April 29, 2016

From the Desk of your PCA Team ....
Next week, but the end of the week are two major events for the PCA.  On the 6th of May is the last PCA Meeting and the PCA Appreciation Breakfast.  We hope you will join us for the PCA Appreciation Breakfast. 

For the PCA Ball, we wanted to get you information for the Ball:

Tickets
If you have not booked your ticket, please do so, as tickets are going fast!  We are nearly 3/4th of the way sold out.  Tickets are INR 3,800, which will include a lavish nine (9) continent dinner to be savored.  

Program
7:00 - 8:00  will be Cocktail hour
8:00 - 8:45  will be a brief program, while food is being served.
9:00 - onwards will begin dancing for the evening. 

Silent Auction
The silent auction will begin before the Ball, should you come in before 7 p.m. and go till 9:30 p.m. when the final bids will be accepted.  All bids will be processed by 10:00 p.m. in the evening.  You will be able to go home with your item that evening.  We hope you will bid much and often. So bring your cash or credit cards for this event!

Items include:
Head of School for a Day
Spa packages
Hotel Stay
Reki Sessions
Tex Mex Dinner for 6 - cooked by none other than Todd Welbes
French Cooking Classes
Home made Kimchi
Homemade of Du Bok Gi
Swimming Lessons
Archery Lessons

Photography
This year, the photography of the Ball will be at no cost to attendees.  We hope you will take advantage of this and get many group photographs for your and school memories!

Stays at ITC
We have contracted with the ITC with special rates for the evening.  This is a great way for you to dance into the night and then get up leisurely and enjoy a wonderful breakfast of the fine dining of the ITC. These are the following:

For Executive Club Rooms, costs are:
Single:  7000 + Taxes
Double:  7600 + Taxes

For Tower Rooms, costs are:
Single:  9,000 + Taxes
Double:  9,600 + Taxes

All rooms include breakfast.

Note:  In case of room to be booking in Triple Occupancy, Tower Category room to be blocked at the special rate with additional charge of INR 1500 + Taxes for the Third Person and INR 1500 + Taxes for Extra Bed.  The rate hence would be INR 12,600 + Taxes per night. 

Please contact Ronnie Nobel at 8056123063 for room booking. 

We look forward to seeing you all for the Ball this up coming week. 

PCA Elections

We are looking for energetic folks who can participate to make this school a better place by being part of the PCA Executive Team and PCA Representatives.  Each role is key to making our school a much better environment for our kids.  If you have not had a chance to sign up, please click on the below links to print a self nomination form:

If you would like to be a part of the team of dedicated individuals who give of their time for volunteering for the PCA Executive Team, please fill out the form and submit it for our records.  It is a selfless job, but important, and of great impact for our kids and community is tremendous. Click on this link to download the form.

If you wish to hold another representative position within the school, please just fill out the form through the following links so that your information is recorded for contact purposes. Click here to download the form.

Signing off for this week.......   

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Upcoming Events

May 2, 2016   - Holiday
May 5, 2016   - Town Hall Meeting at 8.45 to 9.45
May 6, 2016   - PCA Committee Elections at 8.45 to 9.45
May 6, 2016   - PCA Volunteer Appreciation starting 9.45 at Atrium
May 9, 2016   - MS/ES Scholastic Book Fair 
May 10, 2016 - ES Parent Coffee
May 12, 2016 - Korean Cooking Demo
May 13, 2016 - MS Band and Choir Spring Concert 4.30 pm

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Events Around Town

April 22, 2016

From the Desk of your PCA Team ....

Preparing Kimpab for serving

 Both in fish and vegetarian

Staff coming for luncheon

This past week we have had so much going on!  Where to begin. We began with kids coming back from MS MUN in Malaysia, with SAISA  Boys Basketball, Girls Soccer, Track and Field, Student Conference for both ES and MS, Tech Training, and in between all this was the PCA Faculty and Staff Appreciation Luncheon.  Such a busy week!  We are becoming a busy school - which is a good thing!

