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National Geographic
Bee is scheduled for December 28th. Fourth grade through
eighth grade students will participate in it.
Participants need to have a
variety of geography related knowledge such as reading
maps, knowing about the location and features of different
states, world capital cities, and other general information.
The school winner will have a chance to compete on a state
level and later on a national level if s/he scores well
on the written contest. The national champion will be
awarded a $25,000 college scholarship.
Please make sure to sign and return.
Please come to attend the Religion
Fair. It will take place on Dec 16 in the social hall
from 9:30 to 11:00 AM. Students will present the finished
work they have completed on their specific topic.
Role: The role of the PTO is to support
the educational programs of Alhuda Academy, to encourage
parental involvement, and to promote a sense of community
among families, faculty, and staff. The PTO raises money
for the school through various fundraisers, donations,
and events with the purpose of supplementing students’
education with fun and enriching supplies and activities.
While parents’ input, ideas, and support are greatly
encouraged and appreciated, all PTO members have an advisory,
not decision-making role in school policies. Meetings
take place on a monthly basis and follow an agenda established
by the PTO President and approved by the school Principal.
PTO-initiated programs and events need to be approved
by the Principal as well.
We are worried about many of you rushing
home to pray Assr. We are also worried about our students
missing Assr because it hasn’t been structured.
Starting Monday, we are asking fifth graders and up to
pray Assr at 3:15. Dismissal will start at 3:20.
Alhuda Academy can only flourish
with the continuous dedication from the parents and
the community. We continue to receive contributions
from you, which allow us to grow and prosper. Our last
contribution has come from Sr. Hanane Bahnassi and Sr.
Aida Kabbara. Both have contributed to the Eid celebration
event. The following generous parents have also remembered
our school in their last social gathering:
- Rania Daher
- Rouba Yaghmour
- Karen Zakaria
- Aida Kabbara
and other community members.
All was made possible because of the continuous support
from Br. Fouad Ramadan. May Allah reward them all.
For many of our students, high school
is just around the corner. On Wednesday, our seventh and
eighth grade boys will welcome a visitor from St. John’s
High School to give them an outlook on high school expectations
and requirements. This will be one of many other visits
from other institutions. Please call us if you do not
wish your child to attend.
Jazake Allah Khair to Sr. Hafsa …..
for the beautiful framed Qur’anic verses. The framed
work is big and shiny. It makes a great addition to our
school.
Very important PTO information and
nomination papers have been sent with your child. Please
give it your highest priority.
We have guaranteed 2 gymnasiums for
Alhuda sponsored sports activities. Please read the flyers
and come join us.
The MAS – ICNA annual convention
is scheduled to take place between Dec 22nd and 26th at
the Hyatt Regency in Chicago. The theme of this year is
“Our Faith… Our Community… Our Society,
Self-Development and Social Activism”. For more
information, log on to www.masnet.org
The school has many computers up for
grab. We need to empty the computer room to set up the
new computer lab. If you would like to take one or know
someone who needs a computer, please stop by and
ask for one as soon as possible.
We continue to collect clothes, diapers,
and nonperishable items to donate to needy Muslim refugees.
Be part of this growing blessing. Drop off your items
in the school front lobby.
We have started purchasing books for
our classroom libraries. Our goal is to add at
least 100 books in each class. 150 books have
been purchased so far. Help us reach our goal faster by
contributing to this effort. JAK..
Parents who have forwarded their email
addresses to us should expect an electronic version of
this courier this week.
 Dec
2: Bake sale sponsored by Grade 1 and 2
Dec
7: St. John’s rep speaks about high school
Dec
9: Bake sale sponsored by Grades 3 & 4
Dec
16: Religion Project Fair
Dec
26: No school
Dec
16: National Geographic Bee
Jan
2: No School
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One of the main purposes of raising children in a framework
of discipline is to encourage self-discipline. Parents
cannot have influence forever. At the end of the day,
children have to become responsible for themselves. What
is the connection between discipline and self-discipline?
Is it possible to develop self-imposed discipline later
without early discipline imposed by adults? Will any kind
of discipline experience produce self-discipline? If not,
what, in particular, is it about early experiences of
discipline that helps us to develop self-discipline? What
is the connection between discipline and morality? This
is a book for parents, not moral philosophers, but we
need to have some idea of the answers in order to act
in a manner that achieves the outcome we want.
There seem to be three components to self-discipline.
These are: habit, or “routinized”
behavior (doing things such as homework before TV, without
making conscious decisions); self-interest, or
being able to do without immediate pleasures in order
to achieve greater personal rewards later (such as studying
for exams); the ability to make moral judgments—and
to appreciate the value of doing things for the benefit
of other people, individually or collectively, even if
it is not in your own interest—and to develop a
personal code of behavior.
• Think ahead, and appreciate the wider consequences
of different actions;
• Accept responsibility for our actions;
• Have a clear idea about what is good for ourselves
and others;
• Are able to make our own rules;
• Are able to stick to the rules, made by ourselves
or others, and be sufficiently focused to see things
through;
• Trust our own judgments;
• Are able to accept disappointment.
For all these things to happen, we need to have a clear
and positive sense of ourselves—good self-esteem.
As has been argued, only some forms of discipline foster
good self-esteem. Discipline, of itself, is not enough.
Having good personal and work habits or routines helps
but does not go far enough. Knowing—in the sense
of being told—the difference between right and wrong
is not enough either: knowing does not mean we will choose
to do right, and true self-discipline means that we should
be able to evaluate such things for ourselves. But to
have self-discipline we do need experience of task commitment
or stickability—of seeing something through
to the end. We also need to have had other people’s
approval and support for our judgments so that we begin
to trust ourselves and do things because we want to do
them, not because someone else has told us to and will
be pleased if we comply.
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In
this edition... 
National Geographic
Competition
Report Cards
Assr Prayer 3:15
Religion Fair
Calendar
Parenting Tips
Science
Lab
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