School Updates

College to remain Closed

English Entertainment Programme

The annual English Entertainment Program was on 13^th Sept. Various dances and songs were performed by the Junior School. The Middle and Senior school choir performed well-known songs from various Disney movies such as ‘Aladdin’, ‘The Lion King’, ‘Tangled’ and ‘The Greatest Showman’. This was followed by the Middle and Senior School play titled “The Red Lamp”. The show ended with a performance of the popular soundtrack “Footloose”. The day ended by raising a silent toast to the Founder along with a treat for the students and well as for other distinguished guests.

Founder’s Day Chapel Service

The 173^rd Founder’s Day was celebrated on 13^th September, 2018. The day began with a commemorative chapel service. The congregation included Old Martinians from all around the world, Principals, teachers and students from both La Martiniere colleges in Lucknow. Wreaths were laid on the grave of the founder. Prayers and hymns were sung by the choirs of the La Martiniere institutions in Lucknow. The service ended with Rev Cecil Peter delivering the Founder’s Day address.

Staff Vs. Pupil-Authorities Football

On the 11^th of September, La Martiniere College held it’s annual Staff vs. Pupil-Authorities Football Match. The match was played on Polo Ground, at 8:00 AM.

The captain of the Staff Football team was Mr. K.N. Singh and Inzamamul Ansari, the College Vice Captain, led the Pupil Football team.

The first goal of the match was scored in the second half  by Anas Khan, and was soon followed by the second goal which was scored by Mr. Wyeth Mitson. The match resulted in a draw and the final score being 1-1.

Teachers Day

Teacher’s day, which marks the birthday of the former President of India , Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakridhnan, was celebrated on the 5^th of September. The day started with a special assembly being held for the same in Spence Hall, where our Principal emphasized on the difficulties of being a teacher, and praised the efforts of our teachers in carrying out their duties diligently. Speeches were given by Vignesh Mehrotra our College Captain and Aamish Azeem from the Middle School thanking the teachers for helping the students in every field and creating a congenial atmosphere for the positive growth of all the students. A befitting tribute was given to our former President with the College Captain and Marut Gupta, the boy who scored the highest marks in ICSE Examinations 2018 in the school, garlanding the portrait of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Later, dance performances and special songs were performed for the teachers by the students of both the Middle and the Senior school.

Inter-Martiniere Meet

The Inter-Martiniere meet took place from the 27th to the 30th of August in La Martiniere College, Lucknow. On 28th August the Basketball match was held at La Martiniere Girls’ College. La Martiniere Girls’ College, Lucknow won the Basketball match.

In the evening the much awaited and highly prestigious Inter-Martiniere debate for boys was held. Vighnesh Mehrotra accompanied by Arnav Gurnani, Naman Mishra and Nilay Roy Chaudhury made up the debating team of La Martiniere Lucknow. After a round of heated debate and exchange of viable arguments, the result was in favour of La Martiniere College Lucknow and Naman Mishra from the Lucknow team was awarded the best speaker.

Both La Martiniere for boys and girls, Calcutta and won the swimming event. Several records were broken by the team, which was highly praised by the spectators.

The football match was cancelled due to heavy rain.

Holiday Notice

Following the death of former Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, La Martiniere College shall remain closed as a mark of respect on 17 August, 2018.

Independence Day’s Parade

Independence Day’s parade was held at the East Terrace of Constantia. The parade was reviewed by Brigadier Ajai Vig an alumni from the batch of 1982. The day began with the parade, which accentuated on the exceptional talent of boys. The army and naval wings portrayed impeccable coordination in their movements. The young cubs and scouts also put up a remarkable show. The marching and brass bands performed adeptly with their instruments. The instructions given through drumbeats were infallible as a result the parade went well. It was preceded by the hoisting of our national flag by the Chief Guest and his motivating speech.

Hindi Entertainment Programme

The Annual Hindi Entertainment Programme was held for the guests and parents in the evening of 15th August 2018, India’s 72^nd Independence Day. The programme started with the auspicious ceremony of the lighting of the lamp by the Principal and other guests and teachers. The first performance was in the form of an invocation to Lord Ganesha through a dance performed by the students of the Middle School. This was followed by 3 dance performances by the students of the Junior campus to the music of the songs from yesteryears. A play stressing on the need for forest conservation and animal protection was also staged by the pupils of the Junior campus.

A dance performed by the students of the Middle School highlighted the issue of degrading child rights in India. What followed was the play staged by pupils of the middle and senior school, titled “Taj Mahal ka Tender”, portraying the situatuin if the Taj Mahal was to be built in modern day India.

A unique ‘Tamsili Mushaira’ was also staged wherein students from the Middle School dressed up as famous poets and ‘shayars’.

Energetic dances were performed by the students of the senior school as well the resident scholars. The students of the senior school performed a patriotic song.

Finally, the Principal proposed a vote of thanks for all the hard work that was done

for making the programme the success it was.

For their exemplary and exceptional performances in the production of the senior school, Ritesh Baweja and Anmol Swarup Agarwal were awarded the Prize for Histrionics in Hindi. The day’s proceedings ended with the singing of the National Anthem.

