Teacher Welcome Letter 

Welcome 

Assalamu Alaikum,  السلام عليكم ورحمه الله  وبركاته          

Welcome to the 9th grade Quran section of Daarul Uloom for the year 2023-2024

About Me

   My name is Khawla Alqudah and I have been teaching at Daarul Uloom for 16 years. I finished my bachelor’s degree in Islamic Studies in Jordan in 2001 and I ran several summer camps in Jordan and in the US. Currently, I am a co-founder and a fulltime teacher at Daarul Uloom Quran Academy, Advisory board at Hafs Quran Memorization Center, and working on my Reading Ijaza in Quran third level.

My goal is to teach my students to read, memorize, understand, and love the Quran, and to learn how to apply it in their everyday lives. Proper pronunciation, basic Tajweed and how to apply that on their daily reading are my second goal for this year.

I am excited to be your educator for this year because I love to educate and spend time with students. I will learn from you, and you will learn from me and In Sha’a Allah we will have fun together.

Quran:

    Quran for 9th grade class will be:

2nd Period: Monday- Friday.

Test & HW:

• Test and quiz will be on Friday.

  Communication:

   Please feel free to send me an e-mail if you have any questions. My e-mail address is alqudahk@dupeoria.org. Please be aware that I will not respond immediately if contacted in the evenings, onweekends or during school holidays.

Attendance/Tardiness Policy

Please see DU Student/Parent Handbook.

Late Work Policy

There will be a 10% deduction taken for the first day that an assignment is late. After the 2nd day, the assignment will be considered missing, and the student will receive a zero for the assignment.

Makeup Work:

If the student is absent, it is THE STUDENT’S responsibility to get the class and homework assignments for the day(s) he/ she missed. Students who miss a class period miss valuable information and experiences. Students will be given as many days as they were absent to make up work and tests. If the student doesn’t complete the work assigned after the allotted number of days has passed, the actual grade will be recorded in the grade book.

General Expectations:

I believe every student has the ability to learn; and I expect all students to participate and be engaged during class. Participation and engagement with daily activities is essential to learning. I expect all students to work hard and put forth a 100% effort in ALL class assignments. Laziness is not an excuse! I expect students to be respectful to one another, myself, and any other person that may be part of our classroom. This means everyone’s feelings, ideas, property, space, and time will be respected.

Classroom Management

When a student misbehaves, I will take the following actions, as per the Handbook:

1) Redirection – Present an alternative,

2) Verbal intervention – I will discuss why the behavior is inappropriate and what is expected,

3) Logical Consequences – Consequences of continued misbehavior explained,

4) Conference – I will call a conference with the parents, and

5) Referral – Student will be sent to the office and asked to complete a student reflection form. 

To keep the classroom smoothly running I will be asking my students to input into our own classroom management system In Sha Allah from the first day.

Communication 

through my school email:

Alqudahk@dupeoria.org