Special Ramadan Message for the ARS Students and Families
From Al-Rahmah School Staff
Ramadan with ARS
An Instagram Series
Assalamo Alaikom ARS students, parents and teachers!
Ramadan Kareem and may this month be a blessed time for all Muslims around the world inshAllah!
We miss our students! We’d like to see what our students are up to during the month of Ramadan. Please share with us images or videos of your Ramadan activities throughout the day, it can be suhoor, iftaar, decorating and preparing your house for Ramadan, reciting Quran, praying Taraweeh with the family or doing a good deed. Send us pictures of your delicious foods and sweets with their recipes! Be creative!
Your images and videos will be shared on the ISB | ARS Instagram page (@islamicsocietyofbaltimore) page as part of the series “Ramadan with ARS”.
In these challenging times although we are apart, we can stay together and Ramadan is the perfect month to do just that!
Click on the button below to submit your content. We can’t wait to see you and your Ramadan snapshots!
Thescene: The KG classroom, the first week of school, and me gravitating between feeling thankful to be there as a teacher and terrified of not messing it up in the twenty-one kindergartners' chatter. I flit between tables. I turn, and what do I see? A student doing a handstand in the middle of the room. A handstand!
Students stare: first at him, then at me, wondering how I'll respond. That day, I chose to laugh. As students join in, all is right in the world of our classroom.
The lesson: Given a "teachable moment," respond with love first, guidance second.
Al-Rahmah Ansar Program
Every year our students, their families, and teachers raise funds to support the Al-Rahmah Ansar Program for orphan sponsorship.
The Al-Rahmah Ansar program is run in collaboration with Helping Hand, a non-profit organization that has been working with us for the past several years.
Alhamdulillah, through your generous donations, we were able to sponsor the education of 21 children last year and would like to keep the same pledge this year. The school closure has affected our fundraising ability this year so we are sending this special appeal to you.
Many parents have already donated and we raised $5,818 this year, Alhamdulillah.
We are only $2000 short to achieve our goal to sponsor 21 children this year.
Please, help us achieve the remainder of our goal and sponsor the education of these children. Your donation will continue to benefit them and their families.
Click on the button below to make your donation today.
May Allah swt continue to shower his blessings of mercy and bounties on you and your family. Ameen
We are proud to introduce Al-Rahmah School Virtual Counseling Services! Please click on the button below to access Sr. Farah Shaikh's Counseling Corner.
Students can make self referrals, access resources, activities and even make a virtual appointment! There is also a parent tab which includes a parent referral form, consent form and information to help guide and support you and your child.
Thinking of the children who, with such enthusiasm, participate and enjoy SUPERTMATIK delighted by and thirsty for healthy competition, EUDACTICA has decided to organize a Special International Championship of SUPERTMATIK Mental Maths. A published set of Rules/associated documents are available and registration opens on 23 April.
Use the daily inspiration provided to have a month of connection and creativity. Try to complete one of the tasks a day. Include your friends and family.
Submit pictures of you and your loved ones participating in the activities to Sr. Farah!
Have a good time searching for these things in your home! You can include your siblings, parents or friends. Set a timer to make it even more exciting!
Health Corner
Sr. Hina Butt
In our new Covid-19 reality, the best thing about working from home is you’ve gained time you normally spend heading to and from school. With all the extra time in hand we would like to encourage staying active and spending more time with family.
Make sure you try all three levels, be safe and happy exercising!!!
Before eating iftar make certain to recite the du`a for breaking the fast together. Start with dates and water! That was the sunnah of our Prophet ﷺ.
After eating dinner, be sure to remind your child to thank the parent who cooked the food. The person who feeds a fasting person gets the reward also of the person who fasted.
Try to pray salah together as a family. This will demonstrate to the children the importance of salah. Many of us are locked in our houses with the kids. There is no excuse. Fajr, Maghrib and Isha is a good start. Remember, praying in jama`ah is twenty-seven (27) times more in reward, and in Ramadan it is multiplied 70 to 700 times more
This year many of us will be having Tarweeh at home. Make goals of praying eight (8) to twenty (20) raka`ah. You can have your sons, if old enough, to help lead a few of the raka`ah.
To apply for medical insurance through the Maryland Health Exchange, it has been extended until April 15th, 2020.
You can sign up through Maryland Health Connection (https://www.marylandhealthconnection.gov): the state’s Obamacare portal as part of a special enrollment period due to coronavirus.
