The 29th Annual Awards Ceremony was a great success! Each student was recognized with a custom plaque and students who placed also received medals. This year’s plaque was dedicated to the Kisaan Morcha and the hundreds of lives lost during this protest. Each and every student worked very hard throughout the year in their Punjabi, Santhia, Sikh Studies, Kirtan and Gatka classes! 

June's GCY was facilitated by Bhai Parmvir Singh. Bhai Sahib facilitated a beautiful discussion on ਖਿਮਾ (forgiveness) and how we can practice it in our lives. Afterwards, the group enjoyed the sunshine through a fun game of California Kickball followed by dinner.

Gurmat Center staff joined together for the last staff meeting of the school year! Sevadars got into various breakout groups according to their departments to discuss feedback about the school year, final exams and the Awards Ceremony. We hope the teachers had a great summer and we are excited to see them again in September! 

Sevadars were working hard since the beginning of June to prepare for our 29th Annual Awards Ceremony! The month consisted of grand prizes shopping, awards and plaque preparation, set-up, and many Kirtan practices. 

During the 29th annual Awards Ceremony students had the chance to win one of this year’s grand prizes as well as other prizes including parent prizes. A big thank you to Morrison Windows Ltd. for sponsoring this year’s grand prizes once again.

 We were fortunate to have Bhai Bhupinder Singh as the guest speaker for the 55th GCY. Bhai Sahib talked about the challenges that Sikh youth face today and participants had a wonderful discussion about how to combat these challenges. After discussion, participants engaged in a very fun game of Pictionary. Pizza dinner and ice cream sundaes for dessert concluded the wonderful evening!

Punjabi, Santhia, & Sikh Studies students completed their final exams for the school year. Students received their results on the day of the Awards Ceremony. The office Sevadars were hard at work, preparing year-end awards and report cards.