St. Anselms

" Honourable Chief Guest, ladies & Gentlemen,

It gives us immense pleasure, to have you all This morn ing as we celebrate our 13^th Annual Prize-giving Day.

We are very grateful to our Chief Guest, Mr. Deepak Upreti, of the I.A .Service, who at a very short notice accepted our invitation to preside over today’s function. Mr.Devendra Singh who was originally scheduled to be the Chief Guest expressed his regrets due to ill-health. Mr.Upreti was Collector & District Magistrate at Alwar before taking up his present posting as Managing Director of Raj as than Roadways Corporation, Mr.Upreti has evinced keen interest in our school. Thank you. Sir, for your gracious presence,

The Scholastic year under review got off to a flying start with 2200 students and 75 teachers on its rolls.

Academic Results :-We sent up 121 students for the All India Secondary School Certificate Examination. Out of these, 101 secured a I Division, 19 were placed in the II Division and 1 secured a III Division. Thus securing 100% pass results for the 5^th year running. There were 527 distinctions in all - a record in itself.

Smita Yadav of Class XI A was awarded the certificate of merit in English and Maths by the CBSE.
Prateek Mittal of Class XI B was awarded the certificate of merit. in Maths by the CBSE.
Sudhanshu Pardasani of Class XI A, Gaurav Agarwal of Class XI A,
and Smita Yadav of XI A were selected for N.T.S.E. in the 1998-99.
Gaurav Agarwal of Class XI was awarded the Third Rank in Rajasthan Mathematical Olympiad.
Five Students of Class XII, Viz., Ninad Singh, Laxmikant Vyas, Parijat Singh Rathore , Indu Bhagat and Sughanda Agarwal qualified for the Roorkee Sngineering screening test.
Rohit Baweja, Parijat Singh, Laxmikant Vyas, Indu Bhagat, Akansha Gupta and Nitin Gupta qualified for the IlT screening test.

Co-curricular Activities

We at Anselm’s aim at the all-round development of the young. It has been endeavour to impart a balanced education, based on sound, moral, intellectual and social values -

Students who pass out from this school are equipped to be honest, gentle, sensitive, law-abiding, respectful, obedient and loyal. They have been taught to stand upright in every situation and never to compromise on principles. To this end a good many hours were spent on co-curricular activities and inter-school State Competitions. The list of achievers in this regard is long. I shall only mention a few names.

Silviya Thomas and Nitin Ajmera of Class XI B secured 1^st Position in Inter School Debate Competition held at Seedling Public School, Jaipur.
Anjali Mehta, Piyush Arora and Seema Nagpal of XII B secured IInd Position in Inter-School Quiz Competition held at Seedling Public School and all five of them received a prize in Over All performance.
Subin Thoppil and Nihar Bafna of Class IX B participated in the Discovery Channel Quiz Competition organised by Close Up. They secured 4^th Position amongst 25 schools .
Honey Kaushik was selected to represent Rajasthan in the Colgate ‘ Close-Up Anthakshari for Zee music channel.
Vibhuti Mehta of Class IX B was awarded for her outstanding performance in dance by the All India U.C.O. Bank Conference held at Birla Auditorium.
Akshat Singhal of Class IX C has been certified as the youngest Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer at the age of 14. He has secured an all Rajasthan highest score in his NT workstation exam. He learnt Java and C Computer languages by himself on his own Computer. Akshat had started making Websites on his own since the age of 13. He developed a Website for our school and also for Amit Bhardwaj, paying tribute to the brave soldier, the martyr of Jaipur. He also developed an online tutorial of Computers for beginners which illustrates the working and processes in a computer for amateur computer users. He also has a website called Net Pals. Akshat has also created a Website for an educational institute for Communication skills - Genesis.

Games & Sports :-

The school firmly believes in the adage "all studies and no games makes Jack: a dull boy". Due emphasis is laid on proper physical development of a child through regular outdoor games and competitions.

Akshi Bhargava of Class XI B was awarded, the Gold Medal in Rajasthan State Taekwondo Championship held at Chaugan Stadium, Jaipur. She was awarded Gold Medal in Jaipur District Taekwondo Championship held at Scholars Academy Jaipur. Akshi was awarded the Gold Medal and was declared the "best player in Rajasthan State Taekwondo Championship . heId at G.B.Modi Vidhya Mandir, Jhunjhunu.
Ravi Soni of Class VII D secured Third Position in Chess Competition organised by the All India Chess Federation.
Jay Rungta of Class VIII D played Table Tennis Nationals and represented Rajasthan at the 65^th Inter State Tournament held at Calicut. He won the Championship of Sub-Junior states held at Jodhpur, Chittor, Bharatpur and Ajmer. He represented Jaipur as the first player of the Sub-Junior Team.
Shivani Pal of Class VII A was awarded the Sub-Junior Title (Winner) in State Junior T.T. Championship, organised by Rajasthan T.T. Association.
Gaurav Makkar of Class VIII B was awarded 2^nd Prize in State Chess Competition organised by Sleepwell Matresses.
Mudit Bhatia of Class VI A. won the District level badminton tournament held at S.M.S.Stadium .
Vinati Gupta of Class VII A, stood 1^st in the West Zone Rock Climbing Competition in Junior Girls Category held at Bikaner. She was also selected for National Artificial Wall Climbing Competition to represent West Zone in Delhi.
Vinamra Gupta of Class IX C also represented Rajasthan in Wall Climbing at the National level.
Aditi Jain of Class VII D stood first in Inter-State Dance Competition held at Ram Leela grounds . She has won many awards for Dancing.
Apoorva Maharshi and Ruchi of Class IX represented Rajasthan in the under 18 Girls Basket-ball Championship held at Bhopal.

Among other things the school organised a well appreciated Craft and Commerce Exhibition for the students and parents.

During the Kargil War our school children and teachers spontaneously came forward and contributed a sum of Rs.2,63,000/-. This sum was handed over to the Chief Minister in person.

The school is on the internet now, with a Website of its own, created by Akshat Singhal of Class IX.

This year we would be sending out the first batch of 96 Class XII students for the All India Senior Secondary School CBSE board examination. They are a batch of high achievers having in their

Amidst, NTS Scholars, a Rajasthan CBSE topper, Mathematics Olympiad, outstanding debators, sportsmen, prospective IITians, Doctors, Engineers, Tata’a and Birla’s. We wish them the very best in life. This report would not be complete if I did not place on record our gratitude to God Himself for making the seemingly difficult things easy; to all our dedicated teachers, for their loyalty, hard work, and total involvement in the life of the school; to all our parents, for their enthusiastic support and co-operation; to our children who are a cut above the rest of their counterparts elsewhere.

And finally, thank you, Sir, for so gladly agreeing to be the Chief Guest this morning. It was a pleasure having you.

God Bless one & all. "
-Principal

Annual School Report