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At the onset of US President's Donald Trump's arrival to India, City Montessori School (CMS) Founder and Educationist
    Dr Jagdish Gandhi has appealed to PM Modi and President Trump to consult over the formation of World Parliament to save humanity from complete annihilation.
    VISION                                                                                                                    APRIL 2020  (2)
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                 lafo/kku dk vuqPNsn 51dk egRo %&  ck/;dkjh ugha gSA vr% lalkj ds ekuo ek= dh ,drk ds fy, ,oa   from the
                 egku fopkjd foDVj à;wxks us dgk gS fd ^^bl   fofHkUu ns'kksa ds vkilh erHksnksa dk fu"i{k ,oa loZekU; lek/kku djus   Prof. Geeta Kingdon  CMS President
    nqfu;k¡ esa ftruh Hkh lSU;'kfDr gS mlls dgha vf/kd 'kfDr'kkyh   ds fy, & ^fo'o laln*] ^fo'o ljdkj*] ck/;dkjh dkuwu ,oa ^fo'o   President, CMS
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    fopkj dk le; vk x;k gS og fopkj gS Hkkjrh; laLd`fr dk vkn'kZ   fo'o Hkk"kk] jk"Vª Hkk"kk o ekr` Hkk"kk ds lkFk&lkFk i<kbZ tkuh pkfg,]   With the COVID pandemic affecting our local
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    vk'kadk ,oa ijek.kq ceksa dh foHkhf"kdk ls cpk;k tk ldrk gSA   fopkjksa dk chtkjksi.k fd;k tkuk pkfg,A blds vfrfjDr lEiw.kZ   school closures. During the lockdown period, CMS
    Hkkjrh; lafo/kku dk vuqPNsn 51 Hkkjrh; lLa df` r ^ol/q koS  dVq Eq cde*~    fo'o dh ekuo tkfr o lalkj dks cpkus dk vkSj dksbZ fodYi ugha gSA  teachers have been working overtime to provide
    dh Hkkouk d s vu:q Ik ;g O;oLFkk djrk g S fd Hkkjr dk x.kjkT;%   ekuotkfr ds vfLrRo dks cpkus ds fy, bu fo'o usrkvksa ls   students a continued education at home, while
                                                   mBk;k vko';d dne                               themselves working from their homes – which involves
    ¼d½  vUrjkZ"Vªh; 'kkafr vkSj lqj{kk dh vfHko`f) djsxk
                                                   1-  jk"Vªifr Jh oqMªks foYlu us ^yhx vkWQ us'kUl* dh LFkkiuk   working around their children and spouses, limited
    ¼[k½  jk"Vªksa ds chp U;k;laxr vkSj lEekuiw.kZ laca/kksa dks c<+kus dk   dh% o"kZ 1914 ls 1918 esa gq;s] çFke fo'o ;q) ds le; vesfjdk   space, and constraints such as the lack of a white board
       iz;Ru djsxk                                    ds rRdkyhu jk"Vªifr Jh oqMªks foYlu us fo'o ds usrkvksa dh   for explaining lesson materials.
    ¼x½  lalkj ds lHkh jk"Vª vUrjkZ"Vªh; dkuwu dk lEeku djsa ,slk   ,d cSBd vk;ksftr dh] ftlds QyLo:i ^yhx vkWQ us'kUl*   While over time CMS teachers have received training
       iz;Ru djsxk rFkk                               dh LFkkiuk gqbZ vkSj izFke egk;q) lekIr gqvkA blds çkFkfed   in the use of Google Classroom, Adaptive Learning
    ¼?k½  vUrjkZ"Vªh; fooknksa dk e/;LFkrk }kjk lek/kku gks] bldk   y{;ksa esa lkewfgd lqj{kk }kjk ;q)ksa dks jksduk] fu%'kL=hdj.k   software, Tablet based learning, and in the use of
       iz;Ru djsxkA                                   rFkk varjkZ"Vªh; fooknksa dk ckrphr ,oa e/;LFkrk }kjk lek/kku   Open Education Resources such as Khan Academy,
    ,d fnu nqfu;k¡ ,d d:¡xk%&                         djuk FkkA                                   Teacher Tube etc., at the advent of the Corona crisis,
    gekjk ekuuk gS fd izR;sd ckyd dks ckY;koLFkk ls gh ;g ladYi   2-  jk"Vªifr Jh ÝSUdfyu Mh- :tosYV us ^la;qDr jk"Vª la?k* dh   they quickly invested in learning new technologies
                                                                                                  such as Zoom and Google Hangout, to make their
    fnykuk pkfg, fd ^,d fnu nqfu;k¡ dks ,d d:¡xk] /kjrh LoxZ   LFkkiuk dh% o"kZ 1938 ls 1945 esa gq;s] f}rh; fo'o ;q) ds   online teaching interactive and to give the feel of a
