43rd Annual Day - 2019
1 Vision & Mission Vision • We strive to create an enabling environment providing relevant opportunities and experiences which equip the students with knowledge and skills as well as attitudes and values required to face life with courage and conviction. • We believe Human Excellence is the aim of all Education. Mission • To offer quality education at affordable cost • To create an enabling environment where students ‘learn to learn’ • To motivate each student to compete with himself to reach his/her true potential • To equip our students with winning skills and train them to be competent as well as original • To nurture young minds , strengthen their values, and make them worthy human beings
2 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai •Every academic year is a significant milestone in our journey towards human excellence. •Annual Report is an encapsulation of outstanding performance in both scholastic and co scholastic areas . •It is a reflection of our commitment to excellence with honest effort , sincere execution of our ideas ,resonating with meticulous planning, with the eyes on the stars and feet firmly on the ground. •It is my pleasure and privilege to present the best of 2018–2019 .
3 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Class XII - Results
Total No. of Candidates Appeared: 157 Pass Percentage: 100% School Toppers Science Group Commerce Group R Shivsundar A Padma Bharati
493/500 488/500
4 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Class XII – Science Group
Details of Number of Hundreds
No of Hundreds Subject Mathematics 4 Physics 2 Informatics 1 Practices Economics 2 Marketing 1
5 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Class XII – Science Group
Details of School Toppers and Top Score are displayed
Name of the Topper Toppers Mark No of A1’s Subject 1. E Subind Srinivas 98 28/96 2. Sudharshan Sivakumar English Elective C 3. Elakiya Ananthakrishnan 4. E Asmitha Shrree 1.E Subind Srinivas 100 51/96 Mathematics 2. R Shivsundar 3. K Shreyas 1. R Shivsundar 100 67/96 Physics 2. P B Monishaa 1.R Shivsundar 99 56/96 Chemistry 2. M Anirudh Satish Biology 1.E Subind Srinivas 99 16/31 Computer Science 1. Nishant Mahesh 98.9 11/36 Informatics 1.Srinath V 100 06/29 Practices 6 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Class XII – Commerce Group
Details of School Toppers and Top Score are displayed
Subject Name of the Topper Toppers Nof A1’S Mark EnglishElective C 1. R Dhvaritha 96 14/61 2. Sarayu M 3. R Venkadathri 4. R Priyanka Mathematics 1.A PadmaBharati 100 18/52
BusinessStudies 1.SrinidhiSK 2. HrishikeshRaghunath 98 34/61
Accountancy 1.SrinidhiSK 98 56/61 Economics 1.R Dhvaritha 100 25/61 2. R Padmapriya Marketing 1. SarayuM 100 3/9 Physical Education 1. Sai Smiriti G 97
7 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Class X - Results
Total No of candidates appeared – 175 Pass Percentage -100%
School TopperS : 487/500 S S Suriyaprakash Prisha A
H Padmaja
8 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Class X - Results Total number of candidates appeared – 180
No of Hundreds : Maths – 8,Social Socience-8 ,Sanskrit -3
Subject NameoftheTopper ToppersMark NumberofA1’S English 1.S Varshini 95% 12/180 2.Ranjitha Srinivasan 3.K Vaishnavi Lakshmi 4.Srinidhi Madhan Mathematics 1.Aarnav S 100% 76/180 2.Nithin R C Mouli 3.H Padmaja 4.T J Srinath Gangadharan 5.S S Suriya Prakash 6.Prisha A 7.Ranjitha Srinivasan8 8.Praveena Sunsree Hindi Course B 1.H Padmaja 98% 3/29 Tamil 1.SrivatsanSarvesan 98% 20/102
9 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Class X - Results Total number of candidates appeared – 180
Subject NameoftheTopper Toppers Number of A1’S Mark Sanskrit 1.S Sree Vaasini 100% 22/53 2.S S Suriya Prakash 3.Nandini Sairam 4.S Sharadha 5.K Vaishnvai Lakshmi Science 1.S S Suriya Prakash 98% 55/180 2.Srivatsan Sarvesan Social Science 1.Aarnav S 100% 61/180 2.S Sree Vasini 3.S S Suriya Prakash 4.V Chathurya 5.K Shanmugapriya 6.C P Lithesa 7.R Pranauv Kumar 8.Srivatsan Sarvesan
10 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Achievements
Admission to Professional Courses
Several of our students have secured admission in reputed colleges of Engineering, Medicine, Law and Commerce. Some have secured admission in reputed universities in the U.S.A. We mention a few significant ones below. •R Shivsundar who secured All India Rank 2908 in the JEE (Advanced) 2019 Examination, has however joined BITS Pilani , Goa; •Four Students viz. K Shreyas, Shyam Kishore Kumar , Ananthakrishnan G and K S Abishek - have secured admission in NIT, Trichy; •R Aditya joined Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Elakiya Anathakrishnan has been admitted in Warwick University, United Kingdom; •Mukund Rao has secured admission for Integrated MBA in IIM, Rohtak ; •Five of our students viz. P B Monishaa, E Subind Srinivas, K Rahul, Clare Sushil, N Srinidhi have secured admissions in reputed Medical colleges including Kilpauk Medical College in Tamil Nadu through NEET
11 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Outstanding Achievements International
German Language
R. Poorna of Class XI completed Grade A1 in German Language conducted by Goethe Institute. She was selected to attend a training course in German Language at Stein An Der Traun, Germany from 04.08.2019 to 24.08.2019.
