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Carmel adjudged Best school at the “IT FEST”
Carmel Convent School was adjudged as the Best school at the “IT FEST” organised by YPS, Mohali on November 22, 2021. Carmel also won the Overall Trophy
The following students won prizes:
Shivasi Raj Vashisht- Class VI-A : SECOND in Digital Cartoon Making on MS Paint
Ishika and Vanya Singh- Class XI-A : SECOND in Website Designing
Japman Kaur, Class X; Shaunya Sood, Class VIII; and Ekamjot Kaur, Class XI also participated in the competition.
Carmelites Shine at Harvard MUN
Riya Arora of class 11 B and Samaira Guleria of class 11 C participated in the Harvard Model United Nation Conference India 2021, held from 12th August, 2021 to 15th August, 2021 and won best the delegate and the outstanding delegate award respectively.
Carmelite Published in the IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences
The Student President of the Disaster Management Committee, Prisha Kapoor of class XII, wrote a research paper on the topic ‘Dealing with examination stress during Covid-19’ which was published in the IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences.
Carmelites win prizes at Divisional Library Diwali Competition
A Diya Making Competition was conducted in November by the Divisional Library, Sector – 34 Chandigarh to celebrate the festival of Diwali. Various schools from the Tricity participated in the same.
The following students from our school brought us laurels in the different age groups.
Group A (Class 1 & 2): Lavanya Vashishta: 1B; Vaani: 2A
Group B (Class 3 - 5): Avika Sharma: 3B; Kairava: 4B; Ganya: 4B; Tejaswini: 5A; Amisha Sethi: 5C
Group C: Muskan Kapila: 6B
Group D: Megha Sharma: 9A
Queens Commonwealth Essay Competition
Established in 1883, the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition, the world’s oldest international writing competition for schools was held this year on the theme ‘Community in the Commonwealth’. With thousands of young people taking part each year, it is an important way to recognize achievement, elevate youth voices and develop key skills through creative writing.
We are proud to announce that Barkha Singh, of class IX-A, has won the Gold award in this prestigious competition this year. Raiza Goel, of Class X-B, won the Silver Award in the same competition.
TS Central State Library Competition
T.S Central State Library sector 17 Chandigarh, organized a slogan writing and bookmark-making competition for the residents of the Tricity. Various schools participated in the same.
The following students from our school brought us laurels in both the events:
• Book Mark Making- Category A(Age group 3-6 Years):
Nayamat Gulati: Class Lkg C- 3rd prize
• Slogan Writing- Category B(Age group 6-10 Years):
Ishpreet Kaur Bedi: Class 6C- Consolation prize
• Slogan Writing- Category C(Age group 11-14 Years):
Priyanshi Sharma: Class 8B- Consolation prize
• Slogan Writing- Category D(Age group 14-17 Years):
Himanshi Devgun – Class 11D-3rd Prize
Sanya Chhabra – Class 12 A- A consolation prize
Collage Making Competition
An online Collage Making Competition was organized on August 10, 2021, by the Divisional Library (South), Sector -34, Chandigarh. The topic was Independence Day
Various schools from the Tricity participated in the same. The following Students from Carmel Convent School, Chandigarh won prizes.
• Group A:
1. Inaaya Garg: Class I B – Consolation Prize
2. Lavanya Vashishta: Class I B – 2nd Prize
3. Akshara: Class I B – Consolation Prize
4. Amyra Sujlana Belliappa: Class II A – 3rd Prize
5. Rakshita: Class II C – 2nd Prize
• Group B:
1. Arya – Class III A – 2nd Prize
2. Aashvi Mahajan: Class III B – 1st Prize
3. Avika Sharma: Class III B – 3rd Prize
4. Divija: Class IV C – Consolation Prize
5. Amisha Sethi: Class V C – 2nd Prize
• Group B:
1. Twinkle Agrawal: Class VII B – 2nd Prize
International Hindi Olympiad 2021-2022
International Hindi Olympiad was held in October, 2020. It was conducted by the ‘HINDI VIKAS SANSTHAN, DELHI.” A huge number of students participated. The winners were recently declared, and Carmel students among them were:
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ISHITA MATHUR {GOLD MEDAL}
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KUDRAT GREWAL{GOLD MEDAL}
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SHINE JAIN {GOLD MEDAL}
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DISHITA SHARMA {GOLD MEDAL}
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ISHMITA WASU {SILVER MEDAL}
SHINE JAIN was also awarded the “HINDI BAL SHERESHTH SAMMAN”
Chandigarh Literary Society Story Writing Competition
Avika Bhatia, Class VII-C, won the 1st prize in a story writing competition organised by the Chandigarh Literary Society.
Sr Supreeta Awarded EXEMPLARY COVID PANDEMIC EDULEADER by EducationWorld.
On October 8, 2021, Sr Supreeta was felicitated amidst a galaxy of Edu stalwarts at EducationWorld’s inaugural Schools of Eminence event to celebrate the work done by Carmel Convent School, under her leadership, to ease the disrupted education due to Covid and to ensure learning continuity and mental well-being of school children, teachers and staff.
National Gold medals for Carmelite
Khushi Sharma, XII B, won two Gold medals at the 9th Dragon Boat Race National Championship 2021, as member of the D-10 Senior Women State team of Chandigarh for the 200 m race and 2000 m race, conducted from 15th to 18th Nov, 2021, at Chamera Lake, Chamba, in Himachal Pradesh.
Besides, as member of the D-20 team, she won a silver in the 200 m race and a bronze in the
2000 m race.
Mansi Wins Gold Medal
Mansi Malhotra of Class XII-A won the gold medal in the Spin Masters Table Tennis Tournament, in the U-19 category. The event was held at the Indoor Stadium, Mandi Gobindgarh from 12-14th November 2021.
Kashvi Wins Bronze in Fencing
Kashvi Garg, Class XI-B, won a bronze medal at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Khelo India Open (U-17) Fencing in Patiala
Carmelite wins medal at Chandigarh North District Athletic Championship
Maninder Kaur, Class VIII, won the silver medal in the Ball Throw Event at the Chandigarh North District Athletic Championship 2020-21, held at Sports Complex, Sector 7 B, on November 7, 2021.
Rachita Wins Bronze at National Boxing Championship
Rachita Dudy, Class XII-D, won the bronze medal in the 4th Youth Men & Women’s National Boxing Championship 2021 held from July 18-23, 2021, at Delhi Public School, Sonipat.