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3 02-03 MESSAGE FROM CHAIR OF BOARD MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF SCHOOL MESSAGE FROM DEPUTY HEAD OF SCHOOL DEPUTY HEAD OF CURRICULUM AND DEVELOPMENT EARLY YEARS MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF EARLY YEARS PRIMARY YEARS MESSAGE FROM PRIMARY CO-ORDINATOR MESSAGE FROM DEPUTY HEAD OF PRIMARY MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF PRIMARY CONTENTS MIDDLE SCHOOL MESSAGE FROM DEPUTY HEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL & MYP CO-ORDINATOR HIGH SCHOOL MESSAGE FROM DEPUTY HEAD OF SECONDARY (PASTORAL) MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF SECONDARY ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS WHOLE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAMS SUPPORT AND NON -TEACHING STAFF GOVERNING BOARD & YEARBOOK CREDITS

4 Message From Chair of Board We now enter the 9th year at OIS and this is a good time to reflect on the kind of school we are, what defines us, what makes us different and who our students are. The answers to these questions are shaped by the dedicated and committed efforts of our leadership team, teachers, non-teaching and support staff, and parents all working together in partnership, doing their best to deliver an education of the highest standards. When educating the minds of the youth, we must not forget to educate their hearts. These wise words by the Dalai Lama are so relevant in these times and they resonate with our own core values. Through our outreach programs, various fund raising drives and community projects that happen all year round, across the school, our students show care, concern and compassion. It brings us great joy and makes us proud to see that the OIS student is evolving to be more empathetic and responsible. Another core value that is helping define us is creativity. Through the focus on technology integration, digital learning, maker spaces, design and exploration, we are truly igniting the spark of curiosity in our children. We hope that our OIS students will be the problem solvers and innovators of the future! This yearbook has its own story to tell. Between the pages are all the joyful and wonderful things that happened at school while teaching and learning. We look forward to more joy and wonder in the next academic year. BINDU OBEROI WE HOPE THAT OUR OIS STUDENTS WILL BE THE PROBLEM SOLVERS AND INNOVATORS OF THE FUTURE! 2

5 Message From Head of School This has been a very busy year! It has seemed throughout as if there was always something special going on, and it always seemed to be terribly exciting. And the reason for this continual excitement is a simple one there always was something special going on! We had musicals, plays, dancing and singing. We had field trips, sports tournaments, Model United Nations, Global Issues Network, Relay for Life and OIS Fest. We had assemblies, debates, presentations, visiting speakers, workshops and demonstrations. We had projects, initiatives, plans, dreams, successes and failures. There was always, always something. And it was always exciting. The school was always noisy, there was energy, engagement and involvement. One thing I did not see very often was a classroom where all the students were sitting up straight, facing the front and paying attention. And I m pleased I didn t see that, because kids who sit up straight, face the front and pay attention do not, as a general rule, learn very much. For learning to happen there needs to be activity, engagement, excitement and relevance. Kids learn best when what they re learning is important to them. They learn best when what they learn answers a question, especially when they are the ones who have asked the question. Kids learn when they inquire, and they inquire when they want to find out something. I don t like sitting in my office very much, so I spend a good deal of time walking around the building. As I walk past each classroom I look inside and watch the kids constructing, collaborating, cooperating, and calculating. They re not quiet, and they re not sitting still. They re too busy learning! And I love it. NEIL MCWILLIAM THERE WAS ALWAYS, ALWAYS SOMETHING. AND IT WAS ALWAYS EXCITING. THE SCHOOL WAS ALWAYS NOISY, THERE WAS ENERGY, ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT. 4

6 Message From Deputy Head of School Another school year has come to a close at Oberoi International School. Students have completed the requirements that will allow them to progress to the next level of their academic experience. Along the way, they have learned new content and skills, developed relationships with their peers and the adults with whom they have worked, and learned more about who they are as learners and as people. The end of the academic year is an exciting time! There is the satisfaction of real accomplishment as well as the promise of two months of well-deserved vacation. Adventure in all forms beckons and fills us with a sense of anticipation and happiness. How will we fill our time? No doubt there are lots and lots of options to be considered. It is important, however, to remember that an academic year is an invented, artificial concept. Do we mean to suggest that we engage in learning only between August and June, and that our learning goes on hiatus during the summer? Of course not! As we know, humans are always learning, whether they realize it or not. The main difference is the nature of that learning: During the school year, our learning is more structured we attend classes, take direction and guidance from our teachers, work toward specific goals, and take part in all kinds of informal and formal learning assessments. While we are away from school, learning typically is more self-directed and unstructured: we travel to exotic places and are exposed to different cultures and ways of thinking, we focus more on those things that interest us (as opposed to things that we are required to do), and we take part in activities for which there likely is no assessment at all. Rather than look upon the summer vacation as a period of free time, it is my hope that students will use these months to be self-centered about their learning. Consider the following possibilities: If you travel abroad or even to a different region of India, try to understand those things that make it and its people different from what you are used to. Take on a new hobby: learn to play an instrument, speak and read a new language, master the physical movements of a new sport or activity. Talk to your grandparents (or better yet, great-grandparents) about their life experiences and reflect on how the world they grew up in can be so different from the one you are growing up in. Read the newspaper, identify a current issue of interest, and do some background research on it to understand how things came to be this way. Above all, have fun and savor the sense of accomplishment that goes along with successfully completing another year of your education. Have a wonderful summer break! STEPHEN AUGERI ADVENTURE IN ALL FORMS BECKONS AND FILLS US WITH A SENSE OF ANTICIPATION AND HAPPINESS. 6

7 Message From Deputy Head of Curriculum & Development It is with a heavy heart that I find myself writing my final message to the OIS community. It has been three wonderful years working at OIS, living in Mumbai and traveling throughout India, and I will miss it and everyone here I have come to know a great deal. In reflecting upon my OIS experience, I can honestly say that I have learned a tremendous amount about my profession, myself and my colleagues, but most importantly, about India; its treasures, traditions, religions, people, food and history. To me, this learning is incredibly important and is the main reason why my wife and I choose to do our jobs at international schools around the globe instead of back at home. We could be doing the exact same jobs at home nearer to our families, but then we would not benefit from such rich experiential and intercultural learning and living experiences, which have made our lives so vibrant, interesting and alive. Therefore, if there is one piece of advice I can pass along to OIS students, let it be that you work abroad (or at least travel) as much as you possibly can during your lives, whatever it may be that you end up doing. In support of this advice, here are some of my favourite travel quotes: For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel s sake. The great affair is to move. Robert Louis Stevenson Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. Gustave Flaubert Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn t do than by the ones you did do. Mark Twain Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey. Babs Hoffman If nothing else, travel provides fantastic pictures and stories to share with friends and family. And don t forget, the more difficult the road, the worse it becomes, the closer to peril you find yourself.the better the story! So, my friends, as I have said to you here at OIS and for you remember even while traveling, Have fun, learn lots and be nice! MATTHEW SIPPLE AND DON T FORGET, THE MORE DIFFICULT THE ROAD, THE WORSE IT BECOMES, THE CLOSER TO PERIL YOU FIND YOURSELF.THE BETTER THE STORY! 8

8 EARLY YEARS Play is the highest form of research. -Albert Einstein 10

9 A Pratibha Sharma Shreya Pandya Aanya Verma Aarav Bhargava Adwitiya Murarka Ahaana Chitalia Anaisha Gupta Anoushka Nettimi Ari Pawar Arjun Thakkar Miraya Das Qian Qian Revika Manchanda Rhea Shah Rian Krishna Rutur Parikh Samaira Agarwal Umana Chaudhuri Vivan Mohatta Zreh Tekchandaney

10 B Jyoti Sharma Poonam Arora Agastya Nettimi Ahaan Manglam Ahana Ganapathy Amaan Chawla Anaya Chokhani Basil Poels Eva Gomez Mootoocurpen Giridhari Kaushik Kyra Shewani Meira Choksi Miraya Dhanuka Mohak Sanghai Rhea Shah Roov Bandyopadhyay Sambhav Das Syna Bhagchandka Tia Nathani

11 C Neha Minda Aakruti Shah Aaryaman Deora Aaryan Modi Atharv Gupta Berlin Cornell Hrehaan Shah Ishika Kapur Jivin Nayak Jiya Mehta Kaavya Killawala Krishaan Desai Lakshita Vaswani Natasha Pedersen Neel Shrivastava Nishil Parwani Nitara Bhatia Saisha Arora Shanaya Kalra

12 D Seema Parwani Jesal Umarania Amaira Goenka Anoushka Singhania Arjun Samajpati Emily Nambiar Hinayaa Gurnani Kiara Menzies Kiyaan Gupta Kiyara Murpana Prisha Morani Raghav Ramachandran Reean Choudary Riana Sujan Sriana Velamakanni Vedika Parekh Vivaan Shetty Zahaan Hemrajani

13 E Vani Katyal & Radhika Sivasubramanian Pooja Vara Aarika Agarwal Aarya Kedia Anaya Gupta Arjun Agarwala Dhruv Chanchani Dia Shah Era Maknojia Misheeta Taneja Nicolai Desouza Parnikha Mishra Samaira Vora Shrivar Nevatia Trisha Kashyap Virajveer Khurrana Vivaan Sanghavi Vivan Ganeriwal

14 JKG A Ingrid Ideler Bela Vagal Aadi Iyer Aishaa Banerjee Akshata Singh Arham Hiran Ashvath Karnad Ayanssh Tilani Gia Chawla Ishaan Sinha Kiaan Chheda Kiara Ratnani Naira Negandhi Ranveer Puri Rysa Singh Sanika Rughani Sara Kale Veer Jaradi Vikramaditya Mutreja Vivikt Kedia 22

15 JKG B Nasreen Sait Sonal Nayak Aanya Shah Akshar Jain Anabel Bailey Avir Raisinghani Avirath Padora Chiyoko Aizawa Guraan Mehta Mihika Daga Misshka Gupta Samaira Jethani Sanaya Kanakia Shivaan Patwa Shiven Shah Srisha Chokhani Tanmay Manaktala Vevina Sajnani Vivan Rajpuria Yash Kotecha 24

16 JKG C Ruchira Golwala Aparna Tavkar Aarna Mittal Aarohan Kundu Abheer Bhimani Abhyudaya Singh Ahilya Lulla Anaya Shankar Avi Jain Dhruv Patil Kian Patel Mishka Negi Myraa Jethani Reha Khurana Rehaan Dar Ridhaan Kachwala Rudra Dhawan Saiesha Adhalrao Samaira Khan Vihaan Jain Zoya Choudhary 26

17 JKG D Twisha Bhattacharya Karishma Jain Aaradhya Kanoria Aarav Gupta Aarna Bahety Adi Pavoor Ananya Chugh Armaan Rajan Arssh Gupta Kiara Manocha Kiara Lund Krishh Jashnani Rhea Billa Rian Mehta Shauryavi Agarwal Sonia Fuzier Utkkarsh Mehta Ved Bhuwalka Zaara Balwa Zenishka Samani 28

18 JKG E Bijal Shah Divya Makhija Ahaan Sareen Amit Narvekar Anushka Pawar Ayansh Chugh Drishti Chandgothia Ira Pande Jasmairaa Sethi Medhansh Saha Nehan Maknojia Priya Seethepalli Shanay Shah Siddhartha Sathe Smera Handa Stvya Dhawan Vedant Potnis Vedant Nissar Yashvi Pandey 30

19 JKG F Khushboo Ahuja Manvi Devlekar Aanya Swarup Aanya Hiran Anaggha Goenka Dayani Chattopadhyay Hridhaan Attavar Jordan Hauptstein Reet Anand Rian Rayani Ryan Singh Saesha Santosh Samara Jaisingh Shhaurya Gupta Siddhant Hirawat Stavya Saini Vaanya Arora Vihan Chadha Vinayak Bansal Yuvaan Bijlani 32

20 SKG A Mini Batra Anita Crasto Aarush Jhunjhunwala Amaira Bugga Arhaan Ramchandani Arhaan Battliwala Arshaan Hulsure Aryan Dodeja Medhansh Dhruva Neev Bhagia Orrin Greer Pranavi Rathore Riya Patel Uday Choudhary Vaama Nandu Vardhan Gaur Virja Savla Yahvi Parekh Yuveer Jumani Zara Joshi Zysha Gupte 34

21 SKG B Anuradha Balachander Anvita Seth Aarav Uttamchandani Abhay Gupta Ahana Banka Arya Chandorkar Ayush Pant Bopanna Chengappa Dhwanie Arora Krishiv Goel Navya Mundhra Nia Kurup Priyaanaa Sippy Reyyaansh Garg Rhea Pilani Rhea Viswanath Shaurya Dixit Suveer Mordani Veer Jumani Vihaan Bhattacharya Zehaan Anjaria 36

22 SKG C Scarlet Menezes Deepa Raut Aara Negi Aarav Gupta Adit Ganeriwal Arrya Thakkar Dhron Pillai Diya Nabeel Elina Shrivastav Lara Seth Mysha Shaikh Raya Shah Rinaesa Dedhia Saketh Chivukula Sri Gupta Viraj Rane Vivaan Bhasin Yuvraj Chhibber Zahra Affendi Zaria Miguel 38

