Bismillah!

Assalamu Alaikum Dear TA Parents and Families!

I hope that this finds all of our families well and in the best of conditions! We are very excited to wrap up the first month of the academic school year. Alhamdullilah, we have been off to a great start, as our students dive into their inquiries, adjust to routines and procedures, and continue to build friendships with their peers. As always, we thank our parents for their continued support of their teachers, staff, and of course, the children! May Allah guide us in all we do.

Our families can expect this newsletter in their inboxes every few weeks, or as needed, and will serve to keep our families abreast of school-wide announcements and updates. I will also use this newsletter to remind families of any important matters or to inform our families of any school-related issues. Please take a few minutes to take a look and read through these newsletters, as they will contain lots of relevant information for our families! As always, do not hesitate to reach out with any questions, concerns, or feedback.

Thank you and jazakum Allahu khairun.

Hagar Aboubakr

Head of School

If you haven't already done so, be sure to take Ms. Khan's parent workshop interest survey.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdb8lRpnLZkGnOevSijoX4AF7u5IldI0IK0yqQgr7g5jOstEw/viewform?usp=sf_link

You can still register your child for an ECA! Check out our offerings this session and register using the link below. Use the links below to register (scroll through the events until you come to the ECA you would like to register for) and to read more about each ECA.

Thank you and jazakum Allahu khairun to the FTA and our parent community for supporting Ms. Madeha in her difficult time. She is very grateful for your support, alhamdullilah. May Allah reward you all immensely.

We will no longer live stream our morning assembly through Zoom. Instead, we would like to invite our parents to attend the elementary school (PYP) assembly in person. Middle School students will continue to conduct homeroom meetings in their classrooms, as usual.

If PYP parents wish to attend the assembly, please abide by the following procedures:

• Do not enter the classrooms in the morning with your child. Please drop your child off as usual; parents may then enter into the common area in the morning, after 8:30 p.m. Please stand at the back area of the common area, behind where the students will be lining up.

• Once the assembly is completed, we ask that parents exit the building through the front entrance/exit. Please do not linger around inside the common area or front lobby areas.

• Please do not approach teachers about student or classroom issues at this time. As always, when communicating with your child's teachers, email or leave them a message at the school for them to call you.

We appreciate our parents' cooperation and understanding as we transition into more and more parent and community engagement. We are very excited to involve our parent community again with the PYP assembly and we hope you find it beneficial for yourselves and your families, insha Allah!

The IB Learner Profile is a set of 10 attributes that foster international mindedness and global citizenship. You may have already heard your child referencing the Learner Profile at home!

At TA, we have an attribute focus each month. The attribute focus for the month of September is Caring. Ask your child how they've reflected on what it means to be Caring! Some elements of caring that students have inquired into are the following:

• Empathy; Understanding from Another Perspective
• Obstacles to Showing Caring; Emotions, Anger, Feeling Unappreciated
• Respect and Caring for our property and things

If your child's uniform is back-ordered, please ensure they are coming to school in similar clothing (colors and styles) until the uniform is received.

Students are NOT allowed to wear non-TA hoodies to school. Students will be asked to remove any non-TA hoodie or jacket during the school day.

PE Uniforms are available for purchase at the school. Please reach out to Ms. Ghada Elkody for help in purchasing PE uniforms. She can be reached at gelkordy@tarbiyahacademy.org, or by calling the school.

We'd like to remind all families that all students in 2nd-8th grades should have a charged device and headset with them on a daily basis. If your child does not have a device and headset, please ensure this is taken care of as soon as possible.

Please make note of price changes for some items on the lunch menu on Monday/Wednesday.

Mozzarella sticks: $6 (from $5)

Fries: $4 (from $3)

All other prices have remained the same.

Please take a look below at our lunch offerings and costs. All purchases must be made in cash. We recommend our younger students bring their money in an envelope or plastic bag with their name marked on it. Teachers will collect lunch orders first thing each morning.

Lunch Menu

Mondays/Wednesday: provided by Flip’s Pizza

• Pizza by the slice - $2
• Mozzarella sticks (5 sticks) - $6
• Medium fries - $4
• Small garden salad - $5
• Grilled cheese sandwich with fries - $5

Tuesdays/Thursday: provided by Ziza Kabob (thabiha options)

Chicken kabob (includes rice, salad, juice) $7

Kofta kabob (includes rice, salad, juice) $8

Chicken tenders (with fries and juice) $7

Chicken kabob salad $7

Chicken wrap with fries and juice $8

Lamb wrap with fries and juice $8

Fries $4

You may access the 22-23 school calendar using the link below. This calendar indicates days off for students, vacations, and other relevant information.