LMC Vs. DPS Srinagar

A football match was played between Delhi Public School, Srinagar and La Martiniere College, Lucknow on 11^th August 2018 at Polo Ground.

Delhi Public School, Srinagar was led by their Principal Mr. Alistair Freese, a former member of staff of La Martiniere College, Lucknow.

The match attracted a crowd and reached a feverish pitch.The home team put up a brave attack and the match ended in a draw.

The initiative of this match was to help in building up a strong bond between the two institutions.

Trident

An Inter- School swimming event was organised by the group ‘Trident’ of La Martiniere College, Lucknow on the 5th, 6th and 7th of August 2018.

The competition saw six teams competing against each other, namely, La Martiniere College Lucknow, Seth M.R. Jaipuria School, Lucknow Public College, City International School, City Montessori School (Gomti Nagar) and City Montessori School (Kanpur road). The competition was played in good spirit and unmatched enthusiasm.

La Martiniere College, Lucknow lifted the trophy and became the overall champions for the second time in a row. The swimmers were able to achieve this championship under the leadership of their Captain Adnan Ahmed and Vice Captain Chinmay Srivastava. The swimming team was trained by the College swimming coach Mr. Nafees Ahmed. The event was sponsored by Romeo’s Pizza.

Martin Memorial Debate

On the 3^rd of August, the Martin Memorial Debate was held. The topic of the debate was “The 90th percentile race stunts the growth of children”, and La Martiniere College was proposing the motion. The trophy went up yet again by the boys as La Martiniere College quite memorably won the Martin Memorial Debate, 2018 as their motion was carried against La Martiniere Girls’ College’s opposition. Medha Raje Singh deservingly won the title of Best Speaker.

Classes Suspended

Classes for Day Scholars Suspended tomorrow. All staff shall attend College. Resident Scholars shall continue with their studies under supervision.

Bastille Day

A Special Assembly was held on the 14^th of July celebrating Bastille Day, which is also know as the National Day of France. The French National Day is the anniversary of Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, a turning point of the French Revolution, as well as the Fête de la Fédération which celebrated the unity of the French people on 14 July 1790. Celebrations are held throughout France. The oldest and largest regular military parade in Europe is held on the morning of 14 July, on the Champs-Élysées in Paris in front of the President of the Republic, along with other French officials and foreign guests.

It is a very significant day for La Martiniere College as our Founder, Major General Claude Martin was from France so remembering him and and his country the staff and the students of La Martiniere College, Lucknow celebrate Bastille Day.

In India, Bastille Day is celebrated with great festivity in Pondicherry, a former French colony, every year. On the eve of the Bastille Day, retired soldiers parade and celebrate the day with Indian and French National Anthems. During the day, uniformed war soldiers march through the street to honor the French soldiers who were killed in the battles. One can see the French flag and the Indian flag flying alongside.

The special assembly was lead by Aadi Simrat Singh of class 9-D. A special prayer was said in French followed by its translation in English. Similarly the Indian Pledge and a short introduction about Bastille Day were recited in French followed by its translation in English. The Choir sang the birthday song and the National Anthem of France in French. The choir was trained by Mr.W.Joseph who also sang The College Song “Hail Hail the name we own” in French. The boys were trained by Mrs.M.Anand and Dr.A.Mukherjee.

ICSE Toppers 2018

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Prize Day 2017-18

The Prize Day for the year 2017-18 was held on the 28^th of April, 2018. The East Terrace served as the venue for this event. Being the most important event in the college calendar it was attended by the entire faculty of La Martiniere along with hundreds of students and parents. The occasion was graced by the presence of Lt-Gen. (Retd) Chetinder Singh (Alumnus, Hodson House, 1960-66) as the Chief Guest.

Prize Day commenced as the College Parade marched onto the East Terrace. The Chief Guest arrived in the ceremonial car at the tune of ‘Swagatam’. Following this the teachers, the Principal and the Chief Guest led by the Colour Party moved to the East Terrace. Then, the Chief Guest inspected the parade. As the cadets marched off, the Principal formally welcomed and introduced the Lieutenant General and his wife to the audience. This was followed by the release of the Principal’s annual report by the Chief Guest. The College Choir, thereafter, sung the songs, “Sing a Song of Freedom” and “Greatest Love of All” which they had prepared exclusively for Prize Day.

Then, the academic and special prizes were distributed to the Junior School by Mrs Ruby Sandhu.

A Multimedia Presentation titled ‘The Year That Was’ came up next. It had the entire year summed up in the form of a presentation. The distribution of prizes and trophies to the middle and senior school followed. The academic prizes were awarded first then the special awards and ultimately the trophies. This time the Sheikh Zaheer Husain Memorial Medal for Example and Inspiration was awarded to Prasanna Uttrani of Class 8 D. It is a medal which is awarded on very rare occasions. The much awaited Lord Chelmsford Challenge Cup for the Best House i.e the Cock House Cup was awarded to Martin House. Having done with the prize distribution, the Chief Guest then moved on to address the crowd. He narrated some of his childhood memories and talked about how different the school used to be in his time. The Vice Principal then gave the vote of thanks following which the College Song and National Anthem were sung by all present and with this the Prize Day finally concluded.

