Contents - Yadavindra Public School, Patiala

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.School DispensaryThe School 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 School 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.School Magazineand NewsletterThe School 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 andSchool 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.