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Hindi 4 Students compile a Magazine

The Hindi 4 students of ISW Culture and Language School created a magazine in Hindi as part of their year-end project. Students worked on different articles that included a poem, sport's article, cartoon, crossword puzzle, a story and multiple translated recipes. They typed their articles in Hindi using Google Hindi transliteration. We hope the eSandesh readers will enjoy this magazine and appreciate the hard work put in by these budding Hindi writers!

Sonia Gera & her Hindi 4 students

ISW Cultural and Language School Annual Day 2020

On May 24, we had our first online ISW Annual Day program. It lasted more than three hours with each class joining in for an assigned 15 minute time slot. It was very successful, and we were happy that we could recognize the kids and their hard work. Carolyn mailed individual certificates to over 100 student’s homes. They were presented to the student by their parents at the end of each session. It added the perfect touch. We were fortunate to have grandparents and relatives join in from India and across the US. Congratulations to Abhiram and Aaryan for graduating Hindi 4 and for their acknowledgement speeches. We really are excited that we were able to complete our academic year virtually and with style. Kudos to all the teachers, parents and parents who supported our Webex calls and, of course, the students who made it possible. You can see some of the graduation Webex photos below

Ruchi Chauhan & Shiamin Melville, school@iswonline.org

Namaste.  Here are the details for ISW Annual Day Sunday May 24, 2020.  We need your support for this program, since we are all new to online meeting format, (fingers crossed). 

(a)School certificates have been prepared by Carolyn Passey and mailed Monday May 18 to your homes PLEASE PLEASE hide it from your kids, and present it only to them when their name is called  

(b) Please use  laptop or ipad to login and not the phone, download webex before meeting

(c) The list of 116 student names & time slots  is saved at this link below

https://iswonline.org/Language-School-Blog

(d) Change name on screen from your email label to your child name to reflect the Child's Name and teachers name as per the green and red group list  This way we can call on them during their class time slot

(e)Please only login during your 15 mins time slot  not for the whole 90 mins. Each class will have approx 15 mins with their teachers, it may move faster or may be delayed, so do be there on time.We have scheduled meeting for 4 hours, but you have to be there only for your  timings. Teachers are welcome for all slots. I was hoping we could have everyone attend, however my webex account does not let me 'pin' only 14-15 kids at a time If you are not attending, its ok, we will just wait and move to the next time slot, no stress

(f) Emcee will be Ruchi, helped by each teacher. For online meeting issues, call Shiamin 508-353-4316

Huge Thank you to Carolyn for preparing and mailing the certificates  and to all the teachers this year & our webex/zoom parents.  We also say bye to Ragini, as she moves to Houston in July 2020, after a couple of decades at ISW School

Beena K has also prepared the attendance prize list

Take care

Neena, Beena, Sonia, Ruchi and Shiamin

Meeting number (access code): 126 871 7772 Meeting password: ISW2020 (4792020 from phones and video systems)