Holiday Notice

La Martiniere Careers Fair

On the 21^st of April, La Martiniere college hosted its first “Careers Fair”, an event solely dedicated to help students of class 8 and above, delineate  their delusions and discover which profession they might wish to pursue later in their lives. This was done with the help of around fourty experts from twenty-five different walks of life. Students of class 12 volunteered efficiently along with their teacher in charges to ensure the event was smoothly carried out.

The Fair commenced at 10 a.m. All the career officials were at their respective venues and soon, students started coming in along with their parents. Boys of the college could be seen interacting with the experts about various fields some of which included- Law, Engineering, Journalism, Defence Sector, Aviation, Music, Travel and Tourism etc. The centres of attraction included Entrepreneurship, where boys interacted with Mr.Azam Siddiqui and got inspired by his passionate outlook of business, event management and Engineering, where the officials from Amity University clarified a lot of queries related to the same and enlightened their ideas before a crowded room full of anxious and enthusiastic people, all through a presentation. Meanwhile, lunch for the attendants was arranged by CLAT Possible. At about 2 p.m. the event was officially declared closed.  As per the review given by the boys of the college, this was an immensely helpful and commendable initiative. It significantly contributed in favour of the boys.

Important Notice

Notice to Parents of Resident Scholars

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Important Notice

Investiture Ceremony

The Investiture Ceremony for the session 2018-19 was held on the 8^th of March, 2018 at the East Terrace. A special assembly was organized. The ceremony started with a Chapel Service for the ‘Installation of Pupil Authorities.’ The chapel choir sung hymns, and extracts from the Holy Bible were read. These extracts were particularly related to responsibility, leadership and mature behavior. The Principal addressed the new pupil authorities and explained them the importance of the responsibility that was assigned to them. Special emphasis was laid by him on the words of the daily hymn, ‘Courage Brother! Do not stumble!’

The procession was led by the newly appointed College Captain, Vighnesh Mehrotra followed by College Vice Captain, Inzamam-ul-haq Ansari. Siddharth Mishra, Jayam Balani, Sukhdev Kumar and Naman Mishra were appointed as the House Captains of Cornwallis, Hodson, Lyons and Martin House respectively. Shaun Burbage was elected as the Choir Monitor. The authorities took the oath on the East Terrace and pledged to set an example for other students. They were handed over College Ties and badges as a mark of recognition. The College Captain addressed the gathering.

The youngest pupil authority is Saharsh Singh. Anas Khan and Srijan Kumar, Prefects of Hodson and Martin house respectively are the only pupils in class 11 who would be wearing double stripes.

This was followed by tea for parents, teachers and pupil authorities at the Principal’s Lawn.

Annual Art and Craft Exhibition

The Annual Art and Craft Exhibition (Middle and Senior School) was organised by the Art and Craft Department of the College and was held on the 21st and 22 nd of February. The exhibits were showcased in Spence Hall by members of the department, under the guidance of Mrs. Noorein Raza, Mr. Raju Ranjan and Mr. Hari Singh.

The exhibits comprised of ‘Tie and Dye work’, which was done on 300 dupattas, and nearly 300-350 vibrant paintings, with prices ranging from ₹200 – ₹8000. The craft work included fine string art, pebble painting, beautiful lamps, kites and sculptures made out of paper mache, plaster of paris, recycled material and matchsticks.

Although all the boys made exceptional paintings and did beautiful craftwork, the highlight of the exhibition was a painting of ‘The Last Supper’ by Maaz Beg of 11A, an abstract form of the masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci.

The Chief Guest for the exhibition was Mr. Avadhesh Mishra, Assistant professor at Shakuntala University.

The Art and Craft Exhibition was open for all and was visited by parents and guests.

Interactive Session

An interactive session was held at the East Terrace. Students of Class 8 with their parents attended the same in which they were briefed about the combination of subjects, choices offered and new subjects being introduced for the ICSE Examinations, 2020. Students and their parents also had a chance to meet the teachers and seek their guidance in the selection of subjects.

French has been introduced in the school as a subject in Group C for the Indian Certificate for Secondary Education (ICSE). La Martiniere College is one of the pioneer schools who have introduced Mass Media as a new subject in the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE). This was done under the flagship of La Martiniere College. Mr C Kerr, the person behind the establishment of the Radio Jockey club has set the syllabus of the newly introduced subject. The subject has been divided into three parts, Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising. There will be a 100 mark theory paper and a 100 mark practical assignment. Special emphasis will be laid on teaching through smart board for this particular subject. The practical assignments will be set around different locations in the city. Special emphasis will be laid on practical knowledge. The first examination will be held in 2020.

Inter-House Air-Rifle Shooting

The Inter-House Air-Rifle Shooting Competition was held on the 17^th of February, 2018.The Spence Memorial Shield (named after Mr John Spence, who was a student and a teacher at La Martiniere College for more than half a decade) was revived after a gap of 60 years, for this competition.

