About Us

From the humble beginning we made in 1986, we have achieved many memorable milestones and we are proud that our school is a desired destination for students, teachers and parents alike.  The school is leaving no stone unturned in providing world class facilities for the students who will be the ultimate beneficiaries.  We are committed to develop knowledgeable, discipline, creative, ethical and thoughtful individuals who value cultural heritage and the foresight to meet future challenges.  Our focus is always on the creation of quality learning spaces through the seamless integration of physical spaces and learning processes.  Children are highly capable and keen to reach beyond the skies.  Their wings are powered with infrastructural and curricular space to experiment with their intellect and the world around.

ROLE OF LMC/SMC

The Local Managing Committee is constituted by the DAV College Managing Committee in accordance to DSEAR 1973.  It consists of the representatives of the management,  D.E. and Advisory Board Nominees as nominated by Directorate of Education, teachers representative  and parent representative.  The fee structure for the next session, the budget approval of the school expenditure and all the major decisions were discussed and approved.

ROLE OF PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION

Since the role of PTA is very important for the overall growth of the school, therefore they are actively involved in the important decisions in regard to the total development of the young impressionable minds.  For example, during this Covid situation, their important version regarding the On-line and Off-line classes was taken and  implemented accordingly. 

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Our school has registered a remarkable performance in the class X and XII CBSE Examinations 2022-23

QPI Class XII – 85.11

OVERALL TOPPERS

Science Stream: Dev Kankanil - 97%

Commerece Stream: Aarushi Bansal and Shreshtha - 98.20%

Humanities Stream: Bhumika Pandey - 95.80%

Vocational Stream:Riya Soni - 82.2%

No. of students secured 90% and above - 99 nos.

Class X

Sparsh Vashisht - 98%

No. of students secured 90% and above  - 88

CO-CURRICULAR

• Hritik Khanna of class XII is one of the top five state level WINNERS of the Inspire Award-Manak Scheme. He qualified for the 9th National Level Exhibition and Project Competition 2022, organised by the Department of Science and Technology - Government of India, to exhibit his unique and creative idea of NIDRA PILLOW.
• Suhani Chadha of XII-E  has published her first book - 'The Search For Solace : A Sail through the Tides of Teenage'. The Search For Solace is an anthology of poems that takes you on a journey that brings to you a taste of the sweet and sour of .teenage life.
• Team Rangmanch – the theatre club of the school has been brilliant at the two ends of the spectrum of learning – Science and theater. After coming FIRST at Zonal and District level, Team Rangmanch of the School competed and won the FIRST position at the STATE level Science Drama Competition organized by the Science Branch, DOE, Delhi.
• Our Theater group presented Science Drama ‘Stories on Vaccines’ at the National Science Centre, Delhi. The team represented the State at the National Level.
• The team of 3 students; Ruhhan Rekhi XII, Ananya Kharya XI & Venya Mehta XI, has secured First position at State Level of Science Quiz organized by Directorate of Education, Govt of NCT Delhi after having secured First position both and Zonal and Centre level.
• Rishik Chawla and Naisha Jain of class VIII were won second prize in Science Exhibition under the category of MATHS FOR US at zonal level in R.P.V.V Surajmal Vihar and now they are qualified to participate at the district level.
• Akshat Chaudhry of 12F and Sambhav Jain of 12E got First position in Senior Boys Zonal Debate (English) Competition.
• On 11th and 12th February 2023, our students participated in an Environmental Landscape Competition organised by Indraprastha Horticulture Society during flower show. Our students presented Landscape Sustainable Gardening as a part of their project 'Ecolution' ( समपोषणीय वाटिका ) and secured 2nd Position. They made the use of broken swings, pots and other recyclable objects to make the garden.
• Priya Berry and Manasvi Verma of class XII-H got II position in District Level Bharat Ko Jano Competition organised by Bharat Vikas Parishad.
• In the International Hindi Olympiad organised by Hindi Vikas Sansthan, Delhi Vipul Goel of Class-VI, Avyav Anand Class-VII and Vardaan Bhadwaj Class-IX won Rashtriya Hindi Pratibha Samman. Labhdi Mukim of Class-X and Vedansh Gaur of Class-X won the Hindi Bal Sreshtha Samman.
• Samaira Gulati of  class XII was declared the BEST DELEGATE  in Harvard Model Congress, San Francisco United Nations Security Council held on 26th and 27th November 2022 at Tagore international school, Vasant Vihar.
• Students of our school got the I position in the A-La- Mode Competition organised by DAV Public School, Sector-14, Gurugram.
• Aditya Sudan of Class XII won Second Prize in the Classical Vocal Solo Competition.
• Suhani of class XII got second prize in the Mono Acting Competition at District level in Kala Utsav, an initiative of the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India.
• Lavanya Jaikar  of Class VIII was placed SECOND at the State Level  Semi Classical Vocal Solo Competition organized by  Directorate of Education Zone 1, Distt. East.
• Mrugank Vernekar of Class VI and Ayush Roy of class XI won SECOND prize in Mono Acting Competition organized by  Directorate of Education Zone 1, Distt. East.
• Manjot of class VIII made us proud by bagging 2nd position in Delhi State School Games, Yoga competition organized by DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION at Chhatrasal Stadium in Sub Junior Category on 1st December 2022.

