Guru Nanak Children's  School is a program for the children at Sikh Center of Orange County, CA. The mission is to give to students knowledge and appreciation of the Sikh way of life and their rich Sikh heritage and to promote excellence in the community. Young sikh children attending the school are instilled with love for Sikh religion, its beliefs, values and customs. This is accomplished through the teaching of the punjabi language and Gurmukhi script so that they are able to read and understand the Sikh scriptures and Sri Guru Granth Sahib.

     In addition to this, they also learn about the Sikh history and Shabad raag kirtan. We use unique books to teach American born students via Stepping Stones Language Instructional Resources. They are designed with the guidelines based on the US education system for teaching English as a second language. These books are easy to use even by the volunteer teachers who may not have any teaching experience. Teacher Recruitment and Training at GNCA, currently, we have more than 38 teachers. 

     We believe that our teachers are the strongest resource that contributes to the success of our school.We have an annual teacher training about the curriculum and teaching strategies. The goal is to use the limited time in school effectively to maximize student learning. All children have many opportunities to excel and earn rewards at Guru Nanak Children’s Academy. 

    Here are some of the certificates s/he can earn at the end of the year.

Ambassador of Sikhi Award: given to those boys and girls who do not cut their hair and have a jooda and guttaan. 

Perfect Attendance Award: Given to the student who came to school all year, was absent not more than once. 

GNCA Guild Award: Those who memorized Japji Sahib, Anand Sahib, Chaupai Sahib, Rehras Sahib & Sohila Sahib.

Academic Excellence Award: given for demonstrating Excellence in learning to read and write Punjabi and scoring 90% or above on tests.

Student of the Year Award: given to the student who has done the best work in class and home all year.

Best Reader Award: given to the student who can read Punjabi fluently at his/her level.

Best Writer Award: given to the student who can write Punjabi fluently at his/her level.

Best improvement Award: given to the students who were behind on their level and shown the best effort to decrease that gap.

Best Turban/Dumala Award: given to students who celebrate sikhi in physical saroop on their own.