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43rd Annual Day - 2019

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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 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 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

P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai2

•Every academic year is a significant milestone in our journey•Every academic year is a significant milestone in our journeytowards human excellence.

•Annual Report is an encapsulation of outstanding performance inboth 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.


Class XII - Results

Total No. of Candidates Appeared: 157 Pass Percentage: 100%

School Toppers

Commerce Group

R Shivsundar

Science Group Commerce Group

A Padma Bharati


493/500 488/500

Class XII – Science Group

Details of Number of Hundreds

SubjectNo of Hundreds

Mathematics 4

Physics 2

Informatics Practices

1

Economics 2


Economics 2

Marketing 1

Class XII – Science Group

Details of School Toppers and Top Score are displayed

SubjectName of the Topper Toppers Mark No of A1’s

SubjectName of the Topper Toppers Mark No of A1’s

English Elective C

1. E Subind Srinivas

2. Sudharshan Sivakumar

3. Elakiya Ananthakrishnan4. E Asmitha Shrree

98 28/96

Mathematics

1.E Subind Srinivas

2. R Shivsundar3. K Shreyas

100 51/96

Physics1. R Shivsundar2. P B Monishaa

100 67/96


2. P B Monishaa

Chemistry1.R Shivsundar

2. M Anirudh Satish

99 56/96

Biology 1.E Subind Srinivas 99 16/31

Computer Science 1. Nishant Mahesh 98.9 11/36

Informatics Practices

1.Srinath V 100 06/29

Class XII – Commerce Group

Details of School Toppers and Top Score are displayed

Subject Name of the Topper Toppers Nof A1’SSubject Name of the Topper Toppers

Mark

Nof A1’S

English Elective C 1. R Dhvaritha

2. Sarayu M

3. R Venkadathri

4. R Priyanka

96 14/61

Mathematics 1.A Padma Bharati 100 18/52

Business Studies 1. Srinidhi S K


2. Hrishikesh Raghunath 98 34/61

Accountancy 1. Srinidhi S K 98 56/61

Economics 1. R Dhvaritha

2. R Padmapriya

100 25/61

Marketing 1. Sarayu M 100 3/9

Physical Education 1. Sai Smiriti G 97

Class X - Results

Total No of candidates appeared – 175 Pass Percentage -100%

School TopperS :

H Padmaja

487/500

Prisha AS S Suriyaprakash


Class X - ResultsTotal number of candidates appeared – 180

No of Hundreds : Maths – 8,Social Socience-8 ,Sanskrit -3

Subject Name of the Topper Toppers Mark Number of A1’S

English 1.S Varshini

2.Ranjitha Srinivasan

3.K Vaishnavi Lakshmi4.Srinidhi Madhan

95% 12/180

Mathematics 1.Aarnav S

2.Nithin R C Mouli

3.H Padmaja

4.T J Srinath Gangadharan

5.S S Suriya Prakash

100% 76/180



6.Prisha A

7.Ranjitha Srinivasan88.Praveena Sunsree

Hindi Course B 1.H Padmaja 98% 3/29

Tamil 1.Srivatsan Sarvesan 98% 20/102

Class X - ResultsTotal number of candidates appeared – 180

Subject Name of the Topper ToppersMark

Number of A1’S

Mark

Sanskrit 1.S Sree Vaasini


3.Nandini Sairam

4.S Sharadha

5.K Vaishnvai Lakshmi

100% 22/53

Science 1.S S Suriya Prakash

2.Srivatsan Sarvesan

98% 55/180

Social Science 1.Aarnav S

2.S Sree Vasini


100% 61/180


4.V Chathurya

5.K Shanmugapriya

6.C P Lithesa

7.R Pranauv Kumar8.Srivatsan Sarvesan

Achievements

Admission to Professional Courses

Several of our students have secured admission in reputed colleges ofSeveral of our students have secured admission in reputed colleges ofEngineering, Medicine, Law and Commerce. Some have secured admission inreputed 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


•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

Outstanding Achievements

German Language

International

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

P S Sr. Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai

at Stein An Der Traun, Germany from 04.08.2019 to 24.08.2019.