There were two categories:

1. Peep Sight (which had a total of twelve participants, three from each house) and
2. Open Sight (which had a total of four participants, one from each house)

House Rankings:

1. Lyons House
2. Martin House
3. Cornwallis House

The individual awards were:

1. Best Shooter in the Peep Sight Category- Sanskar Havelia (Martin House)
2. Best Shooter in the Open Sight Category- Kunal Garg (Martin House)

Scholastic Book Exhibition

A book exhibition was organised by Scholastic from the 5th to the 7th of February, 2018 in the Middle School Library.

Eight volunteers from class 7 and 8 assisted Scholastic and the Library In charge, Mr N. Hopley in organising and supervising the fair. They were rewarded for their efforts by Scholastic and were given a book each.

On the last two days, two lucky winners were selected from amongst the list of buyers and presented a gift.

Class 6 D, which had the highest number of students buying books, was declared the winner of the ‘Classroom Reading Challenge’.

Resident Scholars who wanted to buy books were helped by their respective class teachers in procuring the book and their subsequent billing.

The exhibition was organised under the supervision of Mrs R. Dhingra.

Letter Writing

A letter writing competition was organized by Sanatkada on the theme of ‘Francisi –Awadhi taluqaat’.  A total of 55 students from different schools in the city participated in this competition.

The following boys won prizes:

• Aayan Ali Shah wad awarded ‘the best letter in the city’
• Aaditya Govind Rao and Arnav Gurnani were jointly awarded the 1st prize in the school
• Ishan Kalhans won the 2nd prize in the school

The letters have now been sent to France as a part of a student letter exchange program.

FIFA PS4 league

FIFA PS4 league was organised on 1st February, 2018 in the Middle School Library.
Following are the results:
Gold Medal was awarded to Class 8C represented by:
1. INSHAL ABBAS
2. YATHARTH YADAV
Silver Medal was awarded to class 8A represented by:
1. RANVEER SINGH SIAL
2. ALI RASHID
Bronze Medal was jointly awarded to 8F & 8E
Class 8F was represented by:
1. MOHD. YASIR MIRZA
2. RAYVANT TRIPATHI
Class 8E was represented by:
1. UMAR ABDULLAH
2. SOLEMAN SHEIKH
The following students assisted in organising the FIFA league:
1. ABHIMANYU PANDEY 8F
2. MOHD. DANISH INAM KHAN 8F

69th Republic Day

Our country celebrated its 69^th Republic Day commemorating 69 years of adoption of the Constitution. The Chief Guest for the day was the former Vice-Principal of the College Mr.T.Savaille, accompanied by his wife. The event commenced at 9:00 a.m. following the Chief Guest’s arrival in the ceremonial car. He was escorted by the Principal and the College cavalry to the call of the bugles followed by ‘Swagatam’ played by the College Brass band for the first time on this occasion. The Indian Tri-colour was then unfurled by the Chief Guest to the tune of the National Anthem.  After this the charge was transferred to the College Parade Commander, Priyank Agnihotri who along with the Junior under officers, escorted the Chief Guest while he inspected the Parade. Having inspected the parade, the Chief Guest addressed the school on the importance of Republic Day and its relevance in today’s life. The Principal then shared his moments of nostalgia with the school, having been the Chief Guest’s student in the past. Thereafter the parade, led by the College Parade Commander, marched past the Chief Guest saluting the Indian Tri-colour.

District Roller Skating Championship

The Second District Roller Skating Championship was held at the La Martiniere College Skating Rink in December, 2017. The College team was led by Deepansh Srivastava (Captain) and Divyansh Arora (Vice Captain)

Certificates of Merit and medals were awarded to-
1. Utsav Kumar – A gold medal- 300 mt quad
2. Garvdeep Singh – A gold medal-500 mt – inline and silver medal-1000mt inline
3. Mohammad Fatez – A bronze medal- 500 mt inline
La Martiniere College, Lucknow was declared the overall Champions and won the maximum participation award as well.

Notice Regarding Cancellation of Holiday

Children’s Day

Children’s Day was celebrated at La Martiniere College on the 14^th of November with much exhilaration and enthusiasm. Like every year, as is traditional, the boys replaced the staff that conducts the Assembly on usual days, and went ahead to do an impersonation that left the whole school in splits. The College Captain, Sarthak Kumar, played the role of our Principal, and his call for suspending the “notorious Bullet Gang” was well received by the boys. Perhaps the best impersonation was performed by Naman Srivastava who mimicked Mr. Neeraj Srivastava. His photography skills were well appreciated by everyone present. The hilarious assembly was followed by an entertainment programme consisting of various performances by the teachers. The programme was hosted by the ever-energetic Mr. Kerr, with Dr. A. Haque emerging as the star of the hour followed by a group singing performance by Mr. Lal, Mr. J. Kapoor, Ma’am K. Singh, Ma’am Khanna and Ma’am Michael. Last but not the least was the colourful gypsy-themed ramp walk by the teachers.

