Visakha Valley School  The Visakha Valley School (also known as VVS) is a school in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is one of oldest schools in the city of Visakhapatnam. The campus covers 33 acres, with blocks for students of LKG and UKG, 1st to 5th, 6 to 9 and 10 to 12. There are two computer labs, one chemistry lab, biology lab, physics lab, English lab, social lab, and maths lab. There is a physical education room, basketball court, art room, music room, and a library. The school has 14 buses for transportation of students, covering almost all the area in Visakhapatnam. Visakha Valley School gives students an opportunity to take part in competitive exams like IMO, NCO and other Olympiads conducted by Science Olympiad foundation. The school celebrates days like Children's day, Telugu day, Sanskrit day, Hindi day and Air Force day. The school publishes a magazine named "Madalasa". It has a programme called S.Y.A (school year abroad) where foreigners interact with Indian students and learn their tradition and culture. The school students host them for a period of three months. The school has introduced IIT foundation classes to assure better ranks in competitive examinations. The school has NCC for boys and girls. The school uniform is silver gray shirt and navy blue trousers/skirt and flaps of their house. On Fridays, the school uniform is a white shirt and white trousers/skirt with a striped tie and the house-colored overcoat. The students are divided among four houses — Edison (blue), Newton (yellow), Raman (red) and Bhabha (green) — to provide competition. The houses have been named after the scientists Thomas Edison, Isaac Newton, C. V. Raman and Homi J. Bhabha. Trophies are given to students of houses based on their talents in sports and other co-curricular activities. The Newton house was at the lead until in 2010, when the Raman house won. The students of classes 9th onward vote for students of 11th and 12th who take part in a three-week-long democratic election programme to become prefects (members of the [student council]). During the third week, all the participants deliver speeches to the voters. Then the voters choose their leader and vote in on the Friday of the third week. Students are elected as captains of the four houses and the entire school.