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JUNE
Two of our students have been awarded a scholarship for higher education (SHE) under Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Scheme (INSPIRE) . click here for details.
MAY
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR STUDENTS !!
All students who appeared for the ISC and ICSE examination have passed.
ISC-164 students appeared. Malvika Sharad topped with 97.75%. Average percentage of all students was 88.19%. 75 students got above 90%. 74 students got between 80-89%.
HIGHLIGHTS OF ISC, 2013: Nine students secured 100% in Political Science (Shivani Gupta, Ana Rizvi, Gayatri Kapoor, Aishaanya Tewari, Aishwarya Mathur, Srishtika Prakash, Niyati Gangwar, Ketika Sharma and Sadia Ahmad Jung), four in History (Malvika Sharad, Shivani Gupta, Devika Sinha and Ketika Sharma), three in Mathematics (Kewan Chadha, Saima Saeed Alvi and Sakshi Gulati) and one in Physics(Aishwarya Agarwal). The names and percentages of the first five students in ISC examination are as follows:
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97.75 |
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AISHWARYA AGARWAL |
97.50 |
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SHIVANI GUPTA |
97.25 |
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ANA RIZVI |
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GAYATRI KAPOOR |
96.75 |
ICSE-193 students appeared. Radhika Mehra topped with 95.8%. Average percentage of all the students was 85.18%. 68 students got above 90%. 81 students got between 80-89%.
HIGHLIGHTS OF I.C.S.E, 2013: Two students (Shreya Khanna and Diksha Khanduri) got 100% in Mathematics and seven students secured 100% in Computer Applications (Radhika Mehra, Prachi Tripathi, Anukansha Gagneja, Nitansha Nema, Shreya Khanna, Diksha Khanduri and Punkhuri Kumar).
The names and percentages of the first five students in ICSE examination are as follows:
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RADHIKA MEHRA |
95.8 |
2 |
SAUMYA TEWARI |
95.4 |
3 |
PRACHI TRIPATHI |
95.4 |
4 |
ANUKANSHA GAGNEJA |
95.4 |
5 |
RAJIKA KHANNA |
95.2 |
Click here for names of students with 90% and above in I.C.S.E. /I.S.C.
- The 19th Sub-Junior U.P. State Basketball Championship began in La Martiniere Girls' College on 16th May. The tournament was inaugurated by Prof. Abhishek Mishra, Minister of State for Protocol, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh.
This will be played on league cum knock out basis. In all, 25 teams from various districts of the state like Varanasi, Agra, Allahabad, GB Nagar, Ghaziabad are expected to participate in the above championship.
The event is being organized by Project KHEL (Kids Holistic Education & Life-skills) under the aegis of Lucknow District Basketball association and sponsored by La Martiniere Girls' Alumni Association.
- The results of the first days’ matches are as follows:
Boys:
- Agra defeated Balia by a score of 39-2
- Allahabad claimed victory against Ghaziabad by 27 against 10
- Lucknow defeated Bijnor by 33-19
- Aligarh defeated Bareily by 21-19
- Varanasi defeated Gautam Buddh Nagar by 42-6
- Baghpat defeated Gorakhpur by 17-25
- Agra defeated Ghaziabad by 30-0
- Allahabad defeated Balia 54-6
- Lucknow defeated Baghpat 38-34 in a closely contested match
Girls:
- Agra claimed colossal victory over Balia by 52-0
- Aligarh defeated Ghaziabad with a score of 30-0
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Lucknow defeated Varanasi by 24-12
 
The Championship concluded on 19th May. The Chief Guest for the finals was Mr. Peter Fanthome, Member of Legislative Assembly.
The final days’ results are as follows.
FOR 3RD PLACE
Boys
Aligarh (Gulzar 12, Sahil 06) bt Bagpat (Pankaj 11, Akshay 07) 42 - 28
Girls
Varanasi (Pratibha 12, Shivani 07) bt Aligarh (Aparna 5) 37 - 8
FINALS
Girls
Lucknow (Mansi 12, Manya 10) bt Agra (Neha 04, Aditi 03) 31- 21
Boys
Agra (Jainendra 10, Aquil 06) bt Lucknow (Saurabh 08, Prashant 06) 36 - 29
 
