Sainik School, Amaravathinagar
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| Motto | "Can Do" (Kkarthum ShaaKkyam - in Devanagiri) |
|---|---|
| Established | 1961 |
| Type of institution | Sainik School |
| Faculty | 30 |
| Principal | Capt (IN) Alokesh Sen |
| Location | Amaravathinagar, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Website | http://www.sainikschoolamaravathinagar.edu.in/ |
Sainik school Amaravathinagar is one among the 19 Sainik Schools in India located in Tamil Nadu.
It is an English medium, residential school for boys providing Public School Education with a military bias up to 10+2 stage as per the Central Board of Secondary Education.
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[edit] History
Sainik School, Amaravathi was started in 1961 as part of the Sainik School system.
[edit] Campus
The school campus is more than 500 acres in Indira Gandhi National Park's valley, surrounded by mountains on all sides and set against the backdrop of the Amaravathi Dam
[edit] Academics
The education in the school follows CBSE pattern and the examinations provided by this system.
[edit] Athletics and extracurriculars
Football, hockey, volleyball, basketball, cricket, athletics, cross-country running, swimming, gymnastics, canoing, horse riding, mountaineering, trekking (hiking), obstacles course, rifle shooting, boxing, NCC, music clubs, literary clubs, theater arts, elocution, photography, fine arts, craftwork, philately, aero-modeling, ship-modeling, Marching band, Choir
[edit] Culture and social life
- Students are called: Amaravian
- Houses:
- School badge: SSA
- School color: red & Steel gray
- Uniform: Khaki
- School day celebration is a grand event.
- Inter house competetions are held in various activities
- The school has a Movie theater
[edit] School information
- getting into NDA is an ambition for most of the students
- NDA selection is done in 2 stages by [[Union Public Service Commission|UPSC][ exam and selection
- Entrance examination is conducted to select students
[edit] Faculty
Sainik School attracts and retains the best in class teachers in their fields. The average education of the faculty has Master's degree in their disciplines and Master of Education. The faculty and staff also help in the extra/co curricular activities of the school. Senior Master and English teacher, Mr.A. Santiago Jayaraj Kumar also is the Hockey coach for the school team. All the staff and faculty live with in the school campus or in Amaravathinagar - so that they don't have to commute to work.
[edit] Trivia
- The roll number is used so extensively that when two Amaravians meet, they tell their roll number to identify each other.
- The school academic campus has a War Plane preserved.
- Faculty and staff children (boys and girls) are admitted as day scholars.
- The school has a nice fort like setup that's used during school day celebration.
