Balavihar class of 23-Mar-2003
Class	Segment	Teacher	Class Details
Toddler	N/A	Geeta Chitti Uma Shankar	Identified Gods - Lakshmi, Saraswathi, Krishna Did puzzles Karagre vasathe lakshmi Saraswathi namastubhyam Om Namas shivaya asathoma sadgamaya
Pre-K	N/A	Indira Samudrala Vaishali Bhatt	3 OMs Om Sahana Vavatu Jaya Ganesha Ganesha sharanam Gajananam bootha ganathi sevitham Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu Saraswathi Namastubhyam Discuss Gita (dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna) Practice Gita chapter 3 verse one for competition Story : E = Enthusiasm, 'Gitu's place' - chipmunk who helped build a dam to save the forest
K	Instruction	Usha Avva
	Bhajan/Sloka	Aparna Nair
Grade 1	Instruction	Pushpa Rao
	Bhajan/Sloka	Nirmala Rajan
Grade 2	Instruction	Sangita Patankar	New Year - Ugadi, Gudhi Padva, Indian New Year - Chaitra month/January month 1st day - Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya Homework: Discuss with parents when and how we celebrate Indian New year Names written in Devanagri script
	Bhajan/Sloka	Tara Shamsunder	Sri Ganeshaya Namah Adi shesha Geeta chapter-3 slokas 1-8, Learning to count 9-12
Grade 3	Instruction	Kalindi Shah	Value for the day - respecting your parents and elders Why do prostrate before parents and elders Symbolism of Lord Krishna Understanding of the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara Krishna the 8th avatar. Story of Krishna's birth
	Bhajan/Sloka	Anjani Gharpure	OM Sahana vavatu Guru stothram Geeta chapter 3 slokas 9 to 12 Krishna bhajan Concluding slokas - Kayena vacha, Asatoma satgamaya Krishna bhajan : Murlimanohara radheshyam Gopivallabha radheshyam Devekinandana radheshyam Radheshyam Jaya radheshyam
Grade 4	Instruction	Manorama Patel
	Bhajan/Sloka	Lata Narayan
Grade 5	Instruction	Asha Das	Mirabai and general topics
	Bhajan/Sloka	Tara Shamsunder	Gajanana Geeta chanting chapter-3 slokas 1 to 10 Learning to chant Geeta chap-3 verses 11-14
Grade 6	Instruction	Kasturi Iyer	Mahabharatha Chapter 11 - we discussed the current war situation Discussed the Memorial Day camp and children's experience with other camps Reminder - next class April 6th Conclusion - OM Trayambakam japa, OM Poorna madah
	Bhajan/Sloka	Suvarna Gole	Om Sahana Vavatu and meaning ('My Prayers' page 6) Gauri Nandana Gajanana (page 8) Gurustothram verses 9-13 Geeta chanting - chapter 3 verses 1-9 Geeta dhyanam - all verses, review meaning of verse 4
Grade 7	Instruction	Savithri Ragavan	Vaasanas War : What is the fundamental cause? (discussion based on current events) Charades game (with terms we learned in Balavihar) Likhita japan Devanaagari consonants
	Bhajan/Sloka	Premananda Kamath	Beginning prayers Subramanyam Geeta chapter 3 verses 16-20 Ending prayers
Grade 8	Instruction	Vish Murthy
	Bhajan/Sloka	Chetana Giyanani
Grade 9 and 10	Instruction	N.M.Sundar	Substitute teacher Ameet Bhatt Discussion of the importance of Geeta chanting competition Discussion - workshop with Smt. Darshanaben Nanavaty 29-30 March-2003
	Bhajan/Sloka	Radhika Manikonda	Ganesha Shuklam bharadharam Saraswathi namastubhyam Guru Brahma Bhagwad Geeta chap-3 - practiced chanting verses 1-10 for competition
Grade 11 and 12	Instruction	Amrish Garg	Swami Shantanandaji gave a discourse on "Yoga and Meditation"
	Bhajan/Sloka	Radhika Manikonda	Ganesha sharanam