Sunday, October 4, 2015

Welcome Dharmam Class to the 2015-2016 Chinmaya Balavihar @ BBNJ!

Let us take an opportunity to meet our class, introduced to you in their own words...

Awesome Aishil

3rd year of Balavihar.  I am 11 years old.  I like green.

Happy Ambika

My parents are from Chennai and Sirakasi.  My family speaks Tamil.   My favorite number is 9.  I sudy Karnatic music.  My dad teaches 7th grade.  I've been going to Balavihar since 4th grade.  My favorite subject is Math.  A food I l really like is Cinnamon Buns.

Amazing Ashrit

I am amazing Aashrit.  My parents are from Bangalore.  I've been coming to Balavihar from last year.  I am learning Telugu.  My favorite sport is baseball and may favorite color is blue.  I am 10.  My favorite number is 9.

Delightful Diya

I am delightful Diya.  My hobbies are tennis, piano, bharathanathyam, and karnatic music.  My favorite color is blue.  I have been coming to balavihar since I was in Kindergarten.  My mom is from Chennai and my dad is from a village called Nagapatnam.  My favorite food is pizza.

Kool Keshav

I speak English, Tamil and Sanskrit.  Favorite food is Paneer. Mom and dad are from Tamil Nadu

Creative Mayuri

I am eleven years old.  I play the violin.  I do Kuchipudi/Bharath Nathyam dance.  My mom comes from Kerala and my dad comes from Gujarat.  I've been in Balavihar for 1 year.  I came in December.  My favorite color is blue.  My favorite food is Italian.  I play soccer and tennis.  I like to read and write.

Athletic Parth

Favorite color is red.  Thai Kitchen Broad Noodles is my favorite food item if I can only pick one. Favorite number is 8.  I am 11 years old.  I play guitar and saxophone.  I do Tae Kwon Do.

Awesome Abishek

My name is awesome Abishek.  I am in 6th grade.  Some of my favorite sports I play are, basketball, soccer and cricket.  My parents are from Chennai and Bangalore.  My favorite food is puri and channa.

? Sangeetha

I have been going to balavihar from Preschool.  My favorite number is 4.  My favorite color is orange.  I do Bollywood dance.  I do gymnastics.

Athletic Shreyas

My name is Shreyas and I am athletic.  I play baseball and basketball.  At home I speak mostly English and my parents are from South India.  My dad's family speaks Kannada.  My mom's side speak Konkini.

Unique Urvika

I am new to Balavihar.  I play soccer.  My dad's from Delhi.  My mom's from Ahmadabad.  Favorite color blue.



* Did we miss your story? Did we get your story wrong?  Do you want to add to or modify your story?  Please email us your story and we will update it for you.  Everyone is assured at least one update.

Note to parents: Your child was asked to introduce themselves in class with an adjective before their name.  We asked for their history with balavihar, where in India their parents come from, their favorite food (one item not a cuisine), their hobbies and activities etc.  They all did a great job with the introduction in class.  We asked them to write down what they said so we could capture what was said and the results are above.  More often than not, the written version was more abbreviated compared with what they said in class.