The World Scholar’s Cup
A glimpse of Monarchians’ brillance!
DPS Monarch International School ever strives for rendering exceptional educational experiences for it’s clan of young minds in collaboration with international organizations like the World Scholar’s Cup (WSC). The idea behind this remarkable initiation is to create something different than traditional academic competitions and conferences: a celebration of the joy of learning, a tournament as rewarding for the team that came in last as the for the team that came in first, an enrichment opportunity that motivated students not just to demonstrate their existing strengths but to discover new ones. Ultimately to motivate students of all backgrounds to discover new strengths and practice new skills through a series of challenges like team debating, quiz and collaborative writing for a global community of future scholars and leaders.
Doha Global Round
DPS Monarch International School, bustled with the scholars around the globe, that the school hosted a series of academic events for juniors and seniors on 23rd and 24th of June for The World Scholar’s Cup : Global Rounds Doha, 2023. The momentous days at the school were filled with thrill, excitement and curiosity among the scholars around the globe of 740 contestants on day 1 and day 2 of significantly more than that from 30 countries across the spectrum. The entire event was categorized as Juniors and Seniors. Students of DPS Monarch International School from Grade IX and X also participated in the event. Anaswara Anil and Shreya Shijulal of Grade IX, Aavni Sudheesh, Hardik Sukhnandan, Devashish Nilesh Rapte, Gowshikh Vetrivel, Pahal Bhatti, Vamsheedhran Sankarakrishnan and Adeem Faizi of Grade X were a part of the senior category of World Scholar’s Cup.
One of our senior debaters from Grade IX A, Shreya Shijulal had been selected as one of the panel of judges to judge the final round of debate. Grade X A Devashish Nilesh Rapte also performed a solo vocal of Imagine Dragons Bones at the event. It is a proudful moment for our school.
The school and its brilliance is no less in getting laurels and accolades from this significant event. Out of 1800 participants in the debate show, where our school senior debater emerged as II rank holder among 600 teams across the globe adding more and more glory to the school. As an ultimatum, adding great laurels to the school, one of the teams comprised of the scholars Devashish Rapte, Vamsheedhran Sankarakrishnan and Hardik Sukhnandan qualified for finals, which will be in the month of November in the University of Yale (USA). This is the prideful moment to the school and out of pure dedication, hard work and passion of the scholars and the relentless guidance and support of all the teachers.
TOC at the University of Yale, USA
A team of the final contestants soared high for the tournament of champions at the university of Yale in the United States of America.
The opening ceremony of the tournament of champions was held in Shubert theatre with the introduction of the happening of the tournament of World Scholar’s Cup Championship 2023. The scholars of DPS-Monarch International School, students of Grade X A, Hardik Sukhnandan, Devashish Nilesh Rapte and Vamsheedhran Sankarakrishnan along with the Head of English Department, Ms. Sudha Bhuvaneswaran.
The visit to the University of Harvard added fuel to the exploration on the educational agenda, where the history of Harvard University was felt in the different venues of the University. Then the shot to the Massachusetts college of Information Technology which is one of the top private universities in the United States, ranked number 1 in the QS world university rankings. Our Scholars were enriched with a wide variety of programmes in engineering and physical sciences.
The vision of DPS Monarch International School is in synchronization with the vision of MIT in making this world a better place to live in, is what the great learning that our Scholars had and felt the greater responsibility shouldered as global citizens.
On 5th November 2023 DPS Monarch Delegation was given the second wave for Collaborative writing and team quiz in the forenoon. Team debate was conducted in 3 rounds in the afternoon at Yale’s external campus of Watson Centre. DPS Monarch delegation won in all the 3 rounds, adding glory to the school and proved their mettle in debating with eloquence, enunciation and rigorous. The event was hosted with the ever cool narrative style of the team WSC, which ultimately prepared the scholars for the scholar’s bowl which is a team quiz, where the same was conducted with flickers and display of questions. Array of Alpacas beautified the hall where scholars carrying the sane on their head making promises to safeguard the symbol with integrity.
Rendition of different rainbows of culture under one roof. Our theme and content were much appreciated. Visitors And visitors took photos with us as a token of appreciation and recognition. Our Scholar’s performance was amazing and immensely appreciable as they integrated our school’s vision into the endeavors of Indi-Gamerian concept. In a gamut. It’s a scintillating experience for all of us.
On 8th November 2023, the closing ceremony at Bushnell performing arts center at Hartford, was a perfect place for the culmination of the programme accolading the performance of scholars on the various challenges that had been conducted. The auditorium thundered the voices of success, spirit of winning that echoed the amount of sacrifice and effort that had been invested. DPS Monarch International School bagged 1 gold in individual best debater and 10 Silver in collaborative writing, scholar’s challenge, team quiz and in scholar’s bowl.