Language & Cultural School Happenings

Preeti Khilani -Jeet & Arnav's Mom   

Chocolate Barfi

This is a simplified, kid friendly, microwave version of barfi.

Ingredients :

2 cups whole milk powder (available at any grocery store in the aisle with the Hershey syrup/hot cocoa)

1 can condensed milk 14 oz

1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick)

1/2 tsp fine Elachi/cardamom powder

1 tsp rose water

1 bag semi-sweet chocolate chips (8-10 oz bag)

2 tbsp heavy whipping cream

Silver leaf/nuts/rose petals for the top

Supply list :

One big 6 cup, one small 2 cup and one 1 cup - all microwave safe bowls. 2 spatulas, measuring cups and spoons, parchment paper, a square or rectangle dish to set the Mithai in. A microwave and heat safe gloves or pot holders.

Steps for white barfi layer :

1. Prepare a tray.  I used a square 8x8 pan. Line it with a parchment paper. Grease the paper so it is easy to remove the Mithai form it. Make sure there is a little overhang of the paper, it makes it easier to lift out the Mithai.

2. In a large microwave safe bowl, place butter and microwave until melted (about a minute). 

3. Add condensed milk and milk powder and whisk well. Microwave on high for one minute and then mix very well again.

4. Back in the microwave for 1 more minute, remove and mix it well again.

5. Microwave for 30 seconds this time, remove & mix, back in for 30 more seconds. Remove & mix

6. Add the Elachi powder and rose water. Mix well and put it in the prepared tray and spread evenly. Put this in the refrigerator for 1 hr.

Steps for chocolate layer :

1. Take the chocolate chips in microwave safe bowl and put it in the microwave for 30 seconds. Remove & stir.

2. Microwave for 30 seconds and mix well again.

3. Back in the microwave for 20-30 seconds, depending on microwave power. Remove and stir. At this point the chocolate chips should have completely melted.

4. In another bowl take the heavy cream and heat it for 10 seconds in the microwave.

5. Mix this well with the melted chocolate. If the chocolate starts to seize, put it back in the microwave for 10-15 seconds.

6. Spread this evenly on the barfi layer.

7. Decorate with your choice of nuts/chocolate chips/rose petals/silver leaf.

8. Refrigerate for 2 hours.

9. Remove for refrigerate, lift it out and cut into desired shape shape with a knife. Enjoy !

Microwave steps :

Butter - 1 min

Milk powder & condensed milk, mix - 1 min

Mix - 1 mix

Mix - 30 seconds

Mix - 30 seconds

Separate bowl, Chocolate chips - 30 seconds

Mix - 30 seconds

Mix - 20-30 seconds

Separate bowl, cream - 10 seconds

Combine the 2 , mix - 15 seconds

Tips - refrigerating the layers makes spreading the next one easier to spread.

Have fun with the toppings - get creative.

Use a hot knife to get clean cuts on the barfi - I run my knife in very hot water, wipe it dry and cut, do this for every other cut.

Preeti Khilani -Jeet & Arnav's Mom   For more info or how to order homemade mithai text  Preeti at 508-631-5239

Namaste Parents,

Thanks to Alka ji for the Yoga classes. A lot of families joined in.

Please check the schedule below for this weekend:

Oct 31 - Nov 1 (Daylight savings time ends – set clocks back one hour on Sat 2AM)-

(Saturday)10:00am – 11:30am – Telugu

(Sunday) 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class (Session 1)

11:00am - 11:30 am – Diwali Assembly Link- https://meetingsamer2.webex.com/meetingsamer2/j.php?MTID=md38c122632e529e987e3ca51ce084a3e

1)This Sunday, for assembly we will be making Diwali sweet ( kids version) and listening to a Diwali story. Please note down the ingredients needed for Chocolate Barfi-

Ingredients -

2 cups whole milk powder (available at any grocery store in the aisle with the Hershey syrup/hot cocoa)

1 can condensed milk 14 oz

1/2 cup butter (1 stick)

1/2 tsp fine Elaichi powder

1 tsp rose water

1 bag semi-sweet chocolate chips (8-10 oz bag)

2 tbsp heavy whipping cream

Silver leaf/nuts/rose petals for the top.

Supply list -

One big 6 cup, one small 2 cup and one 1 cup - all microwave safe bowls.

2 spatulas,

measuring cups and spoons, parchment paper,

a square or rectangle dish to set the Mithai in.

