Supporting the cause of ‘Clean Delhi and Green Delhi’, the D.A.V Public School, East of Loni Road, took an initiative to promote the message of keeping the surroundings clean and green. The school organized a rally in the neighborhood, where the students of class IXth accompanied by teachers participated in an hour long rally from 10.30 a.m to around 11.30 a.m on 17th December, 2011. Starting from the school premises and using placards with powerfully effective slogans and banners in their hands, they moved into the lanes of the locality trying to create awareness by emphasizing healthy and green surroundings. The effort made towards a better environment was a great success as the students and the accompanying teachers were appreciated by the people of the locality and the message of the rally went deep into their consciousness.

In the field of Community Service, to make our efforts more genuine our school launched a cleanliness drive on 17th December, 2011, under which a survey was conducted by the students of class VIIIth and IXth with the support of their teachers Ms. Seema Kakra and Mrs. Bhawna Kathuria who accompanied the students to the immediate neighborhood, with a questionnaire(the details of which is attached below) on the theme of ‘Clean Delhi and Green Delhi’. They visited approximately fifty houses and as the local people expressed their concern as well as gratitude for creating awareness & interest, the survey was a success right away. As a follow up, this activity will be taken up on a regular basis to make a difference in the society. Sustained efforts of the Government of Delhi in making the Delhi ‘Clean and Green’ has resulted in substantial improvement in ambient air quality, increase in green cover and creation of mass awareness towards environmental issues; students of D.A.V Public School, East of Loni Road has also taken an initiative with the support of their teachers(Ms.Seema Kakra and Mrs. Bhawna Kathuria) to spread the message of ‘Clean & Green Delhi’ in the neighborhood. They will foster the society members to be a part of ‘Clean & Green Delhi’ that will go a long way to bring people closer to a healthy environment and make it an effective movement. Some of the effective ideas floated by the students are ready for immediate implementation:-

1.    The students will perform Nukkad Natak to spread awareness in the neighborhood.
2.    The students will conduct survey on regular basis and on the basis of which the best participant of the neighborhood will be identified and presented with an appreciation certificate.
3.    Saplings will be provided in the neighborhood houses by the students who will place the saplings under responsibility of one of the members of each house.
4.    Students will interact with the members of the neighborhood houses to collect valuable suggestions & to promote these suggestions among other members of the locality.
5.    Some senior citizens of the neighborhood houses will be involved who will actively participate in the promotion of the movement.
6.    Students will create awareness among the neighborhood for celebrating festivals like Dusshera, Diwali, Holi etc. in a eco-friendly manner.
7.    They will educate the citizens about re-use of waste material by promoting the concept of the three R’s i.e. Reduce, Reuse & Recycle.
 
Activities are that form of education that sends fresh air and life into something more gross in nature and make the affair of learning more fun filled, interesting, lighter, less burdensome and easier. No education is therefore wholesome without these breathers that polish up the raw and bring into focus the potential in the child that are otherwise undiscovered and unexplored. For the all round growth of the child’s personality the school has been made to indulge in a healthy competitive environment built in the form of four houses –
1.    Aravalli
2.    Himgiri
3.     Neelgiri
4.    Vindhyanchal.
The whole year round there are inter house competitions and house activities. The morning assembly is conducted by learners of each house for two consecutive weeks. House duties for maintaining the discipline and decorum of the school are distributed among the learners of the house in charge for the two weeks. Under this program a week full of activities and competitions were held in the school premises. There was a havan for the pre primary classes and musical and cultural activities for primary classes that included shlokas recitation and singing of bhajans. Our children participated enthusiastically. The Vedic Shivir propagated the message of redeeming mankind from the shackles of selfishness, slumber and apathy.
In December 2010 the school gave an incentive to the budding talents of the school to blossom and flourish through a fancy dress competition that was held for the nursery wing. The event provided an opportunity to students to discover themselves in a new light and show their talents. Tiny tots enacted various characters and great personalities such as Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati and Shri Jawahar Lal Nehru .All the participants performed with a passion and enjoyed the event. The event also helped the students to feel and understand the various aspects of life of these personalities and its impact on other figures and thus on the society.
  Excursions and Educational Trips enable us in always looking forward to providing hands - on experience to the child that takes education beyond the four walls as a child is more at ease with himself when he is not confined. Through these trips the child learns the art of becoming a meaningful part of his surroundings.
  National consumer day was observed by the school on 24th December ’2010. With a quiz on the theme that involved participants from all the four houses. The event upheld the awareness amongst the children making them messengers of an alert consumership. Related posters that decorated the display boards at various locations of the school made for a suitable atmosphere for the event. A debate was also conducted on the topic
Relevance of Consumer Awareness”

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