A cultural event was held on 3rd September 2019, organized by Udayan Charitable Society. Gauri Negi of Class IX Lily participated in Declamation and Poetry competition. She bagged the 1st prize in Poetry, she won a trophy, certificate and a cash prize of Rs. 1000/- and 2nd prize in Declamation, a trophy and certificate. She also won the best school representative trophy.

An Inter School Table Tennis Championship was held at Arya Samaj School, Shimla w.e.f. 23 August, 2019 to 25 August, 2019. Two of our students, Sanskriti Chauhan of Class VIII Rose and Abhijaya Chandel of Class VIII Lily had participated in the event. In the individual event of the Sub-Junior Girls category, Abhijaya Chandel of Class VIII Lily bagged the 3rd prize. In the team events of the under 15 category, CJM Chelsea won the 3rd prize and in the under 18 category also our team secured the 3rd position.

H.P. State Shooting Championship was held at Chamba w.e.f. 22 August 2019 to 25 August 2019. Samiya Singh Chauhan of Class VIII Lily won a Silver Medal for 10m Rifle Youth Women NR and Kashvi Singh Chauhan of Class IV Orchid won a Silver Medal for Air Rifle Women U12.

On 3 August 2019, B. L. Modi Memorial Inter School Elocution Competition was held at Bishop Cotton School. Five other schools had also participated. Seven of our students had participated in the following categories:

Four of our students bagged prizes in the various categories:

It was a great opportunity to learn and explore our talents in the field of oratory. The event was concluded by the Headmaster’s speech and a lunch.

The Discovery school connect program was organized for Classes V to VIII on 24th May, 2019. A test was conducted by the Discovery team based on questions from programs of Animal Planet, Discovery Science and Discovery Channel. All the students participated with great enthusiasm and were pleased to receive badges and pens from the organisers.

The names of the winners were announced on 24th July, 2019. All the winners were delighted to receive their prizes i.e., bags, bottles, calendars, caps and certificates.

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.

On 25th May and 26th May 2019, twelve students of Chelsea participated in Model United Nations in St. Edwards, Shimla. This event is held every year to enlighten students about the United Nations and how it works. A total of 180 delegates from 13 schools participated in the EDMUN 2019. The students were given delegations of different countries in United Nations General Assembly and United Nations Security Council, Indian politicians in the Joint Parliamentary session and there was a reporter and a photographer in the International Press from each school. Palak Sharma and Gracy Seth won the high recommendation (Silver Medal) and Tasheena Singh won the special mention (Bronze Medal).

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

An Inter – School Competition was organized by Loreto Convent, Tarahall on 23rd April 2019 i.e. Tuesday. Various events like Debate, Bilingual Turncoat, Spell Bee, Crossword Puzzle and Slogan Writing were organized. Our students bagged prizes in all categories and we also won the Best School Trophy.

The winners were as follows:
Debate: Ishtha Sawant won the Second Best Speaker
Bilingual Turncoat: Tanisha Bhatia won the Best Speaker
Spell Bee: Vanni Parashar, Sahira Vashisht won the First Prize
Crossword puzzle: Avantansha Sharma won the Third Prize

‘Let’s Dance Together’ Competition was held in Gaity Theatre on Monday (8.4.2019). Some children from Convent of Jesus & Mary also participated and bagged prizes. It was a proud moment for the school to have such talented children as a part of the school.

Sasshi Pradeep Chauahn- Best Dancer (V Lily)

Samaisha Gupta- Best Editing (V Rose)

Ananya Sood- Best Dancer (V Orchid)

Sanaira Manchanda- Participants Momento (V Orchid)

Siya Bharwal of Class VI - Lily participated in the Women Challenger Trophy which was held at HPCA Gumma from 5 April to 8 April 2019, organised by Highlander’s Club Shimla. She is the youngest to represent Shimla and Shimla team received the winning Trophy.

Singing Competition - Voice of Devbhoomi

‘Every audition, practice session and performance is another opportunity to achieve your greatest goals’. Divyanshi Sharma of class 2nd Orchid participated in ‘Voice of Devbhoomi’ which was held at Gaiety on 10th March, 2019. She bagged a merit certificate and a trophy.