A microwave and heat safe gloves or pot holders and a knife( to cut barfi)

2) Also, This Sunday Kids are welcome to wear and show their Halloween costume during their class and assembly. It will be fun.

3) If anyone is interested in joining a group Diwali dance, please send an email to school@iswonline.org with your name, age and gender. The event is to be held virtually on November 21st (Sunday).

4)A message from Cultural Diwali team-(Virtual on Nov 21st)

In addition to cultural programs, this year we thought it would be nice to include a Diya painting contest. Can we ask you to spread awareness about this Diya painting contest during the weekend Language/Cultural School?

Here's what the competition is about -

This will be a Diwali Diya contest. Draw a diya, paint a diya, decorate a clay diya, make a clay diya from scratch - let your imagination run wild. Participants of all ages welcome.

Send us a short video (Max 1 min) explaining your art work and creation.

Please send us your videos LATEST by Mon, Nov 16.

Registration link -

Registration Form - ISW Diya Painting Contest 2020

11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi Tamil and Gujarati class (Session )

Ruchi Chauhan and Shiamin Melville

(508)439-7607 (508)353-4316

This is the webex link

https://meetingsamer2.webex.com/meetingsamer2/j.php?MTID=mfcdcca08f7450106d4cc81f3a6686fd0

When Sun every Sunday for Yoga & Assembly  & religion

15 mins before to login, actual class at 11.00 am to 11.30 am

10:45am – 11:45am (EDT) Meeting time set up

Current Teacher	Child First Name	Child Last Name
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	Akash	Shanbhag
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	Anisha	Sarkar
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	Arvin	Sharma
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	Aryan	Agnihotri
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	Benjamin	Marjault
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	Chaitanya	Jaiswal
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	Diya	Nowley
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	Jash	Afini
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	Kian	Rao
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	KRISHAA	JAGASIA
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	Mansi	Singh
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	Maya	Bhardwaj
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	Mughilan	Dayalan
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	Myra	Mehrotra
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	Paarth	Kapur
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	Prachi	Nayak
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	Pranet	Singh
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	Saachi	Pujary
Hindi K1 Beg Suchitra Agrawal/Mansi Gera	Saisha	Kulkarni
Hindi K1 Adv  Anju Shukla/Abhiram Singh	AARUSH	MALI
Hindi K1 Adv  Anju Shukla/Abhiram Singh	Agasthya	Kesani
Hindi K1 Adv  Anju Shukla/Abhiram Singh	Anisha	Vipul
Hindi K1 Adv  Anju Shukla/Abhiram Singh	Luke	Marjault
Hindi K1 Adv  Anju Shukla/Abhiram Singh	Ruhan	Lavana
Hindi K1 Adv  Anju Shukla/Abhiram Singh	Samyuktha	Rangarajan
Hindi K1 Adv  Anju Shukla/Abhiram Singh	Shaarav	Gupta
Hindi K1 Adv  Anju Shukla/Abhiram Singh	Tanvi	Badenehal
Hindi K1 Adv  Anju Shukla/Abhiram Singh	Vashista	Kesani
Hindi K1 Adv  Anju Shukla/Abhiram Singh	Aarika	Singh
Hindi K2 Anu Debroy/Aanya Sachdeva	Aayushi	Das Gupta
Hindi K2 Anu Debroy/Aanya Sachdeva	Ishan	Dixit
Hindi K2 Anu Debroy/Aanya Sachdeva	Niti	Singh
Hindi K2 Anu Debroy/Aanya Sachdeva	Ria	Seth
Hindi K2 Anu Debroy/Aanya Sachdeva	Saket	Gahlot
