November 27, 2008 at 10:33 pm (Latest News)
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
As sadaqah during the best 10 days of our year (Dhul-Hijjah 1-10), we are hosting a Food & Clothing Drive.
Donation boxes are in the Lobby, for
We will deliver our donations after the Parent Forum/jummah prayer on Friday, December 5, 2008, insha’Allah.
November 27, 2008 at 5:17 pm (Latest News)
Monthly Parent Forums are always the 1st Friday of each month.
For everyone’s convenience, it will be after jummah prayer/Pick Up Time next Friday, December 5, 2008; insha’Allah.
Please note that we are going back to 1pm khutbah/jummah prayers; since the 12:30pm was inconvenient for many families. We will keep the 1pm time year-round, insha’Allah.
Topics for discussion:
If there are any issues you’d like to add to the Agenda, please forward them to mail@skfacademy.org or leave a note in the Administration office on or before, Tuesday, December 2, 2008.
November 26, 2008 at 5:18 pm (Latest News)
As sadaqah during the best 10 days of our year (Dhul-Hijjah 1-10), we are hosting a Donation Drive.
Donation boxes are in the Lobby, for
a. Dry boxed or canned goods,
b. Lightly-used, washed clothes for all ages and both sexes, and/or
c. Toiletries (i.e., soap, shampoo, shaving cream, razors, combs, hair brushes, deorderant, etc.).
Our Lobby is opened Monday - Thursday 8:30 am - 5:30 pm, Friday 8:30 am - 2:30 pm.
SKFA students (with their parents) will deliver the donations after the Parent Forum/jummah prayer on Friday, December 5, 2008, insha’Allah.
It is my intention that by having our children deliver the donations (charity/sadaqah) to the needy themselves, they will appreciate December’s Theme of Self-Smart/Intrapersonal Multiple Intelligence.
When we delivered our donations to Hamden’s Food Bank after our Ramadan Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Drive, our children felt a sense of humility and honor to help others, and gratitude for what they have, at the same time.
November 25, 2008 at 1:09 pm (Latest News)
Dear SKFA Parent:
Please voice your opinion by making a selection for the date/time of our Hajj Demonstraion and Nasheed show. We like to market this event to all of the local masajids, Islamic Centers, organizations, schools … etc. So please send your response before Wed 11/26/08 - email to mail@skfacademy.org
When would you like our Hajj Demonstration & Nasheed Show?
Thank you for your immediate response.
SKF Academy
P.S. Feel free to comment below as well 
November 25, 2008 at 11:41 am (Latest News)
1. E-group waiting for your attendance.
Upon popular request, we set up a Google-egroup for Parents and Administration. After one-week old, only 4 families signed up. Please sign-up to our private invitation-only discussion board at the ink below. This is a better forum for annoucements of this nature as it serves as a better discussion archive.
http://groups.google.com/group/skfacademy-parents-0809
2. Blog updates:
Brother Ossama Elawad has back-posted many of our past annoucements passed out during Dismissal or sent out in a Email onto our blog: http://blog.skfacademy.org/ We envision our blog to be maintained and updated more consistently now, alhumdulilah.
3. Rhyme & Rhythm Show DVD:
The Hamed Family has volunteered to make a DVD with any and all videos and images taken during our highly-successful Islamic Rhyme & Rhythm Show last Friday. Please make a DVD copy to pass into the Main Office, email images to Madiha, or have her download from your flashdrive on or before Wednesday.
4. Volunteers Needed:
5. Jummahs open to the public:
After our spectacular Show on Friday, Brother Tariq and I decided that it is time to open our jummahs for the public. After 2 months of teaching the etiquette, behavior and performance of prayer; our children have matured nicely alhumdulilah. We encourage your attendance and recruitment of local residents to share all our jummahs together with us.
6. Reminder: Level 2 & 3 Benchmark Assessments This Week
All students are taking Benchmark Assessments all week. We need your support for a healthy night’s sleep and breakfast.
7. Level 3 Testing Date Changes:
Since Level 3’s assessments are for both Language Arts & Math, we will only have tests in Science and Social Studies. Tests for Language Arts and Marh will be the postponed until the Tuesday and Wednesday after Break. Therefore, they will have homework and review over the days off. Additional reinforcement materials can be sent home, upon parent’s request.
Jazaka Allahu Khayrun for your attention.
Wa salam,
Your sister in Islam Ponn
Head Administrator
November 25, 2008 at 10:21 am (Latest News)
We are actively seeking the following positions:
Please contact the main office at:
email: mail@skfacademy.org
Phone: (203)230-1965
Fax: (203)651-1132
November 25, 2008 at 9:09 am (Latest News)
Optional - for Art and Invention classes >>> $3 each.
Samples at the main office.
November 25, 2008 at 12:44 am (Parent News)
This e-group will serve as our private discussion board as we journey together through our first year. Let your voices be heard!
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November 24, 2008 at 12:46 am (Latest News)
As you may have noticed, every annoucement, parent handout, etc. have been nicely post-dated and published onto to our blog with the generous time and efforts of Brother Ossama ElAwad, father of Rana from Level 2.
