Vidyalaya Sunday Classes - In Person Classes

Vidyalaya offers 43 different classes during the 2023–2024 school year. Classes include Yoga, Religion, Languages and STEM. The Vidyalaya typically holds its in-person lessons on the first, third, and fifth Sundays. The academic year runs from September to May. Students will take part in a Show and Tell event and a graduation ceremony in May, which marks the conclusion of the academic year. Participants will get the chance to perform on stage.

Participants pay a $200.00 annual fee. There is a  reduction in fee for additional members of the same family. A participant may sign up for up to four classes. The age requirement to enroll in school is five years old. There are higher age requirements for some classes. The following is a list of the classes offered.

List of classes available

Time

Class

Elementary

Middle

High 

Adult

Description

08:10 - 09:00

L53 Thiruppugazh

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

09:00 - 09:50

R07 Veda

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

C03 Carnatic Level 1

Yes

Yes

Yes

C04 Tabla

Yes

Yes

Yes

C07 Yoga

Yes

Yes

Yes

S05 Simple Science

Yes

Yes

Yes

C01 Bharatanatyam Basic

Yes

Yes

Yes

10:10-11:00

C10 Carnatic Level 2

Yes

Yes

Yes

R01 Stories and coloring

Yes

No

No

R02 Short slokas and bhajans

Yes

Yes

Yes

R03 Medium slokas and bhajans

Yes

Yes

Yes

R04 Introduction to Ramayana

Yes

Yes

Yes

R09 Mahabharata/Bhagavad Gita

Yes

Yes

Yes

R10 Values from Epics, Dharmic values

Yes

Yes

Yes

R11 Longer chants and Bhajans

Yes

Yes

Yes

C02 Indian cultural dance

Yes

Yes

No

C05 Bharatanatyam Advanced

No

Yes

Yes

C11 Kathak

Yes

Yes

Yes

11:05-11:55

C06 Carnatic Level 3

Yes

Yes

Yes

L01 Hindi 1 Simple Conversational

Yes

Yes

No

L02 Hindi 2 Vowels / Matras

Yes

Yes

No

L03 Hindi 3 short phrases/ Conversation

No

Yes

Yes

L04 Hindi 4 Short Stories

No

Yes

Yes

L11 Sanskrit 1

Yes

Yes

Yes

L12 Sanskrit 2

Yes

Yes

Yes

L13 Sanskrit 3

Yes

Yes

Yes

L31 Malayalam 1 Vowels / Consonants

Yes

Yes

Yes

L32 Malayalam 2 Short phrases

Yes

Yes

Yes

L33 Malayalam 3 Conversation

Yes

Yes

Yes

L41 Kannada 1

Yes

Yes

Yes

L42 Kannada 2

Yes

Yes

Yes

L51 Tamil 1

Yes

Yes

Yes

L52 Tamil 2

Yes

Yes

Yes

L61 Telugu 1

Yes

Yes

Yes

L62 Telugu 2

Yes

Yes

Yes

L63 Telugu 3

No

Yes

Yes

L71 Gujarathi 1

Yes

Yes

Yes

L81 Sindhi 1

Yes

Yes

Yes

12:10 - 1:00

C08 Meditation

Yes

Yes

Yes

C09 Conversational Carnatic

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

G01 Chess beginners

Yes

Yes

Yes

G02 Chess Advanced

Yes

Yes

Yes

G03 Arts and Crafts

Yes

Yes

Yes

S01 Programming Alice

Yes

Yes

No

S02 Programming Python

No

Yes

Yes

S03 Vedic Math

No

Yes

Yes

S04 Astronomy

No

Yes

Yes

Class Timings

In Person Class Timings

8:10 AM

9:00 AM

Thiruppugazh Class

9:00 AM

9:50 AM

Period 1 - Yoga and Culture Classes

9:50 AM

10:00 AM

Opening Prayers (Location Auditorium)

10:00 AM

10:50 AM

Period 2 (Religion classes)

11:00 AM

11:50 AM

Period 3 (Language classes)

11:50 AM

12:10 PM

Closing prayers/Snack (Location Gupta Hall)

12:10 PM

1:00 PM

  Period 4 General and STEM Classes

Class Schedule for 2023-2024**

Month

Date

September

10, 17

October

1, 15

November

5, 19

December

10, 17*

January

7, 21

February

4, 18

March

3, 17, 24*

April

7, 21

May

5

May

19 - Show and Tell

May

26 - Graduation

*Both in-person and online classes are held on these dates..

**If there are any special activities taking place in the temple on the given days, the dates may be changed.

Parent Sessions

Throughout the Vidyalaya year, discussions were held on a variety of topics, some of which included parenting, education, and religion. Based on parent interest and the availability of resources, parent sessions will be organized on a variety of topics..

Registration Details

Please complete the two steps listed below to register for in-person classes.

Step 1: To enroll in Vidyalaya (Sunday school) 2022–2023 and pay the registration fee, please register below, one for each family.

Step 2: After the registration process is done, you will get an email with a link to register the students and choose classes. Each student needs to be registered separately using the link.

Register Here