School Updates

Shooting Championship

Our College participated in the 1^st Chowdhary Mahendra Singh Tikait Memorial Shooting Championship, 2016 at Muzzafarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.
The following boys were awarded in the different categories.
Rudraksh Lamba won the Bronze Medal in the junior category in the 10 meters Air Rifle shooting (open sight) event.
Saarthak Agarwal won the Silver Medal in the Senior category in the Rifle shooting (peep sight) event.
Sanskar Havelia won the Gold Medal in both the senior as well as Junior Categories.
In the Senior Category, La Martiniere College won the Gold Medal as a team.
The team was represented by Saarthak Agarwal, Ali Raiyyan Khan and Adarsh Kushwaha.
In the Junior category, La Martiniere College won the Silver Medal as a team. The team was represented by Tabish Ahmad and Sanskar Havelia.
Sanskar Havelia was declared the Champion of Champions out of 300 shooters. He was awarded a Cash Prize of Rs 5,100/- for the same. La Martiniere College won the Overall Championship Trophy.

Summer Holiday Notice

Annual Prize Day 2015-16

The Annual Prize Day for the year 2015-16 was held on the 23 April, 2016. The chief guest for this event was Mr. George Baker. Mr. Baker is an alumnus of this college. He is a notable politician and a national award winning actor. The event began with the chief guest being presented a Guard of Honour by the contingents of the N.C.C, Air Wing, Naval Wing, Rovers, Scouts and Cubs. The college choir presented two songs. A multimedia presentation in memory of  Rahul Shridhar was shown to the audience. This was followed by “ The Year That Was”-   a multimedia presentation  giving a glimpse into the major events and activities that took place in  the academic year 2015-16. Mrs. Baker gave away the prizes to the students of the junior school campus while the chief guest, Mr. Baker gave away the prizes to the students of the Constantia campus. Following this Mr. Baker addressed the college. He spoke about his life as a student at La Martiniere College, his acting career and his stint as a politician. The Vice Principal, Mr. Collins gave the vote of thanks.

Leo Committee

The following are the members for the La Martiniere who were in Extra- Curricular Organizing Committee.

1. Adarsh
   2. Aditya Jalan
   3. Ahmad Gibran Khan
   4. Akshat Rastogi
   5. Ashutosh Sen
   6. Dipansh Mishra
   7. Garv Pahwa
   8. Jashn Jethanandani
   9. Kshitij Gupta
   10. Naman Srivastava
   11. Parth Shukla
   12. Pranjal Dixit
   13. Raunak Makhija
   14. Saksham Bansal
   15. Sarthak Agarwal
   16. Satyam Rastogi
   17. Shikhar Tripathi
   18. Swapnil Bhargava
   19. Vedansh Tandon
   20. Vivek Verma

Co-Curricular Activities Co-Ordinator- Mrs.R Tandon

Visit to the Carpentry Workshop

The boys of class IX visited the Carpentry workshop in the school premises during their SUPW period.

Change in College timings

On the instructions of the District Administration, there is a change in College timings from Monday, 18 April, 2016. This is due to the extreme temperature. Timings shall be as follows:

Nursery to Class 6 7.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.

Class 7 to Class 12 7.30 a.m. to 12.00 noon

New Media Team 2016

Badges were awarded to the new members of the the Media Team 2016.The members are as follows:

1. Abdul Samad ( Media In-Charge)
2. Sarvjeet Singh Wadhwa
3. Anugrah Shukla
4. Mohd. Saleem Khan
5. Naman Agarwal
6. Saarthak Agarwal
7. Ali Taha
8. Rishabh Agarwal

Memorial Service for Late Farida Abraham

A memorial service was held on 12^th March 2016 in the College Chapel for Late Mrs.Farida Abraham, Lady Principal of La Martiniere Girls’ College. It was attended by the staff of both La Martiniere Colleges in Lucknow. The Congregation was led in prayer by the Principal Mr  C. McFarland . The College Choir led in singing hymns. Dr Amrita Dass, Founder Director ICS International shared her memorable moments with Mrs. F. Abraham. She also spoke about the unique vision that Mrs. Abraham had towards education.

