P. S. Senior Secondary School

P S Senior Secondary School
Location
33 Alarmelmangapuram, Mylapore, Chennai India
Information
Type	Co-educational
Established	1976
Principal	Mrs. Lakshmi Srinivasan
Staff	100+
Grades	Pre-KG to class XII
Number of students	3000+
Campus size	Small
Affiliation	Central Board of Secondary Education, India
Students called	PSitans/PSites
Website	http://pssenior.org/

P.S. Senior Secondary School is situated in the Mylapore area of Chennai, India. Most students graduating enter higher education institutions especially engineering institutions like Indian Institutes of Technology, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, NIT Tiruchi, National University of Singapore and Anna University. It is rated among the top five schools in Chennai city.^[1]

History

The school was founded by Mr. Pennathur Subramaniam. The emphasis of the Tamil Nadu state Government on Tamil being used as the medium of instruction was causing a fall in Tamil Nadu’s share of employment in all-India and Central services and in the National Science and Technology establishments. In 1973 P.S. Charities promoted the establishment of English medium schools. The P.S. Educational Society started, on 9 June 1976, P.S. Senior Secondary School, starting with standards I-VII from 1976.

This group of schools, along with D.A.V Group of schools, Vidya Mandir, Bala Vidya Mandir, P.S.B.B. Group form the educational elite of the Chennai education system.

The school has been known for its unrelenting determination to achieve results and is notorious for its previous system of throwing out the weaker students in the transition between the 10th standard and 11th standard. Often students who had been with the school right from their formative kindergarten years would be refused admission into high school. The school would attribute this rejection to the fact that they weren't meritorious enough to succeed in high school, and may hence tarnish the schools golden reputation. The privileged students deemed good enough would be selected for further enrollment into high school at the P.S Senior Secondary School, and the seats created by the elimination of the 'weaker' students would be filled by accepting the top students from other local schools. This system has since been eliminated by verdict of the Madras High Court.

This decision was passed in the court case at the Madras High Court, labelled 'DR.S.Anandalakshmy versus Govt Of India CBSE'

Facilities

• Art Center

• Hall for yoga/dance classes
• Halls for conducting dance, music (vocal and instrumental), drawing and craft classes

• Hall for English Language Activity Centre for Classes I to VIII.
• Five Audio Visual rooms to enable computer aided teaching
• Math Lab for classes I – X
• Computer Labs

• UPS supported Computer Lab with 65 computers and 2 servers for Classes IX – XII.
• Junior Computer lab with 25 computers supported by five host computers for Classes I – VIII

• Sekhar Hall - an air-conditioned lecture hall with a seating capacity of 150, where lectures, workshops and in-service programmes are conducted.
• Auditorium with fully equipped audio system) with a seating capacity of 400.
• KG Activity Room
• Examination Hall to accommodate 150 students
• Science Labs (Secondary and Senior Secondary) for Physics, Chemistry and Biology with a capacity to accommodate 40 students at a time.
• Junior Science Lab for the Middle School segment
• Environmental Science Lab for Primary students
• Libraries

• Main Computerised Library with a stock of 20,000 books
• Junior Library with 5000 Books
• Add on library (computerised) with a circulating inventory of 1500 latest books, which is replenished at the rate of 100 fresh titles every month
• K.G Library with a stock of 1000 books

• Teacher Resource Centre houses internet-enabled computers with broadband connection.

♦ For classes IX - XII, an interactive material called Everonn has been added. It is a e- learning material and is introduced for better interaction

Notable alumni

• S. Sowmya
• M. S. Sundara Rajan

Correspondents

• Shri P.C.Sekhar – Founder Correspondent (1976–1994)
• Shri A.R.Jagannathan - Honorary Secretary and Correspondent (1994–2005 )
• Shri A.N.Radhakrishnan - Honorary Secretary and Correspondent (since 2005)

Principals

• Miss Thangam – first Principal (1976–1978)
• Mrs. Alamelu Ganapathi – Principal - 1978-1999
• Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Srivatsan – Principal - 1999-2007
• Mrs. Lakshmi Srinivasan - Principal - 2007 - till date

Description

The school is situated on a 3.2-acre (13,000 m²) campus with a playground as its center, divided into four blocks:

• Administration: consists of the principal's office, the computer science laboratory, the electrical gadgets lab, the seminar and examination halls, the audio visual room and the mathematics laboratory.
• Science: houses the classrooms for middle and senior school students, the Science and Typewriting labs and the library.
• Yoga: extracurricular activities such as music and dance and indoor sports.
• Primary classrooms.

There is a kindergarten block with a small playground.

The main school playground has a badminton court, three volleyball and throwball courts, and a basketball court.

The school achieved 100% success in the board examinations conducted by the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education), New Delhi year on year.

Olympiads and competitive examinations

Wins at the International and National Olympiads from 1995 to 2010:

• Mathematics Olympiad

• 1995-1996, Silver Medal (Toronto, Canada)
• 1999-2000, Silver Medal (Bucharest, Romania)

• Biology Olympiad

• 1999-2000 Silver Medal (Antalya, Turkey)
• 2001-2002 Bronze Medal (Jurmala, Latvia)
• 2002-2003 Bronze Medal (Minsk, Belarus)
• 2004-2005 Gold Medal (Beijing, China)
• 2007-2008 Silver Medal (Mumbai, India)

• Chemistry Olympiad

• 2001-2002 Bronze Medal (Groningen, Netherlands)
• 2002-2003 Gold Medal (Athens, Greece)
• 2002-2003 Silver Medal (Athens, Greece)
• 2005 Silver Medal (Taipei, Taiwan)
• 2004 Gold Medal - National Level Olympiad
• 2004 Gold Medal - National Level Olympiad
• 2009 Top 10 Medal at National Level Olympiad

• International Olympiad for Informatics

• 2006 Bronze Medal.(Merida, Mexico)
• 2009 Silver Medal (Bulgaria)

Sports achievements

• Commonwealth Chess Championship (2008) Boys Under-14 – Gold Medal
• World Youth Chess Championship 2009
• Table Tennis State Champion in Junior Girls Category
• Women State Ranking No.2

The school has four of its students in the under-16 boys cricket team.

References

1. ^ "Best Schools In Chennai,Chennai Schools,Best Chennai School,Chennai School Education In India,Education In Chennai,School Information In Chennai,Chennai School Education". Coachingindians.com. http://www.coachingindians.com/schools-in-india/chennai-schools.html. Retrieved 2011-04-04. 

External links

• Official school website