Mochi being served

Time to eat

The Faculty and Staff Appreciation lunch was catered by Chef Talwar, who catered out Diwali Mela.  The food was mostly North India, with a few dishes that were different - a manchurian, pasta, and sambhar sadham.  All the desserts were made by our parents.  This made the mix between east and west a wonderful taste explosion.  

In the background, many parents made thank you cards and got flowers for their teacher.  Many of these were given to teachers by the end of the day.  As parents, we hope that those gifts were a great way to top off the day for our teachers. 

From brownies, to cake, to custard cakes

As a PCA Team, we thank all the parents who made this event possible.  We also thank all parents who are there for support the school.

If you would like to see more pictures from the day, please click on this link. 

PCA Elections

Next month, May 6th, 2016, the PCA will have elections for the PCA Board.  We are looking for individuals with lots of enthusiasm and energy to take on coordinating the PCA activities.  A set of persons who have the vision to carry us into the next 20 years of the school. 

Part of the dessert team

The elections will be for the Executive Committee, which consists of the President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.  We will also be requesting those who would like to volunteer for the different representative roles, form Country Coordinator to Grade Level Representatives, to step forward and let us know your interest.  The roles are an integral part of the PCA to facilitate communication between the PCA Executive team, Administration and the parent community. 

 

Getting the desserts ready

Our school is a more close knit community, and one of the pieces that make it so close is the PCA.  Thus, we urge you to please volunteer your time towards making this school a great place. 

If you would like to be a part of the team of dedicated individuals who give of their time for volunteering for the PCA Executive Team, please fill out the form and submit it for our records.  It is a selfless job, but the impact that it makes for our kids and community is tremendous. Click on this link to download the form.

If you wish to hold another representative position within the school, please just fill out the form through the following links so that your information is recorded for contact purposes. Click here to download the form.

Signing off for this week.......   

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Upcoming Events

April 25, 2016 - HS Art Exhibition
April 26, 2016 - HS Parent Coffee 8:45 to 9:45 am

April 27, 2016 - Faculty Meetings 3:45 to 5:00
April 29, 2016 - School Holiday till May 2nd

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PCA Proposed Amendments and Procedures Manual

Proposed Amendments

• Establish procedures for the reallocation of  surplus funds (after all payments are made at the end of the year).
• 15% Reserve needs to be maintained each year (carried over for 5 years and needs to be spent).
• Procedure for Activity Funding (last two years (average) plus and additional 25% per Event to be reallocated (at the discretion of the Executive committee and Vote and Signed off by Head of Finance.)
• Activities that should receive funding: UN, Diwali, Connect Magazine, Appreciation for volunteers and staff, Ball, T-Shirts (every other year), Chennai Chapter (every alternative year).
• Remaining monies to go to the AISC Visitor’s Fund.

• Oversight and Coordination with the Department of Finance of AISC
• The PCA Treasurer’s position will be 2 people serving for 2 overlapping years.
• The PCA Treasurer will create and maintain a spreadsheet and coordinate with the Department of Finance.
• Any changes to the PCA Finance Spreadsheet need to be Approved by the Head of the Finance Department of AISC.
• Written documentation is needed to shift funds from one event or project to another event or project.
• Regular meetings- Required to meet twice a month with Finance Head and PCA Treasurer (for first 4 months) and then once a month.  
• Training for new Treasurer is needed.
• Publishing of the Treasurer’s Report 1st and 15th of the month.

• Establishing a formula for creating the PCA budget each year based on the School’s enrollment.
• At the beginning of the year, take the total expenses for the previous year. Calculate the per Student expense, which multiplied by the projected enrollment for the new year will establish the yearly base budget.