Hindi K2 Anu Debroy/Aanya Sachdeva	Shagun	Sunny
Hindi K2 Anu Debroy/Aanya Sachdeva	Vaishnavi	Jaiswal
Hindi K2 Anu Debroy/Aanya Sachdeva	Yash	Capila
Hindi 1 Pooja Shrivastava/Priyanka Verma	Arush	Jagan
Hindi 1 Pooja Shrivastava/Priyanka Verma	DARSH	NAYAK
Hindi 1 Pooja Shrivastava/Priyanka Verma	Diya	Narendra
Hindi 1 Pooja Shrivastava/Priyanka Verma	DRISHTI	JAGASIA
Hindi 1 Pooja Shrivastava/Priyanka Verma	Hena	Babani
Hindi 1 Pooja Shrivastava/Priyanka Verma	Kavya	Shah
Hindi 1 Pooja Shrivastava/Priyanka Verma	Navyaa	Gupta
Hindi 1 Pooja Shrivastava/Priyanka Verma	Nishta	Kumar
Hindi 1 Pooja Shrivastava/Priyanka Verma	Vedika	Bhardwaj
Hindi 1 Pooja Shrivastava/Priyanka Verma	Vidit	Mahawar
Hindi 2 Beg Divya Gahlot	Aarit	Shrivastava
Hindi 2 Beg Divya Gahlot	ARYAN	DAS
Hindi 2 Beg Divya Gahlot	Jeet	Khilnani
Hindi 2 Beg Divya Gahlot	Praneh	Singh
Hindi 2 Adv Bindiya Jain	Ayan	Mishra
Hindi 2 Adv Bindiya Jain	Dhruv	Jagan
Hindi 2 Adv Bindiya Jain	Divya	Singh
Hindi 2 Adv Bindiya Jain	Ishita	Agrawal
Hindi 2 Adv Bindiya Jain	Rivya	Shrivastava
Hindi 2 Adv Bindiya Jain	Samvriddhi	Shukla
Hindi 2 Adv Bindiya Jain	SOHAN	HEGDE
Hindi 2 Adv Bindiya Jain	Akhil	Shanbag
Hindi 3 Beg Rangarajan	Arnav	Khilnani
Hindi 3 Beg Rangarajan	Neel	Afini
Hindi 3 Beg Rangarajan	Nimish	Kunte
Hindi 3 Beg Rangarajan	Surabhi	dindore
Hindi 3 Beg Rangarajan	Tanushree	Nekenti
Hindi 4  Sonia Gera	Aashi	Gupta
Hindi 4  Sonia Gera	Diya	Sadhu
Hindi 4  Sonia Gera	Kunal	Chauhan
Hindi 4  Sonia Gera	Leisha	Gupta
Hindi 4  Sonia Gera	Prachet	Mahawar
Hindi 4  Sonia Gera	Priyanshu	Sahu
Hindi 4  Sonia Gera	Tanvi	Gahlot
Hindi 4 Sonia Gera	Jaya	Singh
Hindi 4 Sonia Gera	Safalta	Shukla
Hindi ++Adv Asha ji/Neha Singh	Aaryan	Bhatt
Hindi ++Adv Asha ji/Neha Singh	Ishan	Jain
Hindi ++Adv Asha ji/Neha Singh	Krish	Jain
Hindi ++Adv Asha ji/Neha Singh	Yaaminii	Bhardwaj
Hindi ++ Kinkin Kumari	Dhruv	Jain
Hindi ++ Kinkin Kumari	Jiya	Sharma
Hindi ++ Kinkin Kumari	Rishi	Jain
Hindi ++ Kinkin Kumari	Sanjana	Pillai
Hindi Adult -Renu Bhardwaj	Matthew	Willington
Hindi Adult -Renu Bhardwaj	Melike	Sayoglu
Hindi Adult -Renu Bhardwaj	Padma	Asankar

Our first classes were held on September 26-27. It was really great to see all the smiling faces.

Please check the schedule for this week-:

October 3-4

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Language class Session 1 (Hindi)

  11:00am – 11.30 am – Assembly Art with Priya Vaidya(Diwali Card) Please use the following Webex link to join the Art Assembly.

ISW Diwali Craft by Priya Vaidya, starts at 11 am officially

When Sun Oct 4, 2020 10:50am – 11:40am (EDT)
Where https://meetingsamer2.webex.com/meetingsamer2/j.php?MTID=md38c122632e529e987e3ca51ce084a3e

Please have the following supplies available for this activity.

Glue stick, scissors, pencil, sharpie, white paper A4 size, (or blank greeting card), different color post it. Any stickers they want to use for decoration per choice.

 11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

PS: Hindi books have been ordered and should be here soon for pick up at India Center.

   If you have any questions, please reach out to us.

Thanks,Ruchi Chauhan and Shiamin Melville

(508)439-7607            (508)353-4316

ISW GUJARATI SCHOOL 

Courses

Year 1: - Praranbhik 

Syllabus – 1 Grid 

                   2 Gujarati Varna Parichay – 1 (J 2251)

                   3 Gujarati Varna Parichay – 2 (J 2252)

                   4 Gujarati Pravesh – Part 1 – (J 2111)

                   5 Gujarati Pravesh – Part 2 – (J 2112)

(Book – Navnit Publication Ahmadabad) 

TEACHER: -  Krishnaa Amin 

DUTIES: 1 - Compulsory -Register - Discipline - Homework - Cultural - Test – Examination.  

