NEWS FROM THE NEST June 2012

5905 E. 130TH

AVE. ●TAMPA, FLORIDA 33617 www.ayatampa.org ● (813) 987-9282

June events...

18 Summer Programs Begin

July events...

19 Summer Programs End

August events...

3-5 NO Sales Tax Weekend 25 Parents’ Meeting 28 1st Day of Classes

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2 Honor Roll and Awards 3 SOTM/Q 4-5 Graduations 6 Cultural Day 7-8 Fun Pages

AYA Summer Program June 18 – July 19, 2012 ●Mon – Thurs from 9 am - 1 pm ●$100 per student per week

●Payment is due at the beginning of each week. Classes will be opened based on 8 students registering in that age group.

●Age Groups: 2/3, 4-6, 7/8, 9 – 11, 12 & up

●Qur’an Classes will be grouped by age AND Level of Proficiency

Registration: Contact Person: Br. Raslan or Front Desk Address: 5905 E.130th AVE, Tampa, FL 33617 Phone: 813-987-9282 For email inquiries: rshada@ayatampa.com or fwaheed@ayatampa.com

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu!

It has been a wonderful year at AYA, and our sincere thanks to everyone who helped make it such a success. We hope you enjoy this final edition of the Newsletter for the 2011-2012 school year. The school year may be over, but school is still open as we prepare for the upcoming year.

Mark your calendars for our Parents' Meeting on Saturday, August 25. You will get a chance to meet the teachers and administrators before the first day of school, Tuesday, August 28. Enjoy the summer. Be happy! Be safe!

AYA News: We would like to congratulate the following four candidates who were elected to the Board of Directors, listed in alphabetical order: Br. Imad Dibo, Sr. Lena Hijaz, Br. Bassem Sarsour, and Br. Sherif Shehata. We would also like to invite the other candidates, as well as any other parents and/or staff, to become active at AYA. If you would like to serve on any one of AYA's standing committees (Education, Technology, Tarbiyah, Admissions and Social), please let us know. Active participation from interested and enthusiastic parents is always welcomed.

Alumni News: Yasir Abunamous Class of 2006: Will be getting married to Sumaya Al-Hajebi on June 30 in Virginia. He just completed his first year of Medical School at USF.

Community News: We would like to congratulate Br. Farhan, our Gr. 6 English/Social Studies teacher, on the birth of his first son, Abdullah Rehman masha'Allah!

A Message from Sr. Magda

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Khawaja, Danya Yousef, Abdul-Hakim Zekri, Suhaib El-

dahla, Suhaib Ajjaj, Sarim Akram, Omar Elmekabbati,

Esraa Nofal, Amer Fariz, Halima Hammad, Ammar

Mattar, Majd Merai, Om-Kalthoom Ahmad, Lara Mattar,

Ahmad Museitef, Shihab Mustafa, Hanadi Abraham,

Abraham Irshaid, Zaina Rifaie, Nadine Albadawi, Sally

Ashour, Obaidah Fariz, Musa Khaled, Osamah Nofal,

Wael Rifaie, Dania Rum, Nora Hasan, Subrine Hijaz,

Mizba Khan, Ahmed Alfadala, Omar Aqqad, Rawan Saad

and Aseel Yousef.

Arabic Spelling Bee Winners

Grades 1-3 Grades 4 & 5 Grades 6-8 Grades 9-12 1st Place Shahed Aisheh Salam Twam Dina Awshah Sabrina Awshah

2nd Place Saji Rum Leya Rum Khaled Yousef Amer Abdelaziz (not pictured)

3rd Place Nagam Saleh (not pictured) Layal Barakat Mariam Mekouar Ibrahim Irshaid

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Math Bowl Winner:

Esraa Nofal

Principal Honor: Yazen El-shaafi, Hares Ibrahim, Belal Mansour, Ridha

Mohamed, Raghad Swar, Lara Twam, Abdul-Malik Zekri, Lydia Ben Bourennane,

Zainab Mohamed, Samah Quneibi, Lana Shada, Lina Ibrahim, Adam Mansour, Rama

Abdulmagid, Khawlah Altoubah, Danya Awshah, Rita Benkirane, Omar Omer, Salam

Twam, Ahmad Abdulmagid, Layal Barakat, Leya Rum, Khaled Yousef, Dina Awshah,

Sewar Quneibi, Sabrina Awshah, Abdulrahman Chahbandar, Nadine Al-Ashker,

Serene Mostafa, and Sarah Quneibi.

High Honor: Abdulla Ahmed, Jood Binsalman, Ahmad Dibo, Otman Filali,

Abdullah Husain, Moustafa Ismail, Su’ad Macedonio, Abeir Obeid, Moayad Shehadeh,

Shahed-fatima Aisheh, Suhaib Fariz, Farahm Ghanem, Yosef Safiah, Nagam Saleh,

Banah Swar, Nader Sarsour, Ahmed Simrin, Sajed Ziade, Karimah Ahmad, Dina Irshaid,

Iness Morabi, Jihad Gomaa, Zainab Jamal, Ahmed Nofal, Zena Omer, Amine Benkirane,

Osama Gurwala, Raghad Soboh, Iman Ahmad, Hamza Bouarfa, Mariam Mekouar, Lana

Sarsour, Elnaz Taherkalateh, Rola Ashour, Noor Elalami, Safa Gurwala, Samer

Sarsour, Areej Suleiman, Yara Twam, Yamaan Ziade, A’la Faria, Lama Mattar,

Mostafa Emara, Abdulhaleem Ibrahim, and Atef Rum.