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PCA Procedures Manual

• Working document to describe the processes necessary to plan, coordinate, and successfully implement PCA activities and events.
• Useful tool for future PCA officers as a tool to plan.
• Preliminary draft has been prepared - Parent Input is needed!
• Input can be provided as comments to the document that will be considered and resolved by the Executive Team.
• Input will be considered until DATE.
• Final Manual to be approved by the PCA Executive Team on DATE.
• A link to the document is provided on the PCA Blog (https://docs.google.com/document/d/18MjUVsgci1LUA46Trn1f31oHiGPG11Rf66OmmB7uLuc/edit?usp=sharing)

This document is set as viewable by anyone with the link, and allowed for comments only. 

April 15, 2016

From the Desk of your PCA Team ....

The week has gone as a speed train. So much is occurring in the next few weeks and preparations are in full swing.  Next week, we will have the Faculty and Staff Appreciation Luncheon on the 20th of April from 11:30-2:30 at the FAC Atrium.  We hope you will join to celebrate the work that our Faculty and Staff do for us. As the PCA, each year we appreciate our teachers by hosting a luncheon for them to thank all for the work that they have done with our kids.  So many of our teachers are the unsung heroes of our kids lives.  Bringing a small spark to our kids, which brings our kids, what I call, the "ah-ha" moment. The moment where our child "gets it."  They take this and from there, the children can begin to make their way to the top.  We hope you will join us to make this luncheon special for all of our teachers.  When I think back this year, we all faced the biggest challenge as a community - our floods.  So many of our teachers were faced with challenges that water damage caused.  I am sure they all faced many personal losses.   But, when school was back in session, they came back with smiles and ready to make the day even brighter for our kids. 

The staff, maintenance and security, of our school are really the unsung heroes of this institution.  As we carry on with our daily jobs in the school, for faculty teaching, to administrators having meetings, to parents meeting and kids being kids... the whole facility is run like a boat on smooth waters. As an institution we have faced floods, dead debris on the road, and heavy traffic each day both in the morning and the evening. The staff have "magically" made the whole process seem seamless.  I can recollect so many questions that came my way about sanitation, health conditions and more right after the floods.  Many of the staff had their homes washed out.  Some I spoke to personally, were sitting in on top of furniture for the days of the highest water levels with little to nothing for food supplies. When school reopened, they were all back.  Happy faces to make sure that the school was a safe and clean place for all.  With the help of our school Staff, the safety of the areas outside the classrooms were made safe for our kids. 

With personnel like this, the school has made a big difference for the community. Thus, on the 20th, it will be a way to celebrate these extraordinary individuals and their dedication to the school.  I hope you all will join us to say thanks to these wonderful people. 

PCA Ball

Tickets are being reserved right now, but will be on sale starting next week, Monday from 8:30-9:30 and then in the afternoon at 2:45-3:45.  Do book your ball ticket as soon as possible.

Signing off for this week.......   

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Tamil New Year

This past week was the Tamil New year.  We wanted to share some information about it for your reading pleasure.  

Puthandu (Tamil புத்தாண்டு Puttāṇṭu), better known as Tamil New Year, is the celebration of the first day of the Tamil new year in mid-April by Tamils in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in India, Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka, and by Tamils in Malaysia, Singapore, Réunion and Mauritius. On this day, Tamil people greet each other by saying "Puttāṇṭu vāḻttukkaḷ!" ( புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துக்கள்) or "Iṉiya tamiḻ puttāṇṭu nalvāḻttukkaḷ!" (இனிய தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்). The festive occasion is in keeping with the Hindu solar calendar.

Origins and significance

The Tamil New Year follows the vernal equinoxand generally falls on 14 April of the Gregorian year. 14 April marks the first day of the traditional Tamil calendar and is a public holiday in both Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. The Tropical vernal equinox falls around 22 March, and adding 23 degrees of trepidation or oscillation provides the Hindu sidereal transition or Nirayana Mesha Sankranti (the solar transition into the constellation of Aries). The Tamil calendar thus begins on the same date observed by most traditional calendars in India as in Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Manipur,  Mithila,Odisha, Punjab, Tripura, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Sri Lanka and  Thailand. The 60-year cycle is ancient and is observed by most traditional calendars of India and China, and is related to 5 revolutions of Jupiter, or to 60-year orbit of Nakshatras (stars) as described in the Surya Siddhanta.

