Tamil typewriting bigginer book10/30/2022 Ravikumar and Madhu Venkatarajan created higher level lessons for MNTS School and Geetha prepared the lessons for entry level Mazhalai. Ko Murugesan served as the second Director with executive board consisting of Siva Mariyappan as course Director, Natraj as Treasurer and Ravikumar as Secretary. Third Academic year 2010-11 started off with 100+ students on the first day of school and eventually had 130+ Students. The second year MN Open Competitions were another milestone with 70+ students participating in areas like Thirukkural/Athichoodi Recital with meanings, Oratorical, Essay Writing and Tamil Spelling Bee. Many students have acquired various levels of TVU certification like Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Levels through MNTS Tamil School. MNTS Tamil School has become the authorized Minnesota study center of Tamil Virtual University. In the second year, a customized syllabus was formed to cater to the students in the USA, adopting the best aspects of Tamil teaching concepts of Thai Thamil School syllabus and primarily following Tamil Virtual University syllabus. The teacher volunteer base also increased which included Director – Sivanandam Mariyappan, Harish, Diana, Natraj, Karthika Sivanandam, Ko, Priya Senthil, Priya Raj etc.Ī new branch at Shoreview was started with Ramesh as the coordinator with 10+ students. The classes were offered both on Saturday afternoons and Sunday mornings. Since, the Eden Prairie Community center did not have enough rooms to accommodate the exponential growth of the MNTS Tamil School, the organizers decided to move the school location to Hopkins Eisenhower Community Center. The number of students crossed 100 by Dec 2009. The second academic year of 2009-10 started off with 70+ students enrolled for the Tamil Language learning program on the first day of the school. The first open competitions were coordinated by Diana Arul. Winners were presented with glittering trophies during the Summer Kodai Vizha. 30+ students participated and recited 40 Kurals each, with Tamil and English meaning. The first ever Minnesota Tamil Open Competitions was conducted during May 2009 primarily in the form of Thirukural Competitions. The first year (partial from Dec to May) was a successful model with handful of Teacher volunteers like Harish Venkitachalam, Manimaran, Diana, Sivakumar, Madhusudhanan, Karthikayani, Angu Maran etc. This is the origin of the weekly syllabus format which is being followed now in ATA. As a first step, the weekly materials, which was printed on sheets of papers until then were replaced with formal books in Jan 2009 with specific syllabus material to cover in the class room for each week. To begin with, Parents were charged monthly ($10) on a monthly basis to find out their interest and feedback and ensure the viability of the program to make the students learn Tamil with fun.īy the end of 5th month of school year 2008-09, 36 students were learning Tamil. The first 12 students were divided into 2 levels, with small kids like KG, First grade into one class of beginner’s level and 2 to 5th grade students in the next level. Considering the simplicity and Thani Thamil curriculum of Thai Thamil School, the alphabet teaching concepts and stories were used to construct simple weekly lessons for MNTS Tamil School. Singapore Tamil Books were imported for all levels and reviewed along with the Tamilnadu syllabus and Thai Thamil Schools syllabus. Various Tamil Schools in USA like Missouri, Chicago, Atlanta and east coast schools were consulted. Before starting the school, it was a challenge to identify the syllabus to adopt and teach Tamil to the students. Sivanandam Mariyappan was the founding Director of MNTS Tamil School from Nov 2008 until the end of Academic Year 2009-10. The students were charged $10 per month which will cover 2 to 3 classes per month during Sundays from 10 AM to 12 Noon. The school started teaching Tamil to 12 students from at Eden Prairie Community Center by renting 2 rooms. MNTS Tamil School was founded as an umbrella organization within MN Tamil Sangam during Oct/Nov 2008. MN Tamil Sangam was revived during fall of 2008 and advocated starting the Tamil School which eventually led to the formation of MNTS Tamil School.
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