اكاديمية الرشيد

Al-Rasheed Academy

109 Ridge Road

Lackawanna, New York 14218

Phone: (716) 822-0440

Fax: (716) 706-1303

Monthly News Letter

February 2018

February 1st: Arabic Spelling Bee

February 2nd: 5th-8th Boys Science Field Trip/ Niagra Power Vista

February 4th: PTO Girls Sports Day/PTO Meeting- Canceled

February 6th: Girls School Library Field Trip

February 8th: Science Fair

February 10th: Annual Fundraising Dinner

February 12th: ½ Day/ Staff Development

February 13th: Girls School Library Field Trip

February 14th: Khutbah Competition

February 18th: PTO Sports Day

February 19th – 23rd: No School

*PTO Updates* PTO’s Girls Sports Day

will be held every other Sunday @1-4 p.m.

Student of The Month! December

Boys School:

Kindergarten: Khadija Elbaneh 1st Grade: Ariba Hussain 2nd Grade: Rayan Elbaneh 3rd Grade: Ridwan Ahmed 4th Grade: AbuBakr Siddique 5th Grade: Malek Mohammad 6th Grade: Yaqub Ahmed 7th Grade: Abdullah Siddiqui

Girls School: Grade 4th: Sumayyah Soofi Grade 5th: Nusra Khanam Grade 6th: Nusrat Zaman Grade 7th: Fabeya Chowdhury Grade 8th: Mariam Abdullah

Letter from the Principal

Asalamu Alaykum

Dear Parents, Staff, and Students,

We have successfully completed the 2nd Quarter. Alhamdulillah, we are very proud of all our

students. Communication is a key factor to your child’s progress and success. We encourage all

parents to reach out to their children’s teachers to discuss their report cards. We always encourage

parents to reach out to the school with any questions or concerns. Also, congratulations to the

winners of our Arabic Spelling Bee! Anas Fadhel, Monsura Uddin, and Ammar Siddiqui job well done!

Also, good job to all of our contestants we’re very proud of you all. Coming up on February 10th, is

our 6th Annual Fundraising Dinner where the ARA family come together to enjoy, celebrate and

recognize our student’s accomplishments while enjoying a halal meal and listening to a motivational

Islamic speaker. We encourage all our students, parents and community members to attend. We

have sent order forms home with your children, please help your children sell tickets to support their

school. As always, please be sure to help your children study the material provided by their teachers.

Also, we encourage you to follow up with your children regarding their homework and Quran. Please

make sure to always check your children’s bookbags and folders for any important notices from the

school. Be sure to visit our website for updates or information. Also check the school calendar for any

upcoming events such as the Arabic spelling bee, science fair and khutbah competition. Please feel

free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Thank you and we look forward to another

successful quarter Insha’Allah! Jazakum Allah Khair

January 21st: PTO Girls Sports Day

January 26th: No School / Staff

Development

January 26th: Parent Teacher Conferences

(12:30 – 4:00 pm)

January 31st: ½ Day for Students (Pickup at

11:45 am) / Staff Development

DATES TO REMEMBER

Teachers Page!

Assalamualaikum Parents,

Alhamdulilah! Thanks to the parents who have helped us to make our dismissal policy

safer. We were able to achieve our goal through your support and cooperation.

It brings me immense pleasure to see our young ladies learning through fun. I mean our

science and ELA clubs. Girls meet every Tuesday and Thursday after school, and go to

an adventurous journey in the world of Literacy and Science.

The introduction of notice board by grade 8 students was a wonderful idea where our

students share information, their ideas, art work, articles about our Islam and even

delicious recipes. Each month different class gets turn to share and express themselves

using this notice board. This month is Grade 6 who are going to share their thoughts

and ideas with the rest of their friends.

To enhance the importance of healthy week students from grade 8 had healthy breakfast

with their teacher. Also grade 5 students shared a healthy lunch with their Ustadha. The

activity was fun filled and importance was laid on benefits of healthy eating.

Month of February is full of learning through fun and excitement. Insha Allah, as we

step in the month we will have Arabic spelling Bee on February 1st. Grade 7 & 8 girls

will be going on a trip to Buffalo central library on February 2nd. A wonderful way of

exposing them to texts of different genre and by different authors. On February 8th girls

will be taking part in the school science fair, a day of excitement!!!!!

Window to the world opens through the path of books. Let’s open this window for our

children by getting our girl’s school library started. Please donate $5 for this noble

cause. You can donate even more if you want to. Jazakallah Khair for helping us in this

great cause.

Wow!!! Then comes the break time from February 19th to February 23rd. Relax, Enjoy

and have fun.

As Salamu Alaykum

Parents and Students!

The second quarter was a very successful one, Masha ‘Allah! In 5th and 6th Grade, we had a

technology project in which we built bridges out of various composite materials and tested how

much tension can handle. Some of them will be on display during our annual school fundraiser, insha'Allah! We also created our own Imprint

Fossils; in 2nd grade using earth clay.

Lastly, we welcome a new student into our class for the second half of the school year. Welcome

Ilyas!

Joshua Griesinger

FEBRUARY 2018

January February 1st: Arabic Spelling Bee

February 2nd: 5th-8th Boys Science

Field Trip/ Niagra Power Vista

February 6th: Girls School Library

Field Trip

February 8th: Science Fair

February 10th: Annual Fundraising

Dinner

February 12th: ½ Day/ Staff

Development

February 13th: Girls School Library

Field Trip

February 14th: Khutbah Competition

February 18th: PTO Sports Day

February 19th – 23rd: No School

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 ARABIC SPELLING BEE

2 Bake Sale: Girls School-6th Grade Boys School – 4TH Grade

5th-8th Boys Field Trip

3

4

5 6 Girl’s School

Library Field Trip

7 8 Science Fair

9 PIZZA for Lunch

10 Annual

Fundraising Dinner

11 12 ½ Day/ Staff

Development

13 Girl’s School

Library Field Trip

14 Khutbah

Competition

15 16 Bake Sale: Girls School

5th Grade Boys School- 5th Grade

17

18 PTO Girls Sports

Day

19 MID

20 WINTER

21 BREAK

22 NO

23 SCHOOL

24

25 26 27 28 29

4th Grade

Girls Art

Project

Message from the BISON Children’s Scholarship Fund

Giving Parents a Choice. Giving Children a Chance.

Happy New Year!!! As we welcome 2018 we are accepting Pre-Applications for funding

for the 2018-2019 school year. Families should apply on-line through our web-site

at http://bisonfund.com/our-scholarships The Pre-Application will only be available

electronically again this year. The Pre-Application is only for families new to

BISON. Our deadline is February 28, 2018.

Current families will be e-mailed a link to complete the requalification process starting

on February 15, 2018. The families will log into the scholarship database and upload

their financial information. As a reminder the deadline for that paperwork is April 13,

2018.

A new updated BISON Children’s Scholarship Fund poster was mailed to all the

schools a few weeks ago. I encourage you to display this information on your school

bulletin board. The highest scholarship amount for 2018-2019 will be $2,100 per child. I

would also encourage you to have families review the new income guidelines. We

have increased them quite a bit this year so more families are eligible to apply. The

Pre-Application along with the BISON FAQ’s are great marketing tools for the open

house season. Thank you for sharing this important information with your families. All

the best in the New Year!!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at

716-854-0869 ext. 1 or cmcdonald@bisonfund.com.

Regards,

Cindy