Dear Parents and Guardians,
Today was a special day for 1st graders. In addition to our usual class routine,we did a Seva Project. Many of you know that we were supposed to prepare breakfast bags for TASK (Trenton Area Soup Kitchen). This seva was meant to help out all those families who are less fortunate than all of us and would enjoy and cherish our gift.
This morning we talked about how fulfilling it feels when we give to others. All the students shared about what they have and how blessed and grateful we all are. We then colored a index card to keep in the breakfast bag we were going to make. The children did an amazing job. They made nice colorful index cards with best wishes and happy holiday season written on them.
After this we all went to the cafeteria and made the breakfast bags. It was so much fun. Each child got to put the breakfast items as well as the index card inside the brown bags. It looked like a assembly line. Each child patiently waited for their turn to start the bagging process. We are so proud of our kids to be so respectful and disciplined while doing this seva.
Once we finished making our bags we lined up and went back to our class. We did our story, chanted Geeta shlokas and distributed coloring book to take home for the holidays. The students can finish up the chapters they were not able to color. But there is no need to color beyond chapter 17 as we have not covered the story after that. At the end we did arti and pledge and it was time to go home.
Enjoy the Holidays and See you all next year. HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Today was a special day for 1st graders. In addition to our usual class routine,we did a Seva Project. Many of you know that we were supposed to prepare breakfast bags for TASK (Trenton Area Soup Kitchen). This seva was meant to help out all those families who are less fortunate than all of us and would enjoy and cherish our gift.
This morning we talked about how fulfilling it feels when we give to others. All the students shared about what they have and how blessed and grateful we all are. We then colored a index card to keep in the breakfast bag we were going to make. The children did an amazing job. They made nice colorful index cards with best wishes and happy holiday season written on them.
After this we all went to the cafeteria and made the breakfast bags. It was so much fun. Each child got to put the breakfast items as well as the index card inside the brown bags. It looked like a assembly line. Each child patiently waited for their turn to start the bagging process. We are so proud of our kids to be so respectful and disciplined while doing this seva.
Once we finished making our bags we lined up and went back to our class. We did our story, chanted Geeta shlokas and distributed coloring book to take home for the holidays. The students can finish up the chapters they were not able to color. But there is no need to color beyond chapter 17 as we have not covered the story after that. At the end we did arti and pledge and it was time to go home.
Enjoy the Holidays and See you all next year. HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!
