Toddler Class 2012 (Coordinators : Aparna Vemuri & Vandana Santhanam) Date Temple/BB Event Story Story Shloka Shloka Bhajan Bhajan Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer 1/7/2012 Story of Soorya Gayathri Gowri Nandana Gajanana (pg. 6) Gayathri Vidyasankar Shuklaambara dharam Vidyasankar Vandana Santhanam 1/14/2012 Makara Sankaranti 1/21/2012 Story of Shiva Aparna Vemuri Mooshika-vaahana Aparna Vemuri Shankara Sadadshiva (pg 33) Bharathy Thridandam Story of Rama 2/4/2012 Rajashree/Sundar Shuddha-sphatika sankaasham Rajashri Balaji Chandrashekharaya Nama Om (pg 37) Vandana Santhanam Story of Shantakaram bhujaga- Archana Review of Shankara Sadashiva (p 33) & 2/18/2012 Muruga/Skandha Sundar Dwarakanath shayanam Jayachandran Chandrashekharaya Nama Om (pg 37) Rajashree Sundar 2/19/2012 Maha Shivarathri Pooja Shivarathri Pooja by 2/26/2012 Children Shantakaram bhujaga- shayanam (& Ramaaya Archana raamabhadraaya, Sri Rama Narayan/Amshu Rama Nama tarakam (pg 12); Atmarama 3/3/2012 Story of Parvathi Vandana Santhanam rama rameti) Murthy Anandaramana (pg 14) Archana Narayan Vanitha Ramaaya raamabhadraaya & Viji Review Gowri Nandana (pg 6); Review Rama 3/17/2012 Story of Ganesha Santhamoorthy Sri Rama rama rameti Ramannarayanan bhajans Archana Jayachandran 3/31/2012 Rama Navami Vijayalakshmi Durga Bhavani Ma (pg 45); Review Rama 4/7/2012 Story of Lakshmi Gujjaiah Vasudevasutam devam Rajashri Balaji Bhajans Rajashri Balaji Ramanavami Pooja by 4/8/2012 Children Gayathri 4/21/2012 Story of Krishna Gayathri Vidyasankar Ananyashcintayanto maam Vidyasankar Govinda Harey Gopala Harey (pg 26) Latha Sundar Vandana Durga Bhavani Ma- review (pg 45); Jaya 5/5/2012 Story of Durga Aparna Vemuri Gajaanananam bhoota Santhanam Ganesha (pg 8) Gayathri Vidyasankar 5/13/2012 Mother's day Bharathy Sharadhe Sharadhe (pg 41); Radhey Govinda 5/19/2012 Story of Saraswathy Rajashree/Sundar Vakratunda-mahakaya Thridandam Bhajo (pg 19) Rajashree Sundar 5/28/2012 Memorial Day 6/2/2012 Arts and Crafts Rama Srinivas Parithranaya Sadhunam Aparna Vemuri Review Bhajans Vandana Santhanam 6/10/2012 Picnic 6/16/2012 NO CLASS -SUMMER BREAK STARTS 6/17/2012 Father's Day 7/14/2012 Field Trip - TBD 7/21/2012 7/28/2012 Field Trip - TBD 8/4/2012 8/11/2012 Field Trip - TBD 8/18/2012 Clay Ganesha Making 8/19/2012 (4:00 pm to 6:30pm) Clay Ganesha Making 8/25/2012 (4:00pm to 6:00pm) NO CLASS - LONG 9/1/2012 WEEKEND 9/3/2012 Labor Day Ganesha Sharanam (pg 6); review of Ganesha 9/15/2012 Dhruva Sundar Dwarakanath Revise Ganesha shlokas Aparna Vemuri bhajans Vandana Santhanam 9/19/2012 Vinayaka Chavithi Ganesha Pooja by 9/23/2012 Children Toddler Class 2012 (Coordinators : Aparna Vemuri & Vandana Santhanam) Date Temple/BB Event Story Story Shloka Shloka Bhajan Bhajan Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer Ganesha Visarganam at 10:30am Gayathri Devi Lakshmi Mam Pahi (pg 43); review Durga 10/6/2012 Prahlada Vandana Santhanam Maanikya-veenaam Vidyasankar Bhavani Ma Gayathri Vidyasankar 10/15/2012 Navarathri Begins Vanitha 10/20/2012 Ekalavya Santhamoorthy Annapoorne sadaa poorne Rajashri Balaji Review of all Devi Bhajans Rajashree Sundar 10/23/2012 Vijaya Dasami Saraswathi Pooja by 10/28/2012 Children