BAND is an app/platform we use for some forms of communication. Although it is not a formal means of communication for updates and announcements, it is utilized to give you, the families, a glimpse into the classrooms and to remind you of relevant information. Please do join your child's grade level BAND group, using the appropriate links below.

KG-https://band.us/n/a7ac76bbW8E3p

1st-https://band.us/n/a5aa74bbWeIbU

2nd-https://band.us/n/a3a87fb1W8Jcg

3rd-https://band.us/n/adad77b0W6J32

4th-https://band.us/n/afa87fbbWbJ0i

5th-https://band.us/n/a0a073b8W1J6R

6th-https://band.us/n/aca673baW8k5J

7th-https://band.us/n/aea974b2Wbk0Y

8th-https://band.us/n/a6a970b1W7k0e

All Parents https://band.us/n/a9a878baxcX9N

We have multiple ways here at TA for our parents to stay informed and updated. I wanted to take a moment to outline for you the main sources of communication for our families.

BAND: Each grade level has a BAND group; BAND is mainly for sharing snippets of teaching and learning with parents; here is where teachers post pictures and sometimes videos of learning engagements. Teachers update BAND groups on a weekly basis. There is also a Parent Band group for all parents for posting reminders and sometimes, for sharing pictures and other information. Use the links provided above to join!

Email: Parents receive email updates from individual teachers about every 1-2 weeks. Email is also used by teachers and other staff members to send requests, updates, reminders, announcements, etc. to parents.

Head of School Newsletter: This newsletter is sent to parents about every 2 weeks, or as needed, and contains school-wide updates, announcements, and reminders for parents. If you are not receiving the Head of School newsletter, please contact me at hagaraboubakr@taribyahacademy.org.

IB PYP (elementary school) Coordinator Newsletter: Our PYP Coordinator, Ms. Shabana Ahmed, will send out curricular and IB updates about two times a term (6 times a year). These newsletters will provide our elementary school families with curricular overviews and updates, in addition to school-wide learner engagements and other applicable information.

Events Team Newsletter: The Events Team newsletter is written by our Events Team, Ms. Ranya Mike and Sadaf Siddiqui. It is sent to families about once a month and contains important information about upcoming school events organized and led by the Events Team. If you are not receiving the Events Team newsletter, please contact Events@tarbiyahacademy.org.

Counselor Newsletter: The Counselor Newsletter is written by TA's School Counselor, Ms. Fatima Khan. It contains relevant information on the Social-Emotional Learning program here at TA. If you are not receiving the Counselor Newsletter, please contact fatimakhan@tarbiyahacademy.org.

Managebac: Managebac is the platform used by parents to view descriptions of lessons as well as grades and comments by teachers on your child's performance on some tasks. Managebac is updated weekly by teachers with grades and tasks. Managebac also has a feature where teachers can choose to alert parents when a grade has been posted. Some teachers may use this feature, so parents may also receive emails from Managebac as well, alerting them that a grade has been posted. Finally, Managebac is also used for behavior logs and for publishing report cards. Again, parents may receive alerts from time to time from Managebac alerting them of updates or postings. If you do not know your Managebac login information, please contact virtualhelpdesk@tarbiyahacademy.org.

Although not an official mode of communication for our TA families, we also have social media accounts managed by our Marketing Coordinator, Ms. Amina Jamil, where we share snippets of TA life and happenings with the wider community. If you are on social media, please do follow our pages as follows:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TarbiyahAcademy

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tarbiyahacademy

Please do support our posts on social media, if you see something you like and are so inclined!

This is a reminder that we are strictly a nut-free school. Please ensure your child does not bring in any food items that contain nuts including granola bars, sandwiches, snacks, etc.

Wednesday, October 5: Parent Workshop; Fostering Strong Identities with School Counselor

Tuesday, October 18: Discovery Day for Interested Families

Friday, October 21: Spiritual Reflection Day; No School for Staff or Students

Saturday, October 22: Back to School Barbeque; details forthcoming

Monday, October 24: Professional Development Day; No School for Students

August 28: https://www.smore.com/sh5eq

Email: hagaraboubakr@tarbiyahacademy.org
Website: www.tarbiyahacademy.com
Phone: (844) 827-2492
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TarbiyahAcademy/