A stage full of butterflies and one very special audience
Some school events are planned for parents to watch. This one was planned for mothers to feel. The Mother’s Day celebration at Seth Malook Chand International School (SMCIS), Sasni brought mothers onto the campus as guests of honour, and their children spent the afternoon thanking them the only way small children really know how, with songs, dance and a lot of nervous smiling at the front row.
The programme was held on the Saturday before Mother’s Day and reported in the Apna Hathras edition of Hindustan on 10 May 2026, Mother’s Day itself. The headline said it simply. Children danced in honour of their mothers.
The stage had been dressed for the occasion. A deep blue backdrop carried a rainbow of paper butterflies, pink and white balloons ran along the top, and a large “Happy Mother’s Day” arch framed a cut-out of a mother lifting her child high into the air. It set the mood before a single child walked on.
What did the children perform for their mothers?
The youngest students opened with dance numbers, and it was the kind of dancing that matters more for its sincerity than its choreography. Girls in frilled party frocks, boys in waistcoats and printed shirts, arms raised a beat late, one child always looking sideways to copy a friend. Mothers in the audience noticed every bit of it.
After the dances came songs, poems and a range of cultural presentations, each one built around what a mother means in a child’s life. By the time the performances ended, many mothers were visibly emotional. That was the whole idea. A child reciting a poem about his mother, while she sits ten feet away, lands very differently from the same poem read in a classroom.
Games that put the mothers on stage too
Here is the part that made this more than a recital. The school also organised a series of fun games for the mothers themselves, and according to the report they joined in with real enthusiasm. There is something good about children watching their own mothers laugh, compete and occasionally lose a round in front of the whole school. It flips the usual arrangement, where the child performs and the parent claps.
Plenty of schools run a Mother’s Day programme. Fewer give mothers a reason to stand up and take part. That small choice is what turned the day at SMCIS from an event into a shared memory.
Words from the school leadership
School Manager Shri Ajay Agrawal wished all the mothers a happy Mother’s Day and said that a mother holds the highest place in life and that she plays the most important role in shaping a child’s personality.
Directors Abhishek Agrawal and Aakash Agrawal said that events like this strengthen the emotional bond between children and their parents. It is a practical point. A child who has stood on a stage to thank his mother tends to remember the feeling long after he has forgotten the steps.
Principal Vivek Dixit welcomed the mothers and thanked them for coming. He said the school keeps family values at the centre of its work, alongside the all-round development of every student.
Academic Director Shikha Singh congratulated the staff, parents and students for making the programme a success. The celebration closed with every mother being honoured by the school, along with warm Mother’s Day wishes from the entire SMCIS family. Hindustan newspaper clipping dated 10 May 2026 reporting the Mother’s Day 2026 school event in Hathras at Seth Malook Chand International School
Why a CBSE school in Sasni makes room for days like this
It would be easy to treat a Mother’s Day programme as a break from real schoolwork. At SMCIS it is closer to the point of school. Standing on a stage in front of an audience builds confidence faster than almost any classroom exercise. Learning a poem well enough to say it to your own mother teaches memory and meaning together. Waiting backstage for your turn teaches patience, and cheering for a classmate teaches something too.
Seth Malook Chand International School, a CBSE school in Sasni on the Aligarh-Agra Road, works by the line “Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow.” Days like 10 May 2026 show what that looks like when it is not written on a wall. Academics sit next to values, and families are treated as partners in a child’s growth rather than visitors on result day.
For parents in Sasni, Hathras and nearby Aligarh choosing a school, events like this are worth paying attention to. Marks show up on a report card. Whether a school knows how to make a child feel seen and make a parent feel welcome only shows up on days like this one.
A thank you to every mother who came
The SMCIS family thanks every mother who took time out of her Saturday to sit in that audience, play those games and wipe away a tear or two. The children rehearsed for weeks with you in mind. Judging by the faces in the front rows, it was worth it.
Happy Mother’s Day from everyone at Seth Malook Chand International School, Sasni.