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NEWS FROM THE NEST December 2012-Edition 4

January Events Jan 1: NO SCHOOL- Staff Day Jan 2: School Resumes 2-3- Wed-Thurs: Science Fair Projects Due 3-Thursday: IPTA Meeting 4-Friday: In-School Science Fair 4-Friday: Tarbiyah Program 8-Tuesday: HS Soccer vs. Indian Rocks 10-Thursday: HS Soccer vs. Calvary 10-Thursday: MS Soccer vs. Seffner 12-Saturday: HS Soccer vs. Bishop 15-Tuesday: HS Soccer vs. Cambridge 17-Thursday: HS vs. Seffner 21-Monday: NO SCHOOL: MLK Day 22-24: Sem I Exam for MS and HS 22-24: Early Dismissal @ 12:30 24-Thursday: End of Sem I 24-Friday: NO SCHOOL: Staff Day

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A Message from Guest Contributor: Cultural Day by Sr. Manal Ramadan Cultural Day at the American Youth Academy is an annual event that

encourages our student body to appreciate other cultures from around

the world. Teachers and parents work diligently to provide a memorable

experience.

It all begins with choosing a country. Next, students and teachers begin

to explore their designated country. This may include its geography,

religions, languages, cuisine, arts, etc. There is a wealth of information,

and each class uniquely displays this information to its visitors for the

Cultural Day event. This year, many teachers taught their students to say

everyday words that are native to the country they represented. Other

teachers assigned books that explained current events that are occurring

in their chosen country.

Prior to Cultural Day, every “citizen” in elementary is issued a passport.

Students take their passports to the countries they visit. Upon entering a

country, a Customs’ agent stamps the passport with a sticker that

represents the country they are visiting. Parents and teachers enjoy

witnessing the interaction that occurs, and the passport also serves as a

wonderful keepsake to commemorate this special day.

Another aspect of Cultural Day is that all of the students come dressed in their respective clothing. The hallways become a corridor to the wonderful cultures that make our world the beautiful place

it is. The hustle and bustle of the vibrant colors and rich

textures allow you, the spectator, to feel that you are

experiencing something truly special. Sampling the food

from the vast array of cuisines is one of my favorite parts

of the day. The administration, teachers and staff

would like to thank all of the parents who helped

make this year’s event magical.

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By: Dana Fetais, 8B and Layal Barakat, 6B

2nd Grade "Help the Needy" with Sr. Huda Taji, Quran - Our project for the Qur'an class this quarter will be: Helping children in need. Children will donate money, will write a letters

about helping children in need, and will send it all to Islamic Relief. ]

Since our theme for this edition of the newsletter is

Cultural Day, I wanted to find students who recently

moved here from overseas. First, I interviewed

Mohammad Asfour who recently came to the United

States for his education. He chose AYA because it

was the only Islamic School he found online. He

thinks AYA is a great school, and looks forward to its

future growth.

Another student I interviewed was Dena Elnagib who

came to the United States from an Immigration

Lottery, so she gets to stay here for five years!

When I asked her why she chose this school, she

replied that her mom chose it because of its Islamic

values. She says if she could change any rule at

school she would change them all, but she likes AYA

and has adjusted.

A Special AYA Thank YOU goes

out to the Boy Scouts who made our wonderful new

picnic tables!

For this month’s recipe, we wanted to pick

something from one of the countries represented during Cultural Day, so we chose

Ingredients for Couscous:

1 1/2 cups of couscous

2 2/3 cups of water

1/4 teaspoon of salt

Ingredients for Sauce:

Variety of vegetables like squash,

cauliflower, sweet potatoes, or potatoes,

carrots, canned chick peas, and tomatoes,

or tomato paste, and onions

Meat or chicken

Vegetable oil

Seasoning of your choice, including cumin

and salt

Directions for Couscous:

In a sauce pan boil the water, add salt, then add

couscous, and remove from heat. Let it sit for

about 5 minutes.

Directions for Sauce:

Chop the onion and fry it with a tablespoon of

vegetable oil for 2 minutes. Add the chicken or

meat, and let it cook for a few minutes. After

that, add the seasoning you like with the cumin

and salt. Add at least 4 cups of water, or as

needed. Then add all vegetables and tomato

paste, and cook it for 10 minutes or until the

vegetables are cooked. Serve sauce and couscous

together and enjoy!