Jazaka Allahu Khayrun Brother Ossama. May Allah SWT reward you and your family with peace, rest, prosperity and all that is great in this life and in the Hereafter. ~Ameen
Alhumdulilah, from the very first time I meet Brother Ossama, he shared how he checked the website and blog nearly every day for updates…anxiously waiting for any new News or Updates. Due to our very limited time and staffing resources, during a recent meeting he offered to help whereever he can.
When I asked if he’d like to learn how to blog and manage a website–he willfully accepted the position.
So, please be patient with us.
While he’s actively posting all past notices as his online-training 
we hope to bring our blog and website to life on a more regular and consistent basis.
We want to document all our “Growing Pains” and insha’Allah, we would love to post multimedia (sound, images and video clips) very soon! We literally have hundreds of pictures saved on one of our computers, but until now, we just had enough time to download the pictures. Now it’s time to post and organize them all!
Ossama also stressed that it’s better to post “little updates” than nothing at all. So, with his extra pair of hands, I believe we can establish a much better online presence and voice, insha’Allah.
As always, please share your comments, recommendations, suggestions and wise words in the Comments section below.
Wa salam,
Your sister in Islam Ponn
Head Administrator
November 23, 2008 at 11:43 pm (Latest News)
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
On-going needs:
A. CLEAN JUNK:
§ Card board tubes-toilet paper and paper towels
§ Styrofoam
§ Stuffers-peanuts, popping plastic, tissue paper
§ Old tissue boxes (any size)
§ Old shoes boxes (any size)
§ Old magazines
§ Newspaper
§ Scrap paper
§ Glass jars –any size (i.e., baby food jars, peanut butter or jelly jars, etc.)
§ Large sturdy, plastic storage bins, units, boxes or cubbies
B. Miscellaneous:
§ Facial tissues
§ Baby wipes
§ Clorox wipes
I. ART SUPPLIES WISH LIST
§ Old coffee table art books
§ Buttons
§ Silk flowers
§ Knitting and sewing supplies needles
§ Paperclips (metal or plastic)
§ Crochet hooks
§ Fabric swatches
§ Old colored bed sheets or any fabric revenants
§ Old broken jewelry
§ Blender
§ Plastic bowls (cool whip) yogurt cups with covers, sour cream containers
§ Wallpaper books
§ Beads
§ Ribbon, rick-rack, or other trims
§ Wood scraps: knobs, broken 2*4”s
§ Paint & paintbrushes (any size)
§ Writing utensils (pencils, pens, markers, calligraphy pens, crayons, charcoal pencils, etc.)
§ Easels
II. INVENTION CLASS WISH LIST
A. TOOLS:
§ Hand tools
§ Screwdrivers
§ Hammers-any size
§ Pliers, saws
§ Tape measures
§ Pan scale (baby)
§ Scale postal mail
§ Hook scale
B. OLD APPLIANCES: (they do not have to work)
§ Elastic bands
§ Blenders
§ Irons
§ Toaster
§ Keyboards
§ Hair dryer
§ Old radios
§ Vacuums
§ Coffee maker
§ Phones
C. MISC.
§ Old mismatched kitchen utensils
§ Plants
§ Watering cans
§ Broken cars, trucks, wheels
§ Hand paper (any size and grade)
III. MY-C (MUSLIM YOUTH CENTER) LOUNGE
FURNITURE WISH LIST: (New to lightly used, clean, and from non-smoking home without pets. Must have all working parts and safety precautions)
§ Board games (any age, any theme) & puzzles
§ Bean bags
§ TV
§ DVD/VCR
§ Wii/Play Station
§ Leisure tables (i.e., pool table, air hockey table, foosball, ping pong table)
§ Table and chairs
§ Living room furniture
IV. Qur’an Room
§ Framed Qur’anic wall hangings (Ayat Al-Kursi, Surahs Fatiha, Ikhlas, Falaq & Nas)
§ Beautiful Arabic rugs
§ Qura’an holders
V. Boys Room
§ Train set
§ Model sets
§ Throw pillows, floor pillows, masculine colors
§ Boys wall hangings and decorations
§ Boys books and multimedia (ages 6-18)
VI. Girls Room
§ Doll house
§ Arts & Crafts (i.e., scrapbooking)
§ Throw pillows, floor pillows, feminine colors
§ Girls wall hanging, arts and grafts (scrap booking)
§ Girls books and multimedia (ages 6-18)
VII. Islamic Book and Multimedia Library
§ Books, CDs, DVDs, MP3s, VCR movies and magazines for all ages birth-adulthood (multiple copies encouraged)
VIII. Early Childhood Center (3-5 year olds)
§ Dress- up clothes
§ Age-appropriate games, toys and learning/teaching aides (indoor and outdoor)
IX. Kitchen
§ Hot water carafe
§ Microwave, utensils, silverware, plate set
Picnic disposables (paper, plastic, Styrofoam or tin plates, napkins, cups, baking tins, aluminum foil)
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