Gift to the College by the Old Boys

The College was presented with a Hydraulic tractor trolly by Mr. Munis Wiqar, an old boy of the College. Adding to the equipment, a Thresher was presented to the College by Mr. Haris Bin Khalid yet another old boy of the College

Flower Show

Our College Gardeners participated in a Flower Show organized at the Raj Bhawan. A number of prizes were won. In the ‘Perennial Flowers’ category, our gardeners were awarded three 1^st Prizes, seven 2^nd Prizes and seven 3^rd Prizes. In the ‘Cut Flowers’ category our College won one 1^st Prize and three 3^rd Prizes.

In the up keep and maintenance of gardens according to their sizes, our Junior School Garden was awarded the 1^st Prize in the 1000-1500 meters garden category. The  Constantia garden was awarded the 1^st Prize in the 1000 meters garden category. In the 1500-2000 meters garden category the Bachelors Mess Garden was awarded the 1^st Prize and the Cemetery Garden was awarded the  2^nd Prize.

Quiz on Greek Mythology

A quiz on Greek Mythology was held on the 25^th of February 2016. This was organized by a group of boys called “M QUBE” led by Arujun Kriplani of 9-B and Ishitv Parrick of 9-A.

The 2nd Annual Art Exhibition

The 2nd Annual Art Exhibition was held from 18th and 19th February, 2016 by the Art Department at the Art Gallery specially setup at the Teacher Centre. The sale proceeds from the painitings shall be used for the conservation of Constantia.

Visit a Photography Exhibition

Members of THE MEDIA TEAM visited a Photography Exhibition on Wild Life conducted by Mrs. Abhilasha Yadav at Vivanta by Taj on the 26th February,2016. Mrs. Abhilasha Yadav interacted with the pupils and shared her experience and vison. The boys were accompanied by The Principal Mr. Carlyle McFarland and Mr. N. Srivastava.

Visit to the Cheshire Home

The pupils of Class 11-A visited the Cheshire Home. They distributed biscuits, muffins, juice and toiletries among the inmates of the Homes. This was done under the guidance of their class teacher Mrs. D. Badgel.

Truth behind Love

Damian Don Williams of Class 11 has written a book titled “Truth behind Love”.

His book is available as an E-BOOK on Kindle and Amazon.
Amazon Link:
http://www.amazon.in/Truth-Behind-Love-because-behind-ebook/dp/B01CA7LVIK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456896132&sr=8-1&keywords=truth+behind+love

Our Budding Scientist

Prakhar Saxena of 9-B participated in a city level competition “INNOVATIVE PROJECT DISPLAY CONTEST” held at Regional Science City Lucknow held between the 27th to 29th February,2016. This was held in association with Council of Science and Technology, U.P. The model presented by the team of Prakhar Saxena and Naman Mishra was judged as the best & was awarded the 1^st Prize. The boys were awarded a cash prize and certificates of appreciation.

Prakhar Saxena of 9-B and Naman Mishra of 9-A have also filed a patent application with the office of Registrar Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Govt. of India to patent  their project.

Three more projects have been sent to the Registrar Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Govt. of India namely the Servo Stylus made by Aditya Narayan & Dhruv Sharma, Gesture controlled Wheel Chair by Mohd. Abdul Azeez and Faizan Musheer and TORAC by Yash Nigam for patents.

RIP Mr. Jagdish

With deep regret I have to inform that Mr Jagdish Prasad, our College Library Assistant has passed away in Civil Hospital, following a massive heart attack. There was no history of ailment. Our condolences are with the family, especially his son Krishna who graduated from La Martiniere. The College flag has been lowered to half-mast.