SPORTS

• Our budding gymnast Tushar Tuteja of class VIII bagged 5 medals in Artistic Gymnastics in 61th Delhi state championship - Under-14 yrs at Indira Gandhi Stadium. This is a testimony to Tushar’s versatility in Gymnastics.  Tushar is shaping up to be a brilliant sports star.
• Floor exercise – Gold Medal
• Parallel bars – Gold Medal
• Pommel horse. Silver Medal
• Roman rings - Silver Medal
• Horizontal bars- Bronze Medal
• Tushar Tuteja represented Delhi State in the National Gymnastic Championship organised by CBSE to held in Hyderabad and won 3 silver and 1 bronze medal.
• In the Mini Roll Ball National Championship Prisha Chaudhary represented Delhi state at Vishakapatnam.
• Our sports celebrities brought laurels in the highly acclaimed DAV National Sports which is recognised by School Games Federation of India (SGFI).
• Our boys team secured second position in the DAV National Sports Delhi NCR Zonal Chess championship.
• Our Under-19 Boys Team of Basketball, Badminton,
• Chess and Table Tennis represented Delhi State at the DAV National Sports to be held at DAV Public School, Ranchi after winning DAV Cluster 4, Delhi-NCR Zone.
• Our Under-19 Girls Basketball Team also took the same route to represent Delhi at the DAV Nationals at DAV University, Jalandhar.
• With extreme delight, we share that Saanya (XII) and Riddhima (X) were bestowed with second position and received silver medals in Basketball girls category in DAV NATIONAL SPORTS TOURNAMENT.
• We wish to share with you that Lakshita of XII Secured third position and received Bronze medal in badminton in DAV NATIONALS TOURNAMENT.
• Aaditya Singh has won the Table Tennis Championship - DAV National Sports under 19 boys held at DAV Ranchi from 23rd to 25th December 2022.
• Our basketball champs Laksh Kapoor and Harsh Miglani were part of the Delhi NCR team that bagged Runners up position in Basketball Championship-DAV National Sports under 19 boys held at DAV Ranchi from 23rd to 25th December 2022.
• Our star Basketball player Sanya Nayak of XII was selected by the Basketball Association to represent Delhi state in the Youth Nationals organised by Basketball Federation of India. She travelled to Indore with Team Delhi.

ENVIRONMENT

The school had organized the Tree Plantation Drive in the vicinity by planting 500 saplings.  Apart from this, since the on-line classes are going on, the students were encouraged to plant a tree at their places.  The students shared their activity of planting a sapling on the virtual platform followed by the encouraging speeches and poems by the students for the Clean and Green Environment.  Students were made aware of the utility of Eco-Visarjan of the clay idols of Ganesh Chaturthi.

During the festive season of Diwali, the school took an initiative to spread an awareness message to the students through a virtual platform regarding the no use of crackers.

INNOVATIONS IN THE TEACHING LEARNING PEDGAGOGY

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected educational system worldwide, leading to the closure of schools and other institutions. But even during this crucial time, DAV Public School, Sreshtha Vihar was in constant pursuit to adapt to the change and make learning fun, effective and engaging through online classes for its learners.

NURSERY

• IP WEBCAM – used to online stream the formation of numbers, akshars, vyanjans, alphabets as written by teacher for better understanding.

• WHITE BOARD- used as a chalkboard in virtual set up.

