Balvihar Class - Dec 4 2016

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Balvihar Dates for December : 4, 11th & 18th. View this email in your browser Happy Holidays to HTS Balvihar Families! Namaste, The HTS Balvihar Year is almost half way and things are going well so far. Balvihar Classes for December : 4th, 11th & 18th.  18th - Midterm Tests. Early dismissal. 30 minutes per class. Aarti and Year end break.  We would like to thank Payal and Dharmesh Suratwala for helping us bring Prasad for Balvihar when we were in a time crunch. Dhanyavaad. Shaunak Jog, Om Desai and Shri Desai - Muchas Gracias for arriving early to help set up for your Volunteer seva. You also stayed back and diligently cleared up areas and made the temple areas clean again. Here is looking at you kiddos! Much appreciation to Chinna Sir for explaining Project management to the students of Balvihar. The students were privy to learning about the concept of Giving in its many ways and forms.  A successful task starts with an organized schedule which in turn leads to a satisfied life.  We would like to extend our best wishes to Aman Malik, He is our Balvihar Alumni and Hindi 2 Teacher who shared his Social service work with Balvihar. We wish http://www.cleatforfeet.org the very best. All students who want to donate their sports related items for kids in impoverished countries may contact Aman for further information. We thank Uma Purani for sharing her Social Service Initiative of Introducing Coding in her community. We understand that giving can start at any age and the best way to learn is to teach!  Our most affectionate Krutagnata is for all of Balvihar Teachers. They are the biggest asset we have at HTS Balvihar and we thank them everyday. Our gradititude to Raj and Anu for providing Tea and Coffee to the Teachers of Balvihar as we gave them a surprise treat on Nov 20th.   December is month of Technology at Balvihar - Our Guest speaker for the week is Roochir Purani and the topic is The Future of Technology. Roochir is also our Sub teacher for Religion 5 class. He works at IBM and is involved in Teaching Programming and Technology based courses to the students in Lehigh Valley. His brief presentation will touch upon few aspects that would be interesting for Balvihar students.  On Dec 11, Uma Purani will conduct free Hour of Code which is an introductory class for all kids who want to have an opportunity to learn coding.This will be done under the guidance of a certified instructor from code.org.   Time :  12 :30 pm - 1: 30 pm. How to Enroll : Email  your child's name, Age to Htsbalvihar@gmail.com before Dec 7th. What to Bring : Pencil, Laptop with internet capability (Temple Wi-Fi information will be provided) If you choose to encourage Uma, you may donate any amount. Uma would like to donate the collection to Hindu Temple Society. Diwali to Christmas Toy Drive is still waiting for your kindness. When you bring  your gift for the kids at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Please make sure you sign your name on the sheet which is placed on the table as well as write down the Age + Gender for the recipient of the Gift. Thank you. Namaste.   The Menu for Balvihar Cafe is : Plain Dosa, Rava Dosa, Masala Dosa, Mini Idlis and Vada. E ʻai kākou Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*