Patwardhan High School

Patwardhan High School is situated right in the heart of Maruti Ali. If you’ve ever been down toward Athavda Bazaar, you know how busy that whole area gets on market days. Our school building has been a part of this landscape for quite some time now. It’s an old place with a lot of character, though we have to fix the roof or paint the walls more often than we’d like. The bells ring out over the bazaar and you can see the students weaving through the crowds of shoppers in the afternoon. We don’t have those huge grassy fields you see in movies, but the courtyard serves us just fine for the kids to run around. Most of the teachers live nearby, so they just walk to work through the narrow lanes. It’s a very local feel here. We know the shopkeepers and they know the kids who might be trying to sneak a snack before class. There is always a bit of noise from the street, but you get used to it after a week. We just try to keep the classrooms decent and the atmosphere focused on the books. It is a simple life at Patwardhan High School. We aren't trying to be the most modern place in the world, just a reliable spot for the families around Maruti Ali to send their children every morning.