Classes shall be suspended tomorrow (29 February, 2016) as a mark of respect. The examinations of the Council, scheduled for tomorrow shall be held as per programme.

Innogen 2016

A science exhibition named INNOGEN’ 2016, was held on 11th of February, 2016 in Spence Hall.
The main purpose for organizing INNOGEN is to develop interest and promote innovative concepts of young minds in science and technology in the Middle School.
There were two categories: Junior and Senior.
The following are the winners:-

Senior Category-
1st Prize : Udayan Aggarwal, Nilay Roy Choudhray, Chandrashish Kukrety, Taranjay Singh Ajmani.
2nd Prize : Siddharth Agarwal, Ansh Ranjan.
3rd Prize : Aman Garg, Shubh Mittal, Prakash Saluja, Harsh Kumar Yadav.

Junior Category-
1st Prize : Saksham Tewari, Abhigya Talwar, Arth Mohan, Vedansh Srivastava.
2nd Prize : Shashwat Roy, Kshitij Singh.
3rd Prize : Krishna Kapil Rastogi, Pranjal Kumar, Akshat Srivastava, Rewant Rastogi.

Archery introduced at La Martiniere  

Archery  has been introduced as a regular sport at La Martiniere College.

Mr Manoj Pathak, the newly appointed coach for the game explained the basics of Archery and also gave a demonstration of his Archery skills at Assembly.

Chess Championship

Pt. Shriram Sharma Memorial, Education Institution Chess Championship was held at B.S.N.V. Inter College , Lucknow between 4^th to 7^{th  february 2016}

The following received cash prizes for their achievements

1. Saksham Mishra-Class 4-1st Prize (Cash Prize Rs:1100/-)
2. Sadhil Mishra – Prep – 2nd Prize (Cash Prize Rs: 700/-)
3. .Tanishq Gupta – Class 5 – (Cash Prize Rs: 400/-)
4. Aniket Agarwal-Class-7-1st Prize (Cash Prize Rs: 1100/-)+ Trophy
5. Ravneet Singh – Class – 8 – 4th Prize ( Cash Prize Rs: 400/-)
6. Sameer Basu-Class-9- 3rd Prize( Cash Prize Rs:500/-)+Trophy
7. Gauransh – Class – 9 – 4th Prize ( Cash Prize Rs: 400/-)
8. Harshpreet – Class – 9 – ( Cash Prize Rs: 300/-)

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Air Rifle Shooting Competition

Dev Chandra of Class 6-A, qualified for the 4^th round of the Air Rifle Shooting Competition called ‘Bull’s Eye’. This competition was organized by the Glory Shooting Academy, Pune which is headed by our country’s ace shooter. Gagan  Narang Dev was awarded a certificate of Merit.

Unifest 2016

“Unifest 2016” was held on 12 and 13 of February 2016, at Unity Degree College, Lucknow. 60 teams from across the state participated. Our boys participated in Collage, Photography and Group Singing competitions.
In Photography (Junior category) Abdul Samad Class 11-A won the first prize in the category called nature photography and Ali Taha Class 9-B won the first prize in street photography.
In the group singing competition Saransh Kumar, Samarth Harrison, Yash Narula, Christopher Singh, Richard Massey and Joel Malvin were awarded the first prize.

Model United Nation

A Model United Nation Conference was held at the Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), University of Delhi on the 7 and 8 February,2016.
Revant Batra of class 11F represented La Martiniere College and was awarded the best delegate.

Investiture Ceremony 2016-17

In a Grand Ceremony, the Pupil Authorities of 2015-16 demitted their office making way for a new set of Pupil authorities for the year 2106-17. The new Pupil Authorities were administered their oaths by the House-Masters, while the College Captain, Adrian Aitkins was administered his oath by the Principal. Damian Don Williams, the Choir Monitor was administered his oath by the College organist, Mr. G. Frank.

