Sacred Heart Matriculation Higher Secondary School

Our school sits at No 11 on the Ecr Link Road, right where it meets Old Mahabalipuram Road in Sholinganallur. It’s a busy intersection, and the sound of the Chennai traffic is always there in the background. We have students from all over the local area, some coming from quite far on the buses. The building is large and has many floors, so there’s a lot of climbing stairs for the teachers and the older kids. We have a routine that hasn't changed much in years. The bell rings, everyone goes to class, and then we do it all over again. The desks are a bit worn from years of use, but they still hold up. We don't have fancy decorations, just the usual posters about science or history on the walls. Sholinganallur has changed a lot since we first opened, with all the new buildings around us, but we stay pretty much the same. Sometimes the electricity goes out and we have to open all the windows to catch a breeze from the coast. We spend a lot of time marking papers and talking to parents about their children’s grades. It’s honest work. The playground gets dusty in the summer, but the kids don't seem to mind when they're playing football. We are just a group of people working together to keep a school running in a busy part of town.