                

DATE & TIME: Every Sunday 11.30 AM TO 12:30 PM

TASK 

To be able to speak, read, write and understand Gujarati Alphabets Letters, in order as

well as individually. They must speak clearly using the correct sounds. They must say it together as well an individually. 

They be able to Speak, Read, Write and understand numbers from 1 to 20.

They be able to learn vegetables, fruits name and all colours in Guajarati. 

They be able to write their name in Guajarati.

Written practice for letters and words can be followed as in book.

The worksheets for letters, pictures can be prepared to teach.

Teachers can breakdown the syllabus term wise according to the ability & co-operation of students and divide them into groups.

At all-time Gujarati and English must be spoken in the class.

Year 2 : - Pravesh

Syllabus – 1 Learn with picture – 1 

                   2 Learn with picture – 2 

                   

(Book – Navnit Publication Ahmadabad) 

TEACHER: - Krishnaa Amin/Vaishali Amin 

DUTIES: 1 - Compulsory -Register - Discipline - Homework - Cultural - Test – Examination.  

                

DATE & TIME: Every Sunday 11:30 AM TO 12:30 PM

Task: - 

To be able to speak, read, write and understand all Gujarati alphabets from the beginning to

and in order. They must speak clearly using the correct sounds. They must say it together as well as individually. They should be able to use barakhadi to write and read two, three or more letter simple words -by pictures as well as words and know the meaning in English. They should be able to speak, read, write and understand all the vowels. They should be able to make small simple three to

four words sentences. 

They must be able to Speak, Read, and understand numbers from 1 to 50.

They be able to Speak and understand all seven Days and time of the day.

The class can be distributed into groups by the ability and the age of the students.

Teachers can breakdown the syllabus term wise according to the ability & co-operation of

Students and divide them into groups.

At all time Gujarati and English must be spoken in the class. 

Year 3: Parichay

Syllabus: - Speak well English – (Gujarati) (G 0503)

                   (Book – Navnit Publication Ahmadabad) 

TEACHER: -  Krishnaa Amin/Vaishali Amin 

DUTIES: 1 - Compulsory -Register - Discipline - Homework - Cultural - Test – Examination.  

                

DATE & TIME: Every Sunday 11:30 AM TO 12:30 PM

Task: - 

To be able to speak, read, write and understand all Gujarati alphabets from the beginning and in order. They should be able to speak, read, write and understand all the vowels. They must write in print quality. They must speak clearly using the correct sounds. They must say it together as well as individually. They should be able to use barakhadi. to write and read two, three or more letter simple words.  They should be able to make small simple three to four words sentences. 

They should be able to translate simple sentences English - Gujarati -English. They should have knowledge of simple grammar, such as gender, noun, pronoun etc. 

At all time Gujarati and English must be spoken in the class 

Year 4: Vikaas  

Syllabus: - 1 Speak well English – (Gujarati) (G 0503)

(Book – Navnit Publication Ahmadabad) 

TEACHER: - Krishnaa Amin/Vaishali Amin

DUTIES: 1 - Compulsory -Register - Discipline - Homework - Cultural - Test – Examination.  

DATE & TIME: Sunday 11:30 AM TO 12:30 PM

Task: - 

They should be able to make sentences. They should be able to translate sentences and paragraphs into English to Gujarati to English. They should have knowledge of simple grammar, such as all three Tenses etc. They should read fluently. They should be able to speak small stories. They must be able to Speak, Read, Write & understand numbers from 1 to 100, 1000 and1 to 100 in words. . Students should be able to read and write joined-up letters. 

It is important to concentrate on correct pronunciation when reading takes place & the

correct basic way of writing should be followed.

The class can be distributed into groups by the ability of the students.

At all time Gujarati and English must be spoken in the class 

Year 5: - PRE GCSE Level 

Syllabus:   1 Speak well English – (Gujarati) (G 0503)

                      From Lesson no 46/page 204 to lesson 59 / page 270

                      (Concentrate on Relevancy)

                  2 Sundar baal vartao dhoran 2 (M2262)  

                  3 Gujarati Nibandhmala – Dhoran 2,3,4

(Book – Navnit Publication Ahmadabad) 

TEACHER: -  Krishnaa Amin/Vaishali Amin

DUTIES: 1 - Compulsory -Register - Discipline - Homework - Cultural - Test – Examination.  