Prize Distribution Ceremony

On 25th March 2019 to encourage and reward the students of Convent of Jesus & Mary, the toppers of the academic year 2018-19 were given certificates and books by the honourable Principal Sr. Shyma. The toppers from each section starting from class V to XI were awarded, for excelling in their respective classes, in order to inspire them to continue such hard-work to keep the School banner flying high.

Class Topper's 2018

From 14th of November till 1st December, National level shooting competition was held at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Vani Mohindru took part in this competition. HP team came second in the competition and Vani got a Silver medal

On 10th Nov, 2018 a competition was organized in Gaiety Theatre under the guidance of Mr. Lalit Dhaulta.

Samaira Manchana got the trophy for the Best Dancer.

Saashi Pradeep Chauhan got a trophy for the Best Dancer and Actor in her group.

Samaisha Gupta bagged the trophy for the Best speaker in her group.

A Bicentennial Basketball tournament was organized by the St. Anthony Junior College, Agra where different school of CJM family participated. St Anthony secured 1st position followed by St. Patrick. CJM Chelsea bagged the 3rd position and won the trophy of Best Score of the tournament. Our team was accompanied by our coaches Sir Suresh and Ma’am Ranjana. Our team played three matches and gave a splendid performance and the score was 28 of CJM Chelsea by 8 of St Joseph, Agra, in another match our team defeated CJM Sardhana by the score of 47-1. We had an inseparable experience. We had a team of 10 students.

Ojaswi Chauhan- Games Vice Captain who was also team captain successfully led the team.

On 30th September, Students of Convent of Jesus & Mary went for XIX Annual Inter School Competition on Environment and Population organized by Rotary Club Shimla Midtown in Government Girls Senior Secondary School Portmore, Shimla

Two of our participants, Ritika Kalra of class 9th won the 2nd Prize in painting junior and Nihasa Sirkeck of class 11th won the consolation prize in painting senior category. Rest of the participants got participation certificates. It was an experience where we learnt a lot of things.

The participants were:

‘Words teach us lesson but experiences test how well we know our lessons. ‘On the 28th and 29th of April, 2018 twelve students of Chelsea participated in Edwards Model United Nations that is held every year to actuate the students to learn about various important decision-makers of the world and gives them an insight to how our systems work.

The students had been given the delegations of various countries in the UN General Assembly and UN Security council, of India politicians in the Joint Parliamentary Session and in the International press, a reporter and photographer represented the school. The participants are as follows-

Harsimran Rana and Swati Bansal received the special mention (Bronze medal) and Bhakti Nehraik and Bhavya Thakur, and Gunjan Singh Negi and Anchal Mehra were given the verbal appreciation.

On 4th August, 2018 students of Convent of Jesus & Mary went to Bishop Cotton School to participate in B.L. Modi, invitational Inter School Elocution Competition.

A student from class VI-XII was selected to participate in the competition which included

Student participated enthusiastically and this provided them with an opportunity to learn and got an experience and a platform to showcase their talent. Students were also given momentoes and certificates as a token of love by the Bishop Cotton School. The school also gifted a wall clock as token of love to our school. Sneha Sharma received the most promising speaker award. Thus, students got a wonder full experience and were very thankful to the principal.

“Ask not what your can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”

On 3rd 4th and 5th of August, Indian international model of United Nations, Chapter Shimla was organized in the premises of Loreto Convent Tara Hall. Six school from and outside Shimla participated. A total no. of 250 students took part in the event representing different countries or leaders in various committees including UNSC, UNW, ECO-FIN, WHO, Lok sabha, VNEP and IP. A team of 15 students from Convent of Jesus and Mary took part in the event.

Tanisha Bhatia represented Russia in the ECO-FIN committee and won best delegate first price, Shruti Garg represented Switzerland in UNW and won best delegate- first price, Mahiva Papta represented Iran in UNW and won verbal appreciation.

Other participates were:-

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other”

The event gave a platform to all the students to showcase their knowledge, learn from the young leaders and prepared them for their future.

