St. Mark's Senior Secondary Public School

St. Mark Senior Secondary Public School, Meera Bagh, is a co-educational English medium institution, inaugurated by the then Lt.Governor of Delhi, Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh on 20 April 1990. It has a strength of 3800 students.

St. Mark's Senior Secondary Public School
Location
A-Block
Meera Bagh
110087
India
Coordinates28.660656°N 77.0869576°E / 28.660656; 77.0869576
Information
School typeIndependent School
Day School
MottoLoyalty, Truth and Honour
Religious affiliation(s)Secular
FoundedApril 20, 1990 (1990-04-20)
FounderT.P. Aggarwal
School districtWest Delhi
Faculty150
GenderCo-educational
Age6 to 18
Number of pupils3800
Campus0.2 acres
Houses4
PublicationSMS News
AffiliationCBSE
WebsiteHomepage

Admissions

Admissions in SMS are mainly to Class 1 which are based on a system of points. Admission to other classes are based on availability of seats.

School motto

The school motto ’Loyalty,Truth and Honour’ conveys the school's expectations from the students.

Curriculum and infrastructure

Recognized by the Delhi Administration, the school follows the CBSE Syllabus. It has laboratories, a library, computers, Audio-visual facilities, a play field for all the major games (cricket, football, basketball), NCC & Scouts, hobby clubs, and co-curricular activities like camping and educational excursions.

In addition to the above, there is a Maths laboratory, and Resource Rooms for English, Hindi, Sanskrit and Psychology.

School activities and sports

Fairs, contests, sports, volunteer programs are organised regularly. The school also boasts of activity clubs like Inquisitive club,Eco Saviours Club,Wellness Club,Companimals Club,Bon Appetit Club,Heritage Club to name a few Nature and Social Service clubs meet regularly. The school also organises literary events to help polish the public speaking skills of the students.

Information

A student's idea of using human pulse beats to charge electronic devices like cellphones caught the fancy of Stanford University, which will partner with the National Innovation Foundation of India (NIF) to incubate and develop the concept. The student,Sarojini Mahajan, now in class 12, was a student of Class 9 when she first discussed the idea with her teacher in class and entered it for IGNITE ‘09, NIF’s ideas competition for schoolchildren across India.

A student's passion to preserve and protect Mother Earth won him the DLF Pramerica Community of Spirit Award 2011. Mani Makkar was awarded with a gold medal,a trophy,a cheque of Rs.50,000 and an all expenses paid trip to Washington.

Notable alumni

  • Shikhar Dhawan - the Indian Cricket team opener and a player of Delhi Capitals in the IPL.
  • Karan Wahi - actor, anchor and model, Ranveer Sisodia of Remix, Dr. Siddhant "Sid" Modi of the popular show Dill Mill Gayye
  • Barun Sobti - actor and model. Noted for the role of Arnav Singh Raizada in the StarPlus hit show, Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon??.
  • Priyanka Bassi - actor. Notably played the role of Cadet Naina Singh Ahluwalia in SABTV series, 'Left Right Left'.
  • Raashi Khanna - Popular film actress in Tamil and Telugu cinema

See also

References

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