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INTERNATIONAL this can be seen in our emphasis on creating the conditions that outstanding day of friendly, but intense competition. It was with enjoyed by the students and staff in attendance. It has been
great pride that our Graduating Class of 2023 were able to make
heartening to see the full resumption of so many in school
encourage holistic growth and reflective capacity in our
CURRICULUM students. This is well illustrated by our emphasis on co- their graduation walk around the sports field prior to the events this year, including our university representative visits.
Students being able to undertake field-trips, an excellent
commencement of sports event. It will make a glowing memory
curricular activities. Our move to the Toddle platform in Grade
11, with the rest of the section transitioning this year, further for them and their proud parents. Our sporting prowess is not just Group 4 science project exhibition, and the school skiing Camp
develops the scope for students to self-reflect on their progress limited to students however and the staff versus Grade 12 in Switzerland. The 100 students of DAIS from Classes 5 to 9,
and plan for their learning goals. football match at the DAIS Fete provided great entertainment. As who went on the Snow Leopard Adventure trip into the Great
was the case last year, experience was no match for youth and Indian Outdoors will have memories forever.
The IB 5-year review has been a valuable opportunity to reflect
on where we are as a section and the work of the committees the students claimed a well-deserved victory. Our MUN programme has long been a model for the rest of the
has strengthened our existing practices even further. We look DAIS students have made their mark in many and diverse country and has continued to go from strength to strength this
forward to welcoming the Review Visit in October 2023. Sports over the year. From chess; we have a Global top 5 rated year. Our own DAIMUN 2022 offered the experience of sharing
player who is the youngest International Master Elect in chess views and opinions on important issues in our global world
We are confident that our students will represent all the virtues from India, Bridge with an Under16 World Champion. Table with students around the world online. This year, it has been
which we seek to engender in the universities and colleges they Tennis, Squash and Badminton where we have State and joined by the school sending delegations to THIMUN Singapore
attend. Our Alumni have always been a vital resource and we National representatives, golf where a grade 12 student has (online) and to THIMUN Hague and the RIMUN VI edition held
are excited to see how enthusiastically their predecessors are been selected to play for the University of Akron's Women's at Rome. Our students represented the school with distinction
enrolling on our new Alumni portal, facilitated by Univariety. Golf Team with a 100% scholarship and swimming where we and picked up awards as Best Speaker, Best Delegate and
Mr. Michael Shields Ms. Sonali Bajaj This gives a great platform for former students to engage with have swimmers who regularly carry home Gold and Silver from overall Best School Award in THIMUN Singapore and best
Head, Deputy Head, our present students and offer valuable guidance and support. the National Championships. Our students also excel in sports delegation RIMUN VI. As well as enjoying our students
International Curriculum International Curriculum It was a great pleasure to have an Alumni speaker at the we may be less familiar with including Trampolining where we excelling in their pursuits. We have benefited from the wisdom
TedXYouthDAIS event in December on the theme Beyond the have a National team member, and free Skating and Artistic of speakers in our Leadership Series who have themselves
Spotlight. DAIS Class of 2008 alumnus Aditya Jhaveri spoke Gymnastics where we have regional champions. exceled in their fields. We were privileged to hear from
As 2022-23 ends, we look back on a year in the school where with great insight on what he has learned on his journey from Students continue to excel in competitions both extra-curricular speakers in the fields of Broadcasting, Advertising and Business
we have seen the re-emergence of almost the full range of Real Estate developer to a pioneer in creating technology and academic. Robotics has always been a great strength of the and finished the 22-23 series with Capt. Aman Johri, a defence
activities and opportunities the students have traditionally infrastructure for Real Estate. school and it is great to see our Senior Robotics team broadening entrepreneur and government policy panel member.
