The first few weeks of the academic year are already behind us.
Classrooms have found their rhythm again. New routines are settling in. Students who joined CHIREC for the first time are beginning to know their way around campus, while familiar faces have returned to corridors, studios and sports fields they know well.
And yet, some of the most memorable parts of a school year still lie ahead.
Some students will stand for leadership positions for the first time. Others will find themselves on a stage, in a debate committee, on a sports field or in front of an audience sharing an idea they care about.
No one quite knows which opportunities students will take up, which interests they will discover or which moments they will still be talking about when the year comes to an end.
That’s what makes the months ahead worth looking forward to.
Learning to Lead
Student Council Elections & Investiture
The Student Council selection process is one of the first defining moments of the academic year. It is often the first-time students choose to put themselves forward, not because they have all the answers, but because they want to contribute to the community around them. Campaigns begin, speeches are rehearsed and conversations unfold across classrooms.
By the time the Investiture Ceremony takes place, leadership has already begun. Students have learnt to work with others, earn trust and take responsibility long before a badge is pinned onto a blazer.
Finding a Place on Stage
Annual Day & Activity Presentations
Annual Day is often remembered as a performance. For students, its months of rehearsals, planning, collaborating to bring everything together. They learn to work as a team and support one another behind the scenes.
Activity presentations offer another perspective. For many parents, these presentations become the first opportunity to see their child’s progress outside the classroom. Whether it’s music, dance, theatre, coding or visual arts, parents get to see the progress their children have made over the year. Through this, the biggest visible change isn’t the performance, but the confidence gained behind it.
Learning to Look Beyond Their Own World
Model United Nations & Junior MUN
Some of the year’s most interesting conversations happen outside regular lessons.
Model United Nations and Junior MUN encourage students to explore global issues, understand different perspectives and defend their ideas with evidence. They learn to speak with conviction, but they also learn when to listen.
For students, it’s an opportunity to think beyond the syllabus and discover that good questions are often more valuable than easy answers.
Ideas Worth Discussing
TEDxYouth@CHIREC
Every year, TEDxYouth@CHIREC brings together students and the wider community around ideas that challenge the way we think.
TEDxYouth@CHIREC returns this year with the theme “The In-Between Space”. Through this theme, students will be able to explore the concept of liminality, exploring the moments that sit between certainty and change. Through a surprise guest speaker and attending students, the event invites everyone in the room to think a little differently and ask better questions.
Preparing For A Changing World
CBSE Skill Education
This year brings an important change to the CBSE curriculum. Kaushal Bodh for Grades 6 to 8 and Kaushal Vikas for Grades 9 and 10 are now part of the compulsory core curriculum. By bringing vocational exposure and practical skills into everyday learning, the curriculum offers a wider understanding of what students need before they step into higher education and future careers.
The Day Everyone Waits For
Sports Day
Parents cheer from the sidelines, but for students it’s often the first experience of representing their house, encouraging teammates and discovering that participation can be just as rewarding as winning.
Looking Back Before Moving Forward
Graduation & University Placements
By the final term, another chapter begins to close.
Graduation Day marks the end of school for one cohort and the beginning of what comes next. It is the time when students celebrate the university destinations they have worked towards. As offers arrive from institutions in India and around the world, the school community comes together to celebrate what comes next.
For those still in school, it becomes a reminder that every year brings them one step closer to finding their own direction.
Another Year Begins
Every academic year leaves behind its own memories.
For parents, the year brings a different set of moments. Watching children settle into a new class, perform on stage, represent their peers, take part in competitions or just return home excited about something they learnt that day.
That is what we look forward to as 2026–27 begins.
To every student joining us this year, whether you’re taking your very first steps into school or preparing for your final year, welcome back.
Twelve months from now, today’s new beginnings will have become memories of their own. Some students will have discovered a new interest. Some will have found their voice. Others will have grown a little more confident than they were when they first walked through the gates this July.
