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{{Infobox school
|name = Chennai Public School
| founded = 2009
| founder = N. Devarajan
| chairman = N. Devarajan
|schooltype = [[Private school|Private]]
| location = [[Anna Nagar]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
}}
'''Chennai Public School''' is a [[Central Board of Secondary Education]] school located in [[Anna Nagar]], [[Chennai]], [[India]].It also has another branch in [[Thirumazhisai]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Chennai Public School: Best International Boarding School in Chennai|url = http://www.chennaipublicschool.com/|website = www.chennaipublicschool.com|access-date = 2016-01-15}}</ref> Chennai Public School was one of the first schools in [[India]] to have smart boards in all the [[classroom]]s and also a 5.1 theatre system in all classrooms. The pre-primary and early years learning programme at CPS is a system where the tenets of Montessori education are scientifically combined with tried and tested teaching methods, focussing on language development and logical thinking, for children to start their first steps into the education system.

==History==
The school was founded by N. Devarajan, Chairman (Chennai Public School) and Managing Trustee of KNET.{{clarify|What is KNET?|date=January 2020}} The school features 'CARE'(Chennai Public School Academy for Research in Education). The [[Anna Nagar]] branch was started in 2009.

After about three years after the opening of the Central Board of Secondary Education-affiliated [[Anna Nagar]] branch, [https://www.cpsglobalschool.com/ CPS Global School] was started in Thirumazhisai. It has an [[International General Certificate of Secondary Education|IGSCE]]-based curriculum and a two-year [[international baccalaureate]] diploma program.

==Events==
The school's first annual day was celebrated grandly in 2012. The chief guest for the primary event was actor [[Karthi]]. For the seniors, [[Konijeti Rosaiah|Mr. Rosaiah]], the Honourable [[Governor]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] was invited to be the chief guest but was unable to attend the occasion. Various Intra-School Award winners were also facilitated by the School. In the 2012-13 annual day, General Proficiency awards were given out for all round performance and Subject Topper Awards for every class. In its Annual day of 2013-14, held in [[Thirumazhisai]], [[Padma Bhushan]]-awardee Dr. [[V. Shanta]] of [[Adyar Cancer Institute]], [[Chennai]], was invited as the chief guest. Actor [[Vikram Prabhu]] was also invited to give off the awards. In the 2015-16 annual day, actor [[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]] was invited to give away awards and felicitate the students.

The school has also held sports events annually and has also played host to inter-school cultural events such as "Syndicate-2015".<ref>{{Cite web|title = Events – CPS Anna Nagar {{!}} soup|url = https://cpssoup.wordpress.com/category/anna-nagar/events-cps-anna-nagar/|website = cpssoup.wordpress.com|access-date = 2016-01-15}}</ref>

== Educational trips ==
The school has taken the students on many educational trips including places in [[Tamil Nadu]] like [[Mahabalipuram]], [[Kanchipuram district|Kanchipuram]], etc. At the National level, students have been taken to [[Mysore]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Delhi]], [[Agra]] and many more places.

In 2011, the students participated in their first international student-exchange program in [[Singapore]]. In 2012, selected no. of students attended a Summer course at [[Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy Space Centre]], [[Florida]], [[United States|USA]]. They also paid visits to [[New York City]], [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]], [[Washington, D.C.|Washington,D.C]] and [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]. In 2014, few students participated in an educational trip to [[Australia]]. In November 2015, about 26 students participated in the 2nd [[World Federation of United Nations Associations|WFUNA]] [[Model United Nations|International Model United Nations]] (WIMUN) held at the [[Headquarters of the United Nations|United Nations Headquarters]] and [[Grand Hyatt New York|Hotel Grand Hyatt]], in [[New York City]], [[United States|USA]]. They also visited esteemed universities like [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] and [[Harvard University|Harvard]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States|USA]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = cpssoup|url = https://cpssoup.wordpress.com/author/cpssoup/|website = soup|access-date = 2016-01-15|language = en-US}}</ref>

==Controversies==
On 28 November 2018, during a field trip to Chokhi Dhani, Chennai, third grade students were reportedly locked and left alone in a room by staff members of Chokhi Dhani while the teachers left for lunch and where allegedly beaten by staff members for being noisy and not obeying. Two employees of Chokhi Dhani were arrested under the Indian Penal Code Section 323 as well as under provisions of the [[Indian Child Welfare Act]].

==References==
http://www.chennaipublicschool.com/

https://cpssoup.wordpress.com/author/cpssoup/<nowiki/>{{Reflist}}
https://www.cpsglobalschool.com/
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/chennai-chokhi-dhani-staff-hit-kids-threatened-make-them-drink-camels-urine-say-parents

==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.chennaipublicschool.com/}}

[[Category:Schools in Chennai]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2009]]
[[Category:2009 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Chennai]]
[[Category:International schools in Chennai]]
[[Category:Private schools in Chennai]]

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