Attendance: Attendance will be taken at the beginning of every class. Only registered students will receive attendance credit. A record of attendance will be maintained throughout the academic year (Sept through May). If your child arrives late, he/she will not receive attendance for the class. If you believe your child did not receive credit for attending class, please contact the respective teachers on that day and ensure his/her credit for attendance. Attendance credits will be strongly considered for roles in annual events including Annual Function.

Class Timing: Classes will start promptly at 10:30 am and students have to be in class before this time. Any students who arrive late will not receive attendance for that day and may not be allowed to attend class that day and parents will be responsible for taking the child back. If you arrive late, it is your responsibility to be with your child in the temple premises. HSKY teachers or staff will not take responsibility for children left unattended in the temple premises without adult parent supervision once class room doors are closed and instructions begin.

Auditing Class: Your child may audit up to 3 classes after which the child will be required to register for the school if interested. A child that is not registered will not get attendance credit and cannot participate in any Hindu School event.

Age of Child: Your child will be assigned to a class based on the grade your child will be entering in the upcoming school year. (See Grade-based Class Assignment below). Your child has to be 3 years old as of the date of registration of the school year in order to enroll. Our past experience suggests that children younger than three years old have not developed the necessary attention span to enjoy our class.

For children who are in Pre-k , it is a MANDATORY that a parent accompanies the student through the entire class instruction time. Parents are required not to leave the temple premises while leaving their young child in class.

Grade-based Class Assignment: At the time of registration, children will be assigned to a certain class based on the grade they will be entering that Academic year. Children will be in that class through their attainment of a grade set for the next class level. Transfer to the next class will be made annually when students become eligible for the next grade level. New students to HSKY can audit other classes if desired, but they will have to be registered and are required to attend the assigned class based on grade. See “Auditing Class’s section above for more details.

Communications: To enable parents and teachers to stay in touch and maintain contact with one another and for your children to develop a lasting friendship with their fellow-mates, the Hindu School will maintain a school registration list which will contain contact information including Name, Phone number and Email address. It is the PARENT’S RESPONSIBILITY to ensure the accuracy of your contact information, INCLUDING EMAIL, PHONE NUMBERS. All communications from Hindu School will be via email or WhatsApp. If your contact info changes, please inform the HSKY administrator or your teacher.

Fees: EACH CHILD who attends Hindu School will be charged a REGISTRATION fee to cover materials that the school purchases for projects through the academic year. In addition, those children interested in participating in school events such as Saraswathi Puja, Annual Function or other events will be charged an additional nominal fee, which may be subject to change based on projected expenses for that year. Any other item purchased for the independent use of a child during events will be your responsibility.

Curriculum: Hindu School Curriculum will be based on our copyrighted publication and prescribed theory and portions outlined by the school program team and directors.

Annual Function: Annually, the Hindu School students will present to family, friends and the public an evening of dance, drama, learning and fun. Participation in this Annual Event is VOLUNTARY! As mentioned above, a child’s attendance will be a factor along with a child’s ability to perform, interest to perform and affinity to the stage left up to the discretion of the teachers and coordinators. The purpose of the Annual function is to provide our children an opportunity to display their talents and expose them to teamwork, commitment and stage performance. Students interested in participating will be asked to register for this event along with a nominal fee to cover the cost of running the event.

Shloka Competition: The Hindu School students will participate/compete in our Annual Shloka Competition, which is once again VOLUNTARY. Participation in Shloka Competition is strongly recommended to maximize learning. Only students who have attended a minimum of 4 classes during the current school year are eligible to compete in the Shloka Competition.

Parent Involvement: We are a 100% voluntary organization and all fees collected after any operating costs goes towards the Hindu Temple of KY. We strongly encourage parents to reach out to us to fill in the Parent Volunteer role for each class to support this program and the teaching staff.

Parent Feedback, Questions and Concerns: We welcome any and all feedback from parents regarding your child, the school policies and other concerns. We take all questions with utmost priority and will act as appropriate to address your questions and concerns.

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS: Please visit our website at https://htky.vaaptech.com/hsky/ for more information including Registration, Calendar, Guidelines. To contact the teachers, send email to hscontact@htky.org or hsdirector@htky.org. We also ask parents to join our like, share and subscribe to our FB group.