Every month we will be interviewing students of TKG Academy gurukula. Some of our students started school through TKG Academy preschool or kindergarten. Others moved to Dallas with their families and started in later grades. […]
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Student Spotlight- Madhava
Student Spotlight- Gaurang
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Every month we will be interviewing students of TKG Academy Gurukula. Some of our students started school through TKG Academy preschool or kindergarten. Others moved to Dallas with their families and started in later grades. […]
Student Spotlight- Zion
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Every month we will be interviewing students of TKG Academy Gurukula. Some of our students started school through TKG Academy preschool or kindergarten. Others moved to Dallas with their families and started in later grades. […]
Kalachandji’s Sunday School
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Kalachandji’s Sunday school has been active since 2007. We have 30-40 children attending Sunday school regularly now. We have two Sunday school sessions. Each session includes 20 Sunday classes, one field trip, one festival, and two performances at the temple. Our Sunday school group is divided […]
HG Dwaraka and Chitra Iyengar
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This month, we would like to recognize His Grace Dwaraka Prabhu and Her Grace Chitra Mataji as our Donor Spotlight. If you come to the temple every Sunday, you will see Chitra Mataji’s smiling face greet […]
Our Growing Bodies
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Aww, look at those cute babies! Wait, not the students, their pictures. These are some of this year’s Kinder and 1st grade students. Definitely not babies anymore, are they? This lesson, “All About Me,” fits […]
Student Spotlight, Abhay
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Every month we will be interviewing students of TKG Academy gurukula. Some of our students started school through TKG Academy preschool or kindergarten. Others moved to Dallas with their families and started in later grades. […]
Student Spotlight, Padayatra
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Every month we will be interviewing students of TKG Academy gurukula. Some of our students started school through TKG Academy preschool or kindergarten. Others moved to Dallas with their families and started in later grades. […]
Student Spotlight, Nanny
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Every month we will be interviewing students of TKG Academy gurukula. Some of our students started school through TKG Academy preschool or kindergarten. Others moved to Dallas with their families and started in later grades. […]
A Day in PreK
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Preschoolers are working on learning how to take care of themselves and their environment. They are turning into a flower from a little bud. We start our day with “Om namo bhagvate vasudevaya” and then […]
Plot Diagrams in Literature
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In Literature, the 4th- 7th graders are learning the basic elements of a story through the plot diagram, which is map of a story’s structure. Fourth and fifth grades are reading the fantastical story The Lion, […]
TKG Academy Celebrates Janmastami
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Janmastami is the holiest day for Vaisnavas around the world and here at TKG Academy that feeling is no different. Students spent the week hearing about Lord Krsna’s pastimes and anticipating having Janmastami day spent […]
Tracey George, PTA Chairperson
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Tracey George is the mother of 4th grader Kalyani Rao. She is originally from Auckland, New Zealand and has been living in Dallas, TX for 7 years. She has been a member of the Hare […]
Lunch Program is a Hit!
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This year the gurukula has started a school lunch program under direction from Mother Padma of Kalachandji’s Restaurant. Working closely with a dietitian and a cook, M. Padma created a menu that the children thought was […]
Lord Balarama’s Appearance Day
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Lord Balarama’s Appearance Day brings a smile to the faces of the gurukula students at TKG Academy. Hearing, learning, remembering the heroic pastimes of Lord Krsna’s older brother makes the children’s eyes grow wide with […]
Last Day of School Party 2012-’13
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On our final day of the 2012/13 school year, teachers, parents, and students got together to celebrate the students’ achievements, friendships, and the beginning of summer adventures. Every family brought a food preparation that was […]
Planting Marigolds for Radha Kalachandji
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The students of Mother Rasakeli and Mother Savitri’s classes, Pre-k through 2nd grades, learned how to plant marigolds this week. Instructed by Shalagram Prabhu, Kalachandji Community Garden organizer, the students learned how to make a string […]