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Date | Comments | Major Hindu Festivals / Notes |
11-Sep-22 | 1st Day of – Zoom -1 | Ganesh Chaturthi on 31 Sep, 2022 Course Overview to the parents and students in Morning |
18-Sep-22 | Zoom -2 | Vishwakarma Puja (Engineer/Architects Day) |
25-Sep-22 | Zoom -3 | |
2-Oct-22 | No – Navratri | Navaratri begins from Sep. 26, Garba Celebration Oct. 1st. |
9-Oct-22 | Zoom -4 | Saraswati Pooja and Durga Ashtami on Oct 2; Maha Navami on Oct 3; Dussehra on Oct. 4 |
16-Oct-22 | Zoom -5 | Diwali Celebration in |
23-Oct-22 | No – Deepawali | |
30-Oct-22 | Zoom -6 | Diwali Begins, Dhan Teras is on Oct 22; Narak Chaturdashi, Roop Chaturdashi is on Oct. 23, Diwali is on Oct. 24; Govardhan Pooja is on Oct 25; Bhai Dooj is on Oct 26 |
6-Nov-22 | In Person -7 | |
13-Nov-22 | Zoom -8 | |
20-Nov-22 | Zoom -9 | |
27-Nov-22 | No – Thanksgiving | Thanksgiving Holiday |
4-Dec-22 | In Person -10 | Geeta Jayanti (Dec 3) |
11-Dec-22 | Zoom -11 | |
18-Dec-22 | Zoom -12 | |
25-Dec-22 | No – Winter Break | Christmas is on Dec 25; Winter break starts from Dec 23. |
1-Jan-23 | No – Winter Break | No – New Year |
8-Jan-23 | Zoom -13 | Swami Vivekanand Jayanti on Jan 12 |
15-Jan-23 | Zoom -14 – Mid-Term Exam | Celebrate Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Lohri on Jan 14 |
22-Jan-23 | No – Teachers Planning | |
29-Jan-23 | Zoom -15 | |
5-Feb-23 | In Person -16 | Vasant Panchami on Feb 16 |
12-Feb-23 | Zoom -17 | |
19-Feb-23 | No – President’s Day | Maha Shivaratri on Feb 18 |
26-Feb-23 | Zoom -18 | |
5-Mar-23 | In Person -19 Arts/Craft | Holi Festival – Mar 8 (Holi Dahan), Mar 9 (Color Holi) |
12-Mar-23 | Zoom -20 | |
19-Mar-23 | Zoom -21 | |
26-Mar-23 | Zoom -22 | Yugadi, Gudipadwa on Mar 22; Start of Hindu new year, based on Lunar calendar; Year (3102+2023) (since the beginning of Kaliyuga), the Year 2079 based on Vikram Samvat; the Year 1945 based on Shaka Samvat |
2-Apr-23 | No – Spring Break | Celebrate Ram Navami Mar 30 Hanuman Jayanti on Apr 5 |
9-Apr-23 | No – Spring Break | No – Spring break (MCPS) From Mar 31 to Apr 10, 2023 |
16-Apr-23 | Zoom -23 | |
23-Apr-23 | Zoom -24 | |
30-Apr-23 | Zoom -25 | |
7-May-23 | In Person (Verbal Exam/QUIZ ) | |
14-May-23 | Zoom -26 | Mother’s Day on May 08 |
21-May-23 | Zoom -27 ( Final Exam) | |
28-May-23 | No – Memorial Day | |
4-Jun-23 | In Person Annual Day/Graduation | |
Summer Break till Sep 10, 2023 | ||
Jul 24–30, 2023 | Shanti Niketan Camp | Welcome back to the Shantiniketan Camp |
VHPA DC BalVihar Class structure, objectives and books | ||
Level | Books | Teaching goals to cover The Five C’s of Foreign Language Education |
101 | – Saral Hindi-1 – (Primer for Hindi Alphabet – Part 1) – Cultural Lesson plans from VHPA | – अभिवादन व परिचय – Greetings, Introduction – परिवार, संयुक्त परिवार: Family, extended family, relations – मेरा दिनचर्य : Describing daily activities – भोजन- भोजनालय: Food related vocabulary, name of dishes – संख्या, समय, रंग: vocabulary and description related numbers, time, colors – जियो खिलाड़ी – खेल : Sports/Games related vocabulary, instructions for playing games, games description – ऋतुएँ, मौसम, वाताविण, प्रकृति : vocabulary and description related to weather, seasons, environment/nature – पशु , पक्षी : vocabulary and description related animals, birds – स्वस्थ शरीर, और योग: Description of body, health, and Yog postures – अतुल्य भारत, अनोखा अमेरिका – व भूगोल: Geography, familiarity of Holy places in India, American geography. – शृंगार व वेशभूषा: Dresses, fashion etc – हिंदी सिनेमा: Hindi Movies – त्यौहार, उत्सव , पूजा पाट: Description of Hindu festivals, culture |
102 | – Saral Hindi-1 Cultural Lesson plans from VHPA – Vikas Hindi Varnamala- 2 – Cultural Lesson plans from VHPA | |
103 | – Vikas Hindi Sopan-1 – Vikas Hindi Varnamala- 2 – Cultural Lesson plans from VHPA | |
201 | – Vikas Hindi Praveshika – Vikas Hindi Sopan 2 – Cultural Lesson plans from VHPA | |
202 | – VHPA’s Hindi Book 1 – Vikas Hindi Sopan 3 – Cultural Lesson plans from VHPA | |
203 | – Gunjan Hindi Pathmala-3 , – Vikas Hindi Primer for English medium schools – Gunjan Hindi Paatmala 3 – Cultural Lesson plans from VHPA – VHPA’s Hindi Book 2 | |
301 | – Gunjan Hindi Paatmala 3 – Cultural Lesson plans from VHPA – Teaching assistance – County’s Language Credit exam preparation | – परिच्छेद लेखन, तनबंध : At the end of the year students would be able to Writing – essay using all forms of tense, nouns, gender, plural and – singular. Students will use all the advanced grammar rules – while writing passages and essays on a given topic. – फिल्म समीक्षा : To be able write a movie review – मेरा जीवन लक्ष्य : To be able describe about what I want to do |