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IFNSS Week 5 Update

October 10th, 2022

IFNSS Week 5UpdateOctober 10th, 2022

اللَّهُمَ حَبَّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْإِيمَانَ وَزَيِّنْهُ فِي قُلُوبِنَا، وَكَرِّهْ إِلَيْنَا الْكُفْرَ وَالْفُسُوقَ وَالْعِصْيَانَ، وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنَ الرَّاشِدِينَ

"O Allah make our faith beloved to us and beautify it in our hearts and make hateful to us disbelief, wickedness and disobedience. And make us of the rightly guided." -Ameen

ِمْسِب ِهللا ِنٰمْحَّرلا ِمْيِحَّرلا

Assalamu alaikum Respected parents & community members,

Assembly:

Our assembly this week was led by Imam Azfar for grade Pre-K to 5th grade on the topic of "History of Halloween". He showed a video/presentation and discussed whether muslims should celebrate Halloween or not and why? It was very informative and children were engaged and participated by answering and asking lot of questions. It was so nice to see our students benefiting from the knowledge and wisdom of Imam Azfar, Alhumdulillah. If you would like to learn more, please see this wonderful KEYNOTE PRESENTATION By IMAM AZFAR for your reference. Feel free to reach out to Imam Azfar at ifn.imam@ifnonline.com if you have specific questions.


6th to 8th grade students participated in a separate Assembly in the banquet hall led by Sr. Mariam Sheikh, our 3rd grade Quran teacher on the topic of "Healthy Eating Habits".



If you would like to be a speaker at one of our Assembly and talk to students for 10 minutes about any topic you feel passionate about, please let us know by sending me an email at ifnss.principal@ifnonline.com. We love to welcome parents as volunteers!!

Our OCTOBER Kindness Challenge Continues!!

"Our KINDNESS CHALLENGE" for the month of October continues!! All students received a "Kindness Tracker Sheet" last week which they can complete and turn in by the end of October in sha'Allah. A few students who completed the challenge received a "Kindness certificate" today along with a "special bookmark". We will also announce the names of all students who participate in this Kindness Challenge by the end of the month. Please encourage your children to participate in this fun, simple challenge and spread kindness all around in sha'Allah!

In case your child was absent or lost their kindness tracker sheet, I have linked it HERE again.

Photo Gallery! - A glimpse into what our students are doing at IFNSS ma sha Allah!

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Imam Azfar leading Assembly!

Topic: Origins of Halloween & should Muslims celebrate this holiday?
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6th, 7th & 8th graders Assembly lead by Sr Mariam Shaikh

Topic: Healthy Eating Habits!
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Kindergarten Students making Arabic Letters with Playdoh!

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1st grade students creating "Name Tags"

Discussed Muslims have good names!
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Having Fun with Crafts ma sha Allah!

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Creative Learning Projects! Ma sha Allah!

Teacher Spotlight! Get to Know our amazing teachers!

Procedures

Morning Drop off begins at 9:30 and assembly starts at 9:45 in sha'Allah. Parents are requested to drop off their children at the front of the building and our staff will guide students to the Musallah area for assembly in sha'Allah. Parents do not have to come inside the building for drop off as our staff will be at the front door to supervise students.

Dismissal is after Dhuhr Salah at 1:30. Cones are placed in the front of the building to block the area for safety. Parents are requested to park their car in the parking lot and come to the outside of the front entrance. 4th through 8th grade students stand outside under staff supervision in designated areas and can leave when parents come to pick. Younger students in grades Pre-K through 3rd grade line up inside the lobby area and are escorted to parents as they come to pick. We appreciate your patience and cooperation with ensuring safe drop off and dismissal for all students.

Salah Procedures: Dhuhr Salah is part of the Sunday School curriculum. We teach all students to respectfully pray behind the Imam and participate in "tasbeeh" and "dua" at the end. Parents who are in the upstairs musalla are requested to please go downstairs and wait in the lobby after Salah is done. TA's will bring all students down when they are done. We do not want the upstairs or lobby area to get too crowded. We appreciate your cooperation as we try to make the dismissal process safe for everyone.

Lunch Procedures: All students get lunch at Sunday School (pizza and juice) and it is included in the Sunday School fee. Students can bring lunch from home if they want to but there will be no reduction in fee.

Google Classrooms!

Our teachers use Google Classrooms as the home to school connection to post announcements related to homework or classwork. I know some parents are still having difficulty accessing Google Classrooms. Please note that students have to be logged into their own IFN domain email accounts to access google classroom. I have attached Step by Step directions HERE on how to access your child's IFN email account and then use that to access google classrooms. All returning students continue to use their existing IFN email accounts. We are trying our best to create IFN email accounts for any NEW students who join us within 1 week of their start date. If you are having difficulty with your child's IFN email or Google Classroom, please reach out to your child's teacher and he/she will be able to help in sha'Allah. I have attached a PDF of IFNSS teacher 22-23 that lists all the teacher's names as well as their email addresses for your easy reference.


PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILDREN HAVE JOINED THEIR GOOGLE CLASSROOMS FOR ALL SUBJECT AREAS. (1st through 8th graders have 4 google classrooms for each student. Pre-K & Kindergarten have 2 google classrooms for each student)

School Forms

For any parents of new or existing students, who have NOT yet submitted the Photo Consent, Handbook Acknowledgement and Medical Emergency forms, I am including them again here for your convenience. Please take a few minutes to complete these forms.

PARENT STUDENT HANDBOOK - Please review with your child

Handbook acknowledgement form - Please submit

Photo Consent Form - Please complete & submit

Medical Emergency Form - Please complete & submit

IFNSS Substitute & Volunteer Form - (OPTIONAL) Please complete & submit ONLY if interested in volunteering at Sunday School. We appreciate your partnership.

IMPORTANT CONTACTS! All in one place!

We are pleased to announce that our Sunday School Office phone is updated. You can call the IFN main phone number 847-406-3730 and then Dial Extension 222 for Sunday School Office

Sunday School Calendar 2022-23

IFNSS School Calendar - For easy reference