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Basant Panchmi has a specific meaning; Basant means spring, whereas Panchami means the fifth day of the spring. The festival lies in the month of January-February and is celebrated with great fervor in North India. The festival marks the end of the winters and is one of the first festivals of the Year.
On the day of the festival, people dress up in the diverse shades of yellow, as the colour yellow symbolizes the splendor of nature. Kite flying, a popular sport in India, is associated with Basant Panchmi day. It is a day for the young and old alike. No routine work, no studies, only merry making!! And when it comes to celebrations, SHEMROCK is never behind…
The onset of the spring season was welcomed by Shemrockites by dressing up in hues of yellow and orange- it was the special dress code for the day and all the kids looked pretty in their colorful dresses. The School premises also matched up to the occasion in terms of decoration with yellow flowers – Marigolds and Sunflowers adorned the little campus. Little children came dressed as little Sunflowers & Marigold flowers. The food menu for the day was also as per the occasion- Yellow Sweet Rice and Orange Boondi Laddoos were served to the children. SHEMROCK Parents were invited to a Kite Flying Competition where the kids as well as their parents had lots of fun.

For pictures and more info, visit: http://www.shemrock.com/celebration_basant.htm

Keeping in view the directives issued by the Directorate of Education, the sale and submission of forms has to be completed by all schools by January 15. Taking this into consideration most of the city schools have made their forms available for sale online till Jan 15, but a few closed their sale on December 31. This has marked the Round 2 of the Nursery Admissions Game on Friday.

Many parents have been scouting around the capital during the day and surfing school websites in nights – searching for information and collecting forms.

The deadline for submission of forms for these schools is January 15, except Tagore International, Vasant Vihar which closes its submissions on January 7. Amity International, Saket has already put up the first list of shortlisted children. The dates for the informal interaction of the guardians have also been declared.

Some of the schools that completed the sale of their forms on Dec 31 are:-

ONLINE FORMS

* Ahlcon International School, Mayur Vihar

* Banyan Tree School, Lodhi Road

* Cambridge Primary School, New Friends Colony

* Gyan Bharati School, Saket

* Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar, East of Kailash

* Ryan International School, Mayur Vihar Phase III, Rohini and Vasant Kunj PAPER FORMS

* ASN Senior Secondary School, Mayur Vihar Phase-A

* ASN International School, Pocket-IV, Mayur Vihar Phase I

* Brian International Senior Secondary School, Vikaspuri

* Modern Convent School, Sector 4, Dwarka

* Sumermal Jain Public School, Janakpuri

* Queen Mary’s School, Mayur Vihar I

* New Green Field School (Nursery, KG) Saket and Alaknanda

* Vishwa Bharati Public School, Sector 6, Dwarka

* St Xavier’s School, Civil Lines

* Kulachi Hansraj Model School, Ashok Vihar, Phase III

Delhi School Admission Alerts

A few more schools have declared the dates for the sale of the registration forms. As the dates loom near, more schools will give out the details over the weekend.

School                                                                               Dates for Sale of Forms

• Kulachi Hansraj School, Ashok Vihar                                      15^th – 31^st Dec
• A.G.DAV School, Model Town                                                 15^th – 31^st Dec
• Appejay School, Pitampura                                                     15^th – 22^nd Dec
• Bal Bharti School, Pitampura                                                  15th Dec onwards
• Sardar Patel Vidyalaya                                                            15^th – 24th Dec
• St Xavier’s School, Civil Lines                                                 15^th – 31^st Dec
• Mount St. Mary’s School, Delhi Cantt                                     15^th Dec onwards
  (Pl check post for schedule of Form Dates)

Please check out the school’s website or call the respective schools for further information.

Top Schools in Delhi

Top Schools in West Zone

Rank                                            School

1                                            St.Francis, Janakpuri

2                                            Loreto, Parade Rd

3                                            Mount St. Mary’s, Delhi Cantt

4                                            VVDAV, Vikaspuri

5                                            K.R.Mangalam, VikasPuri

6                                            Mira Model, Janakpuri

7                                            St Mark’s, Meera Bagh

8                                           New Era, Mayapuri

9                                            Hans Raj, Punjabi Bagh

10                                        Guru Nanak, Punjabi Bagh

Top Central Delhi Schools

Rank                                            School

1                                            Sanskriti, Chanakyapuri

2                                            Sardar Patel, Vidyalaya

3                                            Modern School

4                                            St. Columba’s School

5                                            Springdales, Pusa Road

6                                            Jesus & Mary, Bangla Sahib

7                                            Air Force, Bal Bharti

8                                            St.Thomas’ School

9                                            Carmel Convent

10                                          Mater Dei School

Top Schools in South East

Rank                                            School

1                                            Mother’s International

2                                            Amity Intern’l

3                                            DPS, Mathura Road

4                                            Birla Vidya Niketan

5                                            Gyan Bharati, Saket

6                                            Apeejay, Sheikh Sarai

7                                            Bluebells Schools

8                                            Laxman Public School

9                                            Don Bosco

10                                         Cambridge, Srinivaspuri

Top Schools in North Zone

Rank                                            School

1                                           DPS, Rohini

2                                           Bal Bharati, Pitampura

3                                           Apeejay, Pitampura

4                                           Montfort School

5                                           Heritage, Rohini

6                                           Kulachi Hans Raj

7                                           The Srijan, Model Town

8                                           Mata Jai Kaur, Ashok Vihar

9                                           Goenka, Rohini

10                                         Bagrodia School

Shemrock Celebrates Children’s Week

Shemrock Group Of Schools celebrated the entire week of 14^th November as the Children’s Week. The children enjoyed a week full of fun and excitement at Shemrock. There were many fun filled activities for them, through which the children exhibited their fine motor skills, imagination, creativity and expressed their knowledge freely.

The Children’s Week kicked off with ShemFEST 2k9 – a Children’s Mega Mela organized at Dilli Haat Grounds on 7^th and 8^th November.

The week long activities were as follows:

Shemrockites started their week with Clay Modeling & Colouring Competition and then proceeded to the “Wow Wednesday” activities. The theme for this week was ‘Party – Party’.

On Thursday there was a Show and Tell Competition based on the concept that Chacha Nehru loved animals a lot. To show their understanding of animals, Shemrock kids came dressed in different animals mask and spoke a few lines on the animal they were dressed up in as.

On Friday, 13^th November, ‘Shemrock Prince and Princess’ contest was held. Through this contest, children are given an opportunity for stage exposure at an early age itself to boost their confidence and enhance the overall personality of the kid. The children were very excited and came dressed in various party dresses. Also the kids had a chance to win many prizes as there were many award winning categories such as “Best Smile”, “Longest Hair”, “Best Dressed”, “Most Confident Kid” & “Kid with Special Talent”. Each child brought a red rose and presented it to Chacha Nehru (a teacher dressed as Chacha Nehru) to show his/her love and adulation for him.