We held the bullying awareness workshop this past Friday morning. We appreciate all of the parents who came out, especially given the weather! You can review some quick notes from the workshop by clicking here. A couple of other good resources for parents, which were mentioned by the therapists leading the workshop, are www.stopbullying.gov and www.helpguide.org. These resources have also been added to the Resources section at the top of these Weekly News emails.

Every year, our school competes in district wide competitions. In the past, we have competed in PSIA (mostly an academic math and writing competition) and our students have advanced to the state level. We have also competed in Odyssey of the Mind (a creative problem-solving competition), and our students have advanced to the world finals level. This year, we will also be competing in Math League. 

The Math League competition is coming up in on October 17, so we need to know if your child is interested in participating by this Tuesday. PSIA's district competition is in February and Odyssey's regional competition is on Saturday, March 5. You can learn more about these competitions by clicking on the links provided above. 

Click here to fill out the survey to let us know if your child is interested in signing up for any of these competitions.

Please note that all competitions have age limits and we, as a school, are limited in how many students we can accept into each category based on the number of coaches we have.  We are very limited on the number of coaches, so if you or someone you know would like to coach, please let us know. Please also email us if you have any questions about what coaching would entail. For now, be sure to fill out the above linked survey so we can collect student interest and move forward from there.

Sensei Saif has checked your Montessori level 3 through 6th grade child(ren)'s karate uniform sizes. You will need to either purchase the uniform through him (a check payable to Samurai Karate Dojo for $35 with your child's name in the memo) or buy it elsewhere. If your child already has a uniform that fits, he/she should be bringing it to school every Tuesday to wear for class. 

Conferences will be held on Monday, September 21. This is your opportunity to meet with all of your child(ren)'s teachers and discuss their progress. Each conference is 10 minutes and if you have multiple students with the same teacher (such as Arabic, IS, etc.), you may only sign up for one slot for all of the children. If no slots are available for one of your child's teachers, please contact her to set up another conference time. Sign ups are first come, first serve. Ask your child which Arabic teacher s/he has as there are multiple levels from 4th-8th grade (or email us to ask). There are no conferences with auxiliary teachers (such as PE, art, etc.) but you can set them on separate days if you wish. Find a list of your child's teachers here. Contact teachers directly via email here. Students may not attend the conferences.

If you are interested in having your 1st-5th grade son(s) join Boy Scouts, please send a text message to Anis Sury at 713.689.8813 with your name, your son's name, and your son's grade level. He will coordinate with you from there.  Anis is one of our school parents and has championed Boy Scouts in our area for the past year or so.

If you are still interested in signing up for the after school physical activity classes, please be sure to register. Classes will be after school at ILM Academy from 3:15-4:00pm  beginning from Wednesday, September 9 for yoga and Monday, September 28 for gymnastics (to be fully confirmed). To register for the entire academic year:

1. Click on this link.
2. Click "I agree and want to register now."
3. Click "Register" on the right in the new screen.
4. Fill out your contact info. Save your email and password for future registrations.
5. Go to next page and fill out your child's info. 
6. Then either click on the link to add another student to your account or search/enroll in classes.
7. When enrolling, sign the next page and click Next.
8. Then click on ILM Academy when it shows you a list of locations/classes.
9. You will then click on Monday Gymnastics for 1st-5th graders or Wednesday Yoga for 5th-8th graders. 
10. Checkout with the class you have selected.
11. Review your cart.
12. Enter payment info.
13. Pay $45 per child per month.

Please remember that throughout the year, you can refer to the Parent-Student Handbook, 1st-8th grade class schedules and teacher names, the academic calendar, and other documents by clicking on them at the top of these weekly newsletters in the "Resources" section.

If you or someone you know (a father of the school or community member) would like to give at least one khutbah this year to our 1st-8th grade students, please let us know. We are in strong need of more khateebs. Thank you.