“May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be even
at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and
the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet
again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hand”.
With these emotions, the auditorium of India
International School, Mansarovar echoed with the
blessings when the IIS Family came together to bid
farewell to the outgoing 2019 batch of class XII
students. It was a morning of mixed emotions for all
present at the school auditorium to witness the official
send-off for the XIIthees. The day was a fiesta devoted
to the years spent together with friends and teachers to
reminisce joyous moments.
The Auditorium was festooned appropriately keeping in
mind the emotional setting of the day.
Students of XI Class organized the farewell party with
great enthusiasm and endeavored to leave a trail of
nostalgia behind for the twelfthies. The programme
initiated with the Principal, Ms Mala Agnihotri
addressing the students and guiding them on all the
latest CBSE instructions regarding the board exam as
well as wishing them all the good luck for the exams and
their future endeavors. This was followed by a beautiful
nostalgic presentation by the XI class students to
revive the XIIthees past years’ journey at IIS which
made everyone emotional. The teachers’ song for the
outgoing ones made all highly spirited. After the
general welcome, the students even sang the school
prayer for the last time with all. Next, the Office
bearers handed over the responsibilities to their
juniors in the Handing the Torch Ceremony. The students
were blessed by a motivating speech given by Ms Rachna
Kapoor. The Head Girl, Nandini Joshi and the President,
Student Council, Navneedhi Meena shared their journey
and experiences at IIS in their retrospection inspiring
the juniors. The school Director, Dr. Ashok Gupta
motivated and wished good luck to the students in his
speech and urged them to be grounded to reality as well
as wished all the stars in their lives. All in all, the
students departed with heavy hearts and eyes full of
dreams to fulfill and the world to conquer.
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