P. S. Senior Secondary School

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Type Co-educational Staff 180 Number of students 3200 School district Chennai		Established 1976 Grades Pre-KG to class XII Phone 044 2495 6021 Founded 1976
Principal Mrs. Lakshmi Srinivasan Address 33, Alamelu Mangapuram Rd, Alamelu Manga Puram, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600004 Motto "Shilene Shobitha Vidya" (Sanskrit)

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.

Notable Staff

Mr.Gurumoorthy, Mrs.Jamuna, Mrs.Sreedevi, Mrs.P.Sudha, Mrs.Meena Rajendran

History

The school was founded by Mr. Pennathur Subramania Iyer. 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.

P.S.Senior Secondary School ( It is affiliated with the CBSE ), was started to help the public and very importantly, the employees of the central government and in the matter of the educational affairs of their children . The school is located in a spacious campus with well-equipped science laboratories and libraries . The school has a playground which spans over 10,000 sq.metres and a lot of importance is given to sports . The school also houses an exclusive ' Art-Center ' which focuses on identifying and nurturing talent.

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

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

Current Principal

Mrs.Lakshmi Srinivasan

Current Vice Principals

Mrs.Revathy Parameshwaran, Mr. R Sivakumar

Facilities

Art Centre

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

A new e-library is introduced with about 30 computers .

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

Correspondents

P.C.Sekhar – Founder Correspondent (1976–1994)

A.R.Jagannathan - Honorary Secretary and Correspondent (1994–2005 )

A.N.Radhakrishnan - Honorary Secretary and Correspondent (since 2005)

Principals

Thangam – first Principal (1976–1978)

Alamelu Ganapathi – Principal - 1978-1999

Vijayalakshmi Srivatsan – Principal - 1999-2007

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-cum-throwball courts, a basketball court and a football court.

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

2009 Top 10 Medal at National Level Olympiad

International Olympiad for Informatics

2006 Bronze Medal.(Merida, Mexico)

2009 Silver Medal (Bulgaria)

Sports achievements

CBSE Under 19 National Girls Football Championship 2013 -2014 - Bronze Medal.

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 two of its students who have qualified for the finals of the World Scholar's cup to be held at Yale university USA. The school has four of its students in the under-16 boys cricket team.