The following are the Pupil Authorities for the year 2016-17 :

The evening witnessed the Farewell Ceremony for the batch of 2016. The event began with the seniors walking from the Chapel to the Spence Hall while the juniors showered their seniors with rose petals.

Raghav Kohli thanked the teachers who had taught the batch of 2016 on behalf of all others. The thank-you note was full of surprises.

In the hall, seniors got their numbers from the teachers-in-charge and got ready for the ramp walk while they were entertained by the College band and later the dance performance.

The ramp walk consisted of four stages; forty-eight boys were to be elected from the lot. Out of those forty eight, only twelve made to the next round. Only three made out of these twelve (Any guesses?)

In the much predicted award ceremony Mr. La Martiniere, Mr. Popular and the Gentleman of the year, Raghav Kohli made a clean sweep of all awards and seemed embarassed.

The ramp walk was followed by the tug-of-war. In the first round the elevens won easily. The second round and the third was claimed by the passing out batch.

The dinner was served as the batch of 2016 lighted lamps to mark the event.

67th Republic Day

Our Nation’s 67^th Republic Day was celebrated on the 26^th January, 2016.Our Chief Guest for the occasion was Mr. Ranjan Dwivedi Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police. Mr. Dwivedi is an Alumnus of this College and was in Martin House. Mr. Dwivedi is a 1979 batch IPS officer. A parade comprising the N.C.C, Scouts, Rovers and cubs was presented to our Chief Guest. The National Flag was unfurled by our Chief Guest Mr. Dwivedi. Addressing our boys Mr. Dwivedi said that our freedom is to be utilized in all positive ways especially for the betterment of mankind in general. He also told the boys that that he had taken part in four Republic Day parades while he was at La Martiniere College as a student Mr. Dwivedi took the salute of the parade. The parade was commanded this year by Utkarsh Singh of Class 11. The day ended with a cricket match which was played between the Staff and the students of La Martiniere College on 26^th January, 2016.The students won the match by 54 runs . Ziauddin Ansari was declared the Man of The Match.

Summer Vacation Notice

Holiday Notice

Holiday Notice from Nur till class VI

133rd Sports Day

La Martiniere College organised its 133^rd Annual Sports Meet on Saturday, the 28^th. Mr. Rajendra Khanna graced the event. Mr Khanna  is the head of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) of India and an alumnus of the college.

The event started with the torch relay ceremony  in  which the captains of the various teams participated. Thereafter, we witnessed different events including the 100m flat race, the 5000m cycle race and the most exciting event of all,  the past vs present race.

After the races, the boys of classes 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 put up  a PT display. The boys of class 5 and 6 put up the clapper drill , the boys of classes put up a drill called hand in glove and classes 9 and 11 pu t up the wand drill. It was greatly appreciated by our Cheif Guest.. The PT was followed by an excellent presentation by the Gymnastics team .

It was followed by the brilliant March Past.The Cheif Guest took the salute. The first squad of Martin House won the best marching contingent.

The chief guest gave away the medals and awards to the winners of the day and addressed of the boysour college. This was followed by a vote of thanks by our Principal. The event concluded with the beating of the retreat.

Hodson’s Run

The Junior and the Senior Marathon now known as the Hodson’s Run was held on the 21^st November 2015. In the Junior Marathon Azarul-Haq- Ansari of Hodson House stood first which in the senior Marathon, Adrin Atkins of Lyons came first.

English and Hindi Elocution (Prep. Dept.)

The English and Hindi Elocution was held on the 6^th and 7^th of Nov 2015 respectively.

