Army Public School, Hisar

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Army Public School
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Army Public School, Hisar
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School type Public school
MottoTruth is God
Founded14 September 1990
PrincipalDr. Kavita Jakhar
Faculty122
Age5to 18
Number of students2367
HousesMother Teresa, Gandhi, Sarojini, Tagore.
Colour(s)Red, yellow, green, blue
MascotGoddess Sarasvati
Affiliation CBSE
Website www.apshisar.com

Army Public School is an English medium, co-educational day school situated at Hisar Military Station in Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. [1] The school principal is Kavita Jakhar, serving since 2008.

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History

The school was established as Army school on 14 September 1990 with 250 pupils in six classes from I to VI. The school was then upgraded to Senior Secondary School, consisting of science and commerce streams from the academic session 1994–95. It was rechristened as Army Public School in 2008. The school is affiliated to the CBSE board and has 2367 pupils distributed in 63 sections and 122 staff. [2]

Currently the school is divided in two wings:

Houses

The students in the school are divided into four houses:

Houses
RedMother Teresa
YellowGandhi
GreenSarojini
BlueTagore

Facilities

Audio - visual rooms

School has got the facility of VSAT for live interactive telecast of lectures on science(physics, chemistry and biology), maths, and languages for classes IX-XII. It has 07 Audio VisualClassrooms (AV Rooms) for E-learning, installed with multi-media projectors and PCs connected with server on LAN. [3]

Sports and extra-curricular activities

Games & sports have been made an integral part of school curriculum. In collaboration with Indian Army, the school has facilities for students and staff consisting of playgrounds for various sports and games. School has an obstacle course field consisting of ten commando obstacles in an organised manner for psychomotor learning of children. [4]

The school has a spacious auditorium, a library, three basketball courts, a football field, a volleyball court, a cricket pitch and table tennis facilities.

Inter-house competitions are organized for students and they represent school in various CBSE cluster, district, zonal, state and national tournaments. Players like Ravi Kumar Punia has been selected at the national level . Apart from sports, there are regular competitions amongst students in a variety of disciplines such as debating, quizzing, elocution, dramatics, dance, music, home science, arts and fine arts. [5]

School magazine

The school releases a well-themed almanac every year named Arushi.

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References

  1. "Welcome to Army Public School".
  2. "Official Website of Army Public School, Military Station Hisar, Haryana". Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  3. "Official Website of Army Public School, Military Station Hisar, Haryana". Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  4. "Official Website of Army Public School, Military Station Hisar, Haryana". Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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