Soaring Happily
(CBSE X & XII scholars)
Soaring Happily (CBSE X & XII scholars)
Excellia School’s Student Nithya Sre bagged 3 medals in Thailand
The student of Excellia School Nithya Sre bagged 2 silver and 1 bronze medal in International Para Badminton Championship held in Thailand making the heads of Lucknowites held high with proud and honour.
The championship was held in Pataya from 9 to 14 May in which Indian Para Badminton team bagged 16 medals out of which 4 were gold, 4 silver and 8 bronze respectively.
All the three medals which Nithya won were in SH-6 category. In women singles she scored 21-11,18-21,16-21 against China’s Lin Shuangbao whereas in doubles she paired with Rachna Patel to grab silver medal . She had wonderful last 4 matches paired with India’s Shivrajan wherein they were defeated in semifinals by China’s Lin Naili and Lin Faingmi with 12-21, 21-15, 17-21.
Prior to this championship Nithya had also won gold and silver medals at Victoria Gusteez in Spain that was held between 20th to 26th February2023 respectively in which Nithya under SH -6 category in women double finals paired with Peru’s Rubi Milagras Fernandes defeated Poland’s Dariya Bujnika and Olivia Smigal with 21-6, 21-3. In singles finals Nithya faced defeat from Indonesia’s Rina Marlins from 8-21,15-21.
Nithya is presently grade XII student at Excellia School and is trained under Dronacharya awardee Mr Gaurav Khanna in Gaurav Khanna Excellia Badminton Academy. Her coach Mr Gaurav Khanna is optimistic for her performance in Bahrain. Excellia School’s Director Mr Asheesh Pathak ,Principal Mrs Priyanka Dubey expressed their wishes on her commendable performance and wished her well for future endeavours.
Circle of Excellence at Excellia School
Excellia School added another feather to its excellence award by bagging Shiksha-padam award 2023.
Dr. Atul Srivastava, President of Association of Private Schools Uttar Pradesh felicitated the school’s Director Mr. Asheesh Pathak with the award for showcasing exemplary contribution in Education.
Mr. Pathak extended his award to all the members of the Excellia fraternity for helping in achieving the award.
Acknowledging the Efforts
Thomas Edison rightly quoted that “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety -nine percent perspiration”, and to acknowledge the hard work and perseverance of students who put in their sweat and blood during Board examination, Excellia School felicitated school topper Sachin Shukla of class XI who scored 96% in Class X, 2022-23.
The Director Mr. Asheesh Pathak, Principal Mrs. Priyanka Dubey, Director EMCC Mrs. Shalini Pathak and Advisor Mr. Praveen Pandey presented a scholarship cheque of Rs. 75000 to Sachin. His father Mr. Krishna Kumar Shukla was overwhelmed and thanked the facilitators for their unending support.
We wish all the very best for all the future endeavors to our school achievers.
CBSE SAHODYA MINI OLYMPIAD at EXCELLIA SCHOOL
“Only Passions, Great Passions, can elevate the soul to Great Things.”
Excellia School hosted the one day of CBSE Sahodaya Mini Olympiad on 17th November’2022. The inaugural ceremony commenced with an oath taking ceremony. The event saw numerous schools participating in the meet. Lucknow C.B.S.E Coordinator Dr. Javed Alam also marked his gracious presence.
In the midst of small and young sports stars, their mentors and invites, the officials and other dignitaries from Delhi Public School, Eldeco and Jankipuram, M.R. Jaipuria, A.R.Jaipuria, G.D.Goenka, S.K.D Academy to name a few marched into the venue escorted by School’s physical instructors Ms. Shivani Singh and Mr. Akash Singh. They ensured that the event sails through smoothly.
The participants from different schools took part in the ‘Smash to Win 2022’. The Director Mr. Asheesh Pathak and Mrs Shalini Pathak were delighted to see the participant’s enthusiasm. The Principal Mrs Priyanka Dubey presented her enriching words of wisdom to motivate the participants in giving their best. The Head of Excellia Sports Academy Mr. Praveen Pandey motivated the participants with his inspiring speech while General Manager Mr. Shekhar Varshney praised the sportsman spirit exhibited by the participants. All the participating teams praised the welcoming spirit and support extended by Excellia School.
District Chess Tournament at Excellia School
16th Lucknow District Chess Tournament at Excellia School
“Life is a game of chess and chess is a game of brain…….. not heart”
Excellia School organised 1day 16th Lucknow District under 09 & under 13 Open and Girls Chess Championship on 29th November 2022 respectively under the aegis of Lucknow District Chess sports Association and was conducted by Precision Chess Academy. The Championship witnessed throng of participants from all across the district to participate in the tournament.
