Inter House Skating Competition 2012-13

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The first sports competition for the year was held on Saturday, the 7th of July 2012 in the form of an inter house skating competition. Students have been trained in the various aspects of this sport by the school’s skating coach Mitesh Sir.

The event was planned and managed by the school’s highly dedicated Sports Department. The school was divided into four groups:
1. Beginners:  Std. 3rd
2. Sub-junior: Std. 4th and 5th
3. Junior:        Std. 6th and 7th
4. Senior:       Std. 8th, 9th and 10th

There was one event for the Beginners: the Short Distance Race.

The Sub-Junior, Junior and Senior groups competed for two events:
1. Short Distance Race
2. Long Distance Race.

The results are given below:

  • Beginners
    • 3rd Place :- Satyam (3 points) 
    • 2nd Place :- Sundaram (4 points) 
    • 1st Place :- Shivam (5 points)
  • Sub-Juniors 
    •  3rd Place :- Shivam (4 points) 
    • 2nd Place :- Sundaram (8 points) 
    • 1st Place :- Satyam (16 points)
  •  Juniors
    •  3rd Place :- Satyam, Shivam 
    • 2nd Place :- Sundaram (7 points) 
    • 1st Place :- Suhradam (17 points)
  • Seniors
    •  3rd Place :- Suhradam (4 points) 
    • 2nd Place :- Sundaram (5 points) 
    • 1st Place :- Satyam (15 points)

Overall Result (House-wise)

  • First Place :-      Satyam House
  • Second Place :- Suhradam House
  • Third Place :-    Sundaram House

One could sense a lot a enthusiasm amongst all the participants and you could feel their efforts on the skating rink. The following students did their respective houses proud by their especially excellent performances:

  • Jay B.Savani (3B) (Shivam House)
  • Aditya A. Ozha (5A) (Satyam House)
  • Pranesh D.Patel (7A) (Suhradam House)
  • Uday C.Jariwala (8B) (Satyam House)
  • Parth P.Patel (10A) (Sundaram House)

Compiled by: AVM Sports Team

A tribute to the Guru-Shishya Parampara

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Today, the flowers bloomed more than usual, gave more fragrance than usual because it was the day when Guru blessed them and their Shishyas. The prayer hall of the school had a spiritual touch and ambience of prayer that the shishyas offered.

On this pious occasion we were blessed by the presence of P. Kothari Swamiji, P. Yogi Swamiji, P. Gyanswaroop Swamiji, P. Suhrad Swamiji and P. Mahatmya Swamiji. Through their vaani, these saints gave us an insight of what and who a Guru is, why is He important in our lives. The school’s youngest musicians with the company of our music teachers Somnath Sir and Jaimin Sir offered a prayer in form of the bhajan “Guru maat pita, guru bandhu sakha” to God and to the saints present there.

Moving ahead, the flowers that bloomed more than usual today, were gathered and offered to each of the saints, principal, administrator and other guests. It was the time now to seek blessings from the saints. P. Suhrad Swamiji blessed us by sharing with us that actually following His aagnas was the true sense of guru poojan. Next he explained that the role of a guru in one’s life was to take us on the path of positivity from negativity. Then, Somnath Sir amazingly sung the bhajan “Guru charanan ni hu rajkan chhu” (meaning “O Lord, let us be in your feet and serve you”) brilliantly accompanied on the tabla by Jaimin Sir. The bhajan echoed the words spoken by P. Suhrad Swamiji and left the audience even more inspired.

Finally, P. Kothari Swamiji blessed us through His speech explaining the true significance of the day i.e. remembering guru in each and every deed we do and offering our bad habits to God and Guru and asking for strength to follow the good ones.

The function ended by all the students and staff getting an opportunity of rare fortune of offering poojan to P. Kothari Swamiji and praying personally of what good we wanted to follow. After the poojan we received Prasad from P. Gyanswaroop Swamiji and dispersed, enlightened, to our respective hostels.

Compiled by:

Anand Kalawadia, Raj V Patel, Harsh Solanki, Aagam Mehta, Vishlesh Gondalia (12th Commerce)

Investiture Ceremony 2012-13

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“With great power, comes great responsibilities.” – (Uncle Ben to Peter Parker)

30th June 2012 was a very auspicious day for the students as well as the staff members of Atmiya Vidya Mandir as it was the day of honouring the newly elected members of the student council. The ceremony started at 11:30 AM after the usual Saturday school hours.

