ADMISSION PROCESS
Registration for the school year 2024-25 is now closed. The admissions for the school year 2025-26 will be open in March/April 2025. To be notified when the admissions are open, please submit the Wait list form. If you have any questions, please contact the Shala administrator at administrator@atlantamarathishala.org or atlantamarathishala@gmail.com.
REFUND PROCESS
Up to 30 days prior to new academic year’s first day of school – Full Refund
29 – 1 day prior to new academic year’s first day of school – Fees Minus $50
After the start of new academic year’s first day of school – No Refund
ADMISSION POLICY AND CURRICULUM
At Atlanta Marathi Shala we are growing rapidly, thanks to the support and love from our Marathi families. AMS is very grateful to our teachers for volunteering in this behemoth of efforts! Teachers have been spending numerous hours teaching kids, working on the Shala curriculum, weekly class updates, homework, and responding to queries/questions from parents. Thank you all volunteers to spend your valuable time furthering our cause of educating the Marathi language and culture to the new generation! Every year we receive questions from parents regarding admissions and here are a few rules and guidelines we follow.
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Admission is only available to students from kindergarten to 12th grade. No admission to the adult students at this time.
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Cut-off age: 5 years old on or before September 1st of the school year.
- Cut-off age: for admission for any KILBIL level: 10 years or younger before September 1st of the school year.
- No direct admission to BMM level unless a student is transferring from another BMM school.
- Class grades are assigned based on student’s age and level of understanding.
See the table below for education grades, what they learn, and understand every grade level and expected minimum age.
Grade | Pre-requisite | Reading, Writing, Conversation | Recommended Age |
Kilbil 1 | Interest in learning Marathi | Numbers 1-10, Swar (All), Vyanjan : क ते झ Introduction to: Colors, Fruits, Flowers, Vegetables, Birds, Animals, Tastes, Day, Time, Shapes, Body Parts, Family 2 Prayers, 2-4 Poems, 2-3 stories Level appropriate Reading and Listening Comprehension | 5 |
Kilbil 2 | Kilbil 1 | Numbers 1-20, Swar Ujalani, Vyanjan : ट ते ज्ञ Colors, Food/Jevan, Fruits, Flowers, Vegetables, Birds, Animals, Tastes, Day, Time, Shapes, Body Parts, Family Introduction to: Few Marathi Festivals, Water, and related things 2 Prayers, 2-4 Poems, 2-5 stories, Show & Tell Level appropriate Reading and Listening Comprehension | 6 |
Kilbil 3 | Kilbil 2 | Numbers 1-30, Swar, Barakhadi Introduction (vachane, Lihine), Tastes, Days of the Week, Date Chitravarnan, show & Tell, Time, Body Parts, Family, Introduction to All Marathi Festivals, Introduction to Directions, Roles in Society: Farmer, Solder, Teacher, Police, Mailman, Doctor 2 Prayers, 2-4 Poems, 2-5 stories, Show & Tell Conversation: 3-4 Sentences Level appropriate Reading and Listening Comprehension | 7 |
BMM 1 | Kilbil 3 | Numbers 1-50, Varnamala (alphabets) Ujalani, Barakhadi Ujalani Expert Level: Body Parts, Colors, Clock (1-12), Animals, Birds, Flowers, Vegetables, Fruits, Myself, My House, Days of the Week 2 Prayers, 2-4 Poems, 2-5 stories, Manache Shlok 1-2, Comprehension of Taught Poem, Chitravarnan, Show & Tell Diwali, Shivaji MaharajChitravarnan Conversation: 4-5 Sentences Level appropriate Reading and Listening Comprehension | 8 |
BMM 2 | BMM 1 | Numbers 1-100, Ordinal Numbers, Maths, Jodakshare & Sandhiphod (Intro) Noun, Pronoun, Singular-Plural, Gender, Verb, Prepositions, Kaalgananaa (Hours, Day, time, week, Month, Year), Animal/Birds Body Parts, Tastes (5), Marathi Months School, Garden, Sky, Water, Land (10 Vocabulary words on above topics) Close Relatives, School Ganapati Festival, Ramayan, Lokmanya Tilak, Mahatma Gandhi Introduction to : Maharashtra, India (Landscape – Mountains, Seas) 2 Prayers, 2-4 Poems, Manache Shlok 1-4, 2-5 stories with Moral, 2-4 Poems, Manache Shlok 1-4, Comprehension of Taught Poem, Chitravarnan Conversation: 5-6 Sentences Level appropriate Reading and Listening Comprehension | 9 |
BMM 3 | BMM 2 | Numbers 1-1000, Maths, Jodakshare, Sandhiphod, Anuswar, Samuhvachak shabda, Vakyarachana, Adjectives, Possessive Nouns, Singular-Plural, Gender, Conjunctions, Letter Wring, Seasons, Hues of Colors, 8 Directions, Water, Land, Family Tree (Mame, Mawas, Atye, mame Bhavande (all cousins), Niece, Nephew, Sister-In-law…etc) Introduction to : Maharashtra, India - Maps, Rivers, Maharshtra Regions & Main Cities Gudhi Padwa, Ramayan, Zashichi Rani, Mahatma Phule 2-4 Poems, Manache Shlok 1-8, Comprehension of Extra Poem, Chitravarnan Conversation: 7-8 Sentences Level appropriate Reading and Listening Comprehension | 10 |
BMM 4 | BMM 3 | Numbers 1-10000, Maths, Jod-Shabda, Kriya Visheshan, Vakyarachana, Kevalprayogi Avyay, Kaal (Tense), Apposite Words, Solar System, Vehicles/Transportation, Food, , Earth, Water Cycle, Letter Wring, News Writing, Introduction to : Maharashtra, India - Sankrant, Gokulashtami, Mahabharat, Veer Savarkar, Samarth Ramdaas 2-4 Poems, Manache Shlok 1-10, Comprehension of Extra Poem, Chitravarnan Conversation: 8-10 Sentences Level appropriate Reading and Listening Comprehension | 11 |
BMM 5 | BMM 4 | Numbers 1-100000, Jodakshare Expert Level, Mhani (Sayings), Phrases, Essay Writing, Synonyms, Vibhakti Pratyay, Arts-Crafts and Sports of India Sant Dnyaneshwar, Sant Tukaram, Ravindranath Tagore 3-4 Poems, Pasaydaan, 1 Aarti Conversation: 10-12 Sentences Level appropriate Reading and Listening Comprehension | 12 |