Mussoorie
Wynberg-Allen hosted the Inter-School Literary Festival called “Le Mot Juste” on 3rd October, 2022. A number of schools from Mussoorie and nearby areas participated in the various events organised in the festival. Events included in this year’s fest were The Cynthia Burrell Inter-School English Poetry Recitation, The S.N. Sharma Inter-School Hindi Poetry Recitation, The Rev. Biggs Inter-School Spelling Bee,The T. W. Phillips Inter-School English Debate, The G.D. Lehmann Inter-School English Debate and The H.G. Meakin Inter-School Hindi Debate.
The jury who adjudged the various events in the competitions comprised Mrs. Sushma Cornelius, Rev. Lazarus Cornelius, Adv. Vishal Gupta, Shoorveer Singh Bhandari, Dr. Sunita Rana and Dr. Sudhir Gairola.
In T. W. Phillips English Debate, Ira Gayatri Jha of St. Joseph’s Academy won the best speaker award and St.Joseph’s Academy were overall winners in this debate. In G. D. Lehmann English Debate, Akshat Gupta of St. Joseph’s Academy won the best speaker and St.Joseph’s Academy were overall winners in this debate. In The H.G. Meakin Hindi Debate, Vinimesh Bairagi of St.Joseph’s Academy won the best speaker award and the overall winners of this debate were St.Joseph’s Academy. In the Rev. Biggs Memorial Spelling Bee competition was won by the St. Joseph’s Academy, Dehradun. In the Cynthia Burrell Inter-School English Poetry Recitation, Panna Jatraha of St. Joseph’s Academy, Dehradun stood as the winner. Bhavya Soni of Shri Ram Centennial School won the S.N. Sharma Inter-School Hindi Poetry Recitation.
The overall trophy for the literary festival was awarded to the St. Joseph’s Academy, Dehradun. Wynberg-Allen School, being the host school did not compete for the positions and prizes.