The hosts of the ceremony Pranshu Savani and Abhishek Panchal first invited our Principal Dr Vijay Patel and Administrator Mr Harish Patel to perform poojan of Thakorji. Next came a mesmerising performance by the school’s choir of the song “I believe I can fly” with an able guidance from Somnath Sir. The group led by Raj Panpaliya, Siddharth Jain and Nirmal Patel left one and all present there with high spirits and hope and set a perfect stage for the oath taking ceremony of the new student council members.

The newly elected Head Boy: Vikas Patel, Vice Head Boy: Rohan Shingala, Sports Captain: Harshill Soni and the captains and vice captains of various houses marched towards the stage for the oath taking ceremony. They were followed by a highly enthusiastic team of house prefects. All the council members were then conferred their titles and responsibilities by the respective house teachers through pinning up the badges. These stars, shining due to their achievements, badges and most importantly their determination and humility, then took their oaths administered by the school principal.

The school then received an inspirational treat in the form of a group dance on the song “Lakshya” choreographed by Suhradam Sir. The new Head Boy Vikas Patel then conveyed his feelings to the school and appealed to all the students to excel in whatever they were involved in. Further, our principal Vijay Sir enlightened the newly elected student council members and all the students by his experience-filled-wisdom and urged everyone to ponder over the benefits of practicing “atmiyata” on a daily basis.
The head boy, vice head boy and the house captains then lit the sacred lamp marking the beginning of the new year full of challenges and achievements with sincere prayers to remain committed to atmiyata in whatever they would do. The ceremony ended with the school song and the lively hearts then marched to the school dining hall for a sumptuous lunch.
Compiled by: Denish Zalavadiya, Deval Patel, Manav Patel (12th Science)

2012-13 Student Council Elections

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For the smooth functioning of any institution, stable governance is a must. Similarly, for maintenance of discipline in the school and representing of students’ views to the school authorities, a students’ council is required. Thus, Atmiya Vidya Mandir witnessed its third student council election in the second week of the academic year 2012-13.

The students who were shortlisted for the posts of House Captains and House Vice Captains in the council gave their campaign speeches during the Monday-Thursday morning assemblies. The nominees for the post of Vice Head Boy & Sports Captain appealed for votes on Friday. Whereas the nominees for the central post of the council i.e. Head Boy tried to win the hearts of students and teachers and appealed for votes on Saturday.

 

 
The elections were held on 23rd June 2012 in the school assembly hall from 11 AM to about 1 PM. The students and teachers gave their votes using an electronic voting system and witnessed the functioning of a true democracy in the process.

The results of the elections were as follows:

Head Boy:           Vikas Patel (Class 11 Commerce)
Vice Head Boy:  Rohan Shingala (Class 9)
Sports Captain:  Harshill Soni (Class 9)

Satyam House
Captain:             Sachin Verlekar (Class 10)
Vice Captain:    Jay Vankawala (Class 8)

Shivam House
Captain:             Het Adhvaryu (Class10)
Vice Captain:     Abhishek Patel (Class 8)

Sundaram House
Captain:             Tanmay Patel (Class 10)
Vice Captain:     Vaishvik C Patel (Class 8)

Suhradam House
Captain:             Harsh Vaghela (Class 10)
Vice Captain:    Vaishvik B Patel (Class 8)

And thus starts a new journey of Atmiya Vidya Mandir for a yet another year led by these remarkable student leaders.

Compiled by: Ishan Vaghasiya, Purva Patel, Romal Patel, Aditya Patel (12th Science)

Std 1st and 2nd visit the Zoo

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Showers of His Divine Blessings

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Humdrum of daily routine come to a halt
 
The devotion buzzed and adoration attuned
 
hearts overjoyed with a sense of belongingness
 
and every corner of AVM enthralled
 
His arrival, like showers on a scorching soil
 
so rejuvenating and so sanctifying.

Our joy knew no bounds when we had the divine presence of H.D.H Hariprasad Swamiji here at AVM campus on 12th June 2012. It is an incredibly amazing feeling to know that Swamiji remembers us and knows about us from wherever He is and His care and concern for us are irrespective of time and distance. He spares time and visits us so that we are able to be more focused and concentrated in our studies so that we flourish with the talent we are gifted with.