‘Success is a journey not a destination. Ensure that you are at a right direction instead of just at the right speed’

Keeping this thought in mind the team of Convent of Jesus & Mary, Chelsea took part in St. Claudine Oxford Style Debate Competition held on CJM Delhi. Accompanied by Ma’am Laly; a team of three girls departed to Delhi on 6th August, 2018.

A total of eight CJM schools had participated from all over India. The competition was held on 7th August, 2018 in the school. The topic was “forgiveness means no punishment”. The three girls that participated from our school were Meghna Sharma as the interjector, Riya Sohni in favour of the motion and Gunjan Singh Negi speaking against the motion.

Among all the participants Riya Sohni bagged the 1st position becoming the Best Speaker and our school Convent of Jesus & Mary, Shimla became the Best School for the event. Everyone appreciated the efforts of the students. It was a moment of joy for the entire school.

Sport is not a mere game pr physical activity, it is that activity which strengthens our body and gives peace to our mind. Stat Level Judo Championship was held at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex on 4th & 5th August 2018, two of our students Yamana Chauhan of class IV-Lily and Angel Verma of VI-Rose took part in this competition and won gold medals.

All India Karate Championship was held on 16th, 17th and 18th June, 2018 at Sports Complex, Shimla. About 600 participants participated in the above mentioned championship. 45 students from Convent of Jesus & Mary, Chelsea took part and 42 students bagged 45 medals. The winners are as follows.

From 29th June, 2018 till 1st July, 2018 , district shooting championship was held at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex. Kaashvi Singh Chauhan of class 3rd and Samiya Singh Chauhan of class 7th participated in NR under 12 category and got bronze and gold respectively. Vani Mohindru participated in ISSF youth category and got a gold medal. Samiya Singh Chauhan also participated in State Championship held at Nahan and got a gold medal under 12 category.

A Seiko Kai Invitational India Open Karate Championship 2018 was held from 4th to 6th May at Indra Gandhi Sports Complex Shimla about 500 participants from eight states including Delhi, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh participated in the above mentioned championship and 6 students of Chelsea bagged 1 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze.
The winners are:-

“Dreams are not what you see in sleep. They are the things that do not let you sleep”

On 21^st and 22^nd April, 2018. District level Table Tennis Tournament was organized in Indira Gandhi Sports Complex. Three students of Convent of Jesus & Mary participated in this competition. They bought laurels to the school by grabbing prizes in various categories.

Sana Gautam of class VII, achieved 2^nd prize in under-15 individual event.

Saba Gautam of class VII, achieved 3^rd prize in under-15 individual event.

While Sanskriti, Saba and Sana together grabbed the 3^rd prize in the junior girls school event.

A dance competition was held in the Gaiety Theatre, Shimla recently and students of Convent Of Jesus & Mary, Chelsea also participated in it and gave a splendid performance.

As said by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. “Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor”…

Smaisha Gupta and Sasshi Chauhan of Class IV got the ‘Best Dancers Trophy’. We congratulate them for bringing laurels to our institution.

To encourage and reward the students of Convent of Jesus & Mary- Chelsea the academic star achievers from all the classes were awarded certificates of Merit and honour by honorable School Principal Sr. Shyma Jose during the school assembly for academic session 2017-18.

The Toppers from each class for the session 2017-18 are as follows:-

Every year Help Age India organizes illustration painting and essay writing competitions. In year 2017, 400 students of various Schools participated in these competitions.

Three students of our School also bagged prizes in illustration painting competition. The topic was “When I am 64”. Manya Thakur presently in class X got 1st prize of cash Rs 5,000. Ameya Kapil presently in class IX got a cash prize of Rs. 3,000 for securing 2nd position and Nihasa Serkeck presently in class XI also got 3rd prize of cash 1,000 in the same category.

Congratulations to the winners!

Scholastic Aptitude Test was conducted on 2nd Dec in 2017 and our students brought laurels to the School. They won cash prize, medals and certificates. They were felicitated by our Principal Sr. Shyma Jose.

