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ऑस्टिन​ मराठी शाळा - प्रवेश प्रक्रिया २०२२-२०२३
Shala enrollment for 2022-2023 is closed!!

* The First day of school is August 21 *

***Please refer to "South Shala Location Details Sheet" from Austin Marathi Shala Calendar 2022-2023
Austin Marathi Shala is a project of Austin Marathi Mandal (AMM) initiated by Bruhan Maharashtra Mandal of North America (BMM).  
Austin Marathi Shala is a non-profit school affiliated with Austin Marathi Mandal. This school is solely run by volunteers. 
The purpose of Austin Marathi Shala is to teach Marathi culture and Marathi language to next generation. 
The aim of the Marathi Shala is to empower children with the ability to read, write and communicate in Marathi. 
These children also gets exposure to Marathi Culture by learning about and celebrating different traditions at school. 
Students get opportunity to showcase their newly acquired language skill during various AMM programs (such as Ganapati)  and also during end of end-semester celebrations.

  • BMM is working with Bharati Vidyapeeth for this program 
  • Bharati Vidyapeeth has done extensive research keeping in mind the needs of NRI children while setting up the syllabus
  • Austin Marathi Shala has 8 levels of Marathi Study (Bal Mitra 1, Bal Mitra 2, Bal Mitra 3, Kishore Mitra 1, Kishore Mitra 2, Kishor Mitra 3 and Praveen Mitra 1 and Praveen Mitra 2)
  • Each student will go with his/her pace -- there is no rush to achieve certain level in certain time frame ​
  • Over all emphasis: 60% Oral communication & 40% Reading-Writing (each level has certain expectations)
  • Other things that will be covered are: shlok, kavita, drawing, craft work, etc.
  • Age: 5 and up (recommended) 
  • Duration: One and half hours to 2 hours - once a week
Note : BMM emphasizes more on 'conversation' than 'on reading and writing (60:40), thus it is important that a student communicates well in Marathi. Only way for parents to achieve this goal is by communicating with your kids in Marathi and encourage him/her to communicate back in Marathi.

AMS Teacher Allocation Guidelines : BM1 : One Teacher for every 4-5 kids & All Other Classes: One Teacher per class.
Upcoming events
August 21, 2022 : ऑस्टिन​ मराठी शाळा Fall sessions begin!
Shala Overview & News
2022 News:
  • The huge & fun-filled Shala picnic for all grade levels (no classroom instruction) was held successfully on Sunday, April 3rd 2022 (Gudhi Padwa)
  • We conducted KM-PM Practice Exam (in person) March 27th 2022  & BM kids attended school online.
  • Spring break started from 13th March 2022 , hence no Marathi Shala due to spring break (actual spring break in RRISD/LISD is 3/14 through 3/18)
  • We submitted Samoohgeet recording for BMM convention on March 31st 2022.
  • On 5th March 2022 Shala students attend Shiva-Jayanti celebrations coordinated by Maharshtra Majha Dhol Tasha Pathak (online)
  • We conducted Zoom webinar on high school credits for Marathi as foreign language on Feb 20th 2022.
  • Spring 2022 Semester starts online on Sunday January 9th.
  • Due to COVID situation (no vaccine for young kids, Omicron etc) we continue shala online. We will do some events in person, but full shala operation going in-person will be a Fall 2022 decision.
  • Spring enrollment brought a few new families into shala fold. 
  • We now have 132 students from 102 families taught by 28 volunteer teachers
  • We conducted exams in December 2021 using our online tools and results have been sent to parents to check readiness for finals in May.
2021 News:
  • Spring 2021 Semester started online on January 6th. 
  • Austin and Texas experienced a unprecedented winter storm in February - which led to power outages and water shutdowns. We took two weeks off to recover! 
  • Shivjayanti Celebrations - 28th Feb - kids performed "Shoor Aamhi Sardar" and a skit on Shivaji Maharaj's life from his birth till his coronation. What a show!
  • BMM shala coordinated and AMS conducted a handwriting competition on 6th March. Kids were given a dictation at their grade level and whatever they could write in allotted time was collected and submitted to AMS and BMM judges. Some great handwriting samples among our students, results will be announced in April.
  • May 2021 exams were conducted online in conjunction with BMM
  • Fall registration brough a record 122 students into AMS family
  • Diwali was celebrated over two weekends: once to make various crafts and once to tell stories of Diwali and faraal

Shala News

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Hearty Congratulations to Sau. Aarti Paralkar for getting BMM's Teacher of the year 2019 award.

​सौ. आरती अनमोल परळकर ह्यांना बृहन्महाराष्ट्र मंडळाचा Teacher Award 2019 मिळाल्याबद्दल त्यांचे हार्दिक अभिनंदन!
सौ. आरती अनमोल परळकर ह्या ऑस्टिन मराठी शाळेच्या स्थापनेपासूनच परदेशात लहान मुलांना मराठीची गोडी लावण्याच्या कार्याला समर्पित आहेत. NRI मुलांना मराठी शिकतांना अवघड संकल्पना सोप्या व्हाव्या म्हणून त्यांनी हस्तकलेला यशस्वी साधन केले आहे. मुलांना लेखी अभ्यासक्रमासकट मराठी बोलता-वाचता कसे येईल ह्याकडे त्या जातीने लक्ष देतात. आपल्या मुलांशी लेखी संवाद साधतांना (text, email) त्या कटाक्षाने मराठीचा वापर करतात. प्रत्येक विद्यार्थ्याला प्रोत्साहन व शिस्तीची सुयोग्य पाठ थोपटणी देत अन्य शिक्षकवृंद, पालक व विद्यार्थ्यांच्या मनात त्यांनी आदर व प्रेमाचं हक्काचं स्थान काबीज केलं आहे. त्यांना मिळालेल्या ह्या पुरस्कारावर प्रतिक्रिया विचारल्यावर त्या म्हणाल्या की हा बहुमान म्हणजे बृहन्महाराष्ट्र मंडळाने माझ्या कार्याबद्दल दाखवलेला विश्वासच आहे व आता त्यांची व ऑस्टिन मराठी शाळेची जबाबदारी वाढली आहे असे त्यांना वाटते. इतर शिक्षकांच्या वेगवेगळ्या कार्यप्रणालीबद्द्ल जाणून घ्यायला त्यांना नक्कीच आवडेल. किंबहूना त्यामुळे मराठी जिवंत ठेवण्याचे कर्तव्य आपण असेच पुढे चालत ठेवु शकू असा त्यांना विश्वास वाटतो.
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We would like to thank all the volunteers for your support - without your support this effort will not sustain. We appreciate your time & commitment. Success of this program is highly dependent on parents' involvement & kid's desire to speak in Marathi whenever possible. If you would like to volunteer, please send us a note.​​

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App Design and Development:  Sachin Kapase & Team
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