Important Dates for November

Thu., Nov. 1	Krishna Sharanam: Fort Clinch & St. Augustine Field Trip @ 12:30 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 2	Holiday - UF Homecoming
Mon., Nov. 5	1st Quarter Parent Teacher Conferences Begin (New Classroom Students)
Tue., Nov. 6	Temple Tuesday (Madhurya Bhavan Guru Puja and Damodarastakam Prayers)
Thu., Nov. 8	Govardhan Puja / Harvest Festival / Spirit Day (Lunch Provided to All Students)
Fri., Nov. 9	Primary & Elementary: Student Holiday / Teacher Professional Development Day Krishna Sharanam: SCHOOL IN SESSION
Mon., Nov. 12	Holiday Veterans Day
Tue., Nov. 13	Temple Tuesday (Krishna Sharanam Damodarastakam Prayers) @ 7:20 a.m.*
Fri., Nov. 16	Thanksgiving Potluck  (Lunch Provided to All Students) Krishna Sharanam: Hansel & Gretel Field Trip - Phillips Performing Arts Center @ 7 p.m.
Mon., Nov. 19 - 23	Thanksgiving Holidays - No School
Tue., Nov. 27	Temple Tuesday @ 7:20 a.m.*

*Students in Audarya Bhavan (1st - 3rd grade), Madhurya Bhavan (4th - 6th grade), and Krishna Sharanam (7th - 10th grade) meet every Tuesday at the New Raman Reti temple at 7:20 a.m. Teachers will be on duty at the temple to accept students at this time.

SAVE THE DATE

Dec. 8 - Fudge and Cookie Production Day

Dec. 21 - Jan. 4 - Winter Holidays

Open House Invitation

Bhaktivedanta Academy
Open House

Friday, October 26 6 - 8 p.m.

Please join us for our annual open house event for our enrolled families. Visit all the classrooms and see student work demonstrations, participate in a special Damodara prayer with candle offering, launch sky lanterns, and enjoy tea and cookies.

We look forward to seeing you!

Hurricane Michael Update

Dear Families,

Hurricane Michael is approaching the panhandle region of Florida and is due to make landfall Wednesday afternoon. Impacts for our area continue to be updated but the latest tracking shows a fairly minimal impact for Alachua county. Here is a link to the latest briefing packet from the National Weather Service (NWS) in Jacksonville: https://www.weather.gov/media/jax/briefings/nws-jax-briefing.pdf. 

We will continue to monitor weather reports and Alachua county emergency management briefings. In the event that Alachua County public schools opt to close Wednesday and/or Thursday, we will evaluate the reasons and determine if we should also do the same. If a closure for Bhaktivedanta Academy is determined, a text and voice message will be sent to your phones. 

Stay tuned for updates... 

Yours in service, 

Visvambhara Dasa
Head of School

Important Dates for October

Tue., Oct. 2	Temple Tuesday (Krishna Sharanam Guru Puja and Kirtan) @ 7:20 a.m.*
Tue., Oct. 9	Temple Tuesday @ 7:20 a.m.*
Tue., Oct. 16	Temple Tuesday @ 7:20 a.m.* End of 1st Quarter
Fri., Oct. 19	Student Holiday - Teacher Work Day
Tue., Oct. 23	Temple Tuesday @ 7:20 a.m.*
Thu., Oct. 25	Audarya Bhavan - Talent Show (Students Only)
Fri., Oct. 26	Family Open House Night @ 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Tue., Oct. 30	Temple Tuesday @ 7:20 a.m.*

*Students in Audarya Bhavan (1st - 3rd grade), Madhurya Bhavan (4th - 6th grade), and Krishna Sharanam (7th - 10th grade) meet every Tuesday at the New Raman Reti temple at 7:20 a.m. Teachers will be on duty at the temple to accept students at this time. 

SAVE THE DATE

November 2 - Holiday UF Homecoming

November 5 - 1st Quarter Parent Teacher Conferences Begin

November 8 - Govardhan Puja / Harvest Festival / Spirit Day

November 9 - Student Holiday / Teacher Professional Development

November 12 - Holiday Veterans Day

November 16 - Thanksgiving Potluck

November 19-23 - Thanksgiving Holidays No School

New Faces at Bhaktivedanta Academy

Dear Families,  

As you may know, we have been hiring for positions at Bhaktivedanta Academy for the last few months. We welcomed Haripriya as our upper elementary teacher’s assistant at the beginning of the school year and  wanted to give you an update on some other new faces you will see here soon.

Unfortunately, we will be saying goodbye to Markandeya in the next few weeks. He informed me at the end of last school year that he would be moving on to new adventures in Australia but agreed to stay on until we found a suitable replacement. He is not necessarily replaceable but we do feel we have hired another great person to take on the important role he leaves behind – Syama Allard. Syama is a recent graduate of the University of Florida and comes highly recommended by anyone who has had an opportunity to know and work with him. 

Syamasundari in our Krishna Sharanam class will be taking her maternity leave soon. In preparation for her absence, we have hired Krishna Lila Danka as her long-term substitute. Krishna Lila is not only a talented film maker, she is also very accomplished in other fields as well. She posses a Ph.D. in Comparative Literary Studies, is published, and has taught courses in media communications and Vaishnava literature. 

We are very happy to welcome both Syama and Krishna Lila as as part of the Bhaktivedanta Academy teaching and administrative teams. 

Yours in service,  

Visvambhara Dasa
Head of School