NOVEMBER 2007 NEWSLETTER CHARACTER BUILDING THEME: Charity Hadith for November Prizes - Every Friday during assembly, prizes will be given to those students that have the monthly hadith and du’a memorized! Qaala rasool Allahi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam: Sadaqatu esser tutfeo’ Ghadab Errab Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him said: “ Charity you give secretly stops Allah’s anger” Du’a for November Allahumma A’tti munifiqan khalfan wa a’tti mumsikan talfan “O Allah please compensate the generous and punish the stingy.” Islamic Science Rediscovered—Come join us at the Liberty Center in NJ on December 1. Families are invited to go with us to see the first traveling exhibition which will offer a rare glimpse at a period of history not often taught in Western classrooms: The 1,000 years known in Europe as the Dark Ages—a time of exciting breakthroughs and scientific discoveries in the Islamic world. LUNCH MENU Did You Know? Monday: biryani, fruit salad, juice We earn a commission for every transTuesday: sandwiches, fruit salad, juice action that originates from our school website: www.mdqacademy.org. Wednesday: palau, fruit salad, juice Please support our school by making Thursday: pasta, fruit salad, juice this site your first stop for all your Friday: pizza, fruit salad, juice online shopping needs. (Children’s Place, Buy.com, Ebags.com, etc..) www.mdqacademy.com November Important Dates 1. Nov. 17— Parent Orbund workshop Sunday 2. Nov. 22 & 23— No School— Thanksgiving Recess 3. November 28— Picture Day 4. November 30— 12pm dismissal b/c of the Islamic Teacher Training Workshop • Halaqah Moms meet every Tuesday from 9 to 10:30am Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Halaqah Saturday 1 2 3 8 Bake Sale 9 10 9– 10:30am 4 5 6 Halaqah 7 9– 10:30am 11 12 Halaqah Pre-K1 13 14 15 9– 10:30am 18 19 Halaqah 26 Halaqah 16 20 21 Parent 17 Orbund Pre-K2 Workshop 2pm 22 23 24 Thanksgiving Recess—No School 9– 10:30am 25 Bake Sale 27 Picture 9– 10:30am 28 29 12pm Day Bake Sale—Please support the school by bringing in baked goods (i.e.: cookies, fruit snacks, juice, etc.. ) on the assigned day of your child’s class. It will be sold to the rest of the school during snack time. Schedule Pre-K1—Nov. 9 Pre-K2– Nov. 16 Kindergarten—Nov. 30 Take advantage of Orbund by emailing your child’s teacher if you have questions about homework, missed class work or any other issues you need to discuss. Pre-K1: Zohra Fazli—zfazli@mdqacademy.org Pre-K2: Asma Khan—akhan@mdqacademy.org Kindergarten: Mona Yasin—myasin@mdqacademy.org First Grade: Sherelle Bhatti– sbhatti@mdqacademy.org Second Grade: Anesha Karim– akarim@mdqacademy.org Third Grade: Syeda Sayeed– ssayeed@mdqacademy.org Hifz Grade: Ahmed S. Hassan– ahassan@mdqacademy.org 30 Dismissal Bake Sale Kindergarten Thank you Alhamdulilah the Eid Party, Henna Party and Eid Carnival were all a success. We would like to thank all the parents, staff and all those who volunteered their time to make it happen Brother Deia will be offering a training workshop on Nov. 17 after Dhuhr salaah at 2pm located in the PreK2 classroom. We highly recommend that you attend so that you may better acquaint yourself with our online school system.