23 SKG D Prithika Khanna Meghna Sachdev Aditya Gupta Akshara Chhibber Arisyan Bagnuoli Armaan Bharwada Arnav Garg Dev Manghnani Elaika Patheria Jennika Thakkar Kiaan Sheikh Krish Ashar Meher Kohli Navya Mall Niara Surana Rehaan Doshi Rianna Chheda Rohan Nambiar Samridhi Swarup Vardhini Singh Viyan Rambhia 40

24 SKG E Crystal San Juan Bhagyashree Pandya & Hena Shah Aadit Sharma AaravPhull Aayaan Kalra Advika Bindal Anay Mehta Ansh Harchandani Darsh Choudhary Eleanore Poels Ishaan Saxena Kanika Jain Kanon Kawano Myrah Gurnani Rachit Jain Riona Shah Sarah Gomez Sayujya Dalal Vedant Shetty Yeashika Govila Zyan Nigam 42

25 SKG F Nalini Srinivasan & Anisha Sahai Nidhi Paranjape Aayan Hetamsaria AlainaJhariya Anaisha Sawant Ayan Bharadwaj Ekansh Singh Khushi Seth Kiyaan Murpana Krishna Chaudhuri Mishka Khandelwal Nevaan Vig Nia Vaidya Radhika Patel Ridhan Dedhia Ruhaan Mehta Shyanna Shetty Vivaan Naik Zoravar Sahney 44

26 46 EARLY YEARS TEAM

27 Message From Head of Early Years Early this academic year, OIS was fortunate to host a workshop for our Early Years teachers titled Play Based Learning in the PYP. While this falls directly within the goals of the Primary Years Program and ensuring that learning is, engaging, relevant, challenging, and significant, the Early Years team found it enlightening to discover more ways that we can improve our program by allowing kids diverse opportunities to play. We realized how much our students learn through interacting with each other and the opportunity to explore and play with carefully chosen materials. We have learned that when we take a step back and observe carefully, that we are able to see the learning more clearly. We have learned that when we avoid interrupting their play, they learn more. The play becomes deeper, more creative and more interesting for the students. When we allow them time to play, and the opportunity to make choices about their play, students are able to try new things, take risks and become more confident with their own social, motor and communication skills. This confidence that students develop has benefits all through their OIS education. Within the PYP curriculum, our students are given opportunities to make choices about their learning, to work together in collaboration with their peers, to build on their prior knowledge and make learning interesting and meaningful. This year we have built on this context for learning by prioritizing play during the school day. In SKG we have added Tinker Time to the schedule, offering the students 2 sessions every 6 days to be creative with recycled materials, build and create with Lego, Magnatiles and other manipulatives. In Nursery and JKG the teachers have made an effort to offer these experiences in the homeroom or in the Tinker Time room. We have observed that children have begun to play more creatively and more independently. This has crossed over into an improvement in their ability to follow routines in the hallways and when transitioning between homeroom, specialists and playtime. We have begun to think critically about the classroom environments and how we can improve the way that they are arranged. When we are thoughtful about this, it can change the way that students approach their learning and each other. It has been exciting to consider the opportunities to improve our learning spaces and we will continue to work in this area! We urge parents to do this at home as well. Creativity, language, motor skills, social-emotional growth as well as intellectual growth all develop best when kids are allowed to have opportunities for free play. We urge you to not schedule extra adult-led classes for the Early Years students. The academic skills that they learn in extra classes do not make up for the lost opportunities for free play. It is important to give them time to develop the academic skills. These skills will develop naturally if kids are given a strong foundation of social-emotional growth, motor skills and language. Make time every day for your Early Years child to engage in free play. CATHERINE ARNQUIST WHEN WE ARE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS, IT CAN CHANGE THE WAY THAT STUDENTS APPROACH THEIR LEARNING AND EACH OTHER. 48

28 PRIMARY SCHOOL The true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers. - William Deresiewicz 50

29 1A Laurice Rodrigues Sheetal Poddar Aariv Patel Anoushka Bill Arhant Jalan Arjun Dev Ashita Agarwal Aymaan Maknojia Gurkriti Kochhar Janeya Bindra Jayaditya Kumar Mahi Menon Myrah Ratnani Samaira Rekhi Samaira Ullengal Shiv Sathe Vedant Roy Vedasvi Chauhan Vivaan Goel Vivaan Malkani Yuvaan Burakia 52

30 1B Ashrita Pais Sarah Fernandes Aahana Jalan Aarav Dengla Aaria Adhvaryu Anmol Jain Annalisa Ideler Aroosh Krishna Ayaan Wadhwa Chitrani Gawankar Harivansh Kulkarni Hrishik Agarwal Janaki Khanduja Kaina Kapuria Rayne Maldero Reya Sehgal Samriddh Daga Suhanee Soni Teestha Gaonkar Vedant Sarda Vihaan Shetty Vihaan S.M. 54

31 1C Akshada Pagar Suman Singh Annabella Pedersen Aryan Mathur Ayaan Jain Deea Gupta Kabir Khanduja Misshka Sidhwani Monit Gajjar Myra Maknojia Parnika Verma Prapti Doshi Ranveer Kalra Sanay Dhote Saveer Singh Sia Kashyap Soham Devrani Tanmay Madhusuan Tia Nerurkar Vevan Barot Vidhi Kedia Vritti Kedia 56

32 1D Sneha Kathpal & Gandhali Shroff Shilpa Yashroy Aanya Baxi Aanya Chitalia Aarav Dixit Aarav Khemani Anika Thakkar Arnee Shah Ayaan Agarwal Dhairya Chheda Nitya Malhotra Paalvi Kamat Radha Nandwana Rishaan Virwani Satyajit Kamath Siddharth Avthu Sumehr Kirpalani Tanaya Rajgarhia Viya Dalal Zachary Burke 58

33 1E Pooja Shah Megha Sanghai Aanika Sharma Ahaan Kapadia Amaira Arora Arav Wadhwa Arshika Jagwani Atiksh Suneja Ettan Tekchandaney Jash Jesrani Jayasree Krishnakumar Rishaab Bidawatka Saanika Dutta Saksham Bhartiya Shaurya Singh Shrehaan Mehta Siddharth Seethepalli Siddidh Srivastava Vedapriya Kaushik Zaarya Gupte Zahlia Ball 60

34 1F 62 Amreen S Tejani & Sruti Sukumaran Pruthvi Shelat Aamir Japanwala Aashna Tangirala Agasthya Chowdhry Ahaan Pardesi Anagha Unni Ehan Nizam Ishan Bhat Janki Mehta Jessica Pinto Kayin Mehta Megan Evans Om Bhuta Raissa Bugga Rayan Piparaiya Ruhaan Bahl Saina Laxmeshwar Suhan Garg Tanaya Manaktala Vania Madan Yashas Gupta

35 2A Valerie Simpson Koyal Punatar Ahaan Singh Anaayaa Sippy Arjun Goenka Arnav Jain Azad Parikh Chelsi Gala Kabir Sen Khushnuma Chaturvedi Kyna Jain Laavanya Agarwal Liam Greer Maya Paul Naima Gandhi Naman Bagdi Nikhil Soniminde Sairah Kabir Shivansh Chokhani SofiaZara Advani 64

36 2B Ketaki Kapoor Minita Parikh Aaryan Lakshmanan Aashna Ahuja Amaira Dhawan Arjun Patel Ayush Khurana Divayani Tiwari Evana Bandyopadhyay Ishaan Chengappa Ishan Nemlekar Meher Phoolka Minati Verma Nia Reddy Rajvir Ratia Ronit Sengupta Sara Choithramani Shaurya Chatterjee Subal Kaushik Vivaan Naik 66

37 2C Saloni Shah Daljeet Arora Aadi Hetamsaria Aarush Sharma Advait Mushunuri Ahaana Bhargava Aishaani Jaiswal Amogh Mangal Arjun Patel Harmaya Thukral Ishita Attavar Jahaan Harchandani Khyati Rawat Midori Nair Nikolai Kundanmal Nisa Makhijani Nivaan Shah Nysa Makhi Riya Kakani Sharaanya Vishwanath Vikaash Ganeshan 68

38 2D Toshi Wagh Deepika Kale Aalia Deora Agasthi Lad Agastya Shah Ariaana Sood Arunabh Satpathy Dhruv Morani Hrehaan Dias Kanika Andhare Myraa Malik Noyonika Alex Rhea Bhuwalka Rocco Vadakumcherry Seher Ramteke Shaurya Savla Vedansh Pilani Vedika Sengupta Yuvaan Oberoi Zaara Dsouza 70

39 2E Neha Thakar Swati Mehta Aadit Sarvaiya Ahaan Bhave Ayaan Vaidya Kyrah Patel Maya Shah Mihika Deora Myra Makhi Mysha Kejriwal Naitik Chheda Reyansh Trivedi Reyansh Maramreddy Reyhaan Sharma Risha Nada Royna Basu Rudra Mathur Sahishnu Shetty Samara Patel Siya Patel Vehaan Choudary 72

40 2F Esther Julius Priyanka Ashar Abhimanyu Singh Agastya Lall Anamika Sen Thomas Anuj Bhamra Ayaan Sunesara Azadeh Changrani-Rastogi Dhruv Prashant Kiah DSilva Maaya Ramachandran Manya Batra Natalie Hasrouni Nysa Jangid Oliver Ideler Sabreena Chatterjee Shiyi Khoo Srujan Karri Vihaan Arora Youvaan Malik Yuvaan Gupta 74

41 3A 76 Bhishma Mago Suneha Mehta Aahana Manglam Ananya Avthu Ayatal Abbas Devaansh Shah Dhruva Jadhwani Diya Mati Eesha Kadwadkar Jhanvi Sikri Keshav Mehra Khushi Kudva Maanya Krishna Mira Rajaram Miraya Goenka Naomi Solomon Neev Choudhary Raima Mhaiskar Shaurya Chaudhary Tanmaya Menon Vanee Pattani Yash Rathi Yuvraj Sawant

42 3B 78 Bhakti Lad Akshita Parikh Aaryan Chaudhuri Ahana Basu Anaya Kusumgar Avi Khandelia Avigat Gupta Croccifixio Maldero Devina Ghatak Deyan Gala Emeline Poels Emily Evans Irya Ahluwalia Karan Batta Kiran Devaraj Krish Jhalani Riana Patel Ruhaan Mathreja Skye Boss Subhaan Akhtar Sundera Bishnoi Vivaan Kriplani Zoya Mehta

43 3C Sanchita Barua Radhika Mittal Aaditya Das Narayan Aanya Puri Advik Matta Agneya Veer Dhingra Akira Akhtar Amelia Chinmulgund Anthony Wolf Ariana Mukherji Avi Shah Daivik Mathur Dhriti Gupta Dhwaj Jain Div Mittal Hraaya Patel Inaya Gangar Kriti Saksena Ruhaan Thakur Ryna Rajan Samaiyra Sinha 80

44 3D Hetal Patel Khushi Ghosh Aabha Daru Aarushi Mahesh Agastya Arora Anaisha Aggarwal Ananya Chandorkar Atharva Singh Ayaana Parekh Dev Joshi Druv Thawani Harish Deoghare Iksha Goswami Ivaan Bhushan Jason Pinto Jia Daryanani Joseph Genovesi Kianaa Aiyer Kush Anand Neel Bapat Ruhani Koul Sasha Kalan 82

45 3E 84 Aparna Bhasin & Shilpa Yashroy Sayyada Chaviwala Aarav Chawla Anaika Aiyer Anirudh Vaidison Arya Veer Singh Disha Goswami Jaiveer Saikumar Kabeer Bhinde Khushi Thapar Miheer Sikka Mira Singh Nandika Singh Natanya Mordani Rhea Shelat Rianna Desai Rianna Goenka Romir Arya Ruhhan Arora Sohum Khandelwal Vedant Shenoy Vir Koul

46 3F Rosy Yadav Shruti Shah Aadi Sachdev Adhiraj Rathee Ahaan De Ananyaa Nissar Arnav Gupta Arnee Parmar Aymaan Menon Divyansh Bindal Jiiya Gahrotra Jiya Mehta Jung Min Nam Kavya Singh Khushi Sagar Krishnav Jindal Maya Nambiar Navya Desai Neal Bhatia Raaya Kejriwal Ryan Chaudhry Shubh Agarwal 86

47 4A Vimi Lima Santos Krupali Sussania Aaliyah Gala Aarushi Kukreja Agastya Kapadia Harshwardhon Gupta Khushii Deora Leia Sadanah Mane Matevosyan Mrinalini Singh Niyati Desai Ronav Motiani Rushil Patni Sharlene Tumala Shaurya Singhania Subhaan Khan Tomotaka Ebii Vamika Singh Vibhav Poddar 88

48 4B Teacher: Ramona Freitas Krupali Sussania Aarav Singh Ananya Jaisinghani Anoushka Shetty Dhruvaa Embar Ishaan Chak Ishan Banerjee Maahir Gupta Mahek Jain Mayra Shetty Neon Kawano Roshan Mahendra Samya Gupta Sia Baxi Siddhant Shankar Sparsh Malhotra Tia Parulkar Vihaan Oberoi 90