Language

Teachers

Student first name

Last name

0rder

11.30 am	Marathi	Sarita/Shilpa	Avnee	Ambade	8
11.30 am	Marathi	Sarita/Shilpa	Swanand	Inamdar	8
11.30 am	Marathi	Sarita/Shilpa	Swara	Inamdar	8
11.30 am	Marathi	Sarita/Shilpa	Arush	Jagan	8
11.30 am	Marathi	Sarita/Shilpa	Dhruv	Jagan	8
11.30 am	Marathi	Sarita/Shilpa	Pranjali	Kanitkar	8
11.30 am	Marathi	Sarita/Shilpa	Ishaan	kavdikar	8
11.30 am	Marathi	Sarita/Shilpa	Saanvi	Khare	8
11.30 am	Marathi	Sarita/Shilpa	Shaarav	Khare	8
11.30 am	Marathi	Sarita/Shilpa	Shriya	Marathe	8
11.30 am	Marathi	Sarita/Shilpa	Saket	Nikte	8
11.30 am	Marathi	Sarita/Shilpa	Ananya	Parab	8
11.30 am	Marathi	Sarita/Shilpa	Anvaya	Parab	8
11.30 am	Marathi	Sarita/Shilpa	Anisha	Parelkar	8
11.30 am	Marathi	Sarita/Shilpa	Aryan	Pawar	8
11.30 am	Marathi	Sarita/Shilpa	Vivan	Phulke	8
12.00 am	Hindi 1	Pooja & Yash	Aryan	Das	9
12.00 am	Hindi 1	Pooja & Yash	Jeet	Khilnani	9
12.00 am	Hindi 1	Pooja & Yash	Advik	Shekhar	9
12.00 am	Hindi 1	Pooja & Yash	Aarit	Shrivastava	9
12.00 am	Hindi 1	Pooja & Yash	Praneh	Singh	9
12.15 am	Telugu	Babu/Madhavi	Tanvi	Bollu	10
12.15 am	Telugu	Babu/Madhavi	Tarun	Bollu	10
12.15 am	Telugu	Babu/Madhavi	Yajas	Devagupta	10
12.15 am	Telugu	Babu/Madhavi	Bhavya	Kamakolanu	10
12.15 am	Telugu	Babu/Madhavi	Kirti	Penmetsa	10
12.15 am	Telugu	Babu/Madhavi	Sahiti	Penmetsa	10
12.15 am	Telugu	Babu/Madhavi	Pragnya	Susarla	10
12.15 am	Telugu	Babu/Madhavi	Pranav	Susarla	10
12.30 am	Gujarati	Krishnaa/Kajal/Vaishalli	Rayna	Attale	11
12.30 am	Gujarati	Krishnaa/Kajal/Vaishalli	Taj	Desai	11
12.30 am	Gujarati	Krishnaa/Kajal/Vaishalli	Jaineel	Joshi	11
12.30 am	Gujarati	Krishnaa/Kajal/Vaishalli	Rakshan	Patel	11
12.30 am	Gujarati	Krishnaa/Kajal/Vaishalli	Mahek	Raval	11
12.30 am	Gujarati	Krishnaa/Kajal/Vaishalli	Samik	Shah	11
12.30 am	Gujarati	Krishnaa/Kajal/Vaishalli	Rudra	Vyas	11
12.45 am	Hindi 4	Sonia Gera	Aryan	Berube	12
12.45 am	Hindi 4	Sonia Gera	Tanvi	Gahlot	12
12.45 am	Hindi 4	Sonia Gera	Leisha	Gupta	12
12.45 am	Hindi 4	Sonia Gera	Prachet	Mahawar	12
12.45 am	Hindi 4	Sonia Gera	Diya	Sadhu	12
12.45 am	Hindi 4	Sonia Gera	Priyanshu	Sahu	12
12.45 am	Hindi 4	Sonia Gera	Abhiram	Singh	12
1.00 pm	Hindi 3	Reeta Tandon/Ruchi Chauhan	Kunal	Chauhan	13
1.00 pm	Hindi 3	Reeta Tandon/Ruchi Chauhan	Aashi	Gupta	13
1.00 pm	Hindi 3	Reeta Tandon/Ruchi Chauhan	Arhan	Shrivastava	13
1.00 pm	Hindi 3	Reeta Tandon/Ruchi Chauhan	Safalta	Shukla	13
1.00 pm	Hindi 3	Reeta Tandon/Ruchi Chauhan	Jaya	Singh	13
1.00 pm	Hindi 3	Reeta Tandon/Ruchi Chauhan	Adrika	Singh	13

