Again Udgam proves to be an active member in supporting social cause. Chikkis made by the Blind school girls near Manav Mandir were sold in the school premises for children and for staff. They collected almost Rs. 8000 from it for their school.

Santa steps in to sparkle Udgam with the spirit of Christmas "Giving and Sharing" – kindling joys in the heart of its little ones.
A beautiful decorated Christmas tree with the Snowman was kept in the lawns. The children from the whole pre-primary section and from classes 1 and 2 were on the grounds for the celebration. The school band performed while all the tiny tots went round n round the tree singing the carols. The pre-primary children were also given little gifts to take home. Children enjoyed with full zest and excitement.
Udgam wishes MERRY CHRISTMAS to all.

Udgam celebrated children’s day with full zest. Children exhibited their talents in different forms like dramatics, singing, playing musical instruments and having perfect jugal bandi performances. The primary children had a wonderful time exhibiting their flair towards broach designing, card making and had lots of outdoor games. The secondary group also had great time playing on the lawns different games like tug of war, kabadi and kho.  Times of India student edition of 16th November reported about the children’s day celebration at Udgam.

Every year Ahmedabad celebrates Heritage Week from 19th nov to 25th nov. This year Udgam initiated to be part of the Heritage week and participated for the heritage walk. The children from standard 6th to 11th will be celebrating the week and will be participating in the walk. The 8th grade children were the first batch to start with the heritage walk on 21st november. the heritage walk starts from Swaminarayan Mandir, Kalupur and then children are taken to different heritage pols, chabotras, haveli, temples and mosque and ends at city museum. At school, after the walk children are given group projects on it and even quiz is organised.

On Friday 29th July 2011, the CEO of HCL , Mr. Harsh Chitale, visited the school. As the school has install Digital Interactive Board of HCL in all its classrooms, he wanted to see how they work and also get feedback from the staff and students. He went around the school, to the classrooms, listened to the suggestions of teachers and students. In his interaction with the school management, he talked of the company’s future plans in the field of education. As the school is one of the foremost in introducing technology in teaching, he was hopeful of a long and enduring tie-up with the school.

Udgam introduces School Cinema-the reel way to learn

Udgam becomes the foremost institute in Ahmedabad to introduce School Cinema. It is a film based learning module for children, teachers and parents encompassing the various spheres of a child’s holistic development. It will help students to effectively deal with ‘real’ life challenges and issues and equip them with the necessary life skills, values, attitudes and morals. It will facilitate interactive learning on topics ranging from environmental awareness, to nationalism and to personal issues through fun and exciting films. We are going to bring in this from Class 1 to class 8. Every film has a corresponding worksheet with activities. The activities are so interesting that children become totally engrossed in doing them. Thus value education is imparted in an interesting manner.

Following students participated in a Declamation competition organized by Income tax department on 24/07/2011 as part of the ‘Closing Ceremony of 150 years of Income Tax in India’. The topic was ‘Taxes are Essential for Growth.’ Each one has received a memento and certificate.

Varsha Iyer Std. X
Aashna Bhatia Std. X
Riddhesh Nadkarni Std. XI
Aanchal Tewary Std. XII

SCHOLARS TEND TO CREATE ACHIEVERS

This statement is brought to practical life at Udgam School For Children. School is proud to have scholar as educators.
Here are a few achievements of our teachers.

Teacher shines– Cooking is a passion and love of almost every women on earth – especially in India and in Aapnu Ahmedabad. One of our faculty member Ms. Shilpa Akhani participated in IIHM Teacher Chef India Schools 2015 – a competition for teachers from schools of Ahmedabad, who love to platform their culinary skills and reached the top 10 Finalist. The participants were provided resources and had to make a full meal within a stipulated time. She managed to clear two rounds competing with more than 150 participants and reached the list of top 10. Congratulations !
HENA PRASUN ON THE KBC HOT SEAT– Our teacher Hena Prasun made it to the much coveted Hot Seat of KBC show, the show with the highest TRP ratings ever!
For Hena it was a ‘dream come true’ as like so many others across India, she had been trying hard for no less than 3 years to get through to the show.
She was the fastest in the Fastest Finger First round and made it to the Hot Seat.
She was face to face with none other than Amitabh Bachchan.
Hena answered the questions with confidence and elan.
She is a true winner!

G.Vijayalakshmi – Is excelled in History subject while pursuing her Masters and received a Gold Medal for securing highest marks.

Jashvanti Dadhania – Is appointed as a member of Gujarati Subject Committee in Central Board of Secondary Education. She has also authored a reference book for STD X Gujarati subject.

Computer knowledge is common now a days. But to teach growing generation computer as subject is a challenge in itself. USFC has Champions as computer teachers.

Ms.Yogini Pathak – One of our Computer Faculty Ms.Yogini Pathak stood first in B.Sc. in the year 1990 and also bagged first position in Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application in the year 1991.

Mrs. Arathi Kellogg – Apart from being an educationist, a teacher/woman can have other social hobbies . One such example is our own faculty for English at Primary level Mrs. Arathi Kellogg took part in First Ahmedabad marathon inaugurated by Honorable Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the year 2010 and successfully completed 21 kms marathon in 2 hour and 54 minutes. She was also awarded a medal for her outstanding performance.

–> One more feather was added to the colourful cap of one of our faculty members – Mrs. Arathi Kellogg. She enthusiastically took part in Ahmedabad Marathon on 6th January, 2013 and managed to complete Half marathon of 21 kms in 2 hrs and 50 min. She stood 11th in the veteran category. Congratulations!

Mrs. Chetna Kavta – is a multi talented personality in herself. She followed her passion towards teaching and made it her profession. Along with being a Hindi Teacher, she has a hidden talent of composing poetry specially humourous poems.
Taking her talent further she took part in Hindi self composed Shayari programme organized by Sab TV Channel. She presented a poem on “Computer and Me”. She gained appreciation and applause for her performance along with a trophy, certificate and cash prize as a gesture of encouragement. Congratulations!!!

Krupali Sanghvi – bagged 3rd rank in the university while pursuing her BCA from Saurashtra University in the year 2003-04. She was conferred with a silver medal for her commendable efforts.

Shri Morari Bapu visits Udgam…

Ram Kathakar, Shri Morari Bapu visited Udgam on 24^th April. He was welcomed by our tiny tots. Shri Morari Bapu had a look at the school premises. Bapu visited classrooms, computer lab as well as the extended wing of the school. He was also introduced to the Homoepathy clinic run by the school.

Honor By Ex-President Mr.APJ Abdul Kalam – 2012

“When mother is happy, family is happy. When family is happy, nation is happy.” These words of Dr. Kalam left an impact on YUVA Unstoppable. YUVA organized an essay competition on the theme of ‘Make Your Mother Smile’. Students from various schools of Ahmedabad participated in this. Out of 22,000 entries, 10 best essays were selected from each school. The writers of these essays were invited to attend the programme on 11th Nov. 2011 at Rajpath Club where Dr. Abdul Kalam awarded certificates to the top 5 writers. Mr. Manan Choksi, the Executive Director and teachers of Udgam attended the programme along with the students.

Astha Johri, a student of Class 12 of Udgam School, won the first prize. She was awarded a Certificate by Dr. Kalam for her essay.