49 4C Joel Podzikowski Reshma Dutta Advita Karnad Aeshita Singh Agastya Rohera Arseniy Bovtik Brad Pagdiwala Daksh Patil Dhruv Srivastava Hana Yi Jiya Bhuta Kashish Bhanushali Krrish Gupta Naisha Luthra Nandini Shanbhogue Pavani Mishra Raaghav Saboo Samaarra Agrawal Shreya Mukherjee Siddhant Salvi Zehn Khan 92

50 4D Poonam Jhangiani Simran Kohli Aanya Lodha Aaryan Sama Additya Shrivastava Anamika Changrani-Rastogi Aryan Kudva Aryan Hirawat Atirah Singh Dipika Sharma Eedha Kaul Jiyajeev Bedi Kabir Jain Mahee Agarwal Neel Menon Primo Bindra Rishi Bill Shreyash Agrawal Tanish Fogat Vedika Amin Yash Grover 94

51 4E Teacher: Beena Ajith & Avril Danny Reshma Dutta Aniket Shandilya Arhavirr Singh Ashika Govindan Eshaan Chandgothia Mannuj Shroff Rohin Chakraborty Rudra Misra Ryan Santosh Sambhavi Agarwal Sera Sanyal Shariq Hafizi Suhana Mittal Tanisha Luharuka Tarun Paul Tavishee Banerjee Vrinda Gianchandani 96

52 4F Teacher: Ambika Menon Simran Kohli Aaryaveer Podar Adhip Pandit Anoushka Mathur Ashvin Bhatnagar Chiara Ball Misri Majethia Reina Piparaiya Riddhika Rungta Rishima Choudhary Sandhya Srinivasan Shweta Joshi Sparshdeep Bedi Vaydeesh Desai Vedant Malik Yash Sharma Yohann Jaffer Zeal Mapuskar 98

53 5A Teacher: Poonam Merchant Namrata Kaninde Aarav Gandhi Aarnav Rao Aditya Guha Thakurta Avika Chokhani Devvrat Vaid Diva Parashar Ishita Narvekar Jay Thakur Jyotiraditya Tripathi Kanishk Kundu Kush Patel Maanvi Patel Neha Jivan Nikita Srivastava Rohan Patel Sabrina Fuzier Sanaya Tonsekar Shlok Dhongade Shlok Daftari Shreya Chivukula 100

54 5B Riddhi Adhyaru Concessio Bhandari Aarav Kandhari Aaron Ghosh Anaavi Goenka Arjit Agarwal Arjun Gupta Ashrey Jain Dhiya Aiyer Granth Rawtani Hussain Shaikh Krishita Dutta Krishiv Seth Myrra Parasrampuria Nandini Singh Neha Ganesan Priyanka Anand Ranvir Ratia Rohan Krishnan Thea Theknath Viyaan Roy Zara Notani 102

55 5C Swapna Trived Namrata Kaninde Aanya Choksi Aarushi Desai Ahaana Mahapatra Arya Saranathan Ayaan Mathur Mael Guezennec Netra Mody Parashie Sidhwani Rohan Dar Saisriya Patro Samarth Kakad Sarah Mathias Satvik Bhartiya Shinali Gangar Shlok Arya Sia Sarvaiya T.K. Srikanth Vasudev Pandey Yash Tandon Yuvaan Seth 104

56 5D 106 Teacher: Medha Joshi Concessio Bhandari Aaryah Kapadia Ahaan Vaknalli Ahana Thapar Anoushka Patel Arjun Surve Aveka Jain Iti Pawar Jairaj Grover Mitansh Gajjar Pooja Madhav Ranveer Chibber Ria Dalal Ryan Nene Shiv Gupta Shiv Mehta Shreeya Bidawatka Shyamoli Shah Siya Hariani Tiara Kalan Ved Pant Zahaan Sabuwala

57 5E Stephen Martin Namrata Kaninde Aaditya Malhotra Abodh Panchal Anusha Bapat Ariya Reddy Arya Shah Aryan Patel Brendan Hauptstein Hridika Matlani Khushi Jangid Khushi Sarda Madhav Chandgothia Sahib Anand Samar Gandhi Sanaaya Patel Shaurya Hirawat Shrutant Ramaswamy Shubh Mukherji Siddhant Goel Tanisha Saxena Vaanya Issar Suri 108

58 5F Teacher: Shraddha Goyal Shanice Gonsalves Aarin Manik Aarohi Rao Ahaan Kallat Amora Krishna Amrita Mendon Anaya Trivedi Devansh Kejriwal Dhruv Sawhney Jeroze Motafaram Krishaan Bhasin Mehek Mundhra Mukta Shrikant Raveen Bohm Reeti Pathak Shashwat Jhunjhunwala Siddhant Dhanak Tiana Bindra Tisha Nathani Vedaant Madhavan Vishesh Ganeshan 110

59 Technology (Left to Right) : 1. Student Using Seesaw 2. Shadow 3. Makey Makey Piano 4. Augmented Reality 5. Student using Seesaw 6. Top 10 Skills in Hour of Code 8. 3D Printing As technology continues to evolve at an ever increasing pace, it can be daunting to try and wrap your head around it all. Understanding, or making sense of it all, is a crucial requirement in the education of the next generation of global citizens. For us, the primary technology integrators at Oberoi International School, we have forfeited our hopes of understanding everything, and instead are committed to remaining updated and relevant by learning alongside students and staff. In this rapidly changing world, it can prove to be a challenging endeavour to predict the personal and professional ecosystem that our students will one day be a part of. As a consequence, there is enormous value in these predictive exercises; one of the entities that exists to make such predictions if the World Economic Forum (WEF). The WEF is a not-for-profit foundation headquartered in Switzerland which serves as a forum for engaging the, foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas. They have dubbed the next great global shift, The Fourth Industrial Revolution, which they claim will include developments in previously disjointed fields such as artificial intelligence, and machine-learning, robotics, nanotechnology, 3-D printing, and genetics and biotechnology. This revolution will not only cause widespread changes to businesses, but to the skill sets required in order to prosper in this new world. Take a look at the chart from the World Economic Forum which shows a comparison in the top 10 skills required by employers of their employees. Now, this is only showing the difference between the required skills in 2015 and our first grade students will be entering the workforce in the year 2031, or later, depending on the time their desired profession and the respective schooling prerequisites. Imagine how fundamentally different this list of skills will be then! Now, while we aren t exactly able to begin teaching our primary aged students how to develop biotechnology or create 10-year old geneticists, we can certainly begin by inspiring them to dream. This year, we purchased several new devices which have opened up creative pathways and inspired projects that otherwise would not have existed. Students were able to use a laser-cutter to create board games, keychains, name tags, puzzles, and blueprints; limited only by their imagination. With the 3D printer, students are able to finally translate their digital dreams into something physical - using this technology to solve real-world problems, create custom models or merchandise. With our lego robotics kits, and programming software, students are able to digitally control objects that they once would have seen as only toys. With the Makey-Makey miniature circuit board kits, students could turn lifeless objects such as bananas, wood pedals, and laser-cut diagrams into interactive displays capable of interfacing with a computer to play sound and give key commands. During the global computer science week in December, students across the grade levels participated in the Hour of Code event, wherein they were encouraged to spend at least one hour learning how to program. While last year was the first time we participated as a school in the event, students had accumulated over 350 hours of programming by the end of the week. This year, that number rose to over which is an incredible improvement that reflects the desire and dedication of our parents, students, and teachers who recognize the importance of learning to code. One of the most transformative tools that was adopted Lazer-cut Card Game this year was the e-portfolio platform, Seesaw, which was introduced for all students ranging from Nursery to Grade 4. This tool has enabled parents to stay intimately connected to the learning that takes place in the classrooms of their children, while simultaneously empowering students to continue their learning outside of school - whether by taking time to reflect on their work alongside family, or using their learning journal to take their learning further. The amount of content that has been added to these journals is incredible, with over 30,000 items added by 808 students in 44 classes by the second week of April it s amazing to imagine what sort of digital portfolio our students will have amassed by the time they move into the middle years programme. As we look forward, rest assured that we are going out of our way to find tools, devices, and gadgets that will push our students further. We boldly move ahead, learning how to use these innovative constructs hand-in-hand with the students, in the hope that we can remain as relevant as possible. In the words of Robert M. Hutchins, The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. We were all young once, and whether by chance or through the fortune of having great teachers, we have remained life-long learners - let us hope that we can repay that favor to this young generation that relies on us for guidance. Let us hope that we can instill in them a desire to seek out answers, try new things, and remain unfazed by failure. - Mr. Alexander Johnson, IT Integrator, Primary 112

60 (Left to Right) : 1. Dribbling Practice 2. Swimming 3. Balancing - Gymnastics 4. Table tennis 5. Co-ordination Gymnastics Physical Education (Left to Right) : 1. The penguin and the rabbit, a French funny tale 2. Playing Housie, Bingo, Loto 3. Activities in French 4. Singing a French song to mom 5. Le cheval et le perroquet - A French story Languages The Physical Education program at Oberoi International School was further developed this Academic Year. The PYP PE program remained very similar to the previous year. Once again the enjoyment and passion for PE and sports, was never more evident than during the Early Years and Primary School Field Day. This event is a true showcase from our students at OIS. Student didn t fail in demonstrating their skills in a noncompetitive action packed morning of activities. This year, primary language students have learned a foreign language through the culture that encompasses it and authentic learned about traditional food by making it themselves and sharing it with their classmates. Hindi students in grade two and below have collaborated their language learning with various subjects in order to strengthen their interest and understanding. They have had guest teachers from the technology department, music, library and more in order to practice their Hindi related to these topics in exciting ways. Activities in Hindi PE Team experiences. For example, grades three through five Hindi students threw a Diwali celebration to teach French and Spanish students what the holiday is about. In December, French students hosted le loto, a traditional holiday game played in France similar to Bingo. Students were able to practice numbers in three languages as they learned about French culture. Spanish students celebrated traditional Hispanic holidays and Activities in Hindi 114

61 (Left to Right) : 1. Together we learn 2. One of the 28 exhibition groups 3. Sharing of learning 4. A successful journey Grade 5 Exhibition (Left to Right) : 1. Grade 1 Winter Concert 2. Grade 2 Winter Concert 3. SKG Winter Concert 4. JKG Winter Concert 5. End of Year Nursery Concert Performing Arts Exhibition has been a thrilling journey like a roller coaster ride that goes up and down and in loops. Sure, there were obstacles but the result was a very happy ending. The first thing we did was identifying and understanding our theme Sharing The Planet. Under our theme, there were 4 strands. Rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with all living things Communities and the relationships within and between them Access to equal opportunities Peace and conflict resolution These strands were helpful when choosing our topic. Each person had to choose 3 topics that we were interested in. Once everyone wrote their 3 topics, the teachers took that data and sorted us into our groups. We were assigned to an Exhibition teacher and a mentor/s. We started off with openended questions about our topic which we grouped into our three lines of inquiry. Our central idea was drawn from our LOIs (Lines of Inquiry). Finally, our research began. In our research we used different sources like websites, videos, interviews, books, etc. Mr. Anil Mane (primary librarian) had a session with us about kidfriendly websites. He also provided us a session on citations and plagiarism. information for each LOI. On the day of the deadline, we would present our information to see if we had enough information and if it all made sense. Exhibition was coming closer and closer every day. Alongside our research, at home, we created charts to share our information. We had to start thinking of activities that would engage different audiences from adults, all the way down to first graders. We also had to start thinking of a focus point. The focus point would be the one item that stood out and was the big hook in getting people to our stall. Some of the focus points were banners models, and attractive charts. For the first time at OIS we had an Exhibition song, with a metaphorical message. The song was Drop In The Ocean which we sang at the Opening Ceremony. The message was that each of us is a droplet and we may seem small and insignificant but when all the drops come together they can make a mighty ocean. What was the final Exhibition day like? Well, it went by in a blur. Many famous people have spoken about the importance of the journey over the destination. Sure there are difficulties along the way but once you reach your destination, you feel so proud of yourself. Exhibition has been one extraordinary, unforgettable journey! Nursery : The Nursery winter concert was titled Celebrations around the world and was integrated with their Celebrations unit. The nursery kids demonstrated their movement skills by dancing on songs based on various celebrations such as Birthdays, Navratri, Diwali, Christmas, and Halloween. JKG : The JKG winter concert was titled Globetrotters where the students were shown to be travelling around the world and presenting dance forms from different countries. The countries covered were France, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Japan and India. SKG : The winter concert was the collaborative effort between the SKG and Grade 1 homeroom teachers and the music department. The SKG concert revolved around the themes of signs, symbols and emotions. The students were independent enough to create their own signs, actions as well as write up a complete song about it as well as have a small skit with the help of their HRT s and AT s. Grade 1 : Grade 1 had their theme revolving around Celebration across the world. How festivals of different cultures differ and what the similarities between them are. They put up a small screening of their skit with the help of the IT department and sang songs relevant to the countries they were talking about. Grade 2 and 3 : This year the students of Grade 2 and 3 performed concerts and the theme was coming together and making music. The concerts were titled Music Together and the students sang and played musical instruments and a whole class and in small groups. The songs sung at the concert focused on different concepts and skills the students were learning in class and challenged them to work together to create the music. The rhythm songs the students composed themselves in groups. We had a lot of fun making Music Together. Grade 4 and 5 : This year Winter Concerts for the Grades 4 and 5 students were based on their first 2 Units, namely Melody and Vocal Exploration, and Compositions. The students got to use the new array of Orff instruments purchased by the school to add to the numerous instruments already present in the primary school. Students showcased an understanding of their PYP Units where they sang and played instruments that included their own compositions as a class. Parents were invited to participate to understand the learning process, which made it even more interesting. Mr. Naveen Cabral HOD - Performing And Visual Arts (Primary) There were deadlines set for researching and presenting our -Ria Dalal, Grade 5 116