	Language	Teachers	Student first name	Last name	0rder
9.30 am	Hindi 2 Beg	Neena Mohanka	Ishita	Agrawal	1
9.30 am	Hindi 2 Beg	Neena Mohanka	Sohan	Hegde	1
9.30 am	Hindi 2 Beg	Neena Mohanka	Dhruv	Jagan	1
9.30 am	Hindi 2 Beg	Neena Mohanka	Ayan	Mishra	1
9.30 am	Hindi 2 Beg	Neena Mohanka	Rivya	Shrivastava	1
9.30 am	Hindi 2 Beg	Neena Mohanka	Samvriddhi	Shukla	1
9.30 am	Hindi 2 Beg	Neena Mohanka	Divya	Singh	1
9.45 am	Hindi K1 Beg	Suchitra/Aanya	Tanvi	Badenehal	2
9.45 am	Hindi K1 Beg	Suchitra/Aanya	Reha	Chaudhari	2
9.45 am	Hindi K1 Beg	Suchitra/Aanya	Shaarav	Gupta	2
9.45 am	Hindi K1 Beg	Suchitra/Aanya	Vashista	Kesani	2
9.45 am	Hindi K1 Beg	Suchitra/Aanya	Agasthya	Kesani	2
9.45 am	Hindi K1 Beg	Suchitra/Aanya	Sagas	Kolli	2
9.45 am	Hindi K1 Beg	Suchitra/Aanya	Ben	Marjault	2
9.45 am	Hindi K1 Beg	Suchitra/Aanya	Anirudh	Mohankumar	2
9.45 am	Hindi K1 Beg	Suchitra/Aanya	Diya	Nowley	2
9.45 am	Hindi K1 Beg	Suchitra/Aanya	Samyuktha	Rangarajan	2
9.45 am	Hindi K1 Beg	Suchitra/Aanya	Anika	Singh	2
9.45 am	Hindi K1 Beg	Suchitra/Aanya	Anisha	Vipul	2
10.00 am	Hindi K1 Adv	Anju Shukla & Prisha	Yash	Capila	3
10.00 am	Hindi K1 Adv	Anju Shukla & Prisha	Anaya	Choudhary	3
10.00 am	Hindi K1 Adv	Anju Shukla & Prisha	Aayushi	Das Gupta	3
10.00 am	Hindi K1 Adv	Anju Shukla & Prisha	Ishan	Dixit	3
10.00 am	Hindi K1 Adv	Anju Shukla & Prisha	Saket	Gahlot	3
10.00 am	Hindi K1 Adv	Anju Shukla & Prisha	Aditya	Jais	3
10.00 am	Hindi K1 Adv	Anju Shukla & Prisha	Ashvin	Jais	3
10.00 am	Hindi K1 Adv	Anju Shukla & Prisha	Vaishnavi	Jaiswal	3
10.00 am	Hindi K1 Adv	Anju Shukla & Prisha	Brynn (Asha)	Lal	3
10.00 am	Hindi K1 Adv	Anju Shukla & Prisha	Luke	Marjault	3
10.00 am	Hindi K1 Adv	Anju Shukla & Prisha	Atharv	Mishra	3
10.00 am	Hindi K1 Adv	Anju Shukla & Prisha	Ria	Seth	3
10.00 am	Hindi K1 Adv	Anju Shukla & Prisha	Niti	Singh	3
10.00 am	Hindi K1 Adv	Anju Shukla & Prisha	Shagun	Sunny	3
10.15 am	Hindi K2	Anu Debroy & Mansi Gera	Vaishnavi	Aradhye	4
10.15 am	Hindi K2	Anu Debroy & Mansi Gera	Hena	Babani	4
10.15 am	Hindi K2	Anu Debroy & Mansi Gera	Vedika	Bhardwaj	4
10.15 am	Hindi K2	Anu Debroy & Mansi Gera	Aditya	Gowda	4
10.15 am	Hindi K2	Anu Debroy & Mansi Gera	Navyaa	Gupta	4
10.15 am	Hindi K2	Anu Debroy & Mansi Gera	Arush	Jagan	4
10.15 am	Hindi K2	Anu Debroy & Mansi Gera	Drishti	Jagasia	4
10.15 am	Hindi K2	Anu Debroy & Mansi Gera	Nishta	Kumar	4
10.15 am	Hindi K2	Anu Debroy & Mansi Gera	Vidit	Mahawar	4
10.15 am	Hindi K2	Anu Debroy & Mansi Gera	Diya	Narendra	4
10.15 am	Hindi K2	Anu Debroy & Mansi Gera	Darsh	Nayak	4
10.15 am	Hindi K2	Anu Debroy & Mansi Gera	Kavya	Shah	4
10.30 am	Hindi ++	Kinkin Kumari	Yaamini	Bhardwaj	5
10.30 am	Hindi ++	Kinkin Kumari	Aaryan	Bhatt	5
10.30 am	Hindi ++	Kinkin Kumari	Rohan	Das	5
10.30 am	Hindi ++	Kinkin Kumari	Dhruv	Jain	5
10.30 am	Hindi ++	Kinkin Kumari	Ishan	Jain	5
10.30 am	Hindi ++	Kinkin Kumari	Krish	Jain	5
10.30 am	Hindi ++	Kinkin Kumari	Rishi	Jain	5
10.30 am	Hindi ++	Kinkin Kumari	Jiya	Sharma	5
10.30 am	Tamil	Ravi/Geetha/Meneja	Aditya	Nambi	6
10.30 am	Tamil	Ravi/Geetha/Meneja	Arjun	Nambi	6
10.30 am	Tamil	Ravi/Geetha/Meneja	Dhruv	Rajan	6
10.30 am	Tamil	Ravi/Geetha/Meneja	Preethi	Sivashankar	6
10.30 am	Tamil	Ravi/Geetha/Meneja	Shruti	Sivashankar	6
11.00 am	Hindi 2 Adv	Ragini Seth	Neel	Afini	7
11.00 am	Hindi 2 Adv	Ragini Seth	Karishma	Babani	7
11.00 am	Hindi 2 Adv	Ragini Seth	Surabhi	Dindore	7
11.00 am	Hindi 2 Adv	Ragini Seth	Arnav	Khilnani	7
11.00 am	Hindi 2 Adv	Ragini Seth	Nimish	Kunte	7
11.00 am	Hindi 2 Adv	Ragini Seth	Tanushree	Nekenti	7
11.00 am	Hindi 2 Adv	Ragini Seth	Rithvik	Rajesh	7