12 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Outstanding Achievements National Level
•Pratibha of class IX was selected to participate in the Kala Utsav -2018 Nationals, an initiative of MHRD held at New Delhi between 12/12/2018 to 15/12/2018.
•In the 11th Statistics Olympiad organized by C.R. Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science (AIMSCS), S.S. Suriya Prakash (Junior Level) of Class X secured All India Rank 27 and A. Padma Bharati (Senior Level) of Class XII secured All India Rank 23 13 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Outstanding Achievements National Level
•Our school won the 5th Place nationwide in the Clash of Pi contest (2018 – 2019) and won the following awards. They were ranked Second Position in the South Zone First Rank among the Top CBSE schools in Tamil Nadu State
•S.S. Suriyaprakash of Class X secured the overall 4th Place in the second round of “Aarohan” conducted by BITS Pilani, Rajasthan during November 2018. He was the only South Indian to participate in the 2nd round.
14 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Achievements State/City Level
Co-Scholastic Our school participated in several Inter school cultural events in the city. Organizing School Overall Position Chettinad Vidyashram Winners Sir Sivaswamy Kalalaya Winners Sr. Sec. School PSBB Group of Schools Winners Vidya Mandir,Mylapore Winners Bala Vidya Mandir Runners Up
15 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Outstanding Achievements State/City Level
•In the Murugappa Madras Quiz 2018 conducted on 1st September, 2018, 360 teams from various city schools participated in the event. Our school won the second place. The participants were
‹ K.S. Abhishek XII ‹ Guhan Kallapiran XII ‹ N. Dhanush XII
Each of them won a bicycle as a prize.
16 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Outstanding Achievements State/City Level
• K Shreyas and Sudarshan Sivakumar of class XII won the First prize in the Inter School Merit Skill Excellence Caliber Contest. Nearly 450 schools with 1600 participants participated in the event. They won of a cash ward of Rs 100000 and two TVS Scooties
17 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Outstanding Achievements State/City Level
•In the Sardar Vallabhai Patel Memorial Trust competitions held on 29/10/2018 conducted by Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan,Chennai Kendra the following students won prizes.
J Vishwanathan VII III Place (English Oratorical) R Poorna X Consolation (Tamil Oratorical)
Honble Shri Banwarilal Purohit ,Governor of Tamil Nadu, gave away the prizes.
18 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Outstanding Achievements State/City Level
•Spoorthi Santhosh Rao of Class VIII won the 2nd Runner up title in the Times Thyagaraja contest held at Music Academy on 19th January 2019.
•In the “Canvas” art competition conducted by Babaji Vidyashram, E. Yazhini of Class XI was declared “Artist of the year”.
•In the Art Competition conducted by Children’s Club Society M. Nandhika of Class VII won the First prize in the Classes VI - VIII category.
19 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Outstanding Achievements State/City Level
In the Classical Music Competition conducted by the Music Academy the following students won prizes.
‹ Spoorthi Santhosh Rao VIII I Prize (Vocal) ‹ R.D. Shyam Raghav XI II Prize (Violin) ‹ S. Prathibha IX II Prize (Veena)
•In the Music competition conducted by the Mylapore Fine Arts Club on 06.10.18 R.S. Adhvaith of Class VIII C received the I Prize (Flute Competition Junior category)
•Shraddha Sridhar of Class XI won the I Prize under Junior Category in the annual dance competition conducted by Omkara Nada Brahmam Trust 20 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Outstanding Achievements State/City Level
•In the Painting and Essay writing competition held on 02/11/2018 conducted by The Hindu and the Indian Oil Corporation the following students were awarded special prizes.
‹ R Skandaguha VII (Painting) ‹ A Prisha X (Essay Writing)
•In the Open Bhajan competition 2018 conducted by Sree Suprabhata Sabha our school was placed fourth.