The 60 year cycle comes by 5 revolutions of Jupiter and 2 revolutions of Saturn. The relative position of Jupiter and Saturn in one particular year will be repeated after 60 years. The 60 year cycle was essentially conceived for predicting the climate of a particular year, as the relative position of the two major planets, Jupiter and Saturn, is recognized for its impact on climate.

The traditional Tamil year starts on 14 April 2016 [Kali Yuga 5118]. The year may also be dated according to the Vikram Samvat or Saka era.
 

There are several references in early Tamil literature to the April new year. Nakkirar, Sangam period author of the Neṭunalvāṭai, wrote in the third century that the sun travels from Mesha/Chitterai through 11 successive signs of the zodiac. Kūdalūr Kizhaar in the 3rd century refers to Mesha Raasi/Chitterai as the commencement of the year in the Puṟanāṉūṟu. The Tolkaapiyam is the oldest surviving Tamil grammar that divides the year into six seasons where Chitterai marks the start of the Ilavenil season or summer. The 8th century Silappadikaaram mentions the 12 Raasis or zodiac signs starting with Mesha/Chitterai. The Manimekalai alludes to the Hindu solar calendar as we know it today. Adiyarkunalaar, an early medieval commentator or Urai-asiriyar mentions the twelve months of the Tamil calendar with particular reference to Chitterai. There were subsequent inscriptional references in Pagan, Burma dated to the 11th century C

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Happenings Around Town . . . . 

'OPERATION ICE CREAM 3rd Edition' taking place this Sunday April 17th from 3 to 5 pm at Chinna Neelangarai Kuppam Fishermen Village

‘Namma Beach Namma Chennai’ in collaboration with the ECO CLUB & the High Honor Club of the American International School of Chennai, will be conducting a beach cleanup this Sunday, April 17^th at the Chinna Neelangarai Kuppam Fishermen Village  (end of MGR Salai) from 3 pm till 5 pm.

The Advent Christian School of Injambakkam and the fishermen village youth are invited to help!

This activity aims to educate the local people about the impact of the environment being polluted and the role that we, the citizens, play in cleaning our beaches.

As an incentive to encourage people to collect waste on the beach, we are partnering with the local ice vendors to provide a free ice cream to each child in exchange of a bag filled with trash or waste.

This collaboration between ‘Namma Beach Namma Chennai’ and the ice vendors intends to advocate eco-friendly behaviors so that people comprehend the need to trash their waste in designated areas instead of throwing it around the beach.

Furthermore, we hope this initiative will motivate the practice of throwing trash in designated areas for a long-term cause and not only during the beach cleanup.

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Upcoming Events

April 19, 2016 - MS Parent Coffee 8:45 to 9:45 a.m.
April 20, 2016 - SAISA Boys Basketball (Colombo)
April 20, 2016 - SAISA Girls Basketball (Mumbai)

April 20, 2016 - PCA Staff Appreciation Day
April 21, 2016 - PCA Introductory Tech Training 9:00 to 10:00 am
April 21, 2016 - SAISA Track & Field (AISC)
April 21, 2016 - Lost & found display
April 21, 2016 - ES Student Led Conference 3:45 to 6.30 pmApril 21, 2016  - MS e-profile &  Student-Parent-Teacher Conferences 4:00 to 7:00pm
April 21, 2016 - BYOT Device and Internet Fair
April 22, 2016 - ES Student Led Conference (No Classes)
April 22, 2016 - MS e-profile & Student-Parent-Teacher Conferences (No Classes) 
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PCA Ball Update

Reminder - Silent Auction
On May 7, 2016, the PCA will host the 20th Anniversary Ball. The ticket price will be 3800 rupees for an evening of great food and fun.

