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| St. Edward's School celebrates 75 years of its being Platinum Jubilee Celebrations (Report by: Nikhil Mohan Gupta) On 1925, Christian Brothers founded St. Edward's School. And today, it is year 2000, 75 years of our school's existence. Unlike every year, this year the celebrations will last one complete week starting from 23rd September till 1st October. School Fete The school fete, though celebrated on 9th September, forms a part of our celebrations for this extravagant event. The fete started on 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. The chief guest was 'Bharathi'. Firstly, he unfurled the school flag and then took a round in all the stalls. he appreciated all the stalls. he played some games and even played computerised quizzes programmed by the students themselves. There were two computerised quizzes. One was programmed by Nikhil Gupta of Class IXth - A in gwbasic application and the other was prepared by Class XI in language C++. The class IXth was colourful and even sound was played when a answer was correct or wrong. It attracted large crowds. The fete overall was excellent but at the peak time (1pm to 2pm) it rained and a part of the show was spoiled. But the computer stall, which was inside a room, was unaffected. At 5 pm, a glorious day ended. Schedule But the real part of the show is still to come. From 23rd September, the Inter-School Indoor games would start which would include students from many schools. These games would include Table Tennis and Badminton and they would end on 25th September. Then till 28th September, Inter-School Competitions would take place like Drawing, quizzes and a lot many more events. Then on 29th, Junior Cultural Programme would take place with the Chief guest giving away the prizes to the students. Then comes the grand show on 1st October. On this day, Senior Cultural Programme would take place. This would include performances from the students like English and Hindi plays and also some dance performances. The Chief guest would also give away the prizes to the Senior students.
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