21 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Outstanding Achievements National/State Level
Sports-Cricket •In the TamilNadu Cricket Academy (TNCA) tournament our school Under 14 Boys’ team qualified to play in the league match. •In the Cricket Tournament organized by The Lady Andal Matriculation Higher Secondary School our school Under 11 Boys’ team emerged as Runners Up. •Our School Under 11 Boys’ team were the winners in the P.C.Sekhar Memorial Cricket Tournament
22 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Outstanding Achievements National /State Level Sports-Football
•In the CBSE National Football (Girls Under 19) ChampionshipP. S. Senior Secondary school’s team emerged the Runner-up and won the Silver Medal for the fourth consecutive year.
•In the CBSE South Zone Football Tournament our School’s Under 19 Girls’ team emerged Winners and qualified for the Nationals. Arundhatti Muthu of Class XI was awarded the “Best Player” of the Tournament
•Our Football Team (Girls)won Shri C.V.Narasimhan Memorial Futsal Tournament. They were the City Level Winners and State Level Runners Up in the Goethe super league tournament. 23 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Outstanding Achievements National /State Level Sports-Football
•Our Football Team (Boys) were Second Runners- Up in CBSE Cluster VI tournament
•Our Football Team (Boys) won Shri C.V.Narasimhan Memorial Futsal Boys Tournament.
•They also won the city and State Level in Goethe Super League – 2018.
24 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Outstanding Achievements National/State Level Sports- BasketBall
•Our School Girls’ team were the Quarter Finalists in the CBSE Clusters VI – Basketball Girls Tournament. •Our School Boys’ team were the Runners Up in the Y.M.C.A. Buck Memorial Basketball Boys Tournament
25 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Outstanding Achievements National/State Level
Sports- Athletics
•In the C. Sankaran X Kiddies Athletic Meet 2018 organized by Ace Athletic Club, Chennai our Girls team emerged winner.
•P. Prithika of Class V created a new record in long jump by clearing the distance of 3.83m in the under-10 girls category
26 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Outstanding Achievements National/State Level Sports- Table Tennis
•In the CBSE Cluster VI Table Tennis Tournament organized by Shristi Vidyashram Senior Secondary School during September 2018 S. Hrithika of Class VIII secured the II place in the Under-17 Girls category and qualified for the nationals.
SportsYachting •In the sailing competition conducted by India International Regatta between 1st January and 6th January 2019, Aaryan Anand of Class VIII won a silver cup in the Opti Green Fleet Bos category and a Bronze in the overall category. He has on this prize for the second time.
27 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Outstanding Achievements National/State Level
Sports Swimming
•In the CBSE South Zone Swimming Meet, U-18 Girls Category,
Deepavarshini Sridhar of Class XI won
200 M Breast Stroke - Silver, 100 M Breast Stroke-Bronze, 800 M freestyle-Bronze.
She also represented 31st State South Zone, Aquatic Championship - 2018.
28 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Outstanding Achievements National/State Level
Sports- Chess
•M.M. Liban Reyhan of class V won First place in TN State Level Children’s Chess Tournament – 2018 and in many other district level competitions in the U-10 category
29 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Recognition and Awards
Staff •Our teachers, listed below, were honoured with special awards on the Occasion of Teachers’ Day organised by the Lions Club of Madras city, on 25/09/2018. Shri D. Jayakumar, Hon’ble Minister for Fisheries, Tamil Nadu gave away the awards: • Dr Revathy Parameswaran,Principal • Dr. E Bagavathy • Mrs Sujatha P Kumar • Mr. P Gurumoorthy • Mrs Subhashini N Rao • Mrs S Radha • Mrs P Sudha • Mr. S U Gopalkrishnan • Dr A Sethuparvathy • Dr S Venkatraman 30• Mrs Latha Anantharaman P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Recognition and Awards
Staff
•Two of our teachers Smt. Jayashree Arun and Shri. P.Gurumoorthy participated in the Pariksha Pe Sarcha (Pariksha Ke Baath PM Ke Saath) programme held at Talkotara Stadium, New Delhi on 29/01/2018.
It is worth mentioning that out of eight selected from Tamil Nadu three(Dr Revathy Parameswaran,Principal,Mrs Jayashree Arun,Mr Gurumoorthy ) were from our School.
