A new budding talent of Udgam…
Akanksha Bhan of 4th class serves to be the tennis champion, playing at the state level.She is currently ranked No1 in the Under-10 category in the State and also No.1 in the Under-12 category. She has started the year 2010 with a bang as she has captured the U-10 winner title in the first two tournaments of the year. First at AGETA ,Ahmedabad and second at NTC,Nadiad. She was also runner up in the U-14 category of the All India Tennis Association Talent series. So far she has won nearly 20 trophies. Akanksha started playing at the age of seven under the able tutelage of  one of the finest coaches of Ahmedabad,Mr.Shrimal Bhatt.Udgam wishes her best of luck for future endeavours.

Students of class 11 got an idea of events held in IIT.  The students of IIT, Gandhinagar, organized the preliminary rounds 3 of their events for the upcoming BLITHCHRON to be held in their institute on 23rd and 24th of Jan. 2010.

The events were : ‘Ad-making’ in which they had to design an advertisement for an imaginary product.

The winners for this are :

‘Jobless’ in which they had to conduct mock interviews.

The Winners for this are : Jagravi Shah, Divya Garg

‘The Butler Did It’ in which the students had to  become detectives and solve a mystery.

The winners for this are : Darshini Parikh, Varnit Shah, Rajdeep Thakar, Ishaan Shah

The students not only performed well in all the events but also enjoyed a lot.

Students of Class 11 science participated in an Inter- school Science Quiz held at Maharaja Agrasen Vidalaya on 19/1/10.

Prarthan Amin, Vishesh Kandhari and Abhimanyu Sheth won the third prize and Bronze medal with a certificate.

Udgam children participated in an Essay competition held by Sri Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Centre, Ahmedabad. The competition was held in two groups, from our school children of 9th and 11th participated.

Khushee Tikamani from 11th won the first prize among all English medium students in Ahmedabad from group II. The prize was given by Swami Sarvasthandaji Maharaj from Ramkrishna Ashram, Rajkot.

All the teachers were provided with laptops to enhance their teaching efficiency. The teachers will be trained with upgraded teaching techniques rather than the traditional chalk and talk method.The students will benefit with different teaching skills in the classroom.

Udgam distributes new year gifts to all the children…
The gift included a personalised wall calendar of each child with their individual photograph, their drawing and class photo. A parenting book "Chill Pill" which is a collection of true-life stories and stickers with Udgam logo were also given to the children in an eco friendly carry bag.

An udgamite again makes the school proud by her creativity…

Ria Shah of class 2 C bagged first prize in the drawing competition held by Maruti Suzuki and Radio-Mirchi on 10th January at Rajwadu.The theme was “Maruti Suzuki family, a happy family”.

Mr. Samir Dhale and his colleagues from Sense International India, interacted with students of class 8 and 9 to sensitize them towards people with deaf, blind and multisensory impairment. The deaf dumb and blind man communicated with students with the help of gestures which were interpretated by another person. They taught children little bit of sign language.
Children were also given personalised desk calendar to students from them.

Udgam children visited TOI press, Vejalpur.

The students of class 9 were taken for a visit at TOI press to experience how a newspaper is made. There they got an opportunity to
interact with Deputy Manager Mr. Tushar Bakhda who could enchant all the children with the technicalities of newspaper printing.

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Hats off to a young mind of Udgam who exhibited his creativity and flare towards science and technology.