- All the students of Biotechnology of classes 11 and 12 and Biology students of class 12 visited Genetic laboratory of SGPGI, Lucknow on 8th of May, 2013.
APRIL
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'Tax your Brain' quiz was conducted by NDTV and Quiz Craft on Monday, 29th April, 2013 in collaboration with Income Tax Department, Government Of India. (click here for details)
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Commemorative Programme hosted by Welhams' Girls' School was held in Dehradun on the 26th and 27th of April, 2013. (click here for details)
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The 17th Revd. Samuel Slater's Memorial English Debate hosted by Bishop Cotton School was held in Shimla from the 23rd to the 27th April, 2013. (click here for details)
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PALS set out for a challenging trekking trip to Ukhimath Valley, Uttaranchal. The dates were 28th March, 2013 to 4th April, 2013. (click here for details)
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Junior School had its Bal Mela on 25th April.
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Tanu Singh of Class Five took part in the R. D. Sinha Memorial All India Cricket Tournment held at Abhijeet Sinha Cricket Academy, Vipul Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow. She even took one wicket while fielding.
The event was held from 16th to 18th April, 2013. Mr Abhijeet Sinha was all praises for this budding cricketer and we wish her all luck for the days ahead.
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Another altruistic step was taken by LMGAA as it organised a health camp in Akshar Dhyan public school on 6th April, 2013. A team of 15 qualified doctors along with the paramedical staff from ERA Medical College attended to the medical problems of the school children as well as people of underprivileged backgrounds. More than hundred people benefited from the health camp including the women from near by slum areas who were able to discuss their problems with an expert gynaecologist. A general health check up (including the height and weight) of the children was also conducted. A dental and eye check up was also held for all. Expert advice was rendered on how to deal with various health problems and precautions to be taken. Medicines were also given free of cost as per requirement. After the medical examination was over, food items and packed fruit juices were distributed to all by the team from Era Medical college and the LMGAA distributed cakes of soap and biscuits.
  
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Five girls of the college basket ball team, represented LUCKNOW in the 14th Youth U.P. State Basketball Championship held at DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL in ALLAHABAD from 13th-16th April, 2013. The team secured third place in U.P. One of the team members, Akanksha Singh is selected for the NATIONAL CAMP. If Akanksha does well she will play at the National Championship which will be held in Kolkata in the first week of May.
- New session for class 11 began on 4th April, 2013.
MARCH
The Annual Prize day was a grand affair in which Academic and Co-curricular prizes were awarded to around 400 students besides special prestigious prizes and medals for various achievements. The chief guest for the evening was Ms Adele Khudr, Chief, Field Officer, UNICEF office for Uttar Pradesh. In her brief but meaningful message to the prizewinners she told the girls never to forget how lucky they were to be able to afford the kind of education their school and parents were giving them.
The Principal Mrs. F. Abraham in her annual report cum slide show highlighted the excellent Academic, Sports and Literary achievements of the school and also spoke at length about the school’s participation in activities relating to Social Service, Health awareness and Environment issues.
The guests among other dignitaries, included a number of past and present members of the Schools' Management Board and a memento was awarded in special recognition to Hon’ble Justice S.N. Sahay, the College’s senior most Chairman, for his long standing support to the Institution.
Mrs. L. Peters was given an award for 20 years of dedicated service to the College as Hostel Superintendent. Some of the prestigious Prizes were as follows:
Cock House: Lyons House
Shield for Co Curricular and Dramatics: Martin House
Basket Ball Trophy: Hodson House
Trophy for Inter House Swimming: Cornwallis House
The school is facilitating the Art of Living for students who wish to participate. The course of Art of Living for the teachers was held from 5th March, 2013 to the 9th, March, 2013.
- NEW SESSION
New academic session 2013-14 began on 11th March, 2013 for all the classes except class 11 which will be starting after their board examinations. Lower Preparatory new session began on 14th March, 2013.
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