About Us

History

San Antonio Tamil School (SA Tamil School) was founded in the year 2005 by few passionate parents to teach their young children their language, Tamil. Our initial goal was to teach the basics of Tamil language that will enable the children to speak in Tamil. Slowly but steadily we started to focus on systematic way of teaching Tamil to any member of the community interested in learning the language and helping them to excel in reading, writing, speaking and understanding Tamil. From the year 2010 we registered with American Tamil Academy, a Not-for Profit tax-exempt organization founded in 2009 for the main objective of developing, facilitating and sharing of Tamil language instructional materials and effective teaching curricula that is common all over USA.

San Antonio Tamil School management has decided to follow the curriculum provided by Texas Tamil Academy - TTA Textbooks (https://texastamilacademy.org/textbooks) developing TEA-TEKS based curriculum) starting from this Academic 2023-24 school year instead of the American Tamil Academy (ATA) Textbooks. We have been working closely with Houston Tamil School to adapt and incorporate Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) as described in Texas Education Agency (TEA - https://tea.texas.gov/academics/subject-areas/languages-other-than-english) Language Other Than English (LOTE) for our kids who complete 8 Levels of instruction. Textbooks released by TTA are approved by Houston Independent School District (HISD) that allows the students to apply for LOTE credit.

Vision

We, the San Antonio Tamil School community (parents / teachers / management), envision all students to develop skills and knowledge to communicate effectively in their native language, Tamil.

Mission

We, the San Antonio Tamil School community, will create, provide and maintain a safe, positive learning environment to ensure the holistic development of each student through cultural, physical, social and academic experiences.

Disclaimer Statement

Parents agree to allow their child to attend Tamil School and agree to assume all responsibility and liability for any injuries to their child while participating in this activity as a result of any alleged act of the participant. SA Tamil School management, staff or volunteers are not responsible for any medical expenses, charges or other costs, which may incurred as a result of child's participation in this activity. SA Tamil School management, staff or volunteers are not responsible for any claims made by third parties, which may result from or be caused by their child's actions while participating in this activity.

Confidentiality statement

The information provided will strictly be used for SA Tamil School purposes only. I give permission for my child's work and photo to be used to publish in SA Tamil School newsletter, yearbook, Website Gallery and in Tamil based news articles and magazines.

Nondiscriminatory Policy

San Antonio Tamil School does not discriminate students based on any race, color, national origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.