Little shoppers of DPS had a great time during their visit to the local shopping centres such as ‘More’, ‘Easy Day’ & Vishal Mega Mart.  A broad smile was writ large on their faces while buying the items of their own choice. The motive behind such visits is to make them realize the importance of money as well as to make them independent.

The students of class XII had got their papers published in the abstract book “Indian Psychological Science Congress” by an organization “National Association of Psychological Science”. The topics of the research were based on the current issues. The research was done by 5 Psychology Students of Delhi Public School, Khanna under the supervision of Mr Vivek Bhuchar & Ms Parul Sharma. The research was totally based on the empirical investigation where the data was collected by the students as per the topic.  The research papers are titled as:

1. Technostress, Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health: Gender Differences (Authors: Vivek Bhuchar & Snigdha Wadhwa)
2. Relationship between Smartphone Addiction, Loneliness and Stress (Authors: Vivek Bhuchar & Puneet Kaur Sobti)
3. Optimism: Relationship with Psychological Well Being and Self Esteem (Authors: Vivek Bhuchar & Arpana Sharma)
4. Dyslexia and Academics of School Going Children (Authors: Parul Sharma & Sonal Shori)
5. Relationship between Depression, Anxiety and Stress among School Going Children (Authors: Vivek Bhuchar & Damanpreet Kaur)

The details of the research paper can be gathered from: http://www.napsindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ABSTRACT-BOOK-OF-IPSC-2016.pdf

A workshop in Mathematics was conducted on 3^rd April 2017. Mr. Shane Bauman, a professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada was the resource person. Students of class IX attended the workshop. He gave several tips to the students for problem solving in Mathematics in an interesting way.

To seek the blessings of Almight God – ‘Path of Shri Sukhmani Sahib’ was organized in DPS Khanna. All the arrangements were made by senior students of the school, right from bringing ‘Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji’ preparing Prasad and distributing among all the students, staff, support staff, drivers, conductors,  labourers and guests of the school.

Such initiatives help the students in character building, service before self, team work and respect for our culture and traditions.

DPS Khanna organized a seminar for its teachers on Saturday, 25 March, 2017. The resource person Dr. Vandana (Medical Office) from Village Manupur, acquainted the teachers with ‘Spine Care and Posture Correction Programme’. She focused on the ‘Power Walk Technique’ and ‘Yoga Asanas’ for a healthy life style among the teaching fraternity.

A special assembly was conducted for classes I to XII in Delhi Public School Khanna to commemorate the martyrdom day of Shaheed Bhagat Singh. As a tribute to this great revolutionary, candles were lit by  the Headmistress and the members of ‘Falcons’ House.

 Students felt highly motivated by the speech delivered by Ripanjot Kaur of grade IX that highlighted the contribution of Shaheed Bhagat Singh for the freedom struggle of India. Anupam Gupta of grade VIII recited a poem. Students of Falcons House sung a patriotic song-Mera Rang de Basanti Chola to mark the occasion. Patriotic fervor was at its peak during the day. The assembly was dispersed with the National Anthem.