No School For Scholars on Friday, November 4

Mark your calendars! Friday, November 4 is a professional development day for our staff. There will be no school for scholars on this day.

Car Line & Updated Pick-Up Information

For safety and security of each scholar, we will be inforcing that the yellow car tag is displayed during the entire dismissal time, from the call time until pick up. A scholar will not be called to come out to dismissal unless the car tag is displayed for the staff member calling to see AND for the staff member loading the car to see. This is necessary for all families to have, as it aids with safety and swiftness within the car line. If you are a newly enrolled family or need another tag for an authorized pick up person, please email the PTO and they will make you one for your car. manarastempto@manaraacademy.org

If you do not have the yellow car tag displayed, starting on Monday, October 24, you will be asked to drive around the car line and come in to the front office to check your authorization for pick up. You will then be given a temporary car tag and be able to go back into car line and pick up your scholar. Safety of our scholars is our number one priority, so thank you for following the procedures so that we can keep our campus safe.

Thank you for helping to keep our scholars safe and our car line swift! Please reach out to Mrs. Vinten if you have any questions.

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is this week (week of October 24-28). We look forward to seeing all of our scholars participate in the theme days listed below! Scholars who are not participating need to be in Manara uniform.

Arabic Spelling Bee

It's Arabic Spelling Bee time! Our school spelling bee will be held on January 6, 2023. Any scholar in grades 5-8 is eligible to participate. We will be providing the Spelling Bee study list to all scholars who wish to participate. Students must study over the Winter Break in order to be successful in the Bee. If you have any questions, please let Mrs. Vinten know!

Permission slip forms will be sent home on Monday, October 10. Signed slips are due back by Friday, October 28. Please return the signed permission slip forms to Ms. Gigi or Ms. Cabouni.

Paper Tutoring App for Grades 5-8

Paper is a program our district has purchased to help assist scholars in their academic progression within grades 5-8. 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!

School Arrival Times/Breakfast

Scholars should arrive on campus by 8:00am. If it is past 8:00am, please walk your child into the front office area and sign them in for the day. Scholars are counted as tardy after 8:00am.

Breakfast is served from 7:35am until 8:00am. If a scholar arrives after 8:10am, breakfast will not be available, as the cafeteria staff have to begin preparing for lunch time. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Mrs. Vinten.

Uniforms

All scholars should be in uniform. Please see the HOME page (upper right hand corner of the newsletter) for the link to the school uniform website (French Toast) if you need to order anything with our logo on it. All polo shirts (navy or gray) should have the Manara Academy logo, and all bottoms should be either navy or gray in color. Sweatpants and jeans are not uniform approved. Jeans can be worn on "Dress Down" designated days, but not during the week. Jackets/coats/sweatshirts should also be solid navy or solid gray in color. There should be no logos on the outerwear other than a Manara Logo (example, it should not read "Nike"). Some rooms are very cold, so please make sure your child has the appropriate outerwear available.

Scholars will call home for parents to bring them the correct uniform/colors. It is part of our Student Code of Conduct (Level 1 Offense) to be out of uniform. After three times of not being in uniform, a scholar will earn a detention on Friday afternoon. Please reach our to Mrs. Vinten (avinten@manaraacademy.org) if you have any questions or concerns.

Birthday Thursday!

This week is birthday Thursday! Any scholar who celebrates a birthday in October can bring in treats on Thursday, October 27 to share with the class. Please make sure the treats are store bought with the nutrition label, as well as peanut/nut free. Scholars can bring in treats or parents can drop treats off at the "Forget-Me-Not" table throughout the day. Treats will be given out the last 15 minutes of the school day. Please reach out to your child's teacher with any questions!

Snack Cart this week

Snack Cart will take place this Thursday, October 27. Scholars have assigned times to attend the snack cart with their class, so if he/she forgets their money, please make sure it is dropped off to Ms. Smith in the front office no later than 1:30pm. Please reach out to the PTO if you have any questions!

Dismissal Time

Dismissal time is from 3:30pm until 4:00pm Monday through Thursday and 1:15pm until 1:45pm each Friday. Please make sure to pick up your scholar(s) on time. If you foresee that you will be late picking up your scholar (after 4:00pm Monday-Thursday or 1:45pm on Friday), please call Ms. Smith to let us know you are running a few minutes late. Parents will start signing a sheet for late pick up times. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Grade Level Newsletters

Below are links to grade level newsletters. Please reach out to your child's teacher with any questions!

Pre-K

Kindergarten

1st grade

2nd grade

3rd/4th ELAR/SS

3rd/4th Math/Science

5th/6th ELAR/SS/Math/Science

7th/8th ELAR/SS/Math/Science

Specials

Oct 24-28 Red Ribbon Week (Theme days listed above)

Oct 27 Birthday Thursday

Oct 27 Snack Cart

Oct 28 Arabic Spelling Bee permission slips due

Nov 4 No School for Scholars / Staff Professional Development Day

Nov 7-11 Student-led Conference Week

Nov 21-25 School Closed / Break for Scholars and Staff