“We are the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last generation who can do something about it.” – Barack Obama. We the teachers and students of DPS Sharjah are doing our part to increase awareness about the environment. On the 3rd of February 2024, a flash mob event hosted by the environment club of our…
“Environmental cleanliness begins with each individual desire to be clean.” – Lailah Gifty The recent clean-up drive organized by Emirates Environmental Group on 14th December, offered an opportunity to the students of grades 6-9 to make a positive impact in preserving our environment. The clean-up drive proved to be a resounding success with numerous volunteers who not only enhanced the physical appearance of the locality…
“THE BEST VIEW COMES AFTER THE HARDEST CLIMB” ‘The Nine Pioneers’, the team that represented Delhi Private School, Sharjah was honoured in a star-studded awarding ceremony at the BEEAH Headquarters by H.E. Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi (President of the American University of Sharjah and patron of FPA) and Mr. Khaled Al Huraimel (Group CEO of BEEAH) with the…
“Unite. Act. Deliver.” Sashini Manikandan of 10H and Kanshika Manikandan of 4K, have proved their mettle against 364 youth climate activists and have been recognized as one of the 35 ‘Net Zero Heroes’ by the Ministry of Education and UNICEF at COP 28. The Net Zero Heroes Program is an initiative to identify and train potential climate leaders of the…
“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures.” The Blue Dot Art competition, organized by UNICEF in partnership with the Ministry of Education, invited all young artists under the age of 18 to craft a masterpiece dedicated to the mesmerizing realm of oceans and the compelling narrative of climate change. Kanshika…
“The small choices we make each day can lead to the kind of world that we all want for the future.” – Jane Goodall Sashini Manikandan of 10H and Kanshika Manikandan of 4K have been given the golden opportunity to represent the Global Youth and take part in the first-ever Global COP Simulation organized by the UNICEF under the patronage…
“It is our collective individual responsibility … to preserve and tend to the world in which we all live.” – Dalai Lama In a significant achievement, Kashika Sonone from Grade 5E secured victory in the Alef Education Eco Champ Students Contest, being the sole Indian representative among Arab schools. The Alef program, ‘EcoChamps’, purposefully crafted to raise awareness about climate…
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you.” – Jane Goodall The Middle School students of Delhi Private School Sharjah have indeed been in a whirlwind of activity by performing an eco-skit as they celebrated Arab Environment Day. On the 23rd of November 2023, our students, led by the President Environment, hosted…
“Recycling turns things into other things, like MAGIC!” On 21st November 2023, the students of Grade 5 at Delhi Private School, Sharjah Primary Wing welcomed Ms. Ella Clemits, Manager at Simply Bottles D-Grade. Ms. Clemits is passionate about sustainable living and environmental issues and D-Grade is a recycling unit that creates a sustainable system for recycling ‘waste’ back into everyday…
In a groundbreaking initiative aimed at enhancing educators’ understanding of climate change issues, the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, in collaboration with the EXPO School Programme, unveiled the first exclusive teachers’ edition of the Climate Ambassadors Programme (CAP’23) at EXPO CITY, Dubai, on November 10, 2023. The CAP, originally launched in February 2023, seeks to immerse students in the…