News from the Campus

School reopened on 16th January,2012

February

The investiture ceremony to badge the new office bearers of La Martiniere Girls' College Lucknow was held on 7th February which was a solemn and traditional affair.

It started with old office bearers processing into the auditorium to their college hymn.This was followed by the Lady Principal, Mrs. F. Abraham's reading from the scriptures and inspiring quotes.

Aishwarya Agarwal took over as the new College Headgirl for the academic year 2012-2013 along with her deserving and responsible team.

January

90th Annual Anglo Indian Schools' Principal's meet was held at the College from 4th January to 7th January.

December

The maiden venture of the alumni reunion dinner jointly hosted by the La Martiniere Girls' Alumni Association and the La Martiniere Alumni, Lucknow warmed the chilly evening of Lucknow with its overwhelming gush of Martiinians of all ages.
Life for many seemed to have come full circle as they danced to the music of DJ Moni and listened to songs by Hari Mohan's Band.
During the event Dr. V.M. Kohli and Tanya Chetanya (Editor Femina) were felicitated by the Association for their outstanding contribution to society.
A quiz with questions based to La Martiniere trivia was enjoyed thoroughly by all present. Close to midnight the hazy sky sparkled as a spectacular firework display showered blessing on all Martinians.

The Health Club of La Martiniere Girls’ College, in collaboration with Hope Initiative and La Martiniere Girls' Alumni Association, Lucknow hosted ATARAXIS – 2011 on 8th December, 2011 from 9:30am-2pm. 12 schools from across the city participated in this event.
Through this novel activity they endeavoured to enhance the five C’s which are: Competence, confidence, connectivity, coping and control, as well as let the children enjoy a day which promises to let them relive a day from their childhood.

The L.M.G.A.A. organised its 'Winter carnival' on 4th December. More than 2500 people attended the fete, it was a grand success.

November

La Martiniere Girls’ College celebrated its annual sports day with zest and enthusiasm. The sports began with an impressive March Past in which the College Prefects presented their House Colours. This was followed by athletic events that included relays and races. The P.T. performances were innovative and perfectly done. The little girls of class 6 made ‘Musical Fountains’ with silver painted brooms. The students of class 7 stole the show with their fan drill ‘Fanoritas’. The class 8 students impressed with their snazzy ‘Olympic Razmattaz’ in which was an eye-catching exercise in Calisthenics. The Senior school students held the audience’s attention with a North Eastern Bamboo Dance, Musical Laziums and ‘Dazzling Beats’ which was a fascinating display of swift and neat hand movements. The show ended with 200 students of the senior school performing a mashaal drill.

Results
Championships A Div - Dania  Nadeem (Hodson House)
                                                B Div – Shriya Prakash (Cornwallis House)
                                                C Div – Vrinda Mehta (Martin House)
                                                D Div – Ishrita Singh    (Martin House)
Best P.T.                              Middle School – Class 7 ‘Fanoritas’
                                                Senior School - Classes 9 to 12 ‘Flaming Fantasy’ ( Mashaal Drill)

 March Past Shield – Martin House
Tug of war Trophy – Cornwallis House
 Athletics Cup –           Martin House

The children of the Junior School of La Martiniere Girls’ College put up a Variety Entertainment comprising of song, dance, recitation, plays & Bharat Natyam.
The programme commenced with Shree Ram Stuti performed very gracefully by Medha Singh, followed by various items from different sections of classes II to V. The last item 'Tillana' was presented by the Bharatnatyam group. The evening was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended.

The Annual Concert of the Preparatory Department, La Martiniere Girls’ College held on the 8th and 9th November, 2011 showcased the versatility and talents of the tiny tots through a variety of dances, music and drama.
The evening began with an invocation to God with Kamya Sinha of Class 1-E performing the Ganesh Vandana. The students of the different classes performed a variety of dances – English, Hindi and fusion as well with much enthusiasm and amazing synchronization.The solo performances by Pankhuri of Class 1-A with the Hula Hoop and Esther Tiru of Class 1-C on the Electronic Keyboard left the spectators spell bound.

Meena Bazaar held on 14th November ,was a grand success.

October

Eco-workshops were organized by PALS.

