Our Bala Vihar Teachers
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Chinmaya Mission Houston Bala Vihar provides a structured and consistent Sunday activity that binds a family towards a common cause of all round spiritual growth for the entire family. It provides families a common frame of reference founded on the Vedanta’s millennia tested principles, to discuss and navigate the world that children face every day. It allows parents to convey to their children their respect and love for the culture of India and strengthen their children’s spiritual foundation. In a true tradition of Guru-Shishya Parampara – children get to observe the results of hundreds of volunteers at Mission working in a Karmayoga spirit of dedication to Gurudeva Swami Chinmayananda.
A team of specially trained, experienced, and dedicated teachers conduct the Bala Vihar program. Through games, arts, crafts, stories, and other unique techniques, the Bala Vihar program teaches and reinforces spiritual and cultural values. The curriculum designed for all grade levels (Pre-KG through Grade 12) is creative and dynamic and covers a wide range of topics.
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| Grade/ Subject |
Room No. | Topic | Session 1 | Session 2 |
| Pre-KG | S 117 | Miscellaneous | Datta Mehta, Forum Joshi, Prathyusha Veruva | Surya Kantipudi, Deepti Addepalli, Keerti Srivastava, Kimeera Paladugu |
| KG | N 105 | The Alphabet Safari | Shobha Ravishankar, Vandana Sharma, Amitha Bhat | Nehal Dave, Jolly Datta, Nimisha Chauhan |
| Grade 1 | S 110 | Bala Ramayana | Veena Nayak, Sangita Thapa, Rekha Trivedi | Megha Rao, Vaishali Chaubal, Akshima Labroo |
| Grade 2 | N 103 | Sri Hanuman The Super Superman | Sreedevi Gundamaraju, Purvi Dhutia, Anu Sankhavaram, Sweety Trivedi | Priya Mohan, Rupali Tandon, Ramya Badala |
| Grade 3 | S 107 | Bala Bhagavatam | Namrata Kamalapuri, Shreya Sheth, Sandhya Harpavat | Harsha Odhav, Kanan Mehta, Sujatha Prabhakaran |
| Grade 4 | S 112 | Krsna Krsna Everywhere, My Twenty-Four Teachers | Kalpana Lalloo, Mrudula Madireddy, Ashwini Aglave | Nisha Mehta, Dhara Shah, Ruchira Shah |
| Grade 5 | N 204 | Symbolism In Hinduism | Sarita Sheth, Param Moothath, Manasi Scott | Parvathi Sriram, Shreevani Rao, Vivek Chitale |
| Grade 6 | S 202 | India, The Sacred Land | Shivanee Sheth, Ravi Chawla | Shobha Shekhar, Padmaja Reddy, Smita Agrawal |
| Grade 7 | N 202 | P.O. Box Mr. God, Key To Success | Priti Parikh, Viji Chakravarthy | Priya Jayasankar, Sushila Patel |
| Grade 8 | N 104 | Yato Dharmah Tato Jayah | Jasmin Patel, Madhu Mittal | Radhika Koppanur, Deepa Suresh |
| Grade 9 | S 109 | Hindu Culture | Padmashree Rao, Shilpa Byrichetty | Deepthi Raju |
| Grade 10 | S 203 | Gita For Me | Manasa K | Asha Kohli |
| Grade 11 | N 203 | Gita For Me | Jayshri Naik, Mamatha Narra | |
| Grade 12/CHYK | S 108 | Self Unfoldment | Anil Sheth, Sameer Murali |
Language, Bhajana, Orchestra, Slokathon Teachers
| Grade | Room No | Session 1 Teachers | ||||
| Hindi 1A | N 202 | Hema Pandya, Sipala Shah, Deepti Murali | ||||
| Hindi 1B | N 203 | Usha Vasu, Padmasree Ventrapragada, Ami Tyagi | ||||
| Hindi 2 | N 204 | Malini Udtha, Shweta Saxena | ||||
| Hindi 3 | N 105 | Sunita Dawar | ||||
| Hindi 4 | S 117 | Ravindra Aglave | ||||
| Hindi 5 | S 117 | Poonam Bhateja | ||||
| Telugu 1 | S 203 | Nagasirisha Uppalapati | ||||
| Telugu 2 | S 203 | Saritha Gutha | ||||
| Telugu 3 | S 204 | Srilatha Aluru | ||||
| Telugu 4 | S 204 | Veera Kambala, Aparna Mirayala | ||||
| Gujarati 1 | S 110 | Bhavana Patel, Kalpesh Divecha | ||||
| Gujarati 2 | S 110 | Smita Pandya | ||||
| Marathi 1 | S 108 | Gauri Nadkarni | ||||
| Marathi 2 | S 108 | Sangita Mankar | ||||
| Bhajan 1 & Orchestra 1 |
N 103 | Brindha Ganesh, Ashmi Kesaria | ||||
| Bhajan 2A & Orchestra 2A |
N 104 | Anjali Pandit, Nithya Giridhar | ||||
| Bhajan 2B & Orchestra 2B |
S 109 | Jamuna Murali, Sucheta Karandikar | ||||
| Slokathon-1A | N 205A | Rucha Sheth | ||||
| Slokathon-1B | S 202 | Dileep Rao, Jai Ganesh | ||||
| Adult Chanting | S 107 | Shravan Arra | ||||
| GCC |
Shravan Arra, Sreedevi Gundamaraju |
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