Akshaya Palanisamy

• Attended Chinmaya mission Hindu cultural classes at the Bharatiya temple for 11 years & is student teaching in younger classes
• Organized activities and games for younger classes with 10+ students during the 2023 year
• Prepared for student teaching in 11th grade by writing lesson agendas, organizing fun activities, and guiding students to leave with a big picture takeaway from the class
• Displayed excellent time management skills while balancing academic responsibilities alongside demanding volunteer commitments.

- Studied for 10 years in the MTS Tamil school before volunteering at Nunmaan Tamil academy, a Cognia accredited school for Tamil learning

- Each academic year, for three years, volunteered as a student teacher on Saturdays

- Received 2 bronze Presidential Volunteer Service Awards (award/accomplishments)

- Completed the 4-hour, Michigan seal of bi-literacy exam exhibiting proficiency and learning of the Tamil language (award/accomplishments)

- Taught approximately 50 students in three years as an assistant teacher

- Exposed students to Tamil culture via classroom games such as jeopardy, hangman, and childhood games

- Administered and conducted examinations & organized Tamil expo projects for class

- executed Tamil annual day event for a student teacher team of 20+ people for 2 years

• Was communication head for Executive team at Troy High VTSEVA
• As comm. head, lead volunteer events with 30+ people such as soup kitchen for recovering addicts, bag folding events for food banks, and food drive organization
• Organized and executed virtual walkathon with team of 8 youth board members in order to fundraise for Angels of hope (non-profit org)
• Documented and marketed volunteer events and have posted 10+ posts on social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook