Republic Reputation

V Karthik

Every year on January 26, India celebrates Republic Day with full fervor and great enthusiasm and the peak of this day is, for me, the parade. I had never understood the meaning of Republic day in the past but now that I have learnt the importance of this day, I know that it is much more than a simple parade, for this is the day when the Constitution of India came into effect. Our constitution is one of the longest ever constitutions that was written, and on this very day, in 1950, our country India was declared as a democracy, which was a cause for celebration. This is when the government started protecting our fundamental rights and gave us fundamental duties that we need to uphold as a citizen of our country. The Assembly met for approximately two years before the Constitution of India came into effect. I think it is one of the most significant festivals of India.

Wish you a happy Republic Day. Jai Hind!

Student of PYP-5 CV Raman

Grade 4 Poetry Competition

“Inside you there is an artist that you don’t know about..."

The word artist is a broad term, and can refer to any profession (or anything for that matter) that involves creativity and imagination.

One such profession is poetry. This clean, simple and enchanting style of writing can express anything and, given its wide range, can be written by anyone.

Our acorns, of Grade 4, for example, explored the charming world of poetry and produced their own artistic and inspired works, all of different topics, ranging from the oceans to the cities. While all our students had presented some fine poems, a few of them outshined the others. Prominent among them being Akanksha, who got 1st place for her poetry. She took her inspiration from ups and downs of life, and using her vivid imagination, created a beautiful poem titled Memory Lane

The runner – up of this competition was Ishaan Dhiman of Galileo Galilei. This acorn’s poem began with “this tale goes back to when I was three”, and was certainly an eye – catching beginning. The student who came in 3rd place was none other than Zoi Shankar of Marie Curie. She had written a poem which described her memories, which was entrancing and quite frankly, first – class.

And finally, picking these winners was probably a really challenging job for the judges because beyond all these “winners”, all of our acorns did amazingly well and had written poems that are guaranteed to win the next competition.

Before I complete this article, I would like to add a note of appreciation for the teachers who put in an immense amount hard work and effort, beyond their regular job towards creating this event for the students. I will once again say, congratulations to all our participating acorns and thank you to the grade 4 teachers for all the work put into this.

Article by Anusha Raizada, Grade 5 Euclid