Apeejay Chronicles May 2021 edition

APEEJAY SCHOOL, MODEL TOWN Apeejay Chronicles May 2021 Apeejay Cares The year 2021 has been a year like no other, marked by human crises. However, it has also presented an opportunity for leaders to stand tall and show their character in the face of extreme despair. Above all, it’s been an opportunity for leaders to ignite transformational change and to navigate the crisis of the moment while preparing for the changed world that comes next. Madam Sushma Paul Berlia, President, Apeejay Education Society has been at the forefront of handling of employees issues in an empathetic way. Madam Sushma Paul Berlia, Mr. Nishant Berlia, Mr. Aditya Berlia, Dr. Neha Berlia address the vast Apeejay family from time to time to reach out to each member of the AES family through Townhall webinars. The AES is working on war footing for the creation of a resource bank replete with Oxygen concentrators and oxygen cylinders. Free vaccinations have been arranged for all staff members and the cost of vaccination for the entire staff and family has been reimbursed. It is noteworthy to mention that the management recognizes the significance of employee well being, and that goes beyond the work itself into the physical, mental, emotional and financial realms. Apeejay Education Society is actively fostering a sense of trust and faith at work. We are blessed to be part of such a caring management. REACHING OUT – CONNECTING HEARTS Dr. V.S.Garg Dr. Jintendra Nagpal Apeejay Educational Society has always put its best foot forward Education Advisor Senior Consultant Psychiatrist in creating a harmonious environment of emotional well- Apeejay Education Society Moolchand Medcity; Program Director, being of TEAM APEEJAY and continuing with the perennial saga, several Webinars are conducted to keep Apeejayites in high spirit during the transitional phase. Expression India

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PAGE 3 STUDENT’S PERSPECTIVE Kindness I want to be a cactus because……… ~Abhir Chopra ~Saima Gupta Kindness is the most vital thing in life. Without it a man is not a human. We Not everyone likes a CACTUS should be kind to other people and A least attractive plant …. animals. Kindness should not be a Dull, prickly and plain word, it should be a habit in life. If one It seems to give you pain….. person is kind to the other, the other A CACTUS is tough and independent, should be kind to him too. In my Adaptable and tolerant opinion we should show kindness Admitted…., a little prickly towards other people and specially But from inside, it’s all love truly. animals. Animals are helpless, hard working and faithful and we should not scold them and shout at them. Animals cannot express their feelings. So, the aim of education should be that we should be loving, kind and helpful. Survival of the Adaptability – Fittest A new skill ~Pranya Khera ~Arnav Bhasin Adaptability means flexibility, the ability Adaptability is the ability to be to willingly adjust and change ourselves creative and flexible in the phase of according to the circumstances and the new situation. Although adaptability changes around us. These changes can be was an important survival skill even environmental or just any other change before the pandemic, we have been that affect our day to day lives, our adapting effectively to the new careers etc. We shouldn't be afraid of situations since last one year by facing the challenges, obstacles or hurdles adjusting to online schooling and that come our way in any form. We should shopping. Adaptability is similar to a observe the circumstances and adjust swim against a current and never ourselves accordingly instead of running reaching the shore. So people should away from reality. So, it is about the ride changes like a wave and follow ‘Survival of the Fittest’. the flow.

PAGE 4 Adaptability: Need of the A Key To Success Hour!! ~Advik Kumar ~ Arshia Arora Adaptability means the ability to cope with uunexpected disturbances in the “Adaptability is the quality of being environment. Resilience and ability to able to adjust to new conditions”. During this pandemic, adaptability is adapt are central to children’s future. the most important thing we all have learnt. Children have learnt how to Adaptability skills can be possessed both in remain indoors. They have adapted themselves to the current situation attitude & action and one cannot exist very well. Although it was quite difficult but still, we, children managed without the other. The benefits of having to be home bound. This is what we call as an ADAPTABILITY!!! strong adaptability skills are: • You will embrace challenges better. • You will always be relevant. • You will become a better leader. Thus, adaptability is a brilliant life skill that has great application in personal and professional life. So, start implementing these tips to strengthen your adaptability skills today. My Hope is Alive Embracing the Transition- ~Krishiv Chadha Only Solution ~Aryan Bansal Amid the current scenario, people are living in I am alone in this storm unexpected situations with a brutal whip on I can survive their professional, personal as well as social I can adjust to suppress my life life. Many became homeless, jobless, while My hope is still alive others are passing through a slide (downfall) in their business. Further, exams are postponed, This is not the end graduations cancelled, weddings are held. Only I am moving ahead solution to this is adapting to the circumstances Compromise is not my cup of tea as we are already doing. Had we not adapted to Acceptance is what I do agree this situation, we would not have had online classes, or work from home culture wouldn't I am ready to change have mushroomed globally. Due to this Happiness is awaiting on a lane adaptability, people explored new dimensions I twist my arm to be strong, happy and healthy, they came up To make my life calm with new business ideas, and creativity touched I am alone in this storm the heights. This situation is the best and But I can survive appropriate example of adaptability. It is the I can survive way of life which has to be embraced as it My hope is still alive….. comes.