Honor: Seham Ali, Raghad Bayyari, Malik Falah, Banan Hamdan, Iyad Khaled,

Mariam Mustafa, Yousef Shakweer, Mohamad Soukieh , Mahamed Abdel, Maria Ahmed,

Abrar Hamdan, Rania Jamal, Bilal Qasem, Nour Sullaiman, Alla Taha, Amina Ahmed,

Yazen Alkhyyat, Dana Barakat, Shaam Daaboul, Zakareya Elsayed, Muhammad

Falah, Hedaia Mohammad, Abdullah Omer, Saji Rum, Azeeza Sarour, Samya Soukieh,

Subreen Ajjaj, Hasan Benbourenane, Sana Chahbander, Sofian Faria, Khalil

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April

K4A Dareen El-Shaafi

& Kashmir Tahir K4B Busra Akbaba & Waad Ibrahim

K5A Wajd Binsalman 1A Malek Abdelaziz

& Lara Twam

1B Yassin Tazi & Jood Binsalman 2A Nagam Saleh

& Malik Shalabi 2B Bilal Qasem

& Alla Taha

3A Lina Ibrahim & Ahmed Simrin

3B Kowsae Sullaiman

4A Mariam Elsayed 4B Karimah Ahmad

& Omar Omer

5 Layal Barakat

K4A Alia Filali, Akram Handan, & Lily Ghanem

K4B Ahmad Talbi & Sabiha Zaman K5A Zackaria Motrib - K5B Brween El-Dahla

1A Abdullah Husain & Moustafa Ismail 1B Hares Ibrahim & Ridha Mohamed 2A Maria Ahmed & Farah Ghanem 2B Ali Chahbandar & Lana Shada

3A Saji Rum & Sajed Ziade - 3B Dana Barakat 4A Eman Mustafa - 4B Danya Awshah 5 Ahmad Abdulmagid & Ahmed Nofal

6B Sarim Akram, Amine Benkirane, Khaled Yousef, &

Omar Elmekabbati 7A Halima Hammad

7B Amer Fariz &

Iman Ahmad 8A Om-Kalthoom Ahmad &

Elnaz Taherkalateh

8B Lara Mattar, Ahmad Museitef, & Shihab Mustafa 9A Yara Twam

9B Abdulrahman Chahbandar, Safa Gurwala, & Abraham Irshaid

10A Nadine Albadawi &

Nadine Al-Ashker 10B Obaidah Fariz.

Serene Mostafa, & Wael Rifaie

11 A’la Faria, Sarah Quneibi, Nora Hasan, & Lama Mattar 12 Ahmed Alfadala &

Mostafa Emara

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

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8th Grade

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Sr. Heba: “Nadine Alashker brightens

up my day, Shaden Yousef is my most

respectful student, and Amar Mattar is the

most enthusiastic to learn.” Sr. Samira:

“Nadah Abdel is my most respectful student

and Sr. Eman Mitwalli brightens up my day.”

Br. Mahmoud: “The morning assemblies

brighten up my day especially while the

students are reciting Qur’an. The majority of

students are “Most Respectful” here at AYA

(especially this year, Alhumdillah!). Sr.

Kariman: “Nadine Alashker brightens up my

day, Kamal Taha, Lama Matter, Subrine Hijaz,

and Serene Mostafa are my most respectful

students, and the 4th and 5th Graders are the most enthusiastic to learn of all my students.

AYA’s Field Day

Edline Survey Results: What

are your plans for summer?

The Shalabi Family: We are going to Palestine!

Shaden Yousef: Get community service hours, study SAT, take HCC

classes, insha’Allah, and hang out with friends. Most of all, I plan to enjoy my summer break!!!

Serene Mostafa: Study for SAT and other classes, finish the Qur’an in

Ramadan, and do volunteer work.

Sr. Manal Ramadan: Making slow cooked meals. We are sort of sick

chicken breast and ground beef. Did I forget to mention the BEACH while all of my friends are overseas!

The Gomaa Family: To have FUN!

Sarah Mari: I plan to strike up a summer job, work on summer crafts

and baking projects, have fun and earn credits with online courses; hoping to have some crazy fun! :P

Sr. Rola Abuhasnah: Take summer classes at UT :)

The Zekri Family: Travel to Tunisia!

Raghad Soboh: My plans are reading more Quran Insha’Allah, flying to

Jordan and catching up on all of my Sponge Bob episodes!!! ;p

Jamilah Fayiz: Volunteer at MOSI, take Sociology and Driver's ED on

FLVS, get my permit, finally learn how to swim, hang out with friends, might go to Ohio and Michigan with family, read, draw and write poems.

Yasmine Sekkat: I’m going to New York, maybe going to Orlando,

family will be visiting from overseas, family will be visiting from Georgia, going on a cruise, hanging out with friends, and having tons of fun! B

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Spring Picnic

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As the year wound down, AYA students got to

visit places in and beyond the bay for the last

field trips of the year. The 8th grade class

visited Universal Studios for their class trip. The

9th grade took a trip to the Mote Marine

Laboratory. They took a dip in the water and

searched for marine creatures. The K5 class took

a trip to Glazer Museum for a little hands-on

experience of awesomeness!

AROUND THE BAY

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4. How many times does the horn blow on the Day of Judgment? 5. What was the first word revealed to Prophet Mohammad(SAW)? 6. Who was the first Prophet? 7. What do Muslims make tawaf around during Hajj? 8. What did Prophet Zakarriyah ask for from Allah?

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1. Who was Prophet Mohammad (SAW)'s first wife? 2. What is the name of the book given to Prophet Isa? 3. During which Islamic Month do we fast?

Islamic Day Assalamu

Alaikum!

The K3 through 12th grade students shared songs, poems, plays, and presentations with one another in a spirit of peace and love. The students also demonstrated their respect and gratitude for their parents. It was a wonderful event!

By Safa Gurwala