BLUEs news

Now that we are back from winter break, we are entering into a time of test prep for our STAAR and second language learners. I am attaching a letter from our Director of Special Populations concerning TELPAS testing. As always if you have any questions, please reach out to us.

Are you a senior here at Manara? Have you turned in your permission form to go seee the Broadway shwo The Lion King. If you have not turned that in it needs to get to Ms. Higgins this next week. The show is Wednesday January 18th.

Graduation is fast approaching. use this link to access the districts Dean of Academics webpage for all teh lates updated information.

It is a wonderful time for us. Our special populations department has created a youtube channel with lots of amazing informtion. If you use the following link it will tak eyou to this channel fo rthe information.

ESL Channel

I hope that you have enjoyed our family fun nights this year. We will be starting them back up this month. Please be on the lookout for the coming dates.

Downloading the Manara Academy App will help us stay connected. We will celebrate good news, share accomplishments, deadlines and events. Did you know you can set the app to your preferred language by going to settings and selecting your language choice? Great news Manara! We are making strides for improvement every day!

Video Preview of the Manra App

Autism Awareness month is coming up in April. Manara Academy will be putting on an event but wanted to give families a chance to order shirts to support Autism Awareness. If you would like to order a shirt click here to go to the page. All families will be paying their own order however the shirts will ship to the district and we will get them to you once they get in. The orders close on March 10th to get the shirts here in time.

We will be hosting an Arabic Spelling bee in January. More information to come. Parents we need volunteers to come help out with this. If you are interested, please reach out to Ms. Chamri at cchamri@manaraacademy.org

This is a reminder that cell phones and ear buds are nOt to be used at school during school hours. If they are out they will be taken. Reminder that all students are to be in school uniform at all times unless it is a dress down day or a campus approved alt dress day. High school students have assigned seats for lunch. Please remind your student to stay in their ssinged seat. Are next Friday night lights will be on Janaury 20th for any student that has earned afterschool detention.