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Ms.

RIMA

SINGH

Head of School

et another academic year comes to an end …a makes DPSI’s mission such an important one. We
year of achievements and victories, of facing will continue to inspire and support each student,
Y w challenges and reaching greater heights. within a warm and welcoming community, to
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develop knowledge, skills and character, to build
The challenges and trials of life make us stronger and team spirit, instil ownership and responsibility, to
COVID-19, the worldwide pandemic, has indeed been increase the happiness quotient and strengthen the
one such challenge. I am proud of the way the school mental health needed to help each student to reach
community faced the difficult times. When we faced their full potential. Astra per aspera. To the stars,
events that were both scary and out of our control, we through difficulties.
borrowed strength and sought comfort from others.
Teachers endeavoured to create safe spaces for mean- I take this opportunity to thank our Pro Vice
ingful conversations and engaged with controversial Chairperson - Ms. Devyani Jaipuria, the Managing
issues in sensitive and reflexive ways. The school pro- Committee led by the Chairman - Mr. Ravi Vira
grammes continued smoothly with new ways of teach- Gupta and our School Director -Ms. Aditi Misra
ing and learning and the online school was a steep for their visionary guidance and support that has
learning curve for teachers and students. Our teachers continuously enabled us to soar higher with each
strived to continue providing a holistic education to all passing year. I also acknowledge the role of each
students as far as possible through new ways of organ- and every member of our academic and adminis-
ising school events and assemblies and the students re- tration staff who are ably led by their heads. Last
sponded well with appreciation and enthusiasm. Last but definitely not the least, my heartfelt thanks to
few weeks of this academic year we planned exciting the parents for their support and commitment to
opportunities we could bring back for students, and our school’s vision and mission.
this resulted in almost three months of a fulsome return
to school since the pandemic struck us. The contents of this magazine reflect the wonder-
We at DPSI are now looking to the future with a sense ful creativity of thoughts and imagination of our
of optimism to continue to prepare our students for a students. My best wishes to the members of the ed-
VUCA world (volatile, uncertain, complex, and am- itorial team and all those who made valuable con-
biguous). Each student’s story is unique and that’s what tributions to make this edition of BEATS possible.

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