On Sunday Kingston Public School celebrated Sports Day followed by Christmas celebrations. Colonel KBS Baghel and his wife, President of Mahila Congress Committee Uma Singh, was the chief guest on the occasion.
Baghel congratulated all the students and said that the spring and root of honesty and virtue lies in good education. He also addressed students that the world gives us plenty of opportunities to strengthen their patience and patience is a key that unlocks the door to a more fulfilling life.
Managing Director of school Bharti Rawat expressed her gratitude to the chief guests and said, “Education is the continuous process from the minute we are born till the minute we die. Educating in the sphere of sports and other extracurricular activities should also be taken care of. It is our utmost responsibility to inculcate the sportsmanship spirit amongst students so that they may turn out to be the better citizens.”
Principal of the school, BS Rawat said that extracurricular activities play a vital role in an individual’s life. One needs to lay emphasis on these along with the regular curriculum for the overall development of students.
Vice Principal of the school Kanchan Negi said that sports teaches us about failure, joy, and disappointment, excitement, winning and losing, about maturity, teamwork, humility and selflessness. Sports have been playing a major role in our society.
The sports day ended with the prize distribution where Ajanta (Green House) won the overall trophy, winning the maximum medals in various categories like 50 metres, 100 metres, 4x100 relay and 200 metres. Jalebi Race by the pre-primary was the centre of attraction.
Whereas, in the Christmas celebrations, an inter house competition was held where students competed under the category of tree decoration where Ajanta House won another trophy. Other programmes like singing, dancing and x- factor was also organised in which Takshila (Red House) won the overall trophy.