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NEWS FROM THE NEST January 2012
5905 E. 130TH
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A Message from Sr. Magda… January events...
3 School Resumes 3 Basketball Game (HS) 4 In-School Science Fair 5 IPTA Meeting 5 Soccer Game (Elem) 6 Tarbiyah Program 9 Mindlab: Session 2 begins
10 Basketball Game (HS) 12 K3-K4 SOTM 12 Soccer Game (MS) 13 SOTM 16 NO SCHOOL/MLK 18 Spelling Bee: Secondary 19 Spelling Bee: Elementary
19 Basketball Game (HS) 24-27 Sem I Exams (Grs. 6-12)
30 Basketball Game (HS)
Look inside...
Winter Wonderland 2
Student News 3
SOTM/Q 4
Honor Roll 5
Student Quotes 6
Short Story 7
Fun Stuff 8
Newsletter Submission DEADLINE: January 27, 2012
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Student Artwork by Serene Mostafa, 10th Grade
Dear Parents, Students, Staff & Community-Members:
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu!
As 2012 gets underway, and we approach the end of Semester I / beginning of Semester II, we pray that everyone is healthy and happy and excited about positive change. We should each take a few moments to reflect on the year that has ended and think about how we can improve ourselves as individuals, as a school and as a community in 2012. We should also keep in mind all of those in our community and around the world who suffer from illness, poverty and/or oppression. Remember them in your duaa and help them in whatever way you can. We are all truly blessed, and we need to share our blessings.
We would like to welcome to AYA Br. Mahmoud Mansour, our new Arabic / Qur'an teacher who began with us the last week of November. Look for a spotlight on him in an upcoming issue.
Read a good book lately? Please submit a review of a book you are currently reading or have just finished reading. Grab someone's attention and encourage them to read the book. The more we read, the more we learn: Learning is what AYA is all about!
Enjoy the Winter Wonderland theme of this month's Newsletter. It is probably the closest we are going to get to seeing snow-covered trees and landscapes!
Wa jazakumullahu khairan,
Sr. Magda
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WINTER WONDERLAND
White snow falling outside the window;
Something so joyful, but yet,
so simple.
Fills my heart with glee.
What a sight to see.
All the children playing outdoors,
Not occupied by iPhones and Gameboys.
Winter is a great way to spread the love.
To take those important people and
put them above.
Sitting with a blanket draped over,
Looking outside from my living room sofa.
Seeing all the families gather together
All because of this amazing weather.
Simply winter by: Dania Rum, 10th Grade
WINTER is in the AIR By: Sarah Mari, 9th Grade
by Serene Mostafa, 10th Grade
Students: WE WANT YOUR POEMS! Submit your poetry to: [email protected]
I never realized your presence,
Until it was gone,
Called you an annoyance,
For oh so long,
Now that you’re not here,
I feel so empty,
You who I held so dear,
Are now history.
i
NEWS FROM THE NEST | JANUARY 2012 3
pot. Then Viking Manal told Dragon Malik, “In that pot, there is some Dragon Stew.” Dragon Malik got scared. Viking Manal said, “Why are you scared?” Dragon Malik asked, “Do you make Dragon Stew out of dragons??” Viking Manal said, “NO! Dragon Stew is a stew that only dragons can eat!”
Once upon a time, there lived a dragon named Malik.
One night, Viking Manal captured him with her crew. She took dragon Malik to a cave close to their houses. When he woke up, he saw big pot. Dragon Malik took a look in the big pot. He had no idea what was in the
delicious that he went to Viking Manal’s Cave Café for dinner every night!
By Subrine Hijaz, 11th Grade
It is very easy to make Banana Pudding and definitely yummy to eat. There were just a few simple steps and you only need a few ingredients. The main ingredients are Cool Whip, bananas, vanilla wafers, vanilla, milk, and some other things. It is very fun and simple to make. You guys should try it out.
Sr. Basema hanging students’ beautiful artistic creations!
K-Kid News
Student Council News Our student council team consists of sixteen students. Together we are striving to make a difference at AYA. So far, some of the things we have accomplished are: We proposed a change in hijab color policy to the school board. We voted on a new color and we were able to make our voices heard! We now have the option of grey or white hijabs! We also held a movie night fundraiser for AYA students and community members. We are working on: “Change for Change” charity, which is a fundraiser that will provide a needy family in our community with some extra cash. It will start in January, Insha’Allah. We provide ongoing bake sales to help our school get those added items that we need. We also have other big plans coming up, so stay tuned!