Joshit Sharma of class IX of Convent of Jesus & Mary, Chelsea Shimla was awarded by the former President of India Dr. Pranab Mukherjee in Ahemdabad on 22nd December, 2017 for making a project on “Pothole and Manhole sensor” which detects potholes and manholes on the road, this device was made a patent by National Innovation Foundation, an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology of Government of India on her name. This was one among the 27 projects selected from the 6000 entries. This device serves the function of detecting potholes and manholes even in flooded and water logged situations, saving lives of many. These accidents claim the lives of at least 15000 people every year, so this project will be beneficial in solving this problem.

On 3rd November, 2017 our school participated in the Basket Ball Tournament held at Auckland House School, Shimla. Four teams had participated in the tournament. Our first match was with Portmore School and the score was 7 Portmore and 27 Chelsea and our final match was with Auckland House School in which score was 12 Auckland and 27 Chelsea. We are delightful to announce that not only our school won the match but the tournament as well.

The result of 3rd HP State Seigokan Goju Ryu Karate-Do Championship 2017 held on 2nd and 3rd September. Around 500 participants took part in the mention championship. Students of Chelsea gave a tough competition.

The Shimla District Shooting Championship 2017 was held at Indra Gandhi Sports Complex between 4th August to 6th August. Vani Mohindru of class VII got a Gold Medal in under 15 girls category.

An All India Seigokan Goju-Ru Karate-Do Championship was held on 6th , 7th and 8th May,2017 at Indira Ghandhi Sports Complex Shimla, (H.P). 600 students participated from all over India in the championship. Thirty five girls from Chelsea participated in the tournament and bagged 6 Goal medals, 6 silver medals and 8 bronze medals.

Audience were filled with enthusiasm whereas the players kept their sportsmanship. Students of Chelsea, with their hard work and concentration won twenty medals.

The tournament had two categories: ‘Kata’ and ‘Kumite’ depicts the various actions that are being used for self defense. It can be called a combination of karate techniques. Kumite is also called sheai or fight. The judges and the referees were Sensei Dinesh Thakur, Sensei P.S. Pawar, Sensei Dinesh, Sensei Jai Prakesh, Densei Anil Jista, Sensei Rakesh Kumar, Sensei Siddarth Kanwar and Sensi Rajender Singh. Unde the guidance of our Karate Coach, Sensi Dinesh Thakur ( President of Seigokan Goju-Ryu Karate- Do Indian Association) the students of Chelsea have achieved great success.

"Speaking with the words is one thing and orating with the heart is another".
On 28th July,2017 an inter- school debate competition was held in St. Edwards organized by the Tribune Tevest where eleven different schools were registered from in and around Shimla. Two students from each school came to represent their respective schools. The topic of the debate was ‘Googlization: Thumbs up or thumbs down’ where one student from a respective school stood in favor and one against the topic. All the students and their escort teachers reached the venue that is St. Edwards school and got themselves registered by 9:30. Each participant was given a random code which represented them in the competition. Once the competition started codes were picked at random and participants came up on the stage to express their opinions on googlization giving it either a thumbs up or a thumbs down. Each participants was given a total of 3 minutes to express their opinions on the topic. Once they ended with their oration, the respective judges would then ask them questions based on what they just said. The participants finished with their oration and then while the results were being compiled, the venerated judges and the chief guest addressed the gathering with their encouraging words. Certain students from the audience came up to entertain the participants and all the other. Two of our participants Riya Sohini, class XI and Parthi Pirta class XII had participated in the competition; Riya Sohini favouring googlization while Parthi Pirta firmly opposing it. Riya bagged the second prize with cash prize of Rs. 4,000 bagged the 3rd prize with a cash prize of Rs 3,000. Chelsea bagged the best school trophy with a cash prize of Rs 3,000.

On 13th and 14th of May. 2017 St. Edwards has organized EDMUN i.e. Edwards Model United Nations which is an imitation of United Nations General Assembly, Security Council and the Indian Parliament. A team of 12 students from Convent Of Jesus & Mary participated in the event. Where Gunjan Singh Negi and Bhavya Thakur represented Bulgaria and won verbal appreciation. Prerita Prakash and Shreya Chauhan represented Russia and won special mention- 3rd Prize. Parthi Pirta and Mimansa Thakur represented U.S.A and won Best Delegate- 1st Prize and Chelsea team won the best school trophy shared by D.A.V New Shimla.

