March 20, 2023

A message from Principal Vinten

Good morning, STEM families!

I hope you all have had a wonderful, restful Spring Break! Classes will resume on Monday, March 20. As a reminder, our scholar's hours are from 8:00am until 3:30pm each day. If a scholar arrives after 8:00am or leaves before 3:30pm, he/she will be marked as tardy for the time period not in attendance. Please see within the newsletter further information regarding the importance of attendance.

We look forward to seeing everyone on Monday! With only 10 more weeks of the 2022-2023 school year, there are a lot of wonderful things occurring within our campus before the summer break!

Have a wonderful Sunday!

#MAWAY!

Principal Vinten

The mission of Manara Academy is to provide students with a creative, adaptive and ethical environment to become knowledgeable inquirers and future leaders in a diverse and evolving global society where we master languages, honor cultural heritages, and respect diversity.

Uniforms for Scholars

Please make sure to send your scholar(s) to school each day in uniform. Information about our uniform policy can be found on our district website, on the home page of this newsletter, and also within this link (Arlington STEM Uniform Information). Jackets will be asked to be removed during the school day if they are not uniform approved (solid navy or solid gray in color or a uniform jacket - Manara logo on the jacket). The uniform colors are navy and gray. Khaki is not an approved uniform color.

If scholars are not in uniform Monday through Thursday, he/she will not be allowed to participate in our dress down days each Friday. If you have any questions regarding the uniform policy, please reach out to Mrs. Vinten or your child's classroom teacher.

Attendance (IMPORTANT Information)

Per the state of Texas, a child must be in attendance at least 90% of the school year to be eligible as "completing" that school year. What that means for our school, is that your child should have no more than 18 absences through out the school year (excused or unexcused) as we have a school year with 180 school calendar days. Attendance at school is extremely important in order for each child to gain the knowledge needed to progress to the next academic year. If a child misses a large chunk of the school year and he/she is not academically meeting the state standards, there is a possibility of retention. You will receive attendance notifications if your child has excessive absences, or is in danger of not meeting the 90% rule.

Our school day is from 8:00am until 3:30pm. Tardies will be accounted for if a scholar arrives after 8:00am or leaves before 3:30pm. Excessive tardies, along with attendance and grades, can factor into a scholar's grade placement for the next school year.

Please reach out to Mrs. Vinten if you have any questions (avinten@manaraacademy.org).

Paper Tutoring App for Grades 4-8

Paper is a program our district has purchased to help assist scholars in their academic progression within grades 4-8. Click on this link to learn more about Paper and how it can assist your scholar in their nightly homework. Scholars will be utilizing this daily within their classroom as well. Teachers and the adminstrator is also able to view the scholar/tutor interaction and dialogue so that we can support at school also. Please reach out to your scholar's teacher if you have any questions regarding Paper! All scholars in grades 4-8 should be using the Paper app on Clever at home with homework support.

ESL YouTube Channel & Newsletter

Below is our Manara ESL YouTube Channel link, as well as the ESL Newsletter link! Please view the links below for great information pertaining to our ESL department.

Manara Academy ESL Department - YouTube

https://www.manaraacademy.org/article/948697