE and ISC examinations,

many of you (often for no reason at all) areundergoing considerable anxiety. You think in alinear fashion, imagining that a good percentage inthe Board Examinations will guarantee a good col-lege placement, which will then assure you a goodcareer and the promise of a stable life afterward.This is wrong. Life is not linear and the years thatfollow your graduation from these sylvan confineswill be as full of joys, sorrows, reversals and victo-ries as your years here. Increasingly, people switchjobs, hunting for that perfect career, and this un-certainty is by no means agonizing. The best insti-tutions are not always that much better than theones that come after them in the rankings and onceyou finish your education, you might often be atpar or better in the job market or graduate studyhunt as your counterparts from better institutions.Institutions are competitive and people are com-petitive. That exam that looms so large now willbecome a mere blip on your resume as you pro-ceed with your lives.

Learn for the sake of learning. Pick up skillsthat reflect or enhance your vocation. Convert thosehours spent in Social Service or Desktop Publishinginto a career that never fails to excite you.

Be with your friends, but study in silence. Playthat one hour of badminton or squash or go for a longwalk through the whispering groves of our campus.

Remember always that no matter how youdo in the examinations, you have already beenblessed. You have grown into fine young men andwomen, mature, thoughtful and kind, always readyto extend a helping hand. You have learnt to rise asyou fall and smile away your tears of pain. You’vebecome strong individuals with an unwavering con-viction of what is right. Remember, too, that you’llalways be happy and that it takes very little to behappy and that as long as you can carry your bandof friends and family in your heart, you will haveall the armour you need to take on the world.

So study hard, but don’t tear your heartout. Memorize the melting temperature for icecream, but don’t scream your lungs out.

And best of luck.

At the All-Assam Basketball Tournament heldat Guwahati in December, 2010, the AVS Girls’team reached the semi-final round, while the AVSBoys’ team defeated Jorhat district and achievedthe fifth place in the tournament.

EDITORIAL

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A black holiday is to be declared in theoccurrence of a death within the Schoolpremises. A black holiday indicates thetemporary suspension of all forms ofentertainment and celebrations. In case of thedeath of either parent of a pupil, the School isto be represented at the funeral by theconcerned House Master/Mistress of the pupiland a senior pupil.

Uniform Committee would comprise SeniorMaster, Senior Mistress, Housemaster (Tihu),Head Boy, Head Girl, Subansiri JuniorRepresentative, Kopili Junior Representative,Manas Junior Representative and School Captain.

House Shows are to be initiated with theintention of discovering and broadcasting talentat various levels.

The Chair expressed his discomfort and angstat the deplorable state of the MSB washrooms.This is to be immediately looked into by theMaintenance Department.

For al l outbound travel part ies thefollowing are incumbent: inspection of the

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BASKETBALL AT AVSBASKETBALL AT AVSBASKETBALL AT AVSBASKETBALL AT AVSBASKETBALL AT AVS- Mr. Hardeep Singh Gill

AAAAAVIATORSVIATORSVIATORSVIATORSVIATORS DAREDDAREDDAREDDAREDDARED TOTOTOTOTO make their first foray in the All-Assam Basketball Tournament atGuwahati in December 2010. Though the young AVS pupils were pitted against seasonaladult players, they performed brilliantly. The AVS Girls’ team made AVS sporting history

in team games by reaching the semi-final round. The AVS Boys’ team defeated Jorhat district andachieved the fifth place in the tournament.

Another significant basketball event was the first AVS Inter-School Basketball Tournament held atAVS during 15-18 December, 2010. Six teams participated. In the finals played between Shri Ram Schooland St. Francis School, there was stiff competition from both teams. St. Francis School won the tourna-ment, while Shri Ram School was the first runner-up. AVS secured the second runner-up position.

condition of the vehicle and reliability of thedriver, availability of a Teacher Escort andearly reporting of the safe arrival at thedestination by the Teacher Escort.

New initiatives such as Life-Skillsprogrammes, Grooming programmes andLeadership programmes are to be carried outat all levels in the school.

