Aastha Sen. Sec. School

If you take the Pabni Road out of Yamunanagar, you’ll eventually hit Milakh Sukhi, which is where we are. Aastha Sen. Sec. School sits right there among the fields, so it’s usually a bit quieter than the schools right in the city center. You get a nice breeze coming through most days, which helps when the classrooms get crowded. We’ve got a big open area where the kids play football or just run around when they’re supposed to be in class. The building itself is painted a simple color, and we try to keep the walls clean, though kids will be kids and there’s always a smudge or two somewhere. Our staff lives nearby for the most part, so they’re part of the same community as the families who send their children here. We don’t have a website with flashy photos or anything; people just know us from word of mouth. Sometimes the road gets a bit muddy when it rains, so everyone has to be careful walking in. We spend the mornings checking the registers and making sure the lunch shed is ready. It’s a very basic setup, really. We focus on the daily stuff, like making sure the blackboards are wiped and the benches are in rows. It’s just a regular school trying to do a decent job for the kids in this part of Yamunanagar without making a big deal out of it.