31 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes Seminars and Workshops
Seminars and Workshops hosted by our School
•Our School hosted the Mathematics workshop for Senior Secondary teachers organised by Institute of Mathematical Sciences on 4th & 5th October 2018, in which eighty (80) Teachers from various city schools participated. The Resource Persons were from Institute of Mathematical Sciences and topics such as Probability, Calculus, Algebra and applications to Biology were focused upon.. •Our School organized a one-day Commerce workshop for CBSE Senior Secondary teachers in collaboration with commerce Teachers Foundation with Resource persons from Commerce Teachers’ Foundation. Ninety-two (92) teachers from various city schools participated in the workshop. Prominent Resource Persons were Shri. Gaurav Palia, Shri. Pramod Dalmia and Smt. Ranjini Rao. The focus was on case studies and challenges in CBSE curriculum. 32 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes Seminars and Workshops
Seminars and Workshops hosted by our School
•The Health and Physical Education workshop 2018- 19 was held in our school campus on 24-11-2018. The workshop was conducted by Dr.Abdul Jaleel Perla in our school campus from 9.30 am to 6.30 pm. 110 Teachers from City Schools attended the same. This workshop was organised by Centre of Excellence, CBSE and hosted by our School giving importance to the topic from this academic year.
•Our School hosted a Computer Science workshop on 11th January 2019 for the Senior Secondary teachers to transact the new “Python” curriculum in both Computer Science and Informatics Practices. Prof. Madhavan Mukund, Chennai Mathematical Institute was the Resource Person for the workshop.119 teachers from various city schools participated in the workshop 33 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes Seminars and Workshops
Seminars and Workshops hosted by our School
•An Economics Workshop for teachers handling Classes 11 and 12 from city schools was held in our school on 29th June 2019 . 80 teachers participated in the Workshop. This program addressed the activity based learning methods recently introduced by CBSE. The Resource persons were Shri. S K Agarwala, Professor, Delhi University and Tialk Raj Rastagi, Senior faculty at JD Tytler School, Delhi .
34 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes Seminars and Workshops
Workshops conducted by our teachers
•Invited Talk at Conferences
Dr. Revathy Parameswaran, Principal, P. S.Senior Secondary School, gave a talk at the Inaugural Conference of the Mathematics Teachers’ Association, hosted at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai from 3rd to 5th January 2019.
35 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes Seminars and Workshops
Workshops conducted by our teachers Our School hosted a workshop on Competency building in Mathematics for Class XII on 14th & 15th June, 2019.The Programme was organized by Centre of Excellence, CBSE, Chennai. The Resource Persons for the Workshop from the School were Dr. Revathy Parameswaran, and S. U. Gopalakrishnan, HOD ,Maths, respectively. Eighty-two (82) teachers from city schools attended the Workshop.
They also conducted similar workshops for Vellore and Coimbatore Sahodaya, organized by Centre of Excellence, CBSE, Chennai
36 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes Seminars and Workshops
Workshops conducted by our teachers •Shri R Sivakumar, Senior Vice-Principal, P .S. Senior Secondary School, was the resource person for Competency building in Physics, for Class XII organized by Centre of Excellence, CBSE, Chennai on 11th and 12th of April 2019 at Salem.
•A workshop on spoken Hindi was conducted for our school teachers and teachers of PS Temple green, Orgadam, from 25/03/2019 to 29/03/2019 by Smt. B.Kavita, HOD Hindi on how to transact Hindi Curriculum effectively in the class room. A lot of interactive methods to make teaching of Hindi interesting were discussed. 37 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes Seminars and Workshops
Workshops conducted by our teachers
•Our school conducted a workshop in communicative Sanskrit for class X students from 20/09/2018 to 26/09/2018. The workshop was conducted by our Sanskrit Faculty Smt. Saradha Sankaranarayanan.