But what’s important is to reflect on the importance of children’s day at La Martiniere, which is a day to cherish ones moments of joy with  friends, one’s occasional anguish with one’s teachers and the various lessons and scolding one received from them.

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4th Invitational Sports

The 4^th Invitational Sports Meet was held from the 10^th to the 11^th of November 2017. It was organized by the boys of La Martiniere College under the guidance of Mrs Sheeba Siddiqui , the coordinator for co-curricular activities. The meet was attended by eleven prestigious institutions from across the city. There were races, field events, a Basketball Championship, a Volleyball Championship and a Triathlon.

It was for  the first time that La Martiniere introduced Volleyball and Basketball Championships, thus changing the name from the former ‘Invitational Athletics Meet’ to the ‘Invitational Sports Meet’.The preliminary rounds were held on the first day  and the semi-finals and final matches on the second day of the meet.  Spring Dale College, Indira Nagar emerged as the winner in the Volleyball Championship and La Martiniere College won the Basketball Championship.

The races and  field eventswere held on the second day. There was a number of races which included  100 m , 200 m , 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m , 4X100m Relay and a 110m hurdle race. The field events consisted of Shot Put, Long Jump, Triple Jump, High Jump, Javelin Throw and Discus throw. ‘Triathlon’, the highlight of the Sports Meet was a three stage event in which the athletes first had to swim, cycle and then sprint to reach the finish line.

At the culmination of this two day event, St Francis’ College emerged as the overall champions with La Martiniere College as the runners-up.

Sports Day Notice

LMUN

The 4^th session of La Martiniere Model United Nations (LMUN) was held from the 3^rd to the 5^th of November, 2017. This year more than 400 delegates took part in the event. The teams were from The Sri Ram School Delhi, Welham Boys’ and Welham Girls’ Dehradun, La Martiniere for Girls’ and La Martiniere for Boys’ Kolkata, Scindia School Gwalior to name a few  Secretariat for LMUN’17 was as follows: Vedansh Tandon as the Secretary General, Garv Johar as the Director General, Shikhar Tripathi as the Deputy Secretary General, Aaditya Malhotra as the Under Secretary General for Delegate Affairs, Abhinav Raj as the Under Secretary General for Administration and Naman Mishra as the Under Secretary General for Communication and Public Information.

One of the key elements of LMUN 2017 was the internal International Press (I.P.) which was headed by Arindam Keswani as the Head of I.P. , Devansh Tandan as the Editor-in-Chief and Piyush Dubey as the Graphic Designer.

One of the most distinctive features of LMUN was the three Keynote Addresses, where the speakers spoke about current world issues. This year the Keynote speakers were Mrs Samantha Bonbayl, the second counsellor of the Embassy of France, Mr Ali Khan Mehmudabad, the assistant professor at Ashoka University and Brigadier Syed Ahmad Ali.

This year we had a wide array of committees namely the United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee (LEGAL), United Nations Commission on Population and Development (UNCPD), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), United Nations Security Council (UNSC), International Maritime Organization (IMO), United States House Select Committee on Gun Violence (USHSC) and AD-HOC Committee of the Secretary General.

The Executive Board members for LMUN 2017 were seasoned MUNers from different parts of the country, each specializing in their respective committees, and provided the delegates an enriching experience and an academically centered conference.

The delegates looked forward to the fellowship, where the College band comprising of Saransh Alexander Kumar, Jonathan Sahai, Richard Massey, Dylan Coreya and Christopher Singh showcased their talents. The night ended with DJing which was highly enjoyed by the delegates.

The third day was marked by the much awaited prize distribution ceremony. Various awards were won by delegates of different schools. La Martiniere for Boys Kolkata won the ‘Best Delegation’ award for the fourth consecutive time. Vedansh Tandon gave a vote of thanks and praised his team for making LMUN a great success and finally declared the Conference closed.

RIP Richard Lyall

INGENIUM

A day long cultural and literary event, ‘Ingenium’ was organized by a group of boys who styled themselves as AURA.

It consisted of six unique competitions and seven schools from the city participated in it. The events were as follows : ‘Clue Rush’, ‘Madvert’, ‘Clausenact’, ‘Pitch Perfect’, ‘Can you Spell it?’ and ‘Ecojam’. The schools which participated were La Martiniere College, Lucknow, La Martiniere Girls’ College, Modern Academy, St Teresa’s College, City Montessori School and Christ Church College.

‘Clue Rush’ was a treasure hunt in which the teams had to solve the location based riddles. The first prize was bagged by Modern Academy and the second prize was won by La Martiniere Girls’ College.

‘Madvert’ was an advertisement competition in which the teams had to enact an advertisement on a product given at the time of registration. The length of the advertisement was set as two minutes.

‘Clausenact’ was a drama based competition which tested the skills of improvisation and coordination. The participants had to enact a situation which was given to them fifteen minutes before. Three participants had to be on-stage at any given time and one had to be standing, one sitting and one lying down. The team consisted of four participants and the participants were allowed to switch so they could portray different characters. The first place was bagged by La Martiniere College and the second place was won by La Martiniere Girls’ College.

