YPS - Facilities 21Round Square – Regional MemberCommitted, Responsible, Global Citizens.Round Square is a world-wide association of more than 80 schools on five continents sharing unique and ambitiousgoals. Students attending Round Square schools make a strong commitment, beyond academic excellence, topersonal development and responsibility.This is achieved by participating in community service, work projects, exchange programmes and adventuring,which can, and often does, take students half way around the world.R O U N DS Q U A R EInternational Awardfor Young People (IAYP)The International Award is an exciting self-development programme available to all14 to 25 year olds to encourage personal discovery, spirit of adventure, selfreliance,perseverance, self-fulfillment and service to the community.The programme is non-competitive and anyone with perseverance and enterprise,including the disabled, can earn an award. Young people choose activities that areappropriate to their environment and best suited to their own personal interests andtalents. For adults, the programme provides an opportunity to help by sharing theirindividual skills and experience with young people.The Award Programme addresses unplanned leisure time, (so easily misdirected), to beused in exciting and gainful ways. It provides holistic development and growth. Itpromises no material gain, but adds a ‘quality’ that is discernible to all. The 4 Sections(Physical Activity, Skill, Community Service, Adventure ), which appear so simple, arecarefully thought out: they add value and challenge the body, spirit, and mind. They alsoreflect adult choice of leisure activity.It teaches young people to persevere, enjoy leisure time and make a real difference totheir community The Award is offered at three levels viz, Bronze, Silver and Gold.ExchangeProgramso bridge divides between culture,customs and traditions betweenTvarious countries in this fastchanging world and makecommunication more rapid and frequent,the concept of exchange programme istaken up by the school. International tripsand tours are planned and organized togive students an opportunity toparticipate in workshops on music,drama and sports. A continuous Global<strong>School</strong> Programme with London,Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Austriaand regular exchanges with AitchisonCollege, Lahore, are an integral part ofthe school curriculum. The <strong>School</strong> is amember of UKIERI and sends studentsand staff in various exchangeprogrammes with UK cluster schools.
22 YPS - CampusYPS - Facilities 23Students' Tuck ShopThere is a Students' Tuck Shop on thepremises, supplying articles of daily use,such as toiletry items and ready madeitems of clothing, besides running acanteen for the students.<strong>School</strong> DispensaryThe <strong>School</strong> runs its own dispensarymanned by a full-time Nursing Sister anda Compounder. A doctor visits thehospital once a day. Serious cases arereferred to Rajindra Hospital andMedical College. Check up by dentaland eye specialists is also frequentlyarranged for the students.EnvironmentalSocietyKeeping in mind, the need of thetimes, our senior students havebeen actively participatingin an Environment Awarenesscampaign. The school is proud ofthe its Environment Club. The members not only write about the issue but have put upstreet plays and green marches to spread the message of Environment Conservation.AYOSAThe <strong>School</strong> has an active Old students'organization. Members include erstwhilestudents of Aitchison College, Lahore,beside the old student of the school.Students can opt for life membership onleaving school. The Association holdsregular get-togethers on its foundationday, the 2nd of February. The schoolduly invites the Silver and the GoldenJubilee batches of old students everyyear on the occasion of the schoolAnnual Sports day as a continuation ofthe re-union initiative introduced by theschool in 2008.<strong>School</strong> Magazineand NewsletterThe <strong>School</strong> brings out a monthlynewsletter, the YPS Times, on a regularbasis. The school magazine, TheYadavindrian, is published every year.The House SystemEvery student at YPS belongs to aHouse and it is central to his/her lifeat school. We believe that every individualshould have the opportunity to flourish ina safe, secure and happy environment, sothat, whilst making the transition toadulthood, boys and girls can takeadvantage of the wealth of opportunitieson offer here at YPS.The pastoral care provided is designed todo this in a friendly atmosphere,encouraging the students to beresponsible, courteous, tolerant andsupportive of others and to prosper underthe supervision of a team of experiencedstaff consisting of Housemaster/Housemistress, Assistant Housemasterand a team of tutors. Every studenttherefore has access to adults within theHouse (in addition to the Counseling and<strong>School</strong> Medical services) to whom he/shecan turn for support and advice wheneverrequired.The students, boarders as well dayscholars, are divided into three Housesnamely Mohindra House, Dhani RamHouse, and Phulkian House. There are threeBoarding Houses for senior boys and one forgirls students and the Holding house forjunior boys. Each House has dormitories,which provide common living for all.A resident House Matron looks after theboarders' hygiene, clothing and otherrequirements in each house while the HouseMaster and his/her assistant look after theadministrative matters, discipline and closelymonitor the overall progress of each child inthe House.A tutor also interacts with a group of childrenunder his/her care and observes theirparticipation in various activities of the schooland takes note of their academic progress.Students are associated with the running ofthe House by their appointments as HouseCaptains and PrefectsStudents are encouraged to indulge inhealthy competition, take pride in doing theirown work and grow into mature, independentand self confident individuals. Boarders followa time-tabled routine, beginning with morningPT, followed by normal school, evening gamesand supervised prep/study hours.
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