The K3 class is learning about the five senses, so this week they decorated gingerbread cookies and identified basic body parts (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hands) and their sensory functions. The students are also learning about the letters O and X.
The K-5A and K-5B classes are learning about communities and community helpers. Each class created a neighborhood. The houses are made of empty milk cartons, and the roofs are made from the tops of the lunch boxes. They believe in reusing and recycling! They also started working on the 6+1 traits with their new Trait Crate by Scholastic.
Things are really “heating up” in the rest of the Elementary Department! You’ll find exploding walnuts, plants growing in milk…and even the occasional flying car; because it is Science Fair time at AYA this month! Imaginations are reaching to “Infinity and Beyond” when it comes to our wonky lil’ scientists and their even wackier experiments! The School-Wide Fair will take place on January 4th.
Elementary News
Only for dragons
By Malik Zekri
1st Grade
“Oh!” said Dragon Malik. Dragon Malik started eating the stew. He thought it was SO
By Sarah Mari, 9th Grade
By: Shireen Kiswani, 9th
Grade
By Sonia Saad, Parent Volunteer
Picture of the Month
When little sister wanted to sit with the students, Big Brother couldn’t say no!
NEWS FROM THE NEST | JANUARY 2012 4
Students of the
Month of November K4: Elyes Belkherroubi, Yasmine Benbourenane,
Zain Tamari & Mazin Abdalla K5: Waleed Yousef, Hamza Kamel
& Yasmina Belkherroubi 1st Grade: Belal Mansour, Yousef Shakweer,
Raghad Swar & Ahmad Dibo 2nd Grade: Abrar Hamda, Amnah Taha,
Bilal Qasem & Banah Swar 3rd Grade: Shaam Daaboul, Zakareya Elsayed,
Hedaia Mohammad & Yazen Alkhyyat 4th Grade A: Rama Abdulmagid, Subreen Ajjaj,
Khawlah Altoubah & Danya Awshah 5th Grade: Ahmed Nofal & Layal Barakat
Students of the Quarter 6B: Osama Gurwala, Esraa Nofal, & Khaled Yousef
7A: Halima Hammad 7B: Iman Ahmad, Ayah Elfaouatih, Amer Fariz, &
Ammar Mattar 8A: Mariam Mekouar & Elnaz Taherkalateh
8B: Dina Awshah, Subhi Quneibi, &Lana Sarsour 9A: Aya Faria & Yara Twam
9B: Sabrina Awshah, Abdulrahman Chahbandar, & Noor Elalami
10A: Nadine Albadawi & Dania Rum 10B: Serene Mostafa & Yamaan Ziade
11: A’la Faria & Sarah Quneibi 12: Atef Rum & Aseel Yousef
NEWS FROM THE NEST | JANUARY 2012 5
Congratulations to all … keep up the hard work!
Atef Rum, Aseel Yousef, Lama Mattar, Sarah Quneibi, Musa Khaled, Serene Mostafa, Sabrina Awshah, Abdulrahman Chahbandar, Dina Awshah, Mariam Mekouar, Lana Sarsour, Sarim Akram, Khaled Yousef,
Ahmad Abdulmagid, Layal Barakat, Zainab Jamal, Leya Rum, Rama Abdulmagid, Khawlah Altoubah, Danya Awshah, Rita Benkirane, Dina Irshaid, Omar Omer, Salam Twam, Hedaia Mohammad,
Shahed-fatima Asheh, Rania Jamal, Zainab Mohamed, Samah Quneibi, Nagam Saleh, Lana Shada, Otman Filali, Hares Ibrahim, Belal Mansour, Ridha Mohamed,Abeir Obeid, Lara Twam, and Abdul-Malik Zekri
Yasmeen Yousef, Nora Hasan, Subrine Hijaz, Yasmine Hussien, Mizba Khan, Rawan Saad, Isra Aisheh, Nadine Albadawi, Obaidah Fariz, Hamad Fetais, Wael Rifaie, Yamaan Ziade, Aya Faria, Muhammad Faria, Safa
Gurwala, Mariah Hamil, Iman Ahmad, Ayah Elfaouatih, Amer Fariz, Halima Hammad, Ammar Mattar, Omar Elmekabbati, Adham Sulliaman, Ronza Saad, Leali Shalabi, Raja Twam, Karimah Ahmad, Subreen Ajjaj, Hasan
Benbourenane, Snna Chahbander, Mariam Elsayed, Sofian Faria, Sofia Mekouar, Omar Obeid, Danya Yousef, Abdallah Bayyari, Azeeza Sarour, Samya Soukieh, Mahamed Abdel, Ali Chahbandar,
