Army Public School, Shankar Vihar

Army Public School, Shankar Vihar
Location
Shankar Vihar
Delhi
India
Coordinates 28°33′40.02″N 77°8′29.4″E / 28.5611167°N 77.141500°E / 28.5611167; 77.141500
Information
Type Army Public School
Motto Truth Is god
Established 2007
School board CBSE
Principal Mrs. Malini Narayanan
Classes 1 - 12
Publication Anusmriti
Pincode 110010
Website APS Shankar Vihar Website

Army Public School, Shankar Vihar is a school in Delhi Cantonment, Shankar Vihar, Delhi. It is a branch of the AWES-controlled Indian Army Public Schools. The school is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education [1] It educates students from Grades I to XII with Science, Commerce and Humanities streams.

The students in the school are divided into four houses:

Houses
Ashoka
Buddha
Chanakya
Dronacharya

Inception

The foundation stone of the school was laid on 17 August 2005 by Adjutant General Lt Gen Mohinder Singh PVSM, UYSM, AVSM. After almost two years and six months, the school, with full staffing and student enrollment, was functional from 9 April 2007. Mrs. Malini Narayan,the principal, joined the school on 22 April 2007.

The school holds an Annual Competitive Event "Expressions". Through Expressions, many schools in Delhi come together to compete in categories including Graffiti Painting, Web Crawling, Folk Singing, Best Out of Waste and Band Competitions.[2]

Infrastructure and academics

The school is divided into three wings -

  • Primary Wing
  • Secondary Wing
  • Senior Secondary Wing

The school has an air-conditioned auditorium, a well-maintained library, chemistry/physics/biology labs and music, dance and art rooms. The Official School band is Kaleidocycle. For sports, the school provides 4 Basketball courts, 2 Tennis courts, 2 Handball Courts and a Football Field. Taekwondo and NCC are also available.

The school offers the following streams after 10th Grade -

Science(Maths)Science(w/o Maths)Commerce(Maths)Commerce(w/o Maths)Humanities
EnglishEnglishEnglishEnglishEnglish
PhysicsPhysicsEconomicsEconomicsEconomics
ChemistryChemistryAccountancyAccountancyPsychology
MathsN/AMathsBusiness StudiesHistory
Bio/Comp Sci/EconomicsBio/Home Sci/InformaticsBusiness StudiesHome Sci/InformaticsHome Sci/Informatics

Notable students

  1. Shagun Naraina (International Level Golfer)
  2. Aarushi Pandey (National Level Golfer)
  3. Zoma Xau Jr. (Vanlalzahawma) (Footballer, associated with Manchester United)

Achievements

On 18 November 2016,the school bagged the second prize for overall academic performance in large category school

The Student Cabinet

The School has a Student Cabinet composed of the members of the Student Council and the House Prefects. This includes

  1. The Council Heads :
 * Mayul Manav
 *Janvi Aggarwal
  1. The Heads
 * Parth Padey
 * Anabra Chatterjee
  1. The House Captains
 * Ashoka House:
   * Anikait Sabarwal
   * Prableen Kaur
* Buddha House:
   * Pawan Kumar
   * Aditi Bhardwaj 
* Chanakya House:
   * Aditya Patil
   * Jahanvi Dhankar 
* Dronacharya House:
   * Sushant Dev
   * Kavya Bhardwaj

And other Council and House prefects

References

  1. ↑ "Complete Information Form". 164.100.50.30. Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  2. ↑ "Army Public School, Shankar Vihar, New Delhi". Apsshankarvihar.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
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