About
True to its motto Knowledge is power, Golden Palm Army School began its journey in the month of May 2009. The school was inaugurated by Maj. Gen. E J Kochekkan, AVSM, SM, VSM, the then GOC ATNK&K Area on 26th May 2009. 6th July 2009 will be written in golden letters in the school history when it started functioning with the Principal, 15 teachers and about 300 students. Independence Day was celebrated as its first National festival and Annual Sports day on 23rd Jan.2010.
GPAS silently bid adieu to its students and staff and emerged as APS, Chennai to join the elite group of AWES Schools as its 127th member. The new session commenced on 1st April 2010 with addition of class VIII. The first Annual Day was celebrated on 5th August 2010. It showcased the budding talents of students aptly titled “We are one”. The school reached another milestone by publishing its first magazine “Drishti … The Beginning”.
The school moved forward to Senior Secondary level with Science, Commerce & Humanities Streams in the year 2013-14. Smart Classes, projects such as Rain water harvesting, Vermi Composting, Solar Power Plant, Water purifiers were executed. NCC was inaugurated by Chairman Maj. Gen. R G Krishnan on 9th July 2014.