PAGE 5 GALLERY ~ Aditya Sachar ~ Ruhaan Dang ~ Sashmith Kumar ~Sanchit

PAGE 6 REFLECTIONS BY PARENTS WELLNESS AS A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT ~Dr. Rohit Johari Dayanand Ayurvedic College, Jalandhar Wellness has a direct influence on overall health, which is essential for living a robust, happy, and fulfilled life. While you cannot choose the state of health, you can consciously choose wellness by living your life responsibly and taking proactive steps for your well-being. Wellness is more than just physical health; it is holistic and multidimensional. It comprises six dimensions that include physical, intellectual, emotional, environmental, social, and spiritual wellness. ➢ Physical: Physical wellness increases physical fitness having good nutrition, eating a balanced diet, drinking sufficient water (eight glasses per day), and getting adequate sleep promotes a person’s physical wellness. ➢ Intellectual: Mental exercise and engagement through learning, problem-solving, and creativity support intellectual wellness and promote a better attitude. ➢ Emotional: A person who is aware of their own feelings has good self-esteem, and has empathy toward others’ feelings would have emotional wellness. ➢ Environmental: Awareness of the role we play in improving our natural environment rather than denigrating it and maintaining and living in a healthy physical environment free of hazards promotes wellness. ➢ Social: Social circles and support networks are invaluable to the overall well-being of a person. ➢ Spiritual: Developing compassion, caring, forgiving, and having a purpose in life help in spiritual wellness. Healthy habits are hard to develop and require changing of a mindset. But a strong willpower and target goal will help you to follow a healthy lifestyle.

PAGE 7 It’s just a phase MUSIC – The Voice of Soul ~Nidhi Beri ~Neelam Jindal \"Life doesn't get easier, you just get Music has always been the voice of soul for stronger\" This is what we've been whole humanity on the planet earth. It has no learning since the life started and bar of region, language or culture. The biggest learning this will only be beneficial if source of music is the mother Nature itself. I we apply it during hardships. I am always feel music in blowing winds, thundering Nidhi Beri director of Om Sai Ram clouds and the biggest one in the chirping of Dance and Fitness Studio, a birds. Every type of natural music comforts our choreographer, certified zumba and heart and give us an inspiration to do something strong by zumba instructor, nutritionist different. For me, music is next to Godliness. and dietitian; trying my level best to Being belonging to the family in which music help people create a healthy and a was like a prayer, I opted for instrumental and happy living. Covid is a phase which vocal music in my early schooling. This was the kept people apart, this is the phase time when I wanted somebody to polish my skill which made many go weak, this is the and develop my next skill towards music. During phase where many lost hope, but it's my school level, I got opportunities to perform every single person's duty to make it a before the school students and my teachers. This phase where everyone stands bold. helped me to come up from my shyness. Luckily With following the guidelines, it is also I got most dedicated teachers who assessed my necessary to work and satisfy your talent and shaped it well. I got so many soul. In these hard times I have been distinctions in stage performance. Being a girl, working from home teaching my there were so many questions in my mind like: students and maintaining their as well Will I be able to perform on the stage one day? as my routine of regular different style Will my parents allow me? How will others react dance practices. I've also enrolled my to my performance? And many others. But all family in exercising and conducting questions were answered with the standing fitness and yoga sessions for kids as ovation of whole teachers and students. I won well as ladies to ensure that people many prizes in cultural activities and religious around me built up a spirit of boldness performances. Yes some hurdles do came on my and take supreme care of themselves. way when I got married and got blessed by kids. Some tips for everyone to stay All this never pushed back my talent. I kept on physically as well as mentally fit are going with my pace and now I am grandmother, exercise daily, eat healthy, practice still music is the diet of my soul and my first breathing exercises, enroll yourself in love. Now I try to pass this love of music to my work and create a cherished grand children. People say that life is not so easy atmosphere around yourself. but I say on the bases of my experience that In a nutshell, concluding I want to music is the only way to express and explore convey this to all the readers that covid your feeling. It will never let you alone 0r feel is a big issue for sure but it's the pretty you sad. Just close your eyes and listen the choice of people that whether they music in mother Nature. Long live the people choose to be a worrier or a warrior. who love and enjoy music.

