As a continuation of our exchange-programme with the prestigious Lycee international school of Saint-Germaine en laye, a group of fifteen students and three teachers arrived in Ahmedabad on the 15th of February, for a two-week stay. All of the French students and teachers were put up with host families from MGIS, and over the past couple [...]
Continue reading...24. February 2010
On the 19th of this month, a group of artists from places as diverse as Austria, Gujurat and Poland came to MGIS in order to conduct two art workshops for children in grades 3, 5, 6 and 7. The Lone Tree: The first of the two workshops, this one was for students of grade 3 and [...]
Continue reading...28. February 2010
I missed my flight after checking in from Mumbai to Ahmedabad because the scanner at the security was not working. When the scanner got working, the security man disappeared to have tea. By the time he returned, the gates were closed and I was left stranded with my eight-year-old daughter. My fretting and fuming amused [...]
Continue reading...23. February 2010
On the 18th of this month, students from grade 10 (as well as volunteers from grade 9 and DP2) put up a self-scripted play that dealt with the events of the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. The script was based on the book ‘The Shadow of Imana’ by Veronique Tadjo which the students had studied earlier in [...]
Continue reading...16. February 2010
In recent times, and especially over this year, both the school’s boys and girls soccer teams have been doing exceptionally well. They have been participating in a slew of local tournaments; having put in some great performances and upset a number of formidable opponents, it must be said that they have both had a commendable [...]
Continue reading...12. February 2010
It’s soon going to be an exchange of ideas based on Ahimsa and Gandhi as the exchange programme between Mahatma Gandhi International School (MGIS) and Lycee International, France, has been finalised. In April, 14 students and two teachers from MGIS went to France for a creative and cultural exchange programme. “We had a great time introducing [...]
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25. February 2010
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