Olcott Memorial High School, Besant Nagar, Chennai
Name of School
Olcott Memorial High School, Chennai
Website URL
http://www.olcott-school-chennai.org
Address
New No.2, (Old No.28) Besant Avenue,
Besant Nagar,
Chennai-600090
School email: olcott.school.ts.chennai@gmail.com
Phone: 044 24915826
Mobile: 09841091424
History
- As early as 1894, The President Founder of the Theosophical Society, Col. H.S.Olcott, pioneered a movement for the education of the most underprivileged sections of society by establishing several Panchama (Harijan) schools in and around Madras (Chennai). The teachers were Theosophists who had rejected the system of caste and untouchability. After Co. Olcott’s death in 1907, the Theosophical Society’s main school for the underprivileged was renamed in his honour as the Olcott Memorial School.
- The Theosophical society, which is sponsoring this educational work, is a non-sectarian, non-political, non-profit making international organization of more 110 year standing. It stands for the equality of the human being without distinction of caste, creed, colour, sex, social and economic position. It seeks to lend dignity to the human citizen irrespective of social status.
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Footsteps Play School, Kottivakkam, Chennai
Name of School
Footsteps Play School
Website URL
Address
41 Jaganathan Street
Lakshmana Nagar, Kottivakkam, Chennai 600041
Phone : 24511314 Mobile : 9840024887
Email: footstepsschool@gmail.com
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Grandma & Grandpa’s, Besant Nagar, Chennai
Name of School
Grandma & Grandpa’s
Website URL
http://www.grandmagrandpas.com
Address
Old no 37A, New No 66
Rukmani Road (off Tiger Varadhachari Road)
Besant Nagar, Chennai
TN - 600090, India
Mobile #: 91 98405 04678
Email: padma.kumar@grandmagrandpas.com
Bamboola Play School
Name of School
Bamboola play school
Website URL
http://www.bamboolachennai.com
Address
#73 (Old #26), Venkatakrishna Rd,
Raja Annamalaipuram,
Chennai - 600 028
Phone: + 91 - 44 - 2461 1779
Cell: (0) 98403 94190
Email: info@bamboolachennai.com
sujathavijay@bamboolachennai.com
vijay@bamboolachennai.com
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Kids Play Zone Play School, Saligramam, Chennai
Name of School
Kids Play Zone Play School
Website URL
Address
G1, Plot No 23, Door No 5
Kakkanji Steet, Satya Garden
Near Thai Satya School
Opp. AVM AVICHI School
Saligramam, Chennai 600093
Contact No: 9940188388/9940188488
Email Id: info@kidsplayzone.net
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The Hindu Senior Secondary School, Triplicane, Chennai
Name of School
The Hindu Senior Secondary School
Website URL
http://www.hinduhighschool.com
Address
Old No.149,
Big Street,
Triplicane, Chennai
PIN 600 005
Phone: 91-44-28515162
Email: hhss@vsnl.com
Curriculum / Board
CBSE
Infrastructure/Facilities
Physics Lab
We have well equipped spacious Physics Lab, which can accommodate 30 Students at a time with individual experiments. We are proud that one of our Alumni Nobel Laureate Dr. S. Chandrasekaran did his basic experiments in our Labs.
Our teachers are fond of making the students, “Learn Physics by doing” their experiments under their guidance. Our Lab is enriched with all the required apparatus needed for the existing pattern of Tamil Nadu Board Exam in the +2 Level including Spectrometer
Chemistry Lab
Ours is a model Chemistry Laboratory specially designed for Schools with more space and proper to ventilation. It is more or less similar a college lab. We have 10 working tables for students to do their practicals with more comfort. At a time about 30 boys can do their work individually. We have adequate safety measure Five Extinguisher to cover with. We provide Borosil Glass Wares and Asalar chemicals of high quality for practical. There is one cement water tank of 5000 litre capacity adjacent to the lab to store rain water which we use for analysis instead of distilled water. We have two sets of pipe connection one with ground water and the other one with Metro water. There are 6 sinks and 7 almirahs. There is a separate room to store chemicals. We have a gas plant. But for economy reason we are using Indane gas cylinder. A portion of the lab is alloted for the preparation of solution.