Beejewel was held on 24th October.

Diwali dance dhamaka was held on 24th October, more than 500 girls danced to foot tapping music . The highlight of the evening was the fireworks display.

The Day of the Girl Child was organised by the 'Gandhi Corner' of the college.

August

The Gandhi Corner and the Health Club of La Martiniere Girls' College, Lucknow, organised an Interschool Quiz/Exhibition/Awareness Programme on 'Skin Facts and Myths', on the 19th and 20th of August.
Dr. Garima Mehrotra was invited as the chief guest for the programme. She gave a presentation and also had an interactive session on 'Common skin problems faced by teens' with the students of classes 9-12.
The programme was sponsored by La Martiniere Girls' Alumni Association and the prizes were awarded by the Hope initiative.

The Inter Martiniere Meet at Kolkata this year is from 23rd August to 25th August.

La Martiniere Girls' Alumni Association after successfully celebrating 'Vanmahotsav 'on 1st July, 2011 by planting 60 teak saplings on the La Martiniere Girls' campus, has now joined hands with PALS the nature club of the girls college and Sahara Welfare Foundation to continue this wonderful effort of 'Tree plantation', in its effort to promote the campaigning of 'Coming Together for Greener Living'!
The aim being to mobilise the girls of LMGC towards their responsibilities in conserving the environment. On 1st August, 2011 over 2000 saplings of a variety of ornamental, medicinal and fruit trees will be distributed to the girls of La Martiniere Girls' College, courtesy Sahara Welfare Foundation.
During the morning assembly an oath was taken by every student to tend and take care of the sapling gifted to them.
While most of the saplings are to be planted by the students at home, many of the plants will be tended by the resident scholars of the school in the campus.
The programme will culminate with a signature campaign conducted by L.M.G.A.A. and PALS in every department of LMGC. Over 2500 students aging from 6 to 18 years of age will have contributed in some way towards this campaign.

July

SPIC MACAY and The Times Of India celebrated Viraasat, 2011. On 27th July, 2011, 9 students and 6 teachers were enraptured by Pt. Hari Chaurasia's renditions on the flute. It seemed as if Lord Krishna Himself mingled with the people in Indira Gandhi Pratishthan Ausitorium, Gomti Nagar that evening.
On Saturday, 30th July,2011, 23 students and 5 teachers enjoyed the visual delight of Padma Shri Geeta Chandran's Bharatnatyam performance in Sant Gadge Auditorium. This was followed by Padma Shri Pt. Bhajan Sopori's Santoor Recital.

The students of classes 6-8 were taken to The Regional Science Centre on 26th and 27th July.

The Project Exhibition of classes 6-8 was held on 26th July.

La Martiniere Girls' College, Lko holds the privilege to be the first educational institution in Lucknow to extend the opportunity to get Adhaar - a unique identification number, the initiative of Mr. Nandan Nelekani, Chairman, UIDAI, to usher in an egovernance revolution. This special 12 digit number will benefit citizens in several ways. It is a voluntary action, which will be demand driven.  "With unique bio-metric (finger, iris and face prints) and de-duplication process, the use of the Aadhar process will be a game changer," said Mr. Alok Chopra, ADG, UIDAI, the man, who got this organised for La Martiniere Girls' College along with Mr. D.K. Agarwal (Advisor Smart Chip), Mr. Deepak Ahirao (Regional Manager- Smart Chip) and some volunteers. The event began with the ribbon cutting by the Principal, Mrs. F. Abraham. After her data collection, other students and staff then enthusiastically went into the computer lab to get their data entered. All data will be processed from the Data Centre, CIDR in Bangalore. This initiative taken by LMGC is not only for the staff and students but also for the parents and siblings of all the students.

May
Results :
In the I.C.S.E. 156 students appeared out of which 52 secured 90% and above, 86 got between 80% and 89% ,17 between 74% and 79% and one got 66.4%.
In the I.S.C. 155 students appeared out of which 70 secured 90% and above, 70 got between 80% and 89% and 15 got between 71% and 79%. Eti Agarwal topped all India with 98.75%.

School closed for the summer vacation from 14th May to 3rd July, 2011.