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•Pratibha of class IX was selected to

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


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

Outstanding AchievementsNational Level

•Our school won the 5th Place nationwide in the Clash of Pi contest

(2018 – 2019) and won the following awards. They were ranked

•S.S. Suriyaprakash of Class X secured

the overall 4th Place in the second round

of “Aarohan” conducted by BITS Pilani,

(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


of “Aarohan” conducted by BITS Pilani,

Rajasthan during November 2018. He

was the only South Indian to participate

in the 2nd round.

Achievements

Co-Scholastic

State/City Level

Our school participated in several Inter school cultural events in the city.Our school participated in several Inter school cultural events in the city.

Organizing School Overall Position

Chettinad Vidyashram Winners

Sir Sivaswamy KalalayaSr. Sec. School

Winners

PSBB Group of Schools Winners

Vidya Mandir,Mylapore Winners

Bala Vidya Mandir Runners Up


Outstanding AchievementsState/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


�K.S. Abhishek XII

�Guhan Kallapiran XII

�N. Dhanush XII

Each of them won a bicycle as a

prize.


• 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 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



•In the Sardar Vallabhai Patel Memorial Trust •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,


Honble Shri Banwarilal Purohit ,Governor of Tamil Nadu, gave away the prizes.


•Spoorthi Santhosh Rao of Class VIII won the

2nd Runner up title in the Times Thyagaraja

•In the “Canvas” art competition conducted by Babaji Vidyashram,

E. Yazhini of Class XI was declared “Artist of the year”.

2nd Runner up title in the Times Thyagaraja

contest held at Music Academy on 19th

January 2019.


•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.


In the Classical Music Competition conducted by the Music

Academy the following students won prizes.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


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


In the Painting and Essay writing competition held on 02/11/2018 •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.


Sports-Cricket

National/State Level

•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.


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


Sports-Football

National /State Level

•In the CBSE National Football (Girls Under 19) •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


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.


Sports-Football

National /State Level

•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.


Boys Tournament.

•They also won the city and State Level in Goethe Super League –2018.

Sports-

•Our School Girls’ team were the Quarter Finalists in the CBSE

BasketBall

Outstanding AchievementsNational/State Level

•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


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


•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

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


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.

Sports

Swimming


•In the CBSE South Zone Swimming Meet,

U-18 Girls Category,

Deepavarshini Sridhar of Class XI won

Swimming


200 M Breast Stroke - Silver, 100 M Breast

Stroke-Bronze, 800 M freestyle-Bronze.

She also represented 31st State South Zone,

Aquatic Championship - 2018.

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


and in many other district level

competitions in the U-10 category

Recognition and Awards

Staff

•Our teachers, listed below, were honoured with •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


• Mr. P Gurumoorthy• Mrs Subhashini N Rao• Mrs S Radha• Mrs P Sudha• Mr. S U Gopalkrishnan• Dr A Sethuparvathy• Dr S Venkatraman• Mrs Latha Anantharaman30

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.

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School Programmes

Seminars and Workshops hosted by our School

Seminars and Workshops

•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


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

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School Programmes



•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


•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

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School Programmes

•An Economics Workshop for teachers handling Classes 11 and 12 from city schools



•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 .


School Programmes

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.


5th January 2019.

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School Programmes



Our School hosted a workshop on 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


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

School Programmes



•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


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

School Programmes



•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


•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

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School Programmes

Seminars and Workshops attended by our teachers


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Description Organised By

Physical & Health Education Workshop CBSEPhysical & 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

Mathematics

New Saraswati House (India)

Pvt. Ltd.

Effective Teaching of Social Science Dr.Smt.A. Amudha

Story-Telling as an Interactive Interface for Teaching Balakrishnan & Team


Story-Telling as an Interactive Interface for Teaching Balakrishnan & Team

Multi-disciplinary Approach to Indian History (Scientific

Validation of Narratives in Indian History)

Indian History Awareness and Research (IHAR)