                

DATE & TIME: Sunday 11:30 AM TO 12:30 PM

Task: - 

They should be able to make sentences. They should be able to translate sentences and paragraphs into English to Gujarati to English. They should have knowledge of simple grammar, such as all three Tenses, adjective, adverb etc. They should read fluently. They should be able to speak small stories and small essays. They should know the Gujarati calendar months.

The class can be distributed into groups by the ability of the students.

At all-time Gujarati and English must be spoken in the class 

Year 6: - GCSE Level 

Syllabus: - 1 Speak well English – (Gujarati) (G 0503)

                     (Concentrate on Relevancy)

                      From Lesson no 60/page 280 to lesson 64 / page 361

                   2 Gujarati Nibandhmala Dhoran 5,6,7 (E3207)

                     (For 1 & 2 Book – Navnit Publication Ahmadabad) 

                   3 OCR - Gcse old Question Paper

                   4 Gujarat Samachar – for advert.

                   5 OCR vocabularies – pdf  & GCSE level Topics 

                   6 Gujarati Language for GCSE by Kanta Shah, Neelkamal 

                      Level 7 

TEACHER: -  

DUTIES: 1 - Compulsory -Register - Discipline - Homework - Cultural – Mock – Examination as OCR level 

                

DATE & TIME: Every Sunday 11:30 AM TO 12:30 PM

Task: - 

They should be able to make sentences. They should be able to translate sentences and paragraphs into English to Gujarati to English. They should have knowledge of grammar. They should read fluently. They should be able to speak, write stories and essays.

It is important to concentrate on correct pronunciation when reading takes place & the

Correct basic way of writing should be followed.

The class can be distributed into groups by the ability of the students.

Teachers can breakdown the syllabus term wise according to the ability & co-operation of

Students and divide them into groups.

At all-time GUJARATI must be spoken in the class.

Year 7 – A level 

Syllabus: - 1 Standard 8, 9^th Gujarati Nibandha mala (E 3209)

                   2 Standard 10^th Gujarati Nibandhmala (E 3210) 

                   3 Standard 8^th Guajarati subject book (from Gujarat)

                   4 General knowledge in Gujarati 

                   5 OCR – old stuff

                              (1,2 Navnit Publication Ahmadabad )

Current Teacher	Child First Name	Child Last Name
Gujarati	Arjun	Patel
Gujarati	Jaineel	Joshi
Gujarati	Arnesh	Mehta
Gujarati	Sanvi	Amin
Gujarati	Sahir	Amin
Gujarati	Mahek	Raval
Gujarati	Samik	Shah
Gujarati	Vedant	Vyas
Gujarati	Rudra	Vyas
Gujarati	Taj	Desai
Gujarati	Naavya	Raghavendra
Gujarati	Aadhya	Raghavendra

Marathi	Aaryan	Pawar
Marathi	Anaya	Wasekar
Marathi	Ishaan	Kavdikar
Marathi	Arush	Jagan
Marathi	Shriya	Marathe
Marathi	Tanvi	Kunte
Marathi	Vivan	Kamble
Marathi	SAANVI	KHARE
Marathi	SHAARAV	KHARE
Marathi	Avnee	Ambade
Marathi	Saket	Nikte
Marathi	Anvaya	Parab
Marathi	Ananya	Parab
Marathi	Anisha	Parelkar

Tamil	Sneha	Nagarajan
Tamil	Preethi	Sivashankar
Tamil	Shruti	Sivashankar
Tamil	Aditya	Nambi
Tamil	Arjun	Nambi
Tamil	Thanush	Karthik
Telugu	Sanvika Sai	Karamalaputi
Telugu	Riyansika	Pilli
Telugu	Rayansh	Pilli
Telugu	Keerthi	Penmetsa
Telugu	Sahiti	Penmetsa
Telugu	Yajas	Devaguptapu
Telugu	Pragnya	Susarla
Telugu	Pranav	Susarla
Telugu	Bhavya	Kamakolanu
Telugu	Tanvi	Bollu
Telugu	Tarun	Bollu

ISW Open House Sept 20th 2020 Sunday 10.00 am – 11:30am (EDT)

https://shiaminmelville.my.webex.com/shiaminmelville.my/j.php?MTID=mec49b362c5e7a6a61a246d330b35f758

