ILS Flying High
Magazine 2020-21

Mrs Manisha Jain

Parental Responsibility

In March 2020, no one could have imagined that COVID – 19 will still have its presence around us till now.

At that time, the crisis forced the education systems worldwide to find alternatives to face-to-face instruction. As a result, online teaching and learning have been used by teachers and students on an unprecedented scale. Both parents and teachers play a fundamental role in supporting students to develop these crucial attitudes, particularly in the current situation to make the most of digital learning.

With children currently not able to study in classrooms, the importance of learning at home is amplified and the task of supporting children’s learning has fallen on parents at a much larger rate. This is a significant burden, particularly for those who are also teleworking and those with limited schooling themselves.

Parents have four roles, namely:

1. as teachers at home, by controlling the child's time and creating a learning atmosphere that is comfortable for children in doing the tasks given by the teacher; 
2. as a facilitator, because parents provide the infrastructure for their children in carrying out distance learning;  
3. as a motivator, namely, parents provide enthusiasm and support to their children in carrying out learning; and 
4. as the influence or director, where parents can guide their children in learning remotely from home.

- Dr. Mrs. Manisha Jain

Mrs Ishita Yadav

मेरी कलम से...

ILS में काम करते- करते तीन दशक बीत गए । कभी तो ऐसा लगता है कि समय का पता ही नहीं चला लेकिन जब पीछे मुड़कर देखती हूँ तो स्मृति पटल पर अंकित एक चलचित्र आँखों के आगे चल पड़ता है | कभी सोच न था कि विदेशी धरती मेरी कर्मभूमि बनेगी | बड़े संकोच से एक शिक्षिका की भूमिका निभाने का संकल्प लिया | नि:संदेह यह यात्रा उतनी आसान नहीं थी परंतु मन के कोने में ये पंक्तियाँ सदा गूँजती रहीं --

तू न थकेगा कभी,

तू न रुकेगा कभी,

तू न मुड़ेगा कभी,

कर शपथ, कर शपथ, कर शपथ !

प्रतिदिन सूर्योदय के साथ ही विद्यालय जाने की तैयारी शुरू हो जाती है। ILS के प्रांगण में प्रार्थना सभा, बच्चों की गूंज और फिर एक के बाद एक पीरियड की घंटी और उसी के अनुसार कक्षा में पढ़ाने के लिए जाना। वो Annual Day , Sports Day , PTM , Bal Din  , Elections और न जाने कितनी प्रतियोगिताएँ | प्रति वर्ष काम में नवीनता , प्रतिस्पर्धा , कुछ नया करने की तीव्र इच्छा सदा बनी रही  ILS मेरे जीवन का एक महत्वपूर्ण अंग बन गया ।

हर वर्ष नए बच्चे आते हैं और कुछ  छोड़कर चले जाते हैं । मैं बड़ा गर्व अनुभव करती हूँ जब पुराने विद्यार्थियों को विश्व के कोने - कोने में उच्च पदों पर आसीन देखती हूँ | मेरे साथ कार्य करने वाली कई अध्यापिकाएं स्कूल छोड़कर जा चुकी हैं लेकिन आज भी उन सब की याद मेरे मन में बनी हुई है । 

इन तीन दशकों में ILS की प्रगति देखकर मन हर्षित हो उठता है। ईश्वर से यही प्रार्थना है कि ILS परिवार इसी तरह प्रगति पथ पर अग्रसर होता रहे।

ईशिता यादव 

Sahaj Falod

Vice Head Boy

"Change is the only thing constant in life" and the year 2020-21 has been a transformational year, to say the least. The spread of Covid-19 led to a global pandemic which ultimately resulted in many changes in the education system. The school building had shut down but the school was still going on. With change comes many new opportunities, students got the time to explore and develop a passion for new creative hobbies while the teachers adopted the new methods of teaching. The school organized several different activities like online assemblies, live classes, virtual counselling sessions, online elections, virtual MUN, life hacks, online tests, and even celebrated the festivals virtually.

As a student of Indian Language School for the past 11 years, I consider myself extremely lucky to hold this honour worthy position of a Vice Head Boy and be a part of this prestigious institution. I want to thank our principal, Mrs. Gupta, vice principals, Mrs. Jain, and Mrs. Yadhav, and all the other teachers who have helped me throughout and taught me the smallest of things. I am also grateful to our heads, Tanmay and Saloni, who supported me all along. Even though this extraordinary journey is coming to an end, it will remain with me as a memory that I will proudly cherish for a lifetime! 

Hemani Rao

Vice Head Girl

Being a student for 13 long years in ILS, I can assuredly say that it is the best institution to be in. It is the confluence of well educated ‘guiding lights – the teachers, who burn themselves through their hard work to light up the developing candles and a perfect head to lead the institution – our Principal Mrs Gupta who from day one insisted on technology-based learning even before the pandemic set in, the benefits of which we are reaping and also the willingness to transform our educational system where we do bold to drop the obsolete and start to nurture the system that can educate rather than evaluate.

Students and parents of 2020, Kudos to all of us for being open to the unexpected and make room for the improbable and unlikely. What we should learn is all the planning and preparation in the world can’t prepare you for the many twists that are coming your way, so keep a little space in your hearts for the improbable. You won’t regret it. 

It is a matter of great distinction to be humbled by the faith reposed by you all in me as the Vice Head Girl of such an eminent school and for this, I would like to thank all those who believed in me and my abilities to lead the school.

We will travel this road together and work in unison to keep the ILS banner flying high up in the sky, mounted with love, hoisted with dignity, and fluttering with grace.