•Photography Workshop was conducted for our students by our senior Biology Faculty Smt. Radha Sharma on 22/09/2018 and 23.09.2018. Six students from Classes IX, X & XI participated in the workshop
38 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai In keeping with the school’s policy of continuous upgradation of knowledge and skills, our teachers attended several workshops and seminars in th School Programmes Seminars and Workshops
Seminars and Workshops attended by our teachers
Description Organised By Physical & Health Education Workshop CBSE Dr Jaled Menthys Accountancy Workshop Sultan Chand & Sons (P) Ltd CA (Dr) GS Greval, Shri R K Khosla The Role of Teachers in Nation Building Sri Vidyatheertha Foundation His Holiness Swami Veereshananda Saraswathy Early Childhood Care and Education Orient Blackswan Ms Anjana Vissa Competence Building in English Class X CBSE Ms P.Vijay Lakshmi Smt Malathy Santhanam Learning and Teaching Methodologies in New Saraswati House (India) Mathematics Pvt. Ltd. Effective Teaching of Social Science Dr.Smt.A. Amudha Story-Telling as an Interactive Interface for Teaching Balakrishnan & Team Multi-disciplinary Approach to Indian History (Scientific Indian History Awareness and Research (IHAR) Validation of Narratives in Indian History) Shri. Raj Vedam Competence Building in CBSE Secondary Social Science Shri. Nagesh Prospective Resource Persons Orientation CBSE Programme in Competence Building in Science Class X Smt. Malathi Srinivasan Competence Building in Physics Class XII CBSE Workshop on Quality Evaluation CBSE Shri. Sanyam Bharadwaj ,(COE) CBSE Ms Anita Karwal 39 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai In keeping with the school’s policy of continuous upgradation of knowledge and skills, our teachers attended several workshops and seminars in th School Programmes Seminars and Workshops
Seminars and Workshops attended by our teachers
Description Organised By Mathematics Workshop Oxford University Press
Capacity Building Capacity Building Programme in Hindi Class X Programme in Hindi Class X Kokoyu Camlin Workshop for Art and Craft SVM Higher Secondary School, Royapettah Shri. Rajkumar Zonal Manager,Camlin Kokoyu Ltd. TamilNadu Quality Evaluation Workshop@ Bvm CBSE “Train the Trainer” an interaction programme with football Goethe –Institute Max Mueller Bhavan Chennai coach Smt. Witrud Melbaum Stahler Discussion regarding question paper for subject Tamil for Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan’s Rajaji Vidyashram Classes IX & X Khelo India National Fitness Assessment Training Programme CBSE Feedback on National Education Policy Chennai Sahodaya School Complex Orientation workshop for Chinmaya Geeta Chanting Chinmaya Mission Competition 2019 Competency Building in English Core Class XII CBSE Prospective Resource Persons Orientation Programme for CBSE Principals & School Counselors in Inclusion & Inclusive Strategies Symposium on Concessions and Exemptions for Children with Madras Dyslexia Association Specific Learning Disability Shilpashala – Sanskrit Workshop Samskrita Bharati
40 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes Academics Great Lakes P.S. Senior Secondary School Management and Entrepreneurship Programme
A Management and Entrepreneurship Certificate Programme, the first of its kind, was launched by Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai, one of India’s premier business schools and our school in August 2009.
The Eighth Batch of students were awarded certificates on 18th April 2018.
The inauguration of batch IX took place on 29/08/2018 Shri. Naresh Nagarajan, Entrepreneur, was the Chief Guest. Dr.K.V.S.Gopalakrishnan, Secretary, P .S .Educational Society presided over the function. . 41 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes Academics
BLPS - The Book Lovers Programme for Schools
BLPS conducted vocabulary enrichment sessions for students through games and story- telling. The programme also offers an add-on library facility to the students. This has motivated students to read and improve their comprehension and communication skills . Ms Srishtika Prakash conducted two sessions of storytelling in the month of February.
Theatre Workshop The Travelling Theatre Company (TTC) is a wing of Book Lovers’ Programme for schools. The workshop trained the students of Classes VI to IX to explore various aspects of theatre through short, high – impact, self contained modules.
42 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes Academics STONE TO MILESTONE
Wings of Words (WOW), a reading programme from the team Stone to Milestones has been introduced this year(2019-20) for Classes I to III. Ms. Adithi Mehta, Co-founder and Head, Product Development and Training gave an orientation program for WOW teachers of our school on 01/04/2019. The aim of the program is to empower children to read with will and skill.
PICIRQL * PICIRQL, an online math programme, aimed at strengthening conceptual understanding of Mathematics has been offered to all students of classes VI to IX for the academic year 2019-20. * PICIRQL MATH COMPASS an online Math Home work and Assessment Tool was launched in our school for classes VI to IX from 15th June 2017. 43 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes Academics Beyond Boundaries This initiative was started with the objective of providing students opportunities to explore beyond their curriculum in both scholastic and co-cholastic areas. Details of a few programmes organized in this academic year are as follows: A training camp in problem solving (related to Maths Olympiad) was organized for students of Class 11 from different city schools. This program was sponsored by National Board of Higher Mathematics. 45 students participated in the workshop. Dr Muralidharan, who has 30 years experience in Olympiad training and who has authored 4 books on Mathematics Olympiad Problems, inaugurated the workshop and delivered the first lecture. Dr. Revathy Parameswaran our Principal, delivered a lecture on problem solving techniques. 44 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes Academics Beyond Boundaries
•A talk on History of Mathematics was organized for grade 8 students on 11th January 2019.
Dr.Seetha Sundaraman, Secretary, Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute and Samskritha Academy Mylapore, gave a presentation on History of Mathematics.