Agenda:
1) Share School schedule - Sep - May 2021 (with a survey to be done about 'in person classes' in January)
2) Description of the Online Program and safe online etiquette.
3) Brief summary of ISW expansion
4)Teacher Introductions- We'll be asking everyone to turn off their video when we introduce each ISW teacher
(order will be Hindi K1 Beg first).
5)Questions & Answers
6) National Anthem

SCHEDULE 2020–2021 Saturdays & Sundays. (scroll down for complete list)

ISW LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL SCHOOL  Established 1992

Students from all language encouraged to attend cultural assembly & yoga

September 20– Open House 10-11 am 

10:00am – Information Session, teacher introductions

September 26-27 – First semester

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Language class Session 1

11:00am – 11:30am – No Assembly

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

Sat September 26 & Sun September 27, 2020, ‘Spirit of Shrewsbury’ Online

      

October 3-4

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Language class Session 1

       11:00am – 11.30 am – Assembly ART

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

Signups for Diwali Dance (TO BE CONFIRMED)

October 10-11  – (Columbus Day weekend)

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Language class Session 1

       11:00am – 11.30 am – Yoga with Alka Mehta

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2 

October 17-18 – Navratri Begins Sat

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

                    Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

       11:00am - 11:30 am – Religion and Indology

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

                      

October 24-25 – Navratri ends Sunday

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

                    Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

        11:00am – 11.30 am – Yoga with Alka Mehta

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

Diwali joint event with WAM, Worcester Art Museum – TBD

Non Indian food collection for Diwali - TBD

Oct 31 - Nov 1 (Daylight savings time ends – set clocks back one hour on Sat 2AM)

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

        11:00am - 11:30 am – TBD

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

ISW DIWALI Puja and Cultural program TBD

November 7-8

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

       11:00am - 11:30am – Yoga with Alka Mehta

11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

November 14-15 – DIWALI – school closed

November 21-22

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

        11:00 am – 11.30 am –Religion and Indology

11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

November 28-29

Thanksgiving weekend – NO SCHOOL

Sunday, December 6^th 2020 – ISW Christmas TBD

December 5-6– – (Set up Giving Tree with tags)

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

        11:00am - 11:30am – Assembly: Ramona Michaels & Xmas Story

11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

     December 12-13 – (Giving Tree: Collect Mittens: Walmart gift cards)

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

       11:00am – 11.30 am Yoga with Alka Mehta

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

     December 19-20 – (Giving Tree: Collect Mittens: Walmart gift cards)

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

         11:00am – 11.30 am – Religion and Indology

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

                  

December 26-27 – Merry Christmas – NO SCHOOL

January 2-3 – Happy New Year - Welcome back 2021

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

       

       11:00am – 11:30am – Assembly Music with Sarita Deshpande

                          OR   Assembly (Lohri, Pongal, Makar Sankranti)

11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

January 9-10

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

        11:00am - 11:30am –Yoga with Alka Mehta

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

Jan 15 Shrewsbury School closed – Prof dev day

Jan 18 Shrewsbury school Closed – MLK Jr Day

January 16-17 – MID YEAR LANGUAGE EXAM

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

        11:00am - 11:30am –Religion and Indology

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2   

 

Telugu School Sankranthi Celebrations - Saturday January 16^th TBD

January 23-24 – 2^nd session begins (Hindi Teachers Meeting – TBD)

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

        11:00am - 11:30am – Yoga with Alka Mehta (Assembly Republic Day with Sharad Mehta)

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

January 24th ISW General Body Meeting, 2 pm

   February 6-7

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

         11:00am - 11:30am – Assembly Music with Sarita Deshpande

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

      

February 13-14 – NO SCHOOL – WINTER VACATION

February 20-21

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

        11:00am - 11:30am – Religion and Indology

        11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

      

February 27-28

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

        11:00am - 11:30am – Yoga with Alka Mehta

        11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

March 6-7

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

        11:00am - 11:30am – Music class with Sarita Deshpande

        11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

March 13-14 (Daylight savings time-set clock ahead one hour Sat 2AM)

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

       10:30am – 11.30 am – ISW Saraswati Puja TBD

        11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

         