62 Art (Left-Right) : 1. Terrecotta Artwork 2. Hello Quilt 3. Foil Work 4. Making Banners 5. African Masks 6. Totem poles, Gond art and Chinese masks 7. Field Trip Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Museum KG and grade 1 students created 3D sculptures using terracotta clay during the art session. They explored new media (Terracotta clay & Acrylic colours) and learnt claymodeling technique. During this art unit they made connections with the Indus valley civilization artworks and had a great experience viewing the Indus valley civilization artifacts at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Museum. As a part of the project of grade 2 and 3, students were introduced to a new medium called Foil Work, they learnt how to work on mirror image, and transfer their work onto the foil before using glass colours to colour and beautify it. Grade 4 and 5 started the year with a unit called Media and Technique. They practiced using a variety of mediums including pastels and papercut. Their paper cuts were inspired by African masks (grade 5) and Inuit art (grade 4). Their final project was to design and produce squares for a Hello Quilt. HELLO in 30 different languages from 30 countries greets the eye as you enter the school building. The students chose their country,researched on how to say hello in the language of that country and significant symbols. They used this to make a unified design first on paper and then fabric. One large project which involved a large number of students was planning, drawing and colouring (with pastels) three large banners and two large panels for the musical The Day the Moon Disappeared. The banners were for the four main scenes of harvest festival, the night sky, aurora borealis and the sun king. There was a group of twenty students that met weekly to work on the sets but many more students worked on them at lunch times and free time in art classes. Banners for musical Turtles in acrylic colours The another unit for grade 5 was Literature where they used story books, advertising and comic strips as inspiration for their art pieces. The grade 4 studied art from different cultures including Gond art, Chinese folk art and North West coast native totem poles using these art works as inspiration for their own colourful art pieces. Art in library 118

63 (Left to Right) : 1. Dr. Seuss birthday celebrations 2. Mr. Shannon Doak reading from China 3. WRAD 4. Storytelling Literacy (Left to Right) : 1. Wearing our Mathematician Hat 2. Getting Creative With Geometry 3. Lamp shades of Math Fun in Grade 4B 4. Cutie Pi es - Happy Wearing Our Math Math Literacy is an essential part of our life and learning. This year each grade level hosted their own literacy celebration according to their units. In SKG, the World Read Aloud Day was celebrated with parents, teachers, and peers from grade 3 and 4! SKG also collaborated with grade 5 students during the birthday celebrations of Dr. Seuss. The World Read Aloud Day turned first graders into book nuts! They fell in love with reading, writing and creating their own imaginary fiction world. Our Author study unit was the icing on the cake, during which our students explored different fiction authors and their writing styles. Grade 2 had Mr. Shannon Doak on a Skype call for the World Read Aloud Day all the way from Guangzhou, China.He read the book, Don t let the pigeon take a bath by Mo Willems inline with our unit on persuasive writing. Students in Grade 4 celebrated reading through the works of Roald Dahl. For 8 weeks they read various Roald Dahl books, learned and researched literacy crafts used by Roald Dahl in his books and extended that to building connections through a wide variety of his books. The first unit in grade 5 was Literature allows us to discover and communicate ideas, beliefs and values. The skills focus for this unit was communication and presentation. Students worked on building literacy skills and also translating the written word into performance through the course of this unit. Through their culminating projects, students wrote their own stories or retold others. These stories represented different sub-genres folk tales, fables, and myths. Cartoons, skits, puppet shows and a quilt of quotes were some memorable performances. The choice of fiction or nonfiction offered students the opportunity to showcase their personal interests including science topics like evolution, the periodic table and Greek mythology. There is something special about the 14th of March. The date is celebrated around the world as Pi Day, 3.14 being the approximate math constant, Pi (π ). What makes the day even more special is that it happens to be the birthday of Albert Einstein, the renowned theoretical physicist and one of the most iconic and influential personalities in the academic world. At Oberoi International School, we chose to celebrate this special day as Pi /Math Day to appreciate and celebrate the mathematics around us. Imagination is more important than knowledge, said Albert Einstein and imagination it was that helped make mathematics more enjoyable and meaningful for us at OIS on Math Day, 14th March, To get into the spirit of the day, the students were allowed to come to school wearing their math by using math based accessories like hats, scarves, crowns, headbands, wristbands and math jewellery. The touch of whimsy had the students and teachers happily proud to be mathematical sports. Across the primary classrooms, teachers and students celebrated this special day in their own unique ways. It was a day when math became more hands on than usual and everyone found some time to focus on the fun element of mathematics. From reading math stories and cracking math puzzles, from working with manipulatives to playing math games, each class celebrated Pi/Math day in ways that best suited their units of inquiry. Math and Art have an inseparable link. The primary library team and art teachers collaborated to organise math based art and craft activities for the students. Students were also involved in creative projects in their homerooms too. Grade 4B students were at their creative best in Ms. Ramona s homeroom as they worked on creating their own lampshades in myriad colours using their knowledge of lines, shapes, proportion, patterns and symmetry. At OIS, we celebrate math everyday - Math Day made it just that bit more special! -Ms. Manju Upadhyaya, Numercy Co-ordinator 120

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65 Message From Primary Co-ordinator 8 The twist and the turn Yes, you guessed it right it is 8!! Oberoi International School has completed its eighth year. The shape of 8 makes it unique. Invert the number upside down or see it s reflection you will see the same. Cut it horizontally or vertically you will see two identical halves. In so many ways OIS does resemble the number eight. But what makes us unique is that we the OIS community believe and breathe our Mission and Vision. The highlight for the elementary school this academic year was our first PYP Evaluation visit. The IB representatives visiting our school evaluated us against the IB standards and practices. The evaluation report received from them has assured us that we are heading in the right direction. As we worked hard towards this process, we as a team reflected on our 8-year journey. The journey riddled with impediments that at times made us feel achieving some tasks were IMPOSSIBLE, has now helped us change our perspective to I-M-Possible. What made this eight years journey exciting and successful? For me personally, what stood out in this process was the teamwork and collaboration by all the stakeholders of the OIS community who have helped in working towards achieving a common goal. Students - that filled the OIS spaces with enthusiasm, learning and curiosity, their inquisitiveness to find answers. Parents who have also helped and volunteered at school as guest speakers, volunteers for the field trip, helping out backstage, OIS fest and every way they could to make the journey for the children meaningful. Teachers - with their attitude to be a lifelong learners, dedication, perseverance, always having the students at the center of the decisionmaking process. Non-teaching staff - that works relentlessly backstage to smoothen the process for the academic and non-academic needs. On that note, we at OIS are looking for many more years of collaboration. I wouldn t agree more on Sir Ken Robinson s words Part of education is learning. And what drives learning is curiosity and collaboration. VEENA D SILVA THE JOURNEY RIDDLED WITH IMPEDIMENTS THAT AT TIMES MADE US FEEL ACHIEVING SOME TASKS WERE IMPOSSIBLE, HAS NOW HELPED US CHANGE OUR PERSPECTIVE TO I-M-POSSIBLE. 124

66 Message From Deputy Head of Primary When reflecting upon the multiple interpretations of our motto for this year, Learn for Life, I can t help but think about the power of transformative experiences. Transformative experiences grant us the freedom to see the world differently. When we apply new knowledge to new situations a transformative experience occurs. We begin to understand more, make connections and recognise patterns, and find deeper meaning and value. We empathise more, discover our strengths and weaknesses, and develop an intrinsic motivation to learn. In essence, transformative experiences take us one step closer to comprehending our shared reality. We need to learn for life, so we can survive the ups and downs that are sure to come and to better connect with those around us, as we may need their help along the way. Transformative experiences are evident when students employ content and conceptual knowledge when otherwise unnecessary, perceive some aspect of the world differently through their new understanding, and recognise the value knowledge adds to their daily lives. Transformative experiences allow students to take content and conceptual knowledge outside the classroom. This can provide for enriched experiences, and in turn, those experiences increase motivation to learn and the likelihood of developing a lifelong learner. Students are more apt to learn when they better understand the benefits of their efforts. We want to learn for life because the more we learn; the more we realise the value of learning. A transformative experience is a powerful tool when students begin to understand and apply knowledge. As teachers, we do our best to develop a framework for fostering transformative experiences. We guide our students in becoming more connected to content, understanding its value, and wanting to learn more. Visualise for a moment, the engagement and motivation students display when learning content and concepts deemed valuable. They are paying attention, comprehending, and thinking about how it applies to each of their lives. Each individual student is unique and we should be cautious when accepting any form of learning standardizations, as transformative experiences are different for everyone. What may cause a perspective shift for one individual, may not for another. It is important to appreciate how we all come from different backgrounds and have previously engaged in an abundance of different experiences. As we learn together, and learn for life, we grow together and develop integrity, respect, tolerance and most important, empathy. Stereotypes, assumptions, misconceptions and bigotry are left behind as lifelong learners embrace what knowledge and understanding has to offer to their individual perspectives. As our students continue their journey towards becoming internationally minded, they will be challenged to learn for life as a necessary means to accomplish their goals, survive, and live life to its fullest. However, it is always my hope that they also learn for life as a way to find fulfillment, joy, creativity, curiosity, and a passion to never stop learning. Learn for life. Not only out of necessity, but also out of desire. DAVID SAN JUAN LEARN FOR LIFE. NOT ONLY OUT OF NECESSITY, BUT ALSO OUT OF DESIRE. 126

67 Message From Head of Primary Looking back at the school year, I am thrilled with what we have achieved for the students in the OIS Primary. The actions students took as a result of their learning and the dedication and commitment the community demonstrated in supporting them were inspiring. The school adopted Learn for Life as our motto for the year and it was truly visible in the primary division. Everyday there were new examples of students living as learners; asking questions, trying something new, and finding ways to take action to support and care for the community. The enthusiasm of students arriving at school, the smiles in the hallway, and the joy visible in students while learning all show that together we have made this a year a success. With parents, teachers, and student initiatives, we continued to make OIS a wonderful place for people to come together for discovery, reflection, and celebration. This year, I am particularly proud of how the Primary developed around the needs of the learners and for the learners. Students amazed me with their kind-hearted support of each other and the world we share. The shared empathy and compassion and took action in response to their learning. Students supported orphanages, looked at the plight if animals living in our community, and tried to care more for how we use our resources and be mindful of our global impact. Students at all grade levels were empowered to take actions and chose to do so of their own volition both inside and outside of the school. classrooms as experts, provided us with access to outside resources, and supported students daily. I was happy to see students trying new things and stepping out of their areas of comfort. This year OIS students were able to take ownership for their learning through student clubs, exploration, self-management decision-making, and by assuming more ownership in the classrooms. Creativity, confidence, and risk-taking were hallmarks of the daily experience and were nurtured by teachers. Students proved their ability to be more independent and we increased the opportunities and expectations for self-management throughout the division. Older students were given the responsibility of independent movement and use of spaces and younger students were given the chance to use more resources and move more independently in the shared learning spaces. Thank you to the parents, teachers, support faculty, and students of OIS for making the last four years memorable and inspiring. I look forward to continuing to hear about how the students have grown and am thankful to have helped shape the environment for them to succeed. As happens with any school, we have had members come and go, but all have brought value to the school and all who have gone have been better for their experiences in our school. Thank you again to the OIS community for sharing the learning journey with me. MICHAEL BAILEY Teachers and parents went the extra mile creating opportunities for student learning as active partners. Parents were regularly in the CREATIVITY, CONFIDENCE, AND RISK-TAKING WERE HALLMARKS OF THE DAILY EXPERIENCE 128

68 MIDDLE SCHOOL Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing -Albert Schweitzer 130

69 6A Reena Mantri Aarush Kakar Amay Singh Amrita Jain Anahita Ahluwalia Anvit Sanyal Armaan Sikka Arrnavv Phoolka Aryana Singh Avianka Sharma Hriday Jain Kashvi Grover Meher Joshi Nakul Kumar Nikhil Seth Priyesh Naidu Rachel Pontes Samitha Pandit (Absent) Sanchita Pant Siddhi Salvi Tyrus Theknath 132

70 6B Mubina Kachwalla Aadhya Mavani Ami Samani Ansh Bhimrajka Anshita Pant Armaan Merchant Dia Daryanani Govindnarain Khandelwal Ira Makhijani Ishaan Lalvani Kiera Shivraaj Ritvik Sood Shiki Khoo Shlokh Rajani Siddharth Shinde Siddhi Bansal Siona Tagare Tanmaya Wahal 134