    cukÅ¡xk  vkSj  fo'o  'kkafr  dk  liuk  ,d  fnu  lp  djds   le; vesfjdk ds gh rRdkyhu jk"Vªifr Jh ÝSUdfyu Mh-   normal classroom. Teachers are using innovative and
    fn[kykšxk*A lkFk gh ckyd dks ;g lh[k Hkh nh tkuh pkfg, fd   :tosYV us fo'o ds usrkvksa dh ,d cSBd cqykbZ ftldh otg   creative ways of delivering interesting lessons,
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    fdrkcs&vdnl dk Kku Øe'k% d`".k] cq)] bZ'kq] eksgEen] ukud rFkk   dkuwu dks lqfo/kktud cukus ds lg;ksx] varjkZ"Vªh; lqj{kk]   CMS students of Montessori to Class 2 are getting
    cgkmYykg ds ek/;e ls ;qx&;qx dh vko';drkuqlkj lEiw.kZ ekuo   vkfFkZd fodkl] lkekftd çxfr] ekuo vf/kdkj vkSj fo'o   lessons on zoom, via video-recordings, and by sending
                                                      'kkafr ds fy, dk;Zjr~ gSA la;qDr jk"Vª la?k dh LFkkiuk ds le;
    tkfr ds ekxZn'kZu ds fy;s ;qx&;qx esa ,d gh ijefirk ds }kjk vius                              them worksheets online. Students of classes 3 to 12
    lans'k okgdksa ds ek/;e ls Hksth x;ha gSaaA       Hkkjr lfgr fo'o ds 51 ns'kksa us loZlEefr ls blds pkVZj ij   are learning via zoom but also getting assignments
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    Hkkjr ds lkFk gh fo'o ds 2-5 vjc cPpksa dk Hkfo"; Hkh vlqjf{kr   3-  Ýkal ds ç/kkuea=h Jh jkcVZ 'kwesu us ^;wjksih; ;wfu;u* dh   from teachers, and getting teachers’ feedback on their
    gksrk tk jgk gS %&                                LFkkiuk dh% o"kZ 1950 esa] Ýkal ds ç/kkuea=h Jh jkcVZ 'kwesu us   uploaded assignments, through Google Classroom.
    gekjk ekuuk gS fd fo'o ds dbZ ns'kksa ds e/; mRiUu vkilh   ;wjksih; ns'kksa ds usrkvksa dh ,d cSBd cqykus dh igy dhA bl   Children on their part have shown great enthusiasm in
                                                                                                  learning online at home and parents have given us
    fooknksa ,oa ;q)ksa ds lkFk gh varjkZ"Vªh; vkradokn dks lekIr   igyh cSBd esa 76 ;wjksih; laln lnL;ksa us çfrHkkx fd;k   total cooperation.
    djus ds fy, vc lHkh ns'kksa dks ,d eap ij vkdj 'kh?kz gh   ftlds ifj.kkeLo:i ;jw kis h; n's kk as u s viuh ,drk] 'kkfa r ,o a
    ^fo'o laln*] ^fo'o ljdkj* ,oa ^fo'o U;k;ky;* dk xBu   lef` ) d s fy, ;jw kis h; ;fw u;u o 28 ;jw kis h; n's kk as dh ,d ^;jw kis h;   Parents, please follow government guidelines, do wear
    djuk pkfg, rkfd Hkkjr ds lkFk gh fo'o ds 2-5 vjc cPpksa ds   lla n* vkjS  18 n's kk as dh ,d ^;jw k*s  djlas h cukbAZ  bld s dkj.k   masks whenever you leave your home, wash your
                                                                                                  hands with soap and water, and maintain hygiene at
    vlqjf{kr gksrs gq, Hkfo"; dks cpk;k tk ldsA vkt rjktw ds   ;jw kis h; ;)q  lekIr gvq kA ;jw kis h; l?a k dk s o"k Z 2012 e as ;jw kis  e as  home. We will win this war with everyone’s
    ,d iyM+s esa fo'o esa Hkkjh la[;k esa fufeZr ?kkrd ijek.kq ce   'kkfa r vkjS  lyq g] ykds r=a  vkjS  ekuo vf/kdkjk as dh mUufr e as viu s  cooperation.  Please remember that good times shall
    j[ks gSa rFkk nwljs iyM+s esa fo'o ds nks vjc ipkl djksM+ cPpksa   ;kxs nku d s fy; s ukcs y ijq Ldkj l s lEekfur fd;k x;kA   come, and the skies will be blue again.
    dk Hkfo"; nk¡o ij yxk gSA                         ;fn bu egku nwjn'khZ fo'o ds rhu ekxZn'kZd usrkvksa us fo'o   Please do notice the wonderful achievements of CMS
    ^fo'o laln* ds xBu ds vykok vc fo'o dh ekuo tkfr dks   ds ns'kksa dks ijLij utnhd ykus o fo'o ds ;q)ksa dh Hk;kogrk ls   students in March 2020 summarised in this Bulletin
    cpkus dk vkSj dksbZ fodYi ugha %&              eqDr djkus dk ç;kl u fd;k gksrk rks vkt fo'o dh D;k fLFkfr   (which we shall send to your electronically this time).
