Disha is an annual  event organised by Tagoreans . It is a fun packed event with unified competitions for athletes to  showcase their talent. It originally started in 2018 with  the first edition of Disha held  on 09 December 2018 at Inderpuri, New Delhi. This year, for obvious reasons , team decided to hold Disha 3.0 as an online competition for the athletes with myriad of events.It was a  four day virtual event held from 02 July to 06 July 2020 .The event witnessed participation from our  special friends  in 6 categories . On the first 3 days ,  judges  were invited to judge the entries on a video conferencing  platform to pick out winners for the first three positions.Over 300 national and international entries were received  including entries  from Pakistan. The entries  showcased in all categories  were breathtaking and  highly appreciated by  judges making their task equally challenging. The six categories and respective  judges   were as follows ---

Painting - Ms. Saumya Bhatia

Dance - Mrs. Malovika Sarkar  Mask-Making - Mrs. Kavita Goswami

Salad-Making - Mrs. Meenu

Best Out of Waste - Mrs. Adity Wasan Photography - Mrs. Pooja.

Interactions among students brought out more in them than they had prepared to showcase. Sabhya, a student of our school entertained through  a stand-up comedy about   people turning into professional chefs in this lockdown . e - Certificates were mailed  to all the participants and the winners. Guest list included Mrs. Aparna, Mr. Shivjeet Singh, Mrs. Vedika, Mrs. Monica and Mrs. Tina, Asim, Jasmine, Simran from SOB Pakistan  and Mrs, Nikita Tomar Mann (Principal of TISvv) whose presence added to the enthusiasm and energy . Mrs. Malovika Sarkar ,Classical Dance Teacher  of our school   prepared a special dance video about  the present situation of Covid-19, with  a voice - over by Saburi (Tagorean and a part of the team ) . On the last day of the event, Air marshal Denzil Keelor, Mr. Satish Pillai, Mrs. Ronak (SOB Pakistan), Mrs. Raman and Mrs. Mukta joined us to share  a few words of encouragement and appreciation.  The event was a huge success and concluded with a promise of staying connected.

Dear Principal,

Greetings!

Special Olympics Bharat – Delhi, take this opportunity to thank you, students of your school and Ms Umaraj Chopra for organising “Disha - 3” online in partnership with Special Olympics Bharat – Delhi from 02nd - 6th July 2020.

I want to extend a heartfelt Thank You for you and your team’s commitment in making this event so successful. You, the entire staff and the youth leaders of Tagore International School held the event in a beautiful and professional manner. I appreciate the time, effort and skills of Ms. Uma Chopra, teacher of your school, students and the Judges. Here I wanted to extend my appreciation to Saburi, Tanish, Shayan and Saira for their tireless efforts to make this event a grand success. 

We also like to appreciate the willing support provided by all, to participate in the event enthusiastically without which the conduct of the event would not have been as successful as it turned out to be, well beyond our expectations. Needless to say that personal touch and effort of Mrs. Umaraj Chopra, Hindi TGT of your school went a long way in ensuring that our objectives were met. I would also like to recognize the support of school students who volunteered their services for the cause and helped in arranging all the facilities for the event. They did not give any scope for any complaint. Please convey our deep appreciation to all concerned and once again I thank you profusely on behalf of all the special athletes and staff of Special Olympics Delhi. We look forward to a similar help and cooperation for our Special Athletes in the future.

Scanned copies of certificates for the Youth Leaders Tanish, Saburi, Shayan and Saira are attached herewith. 

Thanks and regards

 Neeti Saxena

Area Director

Special Olympics Bharat Delhi

Students of  Special Olympics Bharat school team organized the second edition of Disha,a fundraising Diwali Mela at Nehru Park, New Rajendra Nagar-12 on 19 October 2019.

The team reached the venue at 8:30 in the morning to help set up the fair and  were  ready by 11 am to open  the fair for  public. Our game stalls included 4 varieties of games and were a major attraction to not only the kids but the adults as well. The ongoing music in the background at all times set the vibe right. Our food stalls included a variety of food items and drinks including chocolate cupcakes, bread pakodas, apple juice and lemonade. There came a time when we were at our peak visitors.  The crowd was enthralled by the music played by the young musicians of Tis. The school band and the standup comedian were greatly appreciated by everyone. Our sports coach from Special Olympics Bharat made the unified game 'bocce' a major attraction to all the public. We raised money by selling paintings made by our students .

Our Special Olympics team, athletes, teachers and the residents helped us make Disha 2.0 a great hit. We look forward to doing more such events and socialising with our special friends.

First session was conducted by Ms. Pooja Bakshi, School Counsellor, on the basic understanding of intellectually disability and other disorders in school going children. This was followed by a session held on physical training and coaching of children with special needs for different sports which was conducted by Mr. Praveen Chaudhary HOD Sports at TIS.

On 12 July 2019, 30 students of our school of classes VIII and IX  got the opportunity to interact and  know more about Special Olympics Bharat (SOB). The fortunate students were overjoyed to know that they would be able to spend time with the intellectually disabled students. They spent their day by playing games and conversing with intellectually disabled students. The students of Tagore International School had a great time in the Youth Activation Programme.

School proudly and humbly received the award by Special Olympics  for achieving National Standards of a Unified Champion School for the year 2018-19.