Ibrahim Hamdan, Nour Sullaiman, Abdulla Ahmed, Semham Ali, Raghad Bayyari, Malik Falah, Iyad Khaled, Saleem Sekkat, and Mohamad Soukieh
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Mohannad Al-Ashker, Omar Aqqad, Mostafa Emara, Abdulhaleem Ibrahim, A'la Faria, Nadine Al-Ashker, Sally Ashour, Dania Rum, Abraham Irshaid, Samer Sarsour, Yara Twam, Hamza Bouarfa, Sewar Quneibi,
Elnaz Taherkalateh, Lara Mattar, Subhi Quneibi, Fatima Bouarfa, Amine Benkirane, Osama Gurwala, Esraa Nofal, Suhaib El-dahla, Nadene Hijaz, Lobna Kamel, Akram Mohammad, Ahmed Nofal, Zena Omer,
Razan Saad, Delnaz Taherkalateh, Khalil Khawaja, Abdul-Hakim Zekri, Dana Barakat, Muhammad Falah, Lina Ibrahim, Adam Mansour, Nader Sarsour, Noah Shehata, Sajed Ziade, Lydia Ben Bourennane, Suhaib Fariz,
Farah Ghanem, Abrar Hamdan, Bilal Qasem, Malik Shalabi, Banah Swar, Amnah Taha, Baker Atiyeh, Ahmad Dibo, Yazen El-shaafi, Bnan Hamdan, Abdullah Husain, Su’ad Macedonio, Mariam Mustafa,
Noor Elalami, Moayad Shehadeh, Mallak Sulliaman, and Raghad Swar
The "Qur'an Reading Relay,” was held in the first ten nights and nine days of Thul-Hijjah. The
winning family devoted time in the blessed days and nights to sit together and take turns reading
in the Holy Qur'an. Masha’Allah all members of the Rum family participated, including five
students at AYA (Mohamed - K4, Saji - 3rd Grade, Leya - 5th grade, Dania - 10th Grade, Atef -
12th Grade, older sisters, and both parents). They read ten Juz'a together. The family is awarded a
clock/picture frame to treasure the memory of the event. They will also enjoy a family dinner at a
restaurant of their choice. May all of our families treasure the Book of Allah, and may the Rum
family members always be winners in this life and in the Hereafter. We are proud of all the
families who participated and hope to make the “Qur’an Reading Relay” a tradition at AYA.
NEWS FROM THE NEST | JANUARY 2012 6
Kid
s’ C
orn
er
VOX BOX
5TH GRADE
Layal Barakat- Smart, Kind and um.. Loyal; Sarah Judeh- Very Tall, Nice, Funny (little bit); Nadene Hijaz, Athletic (very), Flexible, Funny; Ahmed Abdulmajid- Smart, Honest, Artistic; Delnaz Taherkalateh- Athletic (Karate), Bookworm, Trustworthy; Ahmed Nofal- Athletic, Kind, Smart; Ronza Saad- Athletic, Cute, and Polite.
Who’s your favorite sibling and why?
Samer Sarsour - Nader, because he is my only brother. I can play with him “guy” stuff and beat him up because he’s a boy. Nader Sarsour- Samer,
because he plays with me and he’s nice.
Ayah Filali- My baby sister Alia because she is an exact replica of ME and has
my exact personality, and she’s cute! ♥ Alia Filali- My big sister Ayah
because she’s nice.
Sajed Ziade- My big brother Elbara, because he tells me a bunch of jokes and riddles. He also plays with me. Yamaan Ziade- By far, my favorite brother is
my older brother Elbara. He was constantly there for me, and even now, when he is in college, 1000 miles away from me, we still keep in contact.
Dania Rum- My older sister Samah is my favorite of them all. She gives me the best advice, and I always look up to her and trust her with everything. Saji Rum- Atef is my favorite! If I do anything bad that’s going to get me in trouble,
he defends me and always stands up for me. And we play the X-Box together.
Abdulrahman Chahbandar- Sana, because she bothers me the least. And
she has the best grades after me in the family!