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                 Message from          configurations and constant support.   Navya wins 'Cutest Kids            Vinayak Tripathi tops in
                 the Director of       This prompt action taken just in time has   of India' Award                Astronomy Olympiad
                                       made it possible to ensure that the studies of
                 Strategy              students have not suffered.         Navya Varshney, student            Vinayak Tripathi, a
                                                                           of Class III, CMS, Gomti
                                       Teachers are conducting online classes for                             talented student of Class
                It is heartening to see that in   students from home using these applications,   Nagar Campus I has been   IX, CMS, Aliganj Campus I
     Mr Roshan Gandhi  these difficult times, teachers                     crowned with 'Cutest
     Director of Strategy, CMS         where concepts are explained to students                               secured first position in
                and students of CMS are   and their doubts are clarified as well. This is   Kids of India' award. This
    making the best use of technology to ensure   done through the online giving and receiving   young talent of India has   the Inter-Campus
    that students' learning does not stop. Rapidly   of assignments, and also some live online   brought honour to her   Astronomy Olympiad
 Mr Roshan Gandhi  bringing the world's largest school fully                                                  bringing laurels to his
 Director of Strategy, CMS             classes too through video conferencing apps.   school in the whole country with her   school. The CMS Quality Assurance and
    online, ensuring digital learning for 57,000   The CMS IT team is on hand for constant   outstanding achievement. Navya was
    students by 2,500 teachers, has been no easy   support from their homes throughout this   the lone candidate from Lucknow,   Innovation Wing organizes this
    feat. We are making every possible effort to   process, to ensure that there are no technical   selected in the first round of the   examination to test the scientific skills of
    not let the studies of students suffer while   setbacks and to act as a communication   Cutestkids.com competition (Season 5).   students, give them a cutting edge over
    also adhering to our social responsibility to   channel between parents, students, and                    other schools and encourage them to
    maintain social distancing. Using a range of   teachers. Even Physical Education is being   After this, this young girl proved herself   develop their logical and analytical
    online tools – including Google Classroom,   provided to students by the means of these   in the second round of the competition   thinking. Thousands of students of all 18
    Khan Academy, Zoom App, Google Hangout,   apps, keeping in mind the importance of   held in Mumbai, participating in a photo   campuses of CMS participated in this
    Tata ClassEdge, and more – teachers have   physical and mental fitness of a student. We   shoot, ramp walk and other competitions   test to explore their scientific ability.
    risen to the challenge to keep students'   highly appreciate the effort of every teacher   and was shortlisted among the fifty
 Mr Faran Shamsi  learning going.      and IT team member working from home, all   selected students, thus securing the title
 Head, eLearning & IT Training                                                                                       Anushka bags gold
    As it started to become clear that a full school   of whom are constantly putting in their best   of 'Cutest Kids of India'.
    and societal shutdown would be necessary,   efforts in these challenging times.                              medal in spelling contest
    the CMS eLearning Department under the   Technology has been a boon for CMS at this   CMS students bag golds in
    guidance of Mr Faran Shamsi rapidly   time. Students have the freedom to                                             Anushka Pal, a brilliant
    mobilised all IT Assistants across CMS's 18   communicate with teachers and learning has   National Hindi Olympiad   student of Class VII, CMS,
    schools to become well-trained in the use of   become a fun process for them. No stone is                            Station Road Campus won
    these applications, and through this 'train the   left unturned while conducting the online   Two                    the gold medal in
    trainer' model those dedicated It Assistants in   classes so as to impart the finest education to   talented         International Spell Bee
    turn were able to rapidly impart training to all   all the students and bring out the best in   students of          Competition organized by
    the teachers. IT Assistants under the guidance   them. Teachers are following proper        Class VIII,   Humming Bird Education Limited.
    of the eLearning Department had already   pedagogical practices, timetabling online         CMS, Aliganj
    been imparting IT training for several years,   lessons with full lesson plans in accordance   Campus II   Students of various noted schools
    and therefore had already raised teachers to a   with the syllabus, and have even prepared   namely Nehal Katiyar and Arwati   participated in this tough competition,
    reasonably technically competent level. The   certain assessments to test the knowledge of   Chitranshi have brought laurels to the   wherein this talented student used her
    Portal Development team under the guidance   their students and monitor their learning.   institution by securing gold medals in   amazing knowledge of English spelling,
    of Ms Akansha Bhatia also quickly mobilised   This process keeps every CMS student   National Hindi Olympiad. The Olympiad   grammar, puzzles, phonetics symbols,
    to create tens of thousands of email IDs for all   engaged and we are able to make the most of   was organized  under the auspices of   speaking skills, rhyming words, jumble
    students of CMS to facilitate their use of   students' precious time. As rightly said, 'The   Hindi Utkarsh Mandal, Delhi.  letters etc. and won the gold.
    online apps, and to provide many back-end   show must go on!'

             “Only the brave men and women can bring peace to the world, not by practicing war but by practicing nonviolence.”    —Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power
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