“Mothers are not the ones that have never struggled they are the ones that never give up despite the struggles.”

Mothers’ day is a special day in a year which is celebrated all over the world, dedicated to all the mothers for their selfless motherhood. Mothers have a special place in the hearts of the children as they play a pivotal role in the lives of the children.

Excellia School celebrated Mothers’ Day in a peculiar way to consecrate the Mothers to feel ordained by their children. The pre-primary students  welcomed their mothers with the song “Main kabhi  batlata nahi … par andhere se darta hoon main maa…” The music was heart wrenching and made to match the melody of the little voices..Their performances left everyone in amaze and everyone applauded cheerfully for these adorable toddler’s.

The students of class 1^st -2^nd prepared cards for their mothers and the students from classes 3^rd and above prepared hand -made gifts like bracelets , jewellery boxes etc. to make their mothers feel loved.

Fun games were organised for the mothers and children in which they participated with full zest and vigour. The winners were felicitated by the Principal Mrs. Sonia Vardhan.

It was a day full of zeal and fervour and the performances by the children left an indubitable mark in everyone’s heart. Finally the programme concluded on a happy note with the distribution of snack boxes prepared with love as a token of gratitude to the mothers.

“Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.” ― Nora Roberts

A magic show was organized in the premises of Excellia school on May 9^th, 2018.The show was organized by a famous magician Mr. Anurag Mishra from The Times Of India. He performed many tricks  which made the students and the teachers watch him in attention and excitement.

The magic wand, the magic words and the distinctive style of magician left everyone mesmerized and spell bound. The students found the repeat chanting of magic words by the magician very interesting.

Amazing acts were performed by the magician .Notable amongst them were tearing of a paper and uniting all the torn pieces as if it was never torn, sending Ishu to Dubai and milk trick.

The students and the teachers kept guessing as to how the tricks were performed and kept on clapping .

The Principal, Ms. Sonia Vardhan thanked Mr. Anurag Mishra for making the morning really magical and entertaining.

The magic show was a  great success and a welcome change for the students from the routine classroom situation .The students thoroughly enjoyed the show.

             “Creativity is making marvellous out of discarded”

In today’s world recycling has a very important place. There are a lot of things around that are labelled as dump. But the irony is that most of the dump collected is useful for others if recycled.

Hence utilizing the best from unwanted things has become a generic necessity of every human’s life. These craft from waste activities can be incorporated into your kid’s childhood to make for a greener future.

Excellia School organized an activity on Best out of Waste  on 5^th May,2018  to culminate the values saving the environment from degradation. The students took part enthusiastically and made wonderful crafts from the discarded materials.

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

We at Excellia School abide by this quote and thus give a crucial position to extra-curricular activities and fun events. This helps freshen up the young minds and breaking away from the daily monotony.

The sun is hot and the water is cool, it’s time for a summer party by the pool!!

Excellia School organized a Pool Party on May 4^th, 2018 which proved to be a great success with enthusiastic participation by the students. The vibrant costumes with poppy sunglasses and beach hats gave a casual and breezy vibe to the party. Little girls flaunted their beaded jewellery with utmost grace and innocence. Each child took immense pleasure being a part of this unique and fun party with the music playing at the poolside which was concluded on a happy note with the students enjoying fruit beverages that were given to them so that they could savour the most of their special pool bash.

“Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body”

The students had a gala time during the dance workshop conducted for them .The workshop was conducted by Mr. Rahul who is a trained dance instructor.

The students were told about main dance forms that were Breaking ,Nocking and Popping. They were also acquainted with the main crew who started Hip- Hop that were the Rock Study, New York City Breakers and the Lockers.

The workshop concluded with an emphasis on expression , energy , co-ordination ,full stepping and beat sense.

“All Labour that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence”- Martin Luther King Jr.

Labour Day is celebrated all over the world to honour the hard work  done by the labourers as well as to honour those who went out of their way to fight for the rights of the labourers. Excellia School celebrated labours day in its own unique way with the students dedicating a song and a dance performance to all the support staff members of the school.

The director Mr. Asheesh Pathak marked his presence to uplift the morale of the supporting staff. There were games organized for them and the winners were awarded accordingly.