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On December 5th, I interviewed Belal Mansour and

Haneen Abunnur from 2A and Lara Twam and Saajid Khan from 2B. I asked them questions regarding

Cultural Day!

How was Culture Day? Belal, 2A- It was really fun! What did you learn about other countries? Haneen,

2A - I learned a lot about the Madagascar baobab Tree.

Lara, 2B - I learned that Columbia has good coffee.

When you started, did you know anything about

your country? Saajid, 2B - I actually knew a lot

about it.

By Noel Tanoukhi, 2A

By Ghadh Soukieh, 7A

This year’s book fair was a complete

success. Sr. Laura and Sr. Wafa, one of AYA’s awesome volunteers, worked around the

clock to sell students books from A to Z.

There were lots of satisfied customers, and many students won a prize for being caught red handed reading a book! Sr. Laura plans to use the money raised to help purchase

more wonderful titles for AYA’s library.

Acrostic Poem

By: Nermean

Qasem, 8B

Cloth Understanding Language Tradition Unity Religion Ethnicity


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By: Reham Ali, 8B and Iman Ahmad, 8B

K4A- Jenna Sarsour and Hadi Alhadidi

K4B - Obada Washah and Sarim Khan

K5A - Elyes Belkherroubi, Yasneem Yousef, and Mohamed Rum

K5B - Muna Atiyeh and Mounia Benbourennane

Grade 1A - Yasmina Belkherroubi and Jawad Alhadidi

Grade 1B - Tahamid Zaman and Asif Mohid

Grade 2A - Abdullah Husain, Abeir Obeid, and Shireen Abdelhafes

Grade 2B- Layalee Ahmad and Mallak Sulliaman

Grade 3A - Samah Quneibi and Sadeel Hijaz

Grade 3B - Yosef Safiah and Shahed-fatimah Aisheh

Grade 4A - Jasmin Sabir

Grade 4B - Amina Ahmed and Adam Mansour

Grade 5A - Rita Benkirane and Abdul-Hakim Zekri

Grade 5B - Rama Abdulmagid and Dina Irshaid

Grade 6 - Layal Barakat and Minahil

Cheema

Grade 7- Ghadh Soukieh, Amine Benkirane,

Osama Gurwala, Menatallah Daashoush, and

Khaled Yousef

Grade 8- Reem Nasur and Bayane

Elhayboubi

Grade 9 -Elnaz Taherkalateh, Dina Awshah

and Mariam Mekouar

Grade 10-Hasna Elhayboubi, Diana

Mustafa, Yara Twam, and Samer Sarsour

Grade 11- Faris Hawari and Serene Mostafa

Grade 12- Sarah Quneibi

By: Reham Ali, 8B and Iman Ahmad, 8B

Subrine Hijaz, Sarah Quneibi, Kamal Taha, Nadine Al-

Ashker, Faris Hawari, Serene Mostafa, Sabrina Awshah, Diana Mustafa, Dina Awshah, Sarah Gomaa,

Mariam Mekouar, Osama Gurwala, Leya Rum, Zena Omer, Ahmed Nofal, Akram Mohammad, Jihad

Gomaa, Minahil Cheema, Ayah Bensaid, Layal Barakat, Ahmad Abdulmagid, Rama Abdulmagid,

Khawlah Altoubah, Danya Awshah, Rita Benkirane, Dina Irshaid, Omar Omer, Danya Yousef, Salam

Twam, Muhammad Falah, Shahed-fatima Aisheh, Samah Quneibi, Yosef Safiah, Nagam Saleh, Lana

Shada, Banah Swar, Abdul-Malik Zekri , Abdullah Husain, Belal Mansour, Ridha Mohamed, Awwab

Azam, Yasmina Belkherroubi, Yusuf Elmenayer, Mustafa Elsayed, Aminah Khan, Zackaria Motrib, and

Waleed Yousef

Lama Mattar, Mizba Khan, Al-Anoud Fetais, Shaden Yousef, Musa

Khaled, Obaidah Fariz, Emre Arslan, Omar Altoubah, Yara Twam, Samer Sarsour, Abraham Irshaid,

