Mala: Thrissur district retained the championship trophy at the 19th CBSE state school youth festival that concluded at Holy Grace Academy, Mala in Thrissur on Sunday. The host, Holy Grace Academy, came first among the schools with 607 points.
While Thrissur (4,762 points) sent Ernakulam (4,745 points) to the second position in a tight race for the Gold Cup, it was Rani Public School of Vadakara in Kozhikode (565 points) which had to be content with the second spot among schools.
Kozhikode finished the event at third position with 1,113 points. IES Public School, Chittilappilly in Thrissur was ranked third among the schools with 534 points.
Vivek Jayasimha of Amritha Vidyalaya, Kallarakadavu and Devika Sathish of Navy Children School, Kochi were adjudged Kalaprathibha and Kalathilakam respectively in Category 5.
Sreehari Ramdas of Sree Shankara Vidyapeetam, Mattannur in Kannur was the Kalaprathibha in Category 4, while Roweena James of Kendriya Vidyalaya-Port Trust took the Kalathilakam in the category.
Two students of Holy Grace Academy - Vaishnav G. and Anna Grace Raju – won the Kalaprathibha and Kalathilakam prizes respectively in Category 3. Aswin Baiju of Sree Gokulam Public School, Pazhuvil and Aldriya Sabu of Nirmalatha Central School, Thrissur were adjudged Kalaprathibha and Kalathilakam in Category 2.
Actor Bala presented the Gold Cup to the winners at the valedictory function in the evening. K.P. Dhanapalan, MP, inaugurated the function. CBSE School Management Association president T.P.M. Ibrahim Khan presided over it.
Mimicry, Folk Dance, Guitar, National Anthem and Quiz were the events held on Sunday. The last day of the fest also witnessed performances of the winners at various competitions.
Next: Talented bunch holds promise
Talented bunch holds promise
Mala: The CBSE state school youth festival that concluded at Holy Grace Academy in Mala in Thrissur district on Sunday witnessed the rise of a few talents, who hold much promise for the future.
Devika Sathish of Navy Children School in Kochi was adjudged the Kalathilakam in Category 5.A resident of Elamkulam in Kochi, Devika won first prize in Kuchippudi, second in Folk Dance and Mohiniyattam and third in Bharathanatyam and Mono Act.
Vivek Jayasimha of Amritha Vidyalaya at Kallarakadavu in Pathanamthitta won the Kalaprathibha award in Category 5. He won first prizes in Bharatanatyam, Folk Dance, Mono Act and A grades in Malayalam recitation and story-writing. Mangad Satheesh and Thrissur Job are his teachers. Former Kalathilakam of MG University Ambili Aravind is his aunt and former Kalathilakam of Kerala University Ponnambili is his cousin.
Roweena James of Kendriya Vidyalaya-Port Trust in Kochi who won the Kalathilakam award in Category 4 resides at Thevara in Kochi. She won first prizes in Mohiniyattam, Mono Act, Bharathanatyam, Kuchippudi and Folk Dance.
Kalaprathibha of Category 4, Sreehari Ramdas is an artist who won first prizes in oil painting, pencil drawing and water colours. He also scored an A grade in Mimicry and B grade in cartooning.
Next: Holy Grace plays perfect host
Holy Grace plays perfect host
Mala: As the 19th CBSE state school youth festival, which concluded at Holy Grace Academy in Mala in Thrissur district on Sunday, it was the host school that won the hearts of all other schools with an exquisite display of hospitality and performance. Not only did they organize a wonderful fest, but also swept the top prizes in the events, thanks to the splendid performances of the179 students who represented Holy Grace.
Holy Grace Academy has to be applauded for the way they arranged the fest although they got only three to four weeks to organize it. It was only a month and half back that the school chairman Raju Davis Perepadan volunteered to host the event, after the school that was supposed to host it withdrew due to a management change.
The chairman gives the credit to the teachers for organising a wonderful event given the short notice. “The best thing about organizing this event was that we did not miss any working days. Teachers and students worked hard overtime to not lose any working days. It was only the day before the fest began that we took a break from academics to give final touches to the plans,” he said.
The school had formed an observers’ committee consisting of teachers from other schools to monitor the events and find discrepancies if there were any. There was also a scrutiny committee consisting of seven teachers from top schools to scrutinise the results.
Holy Grace had finished their campaign at fourth place last term, but the students and teachers were focused on winning as they hosted the event this time, and they did it in style. The school is now looking forward to putting up a strong display in the next fest too and make a mark in the history of CBSE festivals.