11.15 am	Hindi Adult	Renu Bhardwaj link	Padma	Asankar	6
11.15 am	Hindi Adult	Renu Bhardwaj link	Melike	Sayoglu	6

This year, we are encouraging parents to show their appreciation of the school and teachers by donating to the Massachusetts Covid-19 Fund.  To donate please click on this link: https://iswonline.org/page-18063

ISW's first pilot session of online fun activities for kids " ISW Masti Mazaa" initiated by Mansi, our student teacher, was a success. The free activities range from karaoke, origami, yoga, dance, art, games, writing etc. There is no restriction to the number of sessions your child can join.  For example, they can join Fridays and Tuesdays. All we ask that their attendance be consistent. We will need a minimum number of students enrolled to start a class.

It is open to the community. Bring a friend!!ISW Masti Mazaa classes will be open to kids ages ranging 8-11 (except writing class) and here is a tentative schedule for 6 sessions starting May 19th, until end of June 2020.

1. Safalta Shukla: Tuesdays 4pm
2. Tanvi Gahlot: Wednesdays 4 pm  
3. Leisha Gupta: Thursday 4 pm
4. Mansi Gera: Fridays 4 pm  
5. Dhriti Pitre: Saturdays 4 pm (Only for writing)( Age 9-12)
6. Tanvi M. and Sakshi: Sunday 4 pm (Only Dance)

If you are interested, please send an email to me (yvansh29@gmail.com) with name & age of child and parent's whatsapp phone number.All registration should be received by May 15th.We are grateful to our student teachers for taking the time to conduct these classes.

Ruchi Chauhan     &     Shiamin Ji
Co-Directors ISW Language & Cultural School
INDIA Center
152 Main Street
Shrewsbury, MA 01545

Namaste

Hope you are all doing good.  This weekend  is the last day of our Language classes   Cannot believe 9 months have gone by, and school is over.  But wait, we are not done! 

 ISW ONLINE CLASSES

Starting next week, we are beginning free ISW Masti classes offered by our awesome ISW student teachers.  Today is the last day to enroll for  6 sessions starting May 19th, until end of June 2020. We have approx 8-10 kids signed up for every class and welcome more participation. For more information, click below

https://iswonline.org/page-18074/8949250  We will also offer ISW Summer classes in July, on writing, conversational Hindi, math tutoring, may be Indian veg cooking, schedule to be determined.

LAST DAY ANNUAL DAY program  Sunday May 24,2020  A webex invite will be sent next week

We are having our online annual day program in two time slots, please check our ISW School page for details for your child's schedule. We also say bye to Ragini, since she is moving to Houston July 2020.

TEACHERS GIFT

And we are sure you all agree our Teachers have been so dedicated and committed to teaching and ISW and this new online platform.  In the past, parents have shown your appreciation by donating for gift cards for the teachers, a project coordinated by Beena K.  This year, the request is  to contribute to the Mass.gov COVID19 fund on behalf of ISW School teachers.  Please give generously.  Only credit cards are accepted at link.

https://iswonline.org/page-18063 

For any other form of payment do email me privately.  

 

Take care 

Beena, Ruchi, Neena, Sonia & Shiamin

508-353-4316 Shiamin

May 24, 2020

Green 9.30 am -11

Red 11.15 am 1 am

Namaste

Hope you are all doing well, Happy Mother's Day to all  

School News:  We are coming to the end of the academic year, and thank you to the teachers and parents who have supported the new online format.    Most of the classes have the end of year exams this weekend, so all the best to the kids.  Next weekend we will have the last day of school. 

After ISW school ends May 17 Sunday, we are offering FREE online classes almost everyday at 4 pm.  If you need more info on ISW Masti please reach to Ruchi Chauhan at yvansh29@gmail.com or reach out to me (And if you reach to me , I will say, reach out to Ruchi, she is doing a awesome job!!).

Starting July, 2020 we will offer 6 more weeks of ISW Masti  which will be Summer Camp type classes, details to be determined  Math Tutoring, Public Speaking, Hindi Conversation etc  Any input or ideas or volunteer offers, do reach out to Ruchi & myself

For September 2020, we will start taking registrations shortly The actual start date depends on the Shrewsbury School Calendar and our building completion schedule.

Once again, thank you and Happy Mother's day

Beena, Neena, Ruchi  Sonia & Shiamin

(Welcome to Sonia to the ISW school committee)

ISW Language school went online.

With the help of parent volunteers, who provided the technical support, we organized each class into 15 class-based WhatsApp groups for parent teacher communications and Zoom, WhatsApp Google Hangout, and Webex for online sessions. Our amazing teachers held individual online sessions at different times over the weekend and the response has been extremely positive.