Summer Fields School New Delhi

The Summer Fields School was found in the year 1953 by James Douglas Tytler. The school's motto is 'Love-Life-Light'. This more than five decades old institution, is affiliated to CBSE and is open for students from Nursery to Standard XII. It is a member of the prestigious National Progressive Schools Conference (N.S.P.C.).

History

After 1947 DLF Universal started developing residential areas of south Delhi.During the development of Kailash Colony ,to attract pepole to come and live in this part of Delhi,dlf approached Rev. James Douglas Tytler ,a renowned educationist to start a school in the areahe also started the first Delhi Public School,Naveen Bharat School and Church High School.His work with the refugees was commended by the Late Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. Later on, he and Dr. Zakir Hussain, who was a teacher then, became great friends and together then became great social workers who worked for the millions of poor refugees who had been uprooted from their homes in Pakistan.His son Jagdish Tytler was the first student to be enrolled in the school

ports facilities

S.F.S. has a unique Sport Complex spread over a large area, adjacent to the school premises. The facilities provided are :(a) 3 Cemented lawn tennis courts.

(b) 1 Basket-ball court

(c) Table Tennis Hall

(d) Volley-ball courts

(e) Three badminton courts

(f) 1 Skating rink

(g) Shooting Range

(h) Fitness centre

(i)Football/cricket ground

House system

Junior

1. To enhance the pupil’s participation in various cultural and co-curricular creative activities students of class III, IV and V are grouped into six houses. They are

* a. Akbar
* b. Ashoka
* c. Jawahar
* d. Lincoln
* e. Shivaji
* f. Tolstoy

2. Each house is headed by chief warden with 3-4 wardens. Each house is assigned duties to take care of discipline of the school once in each term. There is one boy and girl captain of each house who assist chief warden/wardens of their respective houses in maintaining discipline during assembly time, break time and at the time of departure.

3. House on duty takes care of Morning Talk and General Topics during the assembly.

enior

1. The school has established a House System to foster an environment of ‘esprit de corps’, and encourage the students to work together in unison, co-operation and healthy competition.

2. There are 6 houses in the Senior School.
* a. Annapurna
* b. Dhaulagiri
* c. Everest
* d. Kanchanjunga
* e. Nanda Devi
* f. Nanga Parbat

2. Every student on admission is placed in one of these houses.

3. Each house is headed by one boy and one girl known as house captains who are assisted by house prefects and junior house prefects. A member of the staff assisted by several other teachers acts as the house warden. Each house is on duty for a month. Points are awarded to the house on the basis of display boards, maintenance of discipline, News, thoughts etc. A number of Inter House competitions are organised throughout the year. At the end of the year the house gaining the highest number of points is declared the winner and bags the prestigious Inter-House Running trophy “LAKSHYA”.

4. Similarly based on the overall academic performance of the students of each house, the Inter-House Running trophy ‘VIGYA’ will be awarded.

The Interact Club

1. The Interact Club of Summer Fields School operates under the constant guidance of the Rotary Club of Delhi South East. The main aim of the club is to bring about a change in the attitude of the students. This is done by giving the interactors an opportunity to develop leadership qualities, PR skills, by organising inter-school/intra-school competitions or fund raising events and also by sensitising them towards social problems.

2. The President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and the board of Directors are chosen by the outgoing board on the basis of an interview.

3. The Interactors do sacrifice a few Saturday but they never regret it. They live up to the motto of ‘Serious Fun’.

I.Q.F. Group

The school has a small IQF group which stands for Quality – quality in thoughts and in actions. This small group, and extended part of a large corporate group called Indus Quality Foundation Ltd., is trying to introduce the concept of quality to the students through its improvement projects. The aim of these projects is to bring qualitative change in the thought process of children so that they become quality individuals themselves and in turn sow the sed of quality among people around them.

Awards and Scholarships

1. BABY PUJA KUNDRA SCHOLARSHIP : 2 scholarships for 2 best all rounder students of class VIII (more than 75% in academics + achievements in Inter School / House Competitions).

2. MAJOR ROHIT DUTTA SCHOLARSHIP : 2 scholarships given to 2 best all rounder students of class XII.

3. PTA SCHOLARSHIP : given to students scoring 85% and above in class X board examination.

4. SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP : given to students scoring 80% and above in class X board examination.

5. CHESHTHA AWARD : given to one students of class V and one of class IX for showing considerable improvement in academics.

6. ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP : given to 2 all rounder students of class XI.

7. MS. SOOD SCHOLARSHIP : given to the student who has scored the highest marks in English in Class XII. Board exams.

8. DAKSHYA TROPHY: Rolling trophy given to the best all rounder student of class VI.

9. SARVAGYA TROPHY : Rolling trophy given to the best all rounder student of class VII.

10. INDULIKA TOMAR AWARD : Rolling trophy and cash award given to meritorious students in Science form classes VI to VIII.

11. NAAD TROPHY : Running trophy given to the best house in music.

12. RAVINDER SHARMA MEMORIAL TROPHY : Rolling trophy awarded to the House standing first in Inter House Cultural Competition.

13. VIGYA TROPHY : Running trophy given to the house best in academics.

Alumni

* Amrish Puri - actor
* Jagdish Tytler-Union Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs