Balavihar class of 16-Feb-2003
Class	Segment	Teacher	Class Details
Toddler	N/A	Geeta Chitti Banu Mahalingam	Identification of Gods - Ganesha, Lakshmi, Saraswathi, Krishna Show and Tell Played a game - 'Ram Says' Bhajan/slokas Jai Ganesha Karagre Vasathe Ambambajami
Pre-K	N/A	Indira Samudrala Vaishali Bhatt	3 OMs - Om Sahana Vavatu Gajananam bootha ganathi sevitham Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu 3 Bhajans : Ganesha sharanam, Jaya Ganesha, Shri Shrinivasa Govinda Art Project - "God loves you" (Heart w/ "mirror") Distributed snack for take home
K	Instruction	Usha Avva	Pledge
	Bhajan/Sloka	Aparna Nair	Substitute teacher Vyjayanti Durbakula Om Shiva Om Shiva
Grade 1	Instruction	Pushpa Rao	Youth helper Shravani We glued a picture of Lord Shiva to a paper, cut it out and decorated We asked the children to tell some stories on Shivji's family Story about Shiva
	Bhajan/Sloka	Nirmala Rajan	Sahana Vavatu Ajam Nirvikalpam Atmarama Anandaramana Om Shiva Om Shiva Subramanyam Subramanyam (page 62 new sloka)
Grade 2	Instruction	Sangita Patankar	Youth helper Aditi Daily prayers Alphabet letter writing
	Bhajan/Sloka	Tara Shamsunder	Gajanana Nandalala Adishesha Govinda Bolo Hari
Grade 3	Instruction	Kalindi Shah	Value of the day - 'Being obedient' - 'Being helpful' Story - help others Symbolism - understanding religious symbolism Lord Shiva - Shiva in meditation posture
	Bhajan/Sloka	Anjani Gharpure	OM Sahana Vavatu Shri Guru stothram, slokas 1-12 Shri Shiva Panchaksharee stothram - page 124
Grade 4	Instruction	Manorama Patel	Values - Fear, Selfishness, Vanity Express each feeling and share with class how they felt Games involving these feelings
	Bhajan/Sloka	Lata Narayan	Om Sahana Vavatu Ganesha stothram Guru stothram Hari Bolo Hari Bolo bhajan Subramanyam Subramanyam Siva Panchakshari stothram verses 1, 2 and 3. Verse 3 new for today Mahishasuramardhini verse 1-7 review
Grade 5	Instruction	Asha Das	Swami Vivekananda
	Bhajan/Sloka	Tara Shamsunder	Gajanana Ananda cha He jagat tratha Govinda Jai Jai Dehi dehi sharada Jagadeeshwari daya karo
Grade 6	Instruction	Kasturi Iyer	'Geeta Dhyanam' - 'My Prayers' page 14-18 - we chanted. Students please memorize the first 4 verses plus the one on page 18 Discuss the meaning of the 3rd verse. Refer to the handout we had given out Meaning of Gyana Mudra
	Bhajan/Sloka	Suvarna Gole	Om Sahana Vavatu ('My Prayers' page 6) Shri Gurustothram (page 9-13)
Grade 7	Instruction	Savithri Raghavan
	Bhajan/Sloka	Premananda Kamath
Grade 8	Instruction	Vish Murthy	Three types of analysis to arrive at a concept of God Additional parallels between Samskrita and English/Latin
	Bhajan/Sloka	Chetana Giyanani	Guru Stotram Purnamada purnamidam
Grade 9 and 10	Instruction	N.M.Sundar	Combined with grade 11-12 class
	Bhajan/Sloka	Radhika Manikonda	-----
Grade 11 and 12	Instruction	Amrish Garg	Combined with Grade 9-10 class Discussion on 'Growing up in America'
	Bhajan/Sloka	Radhika Manikonda	Om Sahana Vavatu Vakratunda Mahakaya Guru stothram 1st 3 verses and 'Twameva Mata' Saraswati Namastubhyam