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ahead of the march. They successfully enunciated allowed the students of class 8th - 11th to voice their
what feminism means to them via speeches, poems, opinions on crucial matters like pink tax, gender pay
and vocals. The Candle March intrinsically was a gap, feminism in educational settings, and underlying
picturesque sight that suffused everyone with a surge patriarchal causes of eating disorders and body
of adrenaline. The decided steps taken towards the image issues that clench our society.
statue were laced with the overwhelming desire
to bring about a much-required change. Upon The event also catalyzed the selection of the Executive
completion, balloons were released in the air, Team for GirlUp Montfort 2022-2023 by zeroing in
symbolizing hope for a new, better beginning. This on the students with peculiar outlooks and opinions.
momentum was pursued in the form of an open online Miss. Jigisha Khurana adjudicated the event and
forum for discussion in October, which enabled made the discussion fruitful with her valuable input.
several students to confer and deliberate upon the The Executive team of Girl Up Montfort 2022-2023
exigency of feminism in educational settings. selected from the event was:

As the academic year was nearing its end, on 25th Srishti Singh XII
January 2021, an event themed ‘RAISING IDEAL kritika Jain XII
DUDES AND DAMSELS: TALK IT OUT’ was held. It khushi Sangalay XI
endeavors to promote healthy conversations on issues kriti gupta XI
pertaining to gender equality and feminism. The event Avika Panwar X

ENVISAgE ‘21

Knowledge has a beginning but no end. So, widen let creative juices flow to the
your intellectual horizons each day and boast all you best of endeavors. Through this
got! event, the school tried to reach
out to students across the nation
Montfort School, Delhi is dedicated to honing and and elevate and challenge
nurturing the intellectual, social, and emotional their thinking and cognitive
development of each student. Keeping the resolve skills. The competition was an
in mind, the school organized its second edition amalgamation of literature,
of a multi-disciplinary Inter-school event, Envisage art, culture, and technology
2021. A conglomeration of 14 different competitions and intended to stimulate the
with one theme, “A Recovering World”, the event pupils’ passion for performing
was centered around the adolescent outlook to the arts, expand the horizon of
transient and malleable contemporary world. their creativity and encourage a
healthy competitive spirit.
The programme was an endeavor towards an
innovative venture. Envisage 2020 sowed in a With the enthusiastic
creative sapling, of which now, shoots were waiting involvement of over 400
to gush out with aplomb in the form of Envisage students from schools across
2021. the country, Envisage 2021
was a resounding success. It
Despite the turbulent times, the school believed that concluded after the declaration
the students’ creative spirits must be encouraged of the results and announcement
and their zest to explore new things should remain of the winners of the Rolling
ignited. Clarion calls were sent out to the students trophy by the school principal,
to come together to unleash avant-garde ideas and Principal Bro. Alex.

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