Rebecca Mary John (aged 14) studies in Grade 9 at The Indian High School, Dubai.
She is the published author of two books . Her first book ‘The Musings of a Young Girl’ was published in 2012 and due to this book she was acclaimed as the Youngest Author of Sharjah Intl. Book Fair 2013.
Her second book ‘The Musings of a Teenager’ was published in 2014 and was launched in Sharjah Intl. Book Fair2014 (10.11.12) by Dr.Shihab Ghanem. She has received a lot of appreciation in UAE & overseas due to her poetry.
Her poems have also been published in Poetry World’s monthly issues .She is the recipient of ‘Shaikh Hamdan Award for Distinguished Academic Performance 2014’ for her all round achievements.
She is a meritorious student, an avid reader and a talented singer. Her hobbies include Numismatics, Philately and she has contributed her bit for charitable activities in UAE & India.
The Cartwheel of Life
When born, a man, as an infant
Stands waiting, stands prepared
For the cartwheel of life to begin
The odyssey for which he is destined
Soon, he grows into the restive school-boy
Trembling with fear, quavering in anticipation
Waiting to begin the journey
He makes the first hesitant steps
He shoots into the sprightly young man
Eagerly waiting to commence his chronicle
The ultimate plunge is finally taken
As he opens the door to the adult sphere
Presently, he achieves success, completes his voyage
The proud, competent and mature man
Arrives at the highest point of his life, his cartwheel
He beams with satisfaction, shines with joy
And readies himself for the final descent
Though weathered by life, the wise old man
Is content in that he has fulfilled his calling
Begins the journey down the cartwheel
Into the deep yet calm tunnels of age
And at the end of it all, he stands complacent
Ready to leave his people and the world
Fu; of bliss, he enters the paradise
Gracefully, the cartwheel comes to a standstill.
About the School
Established in 1961, the school is managed by Board Members. It was the first expatriate Indian educational institution to be established in Dubai. It, is the oldest, largest and the leading educational institution in the Gulf Region. The land for the school was granted by the then ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum. Over the last 5 decades the school has emerged as a towering citadel of quality education with recognition of the same from many quarters.
Among these, we are most proud of our achievement – the rating of Outstanding by the Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau (DSIB) for 5 consecutive years, the first Indian curriculum (CBSE) school to receive this rating and the first school to receive certification from CBSE as “CBSE New Generation Schools”.
I.H.S. is two-times winner (2003, 2005) of the “Sheikh Hamdan Award for Distinguished School and School Administration”, the highest educational award in the country. Besides I.H.S students and teachers have the distinction of winning the same award for “Distinguished Academic Performance” in some category or other, every year since the inception of the Award in 1998.
The school has approximately 9,641 boys and girls on its rolls and every year we send more than 700+ students (Grade 10) for All India Secondary School Examination and more than 500+ students (Grade 12) for the school-leaving public examination conducted by the CBSE.
