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The English Society witnesses active and enthusiastic participation through the year. The girls of Mayo College Girls’ School have tackled various topics in debate, drama and creative writing.

The debating society at Mayo College Girls’ School directs its whole hearted effort towards not only improving the team’s performance but also inculcating in its debaters a sense of perception and discernment. The society has participated in debate competitions across the country, as well as at global scale.

This year, our school hosted the fifth annual Silver Jubilee Commemorative Young Thinkers’ Conclave. A total number of twenty one schools participated. After intense preliminary and semi-final rounds, the final round of debate, chaired by Mr Pranab Mukherjee, comprised two finalists teams- Mayo College Girls’ School and The Springdales School, Pusa Road, New Delhi. The opposition, Springdale school was declared the winner of the final round and the home team – the runners up.

In the realm of dramatics, our school participates in several competitions across the country.

Apart from winning the trophy for ‘Best Ensemble’ during the second instalment of the English Dramatics and Script writing event at the Silver Jubilee Commemorative Young Thinkers’ Conclave, 2016, our girls also performed a self-scripted play, ‘Dried Butter Lamps’ under the guidance of our creative mentor and eminent theatre personality Mr. Pranab Mukherjee. The troupe performed the play across the country at institutions such as Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi, Mahatma Gandhi International School, Ahmedabad, Birla School, Kalyan, The Palali School, Jaipur.

Creative Writing is steadily growing as it attempts to inculcate in every student a flair for writing. This year, the topic for senior section interhouse creative writing event was ‘Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye’ and ‘Child Marriage – it must be stopped’.

With these achievements and many more behind us ,we look forward to taking the coming year head on and making a mark with a difference in all the activities that we involve ourselves in.

ENGLISH CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITIONS 2017

S.NO	EVENT	PARTICIPANTS	POSITION SECURED
1.	SRCM Creative Writing Competition, 2016	15 students participated in the event	Aishwarya Abani received the Special Commendation and Gurleen Kaur bagged the first position in the Rajasthan region.
2.	Hope Talent, 2016, organised by School’s India	23 students participated in the event	Shazia Pratap Brar was awarded a silver medal and Prerana Khandelwal was awarded a gold medal.
3.	G.D. Birla Memorial Thought Conclave hosted by B.K. Birla Centre for Education, Pune	Aishwarya Abani Gurleen Kaur	The team was declared the First Runners Up.
4.	Creativity Conclave hosted by Birla School, Kalyan	Gurleen Kaur Vasvi Gupta	The team secured the second position in the ‘Pen It Like Me’ category Gurleen Kaur won the Judge’s Choice Award.
5.	Confluence hosted by Singapore International School, Mumbai	Gurleen Kaur Vasvi Gupta Nayanika Bharadwaj Radhika Purohit	The team secured the third position Judge’s Choice Award: Gurleen Kaur Critic’s Award: Vasvi Gupta
6.	Nanhi Chaan Essay Writing Competition	Nafisa Singh Riat Sarannya Sharrma	Nafisa Riat qualified for the second round and was also awarded a Samsung Galaxy Smartphone
7. 8.	Silver Jubilee Commemorative Young Thinkers’ Conclave Script Writing Event St. Michaels School, Creative Writing Competition Silligauri	Gurleen Kaur Anaiya Shekhwat Sarannya Sharrma Radhika Purohit	The team was awarded the Judge’s Choice Award Sarannya Sharrma was awarded the 2^nd Position.

17^th All India HOPE Talent Contest – Result

WINNER’S NAME	CLASS	SEC.	PRIZE
Zaara Krishnan	VII	A	3rd Prize
Chavvi Singh	IV	A	Consolation
Sakshi Mehta	XII	ARTS B	Silver Medal
Nakshata Agarwal	VIII	B	Silver Medal
Urvashi Shekhawat	XI	ARTS A	Silver Medal
Prerana Khandelwal	XI	ARTS A	Silver Medal
Sabina Gill	XI	ARTS A	Silver Medal
Aishwarya Abani	XII	ARTS B	Silver Medal
Sanvi Sharma	V	B	Bronze Medal
Edhita Naruka	VI	A	Bronze Medal
Arzoo Kalra	VI	B	Bronze Medal
Diganta Kapoor	VIII	C	Bronze Medal

