FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS
1. The School:
Al-Iman School is registered with the Ontario Ministry of Education as a Religious Private School and receives no Government funding. A tuition fee is charged from parents whose children attend the school to meet some operating expenses.
The Curriculum of the School is managed by the Vice-Principal; a very competent educationalist with 36 years of teaching experience in Ontario Schools.The Vice-Principal has Principal’s Qualifications from Ontario, as well as specialization in Librarianship, Computer Education, Early Childhood Education, Literacy, First Steps and is an educational author.
The School follows the Ontario Ministry of Education Curriculum and uses the Ministry Approved Textbooks for all subjects.The Ontario Ministry Tests are written in Grades 3 and Grades 6.
The School day, at 7 hours, is much longer than the regular school day and allows for Islamic education.The children perform salaat, learn to read the Qur’an, memorize surahs, kalimahs and dua’s.Islamic topics are integrated into the daily curriculum.
2. School Admission Age:
qJr.Kindergarten – born in 2007 qSr.Kindergarten – born in 2006
qGrade 1 – born in 2005 qGrade 2 -born in 2004
qGrade 3 -born in 2003 qGrade 4 – born in 2002
qGrade 5 – born in 2001 qGrade 6 – born in 2000
qGrade 7 -born in 1999 qGrade 8 -born in 1998
3. Documents Required for Admission:
1.Birth certificate and Landed Immigrant Papers
2.Health Insurance Card
3.Proof of Immunization
4.Report Card from School of last attendance
4. Materials Required for Admission:
·Student Admission Form
·Parent Information Form & Financial Agreement
·Cheque/cash for First and Last Month’s Tuition Fees dated week of Registration – no postdated cheques beyond the Registration Week for this tuition.
·8 cheques for Tuition dated the first day of each month beginning from the first of October of the current year.
5. Registration Dates and Deadlines:
For new admissions – There is NO registration fee for admissions and or registrations from 1st of June thru August 31st.
For returning students – Registration Deadline is July 31, 2010
A Registration Fee of $500 will be charged for admissions or registrations after the above dates.
6. Educational Supplies:
Parents should equip their children with following materials:
Pencil, eraser, notebooks, lined paper, duotangs, pencil crayons or crayons.
The school will order the textbooks for the children. (charges will apply)
The school also sells items required for use by children.
7. Parent-Teacher Interviews:
There are three Parent-Teacher Interviews scheduled throughout the School Year. These are very valuable opportunities to discuss the progress of your child and all Parents are required to attend these important meetings. Parents will be informed in advance of the interview dates.
8. Professional Development Days:
Al-ImanSchoolis unique in its Literacy Focus using the State of the Art – First Steps Program, which is followed by many local Boards of Education including the Peel Board of Education. All teachers will be involved in workshops on Literacy. These days have been set aside to provide opportunities for the teachers to improve their educational training.
9. First Day of Classes:
September 6, 2011(After Labour Day). Please check the Timetable for Professional Development Days and School Holidays.
10. School Day: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Parents can escort their children into the School beginning at 8:40 a.m., and must take them home by 4:20 p.m..
11. Before and After School Care:
Before and After School Care is NOT provided by the school. There is a Muslim Family that is willing to provide before and after school care for an hour in the morning or an hour in the evening. The parents can discuss rates with the lady at the house.
The school will charge a transportation fee of $20/trip to take the children to baby sitter’s house or to bring them to school from baby sitter’s house.
12. Late Pickup at the School:
The closing time for the School is 4:20 p.m.. Children in the School after 4:30 p.m. will be taken to the Babysitter’s home or driven to their home for a charge. ( SEE ITEM 11 ABOVE )
13. Authorized People to Pickup Children from The School:
Authorization must be given to the School, in advance, to release a child to a person other than the parent.
14. School Trips:
Part of the School curriculum will include physical activities such as bowling, or tubing and Out of School trips. Parents are responsible for paying for and assisting with the School trips.
The trips are planned according to the need of the curriculum. The cost is distributed equally amongst the students. It is compulsory for the parents to pay their share of the trip charges even if there child is unable to go for the trip.
15. Graduation, Eid Parties, End of Term Parties, Etc.
Parents interested in these functions are requested to give their names to the Principal so that a Parent Committee can be formed. The Parent Committee will be responsible for organizing, preparing, assisting, and cleaning up after thesefunctions.TheSchoolAdministration will assist, but can no longer perform all these tasks due to health reasons.
16. Clothing Required:
The following are required for every child in the School:
- ·School Uniform.
- ·Plain sweater without any pictures and messages.
- ·Indoor shoes and outdoor shoes/boots. (Running shoes)
- ·Suitable clothing for outdoor play in all seasons.
- ·Change of clothing for Kindergarten children
17. Blanket for JK/SK:
Junior and Senior Kindergarten children have a nap each day.They will need to bring a blanket to school to use during the week.It should be taken home on Fridays to be laundered.
18. Lunches and Snacks:
The children will have a morning and an afternoon snack break and one lunch period during the day. All children are required to bring nutritious snacks and lunches to school complete with spoons or forks if required. No gum, candies, chips, chocolate bars, pop, etc. are allowed.
Parents are encouraged to put the lunch in thermoses if they wish to have a warm meal for their child. Teachers are not allowed to warm up food for the children.
Parents are reminded that since the children are small, they cannot eat large quantities of food at one time. They also cannot eat large burgers or buns. Food should be in small manageable sizes. The teachers will encourage the child to eat, but will not feed the child.
19. PEANUT AND NUT ALLERGY ALERT
There are students in the School with known severe peanut and nut allergies. This is called anaphylaxis and it can be life threatening. Therefore, the School is a NUT FREE AREA (That means peanuts as well as tree nuts are not to be brought to School.)
If a child eats nuts before coming to School, the child must brush his/her teeth and wash his/her hands. Even the smell of peanuts on the breath can be lethal to a child with nut allergies.
20. Transportation:
The most cost effective method for parents is to transport their children by themselves or through a car pool. The School will try to help you in this endeavour.
21. INCLEMENT WEATHER:
During the winter months, inclement weather may cause the disruption of bus transportation and regular school operations. A decision to cancel school transportation and/or to close schools has been tied to the PEEL REGION SCHOOLS.
If the school transportation in Peel Region has been cancelled, then the same will be cancelled forAl-ImanSchool.
If the schools in Peel Region have been closed thenAl-ImanSchoolwill also be closed.
The decision to CANCEL transportation or CLOSE schools is usually made by 6 a.m. Call 905-890-1010 for a recorded message.
One of the following messages will be broadcast:
Buses are cancelled. This message means that schools remain open for students – but transportation services provided by the Peel District School Board are cancelled for the area(s) affected.
The schools are closed. This message means that, due to bad weather conditions, schools are closed to students.
All schools and Peel board facilities are closed. This message means that, due to the severity of the weather conditions, schools and board offices are closed to students and staff.
The cancellation of bus service or the closure of Al-Iman School will also be posted on the School’s web site.