As beautifully quoted by Albert Einstein that “Life is a game of Chess, To win you have to make a move”, so were the players who kept challenging their own limits so as to pave their way into UP State Under 09 and Under 13 Chess Championship where only top 2 players can only get through.
In Under-13 Boys category the last round on the first board had a tie between Divyansh Pandey and Pranav Rastogi while Anirudh Dwivedi defeated Atharv Rastogi on the second board whilst Atharv Thapliyal defeated Shubh Srivastava and gained an entire point.
The last round was a tie break between Divyansh Pandey and Anirudhh Dwivedi wherein Divyansh was declared the winner due to tie breaker score while Anirudh Dwivedi had to satisfy himself with second position.
In Under 13 Girls Category Sanvi Agarwal grabbed all the 5 points and was declared the winner whereas Purnika Gupta was declared the runner up with 3.5 points. In Under-9 Boys Category Pranav Rastogi was declared the winner while Aja Thapliyal was the winner in Under-9 Girls Category.
Divyansh Pandey and Anirudh Dwivedi will participate in in Under 13 UP State Chess Championship in Under-13 Boys Category and Sanvi Agarwal and Purnika Gupta in Girls Category that will be held on 2nd December in Agra.
Felicitating ParaBadminton Players
Excellia School honoured parabadminton players and its students Vaishnavi Puneyani and Nithya Sre for making the school proud with their achievements. Nithya Sre , Grade XI student of the school represented India and won gold in singles parabadminton championship held in Peru. She was nominated as female para badminton athelete of the year by Badminton World Federation. Vaishnavi Puneyani, Grade XII student won gold in doubles category, silver in singles and bronze in in women doubles in badminton championship held in Uganda.
The Principal Mrs Priyanka Dubey congratulated the players and felicitated them while motivating the students to represent the school at various levels in multiple fields so as hone their skills.
Acknowledging our achievers 2022
Excellia School felicitated the students and facilitators who have showed their perseverance to achieve scholarly results of Class X and XII. Anshika Pathak from Class XII secured 87% while Aditya Raj secured 81%. From Class X Swastika secured 96%, Aarav 90.4%, Snigdha 90%, Ojasv 89 4% and Shaili 82.8% respectively. The school acknowledged their efforts. The Director Mr Asheesh Pathak, Principal Mrs Priyanka Dubey, Director of E=MCC Mrs Shalini Pathak appreciated the students and wished them well for their future endeavors. Parents / guardians were elated to see their children bagging certificates and cash prize awards. General Manager Mr Shekhar Varshney, Advisor Mr Praveen Pandey were also present at the function along with other staff members of Excellia School.
Excellia school felicitated Honouring to Tokyo Paralympics Winners
Excellia school felicitated Pramod Bhagat, Krishna Nagar and Manoj Sarkar To honour the achievements in making India proud by bagging 2gold and 1bronze medal in Tokyo Paralympics , Excellia School felicitated Pramod Bhagat, Krishna Nagar and Manoj Sarkar on Friday . The players spoke about all the challenges they faced during the course of time. Badminton was included for the first time in Tokyo Paralympics which the players grabbed to their full potential and bagged two gold. One silver and one bronze respectively. The players are hopeful and optimistic to make the nation proud in 2024 France Paralympic Games.
Manoj Sarkar wishes to see the colour of his medal changed and has stared his practice with double the efforts. Meanwhile Krishna Nagar and Pramod Bhagat have the challenge to retain gold in future as well .
The players expressed their gratitude to the Director of Excellia School Mr Asheesh Pathak for providing India’s first badminton academy for para players namely Gaurav Khanna Excellia Badminton Academy . Their coach Me Gaurav Khanna was also present on the occasion.
The Head of Excellia Sports Academy Mr Praveen Pandey and the school’s General Manager Mr Shekhar Varshney spoke high praises for these players who despite COVID challenges managed their practice sessions with utmost sincerity and perseverance.They spoke about how Mr Asheesh Pathak and Mr Gaurav Khanna kept the foundation of the academy which serves the firm ground for national and international players to undergo their practice sessions. The principal Mrs Sonia Vardhan along with teachers was also present at the felicitation ceremony.
FELICITATION GALORE 2021
If you want to be truly successful invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and preserve your success will blossom.
-Sydney Madwed
Awards and recognitions have always been the moral enhancers for everyone as we all need motivation at some point of time in our lives. Everyone feels great for what they are doing and remain focussed towards their aim and strive hard to excel.
Excellia School also had the privilege when the Director Mr Asheesh Pathak, received the appreciation award by The Times of India Group, for the school’s significant contribution in the field of education.
