St. John's Matriculation Higher Secondary School Alwarthirunagar 4.48

St John's Matriculation Higher Secondary School is a school in Alwarthirunagar which had its beginnings in the early 1980s. The school was founded by D John Ponnudurai. This school is part of IYAP consortium. The school follows Matriculation Syllabus for students between Grade 1 to Grade 10 and Tamil Nadu State Board for grades Eleven and Twelve. It has branches in Porur, Triplicane and a sister school in the name of the Good Shepherd in Alwarthirunagar. The medium of education is English with Tamil, Hindi and French as second languages.The school has three floors with the top floor being thatched. It has a creche and more classrooms across the street. The competition comes from Balalok, Avichi and A V Meiyappan. The school uses the R K Ground nearby for games and sports.Infrastructure and facilitiesThe main building was constructed in 1984. The school has laboratories for Physics, Chemistry and Biology. The school has a small playground, but for a larger playground students go to the Ramakrishna Nagar Ground. Transportation such as bus, van and cycle rickshaw are provided at additional charge.The school runs Project Day where the students do experimental and art preparations which are displayed in the school. The students display and explain to the visitors. This is financed by students themselves; some teachers also provide finance.The school celebrates Annual Day where students perform dance or sing songs on the stage and awards are given to first, second rank holders and most disciplined student by a guest. The most disciplined student is selected by a class teacher. Previous guests have been celebrities like Vijayakant. A souvenir is provided to the students which contains the pictures of first, second and third rank holders and also contains articles and poems composed by the school students.