{"id":14243,"date":"2014-11-18T06:56:24","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T06:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=14243"},"modified":"2014-11-18T06:56:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T06:56:24","slug":"new-vrindaban-preschool-reopens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=14243","title":{"rendered":"New Vrindaban Preschool Reopens"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lilasuka dasi<\/strong><\/p>\n

The academic school in New Vrindaban has gone through many changes throughout the years. From \u201cNandagram School\u201d back in the 80\u2019s, to the \u201cNew Vrindavan School\u201d in the 90\u2019s, to the current \u201cGopal\u2019s Garden Home School Co-op\u201d, all ages of kids and teachers have come and gone. Many of the graduates have expressed fond memories of their time spent in those Nandagram classrooms. <\/p>\n

These days, a new wave of enthusiasm is hitting New Vrindaban in the form of a preschool! It is a welcome phenomenon that truly happened by surprise. Recently, one of the newest mothers in New Vrindaban was searching for a babysitter for a few days a week. The search didn\u2019t exactly bear fruit, but something even better took place. In talking to several other mothers with young children, the possibility of a preschool came up. The idea was an immediate hit.<\/p>\n

That same weekend, on Nov. 9, 2014, Mother Ruci held a meeting with the four interested mothers. Mother Ruci said, \u201cI was totally surprised at the enthusiasm, energy and commitment coming from these mothers for a preschool. It must be that the time is right for this to happen. I think it\u2019s a great idea and I\u2019m enlivened. We\u2019re ready for the New Vrindaban Home School Co-op to expand.\u201d<\/p>\n

The very next morning, all four mothers were down at the school building, working together to clean out the preschool classroom and bring in the paraphernalia provided by Mother Ruci. Lalita Gopi dasi, who cares for another mother\u2019s toddler, Nadia, and who was instrumential in getting the project off the ground, was found enthusiastically sweeping the new classroom and arranging the tables. Sundari dasi said, \u201cI\u2019m very excited about this class for my two year old daughter, Bhumi. Just having this class here will attract more families with young children to New Vrindaban, I\u2019m sure of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vilasini dasi won\u2019t be able to personally assist in the classroom, as she is going to school for nursing and also working, but she and her husband are very excited for their three year old, Malini, to attend. She confirms, \u201cIf they need us to shop for the class, I\u2019d love to do that!\u201d<\/p>\n

His Holiness Bhakti Raghava Maharaj was invited to come and help make the inauguration of the preschool an auspicious event. Most important of all, Maharaj gained instant popularity when he invited the children up for seconds on cookies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"HareBy Lilasuka dasi<\/strong><\/p>\n

The academic school in New Vrindaban has gone through many changes throughout the years. From \u201cNandagram School\u201d back in the 80\u2019s, to the \u201cNew Vrindavan School\u201d in the 90\u2019s, to the current \u201cGopal\u2019s Garden Home School Co-op\u201d, all ages of kids and teachers have come and gone. Many of the graduates have expressed fond memories of their time spent in those Nandagram classrooms. These days, a new wave of enthusiasm is hitting New Vrindaban in the form of a preschool! It is a welcome phenomenon that truly happened by surprise. Recently, one of the newest mothers in New Vrindaban was searching for a babysitter for a few days a week. The search didn\u2019t exactly bear fruit, but something even better took place. In talking to several other mothers with young children, the possibility of a preschool came up. The idea was an immediate hit. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14245,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14243\/revisions\/14245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}