•Smt Jayashree Subramanian, a research scholar from Homi Bhaba Centre for Science Education, part of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research takes weekly classes for students of class 9 on Mathematical Exploration
45 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes Academics Beyond Boundaries
Biology On 23rd July, 2019 students from IIT Madras, held a session for Class XI Biology students. They educated the students about Synthetic Biology and IGEM (International Genetic Engineering Machine). They also discussed about some of their innovative projects to solve day to day problems like the DOT, which is an iodine releasing ‘bindhi’ which can be worn by women on their forehead. Our students were exposed to one more emerging branch of Biology.
46 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes
BODY, MIND AND WORLD PROGRAM
‘• The objective of the Programme is to provide an enabling environment for teaching and learning of the academic, social and interpersonal skills. We have developed an age appropriate interesting, relevant programme for classes I – VIII providing a weekly slot in the time table. Invited lectures, Awareness campaigns, Screening of relevant videos/documentaries are organized periodically. •Ms. Aditi Krishnakumar, author of ‘The Magicians of Madh’ interacted with Classes 7 and 8 students.
•For the students of VIII, the Live Love Laugh Foundation (TLLLF) conducted a lecture session on various topics ranging from understanding of mental health and illness to identifying symptoms of depression, stress and anxiety on 2nd and 3rd of July 2019.
47 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes
BODY, MIND AND WORLD PROGRAM
•Smt. Radha Sharma, PGT Biology conducted an orientation programme for Class IX students on the topic Human - Wildlife A Symbiotic Relationship - on 18th July 2019 at the Dakshinamurthy Auditorium.
The aim was to sensitize young minds about the challenges faced by wildlife and the importance of saving tigers in a country like India.
48 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes Arts and Music and Others
•Theatre Communication Skills
A two-month course on ‘Theatre Communication Skills’ was conducted by P.S. Institute of Music, Arts and Culture for the students of P. S Group of Schools by Shri. Dushyanth Gunasekaran, Creative Head – Crea Shakthi in which students from our school took part.
•Choral Music Classes
Training in choral music through a structured curriculum programme is offered to students of Classes I to V during school hours with the expertise and support of Rhapsody Music Foundation managed by Mr. Anil Srinivasan, well- known composer and Mrs. Sudha Raja, Choral Music expert.
49 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes Arts and Music and Others
•Awakened Citizen Programme Awakened Citizen Programme’ is a graded program designed by Ramakrishna Mission to enable and inspire students towards becoming enlightened citizens
•Scholympics
A year long training programme in Quiz for students of classes 4 to 8 is offered by trained faculty from Scholympics
50 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes
Mentoring Programme In-house Mentoring
Our Heads of Departments and senior teachers mentor novice teachers in the transaction of the curriculum in difficult subjects by class observation, regular feedback and in promoting activity based teaching methods in the class room. •Connecting Classrooms
Regular classes are organised in all subjects using the recently set up studio in the campus. Teachers of P.S. Senior Secondary School teach the students of, P.S. Temple Green Vidyashram, under the Connecting Classrooms Programme 51 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai School Programmes
Mentoring Programme ‘Outreach’ Program Our school has been extending ongoing mentoring support to P. S. Temple Green Vidyashram, a unit of P .S. Educational society, since its inception. Teachers from P. S. Senior visit P.S .Temple Green Vidyashram twice every week offering academic support. P .S. Temple Green Vidyashram teachers also plan periodic visits to P .S. Senior Secondary School to meet Heads of the Departments for review.They also attend professional development programmes organized by our school.
* As part of the Outreach program, our Principal, Dr. Revathy Parameswaran, and S.U.Gopalakrishnan (HOD Mathematics) conducted enrichment workshop for class 12 students of Vignesh Vidyalaya, Trichy, on 19 August 2018 and 17th February 2019, empowering them with High Order Thinking Skills in Mathematics and problem solving, pertaining to class XII syllabus. 52 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
Swatanthra Geetham
On Aug 15, seven hundred students gathered from. different schools in the premises of P.S .Senior Secondary School to render the patriotic songs sung by Smt.D.K Pattammal, to mark her centenary year celebrations.
This program was organised by the team of DK comprising musicians including Shri. Vijay Siva and others. Smt.Nityashree Mahadevan graced the occasion.
It was a wonderful sight to see so many students in colourful costumes singing the patriotic songs withfervour and spirit.
53 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
Isai Samarpanam 2018
Isai Samarpanam 2018 was organised by P.S. Senior Secondary School and P.S. Institute of Music, Art and Culture. . Renowned artistes in the world of CarnaticMusic and our own alumni Smt.Amritha Murali, Shri Ashwath Narayanan, Ms Bharathi Ramasubban and the students of P.S. Senior Secondary School gave vocal concerts at the Dakshinamurthy Auditorium from 8th October to 11th October 2018. The students of classes 9,10,11 attended the program.
