Enrollment

We are increasing our enrollment weekly on our campus! It is very exciting, as we love to see new scholars joining our Manara family each week!

If you know of any family who is interested in enrolling, please reach out to Ms. Smith so that she can contact them, or bring them by / have them stop by the campus so we can answer any of their questions! Any family who refers a family and they enroll their scholar, we will provide a FREE uniform shirt to your scholar as a "thank you" for referring them to our school!

Family Fun Event!

Thank you to all the families who attended out 2nd annual Family Fun Event on Thursday, Sept 29. It was a lot of fun visiting with scholars and families! Our next Family Fun Event will be coming soon!

Car Tags for Car Line

Please remember to have your yellow car tag that has your scholar's name on it within your dashboard for dismissal. This is necessary for all families to have, as it aids with safety and swiftness within the car line. If you need another one, or are a newly enrolled family, please email the PTO at and they will make you one for your car. manarastempto@manaraacademy.org Thank you for helping to keep our scholars safe and our car line swift!

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!

Pumpkin Book Character Decorating Contest Winners!

All of the Book Character Pumpkins were AMAZING! We had 79 scholars participate! Congratulations to all of our scholars for the creativity and demonstrating their love of reading!

The final results of the competition are below:

1st place: Maryam Alasad 7th grade

2nd place: Reem Aldahik kinder

3rd place: Saforah 6th grade

Runners up

Hamza Hamed 8th

Jayda Freeman 8th

Layal Galal 3rd

Mohamed Farhan 4th

Zaharia & Sulaymaniyah 2nd and prek

Anisee Vasquez 2nd grade

Khaled Farhan 2nd grade

Lena Elkarrouti kinder

Thank you to all the scholars and families who participated and came to our Family Fun Event to vote as well!

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

Forget-Me-Not Table

The "Forget-Me-Not" table was a great success this week. If your child has forgotten an item from home (backpack, lunch, homework, jacket, etc.), please leave it on the "Forget-Me-Not" table labeled with his/her name and grade level. Ms. Smith will check the "Forget-Me-Not" table throughout the day, but if you would also like to call our front office to let us know you dropped something off or will be dropping something off that is great as well. Having this available means families do not have to come inside of the building to drop something off and will hopefully save families some time getting back to work or home!

Manara Watch

There is a new system in place within Manara for students to be able to report school safety concerns. Manara Watch is a safe place for Manara Students to report their school safety concerns anonymously. Students are asked to provide enough details so the concern can be investigated thoroughly. In order to utilize the Manara Watch Link , students must be a current student and use their student email address to access this reporting system. This site is also available through the Home page link and is also on Manara's main website.

Snack Cart this week

Snack Cart will take place this Thursday, October 6. 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!

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

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

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

Specials

Need to Meet with the Principal?

If you need to meet with Mrs. Vinten due to a question or a concern, please scan the QR reader below and she will get back to you regarding setting up a conference time. This QR reader will also be available at the front desk for you to utilize. Thank you for helping us keep communication organized and efficient!

Oct 7 No School for Scholars / Staff Professional Development Day

Oct 13 Snack Cart

Oct 14 Dress Down Day for $1.00

Oct 20 Snack Cart

Oct 21 Dress Down Day for $1.00

Oct 27 Snack Cart

Oct 28 Dress Down Day for $1.00

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