On 22nd March 2017, Inter-school quiz was organized by madad global and department of community medicine IGMC, Shimla at Auckland House School, on world Tuberculosis Day. 23 teams from twelve schools (two from each school) participated, from our school two teams participated 9th- Ayushi Dadwal and Prakriti Singh Rajput, 10th- Bhavya Sharma and Palak Dutta. Two of our students also participated in the Poster Making Competition (Nihasa Sirceck and Gurleen Kaur). The quiz consisted of two round the preliminary round and the final round. In the preliminary round four teams out of twenty three had to be selected for the final round. The four teams that got selected for the final round were C.J.M, DAV New Shimla, DAV Lakkar Bazar and Shimla Public School. Then there was the final quiz between the selected teams covering topics from nutrition, health, life sciences, tuberculosis and current affairs on health. In the final round C.J.M emerged as the winner with 55 points and DAV New Shimla was the runner up with 45 points followed by Shimla Public School and DAV Lakkar Bazar. Information regarding World Tuberculosis Day was also given by senior doctors from IGMC. The winning team of Convent of Jesus and Mary ( Bhavya Sharma and Palak Dutta) were given certificates and memento by the honorable Health Minister Shri Kaul Singh Thakur in IGMC on 24th March 2017 on the occasion of World TB Day.

On 12th and 13th Nov, 2016 a Karate Championship was held at Sports Complex Shimla. The 2nd HP Seigokan Go- juryu Karate- do championship was organized and about 300 students from various districts of Himachal participated in event. Approximately 50 students from Chelsea participated and bagged 37 Medals ( 22 bronze Medals, 10 Silver Medals and 5 Gold Medals). Some of the winners are: 1.Satakshi, 2. Chavi, 3.Sharishti, 4.Tanzil, 5. Dhaanya, 6. Shruti, 7.Aayushi, 8.Shashi, 9.Sonal, 10. Khushi, 11. Sunidhi, 12. Umang, 13. Sneha, 14. Sana, 15. Saba, 16. Sia, 17. Namita, 18. Arshiya won bronze whereas : 1. Pravreeti, 2. Jarul, 3. Vibhooti, 4. Himani, 5. Himani Thakur, 6. Vasvi, 7. Jasleen, 8. Aahna won Silver Medal. Whereas the Gold Medalists Include 1. Mahi, 2. Mridul, 3. Maheyma, 4. Vaishali, 5. Ojaswi, 6. Aayushi. And Mahima, Vaishali and Ojaswi also won bronze whereas Aayushi also won Silver.

On 3rd May, 2016 Urja Kanwar of class 12th and Mimansa Thakur of class 11th participated in the CBSE cryptic crossword contest held in DAV lakkar bazaar, shimla. CJM School enthusiastically participated in the competition along with 22 other schools and bagged the 3rd position.

On 4th may 2016, Auckland house school organized nooked natak (Hindi Drama) competition. In which 10 of our students participated ( Arsh Thakur, shaina verma, aditian kalta, parthi pirta, simran gautam, gunjan singh negi, Tanisha thakur, mitali verma, sheril thakur and nandini singh thakur) and 15 school participated in this competition. Convent of Jesus and mary Chelsea bagged 2nd position in this competition. Audience appreciated the drama performed by our student.

The winners and the participants of various Inter School Drawing and Painting Competitions held in Auckland House School on 10th May, 2016. In which Aatishya Sood and Mridul Chauhan of our school (Convent and Jesus and Mary) got 1st prize, Mimansa of class XI ,Mridul Sisodia and Spersh Mehta of class XII got consolation prizes.

On 10th May, 2016 Auckland House School organized Inter School Hindi Declamation Contest. In this competition Category A- Palak Dutta of our school (convent of Jesus and Mary) class 9th Rose bagged 1st prize and Category B- Parthi Pirta of (Convent of Jesus and Mary) class 11th Orchid bagged the 3rd prize.