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P S Senior Secondary School
P S Senior Secondary School
Location
	33 Alarmelmangapuram, Mylapore, Chennai; India
Coordinates	13°01′52″N 80°15′55″E / 13.031177°N 80.265357°E
Information
Type	Co-educational
Motto	"Shilene Shobitha Vidya" (Sanskrit)
Established	1976
School district	Chennai
Principal	Dr. Revathy Parameswaram
Senior Vice Principal	Mr. Sivakumar
Vice Principal	Mrs. N. Padmasri Nirmalkumar
Staff	300+
Grades	Pre-KG to class XII
Number of students	3000
Campus size	Medium
Campus type	Modern
Affiliation	Central Board of Secondary Education, India
Students called	PSitans/PSites
Website	https://pssenior.edu.in

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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 NIT Tiruchi and Anna University. It is a CBSE school in Chennai city.^[1]

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 (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 square metres and a lot of importance is given to sports. The school also houses an art center, which focuses on identifying and nurturing talent.^[2]

This decision was passed in the court case at the Madras High Court, labelled Dr. S. Anandalakshmy versus Government of India CBSE.

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, Middle, Secondary and Senior Secondary blocks are there with its separate staff rooms.

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, a football court, and two cricket nets.

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

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
TNCA U16 boys cricket tournament Winners
CBSE Under 19 National Girls Football Championship- Winner^[3]

The school has two of its students who have qualified for the finals of the World Scholars Cup to be held at Yale University USA. The school has four of its students in the under-16 boys cricket team.

Cultural Achievements

PS Senior is one of the top schools in Chennai in culturals.

PS has secured first place in 6 of 8 cultural fests it participated in the year 2017–present.
PS Senior also hosts a cultural fest named Scintilation.

Notable alumni

References

^ "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. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
^ "P.S. Senior Secondary School; brief history".
^ http://cbsegames.in/Results_18/CBSE%20National%20Football-Girls%202019.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

External links

Official school website

[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. Retrieved 4 April 2011.

[2] "P.S. Senior Secondary School; brief history".

[3] ttp://cbsegames.in/Results_18/CBSE%20National%20Football-Girls%202019.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