The General Manager Mr.Shekhar Varshney and the Principal Ms. Sonia Vardhan felicitated the supporting employees of the school as a token of appreciation for their righteous services for the school.

To develop the intricate sensitivities and deep moral values towards the nature and our Mother Earth, Excellia School organized Inter House Poster/Collage making Competition from Classes I to IX . The students participated enthusiastically and prepared beautiful collages and picturesque posters on the theme Earth Day depicting the condition of the Earth if the natural resources are hampered.”

Excellia school overwhelmingly welcomed Chess Grandmaster Mr. Praveen Thipsay to the school. The students were enthralled to have a rendezvous with him. They were excited to ask  him questions about his journey, his passion for chess etc. Mr. Thipsay answered all their queries with poise and ease. Thereafter , he played chess with 20 selected players simultaneously. It was a nerve  wrenching match and A. Vamsi Krishna who was one of the contestants , was able to win his game against Mr. Thipsay.

The school Vice Chairperson Mrs. Manju Pathak, The Director Mr. Asheesh Pathak and The Principal Mrs. Sonia Vardhan presented a memento to Mr. Thipsay as a token of gratitude for taking his precious time out and playing with the participants.

The second and the final day of the two day chess championship held at Excellia School saw a gush of emotions as the participants were eagerly waiting for the declaration of the result. Pawan Bathm bagged the Championship trophy outnumbering other candidates by scoring 6.5 points. Medhansh Saxena , Ravi Shankar and Raghvanshu Mishra scored  6 points each with the tie break points declaring Medhansh as first runner up , Ravi Shankar second runner up and Raghvanshu third runner up respectively. Rama Shankar and Skand Tripathi scored equal points with 5.5 each however going by the tie break Rama Shankar bagged fifth and Skand sixth position respectively. In the school team category DPS, Eldeco bagged the winning trophy with Excellia School at the second position and Stella Marris College at third position. Medhansh Saxena, Divyansh Pandey, Suryansh Singh and Rishabh Yadav were the position holders from Excellia School. The segregation of winners was done as per their particular age groups, open categories and school teams. The School Chairperson Mr. D.S.Pathak, Vice-Chairperson Ms. Manju Pathak, The Director Mr. Asheesh Pathak and The Principal Ms. Sonia Vardhan felicitated the winners.  The program was concluded with the Director Mr. Asheesh Pathak presenting a thanks giving speech for concluding the event in a sumptuous manner.

Children have an innate love for stories. Stories create magic and teach us about life. A big advantage of listening to stories is  that it enhances a child’s vocabulary and imagination. Excellia  school (pre-primary) organized an activity of “Story- Telling” on 20^th April,2018 which was based on the theme ”Balloon Story”. Balloons of different colour were used as props. Different scenes of the story along with their captions were pasted on the balloons in sequential order. Along with the props voice –modulation was also used by the pre- primary teachers.

The kids were very happy and delighted to listen to the story as they were creating their new world by imagination. They enjoyed the session to the core and wanted to have more of it.

World Heritage Day is celebrated to protect and preserve the valuable monuments. This special day offers an opportunity to raise the public awareness about the diversity of cultural heritage and the efforts that are required to protect and conserve it, as well as  draw attention to its vulnerability.

A special assembly was conducted by Excellians on 17^th April, 2018 to make the students aware and esteem our national Heritage.

Excellia School hosted Smt. AD Pathak Memorial Open Excellia Chess Championship in its school premises opening of which was on 21^st April 2018. The two day championship was inaugurated by Mr. D.S. Pathak, the school chairman by paying tribute to Late Smt. A.D Pathak in whose name the championship has been dedicated. The program commenced with the lighting of the lamp by the Chairman Mr D.S Pathak, The Director Mr. Ashish Pathak & Mrs. Shalini Pathak and the Principal Mrs. Sonia Vardhan which was succeeded by Rishika Bhattacharya and Shradha Yadav making the first moves to flag off the event. The event saw a throng of parents with enthusiastic participants settling to start with their games.