In His meeting with students, this time, before going for videsh vicharan, Swamiji gave certain guidelines to students such as “parents ne raji karva, na awade to teacher nu mathu khavu, Sara mitro no sang rakhvo ane 70% minimum marks and to avoid movies in order to develop an unwavering focus…” so that we try our best to live up to these approaches (maxims) and results will be rewarding. Still our fickle mind wanders and sometimes our eyes are off from our goals but for Swamiji’s deep concern and love as He personally comes here to bless us, to restore our clarity of mind and determination towards our goal.

We are sure that we will remain ever happy with His constantly flowing grace upon us; Swamiji’s plans for our life are better, bigger and higher than our dreams.

We are very fortunate that our future is being shaped under His kind guidance (with His divine touch) so that we can be instrumental (nimit bhoolku) to convey the message of Atmiyata to the world tomorrow.

Written by: Yathansh K. Joshi (Std 7)

Class 12 Results

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In building a successful professional career the results of class 12 go a long way in the lives of students. After a gruelling 24 months of tremendous hard work, with an amazing desire to succeed and self-belief, the students of class 12 at Atmiya Vidya Mandir were rewarded with astounding results in CBSE board exams.

In an era of extreme competitiveness the CBSE board result in both science and commerce streams still contributes immensely towards the admissions for higher studies. Considering it was the first batch of the school a lot was expected and the students responded to the delight of their parents and teachers.

Here are some of the statistical highlights for both science and commerce results of class 12.

Science stream
Kishan A Patel and Sarthak P Jariwala (both) topped the science class with an overall 92.8 %. More importantly, both of them scored 95 % in their merit subjects (PCM/B). The average percentage in the class of 24 students of science stream was 77.1 %. 


Here is the list of the top rankers for the school.

Commerce Stream

The commerce students were also not far behind in achieving good results. Krunal Vakil and Gaurav Sudrania led the way with 85.8 % and 85.6 % with both scoring over 90 marks in Accountancy and Business Studies. 80 % of the students scored over 60% and the class average is 69.5 %.

Here are the details of the top 5 in the class of 10 students of commerce stream.

 Atmiya Vidya Mandir congratulates all the students and their parents for their resounding success and wishes them good luck for their bright future.

Class 10 Results

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If the price of success is hard work and determination, then the students of Atmiya Vidya Mandir paid the ultimate price of consistent hard work and unshakable determination. On the 24th of May the students of class 10 were rewarded for their perseverance and made their parents, school and teachers proud.

Getting 100% result was a mere formality but the number of students getting higher grades was very heartening as well as satisfying. Two students Hemal Gadhiya and Niral Patel scored 9.8 CGPA (approximately equivalent of 93.1 %) at the top of the class with a perfect score of 10 in Mathematics and Science. Number of students who scored a perfect 10 in Science and Mathematics were 9 and 6 respectively. More astonishing was the class average for 47 students which came to 7.9 CGPA (approximately 75%). 12 students scored 9.0 CGPA or above in the class which reflects a good performance of students as well teachers of Atmiya Vidya Mandir.

Here are the toppers with their CGPAs.

Atmiya Vidya Mandir heartily congratulates the students and their parents for their success in the class 10 CBSE exam.

Lessons learnt from the Great Depression

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An attempt was made to reveal the historical decisions and events that led to the Great Depression during the 1930s in the form of a book review presentation on “Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World”. The author of this book is Liaquat Ahamed, a Pulitzer History Prize winner, who received his education from Cambridge and Harvard and has also worked in the World Bank.

The presentation was prepared and given by a group of four members: Anand Kalavadia (Leader, Reader), Agam Shah (Information), Harsh Solanki (Artist, Concept draws), Vishlesh Gondalia (Presenter, Computing).

The author has explained the cause(s) of the great depression focussing on individuals who had contributed to the start. Benjamin Strong Jr. of the New York Federal Reserve, Montagu Norman of the Bank of England, Émile Moreau of the Banque de France, and Hjalmar Schacht of the Reichsbank were the key players. These were the central bankers of the four major powers of the time – US, Britain, France and Germany. The book unfolds the details by explaining about the situations of these countries before the First World War, The Great Depression and after it.

The conclusion made was – a great depression can occur again if ruthless and unthoughtfull decisions are taken.

Quick Links:

Book review 1: Good to
Great
Book review 2: We are
like that only
Book review 3: 2G
Spectrum Scam

Written by: Vishlesh Gondalia and the Lords of the Finance team