The Education Warrior award was presented by Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Dr Dinesh Sharma on September 3rd.2021.
The recognition was given considering a few parameters which was surveyed by the Times Group to those who changed the face of education during the pandemic so as to inculcate students’ friendly approach and take teaching learning process to the higher realms. The survey consisted of the norms such as digitalised teaching learning process so that the education of the children was not hampered along with skill based approach. The school had always taken extra steps to ensure all round development of the students and enhance their skill sets and thus for that matter homes different academies for different sports like Gaurav Khanna Excellia Badminton Academy where the Paralympic players have managed their practice sessions even during the peak of pandemic when the school managed a bio-secure bubble for them. For cricket enthusiasts, the school has opened Abhijit Sinha Cricket Academy, along with Athletics ground, Lawn Tennis, Football, Table-Tennis to name a few.
Academics have always been the prima facie for the school’s aim and approach as the students are the reflections of what they learn at home away from home. Even during pandemic education did not take a back seat and the blended approach of teaching was adapted with new ways and means with which the teachers who have been the true warriors during the difficult times, managed to make teaching fun based learning for the school. The Director Mr Asheesh Pathak owed this to the true Education warrior’s i.e. the teachers and the Principal Mrs Sonia Vardhan who successfully managed the school’s performance during these testing times.
GKEBA – Para Badminton Player Selected for Tokyo Paralympics
Excellia School hold itself proud to have Gaurav Khanna Excellia Badminton Academy as an integral part of the school infrastructure as the academy provides a platform to a host of para badminton players to represent India at the international platform including Tokyo Paralympics. Women’s pair of Parul Parmar and Palak Kohli became the first Indian para shuttlers to qualify for Tokyo Paralympics with Palak being the youngest in the world to qualify at the age of 18. They have been inherent part of the academy with dedicated practices and showcasing extreme perseverance . Excellia School Director Mr Asheesh Pathak congratulated Mr Gaurav Khanna for being a devoted coach to all the players practising and willing to represent the nation on the international platform
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CONTINUOUS EFFORT-NOT STRENGTH OR INTELLIGENCE IS THE KEY TO UNLOCKING OUR POTENTIAL
It is an Honour to share that Mr. Abu Hubaida, who is currently at the 18th rank in the world and at the 16th position in the Tokyo paralympic has added one more feather in his cap by receiving the “Lakshman Award” by our honorable chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Aditya Nath.
His remarkable achievement was celebrated at Gaurav Khanna Excellia Badminton Academy (GKEBA) in Excellia School where all the players congratulated him and that became an inspiration for everyone, that no factor can affect the zeal of person towards any interest if you have firm determination in you for it.
It is highly appreciable that Mr. Abu Hubaida has changed his challenge into strengthening his conviction. The parabatminton tournament held in brazil made him come out in flying colours by winning the silver medal in mixed double 2020. Also, he received the silver medal in the para-badminton championship held in Thailand, 2019, and the para-badminton championship held in Dubai, 2018. There is many more achievement which are there which has added on to the glory of his hard work.
He has proved well that inclusion is within everyone’s ability. It is very inspiring to see his high spirits and his devotion to his interest. As overcoming or escaping from any fear is to trample it beneath your feet.
Practice Session at Gaurav Khanna Excellia Badminton Academy
Badminton, just like any other physical sport, is extremely strenuous on the body. In badminton, nearly every part of our body is completely engaged at all times. At Gaurav Khanna Excellia Badminton Academy, the Para and abled body players did some warm-up exercises before the starting of the session. They did various stretches like wrist rolls, rotator cuff stretch, forward lungs, alphabetical ankle and toe touches.
The players had a wonderful experience. The exercises were of great help in relaxing their bodies.
Rashtriya Ekta Diwas
World unity day is celebrated every year to pay tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary. As a tribute to the iron man of India, the students of Excellia School participated in poster-making activity on the theme of Rashtriya Ekta. Our students marked this day by making colourful posters on “Unity in India”. Children presented their creative talents in art by making use of poster colours.They prepared various posters depicting the beauty of India and the people. They made use of different colours giving the posters a very colorful effect. The efforts of the children were highly admired by the parents and the teachers as well.
Thanks Offering by Our Achievers | Excellia School
Excellia School Board Exam Result 2020
Excellia School extends its heartiest wishes on the exemplary performance of our class X children for setting up a benchmark with their astounding success and providing 100% result in CBSE class X board exams . Hope success sweeps them through the myriad aspirations that are embedded deep within and giving wings to their dreams .
Wishing them luck for future endeavours as well .