Here we have a big periodic table chart. Portraiting of Scientists donated by an Alumni namely P. Venkatram of 1990-1991 batch, a chart showing the elements with discovers and the year of discovery and a chart with names of Nobel Laureates in chemistry in the centenary year 1901 - 2001. We also have models of molecules and orbitals.
Biology Lab
Our School is endowed with well equipped biology laboratory located in the serene and gardening atmosphere of the science block
The lab has good natural ventilation and is also provided with sufficient number of electrical fittings to facilitate for the effective work of the students. Sufficient number of work-tables with stools are also provided.
The lab is equipped with 25 compound microscopes and 35 simple microscopes.
Hence the students perform the practical works individually and with more confidence.
Also a binocular microscope is available for the clear and effective training.
The lab has a well maintained museum with myriad number of preserved and stuffed plant and animal specimens to cater to the needs of the children of all categories.
Also, more number of permanent slides are available in accordance with the syllabus of all standards and they are systematically arranged in the slides cabinet.
The lab is provided with sufficient number of sinks with taps to perform the dissection works.
Sufficient number of charts, clay and plastic models are also available to handle the classes of life sciences lively and effectively.
The indigenous working models devised by our student add a feather on the cap of the lab and prestigious Institution at large.
Computer Lab
The School Library is having good collection of books housed in spacious hall which is serving as Reading room also. Library is having about 10,000 reference books to cater to the needs of the staff and students.
It is having books general in nature to more specific subjects like Maths, Physics etc. It is having books in Tamil, English, Telugu, Hindu & Sanskrit.
This library is having some unique books also. For example “History of the military transactions of the British Nation in Industan” by Robert orme published in 1861, Rulers of India series published in the last quarter of 19th century & many books published in the early 20th century in Tamil, Hindi, English & Sanskrit Literature.
The library is now being classified according to color classification 6th Edition and is manned by a qualified librarian.
Higher Secondary Students are extensively using library for their development. For other classes set of books are given in their classes to be studied at the class itself.
Library
The School Library is having good collection of books housed in spacious hall which is serving as Reading room also. Library is having about 10,000 reference books to cater to the needs of the staff and students.
It is having books general in nature to more specific subjects like Maths, Physics etc. It is having books in Tamil, English, Telugu, Hindu & Sanskrit.
This library is having some unique books also. For example “History of the military transactions of the British Nation in Industan” by Robert orme published in 1861, Rulers of India series published in the last quarter of 19th century & many books published in the early 20th century in Tamil, Hindi, English & Sanskrit Literature.
The library is now being classified according to color classification 6th Edition and is manned by a qualified librarian.
Higher Secondary Students are extensively using library for their development. For other classes set of books are given in their classes to be studied at the class itself.
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Manthan Vidyashram, Palavakkam, Chennai
Name of School
Manthan Vidyashram
Website URL
http://www.manthanvidyashram.com
Address
4/397, Radio Colony
Palavakkam, Chennai - 600 041
Ph: 24515979
Mobile: 99419 11159 / 94450 44450
E-mail: info@manthanvidyashram.com
Vanshi Manthan Vidyashram School
C/o Manthan Vidyashram
4/397, Radio Colony
Palavakkam, Chennai - 600 041.