71 6C Akarsh Sanjayan Aaryan Kandhari Adit Ganapathy Arjun Bhamra Arjun Mehta Arushi Khare Arya Jalundhwala Hari Iyer Janisha Chadha Jyotsnaa Vaidison Kahan Mehta Maahi Kukadia Mahika Vanjari Manan Agarwal Nishant Sharma Nishka Manghnani Paridhi Kapadia Suveer Singh Tanisha Khandelwal Tishika Deora Trisha Lodha 136

72 6D 138 Lukas Gohl Aaryan Paharia Aditya Kansal Aditya Nair Angath Sadanah Anoushka Chaudhuri Anushka Dhar Arihant Deka Arjun Gore Asmii Ullengal Dhruv Sampat Ishana Basu Kabir Anand Moe Ebii Nandini Bohra Pihu Tewari Riddhima Roychoudhary Shanade Barreto-Creado Simone Talreja Urshita Sarda Vedant Thakur Vivan Yardi Yash Seth

73 6E Priyanka Sharma Aditi Ramani Akshan Toshniwal Chhata Gupta Harsh Bhandari Jay Shelat Kush Makharia Mridul Kamani Om Pappureddipalli Raphael Streeter Reva Tagare Rohan Sharma Satvika Menon Sohaya Jalan Svettlana Chatterjee Tanishi Moitra Tarini Sathe Thea De Vansh Bijlani Veer Sethi Vianca Sawant Vinayak Bhattacharya 140

74 6F 142 Lowell Woodin Aahana Mishra Aarsha Mukherji Anant Mirjankar Arjun Jain Aryan Sarup Isabel Somers Jinang Shah Kabir Khanna Malini Rajesh Marcell Del Piero Timana Diaz (Absent) Navvya Arya Nikunj Mall Oishani Nandi Rahil Amarnath Rashika Guha Thakurta Salil Jain Sanjana Jain Siddhi Jena Utkarsh Seth Vaibhav Singh Vir Kanwar

75 7A Aparna Chatterjee Abbas Jaaferi Advika Shali Arin Nene Arjun Saigaonkar Daniyaal Ahmed Dev Mour Felicia Bailey Nandish Khandhar Navya Sadh Nikhil Mukherjee Pallavi Duvvuri Parthiv Chhabria Raahil Mehta Saumya Sadh Shiv Sharma Shreya Raman Shruti Pillai Tanvi Tripathi Vedika Kapila Vihaan Chacko 144

76 7B Tyler Yanda & Suman Malhotra Aaditya Kumar Adi Gupta Alfie Franklin Anika Bhati Anjeel Kaur Gauri Ghosal Hrdya Joshi Ioli Mathur Jia Malik Maya Surve Mrigank Das Neil Joshi Neil Gandhi Samiksha More Shreemayee Ramesh Vansh Jain Vivaan Kabir 146

77 7C Karishma Chaves Anamya Bhatia Denis Ryabota Ikshaa Ajmera Kang Min Nam Kaveer Malik Manya Agarwal Meher Bhatia Navya Shah Nikita Malhotra Param Janiani Radhika Sekhsaria Raheema Khan Rhea Dayal Ria Baid Sahil Prabhu Sai Iyer Shion Kawano Yashvi Gada 148

78 7D Radhika Gatade Aashu Kedia Adiraj Singh Agasthya Krishna Amogh Narvekar Anoushka Ranjit Isha Mati Ishaan Nanda Prisha Gandhi Risshail Sethi Sanya Garg Sia Baid Srishti Shyam Sunder Tanishq Madhusudan Vedant Sharma Zoe Kothari Zoey Contractor 150

79 7E K Mary Jaison Adit Pakvasa Celeste Doshi Chhavi Verma Devyani Abhyankar Divyanshi Agrawal Diya Bathija Hari Nirmal Kriti Andhare Naman Mehta Parth Desai Rishav Chatterjee Sanjana Raman Tanya Pattani Tyra Theknath Vanshika Luharuka Vedant Kamal 152

80 7F Dipti Singh Aaliya Jain Aarush Gupta Aparajith Kaushik Erwin Mahajan Evani Gangar Jai Anant Dhingra Neil Thakur Noveera Rafique Rena Aggarwal Ria Somaya Ruchi Gala Rut Mehta Sharanya Agrawal Shifa Hafizi Tarasha Gupta Yash Jhalani 154

81 8A Brinda Anandh Aanika Manghnani Aarav Bhatia Aditi Bhatnagar Aditya Arun Anirudh Krishna Disha Sikaria Ishika Jain Kimberly DSilva Krisha Agarwal Mallika Gore Nathan Solomon Rochelle Mendes Rohan Mavinkurve Ryan Pontes Soham Mukherji Srishti Kundu Stuti Srivastava Tanishq Bindra 156

82 8B Yogendra Yadav Aaryan Shetty Aastha Trivedi Adhyan Singh Agrima Makharia Amay Patel Ananya Shetty Arsalaan Abbas Avisha Jaising Eshika Sikri Ihina Das Jenissa Paharia Kevin D Kapoor Krish Parekh Mehr Lamba Nandini Batta Nandita Devaraj Rishiraj Gaur Sriram Nerkar 158

83 8C Mary Burns Aariana Chibber Abhirup Banerjee Aditya Kakarla Angelina Robertson Arnav Mandhana Aryan Ruia Devaki Pratap Dhriti Chauhan Dhrutaaksh Jhaveri Esa Zag Krishmaan Chadha Mikhail Gidwani Naitik Jain Nikita Singh Nishtha Agarwal Rakshi Shetty Riddhi Gupta Rudra Datta Sarthak Darekar 160

84 8D Susan Singh Aarya James Aashia Menon Bhavya Gupta Hakyung Yi Isha Nakra Jainam Dedhia Mananya Mehta Mridul Agarwal Ninaad Surana Oishee Banerjee Rishab Roy Rongjie Wie Rushil Gopani Saloni Ladha Shaan Patel Shaurya Sachdeva Shreya Vanwari Sneha Pande Tanishq Hegde 162

85 8E Suchita Pandya Aarushi Aggarwal Aashana Daru Alizeh Mehta Aryan Verma Aryan Vakharia Ashna Reddy Ayushi Saraf Eesha Gada Jahnavi Chopra Jasmit Dhanani Jordan Shoup Kavya Sharma (Absent) Malcolm Karanjia Neal Srivastava Rishi Patel Saniya Jaffer Shreya Nandimandalam Sumer Marwaha Vansh Rawtani 164

86 8F Jeffrey Fetters Anay Contractor Arsh Kusumgar Divya Rajagopal Greesha Gupta Hridansh Saraogi Iesha Chaudhari Isha Kaji Isha Jain Kashvi Goud Khwahish Bedi Mrigank Shome Rridhisha Kumar Shlok Malhotra Shrihaan Gangopadhyay Siddhant Deka Suchir Vootla Tanya Ghosh Vedika Thakur 166

87 Grade 8 Culminating Projects I have to admit that without the culminating project my eight h grade would have been less fun and less challenging. M y mind was occupied with this project the whole time. Not that I minded this at all! for my future in this gigantic world. It was a rollercoaster ride with its twists and turns, ups and downs but it never stopped me and never will. I hope to help out and reach out to all teenagers with this project through my blog - create a stage for their dreams in this gigantic world. This project involved allowing the students to explore the topics and subjects they prefer doing and documenting their journey in a journal based on their experience and process for 8 months. This journal includes their topic selection, goal, research questions, research, meetings with mentors and their final product These 8 months, have made me realize and football, travelling and photography to economics, movie making to book writing and fashion designing to software designing. Believe me, this project is one lifetime experience that everyone needs to do to attain the experience of bigger projects. - Saloni Ladha, Grade 8 It was something I loved to do, so more than work, it was fun! The Culminating project is an individual research project, in which every eight h grader learns or develops their passion, ambition and aspiration. - Ihina Das, Grade 8 For me, this project was a small stepping stone for my future. It opened my eyes a bit more and gave me a clearer structure understand the values of hard work, patience and cooperation. The Middle School Culminating Project is an initiative that was launched last year at OIS to allow the students of grade 8 to choose a topic of personal relevance and individual interest. The idea behind this project was that this would help the students discover their passion. This task helps the students My topic was travelling and photography in Mumbai. This project has made me learn a lot more than just making a final product and submitting it. I myself did not know a lot of things about Mumbai that I have learnt in these 8 months. This project really helps students realize what they appreciate doing the most as a hobby or passion. This year, the grade 8 students chose a wide range of topics. From cookery to 168

88 Message From Deputy Head of Middle Scho ol & MYP Co-ordinator l As I write yet another reflection on the year gone by, it strikes me that this is my 6th consecutive article for our school s yearbook. I have spent six marvellous years of my life at this fantastic institution and it has been an incredible journey of personal and professional growth. The school has grown leaps and bounds and it has taken me in its stride in this eventful journey-just like a river does on its course to meet the sea of boundless opportunities-never really stopping or tiring out on its way there. This year has been the year of the MYP ( Middle Years Programme) in middle school. As you are aware, Oberoi has added yet another feather in its cap by becoming a candidate school for the IB MYP, which means that we will now be working towards earning our authorisation for the Middle Years Programme over the next two years and strive to become an IB continuum school. This is a very important and critical step in the school s journey and its continuous efforts to deliver our promise of empowerment through education. The IBMYP will only further strengthen the school s resolve to build citizens of tomorrow that work towards a socially responsible, caring and harmonious world. This year has also been the second year for many of the initiatives we launched last year such as the Beyond Academic awards, and the Grade 8 middle school culminating project. This year has seen student action becoming more meaningful, enabling and empowering for not just students but also for those that benefitted from these initiatives. Look forward to another eventful year in PRIYA RAMTEKE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL STEP IN THE SCHOOL S JOURNEY AND ITS CONTINUOUS EFFORTS TO DELIVER OUR PROMISE OF EMPOWERMENT THROUGH EDUCATION. 170

89 HIGH SCHOOL Nine tenth of education is encouragement -Anatole France 172

90 9A Shraddha Nayak Aanchal Vyas Artyom Sokolov Aryaman Agarwal Avani Kapoor Avi Rajan Dipanjli Murarka Dzhina Sarasvat Elina Mangal Ishani Ruia Kavya Ganesan Krutang Desai Mandira Venkataraman Mehek Gupta Noyyo Parulekar Pranav Bellur Yashvi Jaju Zainab Shaikh Zubin Pande 174

91 9B Rucha Bhayani Adyasha Mishra Akshita Sinha Alam Dhrolia Aman Kothari Araash Mehta Ashwati Ramaswamy Azaan Khan Dhriti Pansari Dinisha Patel Harman Gill Jash Chheda Kavya Verma Khushi Bhandari Prabhat Menon Revant Malani Ritika Govindan Ronak Agarwal Saipriya Patro Sakshi Awatramani Shalini Gupte 176

92 9C Dr. Poonam Singhal Aahana Punjabi Aliya Amarnath Aryan Mahajan Darshil Kapadia Dhruv Goenka Kavya Vijayprakash Malaika Fernandes Mariam Ahmed Prisha Dani Rhea Mathias Ritika Kedia S.Sri Krishna Samriddhi Das Sanjana Mamidipalli Shouvik Guha Siddharth Ananth Upanishad Majumdar Yashvardhan Vaid 178

93 9D Sanjeev Potam Aamir Khan Adhyyan Sekhsaria (Absent) Aman Mavani Angiras Darbha Ekadh Ranganathan Kartik Mehra Manav Singhvi Rhea Sethi Ridhima Mhaiskar Ruhaan Bhagat Sara Adurkar Selina Ranchal Shreya Puranam Shruthi Shyam Sunder (Absent) Shubhika Devrani Simran Jaisinghani Tara Choudhary Varun Shah Vedika Agrawal 180

94 9E Megha Bansal Ajeeta Udhan Audric Ghosh Ayush Moitra Ben Somers Chanelle Fernandes Dhruv Mehta Harsh Ganatra Ida Ali Ishaan Thakur Parth Malhotra Sasha Arora Shanaya Patel Simren Bhinde Tanish Bora (Absent) Tia Godfrey Vartika Suneja Vedika Kanchan (Absent) Yash Talathi 182

95 10A 184 Shiba Qureshi Aneesh Patil Anoushka Lad Arunima Shrikhande Devi Dang Kangjin Yoo Kesar Majethia Krish Sharma Krishna Poddar Kritvi Kulkarni Lynnea Doshi Natasha Pawar Prerna Bindra Roshan Trivedi Sanghamitra Kamath Shahan Nanda Shania Sharma Suyash Jaju Trisha Sharma Varanya Kapoor Vilay Kakwani Vinamra Hirawat

96 10B 186 Diana Roy Abhishek Roy Anirudh Duvvuri Apurv Khandelwal (Absent) Archita Khadka Atmika Pai Brinda Mehra Chiara Lochmann Darsh Gandhi Keya Shirali Mahek Mehta Minyoung Hong Nandan Bohra Palak Bhanushali Priyanka Iyer Ria Talathi Rishit Deravariya Sehej Bhasin Shlok Babu Shreya Agarwal Utkarsh Sikka Varun Sivakumar

97 10C 188 Michael Lipford Anoushka Mathur Ansh Shah Armaan Gala Arth Vidyarthi Dishant Dedhia Diya Thakur Gauhrishi Narang India Cottenden Kashish Janiani Krishna Pariani Moh Jaiswal Natasha Ghanshani Samridh Seth Shivansh Harish Siddhant Choudhary Simar Shoor Smriti Bangera Tania Nair Vedant Jani Vedant Manawat Yashna Murli

98 10D 190 Kavleen Saluja Akshay Dalal Ananya Lunkad Anjali Jivan Dhruv Kapur (Absent) Divyesh Dagliya Gaurav Kapila Gautham Anil Jhanvi Somaya Kainaz Patravala Khushi Gandhi Parthiv Kukadia Punit Chawla Samarth Shoor Saranya Agrawal Sejal Agarwal Shubh Jena Swaraa Lodha Swareena Gupta Vansh Chandwaney Vedant Makhija Vikram S. M.