• FLIPGRID- used as a tool to develop vocabulary and speaking skills of the students. Also used as a platform to develop creative expression of students. Teachers created “class wise groups” to facilitate submissions of videos of students for example: rhyme recitation, show & tell, Role play, Story Narration, Dance, Clay play etc.

• WAKELET- served the purpose of school diary and was used to streamline the tasks given to students along with links to support learning in different domains. 3

• VIDEO TUTORIALS – Teachers created various tutorials to explain different concepts like Alphabet commands, Rhymes, who am I, Pre-mathematical concepts-Colors, Matching, Pairing Numbers, Shapes, Yoga. etc • PADLET- used as class bulletin board to show appreciations for students & promote socio-emotional development.

• VIRTUAL DICE GAME was used to recognize and relate number concept with actions. For example: Numbers and action words

• PICKER WHEEL was used for enhanced fun and curiosity. Like random picking of names, action words, letters, numbers, vyanjans etc.

• KAHOOT- Game based quizzing app was used to recapitulate the concepts done like identifying the initial sound, counting the fruits, identifying tools of the helps, associating vyanjan with pictures etc

• VIRTUAL TOUR- was given to students about teach about Animal kingdom and Nature.

• BOOK WIDGET- used for sequencing activities. For example: Numbers, Step by step cards, Vyanjans

• MIND MAPS – used for explaining concepts like uses of water, types of fruits & vegetables

• BITMOJI- Food, Monaco bites

• BOOK CREATOR- To Explain different concept in a flow. Eg.Opposites, Action words, Numbers, Colours, Alphabets

• CANVA-Used for creating exciting invites for students for special days. 2. Learning By Doing

PRIMARY

1. Flip grid were provided to improve the academic and digital literacy skills of students.
2. Virtual Field Trips
3. Experiential Art Integrated activities engaged students in a creative process of learning.
4. Live Worksheets
5. Weekly Themes to develop socio emotional skills of students

MIDDLE

1. FLIPGRID- This app helps to facilitate video discussions. Students can upload their videos and reply to each other’s videos. The tool is quite simple to use and quite engaging while lessons. WAKELET- This app helps to save, organize and present multimedia content with students.
2.  AUDIO/VISUALTOOLS: Animated and interactive learning videos are used for better understanding of topics amongst students.
3. Wake let: facilitates and supports educational communities by allowing the presentation of engaging educational content in a format that is easy to access and follow.

STUDENTS REFLECTION CHECKLIST ON MS FORMS is created using LIKERT to identify students grey areas and accordingly remedial measures are taken.           

ASSESSMENT: Students knowledge is assessed using various apps

1.    live worksheets (self-correcting interactive assignments)
2.  Students upload their small videos showcasing their creative work and its explanation on flip Grid.
3. QUIZZIZ- An excellent platform to hold live quiz with children wherein they can see their ranking based on their performance.
4. KAHOOT- A tool used for holding quizzes in an interesting manner. It develops the spirit of Competitiveness among students and generates interest as i is a new way of learning.
5. QUESTT APP: For assigning extra practice questions.
6. MS FORMS: For testing the students learning outcomes through small test and exams.

VIRTUAL BOARD: PADLET- It is a digital tool that helps teachers and students by offering a single place for notice board. This digital notice board can feature images, links, videos, documents, and opinions all collated on a wall. It is an interactive space regarding everyday virtual assembly, thought for the day and can be used as class notice board with specific topics.

SECONDARY

I) On-line quizzes like Kahoot, MS quiz forms, google forms, quizzes .com

II) Virtual trips to museums, art galleries etc.

III) Live worksheets

IV) Mathematical techniques like geo gebra(create lesson), virtual /open board.

V) One note book for cw and hw correction

VI) On –line steaming.

VII) Word wall

VIII) Class kick

IX) Near Pod

SENIOR SECONDARY

Using technology ...different apps and tools

*Writing pad - for better explanation

* Web camera - for demonstration

*Padlet -online notice board

*PPT - for better learning of  different topics

*Wordwall_ for interactive and printable activities

*Rubrics - for assessment

*Kahoot -for Quizand games

*MS Forms- for question *papers and tests

*You tube video for further learning

*Activities and projects - for interesting learning

*audio and videos - for listening and speaking

* interactive sessions and showcasing talent sessions eg cooking ,gardening music etc