Results for English Elocution are as follows

Nursery

The first prize went to Class Nursery E and the second prize was awarded to Class Nursery C

Individual Awards were given to the following students

1^st Prize:  Arman Ratan Mohan of Nursery C

2^nd Prize:  Aryan Shahpuri of Nursery D and Saransh Garg of Nursery D

Preparatory

The first prize was awarded to Class Preparatory E and the second prize was awarded to Class Preparatory D

Individual Awards were given to the following students

1^st Prize : Dhairya Arora of Preparatory C

2^nd Prize : Kartik Arora of Preparatory A and Aarav Gaur of Preparatory B

Results for Hindi Elocution are as follows for Nursery and Preparatory

The first prize went to Class of Nursery E and the second was awarded to Class of Nursery A

1^st Prize :Swastik Yadav of Nursery E

2^nd  Prize : Udit Sahu of Nursery D

Preparatory Group Hindi :

1^st Prize: Preparatory E

2^nd Prize: Preparatory C

Individual Awards were given to the following

1^st Prize: Mohd Mehdi Masood of Preparatory E

2^nd  Prize: Raghuvanshi Mathur of Preparatory D

Lucknow Literature Carnival Photography

A photography competition was organised by the Lucknow Literature Carnival in association with UNICEF at the prestigious M B Club on 19th November 2015 . The theme for the competition was “Lucknow in A Frame”

Naman Agarwal and Abdul Samad of La Martiniere College were Awarded the First Prize.

Mrs Mohsina Mirza of La Martiniere College participated in the Individual Category and secured First Prize for the same

Children’s Day

Children’s Day was celebrated in both the campuses with great zeal. The teachers enthralled the children with their splendid performances in skits, singing and dancing.
In the Senior school, the College Captain Mohd Kamran took over the role of the Principal of the school and led the Assembly in normal routine .
The Principal attired in college khakis followed the routine of the Assembly with the boys and the teachers.
The boys of Class 12 were in a nostalgic mood as this was their last day in their precious Khaki Uniform. They made this moment memorable by taking autographs of their class fellows and teachers on the same.

Holiday Notice

On the instructions of the District Administration, classes for Nursery to Class 8 shall remain closed on the occasion of Vallabhai Patel Jayanti and Acharya Narendra Dev Jayanti.

Fee Circular

2nd Invitational Athletics Meet

La Martiniere College organized the 2^nd Invitational Athletics Meet on 31^st October. A total of ten teams from different schools  participated in the event. The event was organized by a team of boys known as OXARO. The boys efficiently organized the  event under the able supervision of Mr. Allen Morrison and Mrs. Sheeba Siddique. The event was held at the Polo Ground. The Meet comprised of the following main  events-

1. 100 meter flat race.
2. 200 meters flat race.
3. 400 meters flat race.

4. 5000 meters cycle race.

5. 4×100 meters relay.

The event was graced by the presence of  Mr. Syed Ali, a former hockey player and a participant in the Montreal Olympic Games. The event commenced with Adrin Aitkins, the College Atletics Captain along with the captains of other teams lighting the torch.

The events were keenly contested. Army Public School, Nehru Road was declared the Champions while La Martiniere College were declared the runners up.

Oath taking Ceremony

An Oath taking ceremony was organised at PoloGround to mark the Commencement of the Athletics season for the academic year 2015-16.

College Athletics Captain Adrin Aitkins led the College in the Ceremonial Oath. This was followed by lighting of the torch and the racing heats.
Martin House emerged as the overall winner in the Tug -o- War event. This was followed by the Tug -o- War between the Staff and pupils in which the pupil were the winners

Constantia 2015

CONSTANTIA -2015 was yet again a day full of excitement, enthusiasm and activities of all nature- technical, literary and cultural. The organizers, proudly called as LEO’s welcomed no less than 1035 students from 18 prestigious schools of the city.

The events began with the lighting of the inspirational lamp by our college principal, Mr C.A.McFarland. Events like POSTER MAKING not only showcased the artistic talent of the participants but also made them ponder on the seriousness of sparrow and vultures getting extinct. CARDBOARD SCULPTING drew attention towards the historical significance of the city we reside in. they crafted out the monuments with great creativity from cardboard material provided. Grave issues of  present world-“ Naari- Sammaan ki adhikari” were taken up in NUKKAD NATAK. An attempt to revive the pleasantness of kavya goshthi of yesteryears was made in events like SASWAR KAVYA PATH. It was heartwarming to hear young poets rendering their poems.