Lara Mattar, Ahmad Museitef, Shihab Mustafa, Lana Sarsour, Reem Nasur, Bayane Elhayboubi, Amine

Benkirane, Sarah Elbasheer, Esraa Nofal, Khaled Yousef, Suhaib El-Dahla, Samarah Mohammad,

Karimah Ahmad, Hasan Benbourenane, Sara Nasur, Omar Obeid, Abdul-Hakim Zekri, Sabrina Atiq,

Adam Mansour, Hedaia Mohammad, Azeeza Sarour, Meryam Tazi, Seif Abduljaber, Abdulhakim

Chefchaouni, Suhaib Fariz, Abrar Hamdan, Sadeel Hijaz, Zainab Mohamed, Bilal Qasem, Malik Shalabi,

Alla Taha, Haneen Abunnur, Layalee Ahmad, Raghad Bayyari, Jood Binsalman, Otman Filali, Saajid

Khan, Fatima Mohammad, Muhammad Maarij Mustafa, Abrahim Nasur, Abeir Obeid, Mohamad

Soukieh, Noel Tanoukhi, Lara Twam, Vaniza Atiq, Wajd Binsalman, Aamna Cheema, Al-harith

Sullaiman, and Nevin Tanoukhi

Al’a Faria, Islam Ahmad, Osamah Nofal, Dania Rum, Rola Ashour, Hasna

Elhayboubi, Aya Faria, Om-Kalthoom Ahmad, Nawal Khawaja, Elnaz Taherkalateh, Iman Ahmad,

Fatima Bouarfa, Ayah Elfaouatih, Ammar Mattar, Sarim Akram, Menatallah Daashoush, Omar

Elmekabbati, Hussein Harake, Bissan Mustafa, Hany Nasur, Ghadh Soukieh, Taha Taha, Sumeyye

Erdem, Hanan Hasan, Nadene Hijaz, Razan Saad, Delnaz Taherkalateh, Raja Twam, Rahma

Elmekabbati, Mariam Elsayed, Sofian Faria, Sofia Mekouar, Iness Morabi, Eman Mustafa, Amina

Ahmed, Yazen Alkhyyat, Dana Barakat, Selma Bensaid, Noor Elfaouatih, Bilal Gomaa, Abdullah Omer,

Saji Rum, Jasmine Sabir, Samya Soukieh, Mahamed Abdel, Lydia Ben Bourennane, Farah Ghanem,

Shuhd Ismail, Wasif Mahtab, Nour Sullaiman, Bara’a Alrousan, Ahmad Dibo, Yazen El-shaafi, Malik

Falah, Bnan Hamdan, Moustafa Ismail, Su’ad Macedonio, Saleem Sekkat, Raghad Swar, Yassin Tazi,

Jawad Alhadidi, Ali Fetais, Alya Hamdan, Balqees Hamed, Hamza Kamel, Haadiya Khan, Zackaria

Mekouar, and Muhammad Washah


Cultural Day at

By Akram Mohammad, 6B Many different kinds of sports are played around the world. They are all interesting and help citizens stay healthy. AYA students learned all about out some of the sports from different countries they studied for Cultural Day. Some sports they learned about we play every day, like soccer, and some are ones we have never heard about, like cricket, capoeira, and hammer throw.

Sports around the world

By: Ahmed Kamel, 8A and Rami Mari, 8B


Famous figures from around the world!

Hint: His Royal Highness… Hint: He loves his country, Morocco!

Hint: Led India to independence through non-violent civil disobedience Hint: French Queen convicted for treason

“Don’t cry because it’s over; laugh because it

happened!”

.

By: Bayane Elhayboubi, 8A and Halima Hammad, 8A


فطنة حكيم

تبخل على الناس بالكالم ؟ لم : كتب رجل لحكيم يقول

فقال إن الخالق سبحانه قد خلق لك أذنين ولسانا واحداً

لتسمع أكثر مما تقول ، ال لتقول أكثر مما تسمع .

في جيبك عشرة دوالرات

سقط منها خمسة. فماذا

يكون في جيبك؟

ثُـْقٌب ي ا أْست اذ ..

By: Fatima Bouarfa, 8B and Ayah El-Faouatih, 8B

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