March 20-21

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

       11:00am - 11:30am – Religion and Indology

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

  March 27-28 – Holi is March 29th

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

        11:00am - 11:30am –No Yoga TBD TEACHERS Meeting

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

April 3-4

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

        11:00am - 11:30am – ISW Bollyfit teacher Sunita Kalyani

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

April 10-11

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

        11:00am - 11:30am – Yoga with Alka Mehta

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

April 17-18 - NO SCHOOL – SPRING VACATION (Ram Navmi, Baisakhi)

April 24-25

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

        11:00am - 11:30am – Yoga with Alka Mehta

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

May 1-2 - FINAL EXAM (TBD)

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

        11:00am - 11:30am – Cultural assembly TBD

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

  

May 8-9 - FINAL EXAM (TBD) Mother’s Day, School is being held

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

        11:00am - 11:30am – Yoga with Alka Mehta

       11:30am – 12:30 pm – Marathi, Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

 

May 15-16

Saturday 10:00am – 11:30am –Telugu

       Sunday 09:30am - 10:30am – Hindi class Session 1

        11:00am - 11:30am – Assembly: Dharmic Jeopardy No Yoga

        11:30am – 12:30 pm –Tamil and Gujarati class Session 2

Sunday May 23 –Annual Program - 11.30 to 2.30

Mass Audubon's Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary off Route 20 Worcester

LAST DAY ANNUAL PROGRAM on Sunday May 23

If you are looking for help with your child's online homework or course work in any school grade, please fill out the info by September 15, 2020 at this link:(2nd Batch)

https://forms.gle/wTX6o7QGhGg2mBnG9

If you are a student in grade 9 to 12, who is interested in being a volunteer teacher, please fill out the info by September 15, 2020 at this link: (2nd Batch)

https://forms.gle/HiqFSP56KG14QiKG7

More details at https://iswonline.org/Language-School-Blog Any questions please send an email to tutoring@iswonline.org. Do sign up soon

 

Tutoring Team

Krishnaa, Mansi, Ruchi & Shiamin

tutoring@iswonline.org

 508-353-4316 Shiamin 

 ISW Tutoring program Summary

ISW School launched a new online Students & Tutor match program to help parents with arranging one on one online tutoring for the kids with help from IYG.  The topics can be Math, Physics, Science, English, Languages and Life skills like Time Management.  The hours would be volunteer hours, based on student tutor availability. For the initial pilot program, it would be open to ISW members only and IYG members, so we can monitor this program for online safety.

1. Program will run from September to the end of June 2021, however commitment is expected from our volunteers until the end of January 2021, for now.

2.  Student tutors will be in grade 9 or up

3. One on one tutoring was recommended since some kids would be hesitant to ask questions in a larger setting

4. One-hour training/orientation for safe online etiquette to be held for student tutors

5.  Before classes start, an initial meeting to held possibly 4-way between (a) Parents of student and (b) student tutors and (c) assigned Student tutors (d) ISW school rep

6.  Personal WebEx/Zoom to be set up by parents or student tutors, will not be set up by ISW.

7.  Volunteer hours to be signed by IYG advisor: Shubh Agrawal

8.  CORI check for student tutors between 14-18 years is a TBD. 

9. Attendance spreadsheet on google doc to be set up and filled out by student tutors 

10 Email exchanges between parents and tutors to be CC  tutoring@iswonline.org to ensure online safety

First Batch fill out the info by August 31,2020

New ISW Tutoring program

ISW Cultural and Language School is launching a new online Students & Tutor match program to help IYG members get volunteer hours and help parents by providing one on one online tutoring for their kids with help from IYG members. Tutored topics will include Math, Science, English, History, School taught Foreign Languages, and Life skills like Time Management. Student tutors will get volunteer hour credit for sessions conducted, and sessions will be based on student-teacher availability. To monitor online safety, the initial pilot program will only be open to ISW members and IYG members.

For now we expect a commitment to the end of January , minimum one hour per week. There will be an initial online meeting for tutors, and a CORI check later. Sessions begin September 14, 2020.

f you are a student in grade 9 to 12, who is interested in being a volunteer teacher, please fill out the info by August 31, 2020 at this link: https://forms.gle/HiqFSP56KG14QiKG7

If you are looking for help with your online homework or course work in any school grade, please fill out the info by August 31, 2020 at this link:

https://forms.gle/wTX6o7QGhGg2mBnG9

Any questions please send an email to tutoring@iswonline.org

Tutoring Team

Mansi Gera -Student Volunteer Tutor Contact

Krishnaa Amin - Parent and Tutored student Contact

Shubh Agrawal

Shiamin Melville

Ruchi Chauhan