Technical minds at the same time were at work on the computers as they participated in events like JAVA JIBE, WEB GENESIS and CREATIVE SURPRISE.

The kitchen of La Martiniere witnessed a number of budding chefs preparing all by themselves meals starting form salad dressing to paneer curry in the event called NIBBLES.

Young journalists could be seen going around the campus preparing for the BREAKING NEWS of the day.

Business minds, on the other hand were busy raising the graph of their company stocks in an event called CORPORATE SIMULATION. The drama and script writing skils were showcased in the event called PANDORA’S BOX wherein, a mystery box with properties was provided to the participating teams that had to be woven into a script and a skit was to be dramatized on it. The skits were a great joy to watch as the interpretations of the props given varied from comedy to horror and even satirical.

The younger generation can be poetic too! The event TOKEN SCRIPT gave the youngsters space and reason to be poetic in a ballad format. Yet again, fusing the old with new emotions.  The culrtural events were towards the evening. It began with the BATTLE OF BANDS where the boys and girls at drums, synthesizer and guitar build the mood for the great music later in the evening. The dusk, dimmed halogen lights with coloured light effects and great music took not only the participants but also the audience to the floor to dance with the music that was a merge of Indian folk and Hip Hop showcasing the evolution of Bollywood since the seventees in PIROUETTE.

The day ended at a happy note with many new friendships and new bonds formed between the staff and students of various schools, with a promise to be back again recharged and refreshed with enthusiasm and zeal.

THE OVERALL CHAMPIONS                           –            LA MARTINIERE COLLEGE, LUCKNOW

 RUNNERS UP                                                           —             LORETO CONVENT , LUCKNOW

Under 15 Football Tournament 2015

Star Sports organized the Young Hero’s 7 A Side Inter School under 15 Football Tournament 2015
La Martiniere College participated with two teams viz. Team- A and Team B
Team B Qualified in the Knock-Out Round by winning three matches but could not make it to the finals, however, Team –A reached the finals and defeated DAV College by 3 goals.

The Team Comprised of :

Ankit Kumar
Sultan Siddique
Craig Johannes
Mohd. Shadman
Pourush Dixit
Inzama-Ul- HAq Ansari
Samarth Sinha
Jayam Balani
Rajveer Awasthi and
Rishabh Kumar
Team -A will now represent Uttar Pradesh in the National Football Tournament at Kolkata starting from 16th January 2016.

Craig Johannes was adjudged the most promising player of the tournament will be attending a special football training programme in Spain in the year 2016.

Reserve Bank of India Quiz – 2015

The Reserve Bank of India Quiz was held on 13^th October, 2015 at the UP Sangeet Natak Academy, Lucknow. Our College was represented by Ayush Nigam of 10- C and Samarth Srivastava of 11-C who qualified for the stage round and won the runners -up trophy.  The winners were given gift vouchers worth Rs. 1000/- to buy books from Universal Booksellers Hazratganj.

Participation certificates were awarded to  :

Divyansh Khandelwal  : 10 A

Pranjal Dikshit :  10 C

Yash Chaudhary :  12 F

Mudit Chaturvedi : 10 A

Raunak Makhija : 11 C

Parth Shukla : 11 C

Suyash Fartyal : 10 C

Jaivardhan Mittal : 10 C

Ashutosh Sen : 10 B

Neil Nautiyal : 10 A

Aditya Jalan : 11 F

Vighnesh Mehrotra : 9 C

Garv Pahwa : 11 F

Satyam Rastogi : 11 F

Ashar Siddiqui : 10 C

Harsh Nigam : 10 C

Holiday Notice for Junior School

Classes in the Junior School Campus (Nursery to 4) shall remain closed on Tuesday, 13 October, 2015 on account of Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti.