99 IGCSE Reflections BIOLOGY Over the past year I ve spent at OIS, Biology has become a big part of my life. Having spent a year in Singapore doing the same course my understanding has now developed a lot more in comparison. Over the course we learn everything about our bodies from top to bottom as well as right down to the core of our beings in terms of our cells and DNA. The focus is never on just one aspect, the course offers a broad range of ideas about plants, animals and the environment. Every lesson we not only sit through theory based learning but also do practical work to better our understanding. For example, to understand the unit of Coordination and Response we were privileged enough to get an actual eye to dissect and open, looking at each physical layer. Lessons are also made more interesting via the use of videos and activities. There is a brilliant balance between learning and fun. Today, biology has not only helped me see the world in a different way but also understand what s going on inside of me.. -Natasha Pawar, Grade 10 DRAMA At the beginning of Grade 9, all us were new to the Drama course and very shy to come up and perform even a 1 minute presentation. Today, we have recorded two 15 minute plays and one 3 minute monologue. I ve learned a lot in these two years and today I hold the potential to perform in a professional play. All thanks to our teachers, Mrs Isabel and Mrs Tiffany for making us feel confident enough to give the best we have. -Ananya Lunkad, Grade 10 and have grown as an amateur artist and as a person. Under the guidance of Miss Aparna I have learned to see my work critically and also make continuous improvements. With the help of my teacher I looked above and beyond my abilities and saw my work quality evolve over a period of time. -Khushi Gandhi, Grade 10 SPANISH IGCSE Spanish this year was a great learning experience, and assisted me in developing as a Spanish speaker, writer and reader. While the fact that I had a few prior years of Spanish knowledge must have helped me do well in this course, success was also clearly possible for those of us who were just starting to learn the language. Overall, though the course could be incredibly rigorous and challenging at times, the sheer improvement in our language skills by the end of the 2 years was clearly visible- a feat which should be credited to the hard work both of the students and the teachers. -Lynnea Doshi, Grade 10 CHEMISTRY The methodical nature of chemistry has always appealed to me. While providing me with a fundamental knowledge of the subject, IGCSE Chemistry at OIS has simultaneously enhanced my numerical, analytical and practical skills. The thrill of witnessing and appreciating reactions that I had only seen on paper has kept me excited about chemistry over the past two years. -Trisha Sharma, Grade 10 COMPUTER SCIENCE HISTORY The stories of the past that influence our present and future. This was the key feature of History that drew me in. History has always tested my analytical and logical skills. However, the feature that made me fall in love with the subject was the way it broke conventions. History is based on interpretation, so all answers lie in the grey area. The variety of interpretation in this subject has helped me grow into a vivid thinker and good listener. -Arunima Shrikhande, Grade 10 PHYSICS Was it study? Was it fun? Difficult to say, A good blend of both we had. Day after day. IGCSE Physics sounded so tough, With theories and lab, Tests and experiments we had, Excursions so fab. Learning was always so fun, Creating games on Algodoo, Mapping voices on oscilloscopes, Doing homework on Edmodo. Science Fair was a challenge To put up a show. Messy fluids and models around, We stood up to grow. Accidents happened and barometers spilled Mercury on the table, Dumb charades and caricatures in class Made it unpredictable. In this journey we weren t alone, Jagruti Miss was always there, She taught us to collaborate, And always to be just and fair. Two years passed, one-eighth of our lives, Working and learning together, Getting ready for the Boards, And add to our cap another feather. -Abhishek Roy, Grade 10 the issues that currently disturb the world, along with finding solutions to them. The skills of independent and collaborative research are something I will always cherish. However, most importantly, I ve learnt how to isolate reliable information from the diverse web of media. -Devi Dang, Grade 10 FRENCH French classes are always interesting and packed with new aspects of the French language and culture. After this school year, I have become confident in writing and speaking for a longer length and duration. We have learnt lots of vocabulary and grammar as well as aspects of the life in France to make us confident in conversing and staying with French natives. -Darshil Kapadia, Grade 9 ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS When 9th grade began, I had no interest in IGCSE Economics. I selected the subject because I made the false assumption that effort would be unnecessary. But my interest materialised soon after because of our class s unorthodox way of learning: we watch our favorite investment show, Shark Tank, to understand complex Economics concepts. Through this subject, I have learnt that hard work is unavoidable. However, when learning is fun, the work is unequivocally worthwhile. -Malaika Fernandes, Grade 9 MATH EXTENDED In IGCSE, Math isn t only about solving problems and finding the solution in our textbooks or for our grades. It is also about learning and understanding different concepts which will help us understand real-life situations better. This year, apart from our usual summatives and formatives, we had done a performance task on trigonometry and linear programming which helped us apply these Mathematical concepts in a reallife scenario like navigations and financing. In class, Math as a subject was made fun and interesting, which made me like Math a lot. I would always look forward to exploring some new Mathematical concepts and their relation with our personal lives. -Swareena Gupta Grade 10 ART Art is a subject, which is not only free flowing and free from boundaries but also is thought provoking and reflective. It carves out students thoughts and beliefs in the form of visual representations. Due to this I have learned to think deeper about the layers of meanings hidden within my surroundings, Computer Science has helped me learn not only things like how the internet works, programming in python and parts of the computer but also how to use logic and analytical skills. Being a technical and scientific subject, it tests our understanding by asking application-based questions. - Kartik Mehra, Grade 9 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Global Perspectives has been an important and essential part of my journey in these two years of IGCSE. It has taught me the art of writing simply and effectively. I have learnt how to ask meaningful questions, understand the root cause behind 192

100 11A Nandini Shah Adarsh Bhimrajka Advika Grover Amitoj Sawhney Anusha Menon Aryaman Pandya Harshitha Gangannagari Ishita Kumar Kevin Shah Neeyati Ajmera Nidhi Murli Nikhil Jain Samvith Iyer Sanjanaa Aswani Satvika Devrani Shreya Agrawal Vaishnavi Pandey 194

101 11B Amit Mishra Aish Sandeep Akash Apte Akhil Vaswani Ashna Wiegerink Bijoyini Gaanguly Chelsea Lima Santos Jai Khanna (Absent) Kabir Sachar Karan Doshi Neha Kamath Parin Sheth Rahil Vaknalli Sana Sangli Sanchi Bhalla Shreshtha Ramani Simran Jain 196

102 11C Parag Oltikar Aaliya Kochra (Absent) Anuj Kejriwal Arihant Bora Duhita Sengupta Gizelle Machado Ishaan Datta Ishita Sawant Khushboo Agarwal Latika Balachander Pulomaja Gajraj Rahul Kutty Rhea Soni Saanil Joshi Siddharth Manjrekar Sidhaant Murarka Vanshika Singla Vipul Kamani 198

103 11D Carmen Recio-Trinidad Aashna Tulsiani Abhishek Iyer Harshal Khandelwal Hiba Chowdhry Inara Dhrolia Kartikay Kinra Mishika Toor Navni Kharde Pratyush Juneja Sahil Dhanak Sama Matkari Sparsh Didwania Srishti Mukherjee Surbhi Singhi Vinita Darade Yash Sarda Yatharth Gupta 200

104 12A Zarine Khan Abhishek Chauhan Aizah Syed Anwesha Garodia Daani Naidu Kartik Kamdar Kumansh Furia Meer Sharifi Nicole Dsouza Pranav Saigaonkar Riya Shah Ronak Upadhyaya Saiba Ahuja Siddharth Almeida Smiti Modi Sushmeena Parihar Tanvi Palekar Vaibhav Manawat Vidhi Alwe 202

105 12B Shirisha Kondury Anant Goel Anoushka Mehta Athena Doshi Eashan Mathur Mahek Gandhi Mihir Deshmukh Nanki Lamba Ojasee Datar Paulomi Thakker Prajnya Bhat Rohil Kishinchandani Sarthak Bakliwal Sirish Nandimandalam Smiti Jain Trisha Bhimani Varan Thangavelu Varun Srinivasan Vikram Singh 204

106 12C Saurabh Tiwari Aayush Asthana Anamika Anil Avvalzameer Bhatia Ayan Saraf Bhavika Jain Cezar Conovali Devanshi Agarwal Farhan Merchant Neha Nagesh Param Chheda Rhythm Sachdeva Rishabh Goenka Ritm Patnaik Sara Sethia Sreeya Guha Varun Sudhakar Vasundhra Aggarwal Yash Shetty Zubin Israni 206

107 IBDP Reflections I never believed Mathematics was a fun subject till IB happened to me. Walking into the classroom on the first day, unaware what to expect, we were introduced to the subject in a way that shook me awake. I remember in the first few days the only sound emerging from the class was What? and on solving a sum, OHH! While the feeling remains, I think we managed to get ourselves to sit and actually use some brain cells when the third sound YES! was then occasionally heard. There were the days of seeing unthinkably bad grades, and then some unexpected good ones. Two years flew by, and I never realised how much I started enjoying math as a subject. Just a subject where I befriended numbers, math has made me a new person. I incorporated math in the simplest of everyday actions seeing patterns in people s behaviours, predicting how a person would react based on previous information about them, and when talking with friends, moving off on a tangent. It added a new dimension to my perspectives! From a subject that evoked no emotion in me, it became something looked forward to. It became a source of connecting with my true nerdy self. And if being nerdy feels this good, boy I d never want to be cool! -Tanvi Palekar, Grade 12 First day of school, I look around, With no familiarity, to be found; Would this school be like the rest, Obscured truths, hiding behind a crest? The IB is all about deadlines and work ethics, Prepares you wonderfully, for the world s critics; Before you decide to call it a day; Remember: Prayer won t take you all the way. But on this seemingly impossible journey, We are privileged to have an incredible attorney; No matter what you may say, We are much better off at OIS, anyway. Behind the veil of non-competition, They prepare you for the world s most Emulous Exhibition ; The day you walk out of here; The world will only stand and cheer. -Vipul Kamani, Grade 11 They say if you re the only one awake at 3:00 a.m., you re either lonely, in love or an IB student. It s been a long two years with a significant amount of late night Starbucks trips, breakdowns, Skype calls and past papers. The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme can be harder than what people make of it. But if there s one thing I have to say, the IB is absolutely worth it. It makes you a fighter, ready to take on the world, but one day at a time. Apart from preparing you for University, the IB prepares you as a person, ready for life beyond a closed community. With a significant transition in my personality, I cannot thank OIS and its teachers enough. It s impossible to get through the IB alone and with the school backing you up, it makes a student s job much easier at the end. and distinguish between the wrong and the right. The IB is an amalgamation of emotions- all binding together your persona and making you who you are. At the same time, OIS is a storehouse of opportunities waiting to be taken and utilized. Commencing Peer Counseling has been one of the most empowering decisions I have taken so far. The ability to contribute to society is always incomparable. I had the opportunity to interact and understand different perspectives of life that I had only spoken about previously. High school is our chance to choose the best lives for ourselves at this juncture. But it s not as glorious as it seems. The path to a bright future comes with some nervewracking obstacles- standardized tests, academic grades, extra curriculars But amidst all this, the one thing that helps us figure it all out is College Counseling. I have learnt that rejection is good. To be honest, it s great! Because rejection usually means there s something better in store. We all end up where we re supposed to be. Altogether, it s been a hard journey so far. The IB pushes you to the utmost extreme, but only to extend horizons and broaden paths, which didn t dawn upon me until now. And now, at the end, when I m thinking about the future, all that runs through my mind is how much I m going to miss all of this. You don t dream about success, you work for it. -Saiba Ahuja, Grade 12 Model United Nations at Oberoi International School my interest for international relations, and has brought out my inner diplomat. However, most importantly, Model United Nations has helped me master the arts of teamwork and communication. This past year, OIS hosted our third Model United Nations conference, and the growth of the platform has been more than exponential. Not only did we host a successful conference with over 200 participants, but our students proved their talents at multiple conferences. We won over 15 awards (cumulative) at schools like Ecolé Mondiale, Hiranandani Foundation School and Jamnabai Narsee School. Our students were also part of the Executive Boards of some of the best MUN conferences in Mumbai including The Indian International Model United Nations Conference, which happened to be the largest conference in the world. Over the last few years, Model United Nations has become an integral part of many OIS student s lives, and the quality of our MUNers continues to improve. This next academic year, we will be hosting our fourth conference at OIS, and after selecting an elite Executive Board, I, the Secretary General of OISMUN 2016, am convinced that this continuum of growth will not be disrupted. -Aryaman Pandya, Grade 11 A subject where there is no right answer. TOK has taught us to consider the broader aspect and not limit or constrain our thoughts to any one belief. TOK gives us the right to put forth our opinions and views as well as be open-minded to other s views. It is this subject where we learn to debate, argue and evaluate our claims and counter-claims. TOK is a mixture of a variety of ways of knowing and areas of knowledge like sense perception, language, emotion, reason, art, mathematics, natural and human sciences and many more such interesting aspects. With the help of these we develop knowledge questions and explore real life situations. We enter the TOK class with assurance that we are going to learn something new, something that might not seem important or helpful at the moment but definitely in the future. An important trait that TOK teaches us that is to not be gullible and believe things readily but to have the ability to question. In TOK we learn to acquire knowledge and apply knowledge to other subjects. -Vanishka Singh, Grade 11 Welcome to the IB diploma programme, Turn back now! It s all a scam; TOK and written tasks by the day, Come night, IAs and Extended Essays mark your way. Amazing aspirations; Harvard and Yale? Wake up, it s not a fairytale. Along the way, you slowly learn; It s never enough, to merely yearn. The IB has shaped my life in ways I could never imagine. While CAS taught me how to stand up against my fears and do something, TOK taught me how to raise questions and derive answers from everything around us. It makes you step out of your comfort zone, it makes you curious and it teaches you the true meaning of hard work, because you learn that success can never come the easy way. It teaches you how to express yourself, to go out there and make a difference beyond your HLs and SLs. It creates a drive inside you, to accept, realize Model United Nations is a simulation of the United Nations wherein students represent countries and address the most significant problems that obstruct the growth of mankind. I was introduced to Model United Nations at OIS in Grade 7, and it has been one of my greatest passions ever since. Model United Nations has served as a platform for me to refine my oratory skills and has taught me about the harsh realities of the world we live in. This opportunity has helped me explore 208