The trophies for Smt. A.D. Pathak memorial Open Excellia Chess
Championship were unveiled on Wednesday at Excellia School by the
Director Mr. Asheesh Pathak ,Mrs. Shalini Pathak and the Principal Mrs
.Sonia Vardhan. The unveiling saw the presence of the teachers , the
staff and the coaches from Excellia Sports Academy marking from
taekwondo coach Mr Faizal Khan, chess coach Mr Ravi Shankar, cricket
coach Mr Sonu Prajapathi and table tennis coach Mr Aviral.
The Championship will be held on 21 st and 22 nd April,2018 respectively.
The prize money of Rs 25,100 will be given to the winner along with
trophies under 5 categories like under-7 , under-9 ,under-11 , under-13
and under -15 age groups. There would be 36 other trophies that would
be distributed amongst the winners

The students of Excellia School proved their intellectual prowess at Brain O Brain Championship.

Bertina of class K.G. ,Jewel of Class I and Ishan Singh of class IV won the champions trophy at district level in their particular age group category respectively.

The students of Excellia had a test of taste with the personnels of Radio City when they enjoyed the interview session with the RJ’s at the radio station.The RJ’s asked them about their academic experiences and what all things they enjoy being at school to which the students answered enthusiastically.The Principal Mrs. Sonia Vardhan was also interviewed about the school and the pedagogical implementations that are done in the school.

The students of Excellia School Medhansh Saxena and Divyansh Pandey showed marvelous performance in the Chess Championship under 11 held at district level. With a neck to neck competition Medhansh bagged the title 1^st position where as Divyansh bagged 2^nd position in the tiebreaker round.

‘One person’s smile can change the world. May be not the whole world but their small world start now’

Excellia school (pre primary ) organized an activity  Smile day. Keep smiling through out the day on each and every face is the motto of the school. We thought that people should devote one day to smiles and kind act. students understand kindness is contagious.

The excitement of the kids had no limits when they  saw the cartoon and played  games arranged by the teachers. Their excitement went more high when They ate smileys brought from home. To make this day more memorable the teachers clicked the photographs of the kids in the smiley photo booth

They got the balloons with their smiles when they  went back home. While looking at each other they all were very delighted and their happiness bounced high. We felt very happy to look at our tiny tots with their faces glazing up with smiles.

‘She/he smiles at you ,you smiles at her/him  in this way one smile makes two.’

Excellia School organized Orientation Day program on 07^th April 2018 for the parents of children who were about to join primary school, middle school and high school.   The objective of orientation program was to provide an opportunity for parents to know what to expect in the coming year and also equip themselves for it.

The Principal Ms. Sonia Vardhan provided an insight to all the academic implementations that are to be carried out in the entire session and explained the pattern for conducting examinations, the extracurricular activities, the support required from parents. The parents also got to know the teachers in the different classes. The orientation concluded with the parent’s interaction to clear their queries and apprehensions which were resolved with élan by the Principal.

The parents and the students of Excellia School shared their thoughts and beliefs with RJ ANSHIKA for Fever fm.

The parents put forth their opinions of what are the qualities they like in the School. The students were also asked to present their views on the role of academics, activities and their teachers.it was a very interactive session that was appreciated by the parents.

It was a proud moment for Excellia School as the students Medhansh Saxena of class V and Advik Tripathi of class KG have won Gold and Bronze Medals Under -13 and Under 07 District Chess Championship respectively.
Divyansh Pandey of Excellia Sports Academy bagged the silver medal.
The Director Mr. Asheesh Pathak and the Principal Mrs Sonia Vardhan applauded the performance of the students and commended them to Keep it up!!!!!!!

Excellia School organized Science Exhibition on the occasion of National Science Day to commemorate the legacy of Sir C V Raman who discovered Raman Effect on 28th February 1928. The students displayed various models and explained their concepts. The Director Mr. Asheesh Pathak and the Principal Mrs. Sonia Vardhan commended the students’ efforts and motivated them to keep up the good work.

Excellia school organized Kids Fest on 24th February, 2018.There were a host of exciting games and fun filled activities for the children up till 8 years .The children keenly participated in the events which included singing, drawing and races. The parents and the children enjoyed to the core and applauded team efforts of the school.