Upcoming Events

Amana NHD Team Wins the State Championship!

One of our Amana National History Day teams wins at the State Championship in Macon, GA last Saturday! 

 Congratulations to eighth grade students Ayesha Iqbal, Tanya Panwala, and Sarah Ghalayini (pictured on the left), who won 2nd place in the state of Georgia in the category of 'Group Documentary' for their work on The Space Race! 

Amana Academy was well-represented by all our participants.  Ayesha, Tanya and Sarah, along with eight other Amana middle school students, won the regional NHD competition back in March at Kennesaw State University.  Thank you to all the parents who carpooled to Macon and supported these outstanding students.  A special thanks to Coach Credi who organized and led the Power Hour NHD research which garnered Amana so many winners at different levels of competition. 

• Brandon Hills
• Alanis Arirama
• Eman Odeh
• Mitchel Flanagan
• Yamini Pulusu
• Ayesha Iqbal
• Tanya Panwala
• Sarah Ghalayini
• Hasan Raza
• Saeeda Choudury
• Diba Moghaddari

 Congratulations to all our champions!

Ms. McNeil Accepted to the Oxford Institute Environmental Education Program

2011-2012 Middle School Math Placement Exams

Calling All Overdue Library Books

Library books are now due.  Please remind your child/ren to return library books to our media center as soon as possible.  Students who have library materials that are overdue received a notice on Monday, April 25th.  Parents and guardians will be billed for books that are not returned to school before the end of the school year.  If an overdue charge is still outstanding at the start of school in August, students will have their library loan privileges suspended until the fee has been settled.  Any questions or concerns, please contact Mrs. Melissa Singh.  Thank you for your cooperation!

Amana was chosen to send students to the State Capital on Monday May 2, 2011 for a photo opporunity with Gov. Deal during his proclamation announcing the start of National Charter Schools Week...

Amana Academy fourth grader, Gabrielle Gatewood, celebrates Easter with a special Easter Egg Hunt in Washington, DC!  This past month, Gabrielle Gatewood received a special invitation to attend this annual event on the White House South Lawn.  The White House Easter Egg Roll is an annual family event to hunt for and race Easter Eggs on the White House Lawn while enjoying storytelling and a visit with the Easter Bunny.  The holiday tradition has a long history dating back to 1878 when President Rutherford B. Hayes officially opened the White House grounds to local children for egg rolling on Easter Monday.  Successive Presidents have continued the tradition of inviting children to the White House Lawn for egg rolling and other activities and entertainment.

This year's  event featured the theme of "Get Up and Go!" promoting health and wellness with activities that encouraged children to lead healthy and active lives and follow the First Lady's 'Let's Move!' initiative.  Gabrielle was treated to a story time where the the First Family read two books.  Mrs. Obama showed off some culinary skills - flipping a crepe in a pan in the "kid's kitchen" with TV personality Kelly Ripa and Chef Jacques Pepin.  The First Lady said that her youngest daughter Sasha's favorite thing to do is to spend time in the kitchen.  The day was made complete with a tour of the White House vegetable garden and a brief look at the White House basketball court where President Obama played a mini-game with the Harlem Globetrotters including the Amazing Race contestant, Flight Time.  So that the day would always be remembered, Gabrielle left with a souvenir wooden egg signed by both President and Mrs. Obama.

Please join us for the annual Amana Academy Volunteer Appreciation Brunch on Thursday, May 12th from 8:30AM- 9:30AM to pay tribute to our amazing parent volunteers!  We will have delicious refreshments, heartfelt presentations from our PIE officers and a special performance courtesy of the Amana Orchestra.  Everyone is welcome!  Please click here to RSVP and we look forward to seeing you on May 12th!

Khadeejah Farooq

PIE-Volunteer Support Coordinator
Amana Academy

Your Opinion Matters - PIE End of Year Survey

As the school year starts to wind down, it is a good time to reflect upon the many activities and events of the past year and think about what may lie ahead.

To help us serve you better next year, we ask that you please take a few minutes to complete the online PIE End of Year Survey.  We would appreciate your feedback on or before this Friday.  Thank you for making this year such a success!

Be sure to visit the classroom website and check your child's communication folder on a regular basis for the latest information on your child is learning...

Second graders are learning about economics: bartering, cash, scarcity, supply and demand.  The children were "bartering cards" in which they were the "producer" of the item on the card.  They were required to "barter" in order to obtain a school supply list that was written on the board.  The students quickly found that bartering is difficult based on what you have to trade and that they needed to make economic choices in order to obtain what they needed.  The students realized that using MONEY would have been much easier!

Also, Mrs. Casal and Mrs. Raina's classes are selling a book Haikus for Hope to aide the relief effort in Japan.  The books are composed of the student's art work and haiku poetry.  Please contact Mrs. Raina or Mrs. Casal if you are interested in ordering a book.  Books are $15.00 each.