‘Pitch perfect’ was an A Capella competition. The team consisted of five participants and they had to perform for three minutes. The first place was bagged by La Martiniere College and the second place was won by Christ Church College while La Martiniere Girls’ College stood third in the event.

‘Can you spell it?’ was a spelling competition for classes 6 to 8 in which the participant had to give the correct spelling of a given word.

‘Ecojam’ was a ‘just-a-minute’ competition in which the participant had to speak on economic terms given by the host.

La Martiniere Girls’ College bagged the first prize in this event.

Constantia -2017

‘Constantia’, an inter school cultural, literary and technical event was organized from the 15^th to the 17^th of October, 2017. It was organized for the sixth consecutive year under the guidance of Mrs S. Siddiqi, the C.C.A Coordinator. This year 22 schools from across the city participated in the various events. The event was inaugurated by the Principal which was followed by the lighting of the lamp.  Constantia 2017 was organized by the La Martiniere Extracurricular Organization (L.E.O), which includes pupils from different sections of the school. With 22 events in the course of 2 days, the events covered all the three spheres namely cultural, literary and technical .

One of the most awaited events of Constantia, the quiz entitled ‘Revelations’ was won by La Martiniere College. The Quiz Master for this quiz was Vighnesh Melhotra, who not only put up a great show but was hilarious and enthralling at the same time.

‘The Battle of Bands’, which happens to be one of the most popular events was won by La Martiniere College, represented by Arnav Gurnani, the vocalist, Rishabh Agarwal, who played the keyboard, Samarth Sharma and Jazib Shere on the guitar, Aakash Agarwal on the bass guitar and Saksham Bansal who managed to impress everyone with his drumming skills.

‘Pirouette’, the dance event was the highlight of the competition, which was one by won by St. Fidelis while La Martiniere College, represented by Adamya Ojha, Animesh Baweja, Pourush Dixit, Raghav Prakash and Yashvardhan Sharma, were declared the runners-up.

‘Pandora’s Box’ an acting event was won by La Martiniere College. The team comprising of Aaditya Malhotra, Garv Johar, Vedansh Tandon, Varenya Vir Singh, Abhinav Raj and Shikhar Tripathi placed first.

‘Nibbles’ a cooking competition was won by La Martiniere College, the team comprised of Ananya Agarwal and Samarth Bharadwaj.

It was for the first time that an inter school Urdu event named ‘Nazmo Ghazal’ was hosted by La Martiniere College.

La Martiniere Girls’ College was declared the runners-up for Constantia 2017 while La Martiniere College was declared the winners of ‘Constantia 2017’. At the culmination of the programme, the Principal gave a vote of thanks and congratulated the La Martiniere Extra Curricular Organization (L.E.O) for the success of Constantia 2017.

Gandhi Jayanti at La Martiniere College

On the 2^nd of October, 2017, a special assembly was held in Spence Hall to mark the 148^th birth anniversary of the Father of our Nation. The assembly was conducted by Mr Jitendra Misra, who briefed the audience about the life and example of Gandhiji. The portrait of Gandhiji was garlanded by Sarthak Kumar, the College Captain, Raghav Awasthi and Stephen Peter. A brief insight into the life of Gandhiji was presented by Raghav Awasthi . Dr Amit Awasthi recited a special prayer to mark the occasion.

Variety Entertainment Programme

The Variety Entertainment Programme of La Martiniere College -Junior School Campus was held on the 23^rd of September, 2017. The items were in English, Hindi, Urdu and in French. The host for the event was Adit Joshi, the School Captain. The highlight of the day was a short play in English called ‘The Beauty and the Beast’.  Another short play titled, ‘ Murge Ki Ek Tang’  in Urdu was also greatly appreciated by the audience. The play ‘Lajvanti Ka Anokha  Geet’ was put up in Hindi. The choir presented songs which included ‘If I were a butterfly’, ‘We are the world’ and ‘Bonjour Bonjour’. Jishnu Gupta, a pupil of the Junior School was greatly appreciated for his piano recital of the ‘Allegretto’ by Thomas Attwood and ‘Waltz in G’ by Bedvich Smetana. The pupils of the Junior school also put up a number of well-choreographed dances like ‘What makes you beautiful’, Bhangra Fusion, ‘Despacito’, ‘Kala Chasma’, ‘ Bum Bum Bole’, ‘Panghat’ and ‘Uptown Funk’. The event culminated with a vote of thanks given by the Principal followed by the College Song.

172nd Founders’s Day Celebration

The proceedings for the day began with the laying  of wreaths at the tomb of our Founder Major General Claude Martin. Wreaths were laid  by the dignitaries present. Prayers  were said by Rev. Fr Dominic Pinto of the St.Paul’s Seminary, Lucknow.This was followed by a Chapel service.The service included Hymns and prayers.The Choir of La Martiniere Girls’ College presented the Hymn, A Living Prayer. The choir of La Martiniere College presented a Hymn, Lord, For Thy Tender Mercy’s Sake.The Founder’s Day address was delivered by Rev. Fr Dominic Pinto.  The buglers sounded the Last Post followed  by The Rouse. This was followed by a get together in Sykes Hall.