enjoyed. Our school has grown with great vigour over the last In-person schooling meant it was possible to have CAS activities the opportunities for participation in Robotics through hosting A rapt audience would be an accurate description of those
20 years, and it has been wonderful to see it come back to full and charity work delivered on the ground and in-person. It has an outreach activity for FTC teams throughout Mumbai, students, parents, staff, and their guests who had the pleasure of
bloom in the last 9 months. been clear what a difference this has made. The value of our including multiple NGO teams that team Elev8 mentor. attending the “The Great Indian Musical: Civilization to Nation”
The reinstatement of the IGCSE and IB examinations for the ongoing CAS activities shows the commitment of the school to Many of our students have a passion and talent for Technology on the 13th of April. The special afternoon show was an initiative
class of 2023 was a welcome development. The students were make a lasting impact through its CAS programme. and this is reflected in their achievements in this field. We have of Mrs. Nita Ambani and meant that the school could attend the
rewarded for their efforts by once again achieving outstanding It is the sustained commitment to ongoing CAS activities which members of Team Infinity, which was crowned the event as a community. The magnificence of the show was only
results. The Class of 2022's average score was 40.1 points, makes them such an engine for positive change and a vital part CHAMPIONS of the F1 In Schools India Qualifiers and who burnished by the pleasure of having our Vice Chairperson,
which ranked us once again among the Top 20 IB Schools of our students learning experience. The CAS projects running participated with distinction in the National Finals. Space and Ms. Isha Ambani Piramal, address us prior to the show and our
in the world. Fourteen students earned the perfect score of this year ranged across education for disadvantaged groups to space exploration continue to be a major draw for students dear Chairperson, Mrs. Nita Ambani, favouring us with a breath-
45 points, compared to 772 worldwide. 41% of the class environmental action and animal welfare projects. CAS and has seen our students win an International Space taking dance performance during the show and an inspiring
achieved a score of 43 points or more. 62% of our candidates projects also have an impact in school. English-Vinglish, Olympiad. Sustainability was the focus for the 3 Grade 11 speech after the curtain had fallen. It was an event that
achieved 40 or more points. Our IGCSE students also teaching basic English to the support staff at DAIS is a valuable students who claimed first prize at the Tech Fest Technovanza showcased not only the rich talent of the country but also the
continued to earn excellent results. 87.4% of all grades addition to the life of the school and a good way of showing organised by VJTI Engineering College. This fits with our desire special place the school has in the hearts of the Ambani family.
achieved were A*and A grades. Eight students earned 11 our support staff how integral they are. A particular highlight to foster change makers and global citizens. It is very fitting that DAIS is hosting the IB “Festival of Hope” in
A*'s in all the subjects they appeared for and Nine students was the ICU Camp which all grade 11 students took part in at In the creative world, students have shown their ability in the 20th year of the school. The theme for the festival is 'How
achieved 10 A*'s. We had Two Outstanding Cambridge St. Mathews School, Malad in March where they supported a several spheres. Ananya Shah of IGCSE Grade 10 won a Gold Technology promotes diversity, inclusion and equity', and this is
Learner Award Winners for India, Pranaaya Jhaveri in group of doctors from LOTUS Eye Hospital. It was wonderful to Award in the senior category in the Queen's Commonwealth an area where the school has constantly excelled. We look
English Literature and Hrishita Shah who was awarded for Top have the opportunity for all these groups to illustrate the work essay competition as did Daya Ravi of Grade 11. A group of forward to welcoming representatives from IB schools in South
in India for International Mathematics (November 2021 series), they have been doing at the DAIS Fete which took place on Grade 8 French students won second place in a Poster Making and West India and Sri Lanka, our Alumni, and IB Director
Top in India for First Language English and World Literature 14th January after a 3-year absence. Once again, our students Competition hosted by the Indian Association of Teachers of General Olli-Pekka Heinonen to this celebration.