Shri. Raj Vedam

Competence Building in

Secondary Social Science

CBSE

Shri. Nagesh

Prospective Resource Persons Orientation

Programme in Competence Building in Science Class X

CBSE

Smt. Malathi Srinivasan

Competence Building in Physics Class XII CBSE

Workshop on Quality Evaluation CBSE

Shri. Sanyam Bharadwaj ,(COE) CBSE

Ms Anita Karwal

School Programmes

Seminars and Workshops attended by our teachers


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Description Organised By

Mathematics Workshop Oxford University Press

Capacity Building

Programme in Hindi Class X

Capacity Building

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

coach Smt. Witrud Melbaum Stahler

Goethe –Institute Max Mueller Bhavan Chennai

Discussion regarding question paper for subject Tamil for

Classes IX & X

Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan’s Rajaji Vidyashram

Khelo India National Fitness Assessment Training Programme CBSE

Feedback on National Education Policy Chennai Sahodaya School Complex


Feedback on National Education Policy Chennai Sahodaya School Complex

Orientation workshop for Chinmaya Geeta Chanting

Competition 2019

Chinmaya Mission

Competency Building in English Core Class XII CBSE

Prospective Resource Persons Orientation Programme for

Principals & School Counselors in Inclusion & Inclusive

Strategies

CBSE

Symposium on Concessions and Exemptions for Children with

Specific Learning Disability

Madras Dyslexia Association

Shilpashala – Sanskrit Workshop Samskrita Bharati

School Programmes

Great Lakes P.S. Senior Secondary School Management and Entrepreneurship Programme

Academics

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.

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School Programmes

BLPS - The Book Lovers Programme for Schools

Academics

BLPS conducted vocabulary enrichment sessionsfor students through games and storytelling. Theprogramme also offers an add-on library facility tothe students.This has motivated students to read and improvetheir comprehension and communication skills .Ms Srishtika Prakash conducted two sessions ofstorytelling in the month of February.


storytelling in the month of February.

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Theatre WorkshopThe 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.

School Programmes

STONE TO MILESTONE

Wings of Words (WOW), a reading programme

Academics

Wings of Words (WOW), a reading programmefrom the team Stone to Milestones has beenintroduced this year(2019-20) for Classes I to III.Ms. Adithi Mehta, Co-founder and Head, ProductDevelopment and Training gave an orientationprogram for WOW teachers of our school on01/04/2019.The aim of the program is to empower childrento read with will and skill.


to read with will and skill.

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PICIRQL* PICIRQL, an online math programme, aimed at strengthening conceptualunderstanding of Mathematics has been offered to all students of classes VI to IX forthe academic year 2019-20.* PICIRQL MATH COMPASS an online Math Home work and Assessment Tool waslaunched in our school for classes VI to IX from 15th June 2017.

School Programmes

This initiative was started with the objective of providing students opportunities

Beyond Boundaries

Academics

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.


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.

School Programmes

Beyond Boundaries

Academics

•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.


a presentation on History of Mathematics.

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•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

School Programmes

Beyond Boundaries

Academics

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


iodine releasing ‘bindhi’ which can be worn by women on their forehead.

Our students were exposed to one more emerging branch of Biology.

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School Programmes

‘• 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

BODY, MIND AND WORLD PROGRAM

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.

School Programmes

BODY, MIND AND WORLD PROGRAM

•Smt. Radha Sharma, PGT Biology conducted an orientation programme forClass 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.

School ProgrammesArts and Music and Others

•Theatre Communication Skills

A two-month course on ‘Theatre Communication Skills’ was conducted byP.S. Institute of Music, Arts and Culture for the students of P. S Group of Schoolsby Shri. Dushyanth Gunasekaran, Creative Head – Crea Shakthi in which studentsfrom our school took part.


•Choral Music Classes

Training in choral music through a structured curriculum programme is offered tostudents of Classes I to V during school hours with the expertise and support ofRhapsody Music Foundation managed by Mr. Anil Srinivasan, well- knowncomposer and Mrs. Sudha Raja, Choral Music expert.

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School Programmes

•Awakened Citizen Programme

Arts and Music and Others

•Awakened Citizen ProgrammeAwakened Citizen Programme’ is agraded program designed byRamakrishna Mission to enable andinspire students towards becomingenlightened citizens

•Scholympics

A year long training programme in Quiz


A year long training programme in Quizfor students of classes 4 to 8 is offeredby trained faculty from Scholympics

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School Programmes

Mentoring ProgrammeIn-house Mentoring

Our Heads of Departments and senior teachers mentor novice teachers in thetransaction of the curriculum in difficult subjects by class observation, regularfeedback 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 thecampus. Teachers of P.S. Senior Secondary School teach the students of,P.S. Temple Green Vidyashram, under the Connecting Classrooms Programme

School Programmes

Mentoring Programme‘Outreach’ ProgramOur school has been extending ongoing mentoring support to 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.

