Olcott Memorial High School is a secondary school located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
The school provides free education, uniforms, books, and two daily meals to 750 impoverished rural children in Chennai. The school is a portion of Theosophical Society Adyar's charity work. Colonel Olcott served in the U.S. Civil war, and later helped to found Theosophy.
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