Activities

INSPIRING LEADERSHIP

The school has eight houses: Gajra, Kamla, Padma, Madhavi, Usha, Yashodhara, Vasundhara and Vijaya.

The School Council comprises four Head appointees and each of the eight Houses has a Captain, Vice-Captain and prefects. Activities are organized in a way to facilitate maximum participation. Students are delegated responsibilities for maintenance of discipline in the class, hostels, dining hall and houses. The assembly is a plethora of activities and each individual child is trained to address an audience. Inter-house and inter-school participation gives optimum exposure to learn self-expression and confidence. Most co-curricular activities are organized on an inter-House level.

GAMES & SPORTS

Games and sports form an integral part of the curriculum. An hour of games in the evening is compulsory for all resident students, and optional for day scholars. The school has a 400m athletic track and courts. Games where specialized coaching is provided are basketball, tennis, cricket, table-tennis, badminton and the martial arts, karate and taekwondo.

Girls are encouraged to participate in physical fitness programmes and in inter-school competitions including IPSC and CBSE tournaments. An annual Inter-House Athletic Meet is held in December every year.

LITERARY AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

To enrich the personality, a wide range of activities is catered for in the year’s programme. The activities are reviewed and revised with time and need, and form an inseparable part of the curriculum. The students are provided opportunities to participate in debates, quiz, drama, art and craft, dance (Bharat natyam, kathak and folk) and music (instrumental and vocal) Inter-House group and solo competitions are neatly interspersed into the regular school schedule.

The school hosts the IPSC English declamation contest in September every year. Teams from SKV participate regularly in inter-school competitions including IPSC events. Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti are celebrated every year. Religious festivals such as Janamashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi and Basant Panchami are celebrated with cultural programmes.

CAREER COUNSELLING

The career counselling cell arranges talks by eminent subject experts and counsellors, primarily for classes IX-XII. Seminars are organized with follow-up programmes. Aptitude testing is also offered and students are familiarized with opportunities for higher studies in a fast-changing world.

SOCIAL SERVICES & ENVIRONMENTAL AWARNESS

Making children aware of social responsibilities and sensitizing them to their environment are important priorities. A Social Service League and a Nature Club, both primarily student-driven bodies, organize a number of activities during the year including awareness drives, voluntary work and fund-raising.

ROUND SQUARE INTERNATIONAL

The school has been an associate member of Round Square International since 2001. The Round Square is an international organization of 48 schools in 5 countries that share a commitment to personal development, and responsibility through service, challenge, adventure and international understanding.

To inculcate these qualities in a student, each Round Square School presents an array of service opportunities to its own students. The scope of activities is wide ranging from support for the ill and elderly to childcare and maintenance and rehabilitation of natural areas, to operation of life-saving or protective agencies.

SKV is also affiliated to the SPIC-MACAY organization, which holds regular performances of world- renowned artists in various fields of music and dance. The school is also a member of the Inter public school Conference, which gives an opportunity to all the students to participate in Inter school competitions at the all India level.

ANNUAL TRIPS

Much of the classroom learning is supplemented with field trips.

A five-six day educational trip is compulsory for all students in March. These trips are organized to places of historical significance, to wildlife sanctuaries and National Parks, and to places that provide opportunities for adventure activities like camping, trekking, rock climbing and river rafting.