Chennai Public School

Chennai Public School is a CBSE school located in Anna Nagar, Chennai, India.It also has another branch in Thirumazhisai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.[1] Chennai Public School was one of the first schools in India to have smart boards in all the classrooms and also a 5.1 theatre system in all classrooms.

History

The school was founded by Mr.N.Devarajan, Chairman (Chennai Public School) and Managing Trustee of KNET. The school features 'CARE'(Chennai Public School Academy for Research in Education). The Anna Nagar branch was started in 2009.

After about 3 years after the opening of the CBSE-affiliated Anna Nagar branch, CPS Global School was started in Thirumazhisai. It has an IGSCE-based curriculum and a two-year IB diploma program.

Events

The school's first annual day was celebrated grandly in 2012. The chief guest for the primary event was actor Karthi. For the seniors, Mr. Rosaiah, the Honourable Governor of Tamil Nadu was invited to be the chief guest but was unable to attend the occasion.Various Intra-School Award winners were also falicitated by the School. In the 2012-13 annual day, General Proficiency awards were given out for all round performance and Subject Topper Awards for every class.In its Annual day of 2013-14, held in Thirumazhisai, Padma Bhushan-awardee Dr. V. Shanta of Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai, was invited as the chief guest. Actor Vikram Prabhu was also invited to give off the awards. In the 2015-16 annual day, actor Vishal was invited to give away awards and felicitate the students.

The school has also held sports events annually and has also played host to inter-school cultural events such as "Syndicate-2015".[2]

Educational trips

The school has taken the students on many educational trips including places in Tamil Nadu like Mahabalipuram, Kanchipuram, etc. At the National level, students have been taken to Mysore, Hyderabad, Delhi, Agra and many more places.

In 2011, the students participated in their first international student-exchange program in Singapore. In 2012, selected no. of students attended a Summer course at Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, USA. They also paid visits to New York City, Niagara Falls, Washington,D.C and Orlando. In 2014, few students participated in an educational trip to Australia. In November 2015, about 26 students participated in the 2nd WFUNA International Model United Nations (WIMUN) held at the United Nations Headquarters and Hotel Grand Hyatt, in New York City, USA. They also visited esteemed universities like MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.[3]

References

http://www.chennaipublicschool.com/

https://cpssoup.wordpress.com/author/cpssoup/

  1. ↑ "Chennai Public School: Best International Boarding School in Chennai". www.chennaipublicschool.com. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  2. ↑ "Events – CPS Anna Nagar | soup". cpssoup.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  3. ↑ "cpssoup". soup. Retrieved 2016-01-15.

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