Students of the Middle and Senior School shall attend the SPIC MACAY Programmes as per the instructions provided. The programmes shall conclude by the normal closing time for College.

The Staff of the Junior School Campus is invited to watch the programmes in Spence Hall. Resident Scholars of the Junior School are invited to watch the programme.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Lecture

To perpetuate the memory of former president, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, La Martiniere College instituted an annual ‘A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Lecture’ on his Birth Anniversary. An Academic Session was organized in the Spence Hall in which-
The panelists:-
1. Mr. Srijan Pal Singh– OSD to Dr. Abdul Kalam and co- author of 3 books with him, talked about his experience with APJ Kalam and how his sensitivity and gratitude towards people made him an extraordinary person.
2. Prof. Abhishek Mishra – Minister of State to Hon’ble Chief Minister (Science and Technology). – He talked about six aspects that he learnt from Dr. Kalam and how can we imbibe these to change our lives to be a better individual.
3. Mrs. Madhvi Kukreja – A women’s rights activist and founder, Sanat Kada NGO. – highlighted the importance of each individual in the society and how mothers are undermined in that aspect.
4. Mr. Akash Banerjee– Alumnus and Media personality –talked about the striving for excellence in life by having a focused vision and executing it as well.

SPICMACAY

SPICMACAY organised a Kathak Dance Performance on 5th of October 2015 at La Martiniere College, Spence Hall in which famous danseuse Rani Khanam of Lucknow Gharana enthralled the audience with her splendid performance. She also taught students about the different aspects of Kathak Dancing which included-
Sawal Jawab- Where the danseuse responds the musical beats with Ghunghroo.
Jugalbandi- In which recitals on tabla are synchronised with the musical steps of feet.
The Thumri (romantic or devotional in nature, and usually revolves around a girl’s love for Krishna. The lyrics are usually in Uttar Pradesh dialects of Hindi called Awadhi and Brij Bhasha. Thumri is characterized by its sensuality, and by a greater flexibility with the raag) along with its reflection in the dance.

Sponsorship For Constantia

Gandhi Jayanti

A Service of Peace in honour of Mahatma Gandhi, on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti was held in the College Chapel. The welcome speech was given by the Vice Principal Mr. P.V.Collins . He highlighted the three major elements which Gandhiji led stress on which are  Peace, Satyagrah and Non-violence . The garlanding of portrait of Mahatma Gandhi was done by the College Captain Mohd. Kamran , Vice Captain Raghav Kohli, and the two youngest resident scholars, Leander J Ceiston and Dominic Evan.The prayer service included the prayers from all the religions which were read by stidents . An extract from the Bhagwat Gita was read by Mohd. Saqlain. Different aspects of the personality of Mahatma Gandhi which reflect his simplicity and made him the Father of the Nation , were explained by the Principal MrC.McFarland .

Constantia Day 2015

La Martiniere College celebrated its 170th year of the commencement of  formal classes  in the Constantia Building .Mrs Rana Safvi, an eminent blogger and a noted writer, was the guest of honour who addressed the assembly and presented her views regarding the importance  of Constantia and its legacy in the lives of all Martinians.

The day also witnessed the release of the College Annual magazine “Constantia”.

Founder’s Day Celebrations

The celebration commenced with the laying of wreaths at the tomb of our Founder Major General Claude Martin. Wreaths were laid by the dignitaries present  which included our Former Principal Mr. Elton deSouza,  Principal Mr Carlyle McFarland , and Vice Principal Mr. Peter Collins .This was followed by a Chapel service conducted by our Principal. The service included Hymns and prayers. The Choir of La Martiniere Girls college presented the Hymn, What a Faithful God. The choir of La Martiniere College presented a Hymn, Let Freedom Ring.  The Founder’s Day address was delivered by Reverend Father Donald H.R. D’Souza, is the Chancellor and Spokesman of the Catholic Diocese Lucknow.

