The chief guest of the event, the school’s most fondly admired Director Mrs. Manraj Pallan administered oath along with the Principal to the Head girl, Nishi Verma, Dy. Head girl, Gursimran Kaur, Sports Captain, Shubhpreet Kaur and there on the rest of the prefect council were administered the oath. Students who donned the mantle on the occasion included Shilpi Sahu (Amaltas House Captain) Ruby Sisodia (Vice Captain) Ayushi Gupta (Deodar House Captain) Chandrika Rana (Vice Captain) Manisha Singh (Gulmohar House Captain) Aparajita Karki (Vice Captain) Prachi Agarwal (Rudraksh House Captain) Mahajabeena Fatimah (Vice Captain) the prefect IGCSE, Jidtawee Ektanasopaphan and the Dorm Monitors Arnima Kumari and Shikha Singh.

On the occasion various awards, trophies and certificates were given to the meritorious, talented and responsible students after a rigorous selection regime. One of the parents Col. Rawat was kind to do the honors. To encourage the girls for the attainment of better academic standards, clear cut whole some scholarship to the class toppers based on their annual performance was granted. ‘Fever Fest’ the annual Shigally festival participation certificates were also issued to the students along with various Inter house trophies.

On the auspicious day, the director shared her firm belief with the students while referring to the ‘Joan of Arc’ of France who by birth was a mere shepherdess and was responsible for leading France to victory over England after a continuous war of hundred years. While motivating the students, she declared ‘whatever it is that you seek in life, whatever your dreams and what you hope to achieve, whatever you try to reach, whatever you plan can all be yours- if you only intensely believe you can’

At the end of the colourful and spectacular programme, the principal Mrs. K. Jolly, proposed the vote of thanks which was ratified amid great applause and the ceremony came to a close on a successful and happy note.

For instant rejuvenation, after the strenuous regime of the annual examinations, The Shigally girls and staff ventured out for a healthy exposure, tour and adventure. The junior girls went to Jim Corbett National Park to sight wild animals, while the senior girls flew off to Goa to chill out at the exotic beaches and savor authentic Goanese cuisine and sea food. On their return, light nature entertainment evening was organized for the tired but excited Shigallians.

Thereon, numerous activities spread out during the last week of March. Continuous ‘Spiritual Discourses’ and workshops on ‘Life Skills’ and ‘Yoga’ were simultaneously conducted for all the students and the staff of the school.

Owing to the concern and open mindedness of the school’s director and principal, an educative discussion on the ‘pressing issues’ of the teenagers was conducted. Innumerable queries and doubts were cleared during the course of the long workshop. The second day of the festival ended by the authentic ‘Chaat Party’ with an open ‘gol-gappa eating competition’. Next on the itinerary was the much awaited fashion show contest. To gear up the girls and to relax them from the hectic practices of talent hunt, and exotic spa was organized, which had a coupling effect of de-stressing and unwinding. The ramp walk and fashion show was followed by a sumptuous ‘picnic dinner’ on the well maintained schools lawns.

Next day, an amazingly engrossing ‘Comic Skit’ competition was staged in the school’s exquisite auditorium. During the course of the contest, the entire hall kept echoing with loud sounds of laughter. All the team performances were extra ordinary as stated by the school’s director and principal.

The afternoon was followed by rock band and live D.J dance party at the open air amphitheatre accompanied by a lovely dinner laid out with some of the choicest of Indian cuisine’s for the students, parents and guests. The entire Shigallian family expressed their deep appreciation towards the director and the principal for their caring and thoughtful attitude towards organizing the extremely well planned, one week long ‘Fever Fest’- The Shigallian Festival.

The long exciting journey commenced from the school campus on the 22^nd of March, 2012 at 6.00 AM. By sun set, the adventurous troupe of girls and staff were at the land of lakes. Yachting is an exciting water sport, and Shigallians firmly believe in participating in all possible life thrilling activities.

UTDC- Uttarakhand Textile Development Corporation complex was visited to educate the young minds on the creation of handloom products. Finally, an awareness trip to the botanical garden and the Nainital zoo was organized to condition the student’s mind to enable them to appreciate vegetation and animals growing and living in their natural habitat at Jim Corbett national park. ‘Corbett village’ was chosen as the base camp site. Various adventure sports like rappelling, rock climbing, river crossing were conducted. Inside the wilderness of the park, different species of animals were sighted like swamp deer, spotted deer, barking deer, wild boar, birds and on top of the list were herds and herds of wild elephants that too mainly tuskers. A onetime life long experience which the prized Shigallians can never overcome is the Masai warrior like warfare combat attack by the heavily built tuskers who found the young animal lovers as intruders in their vast territory. It was indeed a wonderful experience being in the midst of lakes and forest. The unalloyed beauty of the place has left an indelible impression upon the Shigallians minds who were happy to carry back sublime impressions on their very ‘home away from home’- The Shigally Hill International Academy.

An evening prior to the main ‘colourful holy hugs celebration’, an enchanting ‘Holika’ bonfire was lit at the school’s main celebration grounds. Girls and the resident staff members swarmed around the holy fire dancing in joyous merry making spirit.

Coloured water, gulal, music, Dance, Sweets and exchange of happy hugs made Holi memorable for the entire Shigallian family.

A live presentation was conducted in the school Auditorium by Mr. Alen Brivio – Regional Admissions Manager (Asia) of Laureate International universities, Milan, Italy. He introduced the girls to the World of Art and Design education. NABA, Milan has an unmatched opportunity not just to learn design but also to immerse oneself in a vibrant, stimulating creative culture that will enrich ones education immeasurably.

The girls of SIA showed tremendous interest. On seeing the warm response from the students, the Principal shared that the young girls must give expression to their unique and distinctive talents and harness it in its various manifestations.

At the concluding end of the presentation, Mr.Suchin Sawhney of the same university welcomed the girls for any further queries and questions. Finally, a healthy career oriented interaction followed among the students and the foreign representatives.

The students will continue to make simple robots as a part of the school activities till each girl from class III onwards has successfully completed 10 robots. The idea is to expose the students to the latest trends in technology.

The area manager Mr. Vivek Anand was highly impressed by the keen interest shown by the girls and complimented on the student’s high performance level.

The principal appreciated the entire team of trainers comprising of Ms. Divya, Ms. Geetika, Mr. Arpit and Mr. Lalit headed by Mr. Vivek Anand for contributing in the field of advance education, leading towards the growth of the students and the school.