An outsourced expert is to educate thecommunity on substance, verbal and physicalabuse.

It is mandatory for all pupils to put in atleast ten hours of Social Service every Semester.This is exclusive of the Activity Programme.

The School website is to be upgraded toinitiate a page for parents to interface with theschool.

Scholarships and bursaries are to be awardedbased on objective criterion to deserving pupilswhich will be renewable at the end of everyacademic year.

The Sports Complex and Pavilion are to remainopen on Sunday afternoons.

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Mr. Rudendra Basak and Mrs. Sunanda Basakwere blessed with a baby girl on the 18th ofJanuary, 2011.Our congratulations to the proud parents.

GETTING GOINGAT HISSAR

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THE ROUND SQUARE conference at VidyaDevi Jindal School, Hissar was held from28th November to 1st December 2010. The

theme of the conference was Get Going. Thirteenschools took part in the conference. Thedelegates were made aware of the environmentalissues faced by member nations of the UnitedNations and the solutions they have adopted totackle the issues through a mock UN session.Talks and discussions with educationists like Mr.A.N. Dhar and award winning children’s writerMrs. Kamalesh Mohindra on topics likeleadership qualities and the development ofreading habits were enriching and thought-provoking. The adventure activities helped ininculcating and improving team spirit andleadership qualities. The informal culturalevenings helped the children to bond and worktogether.

YOUNG ROUND SQUARE REGIONALCONFERENCE 2011

- Ms. Pamela Syiemlieh- Ms. Pamela Syiemlieh- Ms. Pamela Syiemlieh- Ms. Pamela Syiemlieh- Ms. Pamela Syiemlieh

OOOOONNNNN THETHETHETHETHE 6 6 6 6 6THTHTHTHTH of January, 2011, Iaccompanied three excited and eageryoung girls – Moumili Dutta of Class 5,

Anoushkaa P. Kashyap and Anuska Ganguli ofClass 6 - to the Daly College, Indore, toparticipate in the Young Round Square RegionalConference 2011. The theme of the conferencewas – Make A Difference.

The conference began on 7th January withthe welcome address by the Principal, Mr. SumerSingh. Next was a power point presentation bythe key note speaker, Mrs. Priti Patel Malhotra,an artiste who has tried to preserve the essenceand authenticity of Manipuri dance. Herpresentation highlighted the fact that we, as theinheritors of tradition, must take pride in it andpreserve its richness.

The Baraza sessions that ensued wereconducted by pupils of Class 5 and 6 of the DalyCollege, who made the discussions lively andinteresting. That evening, our presentation onService-One Of The Ideals Of Round Square drewmuch applause.

The next day, Anushka and Moumili withtheir groups went to Helen Keller School. There,they played with the children and were amazedto see how the visually challenged kids could beso independent. Anoushkaa and I, with ourgroups, went for the INTACH (Indian NationalTrust for Architecture and Cultural Heritage)walk. We were shown Rajwada, the palace ofthe Holkar kings. We could not enter the palaceas the main purpose of our visit was to observethe restoration work done by INTACH.

The evening featured three noted speakerswho have made a great difference to society. Thefirst Riika speaker, Dr. Anupama Negi, is a cancersurvivor who runs a non-profit organization,Sangini, which advises breast cancer patients andprovides emotional and social support to them.The second speaker, Shri Kutti Menon, arecipient of the Padmashri for Organic Farming,appealed to all the delegates to have greencampuses in their schools by planting more trees.He also spoke on the great impact of organicfood on health. The third Riika speaker was Mrs.Monika Punjabi Verma – CODA (Child of DeafAdults) - the President of the Indian SignLanguage Interpreter Association. She spokeabout her growing up years andhow normal it was for her to usesign language with her parents.They, despite their disability, haveset up Mook Badhir Sangathan in

Indore and have been serving the deaf communityfor 34 years.

