BC Muslim School 1

Message from the Principal

BC MUSLIM SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER www.bcmuslimschool.ca

604-270-2511

Inside this Issue:

Principal’s Message

New Registration

Bookmark Contest

School Uniform

Student of the

Month

Graduates

Sports Day

Awards Assembly

Science Fair

Theme of the Month

First Day of School

Field Trips

PAC Message

Dates to Remember

June

2015

Please remember to phone

the school office before

8:45 a.m.

whenever your

child is absent.

Please mention your child’s

name, grade and the reason

of his/her absence.

PERSEVERANCE—COMMITMENT—KNOWLEDGE—EXCELLENCE

If you have a change

of address and phone

number please

inform the secretary.

Assalamu Alaikum,

Dear Parents,

This year (2014-2015), we accomplished many achievements as a school. We rallied together

for the Terry Fox Run and from that point the success soared throughout the year with the Hajj

Presentation, Eid Celebration, Health and Well-Being Days, Dare Program, Meet and Greet,

Jump Rope for Heart, Justice Theatre, World Hijab Day, Ready Set Learn, Scholastic Book

Fair, Vancouver Giants Read to Succeed, Free the Children, Noorart Book Fair, Hockey Day,

Milk Program, Muslim Food Bank Drive and our auspicious Qur’an Competition.

All of these events showcased the diverse skills, appreciation, respect and enthusiasm of our

school. Also in each month, a specific grade hosted a Monthly Assembly that highlighted an

Islamic virtue and we celebrated the success of our students.

We are very proud of our school, especially the hard work of the students and staff. Our PAC

has been a cornerstone in the foundation of our school. The parents have organized many

events for our students including the Eid Celebration Gifts, Monthly Hot Lunches, Meet and

Greet, Clothing Drive, Pancake Breakfast and Staff Appreciation.

To the Grade 7 students, I wish you the best as you continue your journey of learning. May you

seize the opportunities to showcase your talents and characteristics of being a good Muslim.

As we are in the holiest month of the Islamic Calendar, we must take some time to think about

what we have done this year and what can we improve on for the future. We must think about

those people who are less fortunate and live in hunger and poverty in many parts of the world.

Thinking is the first step, acting on it is the next. We must aspire to be more respectful, more

generous, self-disciplined and more caring about others. We must spend more time focussing

on our salah and reciting the Qur'an. Lastly, we must promise to work together for the better-

ment of our families and our children.

Thank you to the awesome teachers, students and parents for making this a wonderful year.

May Allah (SWT) accept our duas and keep us on the right path. Ameen!

On behalf of the staff and students at the BC Muslim School, Ramadan Kareem, Eid Mubarak,

and have a wonderful summer holiday! Insha Allah, we will see everyone back at school in

September!

Wassalam

Shuaib Yunush

Principal

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New Registration 2015—2016

We are presently accepting registration for new students for the academic year,

September 2015 – June 2016. Parents with young children born between January 1, 2010 – December

31, 2010 can apply for the kindergarten program. The Assessments for Kindergarten and Grades 1-7 has

already started.

We are still accepting application for KG to Grade 7 . If you have children you would like to register please

apply as soon as possible so that we can organize the assessments. The registration forms and fee infor-

mation are available online, at our website: http://www.bcmuslimschool.ca, and at the school office. If you

would like to drop in and pick up the registration form, please come to the school office between 8:00am to

4:00pm Monday to Friday. If you have any questions, please call the school office at (604)-270-2511.

Early enrolment helps us to make crucial planning decisions. If you know of anyone who may have children

Bookmark Contest

Thanks to all the students who participated in the Bookmark contest. The Vancouver Coastal Health has

selected some contestants for special prizes. 4 of our students were selected for the special prize.

Congratulations! Well Done!

Ahmad Sammour—5B Hafsa Ibrahim—1A

Mariam Elnady—5B Hiba Salman—1A

Notice to Parents—Students PEN Number

As the Summer break is approaching , many parents would like to register their child for the

Summer Program. For the Summer Program registration a PEN number is required. A PEN number

can be obtained from the report card. It is located in the left hand corner of the first page of

the report card. It is recommended for all the parents to please do not destroy the report cards,

keep them for future reference. The report card contains vital information about your child.

Information about School Uniform For the next school year (2015-2016), the uniform for the students will be strictly enforced. Please take advantage of

the back to school sales in August to purchase some of the components of the school uniform.

Alternatively, you can purchase the school uniform by contacting our uniform supplier:

Neat Uniforms, 1050 Boundary Rd., Burnaby Tel: 604-205-7560.

