On Sunday morning at 6.30 am, the serene morning tranquility was broken by the excited voices of the Riverside campus students as they took the pledge to save the environment around them.
The first category to run was the Senior Boys, which was flagged off by the Vice Principal Anita Saini and Head Admin Col Sidhu. Next to run were the Senior Girls followed by the Junior Boys and Junior Girls. The fortunate students, already nestling in their beautiful lush green 30 acre campus, were blissfully happy to run the Forest Marathon for a cause. The students displayed their innate potential as they strived to reach the finishing line to earn precious points for their Houses.
They were welcomed to the finishing line amidst loud cheer and applaud. Each category recorded three winners. For the Senior Boys category, Abhishek Saroj of Gandhi House grabbed the first position, followed by Rishabh Kumar of Gandhi House with second place and third to finish in the category was Prakash Shukla of lincoln House. The Senior Girls category saw Anjali Sharma of Churchill House as the winner, Kshitija Singh of lincoln House at second place and finally Shalvi Gupta of Mandela House got the third position. In the Junior Boys category Ashutosh Ranjan of Mandela House finished first, Nitish Kasana of lincoln House Second and Rahul Singh of Mandela House took the third place. The Junior Girls witnessed Prachi Pangtey of Mandela House at first position, Sneha Taneja of Gandhi House bagged the second place and Manya Khanna of Mandela House secured the third position.
All the students exhibited their best and the First, Second and Third position holders were awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals respectively. Thus, once again, the students of Riverside Campus stood true to their School Motto- FACTA NON VERBA i.e. Action Not Words. Well done soldiers! Keep up the good spirit.