This program provided a platform for our students to appreciate and understand the nuances of Carnatic music by listening to experts.
54 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Regular School Programmes
Annual Day
The 42nd Annual Day of the school was celebrated on the 9th and 10th of August 2018
Dr.Lalitha Balakrishnan (Principal,M.O.P Vaishnav college of Women) was the Chief Guest on 09/08/2018.
55 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Regular School Programmes
Annual Day
Swami Bodhamayananda (Director Vivekanada Institute of Human Excellence) was the chief guest on 10/08/2018.
Shri T.S.Krishnamurthy (President, P.S.Educational Society) presided over the function. Shri .G. Jagannath, a distinguished alumnus of the school was the Guest of Honour.
56 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Regular School Programmes
Sports Day
P. S. Senior Secondary School Annual Sports Meet was celebrated in the Nehru Stadium on 01/09/2018. The chief guest of the function was Shri. Vineeth Revi Mathews, Former International Basket player, Senior Manager, Indian Overseas Bank, Chennai.
*The Primary Sports Day was celebrated on the 31st August 2018. Shri Venkatachalam Kameswaran (International chess Arbiter, Kameswaran chess Academy ) was the chief guest. 57 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Regular School Programmes
Primary Day
Resplendant Extravaganza, our School Primary Day, was celebrated on Saturday, the 2nd February, 2019 at the open auditorium of our school. Smt. Sujata Vijay, Director, Bamboola Play School was the Chief Guest for the programme.
She spoke on the importance of good parenting and the need to provide every child adequate opportunities and space .
58 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Regular School Programmes
KG Day
KG Day was celebrated on friday, 1st February, 2019, at the open auditorium of our school. Dr. Smita M. Bang, (Pathologist) was the Chief Guest for the Programme.
59 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Regular School Programmes
VidyaPravesh
Vidya Pravesh, a significant programme structure for class VI students was held this year as well on 22.06.2019.
This is to initiate students into their next phase of learning after completing their primary education and evoke in them certain moral values including respect for elders and leading a life with character as the guiding principle.
Swami Raghunayakanandaji of Ramakrishna Math, Chennai gave the benedictory address
60 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Regular School Programmes Scintillations-2019
Shri Saketh Raman, an alumnus and renowned carnatic vocalist inaugurated the program on 12/07/2019.
Kalaimamani Shri Kathadi Ramamoorthy presided over the valedictory function on 13/07/2019.
Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Senior Secondary School, K.K.Nagar emerged as winners.
Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Mylapore, secured the runners-up position. 61 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Regular School Programmes
The C.V. Narasimhan Memorial Invitation Inter-School FUTSAL Tournament -2018
The C.V. Narasimhan memorial invitation inter- school FUTSAL tournament -2018 was inaugurated on Thursday 23rd August 2018 at P.S.Senior Secondary School. Shri. V.M.P. Hari Prasad, Assistant Secretary, Chennai Football Association, presided over the Valedictory function.
The tournament drew participation from 12 city schools. P. S. Senior Secondary School emerged as winners. Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Senior Secondary School, K K Nagar were Runners-Up.
62 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Regular School Programmes
P.S. Senior Model United Nations (PSMUN) 2018
P.S.Senior Secondary School hosted its annual Model United Nations (MUN) program on the 22nd and 23rd of October 2018. The inauguration was presided over by Shri. Balakrishnan experienced Ted Talks’ speaker and an important part of the well known theatre group, NISHA. Dr.Joe Thomas from I.I.T, Madras of humanities department, was the chief guest for the valediction. Chettinad Vidyashram was declared the Best School and Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, K K Nagar, was the Runner Up school, with both bagging numerous awards in each committee.
63 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Regular School Programmes
P C Sekhar Memorial Cricket Tournament
Shri P.C.Sekhar Memorial Cricket Tournament ((U- 11 and U-14 Boys Category) was inaugurated on Thursday, 24th January 2019 at 10.00 a.m. at P. S. Higher Secondary School grounds.
Shri S.Sharath (Former India A Team Player) and Chairman of Selection Committee (Tamil Nadu Ranji TrophyTeam)was the Chief Guest.
Shri Aswin Crist, Fast Bowler Team India U-23, was the Chief Guest for the valediction program held on 30/01/2019.
