Abby's Creations: Student's Portfolio

School History:

Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School, Chetpet, Chennai-31.

Founding:

MCC School has its roots in a small school for boys established in 1835 when two chaplains of the Church of Scotland in Madras, Rev. George James Laurie and Rev. Matthew Bowie founded the St. Andrew's School on Randalls Road in Egmore, Madras. At their request, the Church of Scotland sent a missionary to India to govern it. Missionary Rev. John Anderson, set up the institution as the General Assembly School,^[3] conducting classes in a rented house on the east side of Armenian Street in Georgetown, Madras. The headmaster and 59 boys from St. Andrew's School moved to this institution. It was named after the supreme governing body of the Church of Scotland and aimed at attracting students from the Hindu higher castes with the aim of "conveying as great as an amount of truth as possible through the channel of a good education especially of Bible truth".

MCC School Life:

MCC School has a variety of extra-curricular activities. The school conducts cultural, Annual day, Investiture and Competition for other schools.
Students follow the Indian tradition of wishing teachers with folded hands Namaskaram position. Assembly is conducted every day to teach and train students with current affairs, Punctuality, Thirukkural, New English words, Prayer, Bible and Moral stories.
Classes run from 8 AM - 4 PM(IST) with periods of either 45 Minutes or 40 Minutes each. There are three breaks through the day after every two periods. There are also weekly physical training and art classes.
MCC has two fee structures: Aided and Self-Financed. Self-Finance is Co-Education (boys and girls) and Aided is only Boys. While studying in MCC students are called as MCCIANS.

Clubs:

Scripture Club
Science Club
Maths Club
Science club
English club
Newsletter Club
Commerce Club
Computer Club
Junior Red Cross Club
Interact Club
Music Club
Craft Club
Art Club
Photography Club
UNESCO Club
Sports Club
Electronic Awareness Classes
Quiz Club
Literary Association
Cultural Club
Papyrus Club
AFS
Library Club
Band
Literary Club
Newspaper In education
Dance Club
Multipurpose Hall
Swimming Pool

Uniformed services

NCC
- Army Wing
- Air Wing
- Navy Wing
NSS
RSP
Scouts
Guides
Junior Red Cross

Playground

MCC is mainly famous for their playground and infrastructure. MCC have Tennis Court, Cricket Ground, Football Court, Volleyball Court and Basketball Court in their campus.

Facilities

MCC have RO water, Hostels, 2 Canteens, Clean Bathrooms, largest Playground, Smart Class, 2 Computer labs, 2 Physics Lab, 2 Chemistry Lab, Big Auditorium with AC, Cycle Parking, Lunch also provided for day scholar(optional), Library and More..

Visual Hall with AC

Index of Student's Activity in Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School, Chetpet, Chennai-31.

Arts Class
NCC
Christmas Celebration
Classroom Activities
Covid-19 Vaccination Drive
Republic Day
Equinox
Teacher's Day
Science Exhibition
Mark List VIII Standard
Mark List XI Standard

Arts Class:

Art helps to improve fine and gross motor skills and allows to express their emotions in a positive way.

Art enhances hand-eye coordination, problem solving skills, lateral thinking, complex analysis and critical thinking skills.

NCC:

It makes the student to be self-disciplined and provide a suitable environment to motivate the youth to take up a career in the Armed forces.

Christmas Day Celebration:

It is a great way to reward students for working hard and achieving their goals at school and also serves to help them make positive associations with school.

Classroom activities:

It helps to develop relationship skills and in many cases lasting relationship. The students learn to manage their time effectively and be pro-active and creative problem solver. It also develops the self-esteem of the students who do not excel academically.

The classroom activities can be categorized based on LSRW skills such as

Role Play: encourages creativity and imagination, fosters social and emotional development, improves communication and language.

Mime Game: improves students vocabulary, they began to show interest by actively answered questions, and enthusiastic while guessing the action word.

Story Chains: promotes students understanding of writing structures but engages them in some fun, creative collaboration too. It helps to reinforce students through narrative writing structures.

Hangman game for vocabulary learning: It is a great help in stimulating in learning foreign language by guessing letters to reveal a word or phrase. Vocabulary growth is directly related to school achievements.

Tell a photo story: Helps to develop communication skills, the ability to progress in the working world and in life, in career advancement, boosts confidence, critical thinking and many more.

Covid-19 Vaccination Drive: The School Management have welcomed the vaccination drive for developing secure campuses in the midst of pandemic and safeguard against Covid-19 by helping to start physical classes regularly.

Republic Day: celebrated on January 26th,2022.