SPECIAL PROGRAMMES

Swatanthra Geetham

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On Aug 15, seven hundred students gatheredfrom different schools in the premises of P.S.Senior Secondary School to render the patrioticsongs sung by Smt.D.K Pattammal, to mark hercentenary year celebrations.

This program was organised by the team of DKcomprising musicians including Shri. Vijay Sivaand others. Smt.Nityashree Mahadevan graced


and others. Smt.Nityashree Mahadevan gracedthe occasion.

It was a wonderful sight to see so manystudents in colourful costumes singing thepatriotic songs withfervour and spirit.

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SPECIAL PROGRAMMES

Isai Samarpanam 2018 was organised by P.S.Senior Secondary School and P.S. Institute of

Isai Samarpanam 2018

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Senior Secondary School and P.S. Institute ofMusic, Art and Culture.

Renowned artistes in the world of CarnaticMusicand our own alumni Smt.Amritha Murali, ShriAshwath Narayanan, Ms Bharathi Ramasubban andthe students of P.S. Senior Secondary School gavevocal concerts at the Dakshinamurthy Auditoriumfrom 8th October to 11th October 2018. The students


of classes 9,10,11 attended the program.

This program provided a platform for our students toappreciate and understand the nuances of Carnaticmusic by listening to experts.

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Regular School Programmes

Annual Day

The 42nd Annual Day of the school wascelebrated on the 9th and 10th of August2018

Dr.Lalitha Balakrishnan (Principal,M.O.PVaishnav college of Women) was the


Vaishnav college of Women) was theChief Guest on 09/08/2018.

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Annual Day

Swami Bodhamayananda (DirectorVivekanada Institute of Human Excellence)was the chief guest on 10/08/2018.


Shri T.S.Krishnamurthy (President,P.S.Educational Society) presided over thefunction. Shri .G. Jagannath, a distinguishedalumnus of the school was the Guestof Honour.

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Sports Day

P. S. Senior Secondary SchoolAnnual Sports Meet was celebratedin the Nehru Stadium on01/09/2018. The chief guest of thefunction was Shri. Vineeth ReviMathews, Former InternationalBasket player, Senior Manager,Indian Overseas Bank, Chennai.


*The Primary Sports Day wascelebrated on the 31st August 2018.Shri Venkatachalam Kameswaran(International chess Arbiter,Kameswaran chess Academy ) wasthe chief guest.

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Primary Day

Resplendant Extravaganza, our SchoolResplendant Extravaganza, our SchoolPrimary Day, was celebrated onSaturday, the 2nd February, 2019 at theopen auditorium of our school. Smt.Sujata Vijay, Director, Bamboola PlaySchool was the Chief Guest for theprogramme.


She spoke on the importance of goodparenting and the need to provide everychild adequate opportunities and space .

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KG Day

KG Day was celebrated on friday, 1st February, 2019, at the open auditorium of ourschool.Dr. Smita M. Bang, (Pathologist) was the Chief Guest for the Programme.



VidyaPravesh

Vidya Pravesh, a significant programme structure for class VI students was heldthis 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


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


Scintillations-2019

Shri Saketh Raman, an alumnus andShri Saketh Raman, an alumnus andrenowned carnatic vocalist inaugurated theprogram on 12/07/2019.

Kalaimamani Shri Kathadi Ramamoorthypresided over the valedictory function on13/07/2019.


Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan SeniorSecondary School, K.K.Nagar emerged aswinners.

Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School,Mylapore, secured the runners-up position.

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The C.V. Narasimhan Memorial Invitation Inter-School FUTSAL Tournament -2018

The C.V. Narasimhan memorial invitation inter-school FUTSAL tournament -2018was inaugurated on Thursday 23rd August 2018 atP.S.Senior Secondary School.Shri. V.M.P. Hari Prasad, Assistant Secretary,Chennai Football Association, presided over theValedictory function.


The tournament drew participation from 12city schools.P. S. Senior Secondary School emerged aswinners.Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Senior SecondarySchool, K K Nagar were Runners-Up.

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P.S. Senior Model United Nations (PSMUN) 2018

P.S.Senior Secondary School hosted its 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 overby 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


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.


Shri P.C.Sekhar Memorial Cricket Tournament ((U-

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,


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..

