VIVEKANANDA VIDYAPITH

celebrates

(Swami Vivekananda's Birthday)

Writing Competitions for grades 3 – 12, Symposium by grade 12

Venue: Vivekananda Vidyapith Events: Coloring, Writing

Saturday, December 22, 2007 9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.

Sunday, December 23, 2007 9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.

Venue: Vivekananda Vidyapith Event: Speech

Saturday, January 5, 2008 9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.

Sunday, January 6, 2008 9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.

Venue: Clifton High School, Clifton, NJ Events: Speech, Symposium

Saturday, January 12, 2008 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.

Sunday, January 13, 2008 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.

For directions to Clifton High School, please visit our website at www.vidyapith.org

Lunch will be served on January 12^th and 13^th.

For more information please call:

Radha Venkataramanan (201)358-0001, Amita Patel (908)757-4496

Sunita Dhar (973)305-9314, Medha Deshpande (201)447-6936

The Vidyapith Office: (973)628-1877 website: www.vidyapith.org

In case of inclement weather, please check the website, or call the above numbers to confirm the dates of the events.

Youth Day 2008

Venue: Vivekananda Vidyapith, Wayne, NJ

9 a.m., Saturday, January 5 & 9 a.m., Sunday, January 6, 2008

*Grade*	*Topic*
3A	If I were a kite in the sky…
3B1	Bubbles, bubbles everywhere…
3B2	Whispering Snowflakes….
4A1	I am most creative when I ….
4A2	My favorite season
4B1	“Come,” said the leaves to me today, “Come let us play.”
4B2	My favorite game
5A1	The sign brings customers.
5A2	A lie never lives to be old.
5B1	Comparisons are offensive and smelly.
5B2	The pains and penalties of idleness.

Venue: Clifton High School, Clifton, NJ

9 a.m., Saturday, January 12, 2008 & 9 a.m., Sunday, January 13, 2008

(“A” represents Saturday and “B” represents Sunday)

Time Limit: 2 minutes

*Grade*	*Topic*
6A1	Narrate a parable of Sri Ramakrishna and explain what you learned from it.
6A2	Narrate one of Aesop’s fables and explain what you learned from it.
6B1	Many smalls make a great.
6B2	There’s a way. All you have to do is find it.
7A	“I don’t have time!” – Is this a valid excuse?
7B1	A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
7B2	Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
8A	The biggest room in the world is room for improvement.
8B1	What you get free costs too much.
8B2	To fly, we have to have resistance.
9A	There is a ripple effect in all that we do. What you do touches me; what I do touches you.
9B	You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
10 A1	When you throw dirt, you lose ground.
10A2	The Human race has one effective weapon, and that is laughter.
10B	Freedom exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.
11A, 11B1+B2	Extempore Speech
12A, 12B	Symposium