The requirements for the school uniform are as follows:

Girls Boys - white blouse - white dress shirt

- dark blue pants - white t-shirt

- dark blue tunic - dark blue dress pants

- white hijab - dark blue sweater

- dark blue sweater

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Alhamdulillah, the May Assembly hosted by the Grade 1 classes highlighted the theme of

Honesty. The students emphasized the importance of Honesty in Islam. The students per-

formed beautiful nasheeds, poetry and a speech about the theme of the month.

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected by their teachers for

demonstrating their best ability in the following categories:

Student of The Month — May

Grade Academic Excellence Qur‟an and Islamic Studies Arabic

KGA Basheer Al-Tabbaa Esaac Mohammed Hani Hassan

KGB Senna Salih Rida Qureshi Rumeysa Janjua

1A Shan Azahim Amir Mojid Fattah Pramono

1B Ayan Mohamed Rayhan Akbanie Inaya Dean

2A Ibraheem Shouman Khadija Tyab Amina Haroun

2B Omar Gani Maadh Shakir Junaid Khan

3A Ahmed El-Samongy Mahnoor Naeem Eisha Mumtaz

3B Eshaal Qaisar Saleh Larbes Pemba Murati

4A Mina Zuhair Shakir Hamza Mohamed Waleed Zeyan

4B Wajih Hassan Ismail Ameen,

Sarah Ali

Marian Mohamed,

Ayat Soliman

5A Sadia Akhtar Aisha Nur Khadija Hilali

5B Abdurrahman Mohamed Halil Beket Nooran Chellabi

6A Manahil Khan Halima Ali Fahim Shah

6/7 Mohamed Aldernawi (6)

Hiba Hussain (7)

Yoosuf Hanafi Bacha (6)

Mohammed-Adam Fatih (7)

Dania Othman (6)

Seema Al-Tabbaa (7)

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Graduates 2015

KGA KGB

Yosef Elmetwaly Abdel-

hamid

Omar Abushahin

Maryam Abubaker Yusuf Akileh

Basheer Hani Al-Tabbaa Anamta Ali

Mouna Alaya Rashed Alshahari

Mohamad Tarek Alshabani Sumaya Bukuk

Ilham Cali Amira Dirieh

Zeynep Cinar Omar El-Samongy

Khadeja Ebeed Zaina Hasan

Yahya Farah Umar Hassan

Thasneem Fazal Mohamed Hafsa Hersi

Ehab Gheriani Rumeysa Janjua

Hani Hassan Ibaa Kamel

Yahya Hamdi Heban Adam Khalil

Aliah Helmy Fatema Mustafa Idrees

Aly Hessein Hassona Mohid Qaisar

Yusuf Imran Rida Qureshi

Faris Khalilia Senna Salih

Aayah Khan Malek Sherif

Zuhaina Mizan Eisa Youssef

Esaac Mohammed Nadha Zacky

Grade 7

Abdurrahmaan Abdulaziz

Seema Al-Tabbaa

Anas Chellabi

Mohammed-Adam Fatih

Hamzah Hasan

Hiba Hussain

Bushra Kaderi

Maham Khurram

Abderrahmane Merzouk

Samreen Mujeeb

Abdullah Naeem

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On May 20th, all the students participated in our annual BCMS Sports Day. Students had a wonderful

time rotating through all twelve stations and playing fun games, such as Hockey, Hurdles, Discus, Bean

Bag Toss, Volleyball, and various relays. It was amazing to see the older students working together

with students in the younger grades. Thank you to our awesome team leaders and the Grade 6s and 7s

for running the stations. A huge thank you to the PAC who hosted another successful Hot Lunch and

treated all the students and teachers to refreshing watermelons and ice cream!

The house colour teams have been collecting points during all the Health and Well Being Days through-

out the year. After combining the point totals from all the Health and Well Being Days and Sports

Day, we are proud to announce that Team Black won the Championship trophy for this year. A most

sincere congratulations to Team Black and all the other teams. Your teamwork and sportsmanship were

incredible to see and we are already looking forward to next year!