108 (Left to Right) : 1. Ms. Puja Srivastava 2. Digestive System 3. Shadow 4. Laser Machine Technology Career Day College Counseling As a child I often used to wonder if there would ever be a day where we could see the person we were having a telephonic conversation with. What seemed impossible then is a way of existence today. Such is the power of technology. For years the document creation application of a certain software giant ruled the world and ICT in school was geared towards teaching the one tool and how to be perfect with it. Today we have a gazillion document creating and editing softwares which no school in the world is capable of teaching. Also what is new today will be obsolete in a couple of years. So technology education in schools is changing today. Kids are being taught to inquire, ideate, create, communicate and evaluate. The process is nomenclated as design thinking saw the birth of our maker space at OIS and the toys like the laser cutter and 3D printer that not only adorn the space but channelize students creative and imaginative capacities to think outside the box. So there was a lot of tinkering, making and designing that was the highlight of the year The year also saw primary students reflecting and posting on their electronic portfolio app, seesaw. The app has transformed the three way communication between parents teachers and students and converted everyday into a parentteacher-student meeting. As we get ready to step into we are looking at better ways to communicate student progress through the introduction of Mangebac for our students of grades 6 and 7th. The year saw us strengthening our school s internet backbone to provide a faster connectivity to the tools on the cloud. As we continue our journey in the connected world it is our responsibility to constantly remind our kids to be safe and responsible. However the definition of cyber etiquette is constantly evolving. Not having an online presence does not translate into an ethical and responsible digital citizenship. However I am prompted to add another element into the existing nine elements of digital citizenship, that of digital reciprocity. It is important that we respond, exchange and reply to the conversations and invitations on social media groups. And to end with a quote from the great Indian leader who through his simple and modest way inspired us to ideate and innovate. Without your involvement you can t succeed. With your involvement you can t fail. - A.P.J Abdul Kalam -Ms. Puja Srivastava, IT Director There are days when I long to be an astronaut; days when I aspire to be an author; and times when I just wish to travel the world but never a moment in time when I m certain about my career. Sound familiar? Well that s because this Career disease plagues virtually every teenager out there; unless of course, you re born into a stereotypical family of doctors and engineers my condolences. For the rest of us mortals, its times like these when the stodgy speeches made by those bothersome people actually make a difference. And so they did on the OIS Career Day! It goes without saying that being paraded to the Auditorium on a Friday morning only to be greeted by an assembly of older people waiting to deliver incessant words of wisdom doesn t really sound like an enticing prospect. Nonetheless, five minutes into the first speech, all that changed! The speakers not only represented a wide range of occupations, but also some offbeat ones, such as a Comedian and an urban city planner. Each professional gave us an inspirational insight into their education and work life, letting us realise and value the importance of loving what we do; being open to changes; and that it is absolutely natural to switch careers at least five times before you turn thirty. More importantly, we were made aware of the fact that an engineer could end up becoming an investment banker and an individual could forgo a Harvard education to successfully and joyously sell humour. We learnt the importance of taking risks and following our passion. The students were also privileged to interact with any two of the speakers for the next ninety minutes following introductions, through individual interactive workshops which each speaker conducted. Undoubtedly, it was an enlightening experience that shall surely prove to be instrumental when we are faced with the colossal task of applying to colleges and making up our minds about professions for our future. The session gave us direction, while a few others were acquainted to the existence of careers beyond the clichéd Indian Dream. A little advice: If you ever hear about a Career Day, don t miss it! - Vipul Kamani, Grade

109 (Left to Right) : 1. Hiindi HL Students of Grade Trip to Zoo 3. Trip to Golden Pagoda Hindi Week (Left to Right) : 1. Scaled Down Version of Pyramid of Giz 2. Parents visiting stalls 3. Board Games with Math 4. Algebra Toppings for Pizza Maths Week The IB learner profile represents 10 attributes valued by IB World Schools. We believe these attributes can help individuals and groups become responsible members of local, national and global communities. Caring, Communicators, Risk Takers are few of the attributes we learnt in our Hindi HL batch of Grade 11. It was called ज गल क स र Jungle Ki Sair which means A Trip to the Jungle. We learnt how to be caring towards handling the children, how to communicate with students of different age groups as well as be risk takers who stepped out of their comfort zone and did something that they would usually hesitate to do. Thank you. Grade 11 The Global Vipassana Pagoda is one of the magnificent Seven Wonders of Maharashtra and is renowned for being the largest pillar less dome in the world. On December 15th, the Hindi students of Grade 11 and 12 visited the Pagoda, reflecting on our sacred culture and heritage. The highlight of the trip was an extensive, informative and intriguing art gallery, that portrayed the life of Buddha, through every phase. We also learnt about the history of Buddhism and its spread from India to the rest of the world. Furthermore, a short session of Vipassana meditation left us questioning our modern way of life and gave us an enlightening insight. Its faith rests in meditation and focusing on one s inner peace and stability. Vipassana was not just the opportunity to miss a day of schoolwork, but a day to discover ourselves, not only as individuals but as spiritual beings, here to fulfill our purpose. Vipul Kamani, Grade11 Saiba Ahuja, Grade12 ह द हम र म त भ ष ह और व द य लय म इसक ब र म स खन क मज ह क छ और ह हम ह द कक ष म स र फ ह द क भ ष ह नह स खत बल क हम र स स क त क गहर ई म भ ज त ह ज ज ञ न हम इस कक ष म प र प त करत ह उस हम क ई और व षय क कक ष म भ उपय ग कर सकत ह हम र ह द कक ष क छ त र प रत य क गत व ध य म ज -ज न लग कर ह स स ल त ह, और हम एक द सर क स थ एकत र ह कर म ल-ज लकर रहत ह कहत ह क ह द ह हम और ह द हम र वतन ह स यश, क यन ज़ Many of us realize that though mathematics is learnt as a formal subject in schools and colleges, most of what we learn in the curriculum is something we have already experienced in our real life. Right from ratios in musical instruments to modeling projectile motion to building structures using geometry to using parallel lines in marking parking lanes, we see the use of mathematics. It is not hard to agree to the fact that math is more than what we see in the textbook. To get the students to acknowledge the above fact was the very objective of planning the Math Day. It was planned on 14th March because it is a significantly important day for math lovers all over the world who know it better as Pi (π) Day. Students from Grade 6 to 11 were given the freedom to choose a topic that they wanted to connect math to; like sports, murder mystery, coding, science principles, languages, art, food and architecture. Once a topic chosen, students were given class time to work on the math behind these topics under the supervision of their respective math teachers. Teachers differentiated the projects to the extent to which they saw their students showing the ability to work towards achieving their objective. Thus each student could selfpace their projects and the end objectives. Students were encouraged to work in groups to help them benefit from peer learning as well as work well in teams. On 14th March 2016, between 1 to 2:30 pm, all these projects for open for display to the entire secondary community of teachers, staff, students and parents. Students presented their work proudly and at the same time got to witness so many other ideas of other students and learn from this exposure. The high school students got an opportunity to look at several ideas as a stimulus for their internal assessment projects in IBDP. Teachers and parents who visited the exhibition said that they saw several ideas they never thought of in connection with mathematics. It made them realize that we live in such a small world of knowledge when the kids showed them a much bigger world through their ideas. We at OIS hope to continue inspiring our students to push their limits of excellence and what they think is achievable. - Ms. Manju Upadhyaya, Math Coordinator, Primary 212

110 (Left to Right) : 1. Coal mine as an example of market failure 2. Field Trip Uniform Manufacturing Plant 3. Renaissance wax museum project 4. Making a city Science Week Humanities Week The entire process of the science fair project this year was completely different from the rest of my science fair project experiences. Instead of conducting an experiment in this project, we decided to instead conduct research on some of the concepts learnt during the first semester of IB biology. The theme for our science fair project was DNA analysis in the field of forensic science. We realized that it was important to also understand the practical use of DNA and did research on DNA analysis in the field of forensic science. We understood how forensic analysts manage to amplify DNA using artificial procedures and how criminals can be identified once the sequence of base pairs in their DNA are paired. Overall, this project truly helped us understand biology from a wider perspective and allowed us to deviate from the theoretical aspect of biology into exploring real life examples. -Rahil Vakani, Grade 11 The science exhibition held in OIS in 2016 was a rather enjoyable way to discover our strengths in the separate fields in science. Some chose to dwell on the scholarly science, one that defines energy and motion, Physics. Whilst others chose a science that focused on composition and matter, Chemistry. And some wished to study about fascinating living organisms, Biology. The science exhibition allowed students to unearth any mystery that their mind wandered to. Some questions that came up were: How does temperature affect crystal growth?, How does Robotics work?, What affects heart rate and its health? This event exhibited our learning by either projecting our understanding in class and lacing it with our project, or going out and investigating mysteries for ourselves. The exhibition helped me understand the significance behind appraisal and innovation, reinforcing my respect for learning and betterment of one s self. -Noyyo Parulekar, Grade 9 The science fair exhibition, held for middle school and high school was a great initiative taken once again my the science department of our school. The theme for this year s exhibition was STEAM where S stand for science, T stands for technology, E for engineering, A for art and M for math. The purpose of this theme was to help us students broaden our horizons and understand the correlation between science and various other subjects. It allowed us to explore and question existing scientific theories or concepts using our existing knowledge from other subjects too. I think it also helped us improve our research skills and this project, like the many others conducted by Oberoi international school prepared us to face life in the outside world -Shreshtha Ramani, Grade 11 In the past few years there has been an exponential increase in the number of students who are enrolling into Humanities subjects in high school. This can be attributed to the raised awareness among the student body, of the different avenues that open up with subject streams that focus on Individuals, Societies, Values and Human systems. Our aim in Humanities, is to keep this enthusiasm and interest, up in our students. We are constantly working at developing a suitable, useful, experiential and practical curriculum to give our students the knowledge, skills and values that will make them not only successful humans but also responsible and well- informed global citizens. We have tried our best to engage students in activities that allow them to make connections between what they learn in school to what happens in the real world- By going on a field trip to observe and study the impacts of rapid urbanization, students developed empathy and desire to find a sustainable solution to problems that they witnessed; By giving opportunities to develop, design and actually run a business, students got their first taste of entrepreneurship; By creating models of sustainable smart cities, students found a true solution, that if implemented, could slow down environmental degradation; By studying about castle technology of the past, and recreating them, students learnt to appreciate architectural intricacies; By going on a cultural exchange program to Denmark, students explored the relationships of people and their governments. It is activities like these that bring meaning to academics and add value to the knowledge that students receive during their school years. Ms. Brinda Anandh, HOD Humanities Secondary 214

