Academics and Curriculum:

Academics: At HPS ONGOLE, Education for Life, Excellence in Education and Commitment to a meaningful Education are of prime importance. Quality education is provided to each child. HPS believes that love for education should be developed for children in the initial years and conditions should be created for them to pursue a positive approach in life.

Curriculum – Primary Level
A perfect blend of digital and conventional learning is encouraged in the classrooms so that kids will know how to get used to with technological upgrades.
The primary school curriculum is based on the NCERT guidelines and focuses on laying the foundations of knowledge, skills and attitudes which will guide the young learners for life.

The KEY LEARNING DOMAINS which are focused are:
  • Language and Literacy (Listening, Reading, Writing & Communication skills)
  • Numeracy (Mathematical thinking and reasoning)
  • Personal, Social & Emotional Development (Self Awareness & Social Awareness)
  • Discovery of the World – (Environmental awareness)
  • Motor Skills development (Physical & Health Education)
  • Aesthetics & Creative Expression (Art Education)

 KINDERGARTEN:
A perfect blend of digital and conventional learning is encouraged in the classrooms so that kids will know how to get used to with technological upgrades.
Learning at this stage is experiential, fun & activity based. The pedagogical processes followed are based on developmentally appropriate methods with multiple teaching and learning strategies. The child is the central figure and an active participant in the teaching learning process. Children enjoy the freedom to explore, express, create and interact within their environment and gain knowledge.
Children at this stage:
  • Identify self by specific abilities, characteristics and preferences (e.g., by gender, age, as part of a family, friends, colours, food etc.)
  • Develop a sense of balance and physical coordination through play.
  • Learn language through activities like role play, storytelling, poetry recitation, singing and reading age appropriate and level-based books.
  • Understand to analyse their actions as right or wrong.
  • Learn to be friends with children from diverse backgrounds, celebrate various festivals, sing and dance together.
  • Learn to live in harmony with their environment, make observations, enquire and ask questions – what, how & why.
  • Relate a numeral to its respective quantity, associate value to a number and Identify shapes by names: curved and straight lines, circle, square, triangle and understand spatial relationships.
  • Learn to manage their feelings and emotions and learn appropriate behaviour.
  • Demonstrate the ability to begin to assume responsibility for their own safety within their environment.
  • Learn values, life skills, build relationships and grow up as confident and responsible citizens.

MIDDLE CLASSES V TO IX:
A perfect blend of digital and conventional learning is encouraged in the classrooms so that kids will know how to get used to with technological upgrades. Making the students ready at least skilled in one professional module
At this stage too, the curriculum supports experiential learning, focuses on conceptual clarity by relating learning to everyday life, developing thinking and analytical skills. The curriculum also aims at nurturing the affective domain of the learners through subjects and activities which will help develop the basic life skills in the learner – self-awareness, effective communication skills and emotional strength. The pedagogy at this stage is not absolutely fixed, structured, or prescribed but it is multi-dimensional and flexible, which gives the learner ample opportunities to explore and discover.
The learning areas include:
  1. Languages (English) – Acquire the skills of listening, speaking, reading & writing, acquire varied range of vocabulary, develop interpersonal communication skills and express meaningfully. Third Language is introduced in Class V. These languages are taught through activities with an aim to initiate the language in a fun way. However, a more structured syllabus is followed in the upper primary stage. Students can opt for one of the languages out of Sanskrit, French, Telugu, Hindi
  1. Mathematics – Performing operation of numbers, understanding shapes, similarities and differences, collecting data, representing and analysing the data, identifying patterns in shapes and numbers etc.
  2. Environmental Science – To make them aware of their surroundings, appreciative of and sensitive of environmental issues (natural, physical, social and cultural)
  3. Information & Communication technology
  4. Visual Arts & Performing Arts
  5. Physical & Health Education
  6. Life skills & Value Education
  7. IIT FOUNDATION COURSES AT THEIR BEST WILL BE PROVIDED.
Children also get opportunities to join various hobby clubs as per their interest and aptitude. They participate in intra-section and inter-section competitions, class assemblies, annual days, celebrations, and social awareness campaigns.
Internal Complaint committee:
The Internal Complaint Committee has been constituted to enquire into the complaint of the female employees/ students on matters related to sexual harassment.

Durga N: Presiding Officer (Management)        80086 23457
Priyanka: Addl. Presiding Officer

Disciplinary Committee
Aparna P: Presiding Officer (Academics) 9100 448848
Sailaja: Addl. Officer
Srilatha: Addl. Officer

Transport:
Routes: i. Ongole (all the areas)
               ii. Throvagunta
               iii. Mangamoor, Aasram, Suraksha.
               iv. Reddy Palem, Pernamitta.

 
Student services:
Procuring TC:

In case of transfer of parents from station to any other place, and subsequent to this if the parents apply for School Leaving Certificate/ Transfer Certificate*, the concerned will have to pay the fee (both Transport and Tuition) for that particular term to the school.

Caution money deposited at the time of admission will be released only after 15 days of application received for the issue of TC and after the payments of all dues.

Issue of recommendation letters, Bonafide certificates for Tax returns, certificate showing the Tuition Fee paid to school for reimbursement and other documents as required by parents, will be issued only after the receipt of the request letter from the parents at least 10 days in advance. 
Absence from School and Half Day
 
No student who has been absent on the previous day will be allowed to attend class unless her/his parent has entered an explanation stating the reasons for the absence, in the Record of Non-Attendance section of the almanac.

In case of absence of more than two days on Medical Grounds, a Medical Certificate & prescription shall be attached along with an application addressed to the Principal.

There is no provision for half-day leave, so students who are not well should not be sent to school even on exam/test days. Child will be marked absent if she/he were to be taken home by parents /guardians/ authorized person during schools hours, even if it were to be an examination/ test day.

Child will be awarded zero for the exam taken on that particular day

A student, returning to school after suffering an infectious or contagious disease, should produce a doctor's fitness certificate permitting her/him to attend school.Students suffering from the following diseases must observe the prescribed period of quarantine before returning to school:
 
Early Pick-up Permission and Late Arrival in School
Students are expected to reach school 10 minutes before the start of the Home Room period (start of the school). Students arriving late will not be allowed to enter the school premises without a plausible explanation.
  • Arriving late to school is not acceptable. Students found to have come late for more than one day in a term/semester will not be allowed to attend classes on second such occurrence and disciplinary action shall be taken against them.
  • For an early pick-up due to any emergency, the student can be handed over only to the parent or else a written authorization from the parent is required.
  • A pick-up slip needs to be procured from the front office/reception only then can the student be handed over to the parent.
Duplicate Report Card
A duplicate of the Report Card (if lost/damaged) shall be issued on a payment of Rs.500/-
  • A duly filled application for the duplicate report card needs to be submitted at least a week in advance