Srila Prabhupada's Disappearance Day Bhajan (Sunday 11/11/18)

 Dear Parents,

our Vaisnava Music 1 class has been preparing a lovely music and art offering for Srila Prabhupada's Disappearance Day. This year, this falls on Sunday, November 11th 2018. It is our honor to be able to offer Srila Prabhupada the results of our work, and Mother Mukhya has kindly given us an 8am slot immediately after the morning announcements. Though this is a Sunday, I hope everyone will still be able to make it to the temple for our offering and the wonderful festival program afterwards. Please have your child at the temple at 7:30am at the latest, with any instruments/paraphernalia they will need for our program. If your child will not be able to be present, please let me know as soon as possible so that alternate arrangements can be made. This is a graded project as part of the Vaisnava Music 1 curriculum for our first semester.

Thank you!

Srila Prabhupada Ki Jaya!

Sincerely,

Nandapriya Prema dd

Temple Tuesday 

Just a reminder for our Krishna Sharanam families - our class will be attending "Temple Tuesday" at the New Raman Reti Temple starting from this upcoming Tuesday the 18th of September. We encourage all students to arrive on time at the temple at 7:20 AM, as we often participate in helping serve and lead various parts of the morning program. Thank you!

Friday, September 21st Bhajan

Dear Parents,

Hare Krishna! On Friday September 21st, the 9th and 10th grade students will be offering a bhajan at the temple in the morning in honor of Lord Vamanadeva’s appearance day, and Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur’s appearance day (the following day). Students should arrive at the temple by 7:20am with any instruments they will need. Thank you!

Sincerely,

Nandapriya Prema dd

Teacher Training - days off of school

Dear Families,

Our Krishna Sharanam team has an exciting professional development opportunity to attend an IB training for our whole staff in St. Pete's Beach, FL from Sunday, September 9th to Tuesday, September 11th. 

Because of this, Krishna Sharanam will not have school on Monday, September 10th, and Tuesday, September 11th. We will resume school on Wednesday, September 12th. The rest of the school will be in session on these days.

When the rest of the school is off on Thursday, November 1st for the Montessori Conference, we will be in session. 

Thank you for your understanding. We hope we have given enough notice for you to make any arrangements needed.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me.
Sincerely,
Jaya Sri Radhe

Bhaktivedanta Academy is Authorized by International Baccalaureate

Dear Friends,

I am very happy to announce that Bhaktivedanta Academy is now an authorized International Baccalaureate World School for the Middle Years Programme!

This means that our Krishna Sharanam Middle Years Programme, serving 7th - 10th grades, is recognized as providing a holistic educational experience that emphasis connecting what a student learns with real-world experiences that emphasis being service-minded global citizens. We are now part of a select world-wide community of schools who have made a commitment to educational excellence. I encourage you to read more about IB MYP at www.ibo.org/programmes/middle-years-programme. 

This has been a 6 year process that started with an idea and has flourished into a wonderful program serving our middle/high school students. None of this would have been possible without the leadership and determined effort of Jaya Sri Radhe. She along with the Krishna Sharanam teaching team – Syamasundari, Nandapriya Prema, Devasarita, and Jaya Radhe have put in countless hours developing the program according to IB standards. 

Our authorization by IB is a major milestone in the history of Bhaktivedanta Academy. Back in 1999 when the New Raman Reti School (our previous name) was established, we could have never imagined growing to this level. Throughout the years a dedicated team of teachers, families, and well-wishers remained committed to our understanding of Srila Prabhupada’s (our founder) vision of a a well-rounded education rooted in the practices of bhakti (devotion to God), that fully prepared students to make lasting and meaningful contributions to our world. I believe he would be quite happy to see what we have accomplished together. 

Yours in service, 
Visvambhara Dasa 

Head of School