Sports Day — May 2015

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Award Assembly Winners

Principal’s

Award

Academic

Excellence

Athletic

Award

Qur’an Arabic

Excellence

Islamic

Personality

Reyhan Abu

Malouh (1A)

Raihaan Sheikh

(1A)

Muhammad

Hamza (1A)

Ahmad Elmi

(1A)

Dania Alsaiari

(1A)

Hafsa Ibrahim

(1A)

Farah Alayah

(1B) Amina Ma (1B)

Daud Hammad

(1B)

Zayd-Abdullah

Sadiq (1B)

Mosawer Fazli

(1B)

Shapiray

Hashimova (1B)

Yasmin Kha-

lilia (2A)

Hayaa Arafath

(2A)

Abdulrahman

Abdusamed

(2A)

Usman Yousuf

(2A)

Tasneem Sadiq

(2A)

Amina Haroun

(2A)

Raamiya Ali

(2B)

Fahima

Oladuntoye (2B)

Ibrahim Heban

(2B) Talha Riaz (2B)

Jana Dernawi

(2B)

Derya

Sametoglu (2B)

Nada Abu-

baker (3A)

Menam

Mahmood (3B)

Fayzan Dean

(3A)

Abdurrahman

Ali Basyah (3A)

Noor-Al-

Tabbaa (3A)

Sara Kanafani

(3A)

Sondus

Hamado (3B)

Yaasir Bacha

(3B)

Jabriil Abdulle

(3B)

Rayaan Khan

(3B)

Sumeia Noman

(3B)

Eashaal Qaisar

(3B)

Abdullah Has-

sen (4A)

Shifaa Hasan

(4A) Ali Hooda (4A)

Mohammad

Chaudhary (4A)

Mina Shakir

(4A) Ali Azhar (4A)

Zaim Awais

(4B)

Somaya Hassan

(4B)

Mohammed

Dukuly (4B)

Ahmed Hessein

Hassona (4B)

Zeba Mohamed

Ibrahim (4B)

Ruweyda

Mohamoud (4B)

Isbah

Mahmood (5A)

Ithisham Faiz

(5A)

Ahmed Bukuk

(5A)

Nawal Elmi

(5A)

Osama

Alshabani (5A)

Taima Gheriani

(5A)

Nooran Chella-

bi (5B)

Manar Abrre

(5B)

Faizal

Oladuntoye (5B)

Fathima Zaina

Rizan (5B)

Ahmad

Sammour (5B)

Defne

Sametoglu (5B)

Haffsa Zahid

(6A)

Raghd Abusha-

hin (6A) Fahim Shah (6A)

Sohiyeb Hassan

(6A)

Amal Sammour

(6A)

Hamna Qaisar

(6A)

Mohammed

Al-Seragi (6/7)

Raiq Ahmed

(6/7)

Malieka Hussain

(6/7)

Masood Yousuf

(6/7)

Dania Othman

(6/7)

Zainab Zeyan

(6/7)

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Science Fair Exhibition

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Theme of the Month— Patience

What is Patience?

Patience is controlling oneself and staying calm even when things are not going smoothly. We are

patient when we accept the tests and difficulties in life without complaining. We should build our

deeds and hopes upon patience, because without this virtue, we can be very week.

Why practice Patience?

Muslims are encouraged to have patience, because it benefits them in regards to their religion

and their life. We need this beautiful virtue in order to be able to survive this life. Our main goal

is to please and worship Allah. For that reason we need to have patience, so we can uphold Al-

lah’s rules and stand in the face of hardship that come our way. Consequently receive Jannah

(Paradise) in the hereafter.

There are numerous verses in the Qur’an and sayings of the prophet that mention Patience. Allah

states in the Qur’an :

“Be sure we shall test you with something of fear, and hunger, some loss, in goods, lives

and fruits, but give gold tidings to those who patiently persevere, who say, when afflicted

with calamity: „To Allah we belong and to Him is our return‟: they are those on whom

blessings from their lord, and mercy and they are the ones that receive guidance.”

(Qur’an, 2:155-157)

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) stated:

“How wonderful is the case of a believer ; there is goodness for him in everything…..If

prosperity attends him, he expresses gratitude to Allah and that is good for him: and if ad-

versity befalls him, he endures it patiently and that is better for him.”

(Reported by Imam Muslim)

How to Practice Patience:

We practice patience by accepting whatever Allah provides us with; because His bounties are

endless upon us. We should be patient and ask Allah for reward while facing hardships. When

we are patient and seek the rewards from Allah, Allah will give us a sense of peace and tranquili-

ty, because we have depended on Him to make things better. We will always be ok with his bless-

ings. It takes patience to do the right things that would please Allah even when they are hard or

difficult. We also need patience to stay away from doing anything wrong even it is attractive and

tempting.

So, we should always be patient in every single way in our life to be successful and beloved by

Allah.

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School Opening Information

First Day of School:

September 8, 2015 (8:15am — 3:20pm)

Bus Service:

All bus families can expect phone calls from the bus drivers (between Sept. 1st –

Sept. 7th, 2015), regarding the pick up and drop off time for your child.

