VAISHNAVI PANT
Participated in Mental Health Art Contest on 23rd October 2020 and the entry was selected as the WINNER in the 11-17 years age group category.
RIDHIMA PUROHIT
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7 cups listener ( 2019-2021)
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UV Idaho volunteer for wellness texts (2020).
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Make Someone’s Day project- Summer 2021
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Mind and Body Bliss (Content creator and the executive of volunteer communications)- a student-led organization that created mindful content with mental health as the main topic of discussion. Was offered the position to be an executive to handle all volunteer communications.
DHIRESH HIMTHANI JAIDEV
participated in the well being app making competition organized by ATLAB in July 2020
Akshit Ganesh Kumar
participated in the well being app making competition organized by ATLAB in July 2020
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKING COMPETITION ON MENTAL HEALTH
“WHAT MENTAL HEALTH MEANS IS MORE SUNLIGHT, MORE CANDOR, MORE UNASHAMED CONVERSATION”
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Use your voice and creativity to smash the stigma around mental health. And that’s what Armaan Farooqui, a student of grade 10-J achieved. He participated in the International competition ‘Its All In The Mind –The Speech Challenge’ held by Mind Champs in collaboration with Spill The Beans, worldwide platform( TED Talk for Kids) a competition that aims to make the youth's voice on mental health topics heard, loud, and clear.
Contestants were expected to create a video ( 60-90 seconds) demonstrating any psychological condition which covered the theory/concept behind it and propose a suggestion on how individuals with this condition can be integrated into mainstream society. The participants were welcome to use any creative means to make the video interesting to the audience while sticking to the scientific facts.
With over 50+ registrants from different countries, Armaan was awarded the 2nd Prize in the Blossoms Category (ages 13-18) for his innovative speech on “Depression in Teens”.
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ALINA KHAN
Alina khan from grade 10 C participated in the World Mental Health Congress held in October 2020
Runners up in World Mental Health Summit organized by Amity University, October 2019
Amity University, Dubai organized its very first World Mental Health Innovation Summit on 10th October 2019. Out of 18 submitted entries, 6 schools were selected to present their ideas about spreading mental health awareness in front of an esteemed panel of judges, and it was remarkable that DPS Sharjah had been selected as well.
10th October is marked as world mental health day and DPS, Sharjah takes pride in presenting an awareness session at university level. Eight students of the Health and Mind Club along with the school counselor, Ms. Elizabeth, represented the school and presented their ideas at the summit.
Article by Aryan Sinha featured in the Gulf News