In the evening the Founder’s Day Variety Entertainment programme in English was held . This included dances , skits and choir performances by the students of the Junior school campus. An Operetta  named ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat ‘ was presented by the students of the Constantia campus.

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

Click link to view images: http://www.lamartinierelucknow.org/gallery/photos/founders-day-2015

Grateful Nation, Proud School

CELEBRATIONS IN HONOUR OF THE ALUMNI OF LA MARTINIERE COLLEGE, LUCKNOW DECORATED BY THE PRESIDENT FOR GALLANTRY IN INDEPENDENT INDIA.

The College organized a programme to honour the old boys of our school for their bravery and contribution towards the defence of our country. The Chief Guest for the morning’s programme was the Chief of the Indian Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha. A parade was presented by the three wings of the N.C.C (army , navy and air ) , the Rovers , the Scouts and the  cubs of our school . The parade was commanded by Mohd. Saqlain. Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha took the salute. This was followed by the presentations and citations about the lives and achievements of the  war veterans who were being honoured .The following are the names of the war veterans , who were honoured – (Late)Wing Commander Eric Pushong ,(Late) Wing Commander Trevor Keelor , Flight Lt. Alfred Tyrone Cooke, Air Mashal Denzil Keelor , Air Vice Marshal Perminder Singh and Commodore  Arvind Singh. The war heroes were presented tokens of appreciation for their contribution. Mrs Patricia Keelor accepted the token on behalf of her late husband, Air Marshal Trevor Keelor. All the war heroes addressed the boys . Air Mashal Denzil Keelor spoke at length about the vital  significance of the Gnat Fighter plane during the time of the Indo-Pak war .

This was followed by a brief address by Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha.The programme on East Terrace of Constantia concluded with a  Vote of Thanks by our Vice-Principal , Mr.Collins.

The platform party then moved towards the newly renovated Memorial Hall. A Tablet containing the names of the alumni  being recognized, was unveiled by Mrs Patricia Keelor.

This was followed by the inauguration of the  Memorial Park. The newly acquired Gnat Fighter Plane was also officially handed over to the College. Air Marshal Denzil Keelor again addressed the gathering and spoke about the importance of the Gnat towards the defence of India.

In the evening, the programme commenced with a Chapel Service in honour of the alumni who were being felicitated. The Chapel service consisted of hymns and readings chosen especially for this occasion. This was followed by a formal dedication of the Fourth Dormitory.

Later that evening the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh , Mr Akhilesh Yadav and his wife, Mrs Dimple Yadav, Member of Parliament, came to our school as Chief Guests . The combined bands of the Airforce and Army presented a wonderful selection of music. This was followed by a ‘Concert of Strings’ – a presentation by the Vienna University Orchestra. Mr Vijay Upadhaya, an old boy of our college  directed the orchestra. Mr. Akhilesh Yadav addressed the college and lauded the efforts and contribution of our Principal , Mr. McFarland.

The programme ended with a lavish dinner, hosted  by the Alumni of our college, in honour of our war heroes.

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Teams for Inter-Martiniere Meet

The respective teams have been announced for debate, football and swimming for the Inter-Martiniere Meet going to be held in Kolkata this year. The following are the team leaders:-

DEBATING TEAM:-

Captain- Raghav Kohli

Vice- Captain- Devansh Jolly

Secretary- Mrs Badgel

FOOTBALL TEAM:-

Captain- Mohd. Kamran

Vice-Captain- Abbas Javed

Secretary- Mr K. N. Singh

SWIMMING TEAM:-

Captain- Ahmad Faraz Jafri

AISC- Zonal Basketball Tournament

AISC- Zonal Basketball Tournament was held at St. Fedelis College. A total of 28 teams participated in the tournament. Under the leadership of Anmol Gupta (Cap.) La Martiniere College was awarded the Runner Up Award.