Lotus Valley International School

Our school is right in Noida Sector 126. If you know the area, you know it’s gotten a lot busier lately. Lotus Valley International School has been sitting here while all these new buildings went up around us. Every morning is a bit of a juggle with the traffic near the gates. Once you get inside, though, it feels a bit more contained. We have these long hallways and lots of classrooms filled with students of all ages. It’s a lot of work to keep a place this size running. We have janitors, teachers, and office staff all doing their part. The kids are usually pretty good, though they definitely get restless around lunchtime. You’ll see them gathered in groups talking about their homework or whatever games they’re playing. We focus on the daily schedule—math in the morning, maybe some science or history later on. It’s just a regular cycle that we’ve been doing for years. We don't spend a lot of time worrying about being "the best," we just worry about whether the kids are actually learning something. The desks get scratched and the walls need a fresh coat of paint every now and then, but it’s a living place. It’s where we spend most of our waking hours, and we’ve become quite used to the rhythm of Sector 126. It is just another day of teaching and learning for us here.