Later in the morning the Final of the House Swimming Championship was held. Apart from the house races and relay, old Martinians keenly participated in the various races and relays. In a game of water polo the past team defeated the present team. Adnan Ahmed was declared the Senior Swimming Champion for the year 2017-18 while Anway Misra and Daksh Pandey were declared the Junior and Colts Champions respectively.

In the evening the Founder’s Day Variety Entertainment programme in English was held. A musical called  ‘Cats’was presented by the students of the Constantia campus. The MGM award for histrionics in English for the year 2017-18 was given to Jonathan Sahai.

In accordance with the will of our Founder a feast was given to the students and a silent toast was raised by the Principal  in memory of our Founder Major General  Claude Martin.

Kurt Mitson Cup

The Past vs. Present Football Match now also called the Kurt Mitson Cup  was held on 12^th of  September, 2017. This match was played on the Polo Ground field of La Martiniere College. The match was keenly contested and it ended in a draw with both teams scoring three goals each. Siddarth Dev scored two goals and Priyank Simon scored one goal for the past team. Craig Johannes, Ankit Kumar and Diganta Debnath scored a goal each for the present team.

Teachers’ Day

Teachers’  Day was celebrated on the 5^th of September, 2017. The 5^th of September marks the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the second President of India, a staunch believer of education and a wonderful teacher. His portrait was garlanded by Dhaval Gupta, I.C.S.E. topper 2017 and Sarthak Kumar, the  College Captain.Special assemblies were held in both the Junior School campus and the Constantia campus to mark the occasion. The pupils of the College put together an entertainment programme for the teachers. The programme included dances, music and songs. The programme ended with a presentation made by the Media Team of the College.

Spicmacay

SPIC MACAY organised a splendid music performance on the 24th of August, 2017 in  Spence Hall at La Martiniere College, Lucknow. The vocalists for the evening were Pandit Ritesh Mishra and Mr Rajnish Mishra. Mr Sumit Mishra was on the Harmonium while  Mr Durjay Bhaumik performed on the Tabla..

Pegasus

‘Pegasus’, an inter school innovation, science and technology related competition was held from the 18^th to the 19^th of August. Being a national event, a total of seventeen teams participated with 300 participants. Each school participated in a variety of events which were putting to the test the creativity, intellect, computer and scientific skills of the students. The Student Coordinator for Pegasus 2017 was Naman Mishra and the deputy coordinator was Abhiveer Bhalla. The sponsors to the event were Lucknow Central and Fastrack.   There were a total of eight events namely Exotech, Comp- Wiz, Aqua Hunt, Theora Vista, Speed trail, Robo Wars, Bola Tirar and sights and sight. The highlight of the competition was the Robo wars where the teams had to make mechanical and functional robots. The main goal was to push the opponents’ robot out of the ground. Another very educative and innovative event was Theora Vista where the participants had to formulate a theory for which the topic was- What would happen to the earth if another parallel Universe was discovered. Drones and remote controlled cars and boats made by the participants were highly appreciated. The participants showed enthusiasm and had a scientific and methodical approach. The winners of the Competition were La Martiniere College and the runners up were Jagran Public School. The Principal proposed a vote of thanks

Independence Day

The 71^st Independence Day of India was celebrated with a lot of splendour at La Martiniere College, Lucknow. The National Flag was unfurled by the Chief Guest , Brig. Alok Tripathi . Brig. Tripathi is an alumnus of the College and passed out in the year 1982 . A parade comprising of the N.C.C, Air Wing , Naval Wing , Scouts and Cubs was inspected by the Chief Guest. Brig Alok Tripathi addressed the pupils of the school and encouraged them to make maximum possible use of their education received at school. The Chief Guest then took the salute of the parade .

The  Final performance of the Annual Entertainment programme in Hindi was presented in the evening in Spence Hall. The programme included a play, dances and songs. The Principal proposed vote of thanks. The day’s proceedings ended with the singing of the National Anthem.

Martin Memorial Debate

The Martin Memorial Debate 2017 was held on the 31^st of July, 2017. The venue for the debate was La Martiniere Girls’ College, Lucknow. The topic for the debate was ‘Beauty pageants are a way of objectifying women’. The boys team comprising of Varenya Vir Singh, Shikhar Tripathi , Naman Misra and  Naman Srivastava spoke against the motion and won the debate. Varenya Vir Singh won the award for the Best Speaker.

4th Claude Martin Debates and Boulone Lise Quiz

The 4^th session of the Claude Martin Debates and Boulone Lise Quiz were held from the 27^th to the 29^th of July, 2017.

This time, the College hosted 12 schools with 5 local schools and 7 outstation  schools,  which included La Martiniere Girls College Kolkata, St. George’s College Mussoorie,  The Lawrence School Sanawar. Shri Ram School -Moulsari, Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) Dehradun, Vasant Valley School Delhi, Bishop Cotton School, Shimla  La Martiniere Girls’ College, Lucknow, Seth M.R Jaipuria School, Lucknow, St. Francis College, Lucknow, Loreto Convent, Lucknow and La Martiniere College, Lucknow.