Part of this fun will be a silent auction. We are looking for parents to offer auction items, ideally unique experiences that people may not be able to get in Chennai.

The target audience for the silent auction items could be children and/or adults.

Some examples are:
Signed autograph and picture if you are well-known
A workshop if you have a special skill set
A behind-the-scenes tour if you have access to unique facilities
A gift certificate if you or your company has a product
Language lessons
Cooking lessons
Party planning
Arts and crafts workshop
Swim lessons
Artwork
Surfing lessons 
Ideally you would offer something that you love! The proceeds from the silent auction go to the Distinguished Visitors Fund, which helps bring amazing people to AISC.


Please send your ideas to Kirsten Welbes (wkirsten@aisch.org) Director of Advancement, by mid-April and I will be in touch regarding next steps.

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References
1) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puthandu

April 8, 2016

From the Desk of your PCA Team ....
April has already come... as we welcome in April, the heat in Chennai is kicking up. The month of Kathri will be beginning soon.  In much of Northern India, the Harvest of winter crops are being harvested.  This is the beginning of Vasant Navaratri, also known as Ugadhi.  The festival is known as Vasant Navarati in Gujarat and Ugadhi in Andra Pradesh. We thought we would take a few moments to give you some history of both of these traditions. 


Japanese Cooking Demo
Beyond the celebrations, we had our Japanese team of parents design a beautiful cooking Japanese Cooking demo at the Westin this week.  The cooking demo started with making Maki rolls - sushi rolls.  Did you know that Maki means the action of rolling?  We learned this new. Then we made different types of tempura.  Interesting was that we learned how to make sure that the tempura batter did not come off the pieces.  

With each piece items that we made, the best part of the process, was tasting each items as we went.  


Ugadhi
Yugādi (Ugādi, Samvatsarādi, Telugu: ఉగాది Ugadi/Yugadi, Kannada: ಯುಗಾದಿ Yugadi, Konkani: युगादि Yugādi and Marathi: गुढी पाडवा Gudi Padwā) is the New Year's Day for the people of the Telugu,and Kannada communities[further explanation needed] in India. It falls on a different day every year because the Hindu calendar is a lunisolar calendar. The Saka calendar begins with the month of Chaitra (March–April) and Ugadi marks the first day of the new year. Chaitra is the first month in Panchanga which is the Indian calendar. In some parts of India it is known as Vikram Samvat or Bhartiya Nav Varsh. Mostly prevalent in Andhra Pradesh, Telengana, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Gudi Padwa which is the Marathi new year is also celebrated on the same day.

The name Yugadi or Ugadi is derived from the Sanskrit words yuga (age) and ādi (beginning): "the beginning of a new age". Yugadi specifically refers to the start of the age we are living in now, the Kali Yuga. The Kali Yuga began when Lord Krishna left the world. Maharshi Vedavyasa describes this event with the words "Yesmin Krishno divamvyataha, Tasmat eeva pratipannam Kaliyugam". Kali Yuga began on February 17 or 18, at midnight, in 3102 BCE.
Preparations for the festival begin a week ahead. Houses are given a thorough wash. Shopping for new clothes and buying other items that go with the requirements of the festival are done with a lot of excitement.

On Ugadi Day, people wake up before the break of dawn and take a head bath after which they decorate the entrance of their houses with fresh mango leaves. The significance of tying mango leaves relates to a legend. It is said that Kartik (or Subramanya or Kumara Swamy) and Ganesha, the two sons of Lord Siva and Parvathi were very fond of mangoes. As the legend goes Kartik exhorted people to tie green mango leaves to the doorway signifying a good crop and general well-being.

