Roudaki Persian Academy

 

Persian Language Classes:

 

Multiple sessions and levels in both conversational or written Persian are available

 

 

2008-2009 Sessions: Roudaki Persian Academy's 2008-2009 Persian Language Classes will start in September 2008.   This year we will offer classes both in Persian Conversation and Reading & Writing.  Classes will be held on Wednesday evenings from 6 to 8 PM.  Each session will last 50 minutes.

Please click here for Application Form.

Please click here for Calendar and Fees

 

In order to plan for another successful year we encourage every one to enroll by August 15th, 2008.  For more information or to volunteer as a teacher/assistant please contact us at cvias@comcast.net.

 

 

 

 

 

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Roudaki Persian Academy 2007-2008 end of year graduation and teacher appreciation ceremony was held on June 14th, 2008.  Seventeen students attended the Persian classes this year.  Although most students were school age children, a few English speaking adult students attended classes as well.  Parents and students were pleased with the progress made in the past year, and look forward to classes in the coming year.  Each student received a certificate of attendance during the ceremony. (Please click here to see some of the pictures)

 

We greatly appreciate the volunteer teachers’ dedicated hard work and donated time in advancing Persian language and culture.  They include Mrs. Hajar Babakhani, Mrs. Giti Mirshahi, Mrs. Sharareh Banakar, and Mrs. Farideh Mirshahi.  Each teacher was presented with an appreciation plaque during the ceremony.  We also appreciate Mrs. Shamsi Taghavi’s dedicated service as the Persian Class coordinator.

 

Meet the Teachers:  All teachers are volunteers who spend their weekend teaching both adults and children at the Roudaki Persian Academy.  Central Virginia Iranian American Society appreciates all the hard work of the volunteer teachers and their contributions to our community.

 

Mrs. Hajar Babakhani has over twenty years of experience as an elementary school teacher in Tehran. She has also taught Persian as a second language to children of Iranian origin who moved back to Iran from the United States at the Sorooshe Azadi School in Tehran.  She taught at Roudaki Persian School in Long Island, New York for five years and joined CVIAS as a volunteer teacher in January of 2007. 

Mrs. Giti Mirshahi graduated from the Institute of Higher Education with an associate degree in Mashhad, Iran. She taught science in middle school for five
years.  She has been teaching English as a second language at Henrico
County Public Schools in Richmond, Virginia for the last five years.  She Joined
CVIAS as a volunteer teacher in January of 2006.  Her other experience was working with children at Medical College of Virginia daycare for seven year. 

Mrs. Sharareh Banakar graduated with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in English-Farsi translation from Shiraz Azad University.  She has a diploma as a Tennis Coach and was responsible for Fars province Ladies Tennis team.  She is currently a senior at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.  She Joined CVIAS as a volunteer teacher in September of 2006.   

 

Mrs. Farideh Mirshahi graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Texas at Arlington.  She has been teaching Persian as a second language to children and adults in Richmond, Virginia for the last 5 years. She Joined CVIAS as the education committee chairperson and volunteer teacher in 2005.

Central Virginia Iranian American Society

Promoting and Appreciating Persian Culture

We greatly appreciate Hospice of Virginia's support of our Persian Classes.