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-'''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 [[NIT Tiruchi]] and [[Anna University]]. It is rated among the top five schools in [[Chennai]] city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coachingindians.com/schools-in-india/chennai-schools.html |title=Best Schools In Chennai, Chennai Schools, Best Chennai School, Chennai School Education In India, Education In Chennai, School Information In Chennai, Chennai School Education |publisher=Coachingindians.com |date= |accessdate=2011-04-04}}</ref>
+'''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 [[NIT Tiruchi]] and [[Anna University]]. It is a CBSE school in [[Chennai]] city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coachingindians.com/schools-in-india/chennai-schools.html |title=Best Schools in Chennai, Chennai Schools, Best Chennai School, Chennai School Education in India, Education in Chennai, School Information in Chennai, Chennai School Education |publisher=Coachingindians.com |accessdate=2011-04-04}}</ref>
-== Notable staff ==
-Dr. Revathy Parameswaran (Principal), head of math department. Distinguished Fulbright award. Published articles in international journals in mathematics education. Conducts workshops for Teachers in technology in math education.
-Mr. R. Sivakumar (Senior Vice Principal) head of Physics department.
-Mrs. N.Padmasri Nirmalkumar(Vice principal)  HOD of Commerce and second experienced teacher of the school .
-Mr. Kalidasan HOD of Physical Education Department. Winner of Pearson award. Coach for girls football team. The team has won several awards including runners in cbse nationals.He resigned on 14 th July 2018
-Dr. S. Venkatraman is an art master who is also a Pearson awardee as well as National Awardee. His work is related to art in Indian architecture.
-Mr. P. Gurumoorthy, a physics teacher.
-Mr. P. Ramamoorthy, HOD of Computer Science Department
-Mr. V. Prabhakaran, M.A, (Sanskrit) Sahitya Siromani, HOD – Sanskrit
 ==History==
 The school was founded by Mr. [[Pennathur Subramania Iyer]]. The emphasis of the Tamil Nadu state Government on [[Tamil language|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 (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 square metres and a lot of importance is given to sports. The school also houses an art center, which focuses on identifying and nurturing talent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pssenior.org/about-the-school/brief-history|title=P.S. Senior Secondary School;  brief history}}</ref>
+P.S.Senior Secondary School (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 square metres and a lot of importance is given to sports. The school also houses an art center, which focuses on identifying and nurturing talent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pssenior.org/about-the-school/brief-history|title=P.S. Senior Secondary School; brief history}}</ref>
-This group of schools, along with [[Dayanand Anglo Vedic|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 Government of India CBSE'.
-==Current principal==
-Mrs. Revathy Parameswaran
-==Current vice principals==
-Mr. R. Sivakumar(Senior), Mrs. N.Padmasri Nirmalkumar
-==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 10000 books
-:* Junior Library with 5000 Books
-* A new e-library is introduced with about 20 computers .
-:* Addon 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 I - XII, an interactive material called Extramarks has been added. It is a e- learning material and is introduced for better interaction as a smart board in every class.
-==Correspondents==
-* P.C. Sekhar – Founder correspondent (1976–1994)
-* A.R. Jagannathan - Honorary secretary and correspondent (1994–2005)
-* A.N. Radhakrishnan - Honorary secretary and correspondent (2005-2017)
-* R. Sivakumar - present
+This decision was passed in the court case at the Madras High Court, labelled ''Dr. S. Anandalakshmy versus Government of India CBSE''.
-==Principals==
-* Thangam – first principal (1976–1978)
-* Alamelu Ganapathi – principal - 1978-1999
-* Vijayalakshmi Srivatsan – principal - 1999-2007
-* Lakshmi Srinivasan – principal - 2007-2018
-* Revathy Parameswaran - principal - 2018-current
 ==Description==
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 * '''Science''': houses the [[classroom]]s for [[middle school|middle]] and [[senior school]] students, the Science and [[typewriter|Typewriting]] labs and the [[library]].
 * '''Yoga''': extracurricular activities such as [[music]] and [[dance]] and indoor sports.
-*Primary, Middle, Secondary and Senior Secondary blocks are there with its' separate staff rooms.
+* Primary, Middle, Secondary and Senior Secondary blocks are there with its separate staff rooms.
 There is a [[kindergarten]] block with a small playground.
@@ Line 125: / Line 62: @@
 Wins at the International and National Olympiads from 1995 to 2010:
 *'''Mathematics Olympiad'''
-:*1995-1996, Silver Medal  (Toronto, Canada)
+:*1995–1996, Silver Medal (Toronto, Canada)
-:*1999-2000, Silver Medal  (Bucharest, Romania)
+:*1999–2000, Silver Medal (Bucharest, Romania)
 *'''Biology Olympiad'''
-:*1999-2000 Silver Medal (Antalya, Turkey)
+:*1999–2000 Silver Medal (Antalya, Turkey)
-:*2001-2002 Bronze Medal (Jurmala, Latvia)
+:*2001–2002 Bronze Medal (Jurmala, Latvia)
-:*2002-2003 Bronze Medal (Minsk, Belarus)
+:*2002–2003 Bronze Medal (Minsk, Belarus)
-:*2004-2005 Gold Medal (Beijing, China)
+:*2004–2005 Gold Medal (Beijing, China)
-:*2007-2008 Silver Medal (Mumbai, India)
+:*2007–2008 Silver Medal (Mumbai, India)
 *'''Chemistry Olympiad'''
-:*2001-2002 Bronze Medal (Groningen,  Netherlands)
+:*2001–2002 Bronze Medal (Groningen, Netherlands)
-:*2002-2003 Gold Medal  (Athens, Greece)
+:*2002–2003 Gold Medal (Athens, Greece)
-:*2002-2003 Silver Medal (Athens, Greece)
+:*2002–2003 Silver Medal (Athens, Greece)
 :*2005 Silver Medal (Taipei, Taiwan)
 :*2004 Gold Medal - National Level Olympiad
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 * Table Tennis State Champion in Junior Girls Category
 * Women State Ranking No. 2
-* TNCA U16 boys cricket tournament semi-finalists
+* TNCA U16 boys cricket tournament Winners
+*CBSE Under 19 National Girls Football Championship- Winner<ref>http://cbsegames.in/Results_18/CBSE%20National%20Football-Girls%202019.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
-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 two of its students who have qualified for the finals of the [[World Scholars Cup]] to be held at Yale University USA.
 The school has four of its students in the under-16 boys cricket team.
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 * [[Haricharan]]
 * [[Savitha Sastry]]
-* [[Toppur Seethapathy Sadasivan]]
 * [[Aditi Balan]]
 *[[Samanth Subramanian]]
+* [[Arvind Swamy]]
+* [[Rita Thyagarajan]]
 ==References==
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 {{Education in Tamil Nadu}}
-{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2011}}
 [[Category:Primary schools in Tamil Nadu]]
 [[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Chennai]]
 [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1976]]
-[[Category:1976 establishments in India]]
+[[Category:1976 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]

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Central universities	Central University of Tamil Nadu Indian Maritime University
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