Vijayalakshmi Archana Review of all Krishna Bhajans; Anjaneya 11/3/2012 Nachiketa Gujjaiah Yaakundendu Jayachandran Raghuveera (pg 51) Archana Narayan 11/13/2012 Diwali Ramanarayanan Radhika Manohara Madanagopala (pg 23); 11/17/2012 Markandeya Krishnamurthy Revise shlokas Aparna Vemuri Anjaneya Veera (pg 51) Archana Jayachandran 11/23/2012 Thanksgiving Review the stories told this semester with emphasis on Review of Anjaneya bhajans, & Radhika 12/1/2012 devotion Aparna Vemuri Shloka revision Aparna Vemuri manohara Vandana Santhanam 12/15/2012 TALENT DAY Legend Regular Class Activity Temple related activity/other festivals Special Balabhavan Program No Class Junior Class 2012 (Coordinators : Hema Rangaswamy & Anupama Rajagopalan) Date Temple/BB Event Story Story Volunteer Shloka Shloka Bhajan Bhajan Volunteer Volunteer 1/14/2012 Gajendra Moksham- Vishnu saves Sriram Srinivasan Bilvashtakam 1-4 Anandhi Prathama Ganapathi (pg 9); Hema Kalyanaraman Gajendra from the clutches of the Krishnamoorthy Shankara Chandrashekara (pg crocodile 37) 1/14/2012 Makara Sankaranti Baktha Prahalad-Vishnu in the Bilvashtakam 5-9 Dhimika Dhimika Dhim (pg 39); form of Narasimha protects his Bhola Natha Re (pg 36) devotee Prahaladha from his own 1/28/2012 father Sneha/Sucheth Vijaya Purohit Latha Sundar Bilvashtakam & shiva Hayagriva-Horse faced Vishu shatpadi stotram Lalitha Jaya Jaya Shankara (pg 38); 2/11/2012 saves the vedas from the demons Anupama Rajagopalan Kothandapani Shambho Shankara (pg 37) Magesh Hariharan 2/19/2012 Maha Shivarathri Pooja Namaramayana -1 Anupama 2/25/2012 Dhurva-The Story of Dhurva Venkat Maddipatla Rajagopalan Review all Shiva Bhajans Sangeetha Prahalad 2/26/2012 Shivarathri Pooja by Children King Ambarisha-Vishnu saves king Aruna Namaramayana -2 Ambarisha from the curse of Sage Janakiraman/Magesh Archana 3/10/2012 Dhurvasa Hariharan Sampath Ekadantham (pg 10) Sapna Chandrashekar Devaki and Vasudev- The story of Namaramayana -3 how Krishna saves his parents Anupama Rama Chandra Prabhu (pg 15) 3/24/2012 from his evil uncle Kamsa Malini/Rajesh Kumar Rajagopalan Bhaja Mana Ramam (pg 16) Sushma Havanagi Draupathi- Krishna saves Narasimha Achyutashtakam 1-3 Anantha Kalyana (pg 15); Draupathi from humiliation at the Manda/Lakshmi Gayathri review Ramachandra prabhu & 3/31/2012 court of the Kauravas Penumarti Vidyashankar Bhaja mana ramam Gayathri Vidyashankar 3/31/2012 Rama Navami Achyutashtakam 4-6 Sudhama- Krishna relieves his Review -Ramachandra Prabhu Srilekha friend/devotee Sudhama from Hema (pg 15), Bhaja Mana (pg 16); Krishnamurthy/Chandras 4/14/2012 poverty Padmaja Gadde Kalyanaraman Anantha kalyana (pg 15) ekhar Sundarraman 4/8/2012 Ramanavami Pooja by Children Achyutashtakam 7-9 Srilekha Ahalya- Vishnu in the form of Lord Krishnamurthy/C Sharanam Siddhi Vinayaka (pg Rama redeems Ahalya from the handrasekhar 10); Madhurapuri Nilaye (pg. 4/28/2012 curse Prasanna Kannan Sundarraman 50) Hema Rangaswamy Vishnu Priye (pg 48 ), & Vali And Sugriva- Rama protects Review Mahalakshmi Jagan Matha (pg 5/12/2012 Sugriva from his brother Vali Prasanna Madabushi Achyutashtakam Radhika Chari 46) Latha Sundar 5/13/2012 Mother's day 5/26/2012 CLASS CANCELLED - LONG WEEKEND 