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Ms.
RIMA
SINGH
Head of School
n March 2021 we marked the seventh anniversary While we worked throughout the year, we
of DPS International. Our mission and motivation never lost hope. We adapted and changed plans
Iwas then—and remains now—student-driven. For but never changed the goal. The unconditional
the past seven years, we've helped students harness support of our Management, the trust of all our
their potential and desire to learn by helping them stakeholders and our perseverance paved the
discover and build upon their diverse strengths and way for new opportunities and success stories. As
interests. you flip through the e-pages, you will be amazed
at the number of activities, events and ideas that
The last year has been a revelation for most of us.
Many of us have faced challenges, uncertainty, and made this year unique.
grief like we may have never experienced before. As we move ahead, we must strive to be
Many of us may have also found new interests, balanced, which is also one of the IB learner profile
returned to passions long forgotten, developed attributes. We need to balance different aspects
renewed respect for nature and the outdoors, of our lives – intellectual, physical, and emotional;
reconnected with family and turned towards we need to balance well-being for ourselves and
mindfulness and inner peace. We spent the year living others as we recognize our interdependence
in a bubble at home and relying on social media to with other people and the world in which we all
help us connect to others and realised how precious live. COVID-19 is something that our children are
human proximity and contact are. going to have to live with for longer than us adults
and we must do whatever it takes to mitigate its
The school’s vision of providing exceptional
educational environment so that students are impacts.
equipped to achieve their potential has been I thank all who contributed to this school
an anchor point for us through the recent times magazine and acknowledge the editorial team
of uncertainty and challenges. This has been for all the hours of work put in for this e-edition of
demonstrated by all our educators and learners BEATS. I am sure all the readers will enjoy reading
as we maintain our commitment to high-quality it.
education in new and dynamic ways.
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