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Raman Fest 2019-Science Project Day

RAMAN FEST 2019, the Annual Science Day Project for Classes VI,VII and VIIIRAMAN FEST 2019, the Annual Science Day Project for Classes VI,VII and VIIIwas held on 8th and 9th of February 2019.Smt. Vijayalakshmi Srivatsan, formerPrincipal, P.S.Sr.Sec.School, was the chief guest and presided over the function



Ramanujan Fest

Ramanujan Fest was organized between 21st and 25th of January 2019 in ourschool premises. The students of classes VI to IX participated in variouscompetitions 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.



Career Counseling Session

Shri .V. Pattabiraman, Institute of Chartered Accountants, spoke on thecareer 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


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.


To sensitize students about nature and develop an appreciation for India’s historyand heritage, field trips and excursions are arranged every year.Students visited places like Farm Guru, an Organic farm in Kanchipuram;

Excursion And Field Trips

Students visited places like Farm Guru, an Organic farm in Kanchipuram;Sharavana Belagola, Mysore; Bandipur forest and NagarHole National Park.


Ongoing School Activities

Sports CoachingCoaching classes are held for major games through the year in Basket Ball,FootCoaching classes are held for major games through the year in Basket Ball,FootBall, Table Tennis, Cricket, Athletics and ChessRight StridesIn order to develop fitness among students, the school has introduced a physicalfitness programme for primary students through fun filled activities.. These classesare conducted by the dedicated staff of Right Strides.


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• Yoga Centre has been remodeled in such a way that it can also be used as aLecture Hall.

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Student Welfare Schemes

This scheme covered by United India Insurance Company extends personal

Student Safety Insurance Scheme

Ongoing

This scheme covered by United India Insurance Company extends personalaccident benefits to students of the Institution and medical expenses for allaccidental injuries .It covers all students of the school

Scholarship

The school awards merit-cum-means scholarship for students. This includesscholarships awarded by the school, the Alumni Association, PTA, the Sai Trustand several other patrons of the school. The number of students availing thisbenefit currently is nearly 100.


benefit currently is nearly 100.

Also, P.S. Educational Society gives merit-cum- means scholarships from thesociety’s University Education Fund to students pursuing their higher studies oncompletion of Class XII.

10 students have availed this benefit in the academic year 2018-19

Parent Teacher’s Association

The school’s PTA plays a significant role in building effective co-operation andpartnership between home and school.

Periodic meetings are scheduled to facilitate effective interaction with parents inthe morning hours.

Members of the PTA continue to extend their invaluable support to the school bysparing their time and effort in regulating traffic at the school gate in the morninghours.We appreciate their thoughtful gesture of organizing memorable Teachers’ Day


ciate their thoughtful gesture of organizing memorable Teachers’ DayCelebration and felicitating retiring teachers every year.

PTA has instituted Best Teacher Award and Commendable Service Award from2016.

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Alumni Association

A School’s reputation is created and sustained byits students past and present. Alumni are key to anits students past and present. Alumni are key to aninstitution’s growth. When the Alumni come back toschool, it is much more than a reunion.

Alumni visits are great opportunities to provide ourstudents an insightful global experience.

We have among our Alumni high ranking officers inthe Defence forces, in Civil Administration, as


the Defence forces, in Civil Administration, asfaculty in institutions of Higher education in Indiaand abroad, Scientists, Researchers,Entrepreneurs, exponents in Music and Dance,senior executives in corporate and multinationalfirms in Finance, IT sector and in the industry,media and the entertainment world.

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The encouragement and support given by our visionary Management,

Summing Up …..

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.

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We believe in the education dreamt by Abdul Kalam.

Summing Up …..

We believe in the education dreamt by Abdul Kalam.

“ Real education enhances the dignity of a human being andincreases his or her self-respect. If only the real sense ofeducation could be realized by each individual and carried

forward in every field of human activity, the world will be somuch a better place to live in. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.”


I take this opportunity to sincerely thank

Thanks …..

• The management for their invaluable guidance and encouragement.I would like to thank Dr K V S Gopalakrishnan,Hony Secy & Correspondentfor his continued encouragement and support.

• The teachers for their competent, committed service• The PTA Members 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


• All well-wishers and patrons who silently contribute to the moral andfinancial strength of the school

• Finally, we thank God for yet another glorious year and seekHis bountiful blessings for the years ahead.

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43 rd Annual Day - 2019

Thank you… One and All…

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