Apni Adarsh School

Our school is tucked away in Huda Colony, over in Chanda Nagar. The house number is 6-94/14/2, which sounds complicated but it's easy to find once you are in the neighborhood. It’s mostly houses around here, so it stays a bit quieter than the main road. The building is part of the street, really. You see the same faces every day. Neighbors walking their dogs or people going to work. The kids start arriving around eight in the morning. There is a small gate at the front and we usually stand there to make sure everyone gets in okay. Inside, it’s just a series of rooms used for the classes. We don't have those big glass windows you see in the city. Just regular windows with iron bars for safety. The walls have some drawings on them from the students. Sometimes the bells don't work right, so we just shout or use a hand bell to let everyone know it's time for lunch. It gets quite loud during the break. Kids running around the small paved area out front is a common sight. Hyderabad summers are tough, so we make sure there's enough water in the coolers. We aren't a big institution with a lot of money. It’s more of a local school for the families living in Chanda Nagar. People know us, and we know them. It’s just a simple place where we try to keep things moving day by day.