(June 2022 Series) and Second Place in India (June 2022 series) stepped up to the mark and organised an event that brought French (IATF) to mark Francophone month. A key area of Our sincere gratitude and appreciation go to our Founder
in Best across 8 category. Our results and reputation have the whole school community together in a joyful celebration. creativity is entrepreneurship, and it was pleasing to see a and Chairperson, Mrs. Nita Ambani and Vice Chairperson,
resulted in our students being accepted in the best universities Round Square continues to be a key part of the school and this grade 8 DAIS student take first prize for ‘Gyanaika’ in the Ms. Isha Ambani Piramal for their visionary and inspirational
across the world. The Class of 2023 has had an acceptance rate year's Round Square King Constantine medal winner, Dhruv Thapar Entrepreneurs Academy competition with a pitch for an leadership, and to our Board of Governors. Heartfelt gratitude
of 43% of their applications and 55% of the class receiving Bhalla, richly deserves his recognition. Dhruv is a student who innovative, and socially important, company focusing on also to our IGCSE and IBDP Coordinators and Assistant
funding from 89 scholarships, totalling US$ 4,195,492 over has a passion for service that supported his very active menstrual health and education.. Coordinators, Ms. Mukherjee, Ms. Dhawan, Ms. Basu, and
four years. 47% of the Class of 2023 have been offered a place involvement in school and outside the school community. The opportunity for in-person events has been fully realised Mr. Makwana; our Curriculum Coordinator, Dr. Potukuchi; our
by their university of first choice and 78% of them have been Round Square continues to be an avenue for international and over the year and we have seen a number of important RS Coordinator, Ms. Nanda; our Heads of Department and
offered a place by the University of their top two choices. These cultural exchange and many students have enjoyed and occasions where staff, students and parents have come Subject Coordinators; to our Student Care team, our College
university acceptances have included 45 acceptances to 17 of benefited from the RS experience. It is a key area where we together in school. The Class of 2022 Graduation Ceremony of Counselling team, IT Support team, Administration, Security
the 23 universities applied to listed in the QS World's Top 30 contribute to holistic development. DAIS Class of 2022 was a return to our traditions, and we were and Support staff, and to all our faculty colleagues, who work
Universities. This includes the Russell Group in the UK and the honoured to have thought provoking speeches from our closely with, guide, and mentor students on a daily basis and
US Ivy League. Special thanks are due to the Student Council. Their goal is to esteemed Chairperson Mrs. Nita Ambani and Guest of Honour, work tirelessly to inspire them to excel. Finally, our appreciation
make sure that the student body is actively engaged in inter- to you our students and parents. As we look to celebrate the
Across the school we have extended our curriculum model to house events - aiming to encourage students to embrace their Smriti Zubin Irani Minister for Women and Child Development achievements of the 19 graduating classes who have passed
encompass the attributes and attitudes more fully we seek to house as a key part of their school experience. They have and for Minority Affairs. A further highlight was the through the school gates in preceding years, we also look
engender in our students and have used our Strategic planning conducted events, for students from Grades 1-12, in the Arts opportunity to conduct Student Council Investiture for forward to what is to come from the future generations who
to move this forward. The Strategic Plan 2023-2028 has and sporting fields. The joy on the faces of students as they Academic Year 2022-23 in the school Auditorium in will continue the great traditions that have been established in
Culture, Teaching and Learning, Well-Being, Environment, and took to the playing fields in interhouse sports events is November, where the outgoing Student Council 2021-22 the school’s storied history of two decades.
Partnerships as its five strategic cores. It has been developed by something that energised the everyone. passed the baton to the incoming council. A major celebration
staff committees pooling their experience and expertise in each in the school year was the farewell event for Grade 10 and 12 Michael Shields
area and the School Management Team fitting the five areas That excitement was even more evident as the students and staff students as they came to the end of their IB studies. Student Head, International Curriculum
together to ensure they create a coherent experience for our took to the field to take part in our 19th Annual Secondary Council members and students from Grades 9 and 11 provided Sonali Bajaj
students. All our decision making reflects these focus areas and School Sports Day. Energy and enthusiasm were translated to an wonderful evenings of entertainment which were greatly Deputy Head, International Curriculum
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