With wings gleaming proud and bright, the newly appointed Student Council 2024-35 was all set to face the winds and reach the heights’ on 27^th June 2024 as they marched towards the Quadrangle stage on the pleasant and breezy morning. Yes, it was the Investiture Ceremony with the theme ‘Wings to fly’.

Mr. Bhavesh Takodiya, Deputy Town Planner, Surat Municipal Corporation, was the Chief Guest of the event. The ceremony began with lighting the lamp which is customary at the advent of all ceremonious occasions, followed by Prayer dance. Later, intentions and petitions were put forth by the House-Mistresses of each House, for our student council be blessed with courage to overcome all challenges and rise to new heights of glory.

The ceremony advanced with a prime custom of bestowing with sashes and badges, wherein, the outgoing Student Council members, one by one, handed over their charges to the Respected Principal, Sr. Edwina, and through the Chief Guest, the titles were conferred to the newly appointed student Council Members. Later, was the turn of, the various Club Captains, who were bestowed upon with their responsibilities to take charge of their duties, which included the Chief Volunteers too. To add at this juncture, the Clubs introduced are Kindness Club, Eco Club (both were installed in the previous academic year), Creative Club, Maths Club, Science Club, Literary Club, Sports Club, Tech Club and Photography Club. The choir graced every stage of ceremony with hymns sung in unison.

From this year, from every class from Std. IV to XII, a Class Rep, House Captains and ushers were chosen, who too were conferred with badges by their respective class teachers. Sir Oscar, Sports Master, administered the oath, which was repeated by the new leaders promising to be sincere, loyal, disciplined and dedicated which executing their duties. The Head Boy requested Respected Principal, Sr. Edwina to officially confer him with the leadership title, which was executed with great pride by our benevolent Principal.

An emotional experience, shared by the outgoing Head Boy and Head girl, was truly a mixed feeling of achievements and emotions, when they had to bid farewell to their titles, duties and responsibilities. The Honourable Chief Guest, Mr. Bhavesh Takodiya, in his speech, emphasized on the teamwork and taking up the tasks with will and humility. Our Respected Principal, Sr. Edwina, at first introduced the theme of the ceremony ‘Wings to fly’ by congratulating the newly appointed leaders and motivated them with her golden views which would surely help the students to make their vision clear for the achievement of their goals. She reminded the significance of setting priorities and the need of the hour to be the values that the school stands for, and urged them to take up responsibility with commitment and integrity.

The ceremony entered its final stage with Vote of Thanks delivered by the Head Girl and Literary Club Captain, followed by School Anthem.