SILC: Weekly Digest (04/29/12)

Dear SILC Students, Parents, Teachers and Volunteers:

With our annual day approaching and with many events around the corner, there are lot of announcements to share with you.

Also note that we do not have SILC next saturday 5th due to Festival of Nations; 

[1] May 3-6: Thu to Sun: Festival of Nations

SILC youth and Kids are performing at Festival of Nations on Saturday  May 5th. 11:00am(youth) and 1:00pm (Kids) at StPaul Rivercenter. For
parking and other details visit festivalofnations.com.

All the performers should have received the tickets by now. If not, please give your teacher a call to work out the logistics.

[2] May 12: Holi Celebrations

We will have languages classes to prepare for the graduation day. After the language classes, we will have holi celebrations in the lawns. It is a rain or shine event.  You will sure get wet, splashed with colors - so wear something you will not mind getting dirty!  

[3] May 19: Graduation / Annual Day  (Sign up ...)

The planning for the graduation event is in full swing; Students and teachers are preparing for this event.  

After the graduation, we will have a potluck lunch. If you have not signed up to bring food, please do so.  

Please see the attached for different types of food items you can bring. There are still some spaces left.

Please drop a note to Mangala if you are planning to get something.

[4] Uma Namboodiripad Volunteering Award (2012): Just one more day to nominate someone

The date is extended till Monday 30th; If you have not already done so, please send in your nomination form to - Natarajan Raman, Volunteer Coordinator. (nraman4002@gmail.com

[5]  SILC Year Book: 

The Special Achievement Projects (SAP) class invites to become part of the SILC History ! 

Send in your articles the year book yearbook@silcmn.com

[6] SILC Year Book: Offsetting the costs

As you are aware, the schools charge anywhere from $25 to $75 for a school year book. We are trying not to charge for the yearbook at SILC and succeeding all these years. In order to offset the cost of printing, we are soliciting some limited number of advertisements from the local businesses (the advertisement should be recommended by one of the SILC families and approved by editorial committee for inclusion).  If you know of any business interested to place an ad, please contact Raj Menon or Shiv Bhatia for details.

Upcoming Events: 

May 3-6, Thu-Sun:  Festival of Nations  

May 5: NO SILC due to Festival of Nations

May 12, Sat: Holi Celebrations

May 19, Sat: SILC Graduation Day (last day of SILC)

May 19, Sat (evening): SILC @ Baisakhi mela organized by the Sikh society on MN

May 20, Sun: SILC @ Pan Asian Arts Festival at Landmark Center

May 26: Volunteer/Teacher Appreciation Day

June2-3: SILC @ Flint Hills International Childrens Festival

June 16 (3 to 9 PM): SILC @ International Festival of Burnsville

Answer to Last Week's Quiz:

(Q) Punjab, a state in northern India, is known as the 'Land of Five RIvers'? What are the names of these five rivers?

(A) The Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Jhelum, and Sutlej are the 'Five Rivers of the Punjab' and are responsible for feeding the crops of the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. These rivers help the Indian state of Punjab have a very high productivity level in the agricultural sector

This Week's Quiz:

(Q) Which Indian city is called “Queen of the Arabian Sea”. What was it called before being renamed in 1996?

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Regards
Siva Jasthi
Director - Communications
School of India for Languages and Culture
http://www.silcmn.com
(mobile) 612.217.4821