ISW PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Greetings!
We would like to remind you that the ISW Annual General Body meeting will be held on January 30th at the ISW India Center. We urge all dues paying members to attend.
The first cultural event of the new year is the ever popular Harvest Festival which will be held on February 12th online. This festival is celebrated in many parts of India under different names. We wish all our readers who celebrate it in their own regional way, a Happy Makar Sankranti, Lohri, Pongal and Bihu.
Puneet Kohli, President, India Society of Worcester
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ISW Annual General Body Meeting
January 30th, 2022, 2:00 pm
ISW India Center, 152 Main Street, Shrewsbury
The ISW Executive Board and ISW Governance Committee is pleased to announce the upcoming General Body Meeting to be held on Sunday January 30th 2022 at 2:00 PM at the India Center, 152 Main St, Shrewsbury, MA 01545. The ISW Executive Board along with the supporting sub committees will share the annual report to the General Body present. All ISW members are requested to please attend. Please note that in order to vote you need to be dues paying member as of December 1st, 2021. Please RSVP prior to the meeting.
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ISW Nomination committee Slate of Candidates
ISW's Executive Board and ISW Governance Committee is pleased to recommend the following slate of candidates for the ISW Nomination committee
Proposed Slate for Nominations Committee 2021-2022
- Renuka Garg
- Carolyn Passey (2nd term)
- Shaikh Hoque
- Sonal Koppikar
- Barin Bando
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ISW Symphony Bolly Zumba classes
January 11th, 2022 for 4 sessions
Online from 6:30 to 7:30 pm
Give your calories one last dance.
Just shake it till you make it! Zumba class of 45 minutes of rigorous dance moves to Bollywood numbers followed by 20 minutes of yoga stretches.
ISW Members: $40, Non-members: $50
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ISW Harvest Festival
Saturday, February 12th, 2022, 2 PM to 6 PM
Facebook Live at www.facebook.com/iswonline
Celebrate the traditional Harvest Festival with the India Society of Worcester along with other local and regional organizations. Join us for a day of cultural programs, dance competitions, music and more
Register for dance competition and performances by Feb 5th 11 pm. More info and registration link on ISW Website.
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ISW CULTURAL & LANGUAGE SCHOOL NEWS
Kannada Classes
Excited to announce registration for Kannada class is now open. Open House on Feb 5, 2022. More details on website.
Sanskrit Classes
The ISW School is discussing a possible partnership with SAMSKRITA BHARATI USA, to offer Beginning Sanskrit for children and adults in 2022 at ISW. More info on Samskrita Bharati on their website. If you or your child is interested in learning Sanskrit please fill this survey.
After conducting a survey of our students, we are happy to report that 100% of the students are vaccinated, including 6 year olds with one dose. We are holding the next few classes remotely and will resume with an abundance of caution, maintaining a mask mandate, following all precautions, and with a reduced schedule with no assemblies to reduce contact.
Ruchi Chauhan & Shiamin Melville
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ISW UNIVERISTY
Second Semester Tutoring Sessions begin Feb 1, 2022
Prepare your child for the second semester academic year with one on one tutoring in Math, English, Spanish, French, Speech & Debate subjects. Registration and details by grade on website. If you are looking for other grades or subjects please contact: iswuniversity@iswonline.org
If you used our Tutoring services last semester, we would love to get your feedback via this survey.
We thank our Tutors for their volunteer service last semester. Tutors please look out for new assignments starting Feb 1st.
New Sessions for Chess and Robotics will start again in February 2022, registrations will open soon. Any questions, please email iswuniversity@iswonline.org.
Thanks: Usha Yadav, Tanvi Gahlot & Shiamin Melville
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ISW YOUTH CORNER
What is Christmas?
By: Ayan Mishra, Age 10, Grade 6
Hello everybody. Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year!! My name is Ayan Mishra, and today I am going to talk about a topic near and dear to our hearts, Christmas.
1. What is Christmas and why is it celebrated?
2. Who was Santa Claus?
3. My favorite part of Christmas
Before I go on to my first point, I have a question for you. What do elves learn at school? The elf-abet!
Find out more about Christmas from a youth's perspective and what really keeps him up at night on the ISW Website.
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Contact Information
India Society of Worcester
Mailing Address: PO Box 136, Shrewsbury, MA 01545
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Answering Machine: 508-842-9795
Website: www.iswonline.org
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