Tomorrow night by midnight is the last chance for you to sign up for parent-teacher conferences. They 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. Please be sure to sign up for a conference with ALL of your child's teachers. 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.

Students are off from school this whole week to celebrate Eid with their families. We look forward to seeing the students back on Monday, September 28. 

Eid ul-Adha prayers will be taking place at masajid across the city. Please refer to this list of ISGH location Eid prayers or refer to other masajid websites to find an Eid prayer near you.

The morning of Tuesday, September 29 is the last chance for you to purchase karate uniforms through Sensei Saif. 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. 

You will soon be receiving letters if your 1st-8th grade child has had an excessive number of unexcused absences or tardies. Excused absences/tardies are those due to illness, medical appointments, etc. The full policy can be read in our Parent-Student Handbook, which is always linked at the top of these Weekly News emails.

To excuse your child's illness, appointment, etc., please simply send an email to your child's homeroom teacher stating the reason for their tardy or absence or send in a written note with your child.

Though tardies/absences are not counted against a Montessori child (and therefore you are not required to send in notes/emails), it is best for your child to arrive to school on time in order to be present for the full class routine and work time. We would also like to be informed of the Montessori (or ECC) child's absence at least via email so we know why s/he is not in school.

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.