On 9th January, the delegates were sent tovarious sustainability centres. Anushka andMoumili went to the zoo, where they sawdifferent animals like the spotted deer and thehippopotamus. Later, they compiled the MissionStatement which reads as follows: ‘We all havethe power and the ability to make a difference. Eventhe smallest action adds to the pool of goodness, tomake the Earth a better planet, to make the peoplehappier and to fill hearts with laughter.’

We visited an organic farm where we weregiven hands-on training on making seed ballswhich are placed on hill sides or areas with lessgreen cover in the hope that some of them willgerminate and grow. At the farm, interestingexperiments using solar energy were alsodemonstrated.

This conference was a great learningexperience for all of us and we realized that wecould make a difference in so many simple, yeteffective ways.

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On 8th January, 2011, Mrs. UrmimalaChowdhury lost her father Mr. Debesh ChandraBaruah.

On 16th January, 2011, Mr. Rajib Hazarikalost his father, Mr. Kamalkant Nath.

On 20th January, 2011, Ms. Lesley Guha Sircarlost her father-in-law, Mr. Bimal Kumar GuhaSircar.

On 21st January, 2011, Mr. N.N. Goswami losthis father, Mr. Hari Prasad Goswami.

On 27th December, 2010, Aviator SiddharthDas (2010 Batch, Dhansiri House Captain) diedin a tragic motorcycle accident in Guwahati.

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The AVS community conveys its heartfelt con-dolences to the bereaved families and standsby them in their loss.

PEACE – NOT JUST THE ABSENCE OF WAR- Ms. Anusha Sharma- Ms. Anusha Sharma- Ms. Anusha Sharma- Ms. Anusha Sharma- Ms. Anusha Sharma

THE BRITISH SCHOOL, New Delhi, hostedthe Round Square Peace Summit whichcommenced with the mandatory flag

hoisting on the 19th of January, 2011. The keynotespeaker for the day was the very suave andconvincing Mr. Suhel Seth, who in his openingaddress said, “This Peace Summit is not meantto talk about the advantages of peace but thepresence of harmony.” In a simple statement thesignificant yet rudimentary message of peace wasgiven. This stated that in each human there residesboth good and evil; a capacity to love and to hateand with each step that we take we make a choice.In the end, it all comes down to actions, passiveor active.

Peace being the “unity of harmony,serenity, equality and satisfaction”, the summitfocused on five major activity areas whichcomprised music, dance, drama, art and debate.Each of these were managed by key facilitatorswho were experts in their fields. The AVSdelegates participated in debates (Mrinal Koijam),drama (Nishi Agarwalla), music (Chaity Sarkar)and art (Daksha Salam). The entire Conferencewas activity based, thus making the hands-onlearning experience extremely exciting.

Sharon Lowen, the famous danseuse,conducted the workshop which culminated in anOdissi representation of the famous song, WeAre The World. The drama workshop by theworld famous Neil Farrelly resulted in a shortplay which very strongly propagated peace inthe world. In unison and with tremendous élan,the choir sang about joy and peace in the worldand explored the acapella techniques of makingalternate music without instruments. Tom Woodand his group were the most popular as theydesigned two exquisite murals painted in acrylic

on wood in a short span of two days under theaegis of a Global Art Programme. They alsofacilitated free expression of peace on canvas andthrough the idea of peace on white umbrellas,which the delegates loved to do. In the arena ofdebating, profound viewpoints were presentedon Media As Perpetrators Of Crime Or CrusadersOf Peace and discussions about whether TheSearch For Personal Identity Endangered The CauseOf Global Peace were held. The added excitementwas the interactive session following the debateswherein reputed people from the media anddiplomats discussed with the audience andclarified doubts. There was also a servicesegment where the delegates danced, played andsang along with their somewhat less privilegedbrethren.

While participating in these workshops,people who initially did not know one anotherbroke out of their comfort zones and got toknow each other. At the end, staff and studentsalike were seen frenetically exchanging mail idsand contact numbers for future reference. TheConference was indeed a wonderful exposure toa multi-cultural ambience where, together, wedefinitely grow stronger and learn to live in peaceand harmony.

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