It is noteworthy that we use mango leaves and coconuts (as in a Kalasam, to initiate any pooja) only on auspicious occasions to propitiate gods. People also splash fresh cow dung water on the ground in front of their house and draw colorful floral designs. This is a common sight in every household. People perform the ritualistic worship to God invoking his blessings before they start off with the new year. They pray for their health, wealth and prosperity and success in business too.Ugadi is also the most auspicious time to start new ventures.

The celebration of Ugadi is marked by religious zeal and social merriment. Special dishes are prepared for the occasion. In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, eatables such as "pulihora, bobbatlu (Bhakshalu/ polelu/ oligalu) and Pachadi" and preparations made with raw mango go well with the occasion. In Karnataka too, similar preparations are made but called "puliogure" and "holige". The Maharashtrians make "puran poli" or sweet rotis.


Vasant Navaratri

Navaratri is a festival dedicated to the worship of the Hindu deity Durga. The word Navaratri means 'nine nights' in Sanskrit, nava meaning nine and ratri meaning nights. During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Devi are worshipped. The tenth day is commonly referred to as Vijayadashami or "Dussehra" (also spelled Dasera). Navaratri is an important major festival and is celebrated all over India and Nepal. Diwali the festival of lights is celebrated twenty days after Dasera. Though there are in total five types of Navaratri that come in a year, Sharad Navaratri and Vasant Navratri are the most popular one. Hence, the term Navaratri is being used for both but mainly Sharad Navaratri here.

The Story of Vasanta Navaratri

In days long gone by, King Dooshibago was killed by a lion when he went out hunting. Preparations were made to crown the prince Sudarsana. But, King Yudhajit of Ujjain, the father of Queen Lilavati, and King Virasena of Kalinga, the father of Queen Manorama, were each desirous of securing the Kosala throne for their respective grandsons. They fought with each other. King Virasena was killed in the battle. Manorama fled to the forest with Prince Sudarsana and a eunuch. They took refuge in the hermitage of Rishi Bharadwaja.

The victor, King Yudhajit, thereupon crowned his grandson, Satrujit, at Ayodhya, the capital of Kosala. He then went out in search of Manorama and her son. The Rishi said that he would not give up those who had sought protection under him. Yudhajit became furious. He wanted to attack the Rishi. But, his minister told him about the truth of the Rishi's statement. Yudhajit returned to his capital.

Fortune smiled on Prince Sudarsana. A hermit's son came one day and called the eunuch by his Sanskrit name Kleeba. The prince caught the first syllable Kli and began to pronounce it as Kleem. This syllable happened to be a powerful, sacred Mantra. It is the Bija Akshara (root syllable) of the Divine Mother. The Prince obtained peace of mind and the Grace of the Divine Mother by the repeated utterance of this syllable. Devi appeared to him, blessed him and granted him divine weapons and an inexhaustible quiver.

The emissaries of the king of Benares passed through the Ashram of the Rishi and, when they saw the noble prince Sudarsana, they recommended him to Princess Sashikala, the daughter of the king of Benares.

The ceremony at which the princess was to choose her spouse was arranged. Sashikala at once chose Sudarsana. They were duly wedded. King Yudhajit, who had been present at the function, began to fight with the king of Benares. Devis helped Sudarsana and his father-in-law. Yudhajit mocked Her, upon which Devi promptly reduced Yudhajit and his army to ashes.

Thus Sudarsana, with his wife and his father-in-law, praised Devi. She was highly pleased and ordered them to worship her with havan and other means during the Vasanta Navarathri. Then she disappeared.

Prince Sudarsana and Sashikala returned to the Ashram of Rishi Bharadwaja. The great Rishi blessed them and crowned Sudarsana as the king of Kosala. Sudarsana and Sashikala and the king of Benares implicitly carried out the commands of the Divine Mother and performed worship in a splendid manner during the Vasanta Navarathri.

Sudarsana's descendants Sri Rama and Lakshmana also performed worship of Devi during the Sharad Navarathri and were blessed with Her assistance in the recovery of Sita.