PAGE 8 Wellness—a Prerequisite Dimensions of wellness ~Neetu Dutta ~Dr Namrata Nistandra Coding Instructor Associate Professor DAVIET, Jalandhar Doaba College Scripturally health, the first ingredient of wellness, has been considered the “It is said that absence makes the heart best blessing. If one does not have it, grow fonder. As normal life and health is one cannot enjoy any other blessing: it seriously jeopardized in these scary times, may be physical or emotional. we look within and ask ourselves what However, what we love today is exactly is wellness. The foundation of palatable food and comfort zone. Sadly wellness is robust physical health. Our fitness is given the backseat. Stodgy body is a marvellous machine created by food and savoury snacks attract us nature and if we won’t use it, we’ll lose it. more. But these food items tax our The second dimension of wellness is body and mental agility, so is the effect emotional stability that is the direct of comfort zone. outcome of positive attitude and In this lockdown period we are resilience. Emotional health gives a boost confined to our sweet homes. Outdoor to physical health. And to cope with the activities have been reduced to bare uncertainty of life, it’s important to be minimum. Classes have shifted to spiritually grounded. Alexander Pope in virtual platform. Students have to be in ‘Ode to Solitude’ yearns for a simple life front of screen for 5-6 hours. On one where there’s a balance between work hand, they don’t exercise andon the and rest; contemplation and meditation. other they eat calorie loaded food. William Wordsworth’s disgust with the Putting on weight becomes an easy modern world expressed in his poem ‘The possibility. The way out lies in a World is Too Much with Us’ finds an echo balanced diet that consists of whole in today’s frightening reality. grains, leafy vegetables and dairy A pandemic is symptomatic of the products. This will ensure optimum disconnect between humans and the weight and agility. environment. As William Shakespeare As for the fitness they can do some writes in Hamlet, time is out of joint. It is indoor exercise like skipping, yoga and time that we work on our wellness and some stretching exercise. This will keep recover the precious balance we have lost. physically fit and mentally healthy. This Collective efforts help in raising the will enable us to face the negativity vibration of the earth and help to reverse which reigning supreme in this the damages of the pandemic. We all challenging time. Moreover, we should should surround ourselves with positive always remember that a happy and and supportive people, get rid of toxicity, healthy mind learns better and inculcate a feeling of gratitude for being responds efficiently. So, my advice to alive, and have a sense of purpose. An you is: ‘Don’t procrastinate your empathy for the poor and the journey to wellness. Start today. I marginalized can help in building a strong assure you will definitely enjoy it. ’ society. Individual wellness inevitably leads to social wellness and harmony.

PAGE 9 Talking Pictures Intra Class Poem Recitation Intra Class Tapping Toes Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of Dancers don’t need wings to fly. powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility. ~William Wordsworth

PAGE 10 Mother’s Day Celebration “If Love is as sweet as a Flower, then my Mother is that sweet Flower of Love”. YOGA UTSAV “The asana is a useful map to explore yourself but they are not the territory”

PAGE 11 Imbibing Values: Kindness & Care Spellathon “ Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a Spellathon aimed at creating awareness person’s life”. of the possibilities of using varied words in oral and written expression and to add words to the active vocabulary of students. The students participated with ardor and combat through the toughest spellings of words to win the challenge. Abir Singh Vardaan Khurana Mishti Devyansh Krishav Saini Sachdeva Kohli Anaahat Deetya Svanik Kaur Gupta Aggarwal Lavanya Sugandhi Hazel Babbar Chopra Malhotra

PAGE 12 The Story Duo The Pandora’s Box Story telling is a universal and traditional art A Story narration session was form that has featured in Indian culture as conducted by Ms Neetu Vaid an effective communication tool. It can be Sharma An Author, Trainer and A used to inform, entertain and educate. The story narrator, she mesmerized the team of father and the child participated students with her powerful enthusiastically. narration skills. Story telling is used as a medium to ingrain values, improving reading skills and opening the minds of children to worlds beyond imagination. The session was indeed valuable and distinct. Children found it really interesting and engrossed in the story of ‘Gift of the Magi’ which was told to them with creative gestures, pictures and facial expressions.

PAGE 13 Prayer - Meet In Remembrance of Mrs. Rajeshwari Paul Ji Coming Together- Symposium ‘Coming Together – Symposium’ Prayer and meditation can influence our state of mind which leads to contentment, peace and optimism. The students offered prayers with their parents and grandparents and gave message of togetherness. All joined hands to rekindle their faith in the power of the almighty. The immense peace experienced during the chanting was inexplicable. Apeejay School, Model Town organised a Prayer Meet in the loving memory of Smt. Rajeshwari Paul ji, wife of Late Chairman Sir, Dr. Satyapaul ji on 12 May, 2021.The Principal, Ms. Sinia Sajith paid homage to Ms. Rajeshwari Paul ji by lighting the lamp.

PAGE 14 VIRTUAL TRIP TO GOA Value based Assembly In its endeavour to inculcate the quality of Adaptability, the students of VII B of Apeejay school, Model Town organised a Value based Assembly on the theme ‘Adaptability’. The students saluted the indomitable human spirit for exhibiting adaptability in the face of the pandemic.

PAGE 15 Workshops For Students Session on Cyber Security A ‘Live Session’ on Cyber Security with Ms. Harpreet Kaur (Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering for the domain networking and security) informed about issues such as cyber bullying, phishing, cyber threats and its impacts. Seminar on Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence is wide – ranging branch of Computer Science concerned with building smart machines capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence. A live session on Artificial Intelligence was organised by the school to apprise the students about it. Guest of the Month Dr. Saloni Bansal, renowned Pediatrician answered queries about Covid and its effect on children through a virtual interview conducted by Ms. Simarbir Kaur.

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