An educational program of World Hindu Council of America (VHPA)
Germantown Bal Vihar Hindi school is an educational program of World Hindu Council of America.
Hindi classes are held for kids of various age groups at Germantown, MD. We teach children Hindi by immersing then in Hindi and Indian culture. Classes follow Montgomery county school schedule. New sessions start in September and go on till June.
Location: Kingsview Middle School, 18909 Kingsview Rd, Germantown, MD 20874
Day and time: Thursday 6:45pm – 7:45pm
If you have questions contact us.
Register your child here.
Divali Celebrations at Germantown: Kids visited local Firestation to share sweets and candies with the fire fighters. They also got to see the fire engines.
| Days Class Scheduled | Major Hindu Festivals / Notes | |
| Date | Comments | |
| Sept 5, 2019 | 1st Day of Class | Sept 2 : Ganesh Chaturthi |
| Sept 12, 2019 | No Class | Reason: Classrooms are Not Available due to Back To School Night |
| Sept 19, 2019 | ||
| Sept 26, 2019 | Ronald McNair Elementary School | Sept 29: Navratri Begins |
| Oct 3, 2019 | ||
| Oct 10, 2019 | Oct 8 : Navratri Ends/ Dusshera | |
| Oct 17, 2019 | ||
| Oct 24, 2019 | Oct 24: Diwali Celebration Begins
Oct 27: Diwali |
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| Oct 31, 2019 | No Class | Oct 29: Diwali Ends / BhaiDooj |
| Nov 7, 2019 | ||
| Nov 14, 2019 | ||
| Nov 21, 2019 | ||
| Nov 28, 2019 | No Class | Reason: Thanksgiving |
| Dec 5, 2019 | ||
| Dec 12, 2019 | Exam of the Winter Semester | |
| Dec 19, 2019 | Last Day of the Winter Semester Classes | |
| Jan 2, 2019 | No Classes, Year end holiday season,Guru Gobind Singh jayantiJan 2 | |
| Jan 9, 2020 | First session of the second semester; Swami Vivekanand Jayanti on Jan 12 | |
| Jan 16, 2020 | Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Lohri on Jan 15, | |
| Jan 23, 2020 | Ronald McNair Elementary School | |
| Jan 30, 2020 | Vasant Panchami Jan 29 | |
| Feb 6, 2020 | ||
| Feb 13, 2020 | ||
| Feb 20, 2020 | Maha Shivaratri Feb 21 | |
| Feb 27, 2020 | ||
| Mar 5, 2020 | ||
| Mar 12, 2020 | Holi Festival Mar 10; Shivaji Jayanti Mar 12 | |
| Mar 19, 2020 | Shivaji Jayanti Mar 12 | |
| Mar 26, 2020 | Yugadi, Gudipadwa Mar 25; Start of Hindu new year, based on Lunar calendar; Year (3102+2020) (since the beginning of Kaliyuga), year 2077 based on Vikram Samvat; Year 1942 based on Shaka Samvat | |
| Apr 2, 2020 | Sri Ram Navami Apr-2 | |
| Apr 16, 2020 | Classes at Ronald Mcnair ES ; | Hindu new year based on Solar calendar Apr 13; |
| Apr 23, 2020 | Classes at Ronald Mcnair ES ; | |
| Apr 23, 2020 | Adi Shankaracharya jayanti Apr 28 | |
| May 7, 2020 | Mother’s day May-10, arts & crafts day | |
| May 14, 2020 | ||
| May 21, 2020 | Preparatory exams for this academic year | |
| May 28, 2020 | Final exams for this academic year | |
| June 4, 2020 | Last Hindi class this academic year | Annual Class Celebration day |
| July 23-26, 2020 | Balvihar Annual Camp | Shantiniketan annual family camp, See you all at camp |