Ph: 24515979
Mobile: 99419 11159 / 94450 44450
E-mail: info@manthanvidyashram.com
Curriculum / Board
CBSE, ICSE
Lalaji Memorial Omega International School, Kolapakkam, Chennai
Name of School
Lalaji Memorial Omega International School
Website URL
Address
79 Pallavaram Road,
Kolapakkam, Chennai - 602 101
E-mail:
info@omegaschools.org
hostels@omegaschools.org
admissions.igcse@omegaschools.org
admissions.cbse@omegaschools.org
adminofficer@omegaschools.org
Phone:(044) 99401 28921, (044) 23820584
Curriculum / Board
CBSE, IGCSE
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Kola Perumal Chetty Vaishnav Senior Secondary School, Arumbakkam, Chennai
Name of School
Kola Perumal Chetty Vaishnav Senior Secondary School
Website URL
Address
Kola Perumal Chetty Vaishnav Senior Secondary School
`Gokul Bagh’
Kola Perumal School Street
# 815, Periyar EVR Salai
Arumbakkam
Chennai TN 600106
INDIA
Curriculum / Board
CBSE
History
- A munificent donation of Five hundred thousand rupees made to the Shri Vallabhacharya Vidya Sabha, Madras by the philanthropic Dwaraka Doss brothers, the late Shri Jumna Doss and the late Shri Amichand Doss enabled it to found the Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College, Madras in June 1964. The phenomenal growth of this institution prompted the Sabha to think loudly of expanding its service to education at different levels. A Telugu businessman and great philanthropist, the late Shri Kola Perumal Chetty came forward with a generous donation of four hundred thousand rupees, including a 21-ground land adjoining the College, for starting a first grade English School with modern techniques of teaching blended perfectly with Hindu ethos and culture.
- The active involvement of the Sabha and the munificence of Chettigaru together triggered the starting of Kola Perumal Chetty Vaishnav School on 3 July 1972 with the blessings of His Holiness 108 Goswami Shri Brijratnalalji Maharaj. That day the school made a humble beginning by admitting students from LKG to V standard. Handsome donations periodically by Shri Kola Perumal Chetty totalled to more than a million rupees. This and the untiring efforts of the Managing body resulted in a three storey building within a year of its inception, paving the way for the steady growth of the school over the years. In fact, the school came to be styled as Kola Perumal Chetty Vaishnav Senior Secondary School in 1978 with the opening of Plus Two, affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. Spacious class rooms, good furniture, well equipped laboratories and workshops, excellent playgrounds and other amenities has made this Institution enviable and most sought after by the parents and students alike.
- Realizing the difficulties of the tiny tots to reach the school, Shri Kola Perumal Chetty donated a school bus in 1974. Science and Library Block was constructed in 1977 to accommodate the laboratories, workshops and library. The top floor of the main building was built in 1979. To facilitate the smooth functioning of the school activities, an Open Air Theatre was commissioned in 1982. The office functioning in the first floor of the new administrative block built in 1984 was shifted to the ground floor in 2004 together with the Principal’s office and the Correspondent’s room. The Principal’s room on the first floor was converted to the Committee Members’ room. It was Shri Kola Perumal Chetty who was instrumental in starting a course in Computers in 1985. In 1986 a spacious canteen was added to provide hygienic snacks and drinks to appease the palate of the pupils.
- In 1994-95 a new building to house the book stall, canteen, Sanchaika Bank, NCC Room, three class rooms and the Computer lab was built. In May 2002 a lift was installed. It was inaugurated during the Tri-Decennial celebrations. A new school bus was bought in July 2002. Means of rain water harvesting, bus and cycle sheds were built and paver blocks laid round the compound.
- The School, affiliated to CBSE, imparts instruction in English medium only. Tamil and Hindi are taught from Std. I onwards. Sanskrit is introduced from Std. V.
- In 2003-2004, the administrative office was shifted to the ground floor and new air-conditioned rooms were provided. A spacious computer lab and maths lab were built on the second floor.
- In 2005, the ADC Auditorium was rebuilt with two green rooms, one classroom and an audio-visual room. The staff room was extended and separate cabins for each teacher were provided. An arch with the school name was built at the main entrance.
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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Kilpauk, Chennai
Name of School
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Website URL
Address
“Bhavani Campus”
No. 6 Kilpauk Gardern Raod
Kilpauk, Chennai 600 010
Email: brvprincipal@bvbchennai.org
b_rajajividyashram@rediffmail.com
Phone: 91-44-2644 2823/2618
Fax: 91-44-26604466
Curriculum / Board
CBSE
History
The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan established Rajaji Vidyashram a non-residential school in Madras in 1976. The Vidyashram combines scholastic achievement with character building and exposure to Indian values & traditions. The Vidyashram is not an institution for mechanical transmission of knowledge. A conscious and positive effort is made to develop fully all the faculties of the child, trying at every stage to discover and foster special talents in the child and to reinforce the areas in which the child is weak.
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