Uniform Compliance :

All re-registered students must be in full uniform on the first day of school. All girls

must wear a white hijab. White hijabs are now available to purchase from the school

office. To purchase the school uniform, please contact our uniform supplier:

Neat Uniforms, 1050 Boundary Rd., Burnaby Tel: 604-205-7560.

Early Bird Volunteers:

There is always a need for volunteers before school starts. If you are available to vol-

unteer at the school for any day between August 24 - 31 or during the first 2 weeks

of school Sept. 8 - 21, 2015, please call the school office (8am to 4pm). Alternative-

ly, you can email us at secretary@bcmuslimschool.ca regarding your availability.

Lost & Found Items

Please claim these items as soon as possible, as they will be donated to charity after

the school office closes on July 10, 2015.

Summer Office Hours:

Please note that our school office will be closed from July 6 to August 21, 2015.

However, the school Accountant will be working Monday to Friday 8:00am to

4:00pm. He can be reached at (604) 270-2511 ext. 225

or by email, accountant@bcmuslimschool.ca

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Grade 4 Field Trip—Police Museum

On Wednesday, May 27th, the Grades 4A and 4B classes visited the Vancouver Police Museum. The

students participated in a hands-on crime solving workshop where they had to think like CSI agents

and solve a case. They were split into groups of 5 and had to rotate between 6 different stations to find

clues to the guilty suspect. The students were all very excited to solve puzzles, study fingerprints, study

footprints, and find solid evidence that could be used to solve the case. After finding the culprit, the stu-

dents had a chance to look around the rest of the museum. They had a chance to try on handcuffs, po-

lice uniforms, and, wear prison uniforms to pretend that they were in prison. After our visit, both clas-

ses walked to the neighborhood park and had tons of fun. It was a blast!

Grade 5 Field Trip—Tera Nova Park

The Grade 5 classes attended a field trip to Terra Nova Park on May 13th.

They had a fantastic time and enjoyed a fun-filled day. Students took ad-

vantage of the beautiful weather and explored the different stations around

Terra Nova Park. As well, they had a picnic and loaded up on some delicious

treats! We hope you enjoyed your adventurous day!

May Field Trips

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Wassalam

Shuaib Yunush Principal

Dates to Remember

June 12 Term 3 Milk Program Ends

June 15 Grade 7 Graduation

June 16 KG Graduation

June 17 Awards Assembly

June 18 Ramadan Begins (tentative)

June 19 Muslim Food Bank (KG-Gr.3) collection ends

June 25 Last Day of School

July 18 Eid-ul-Fitr (tentative)

August 24 School Office Reopens

September 8 School Reopens (First Day of School)

Message from the BCMS PAC

Assalamu Alaikum, Dear Parents and Guardians, Ramadan Kareem on behalf of all the PAC Members! This year has gone by very quickly and I would like to take the opportunity to THANK all PAC Members and Parents for their hard work and dedication in raising funds for the school and organizing events for our children to learn and enjoy. The PAC has worked very hard this year and have completed the following: Sourced and organized Hot Lunches every month from October to May for our children to enjoy a special meal. 3 times this year the PAC decided to cook “comfort home food” at the school with fresh ingredients and offering our children with a healthy meal. Alhamdulillah! September/October - All the students in the school received an Eid-ul-Adha Gift; November - Contributed funds for the Grade 7 hoodies; December - Held the Annual Meet and Greet Event - giving children and parents an opportunity to mingle and learn more about each other while having a great time! February - Donated $2.00 per child to reduce the overall cost for the School-Wide Field Trip to the Richmond Olympic Oval March - Started the Clothing Drive Fundraising Efforts (the clothes were picked up in June); April - Helped the school decorate the gym for the Annual Qur’an Competition; May - Held the annual Sports Day BBQ and gave all the students ice cream as a treat and fresh fruit and water to stay hydrated throughout the day; June - Held the Annual Pancake and Staff Appreciation Breakfast; June - Helped decorate the Gym for the KG Graduation, Grade 7 Graduation, and the Awards Assembly; June - Gifted the Grade 7 ’s with a $15 gift card from Chapters - to help them buy books/agenda for Grade 8; June - Gifted the teachers/staff with 2 water coolers (one for each staff room) for their hard work and assistance in making the PAC a success; Lastly - Purchased electronic sharpeners for each class to use starting next school year (2015-2016). Alhamdulillah the PAC has achieved quite a bit this year and plans to do more next year, please attend our monthly 1- 2 hour meetings every first Thursday of the month starting in October 2015, at 1:30pm in the School Meeting Room. Remember every bit counts and helps our children succeed and become confident individuals. I wish you all a Blessed Ramadan and a very Happy Eid-ul-Fitr! I look forward to meeting you all in the new school year, InshAllah.

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