5/28/2012 Memorial Day Anandhi Hema Kalyanaraman 6/9/2012 Arts and Crafts Rama Srinivas Review Slokas Krishnamoorthy Review Bhajans 6/10/2012 Picnic 6/16/2012 NO CLASS -SUMMER BREAK STARTS 6/17/2012 Father's Day 7/14/2012 Field Trip - TBD 7/21/2012 Junior Class 2012 (Coordinators : Hema Rangaswamy & Anupama Rajagopalan) Date Temple/BB Event Story Story Volunteer Shloka Shloka Bhajan Bhajan Volunteer Volunteer 7/28/2012 Field Trip - TBD 8/4/2012 8/11/2012 Field Trip - TBD 8/18/2012 Clay Ganesha Making (4:00 pm 8/19/2012 to 6:30pm) Clay Ganesha Making (4:00pm 8/25/2012 to 6:30pm) 9/1/2012 NO CLASS - LONG WEEKEND 9/3/2012 Labor Day Ganesha stotram: Jaya Maa Saraswathy (pg 46); Hema Kalyanaraman Ganga- Shiva helps Bhagirathi to Ajam nirvikalpam Sangeetha start review of Ganesha 9/8/2012 bring River Ganga to Earth Prashanth Sharma Prahalad bhajans Arjuna and Shiva- Shiva gives Ganesha stotram: divine weapon 'Pasupatha' to Ajam nirvikalpam Sapna Review of Ganesha Bhajans 9/22/2012 Arjuna to fight against Kauravas Shivanand Havanagi Chandrashekar (Ekadantam, Sharanam Siddhi) Sangeetha Prahalad 9/23/2012 Ganesha Pooja by Children 9/29/2012 No Class Ganesha Visarganam at 10:30am Lord Shiva saves the Universe by Jago jago Ma (pg 45); review 10/13/2012 drinking the ocean of poison Shyam Kadaba Sharada bhujangam Shoba Nagarajan Vishnu Priye Magesh Hariharan 10/15/2012 Navarathri Begins 10/23/2012 Vijaya Dasami Hema Kalyanaraman Markandeya- Shiva rescues Sharada bhujangam & Markandeya from the clutches of Mahalakshmi Sudarshan 10/27/2012 Yama Prasanna Parthasarathy ashtakam: Namastestu Gopalakishnan Review of all Devi Bhajans 10/28/2012 Saraswathi Pooja by Children Krishna as the child God and Yakundendu, Manikya Savior- Stories related to Krishna's Veenam Sushma Madhusudhana Harey Madhava 11/10/2012 Childhood Days Sushma Natarajan Havanagi (pg 24); Jaya nandalala (pg 24) Gayathri Vidyashankar 11/13/2012 Diwali 11/23/2012 Thanksgiving Hanuman-Story of how a Devotee Shloka revision 11/24/2012 can serve God Valli Annamalai Radhika Chari Hum Ko Man Ki (pg 56) Latha Sundar Shloka quiz Hema Kalyanaraman Srilekha Krishnamurthy/Chandr Anupama QUIZ- Review Krishna bhajans, 12/8/2012 Harishchandra the truthful King asekhar Sundarraman Rajagopalan & Hum Ko Man Ki (pg 56) 12/15/2012 TALENT DAY Legend Regular Class Activity Temple related activity/other festivals Special Balabhavan Program No Class Senior Class 2012 (Coordinators : Vasantha Madhavi Sudhakar/Sudhakar Yadavalli & Nalini Venugopal) Date Temple/BB Event Story Story Shloka Shloka Bhajan Bhajan Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer 1/14/2012 Mahathma Gandhi Nithya Sudhakar Radhika Chari Ekadantham (pg 10); Lalitha Krishnamurthy Achyutastakam 1-4 Nandeeshwara (pg 39) 1/14/2012 Makara Sankaranti Shankara Chandrashekara (pg Sangeetha Prahalad 1/28/2012 Sardar Patel Renuka Krishnan Achyutastakam 5-9 Vasantha Madhavi Sudhakar/Sudhakar37) Yadavalli 2/11/2012 Bal ganadhar Tilak Poornima/Viswanath Review Achyutastakam Lalitha Kothandapani Manasa Bhajare (pg 34) Latha Sundar 2/19/2012 Maha Shivarathri Pooja Lalitha Krishnamurthy 2/25/2012 Bhagath singh Prasanna Madabushi Nirvana hatkam Anupama Sudharshan Review Shiva Bhajans