Upcoming events

February 1	09:50 - 10:00: Story
	10:10: Debate Club Parent Meeting
	11:10: Debate Club Parent Meeting
	11:00 - 11:45: Yoga Class for Adults
February 8	09:50 - 10:00: Presentation: C3
	Activity: Spirit Day
	11:00 - 11:45: Yoga Class for Adults
February 15	School Closed, President's Day
February 22	09:50 - 10:00: Story
	11:00 - 11:45: Yoga Class for Adults

Debate Club

Vidyalaya is proud to host a Debate Club for students in grade 7 through 12 from February to May 2015 after school for one hour. This class will be run by two of Vidyalaya's alumni, Kevin Mittal and Shivam Agarwal. It is anticipated to be a very educational and an entertaining session and will be available on a first come, first served basis.

Thanks to those who have shown an interest in participating in this club. Due to inclement weather, our parent meetings that were scheduled for the past Sunday have been postponed to February 1st. Please refer to the flyer for further details. Email spa@vidyalaya.org if you are interested in enrolling your child(ren) in this club. The fee per student will be $30 for the entire session.

Yoga classes for Adults

Session 2 (11:00 to 11:45am)

We will offer an additional yoga class for language teachers and others who may be interested starting this Sunday, Feb 1st until end if the school year. at 11:00 am in the small boys gym. Yoga mats will be provided. The fees will be $20. If interested, please email spa@vidyalaya.org or see Pankaj Mistry on Sunday.

Admission 2015

Admissions for next school year 2015-16 will commence in spring. If you know of friends and families who would like to enroll in Vidyalaya, please ask them to send an email to admission@vidyalaya.org and follow instructions on the email response.

Lohri/Pongal

We had another lively edition of our harvest festival celebrations this past Sunday. Rituals, festivities and food from South India for Pongal and from North India for Lohri came together in the melting pot culture of Vidyalaya. Traditional folk songs and dances made the event come alive. Kids participated enthusiastically in the coloring contest; we will announce the winner on the coming Sunday. Such events require a lot of help from a lot of dedicated volunteers and we are very appreciative of all their help. Some thanks are in order:

For traditional home cooked food: Shanthy Ayalasomayajula, Rama Akka and her Mom, Sabitha Dasoju, Madhavi Jayanthi, Mary Kalapatapu, Shilpa Kalavapudi, Anuradha Konkesa, Asmita Mistry, Sailaja Potturi, Deepa Vavilala, Anu Yellajoshyula

For event co-ordination for the Pongal Presentation, Bhogi Pandlu, Bommala Koluvu: Rama Akka and Sailaja Potturi

For the presentation - Laya, Sriya, Saanvi, Samhitha, Amulya

For the colorful Rangoli artwork outside (done in freezing weather): Anu Yellajoshyula and Deepa Vavilala

For Sundri-Mundri Lohri folk song: Vaneet Pahwa and Sunanda Bhatia

Special thanks to Asmita's mom for preparing the traditional Til-Chikki sweets for Lohri

For the Dhol beats: Anurag and Asmita

Mahendra Patel and several other folks on his team who helped with the food setup, serving and everyone who helped with the cleanup, your help is much appreciated.

Pictures by Sanjai Narain, Rob Soni