Vasant Valley School
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| Motto | श्रेष्ठतमाय कर्मणे (Excellence in Deed) |
| Established | June, 1990 |
| Founder's Day | November 18 |
| Director | Arun Kapur |
| Location | New Delhi, India |
| Students | approximately 1300 |
Vasant Valley School is a co-educational private high school in Vasant Kunj, Delhi, India. It accepted students in July 1990, up to grade 4. The school added a new grade each year as the classes graduated to the next level. It operates from Monday to Friday, with a 7:25am – 3:15pm schedule.
The first graduating class of Vasant Valley completed 12 grades under the CBSE syllabus in May 1999. The Director of the school is Arun Kapur, a former housemaster at The Doon School and an alumnus of St. Stephen's College, Delhi. The Headmistress of the Junior School is Rekha Bakshi, and the Headmistress of the Senior School is Rekha Krishnan.
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[edit] Overview
Begun by the India Today group, the school has earned it a reference in the July 2005 edition of Fortune magazine for the academic excellence of its students.[1] The Director of the school is Mr. Satya Singh Sivaraman.[contradiction]
[edit] Motto
The school motto is 'Shreshtratamaya Karmane' ('Excellence in Deed').
[edit] School building
The academic, non-academic, assembly areas, and the sports fields are around the beige and red sandstone building.[clarification needed]
At the entrance to both the junior and senior school buildings is a display of artwork by the children.
The school's central assembly area is an open-air stage that links the two main buildings together. The school meets there on the first and last day of every term and on major occasions. The Founders' Day play is staged there. Most of the time the stage is used as a basketball court and for physical education exercises. Both buildings have their own smaller open-air stage, where the weekly class activities take place.
Each building has its own classrooms, science, art, dance and music labs, library, staff room, and offices arranged in a hexagonal pattern around a central courtyard. The daily assembly is held separately for the senior and junior school in their quadrangles. The senior school quadrangle doubles up as the badminton court and the senior school stage.
The junior school has indoor and outdoor play areas for its pupils, while the senior school has its own indoor gym. These are apart from the sports fields behind the school.
[edit] Sports facilities
The school has a field which can be used as two soccer fields, a cricket field and two hockey pitches. There is another small field for the Junior School. There is one tennis court, three basketball courts, two squash court and all forms of athletics are undertaken in the school. The school soccer team has won the Zonal Championship on numerous occasions and students have won medals at athletic meets. The school has hosted the national 2004 special olympics
[edit] Prefect system
Like most schools following the UK system, Vasant Valley School has a Prefect System. Prefects are chosen by the teachers in Class 5, which is the final year of Junior School, and Class 12, which is the final year of school as a whole. In the Junior School, the most basic prefects are chosen, i.e. Head Boy, Head Girl, Sports Captain, Vice-Sports Captain, and the Captains of the houses (Red, Blue, Yellow, Green).
In the Senior School there are more than 20 prefect posts. These include Head Boy, Head Girl, Sports Captain, Vice-Sports Captain, the four House Captains as well as four House Prefects (considered Vice-Captains). Additionally, there is the editor of the school newsletter and the heads of the various councils (Arts Council, Students Council, Essentials Council, Academic Council etc.) who also hold powers of prefects.
[edit] Special days and trophies
The school's Founder's Day is celebrated on the 18 November. The students celebrate it by showcasing dances or performances for the parents, after which the Excellence Awards are given, which are proficiency awards for students who have excelled in student life.
The school holds an Inter-House Athletic Meet, where the four houses [i.e Blue, Red, Green, Yellow] compete in athletics including sprinting, long-distance running, jumping, and throwing, for which they receive medals for merit. There is a Moksh Dang Memorial Award for Athlete of the Year for the student who achieves most points for their house.
The Akshay Chibber Memorial Award for All-Rounder of the Year is given to one or two students of class 12, who have displayed excellence in the field of academics as well as in sports. The Subject Awards are given to students from Classes III to XII who have excelled in an academic or co-curricular subject, such as Visual or Performing Arts and PE. The Grade Card Distinction Award is for those students who receive an 85% overall throughout the year.
[edit] Co-curriculars
The school encourages co-curricular activities such as debating, quizzing, Model United Nations, robotics (the VVS team won the Indian Robotics Olympiad in 2007 and 2008 and went to China to participate in the International Robotics Olympiad).
Four students have represented Delhi at the Red Rover Goes to Mars Competition organized by NASA.
The school has a history of good debaters, participating in some of India's most prestigious debates including the Chukerbutty Debate in The Doon School, Revd. Dr. Samuel Slater Memorial Invitational Inter-School Debate at The Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, The East India Debates at The Assam Valley School, as well as holding their own debating competition, The India Today Cup, which is sponsored by the India Today Group. Six students participated in the IIT Guwahati Technothlon, one team winning and the second team placing fourth in the national competition. After nine years, Vasant Valley School won the prestigious India Today Cup.
[edit] Newsletter
The school's bimonthly newsletter, Vasant Valley Today, includes stories written by students and coverage of the events of the fortnight.
[edit] References
- ^ Elliott, John (25 July 2005). "GREAT EXPECTATIONS". Fortune. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/07/25/8266604/index.htm. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