St. Patrick’s AIHSS was the winner in the U-14 category. P. S. Senior Secondary School was the winner in the U-11 category.. 64 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Regular School Programmes
Raman Fest 2019-Science Project Day
RAMAN FEST 2019, the Annual Science Day Project for Classes VI,VII and VIII was held on 8th and 9th of February 2019.Smt. Vijayalakshmi Srivatsan, former Principal, P.S.Sr.Sec.School, was the chief guest and presided over the function
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Ramanujan Fest
Ramanujan Fest was organized between 21st and 25th of January 2019 in our school premises. The students of classes VI to IX participated in various competitions which included Math Quiz, Math Talent Test, Math Model Making, Math related Poster Making and Explanation of Math concepts using technology.
Senior teachers from our school judged the different events.
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Career Counseling Session
Shri .V. Pattabiraman, Institute of Chartered Accountants, spoke on the career options in the field of Accountancy and gave the children an outline about how to apply for the course, various levels involved, fee structure and entrance exam. He also insisted on the qualitative nature of results and the vast pportunities of the course.
Children had an interactive time with the resource person and were able to get clarity on various aspects of the course.
67 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Regular School Programmes Excursion And Field Trips
To sensitize students about nature and develop an appreciation for India’s history and heritage, field trips and excursions are arranged every year. Students visited places like Farm Guru, an Organic farm in Kanchipuram; Sharavana Belagola, Mysore; Bandipur forest and NagarHole National Park.
68 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Ongoing School Activities
Sports Coaching Coaching classes are held for major games through the year in Basket Ball,Foot Ball, Table Tennis, Cricket, Athletics and Chess Right Strides In order to develop fitness among students, the school has introduced a physical fitness programme for primary students through fun filled activities.. These classes are conducted by the dedicated staff of Right Strides.
69 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Infrastructure Development
•A new cricket pitch was inaugurated on our school grounds in September 2018. • Yoga Centre has been remodeled in such a way that it can also be used as a Lecture Hall.
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70 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Student Welfare Schemes Ongoing
Student Safety Insurance Scheme This scheme covered by United India Insurance Company extends personal accident benefits to students of the Institution and medical expenses for all accidental injuries .It covers all students of the school Scholarship The school awards merit-cum-means scholarship for students. This includes scholarships awarded by the school, the Alumni Association, PTA, the Sai Trust and several other patrons of the school. The number of students availing this benefit currently is nearly 100.
Also, P.S. Educational Society gives merit-cum- means scholarships from the society’s University Education Fund to students pursuing their higher studies on completion of Class XII.
10 students have availed this benefit in the academic year 2018-19 71 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Parent Teacher’s Association
The school’s PTA plays a significant role in building effective co-operation and partnership between home and school.
Periodic meetings are scheduled to facilitate effective interaction with parents in the morning hours.
Members of the PTA continue to extend their invaluable support to the school by sparing their time and effort in regulating traffic at the school gate in the morning hours. We appre ciate their thoughtful gesture of organizing memorable Teachers’ Day Celebration and felicitating retiring teachers every year.
PTA has instituted Best Teacher Award and Commendable Service Award from 2016.
They sponsor prizes for Class X toppers every year. 72 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Alumni Association
A School’s reputation is created and sustained by its students past and present. Alumni are key to an institution’s growth. When the Alumni come back to school, it is much more than a reunion.
Alumni visits are great opportunities to provide our students an insightful global experience.
We have among our Alumni high ranking officers in the Defence forces, in Civil Administration, as faculty in institutions of Higher education in India and abroad, Scientists, Researchers, Entrepreneurs, exponents in Music and Dance, senior executives in corporate and multinational firms in Finance, IT sector and in the industry, media and the entertainment world.
73 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Summing Up …..
The encouragement and support given by our visionary Management, the dedication and involvement with which our teachers work, the support extended by the parents in the welfare of the school, the intellectual and creative talent we find in the young curious mindsall these have won us our present status as a premier institution, in the national educational arena.
With sky as the limit for achieving excellence in all our endeavours, we are all set to move forward, building on our past successes and hoping to scale greater and greater heights in the years ahead.
74 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Summing Up …..
We believe in the education dreamt by Abdul Kalam.
“ Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self-respect. If only the real sense of education could be realized by each individual and carried forward in every field of human activity, the world will be so much a better place to live in. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.”
75 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai Thanks …..
I take this opportunity to sincerely thank
• The management for their invaluable guidance and encouragement. I would like to thank Dr K V S Gopalakrishnan,Hony Secy & Correspondent for his continued encouragement and support. • The teachers for their competent, committed service • The PTAMembers and all parents for being active and highly supportive • The Alumni, our ambassadors for their continued involvement • The students for making all our efforts truly meaningful and rewarding. • All well-wishers and patrons who silently contribute to the moral and financial strength of the school • Finally, we thank God for yet another glorious year and seek His bountiful blessings for the years ahead.
76 P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai 43 rd Annual Day - 2019
Thank you… One and All…