Are leaders born or they made? To nurture its students to be future leaders,
on 3rd July,2015 Open Minds had its INVESTITURE CEREMONY .The first
mega event for this academic year.
Investiture ceremony sets the right tone for an
academic year during which the young leaders not only learn to guide other
students but also create models in leadership for others to follow. They pined
to show how a positive journey can transcend faces into visages of the new era.
The new student council was elected through a formal
School Elections. Students from grades 7 to 9 contested for different positions
based on their interest and abilities.
The elections were held on 19th June,2015 in the school
premises.
The campaign was done by the contested students speaking
on their strengths and promising that
they would deliver their duties with great zeal and commitment and address all
the concerns. The slogans like VOTE RIGHT, VOTE BRIGHT, VOTE FOR ME brought the
whole house together.
The day of elections engaged every heart with galore
of feelings of hope, nervousness, readiness, the strange charm of unsurety,
excitement, and confidence. All the students voted through secret ballot. The
sound of joy and mirth reverberated and resonated through the school campus as
the results were announced.
A week prior, the preparations started to honor the
new student council on investiture ceremony.
The entire team was together to make the event memorable. It started
with, Mr. Jacob training the newly elected council members on the protocols to
be followed. Meanwhile Mr. Keshav & Ms. Koushiki prepared the students for
the beautiful welcome dance .Our principal Ms. Swapnali and Academic
coordinator Mr. Arup were always there with their suggestions, supporting the
magnanimous whole. Our front office executive Ms. Lovina was a great support-
hand during the entire program.
3rd July,2015- the day
most awaited by entire Open Minds family.
The program was compered by Anushka Anumanchi, Aryan
Kadli and Arshiya..
It started with welcoming the
chief guest Mr. M Jagadishwar ,IAS along
with our Chairman Mr. Sudhakar Reddy and parents students. Keeping the
tradition intact the melody of shloka whispered the commencement of the event. The
school choir presented a jubilant disposition of our school song followed by a
gleeful welcome dance by our students.
Then started our most awaited
moment, the student council with 21 students marching towards their goal. It
was a splendid moment to watch. With the vigorous beats of drum, our Dean Aryan
Sharma took the lead and marched forward, followed by our Asst.Dean , Kriti
Reddy, Sport Capitan Meganath , Sports Vice Captain Shamitha. Then our House
Captains and Vice Captains marched ahead followed by our Cultural Captain,
Cultural Vice Captain, Assembly Captain, Literary Captain ,
Literary Vice Captain, Health
& Hygiene Captain , Health &
Hygiene Vice Captain, Community Service Captain and Community Service Vice Captain.
With the heads high, hearts in
humility along with the House Masters, they all collected the Sashes and badges
from our chief guest, our chairman and our beloved principal Ms. Swapnali
Deore. The entire venue was filled with
great applaud, echoing the exhilaration hidden in every hearts.
Cut from same cloth and woven in
strands of integrity, sincerity and honesty, our student council took an oath
that they would live up to the expectations and would be fully committed to all
that the school stands for and strive to achieve them which was administered by the chief guest.
The event continued with an
inspirational speech by the chief guest.
Then the new dean encouraged his team and students with his speech. The young leaders were motivated with the
Principal’s words which rejuvenated every soul:
‘This is the beginning of a new era in your life…..’
indeed portrayed- the deeds of a whole epoch lies within the short span of
every life. The lines from our school song ‘Be the change, the change is you’
came with a new gusto and passion from our Principal and kindled the flame of
underlying leadership within the students.
After vote of thanks by the Asst.
Dean Krithi, the event concluded with the National Anthem.
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