111 Above: HS Girls Volleyball Below: (Left to Right) 1. U16 Boys Football 2. MS Table Tennis 3. HS Boys Volleyball 4. MS badminton World Languages Week Athletic Teams: Season 1 Can you imagine a world without languages? As Nelson Mandela had said, If you talk to a man in a language that he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language that goes to his heart. We are fortunate that in OIS, apart from English, we learn one of the 3 popular world languages - Hindi, French and Spanish. During January 2016, OIS celebrated the World Languages Week with lots of enthusiasm, passion and interest. During that week, every morning, there was a voice recording in Hindi, French, or Spanish in the daily bulletin. In our homeroom we had to identify who was the teacher talking. It was such an exciting event and we made all sorts of suggestions, indeed the most entertaining way to start our day!! Every grade participated in different ways. Grade 6 had a refreshing Swap Languages program where the students could learn a few words from the other languages. Grade 7 had to act out roles from famous movies in Hindi, French and Spanish for and captivated the audience. The other events were the games and food organized by grade 8 French class where students could enjoy delicious crepes, Salsa dance organized by grade 11 Spanish class, Grade 6 Trivia contest and Grade 11 French cultural quiz. On the last day of the week, Grade 7 students extended the language week celebrations by presenting their recordings in the assembly. We were busy shooting videos where we enacted a small part from a famous English movie but delivered the dialogues in Spanish. Incidentally, I was one of the anchors for our movie presentations in Spanish. Conducting an interactive session in Spanish with the entire Middle School was an experience by itself. I really think the most interesting part of the Language Week was the innovative guessing game in the mornings. During our breaks, we used to discuss what language and which teacher would be there the next day. And in conclusion, I would say we benefited the most with an exposure to new languages, developing a love for languages and experiencing how languages can be used for communicating speaking, reading, writing and listening. I would like to sincerely thank all our teachers and students for bringing to life the World Languages Week in our school. -Rishav Chatterjee, Grade

112 Above: (Left to Right) 1. HS Boys Cricket 2. HS Girls Baskets 3. MS and HS Track and Field Below: (Left to Right) 1. MS Girls Football 2. MS Boys Football 3. MS Girls Football Above: (Left to Right) 1. HS Boys and Girls Table Tennis 2. MS Girls Basketball 3. MS Boys Basketball Below: (Left to Right) 1. HS Boys Basketball 2. MS Boys Cricket Team A 3. MS _ HS Swimming 4. HS Badminton Athletic Teams: Season 2 Athletic Teams: Season

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114 Message From Deputy Head of Secondary (Pastoral) Student Life in the High School At the beginning of each year, I select a few photos of friends and families that are important to me. When students and staff come into my office, they often ask about a picture of a parent, a pet, or a vacation setting. The rest of my walls are blank. However, it doesn t take long for them to fill with cards, posters, and pictures of activities and events from OIS. I enjoy the process of filling my office with these mementos, as each year is different and unique. This year the walls are covered with posters of events students have organized and held. I am currently looking at several events that took weeks and months to plan, they include: International Coastal Cleanup, Wear It, Beat It s Dandiya dance, TEDxYouth@OIS, The DREAM Project, Decibel, and Relay For Life. Along with the event posters are the invitations students have sent for their events. These include OIS s first Alumni Reunion, a Ball Dance organized by the grade 10 English classes, the IBDP art exhibition entitled the Muse, the art week and a ceremony for the formal installation of the Interact Club which has ties with a local Rotary Club. I also kept my tickets to the musical Annie and this year s OIS Fest and a copy of OIS s first printed magazine The Leopard Print. There are digital pictures found on my Flickr account. They include the Halloween dance, an OIS swim meet, and the secondary Field days. I also have a number of videos share during the high school assemblies. This includes the last summer s art trip to AUB in the UK, the OIS MUN recap, this year s Kayak club excursion, the grade 11 trip to Indonesia and the Class of 2016 music video. Finally, this year closes my tenure at OIS and I will be moving to a new international school. Along with my memories of OIS, I will take a few more pictures of my OIS friends, both students and staff, and post them on my new office wall. They will be the reminders of how the OIS youth ERIC HILTY ALONG WITH MY MEMORIES OF OIS, I WILL TAKE A FEW MORE PICTURES OF MY OIS FRIENDS, BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF, AND POST THEM ON MY NEW OFFICE WALL. 222

115 Message From Head of Secondary And the Bullet Train got faster! Have you ever been on a Bullet Train? Last year when I sat down to write my Yearbook message I made an analogy between OIS and a Bullet Train. To me being at OIS was just like being on a Bullet Train, but faster! This year I can say that the Bullet Train gained even more speed and is better! Our teachers have been involved in professional development with the IBO, CIE, Six Traits of Writing, Technology Integration and more, all to continue implementing programmes and 21st Century initiatives at OIS. The MYP authorization is underway. We implemented the Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum Programme and continued with the strategies that have proven to be effective in the classroom. This year one of our guest speakers was Dr. Donald Thomas, a NASA astronaut, who participated in four space missions. And our students made us proud, again! Every question asked made Dr. Thomas think well before answering. Our students were involved in amazing BAA, Culminating Project, Science Fair and CAS initiatives that made me wonder what is the limit? Simple answer? The sky! From social responsibility projects to developing user friendly Apps, we saw it all. The projects were student driven, planned and executed! Kudos to everyone! Some examples of how our students engaged outside the classroom to further develop their skills are the 3rd Edition of the OISMUN Conference, DREAM Project, Operation Smile, Habitat for Humanity, TEDx Youth, Sports Tournaments, and the Relay for Life, which has become the number one fund raiser event for the Indian Cancer Society. Walking around the secondary school is invigorating. We can clearly see the great job OIS is doing educating the future leaders of India, and hopefully of the world. The Class of 2016 is the largest ever OIS graduating class. Graduates, you are engaged in making the world a better place. In a very busy year, which can be remembered for college applications, SATs and ACTs, CAS, IAs and IB exams, you made a point to be involved in all OIS events, even organizing the first OIS Alumni Reunion. April brought the much-expected college acceptance letters and with those, the inevitable feeling that the time to say goodbye was coming. Goodbye to happy and successful days at OIS. Goodbye to mom and dad and the comfort zone. It is time to spread your wings in the direction of the unknown and the uncertain not to worry because your teachers and parents prepared you well. It is time to say hello to a new chapter of your lives. A chapter with blank pages yet to be filled with new experiences. Graduates, as Confucius said, Wherever you go, go with all your heart! I am sure you will continue to make us proud! Go on, it is time to fill those blank pages with your own history! Go Leopards!!! DAVI SANCHEZ I AM SURE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE US PROUD! GO ON, IT IS TIME TO FILL THOSE BLANK PAGES WITH YOUR OWN HISTORY! GO LEOPARDS!!! 224

116 Above: (Left to Right) 1. Celebrating Diwali in Early Years 2. Curriculum mornings 3. Republic Day Below: (Left to Right) 1. OIS Fest Harmony PTA initiative 2. Halloween Early Years 3. Guest Speaker Astronaut Donald Thomas4. Publishing your own story in creative format - Natallya Svuetsouva Beyond Academics Above: (Left to Right) 1. Coffee Mornings with Head of School 2. Decibel Music Festival for IB Schools 3. Story Telling Ramleela 4. Flavours of the World with Chef Ajay Chopra - Founder s Day Below: (Left to Right) 1. TEDxYouth@OIS 2. Muse 2 Grade 12 Art Exhibition 3. MUN Conference OIS Factor

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118 01 02 (Left to Right) 1. Middle School Events team 2. Student Council Field Day: Secondary Student Council This year the aim of the Student Council was to establish governing rules and help the student body with their issues. During the year the council worked together and came to a consensus regarding solutions and their applications. Whether the representative was from middle school or high school, each person contributed equally during discussions. The work was divided so that each Class Representative understood what it means to work in a council. Many solutions were produced and those that were successfully implemented continue to improve student life today. We started with adding five extra minutes to our short break. Then we created a system wherein each student-led event would be approved by the Student Council based on its purpose and how well it has been planned. After that, we were able to extend the time that students had to change for PE. Our other proposals will hopefully be implemented next year. We would also like to thank Mr. Eric for helping us throughout the year. -Ishita Kumar, Student Council President It s been a great year, but no year is really and truly great without it s share of fun school parties, which are hosted and organized by the MS Events committee. This year, the MS Events committee hosted the Halloween party, Rangeela din and the Big Book War. The Halloween party had music, and, not to forget, a professional photographer, Miss Anne Murray! It was definitely one of the best events we hosted this year and the most fun was in organizing it. Then to promote Holi and individuality, we held Rangeela din, where you could come to school dressed up in colorful clothes and stay in them the whole day on the condition that you paid 50/-. All the money from all the events went to charity and to NGOs that the school works with. Lastly and probably the biggest event that we hosted and organized - The Big Book War! The Big Book War was an event that focused on reading rewards and the English department; every child who wanted to participate had to read 8 books and 10 hours plus the 3 mandatory books for their grade level. The events were all huge successes and we, as the MS Events committee couldn t be more proud of our handiwork. For those of you aspiring to be a part of the MS Events committee, you re right, it was definitely one of the most fun things that I ve been apart of and I would love to do it all over again. We hope the MS Events committee continues to host more successful, fun events and that it continues to make student life at OIS more vibrant and color filled and happy. 230

119 Above: (Left to Right) 1. Art through reading at Bookwallah Organization 2. World Autism Day with Priyanj Special School 3. World Autism Day with Priyanj Special School Below: (Left to Right) 1. Swimathon Fund Raiser 2. Circulating Kindness Cards 3. Fund raising for local stray dogs Thomas 4.Wear It Beat It for Child Heart Foundation Community Outreach 01 Above: (Left to Right) 1. Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back. 2. Spanish Teaching at Umeedbhai Patel School_2 3. visit to National Association for the Blind Below: (Left to Right) 1. Spanish Teaching at Umeedbhai Patel School 2.Relay for Life, students writing messages 3. Udaan India Foundation Visit 4. English Teaching Security Staff BAA G

120 Sr. Venue Trip Grade No 1 Ranthambore Domestic Kerela Domestic 7 3 Rishikesh Domestic 8 4 Denmark International 10 5 Indonesia International 11 6 PE trip to lonavala Domestic MS 7 Kayaking trip Domestic MS 8 NASA International Summer trip 9 Spain International Summer trip 10 London International Summer trip 11 NUS Singapore International Summer trip Above: Ranthambore Below: (Left to Right) 1. Indonesia 2. Denmark 3. Ranthambore 4.Kerela Above: (Left to Right) 1 & 2 Rishikesh 3. Denmark 4. Rajmachi Below: (Left to Right) 1. Garudmachi 2 Kerela 3. Magic Bus 4. Kayaking Trips

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125 Governing Board Year Book Credits It has been a great honour to represent this stellar OIS Board for more than 5 years. The role of the Board at a school is mainly of a fiduciary and strategic nature, and to support the Head of School. We also have a responsibility to the Vision and Mission of the school, so that our students truly have the Freedom to think, and we can Empower them to be But to empower we must also enable. We do this by ensuring that we have the best leadership team, motivated and passionate teachers, professional development, highly supportive nonteaching staff, robust resources, and policies and practices that lead to creating a conducive learning environment. Change is an inevitable aspect of international education. And the changes at OIS have inevitably led to progress. We have changed and grown at the same time. Not only in numbers and reputation, but in our approach to education. We are always striving to improve but also remain stable. After all, change and stability need not be contrarian. If I had to vote for the most innovative change for it would go undisputed to the laser cutter. Exactly a year ago I remember convincing the management to buy a laser cutter for the school. There was a vision but no real plan and I can only thank them for their graciousness. From the time it was installed to this, what a huge difference it has made. The machine has revolutionized the way students and teachers think and take action. The laser cutter has transformed our 2-D thinking process into a more real 3D realm. From simple coasters to lamp shades, switch boards with a message to board games, the laser cutter has been the catalyst to take the students imagination to the next level. Traditional technology lessons are being slowly replaced by design thinking lessons where students are being guided to create. The maker movement or the DIY movement has gained momentum across schools worldwide where students come together, ideate, plan and create. Whether it s science festivals, robotics competitions, fairs that encourage young people to create and build and invent to be makers of things, not just consumers of things. says Obama in his Educate to Innovate initiative launched a couple of years ago. As Bill Cosby says In order to succeed your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. As students tinker and create, they come to appreciate failure. Design thinking teaches students to consider failure as an option and as they reflect upon and evaluate their own mistakes they take a step forward to making a better world. -Ms. Puja Srivastava, IT Director AASHITA MEHRA Board Advisor MS. BINDU OBEROI MR. VIKAS OBEROI DR. PAUL FOCHTMAN DR. INDU SHAHANI As for me personally, I am very proud of what we achieved in these last 8 years and look forward to the ones ahead. I love coming to school. It is so quiet here. No noise, just happy voices. MS. VIDHURITA PATNAIK MS. ROOPA PURUSHOTHAMAN MS. MONICA ANAND MS. RADHIKA PEREIRA MR. ABHIJIT JOSHI EVENTS & COMMUNICATION TEAM: Ms. Pooja Mishra and Ms. Jagruti Colaco Special Thanks to Mr. Alexander Johnson PHOTOGRAPHY: Ms. Pooja Mishra, Mr. Marcel Ideler CONCEPT & DESIGN: PROCESSING & PRINTING: 244

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