ENGLISH DEBATING COMPETITIONS 2017

S.No	Event	Participants	Position Secured
1.	Interhouse Debate	Junior Debate Senior Debate	1^st Position- Charumati House 2^nd Position- Meera House 3^rd Position- Padmini House 1^st Position- Meera House 2^nd Position- Karunawati House 3^rd Position- Charumati House Best Speakers: Navya Mehta Radhika Purohit Harshini Kumari Shivranjani Kumari
2.	Rev Llewellyn English Debate and Quiz hosted by Sherwood College, Nainital	Ria Arya Falguni Joshi Radhika Purohit Lubna Malhotra	The team was declared the Runners up Best Speaker( Extempore): Ria Arya Best Speaker(Semi Finals): Falguni Joshi Best Speaker( Finals): Ria Arya
3.	Silver Jubilee Commemorative Young Thinker’ Conclave	Ria Arya Harshini Kumari Rathore Navya Mehta	The team secured the First Position. Best Block and Tackle: Ria Arya Best Speaker(Overall): Navya Mehta
4.	G.D Birla Memorial Thought Conclave hosted by B.K. Birla Centre for Education, Pune	Ria Arya Sharmishtha Ranawat Navya Mehta	The team secured the First Position. Most Promising Speaker: Ria Arya Best Speaker( Overall): Navya Mehta
5.	Indian National School Debate Championship	Ria Arya Falguni Joshi Lubna Malhotra Vasvi Gupta	The team was declared the Runners up in the Preliminaries
6.	Dr. Amidas Goradia National Interschool Debate hosted by Indian School, New Delhi	Ria Arya Chaitanya Chopra Navya Mehta	The team secured the 3^rd Position. Best Speaker( Semi-Finals): Navya Mehta
7.	Sarla Birla Memorial Knowledge Conclave Debate hosted by Birla Vidya Niketan, Pushp Vihar, Delhi	Ria Arya Falguni Joshi Navya Mehta	The team secured the First Position. Most Promising Speaker: Falguni Joshi Best Speaker: Navya Mehta
8.	Modern School Debate, Vasant Vihar	Radhika Purohit Harshini Kumari Rathore Navya Mehta	The team secured the First Position. Best Writer( Bridge Round): Radhika Purohit
9.	Deepa Martins Memorial Debate hosted by St. Stephens Senior Secondary School, Ajmer	Areshva Mir Asees Sandhu
10.	L.K. Singhania Educational Centre Debate, Gotan	Kushagrata Goel Ishita Goyal	Kushagrata Goel secured the Third Position and was awarded a cash prize of Rs.4000.
11.	Maheshwari Public School English Challenger Trophy	Kushagrata Goel Ishita Goyal
12.	Br. Bergen Memorial Debate hosted by St. George’s College, Mussoorie	Atisha Mahajan Rrydhima Prasad Tanisha Bajaj	Best Speaker( Round 1): Atisha Mahajan
13.	Creativity Conclave hosted by Birla School, Kalyan	Radhika Purohit Ria Arya Navya Mehta	The team secured the First Position. Best Writer( Bridge Round): Radhika Purohit Best Interjector: Falguni Joshi
14.	Confluence Literary Convergence hosted by Singapore International School, Mumbai	Falguni Joshi Ria Arya Navya Mehta	The team secured the First Position. Best Speaker( Finals): Falguni Joshi
15.	Platinum Jubilee Debate hosted by Scindia School, Fort, Gwalior	Lubna Malhotra Asees Sandhu Atisha Mahajan	The team was declared the First Runners up.
16.	Saroj Srivastava Interschool English Debate hosted by Welham Girls’ School, Dehradun	Ria Arya Harshini Kumari Rathore Falguni Joshi	Best Interjector: Falguni Joshi
17.	Revd.Dr.Samuel Slater Memorial Inter School Invitational English Debates hosted by Bishop Cotton School, Shimla	Falguni Joshi Lubna Malhotra Shamayla Khan Vasvi Gupta
18.	Hugh Catchpole English Debate Contest hosted by RIMC, Dehradun	Ria Arya Harshini Kumari Rathore Sriroopa Neogi	Best Speaker( Extempore): Ria Arya
19.	Landmark Debate hosted by Genesis Global School, Noida	Vasvi Gupta Anya Bhandari Chaitanya Chopra
20.	Shri Debate hosted by The Shri Ram School, Gurgaon	Vasvi Gupta Deveshree Shekhawat Chaitanya Chopra Sriroopa Neogi	The team made it to the Semi final Round. Vasvi Gupta was the Best Speaker for the Preliminary Round, Second Best Speaker for the Quarter Final Round, and Second Best Speaker for the Semi final Round. Chaitanya Chopra was the Second Best Speaker for the Preliminary Round.
21.	J.K. Karte Knowledge Conclave hosted by PPS, Nabha	Aishwarya Abani Navreet Kaur Kannisha Chamaria Utsavi Lohia	Utsavi Lohia was awarded the Runner up trophy for the Spell Bee Competition.
22.	Daly College Debate	Falguni Joshi Deveshree Shekhawat Aishwarya Abani

ENGLISH DRAMATICS COMPETITIONS 2017

S.No	Event	Participants	Position Secured
1.	“Snapchat Surpanakha”-an outreach production designed and directed by Mr. Parnab Mukherjee	Harshini Kumari Rathore Radhika Purohit Ria Arya Anaiya Sheikhawat Falguni Joshi Sharmishtha Ranawat Gurleen Kaur Aishwarya Abani Areshwa Mir Kavya Agarwal Simrah Khan Navya Mehta	The students were awarded Certificates of Appreciation. Lec-Dem of the play was performed at The Indian School, New Delhi and Birla Vidya Niketan, Pushp Vihar, Delhi
2.	G.D. Birla Memorial Thought Conclave hosted by B.K. Birla Centre for Education, Pune	Gurleen Kaur Ria Arya Navya Mehta	The team was awarded the Best Original Concept in the Trialogue category.
3.	Silver Jubilee Commemorative Young Thinker’ Conclave	Saumya Sharma Anaiya Sheikhawat Darshyamini Rathore Gurleen Kaur	The team secured the Second Position in the English Experimental Dramatic Enactments category.
4.	Flair Fest hosted by Jayshree Periwal High School, Jaipur	Janhavi Mahajan Asees Sandhu Sriroopa Neogi Diya Mehta Chaitanya Chopra Amber Sangma	The team secured the Third Position.
5.	Inter House Dramatics	Juniors Seniors	First Position- Sanyogita House 2^nd Position- Karunawati House, Charumati House 3^rd Position- Meera House 1^st Position- Karunawati House, Meera House 2^nd Position- Sanyogita House 3^rd Position- Charumati House Best Direction: Harshini Kumari Best Performers: Sarannya Sharma Shivranjani Kumari