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April 2013 Highlights
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Celebrating the Best of The Best Creative Writing Contest
RSA fourth graders have done it again!!
Congratulations! Two students from 4th grade, Adam Habib and Yusef Haddabah from Sr. Maisa Mustafa's class have been selected as part of the 2013 Best of the Best! Their work will be honored at an upcoming Awards Event on Tuesday, May 28 at the Newark Museum. Additionally, their writing pieces will be published in this year's New Jersey Scoop Yearbook. Special thanks go to Sr. Maisa Mustafa for guiding our winners through their writing process..Takbir!!!
To access the award letters our students received, please click on the link below:
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UNA-USA Middle School Model United Nations Conference
On April 11th through the 13th, 20 students from 5th through 8th grade participated in the UNA-USA Middle School Model UN Conference. This year, more than 2,000 middle school students from all over the world took part in this conference. RSA students who excelled as delegates were Rosanna Habib and Aseel Shehadeh, receiving the best position paper, and Hadi Shabbir, Mohamed Haddabah, Khadim Seck, Ahmed Omar and Muhammad Sayedahmed receiving Honorable Mention Awards. We would like to commend a selective group of RSA High school students who served as Conference Staff: Rawda Abdelmenam, Jasmine Shafie and Sohira Idrees. A sincere thank you goes out to the mentors Sr. Fatima Musabeh and Sr. Sarah Shedeed for coaching and guiding our students. A special thanks goes to all the volunteer chaperones who joined our students in this conference. |
 In-School Spelling Bee Finalists Congratulations to all RSA Super Spellers who made it in the second round of this year's spelling bee tournament, which took place on April 17th. Special thank you goes to Sr. Malak for coordinating this event and for all the judges : Sr. Maisa Mustafa, Sr. Sonia Shoman and Sr. Bushra Khanam.
To access the list of the 2nd round spelling bee winners, please click on the link below:
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Koran By Heart at Hudson County Community College
On April 18th, RSA students from grades 7th-11th attended a documentary at HCCC on Muslim children from all over the world competing in Quran memorization. This documentary depicted the endless abilities of children in Quran memorization, even though some were unable to read Arabic or understand it. Our goal was to illustrate to RSA students that Quran memorization can be more successful when they start at a younger age.
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A Night For Palestine: Islamic Relief Event
On April 19th, RSA girls joined a group of girls who came from Gaza in a Palestinian traditional nasheed. Their contribution in this event helped in making the night a great success for Islamic Relief. Special thanks to Br. Yousef Al-Omari for training the girls for the nasheed.
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RSA Panthers Joined the Muslim Youth Basketball Tournament
Through the Muslim Youth Basketball tournament, RSA High school boys completed a series of basketball games with different Islamic Schools and Islamic Youth teams. We are proud that our players were able to interact with Muslim youth from different regions in New Jersey, and thus enrich their brotherhood bonds with their fellow Muslims. A special thanks goes to Br. Abraham for his great coaching and support for the team.
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Little Panthers Basketball League
RSA has completed try-outs for their two new teams, The Little Panthers (1st-3rd grades), and The Junior Panthers (4th-6th grades). They have already gotten down to business practicing for their upcoming recreational game with Al-Ghazaly Elementary this upcoming Saturday, May 4th. Insha Allah, they have a great time representing RSA.
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3rd Marking Period Open House and Principal's Brunch
Alhamdulilah, we have reached the end of our third marking period this year. RSA welcomed all parents to our Open House on April 25th. It turned out to be a successful day where parents and teachers were able to meet and discuss their children's academic progress.
Today, May 1st, we conducted our third Principal's Brunch for this school year to recognize and celebrate our students' success. Students were awarded with their certificates and red roses to present to their mothers as a form of appreciation. It was a wonderful celebration. Thanks to all those parents who took time out of their busy schedules to join us in this joyous occasion.
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RSA Spring Carnival
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, RSA had to reschedule their Spring Carnival. InshaAllah, the new date will be announced shortly. We thank everyone for their understanding, and look forward to a fun entertaining event soon, inshaAllah.
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We Want Your Feedback!!
RSA will soon be issuing this year's parents survey to get our parents' feedback on the Academy's environment, academics and administration. This survey is extremely important for the future of the school. We look forward to hearing both positive and constructive feedback. Please stay tuned for a link to the survey soon, Insha'Allah.
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Rising Star Academy
4613 Cottage Place
Union City, NJ 07087
201-758-5590
info@rsanj.org
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- May 1st : Principal's List Brunch
- May 4th : RSA Little Panthers vs. Al-Ghazaly Elementary Basketball Game
- May 8th : Open House 9:00-11:00 a.m.
- May 11th : Elementary Science Olympiad Tournament @ Moorestown Friends School
- May 15th : Open House 11:00 - 1:00 pm
- May 16th : Culture Day
- May 19th : Open House 11:00 - 1:00 pm
- May 20th - 23rd: Terra Nova Testing (KG-8th)
- May 24th : Sports Day
- May 27th : School Closed
- May 28th : Best of the Best Award Ceremony in Newark Museum
- May 29th: Inter-Islamic Spelling Bee (KG-4th)
- May 30th: Inter-Islamic Spelling Bee (5th-8th)
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