Sana Chahbandar- Abdulrahman, because he’s the only one who is nice to
me. He helps me with my homework and sometimes plays basketball with me!
What three words describe you?
AYA Correspondent: Safa Gurwala, 9th Grade
Musa Abdel- Nice, Smart, Handsome; Razan Saad- Athletic, Pretty, Sweet; Zena Omar- Energetic, Athletic, Intelligent; Leya Rum - Smart, Sporty Pretty; Raja Twam- Smart, Nice, Athletic; Leali Shalabi-Sporty, Tall, Great Attitude; Suhaib El- Dahla- Talkative, Sporty, Bookworm; Akram Mohammad- Talkative, Bookworm and Mischievous; Lubna Kamel- Quiet, Technological, Athletic; Zainab Jamal- Very Silly, Athletic, a little shy;
: Mohammed Saad
What are your goals for the future? To become a professional soccer player, insha’Allah . What’s helping your
team win? Shihab joining the team and the crowd supporting us! What colleges are you interested in? I’m
undecided, but I hope to go out of state. What’s the most rewarding part about winning a game? Knowing you
won as a team. Who is your soccer role model? Leonel Messi. He’s from Argentina, and he’s so good. Was
soccer something you’ve always been interested in? Yeaaahh! I started when I was three years old, but just for
fun. Then I became serious. What’s a quote you live by? Succeed or die trying. If you were a coach what sort of
players would you look for? Respectful team players , with endurance and speed. If your soccer career doesn’t By:
Shiree
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ani,
9th G
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go as planned, what is your back up plan? Taking over my dad’s company. What is your biggest distraction? I’m fully focused on soccer! I don’t
allow anything to distract me!
NEWS FROM THE NEST | JANUARY 2012 7
Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit…
when there are foot prints
on the moon...
yet cozy shop, tinkling with the sound of merry bells, mingling with the bubbling chatter and gossip of the late-night customers, reeling in the tasty fumes of baked sugar and sweet bread. A perfectly happy place to be on a cold night, full of the perfectly ordinary and happy people. Nearby a couple chatters happily over some croissants and tea; the little girl at table four is whining for more marshmallows with her cocoa; and some people, like the man near the window, take refuge from the cold streets with a cup of coffee.
Perfectly carefree customers, anyone would think with a glance through the jewel- bright windows. Except…
One of them is a murderer.
I have only twenty minutes or less before this cold-blooded animal strikes another victim; nine-twenty. I think I’d better get a refill on that coffee.
(Begging for more? The entire story can be found
in the Newsletter Folder in Edline! XOXO)
Short Story by Sarah Mari, 9th Grade Let me put it to you straight- I hate Mondays.
Don’t ask why. Just know that Nellie Brooks, alias FBI agent R43, is not a very happy person to be around on a Monday morning, or you’re liable to have a dislocated jaw by breakfast. Get what I’m saying? Mondays are when I can never shake that feeling of cold dread; hair-raising, stomach-churning dread. Because I just know that it will be one of those awful I-should-have-stayed-in-bed kind of days.
Take for instance the Monday of August the sixth, exactly nine pm at the San-José Café. Picture a cluttered
Look me in the eyes. It’s okay if you’re scared, so am I. But we’re scared for different reasons. I’m scared of what I won’t become, and you’re scared of what I could become. Look at me. I won’t let myself end where I started, I won’t let myself finish where I began. I know what is within me, Even if you can’t see it, yet. . Look me in the eyes. I have something more important than courage, I have patience. I will become what I know I am. –Michael Jordan
Feed the hungry and visit a sick person, and free the captive, if he be unjustly confined. Assist any person oppressed, whether Muslim or non-Muslim. ~Prophet Muhammad Do not be people without minds of your own, saying that if others treat you well you will treat them well, and that if they do wrong you will do wrong. Rather, accustom yourselves to do good if people do good, and not do wrong if they do evil. ~Prophet Muhammad
In his words
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Page o’ Fun
Donate used books to the library
Open the door for someone
Return a shopping cart
Donate canned food
Write to someone who has made a positive impact in your life
Pick up trash
Donate used clothes
Help someone load or unload their groceries
Give away your parking spot
RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS
Guess Who?
I love to teach, but that you knew!
What word can be read right-side-up as well as up-side-down?
Submitted by: Yara Twam
Answer: SWIMS
by:
Nadine
Al-Ashker,
10th Grade