The event began with the draw of lots being conducted on the 26^th of July, followed by the division of teams into 4 pools comprising of 4 teams each. Qualifying for the semifinals were schools namely La Martiniere Girls’ College, Lucknow, Seth MR Jaipuria, Lucknow, The Lawrence School, Sanawar and our home team La Martiniere College, Lucknow.

The La Martiniere College team comprised of Varenya Vir Singh, the Principal speaker Naman Mishra, the second Speaker, Shikhar Tripathi the third speaker and Naman Srivastava the fourth speaker. The finals were contested between Seth MR Jaipuria School and La Martiniere College. The Chairperson of the debate was Mr Akash Banerjee, alumnus La Martiniere College and former Debating Captain who guided the speakers through the course of the debate. The debate was judged by Mrs. Yvonne Cabral, Principal Methodist School Kanpur, Mrs. Kanak Rekha Chauhan and Mr. Randolph Burn. La Martiniere College were declared the winners.  Shikhar Tripathi was adjudged the best speaker of the final debate. Varenya Vir Singh having four consecutive best speaker awards was adjudged as the ‘Best Speaker of the Tournament’.

The Boulone Lise Quiz took place on the 29^th of July. Six teams qualified the preliminary round. La Martiniere College was represented by Dhaval Gupta and Pranjal Srivastava. Our Principal, Mr. C McFarland conducted the quiz. Samar Naqvi and Raajveer Singh Bisht helped in the proceedings of the quiz.  The Shri Ram School, Moulsari emerged winners while La Martiniere Girls’ Kolkata and St. Francis College, Lucknow were adjudged the first and second runners up respectively.

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Editorial Board

The members of the Editorial Board of the Publication Club ( English and Hindi ) were formally introduced to the college. The members of the publication club work for the college magazine- Constantia, the college monthly newsletter – The Martiniere Post  and the Year Book. The following are the members of the Editorial Board 2017:

The English Editorial Board (Mariniere Post)
1. Devansh Tandon Editor
2. Abhinav Raj & Gaurav Singh Bakshi Co-Editor
3. Neil Nautiyal & Aviral Saxena Secretaries
4. Piyush Dubey Graphics Designer
5. Ankit Sahai Media Co-ordinator

Core Members

1.GarvJohar

2. Samar Naqvi

3. Aryaman Kholi
4. Adamya Ojha
5. Ashutosh Sen

The English Editorial Board( Constantia)
1 .Dev Rastogi Editor
2. Naman Srivastava & Aman Rastogi Co-Editor

Core Members
1. Sankalp Chaudhary
2. Arindam Keswami
3. Siddhart Agarwal
4. Abhishek Michael Chand
5. Shubhankar Mittal
6. Raghav Kasera

The Hindi Editorial Board

1.Utkarsh Tripathi

2.Yashvardahn Rai

3.Tanajay Singh

4.Prateek Manjul

5.Dhaval Gupta

ABRSM NEWS

The students of La Martiniere College were tested in the various musical skills they had opted for at the ABRSM programme being conducted at La Martiniere College. Mr Cummings , a well know musician from Australia stayed at the college and judged the students taking part at various levels in the ABRSM programme. The efforts of the students were reconized at assembly on 19^th July, 2017, by awarding them certificates for their skills at the various levels of the programme . Mrs Samya Khan, incharge of the ABRSM programme accompanied Mr Cummings on stage. The following students were awarded certificate according to the level of skill they have achieved :

ABRSM PREP STUDENTS
Sarthak Singh
Anujay Srivastava
Lakshya Joshi
Aditya Agarwal
Chadwik De Rozario
Alan A Odath
Samarth Srivatav
Mohd. Zaheen Khan
Shiv Chawla
Tanmay Jaiswal
Yash Pratap Singh
Rudrapratap Singh
Edwin Pratap Singh
Aron Phillips
Krishna Agarwal
Sarvagya Subodh
Divyansh Parihar

ABRSM GRADE 1 STUDENTS
Aditya Joshi
Pragun Agarwal
Sreyans Singal
Avirat Bajaj
Abeer Bhasin
Rishabh Verma
Tejas Roy
Ablash Baghel
Rafey Habibullah
Anugrah Anand
Ayan Singh
Ridaypratap Singh
Ritank Singh
Ayan Sharma
Ark Kapoor
Jason Hopkins
Rohan Srivastava
Kennith J Ashish
Harsh Roberts
Addison Francis
Aditya Sharma
Laarib Anwar
Arth Mohan
Shaun Morrison
Samarth Singh
Darren Hopkins
Deepanshu Haswani
Ishu Utkarsh
Varun Khanna
Risheet Singh
Mayur Mayank

ABRSM GRADE 2
Achutam Agarwal
Jishnu Gupta
Leander Joseph
Advait Porwal
Parth Pandey
Jonathan Lal
Kushal Chopra
Shaun Anthony Dessa
Swayam Sinha
Arnav Agarwal
Karun Kukreti
Donovan Figg

ABRSM GRADE 3 STUDENT
Leander Mathew Gomes