Outline of Classes

This is the third year at HSS. In this class, student learn about:

• Gods and Goddess in detail

• Moral stories

• Simple Shlokas and Bhajans

*Every class ends with a fun arts and craft activity!

This is the fourth year at HSS. Here, students learn about:

• Shiva and his sons, Ganesha and Kartikeya

• Trishakthis

• Devotees of Vishnu (Dhruva, Prahalad, Gajendra, and Godha)

• Mahalakshmi Ashtakam

• Various shlokas of Gods and Goddesses

• Temples of India (including their architecture and significance). Students conclude this unit by presenting about a specific temple in the common assembly session.

This is the fifth year at HSS. Here, the kids learn about:

• Significances of Hindu Rituals

• Hindu Symbols

• Hindu Values

• Duties of a Hindu

• Holy Cities and Holy Rivers

• The Hindu Calendar

• Lingashtakam

• Introduction to the Mahabharata

This is the sixth and seventh year at HSS. Over the course of two years, students learn about:

• Bala Ramayana

• Bala Bhagavatham

• Lunar Calendar

• Hanuman Chalisa

This is the eighth year at HSS. In this class, students learn about universal values and how to live a dharmic life free of negativity. Rama class follows the Purna Vidya Values (Part 6) Book.

This is the ninth and tenth year of HSS. Here, kids learn about:

• The Vedas

• The Mahabharata (in great detail)

In this class, the students are challenged to analyze the severe complexity of both scriptures and to fully understand the lessons/truths given in them.

This is the eleventh year at HSS. During a student's time as a Leader in Training, he/she learns about the Bhagavad Gita. LITs are able to apply whatever they learn in the classroom by running the HSS annual food drive for the Amazing Grace Food Pantry, which has collected up to a thousand pounds of non-perishable food items to date! LITs also lead many other HSS events, like Kalpavriksha, Divya Pratibha Divas, Diwali, and Holi!

TITs are students who have gone through all eleven years at HSS who now help teachers and administrators with running classes, earning volunteer hours for their time and commitment to our organization.