Gurukul

 

 

The Bharatiya Hindu Temple (BHT) announces admissions to its Gurukul program for the academic year 2018-19.

Classes begin on August 26, 2018. Student has to be in First grade in academic year 2018-19 for Gurukul

Admission.

Deadline: Online Registration Begins Today (March 11, 2018) and closes on March 25, 2018 @11:59 PM

Priority: Priority will be given to existing Gurukul students with 75% attendance record, and new students will be

admitted based on first-come-first-served basis. Temple membership is required.

Courses: In the academic year 2018-19, Temple offers Hindu Dharma and Culture, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil,

Gujarati, Sanskrit, and Carnatic Music for six years old children (as of August 31, 2018),

and SAT (age limit 15-17), Geography Bee (age limit 10-15), and Keys to Success( age limit 15-17).

Course Limit : A student can take a maximum of 3 classes.

Admission Notice: Completing online registration does not guarantee admission. Your child’s acceptance into

Gurukul will be emailed by the 2nd week of August, 2018. The Education Committee admits students based on

many factors, including but not limited to, seats available in a class, classroom availability, teachers’ availability,

etc., and therefore occasionally the class time would change to accomodate more students.

Membership Requirement: Temple membership is required for admission. Gurukul Admission will not be

processed without Temple membership. Please renew your Temple membership, update your email, phone number,

Emergency contact information, and other personal information to ensure you receive all important communications

on time.The Temple uses email as its primary and only means of communication.

Agreement & Understanding:

1. You agree to the policies and guidelines set forth in the Temple’s Gurukul Handbook posted on

http://www.columbushindutemple.org/publicationandnewsletters.aspx.

2. You agree to bring your child on Sundays for Gurukul classes at least 5 minutes prior (15 minutes will be better)

to their classes, and will work with your child to complete the assigned homework.

3. You agree to pay $20-25 (in some cases upto $40) to defray the cost for books and printing materials, and other

activities related costs..

4. You agree to attend the parent's orientation (upon your child’s acceptance into the Gurukul program) and parent-

teacher conference as scheduled.

5. You understand that currently enrolled Gurukul students are admitted first, followed by new students into the

remaining slots on a first-come first-served basis AND submission of the online form does not guarantee admission.

6. You understand that even after getting admission, your child’s seat may be forfeited due to continued absence

and his/her seat may be offered to a waitlisted student.

Registration Process: Registration will take place online only. While enrolling if you receive an error message,

please wait a minute, and then reload and try again. Paper forms or in-person applications will not be accepted. If

you have two or more children in your family, you must complete online registration for each child. An email ids

for each child is required, and register them separately. One email will register only one child. To register follow

the below steps. [Young children may not have personal email but system requires an email for each child]:

New Student Registration

Go to https://bhtcolumbus.org/moodle/login/index.php
Click on "Create new account". Complete the application for one child; repeat the process for other child.

 

A confirmation email will be sent at the email address that you used to complete application.
Open the confirmation email and click on the confirmation link. This will take you to moodle website.
On the moodle site, now choose the class you want to enroll your child. Please make sure you are enrolling for

2018-2019 school year.
Repeat the previous step to enroll in multiple classes.

Existing Student Registration

Go to https://bhtcolumbus.org/moodle/login/index.php
Enter your username and password for moodle and click "Log in". You can recover your username/password

from this location.
Choose the class you want to enroll. Please make sure you are enrolling for 2018-2019 school year.
Repeat the previous step to enroll in multiple classes.


STILL GOT QUESTIONS?
For questions and/or concerns, Please visit the Temple. Volunteers will be available daily from 3/18/2018 - 3/25/2018 at 6:30 pm at the Temple. 

 

 

Gurukul classes and timing (tentative)