Our eloquent speakers

- Master Nimit Kamdar

Who said that elocution is a dying art in our schools today? Thank God that there are still occasions and opportunities presented to the students to excel in such forms. Making the best of such an opportunity was an enthusiastic bunch of students – many were speaking for the first time on stage - who rose to the challenge to compete with the rest in the field. Assembling their vocal chords for the final run – the preliminaries were held in the respective classrooms – and with a little bit of fine tuning with the assistance of the teachers and guides, the speakers were ready for the main show, the English Elocution, on 20^th July 2012.  

The students representing their houses – two from each house in every category – were grouped according to their classes.  Speakers from Class V and VI recited poetry, participants from Class VII and VIII spoke on great personalities of the world, while the students of the higher classes, IX and X, were provided an option to speak on any of topics that would interest them: Challenges of facing a career, Importance of Wildlife and My Role Model in Sports. Prominent and respected speakers of the stage, Mr. Samson, Ms. Suzanne and Ms. Shilpa, were the judges for the competition. 

At the end of the program, the declaration of results was swaddled in suspense, and it was all over when the names of the winners were announced:  Manav Uppal, Avinash Rane and Leon Barretto – in that order – in the Stds. V and VI category, Varun Tirthani, Atharva Chaturvedi and Parth Mehta in Stds. VII and VIII section, and Shahzad Farood, Jainam Soni and Amit Bhosale in the senior section.  Kudos to all of them!  The winners of Stds. IX and X category were rewarded a cash prize of Rs. 1250, Rs. 1000 and Rs. 750 – first, second and third place respectively –thanks to the sponsors, M R Pai Foundation for English Elocution. Working behind the scenes and getting the competition and the competitors stage prepared, were our teachers, Ms. Joanna, Ms. Marilyn and Ms. Cressieda.  A job well done!

Hot on the heels of the English elocution competition in the school, was another prestigious event organized by the Lions club of Sion on 28^th July 2012.  Our own student, Shahzad Faroodi was one among the twelve competitors from the different schools of the neighbourhood. Managing his oratorical skills to perfection, Shahzad reigned supreme in the event.  He was awarded the best speaker award and returned with the impressive Lion Upendra Desai Rotating trophy for his magnificent effort.  We doff our hats to Master Shahzad Faroodi for this unique feat that has done the school proud.