Mohammed Memorial High School

You can find us right near PVNR Pillar number 228 on the way toward the Diary Farm area in Rajendra Nagar. It’s a busy part of Hyderabad with lots of traffic going by all the time. Our building has been here for years and it shows a bit of age, but it holds up well enough. The students come from all the surrounding lanes. In the mornings, the gate is a crowded mess of cycles and parents on scooters. We spend a lot of time just keeping the hallway noise down while classes are going on. High schoolers are a handful, always talking about exams or cricket or whatever else is on their minds. The classrooms get pretty warm during the summer months, so the fans are always going full blast. We don't have a giant playground, but the kids find ways to play in whatever space we have. The staff room is usually full of notebooks that need grading and tea cups from the morning break. We don't try to be anything special, just a place where kids can come and finish their schooling. Most of us live nearby, so we see the parents at the local market too. It’s just the way the neighborhood is. When the sun goes down, the school is finally quiet and we lock the main gate until tomorrow morning. We usually have to remind a few stragglers to head home.