According to the Krittibas Ramayana, Rama invoked the goddess Durga in his epic battle against Ravana. Although Goddess Durga was traditionally worshipped in the late spring, due to contingencies of battle, Lord Rama had to invoke her in the form of astam (eighth) Mahavidya (Maa Bagla) in the autumn and thus is known as akaal bodhan (invoking out of scheduled time). This autumnal ritual was different from the conventional Durga Puja, which is usually celebrated in the springtime. So, this Puja is also known as 'akal-bodhan' or out-of-season ('akal') worship ('bodhan'). This Rama's date for the Navaratri puja has now gained ascendancy and culminates with Dusherra in North India on the following day.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend and have a Happy Ugadhi to those who are celebrating. 

Signing off for this week.......   

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Upcoming Events

April 12, 2016  - ES Parent Coffee 8:45 to 9:45 a.m.
April 12, 2016  - TLC Meeting 3:45 to 5:15

April 13, 2016 - PCA City Tour
April 13, 2016 - Faculty Meetings 3:45 to 5:00

April 14, 2016 - Math Specialist Professional Learning
April 15, 2016 - HS Theatre Production
April 16, 2016 - Biannual General Meeting of the Association 9:00 to 10:00 am

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Connect Magazine

AISConnect magazine comes out in the month of April this year.  It is a magazine created by the parent community for the parent community. If you have an interest in writing, editing, creating layouts for this magazine, please email us at pca@aisch.org. 

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PCA Ball Update

Our ball will be themed as Foods from Around the World.  Foods will be set up as a variety of different stations from the different continents.  

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Things happening around town....

The Rugby Slums Club Chennai is pleased to invite you to a family day organized the 30th of April. Children and their families will be invited at our place.

Slums Rugby Club is an association law 1901 created in 2013. The RSC is based on a local structure (speed trust) and aims to help the slums children to discover Rugby (a sport that is unknown to them) and promote the values ​​of this sport are: sharing, solidarity, team spirit or equality. To learn more click on the link: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rugby-Slums-Club-chennai-RSC/219647538200062

Young players of Rugby Slums Club are eager to meet you and share with you the relaxing, friendly and athletic day, for children and adults. We are organizing a mini rugby tournament, volleyball, carom, and pool (access to the pool is strictly for children accompanied by a parent).

A vegetarian meal will be served for the children of Rugby at 6.00 pm and another non vegetarian on the evening for those who wish.

Price: 1000 rupees per adult and 500 per child. Each family coming to the Family Day will get a T-shirt, for those who cannot be there a sale of T-shirts of the Club will be held during the 15 days prior to April 30th.

The benefits of this day will enable us to finance part of a Rugby Slums Club Chennai season.

Given the limited amount of space on the 30th of April, it is necessary to book your ticket before April 20th midnight.  To book or information, feel free to contact me to the 9840233640 or email: vallud29@gmail.com

Do come, we are counting on you.

Rugby Slums Club Chennai - RSC

Thanjavur Calling

Would you like to visit Thanjavur without going anywhere far from Chennai or spending any money? Join us for a 'cultural connections over coffee' morning. Learn all about the dance, art and temples of Thanjavur at the iconic Global Adjustments India Immersion building. On display here, are doors and windows from across India to give you a peek into India's rich culture.

RSVP - 

​Shobana Sairaj Kumar, ​Mob: +91-9841411213, E: ceooffice@globaladjustments.com 

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Date - April 27, 2016

Entry: Free. Limited Seats. First 40 attendees welcome.

Time: 10.30 am - 12.00 pm

Address: Global Adjustments

              5, 3rd Main Road

              RA Puram

              Chennai 28

Agenda

10.30 - 10.45 - Networking over coffee and snacks

10.45 - 11.00 - Welcome and introduction

11.00 - 11.45 - Cultural activity

11.45 - 12.00 - Closure

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References
1) http://thelightofeast.com/why-do-we-celebrate-ugadhi/
2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navratri
3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugadi