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Indian
School Muscat bid adieu to 302 students of Std XII at a
scintillating ceremony held in the school multipurpose
hall on
February 13, 2008
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The
ambience of the venue was skillfully created to stir up
nostalgia with ‘Sweet Memories’ as the theme for the
occasion. The hall was tastefully decorated with blow
ups of myriad photographs capturing the students in
various activities.
The
evening started with the welcome address given by the
Assistant Head Boy, Aditya Kurian. The Principal, Mr
Ainsley L. Edgar and a few Class XI Student Council
members lit the inaugural lamp.
The
hosts, the students of Class XI presented a variety of
dance and musical numbers. Karnika Ray and group
presented a dance based on a fusion of popular Hindi and
western numbers. ‘Beat Box’ by Ashwin Prashant was
an unusual and well appreciated item.
The popular number ‘Imaginary’ by Riddish
Mistry and group went down well with the cheering
audience. A group dance by the Student Council members
of Class XI and the dance by Mohammed Sajid and group
added to the fun and revelry.
One student from each section of Class XII added a touch
of sentimentality and poignancy to the evening with
their reminiscences of their days in the school. They
expressed their gratitude to their alma mater.
The Principal in his speech exhorted the students
to carry with them the values they had imbibed from the
school. He expressed the confidence that what they had
learnt from the school would stand them in good stead in
the years ahead. He gave away a glass plaque with the
name of the student and the year written in it to each
student of Class XII. Later in the evening Mr Edgar was
honoured by the students with a traditional Indian
shawl.
The much
awaited part of the evening was the Farewell 2008
Awards. The school awards for the Best Sports girl &
boy went to Nikita Chengappa and Robson Sam Varghese.
Sudha Rani Agarwal and Abhishek Sharma were declared the
Best All Rounders for the year.
This was
followed by announcement of student awards. The most
coveted titles of Ms ISM and Mr ISM went to Nikita
Chengappa and Varun Arora respectively. Alisha Fernandes
was declared Ms Personality and Varun Arora Mr
Personality.
Varun Arora and Ashwani Rao lifted the Mr Genius and Ms
Genius awards. The Hidden Gem of the school in the boys
category was Shrey Wilson, and in the girls Mitika
Jesrani and Deepika
Ramachandran jointly won the title.
Nikita
Chengappa and Robson Sam Varghese bagged the Best
Sportspersons award yet again. Mitika Jesrani and Rohit
Mall claimed the Ms Congeniality and Mr Congeniality
awards respectively. The Ms Talented and Mr Talented
awards were bagged by Nikita Chengappa and Varun Arora.
The
programme came to a close with a dance by Eldrida Lewis
and group. Ameen Wagle and Abigail Lobo were the
comperes for the evening. Nikita Chengappa proposed the
vote of thanks on behalf of Std. XII.
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