Message from the Principal
As the principal at Kindi Academy, I have several main goals for the school and our faculty, staff, and students. The first goal is to continue to provide a challenging curriculum and maintain high expectations for our entire Kindi family. Students should be challenged and held accountable to master the necessary skills to not only do well in their classes and excel academically, but, through their experience at Kindi, to always be prepared socially and emotionally for the next level. For our school to be successful, we need to provide the proper environment where these educational experiences can take place. This includes having the skilled and caring adults to guide the students through the process and to act not only as teachers, but as models and mentors who provide a safe environment for them to succeed, or a safe haven for them to fail if they must to learn from those failures to eventually achieve their successes.
My second goal would be to develop successful lifelong learners. Education should be experiencing the love of life through math, language arts, Social Studies or any other subject, or all of them. We want students to move up each year “learning how to learn” and then how to utilize what was learned to have a life that is richer and more diverse than it would be without that education.
The last and most important goal is to create a safe learning environment for all who come to our school; students, staff and guests. Students and staff deserve a school and work environment where they feel safe and respected. I am confident that all of our students can be successful if they come prepared for school, work hard in the classroom with their teachers to achieve academic mastery, and get involved in their school community.
I am looking forward to ending the 2018-19 school year on a strong note. If you are a prospective family interested in joining us here at Kindi Academy, please explore our website and contact us with any questions or if you would like to inquire about joining our school we would love to meet with you and take you on a tour of our campus.
Sincerely,
Rania Sadeq, Ed.D
Kindi Academy - Principal
My second goal would be to develop successful lifelong learners. Education should be experiencing the love of life through math, language arts, Social Studies or any other subject, or all of them. We want students to move up each year “learning how to learn” and then how to utilize what was learned to have a life that is richer and more diverse than it would be without that education.
The last and most important goal is to create a safe learning environment for all who come to our school; students, staff and guests. Students and staff deserve a school and work environment where they feel safe and respected. I am confident that all of our students can be successful if they come prepared for school, work hard in the classroom with their teachers to achieve academic mastery, and get involved in their school community.
I am looking forward to ending the 2018-19 school year on a strong note. If you are a prospective family interested in joining us here at Kindi Academy, please explore our website and contact us with any questions or if you would like to inquire about joining our school we would love to meet with you and take you on a tour of our campus.
Sincerely,
Rania Sadeq, Ed.D
Kindi Academy - Principal
News from our 3-6 Class
“A child, more than anyone else, is a spontaneous observer of nature,” Maria Montessori.
We would like to let the children enjoy the outdoor environment as the weather warms up. Spring is a beautiful time for nature walks and being outside. Children take interest in watching trees grow leaves, flowers blooming, creepy crawlies just passing by and listening to birds chirping. As children experience nature, they also become aware of the world around them.
In the month of April, we celebrate Earth Day and as children connect to nature, they learn to take care of the Earth.
In classroom, we will talk about bugs and insects. We will introduce the life cycle of different animals.
We will also be looking at different flowers. We will revisit the parts of the trees and work on parts of the flower.
We continue to master many math and language skills as we approach the end of the year.
We would like to thank all the parents for attending parent night. The children do feel special to show the works they enjoy in the class. The kindergarten children enjoyed presenting their work on continents to their parents.
We would like to let the children enjoy the outdoor environment as the weather warms up. Spring is a beautiful time for nature walks and being outside. Children take interest in watching trees grow leaves, flowers blooming, creepy crawlies just passing by and listening to birds chirping. As children experience nature, they also become aware of the world around them.
In the month of April, we celebrate Earth Day and as children connect to nature, they learn to take care of the Earth.
In classroom, we will talk about bugs and insects. We will introduce the life cycle of different animals.
We will also be looking at different flowers. We will revisit the parts of the trees and work on parts of the flower.
We continue to master many math and language skills as we approach the end of the year.
We would like to thank all the parents for attending parent night. The children do feel special to show the works they enjoy in the class. The kindergarten children enjoyed presenting their work on continents to their parents.
Updates from Our 6-9 Classroom
We hope everyone had a relaxing Spring Break. During April and May we will be busy presenting lots of materials (new concepts). Please avoid vacations during this time. Your children have accomplished beyond our expectations. Let’s keep up this momentum for the next two months of school.
The First year students will continue working on the United States of America (practicing the fifty states) in history and geography. In zoology, the students will study parts of a mammal and life cycles of different animals. In math, the students will practice telling time, golden beads multiplication and division, and fractions. In language, the students will work on adjective study and chapter books.
The Second year students in math will continue working on fractions, types of angles, checkerboard: three digit multiplication, and stamp game division: three digit divisor. In zoology, the students will work on invertebrate animal study and different types of vertebrates. In language, the students will work on sentence analysis, grammar study, different verbs, and chapter books.
The Third graders will take the IOWA Test on April 22, 23 and 24th. We will do two weeks of intense test practice prior to the test starting on April 8th. Please make sure your children sleep well and eat a healthy breakfast for those three weeks. Their psychological and physical well-being is very important during that time. Please make sure your children will not miss any practice time.
Along with test practice, the third year students will work on the history of the United States of America, practice all fifty states and their capitals, Government of U.S.A., Systems of the Human Body, Periodic Table, and Parts of an Atom.
Updates from upper Upper elementary classroom
March was a flurry of letter writing! We crafted mailboxes that now reside in the Lower El classroom, in the Middle School, and in our room. Students have been writing to our pen pals within the school, sharing what it´s like to move into the 4/5 classroom and beyond. Also, letters from our international pen pals have begun to arrive, creating a lot of excitement! We have so far received letters from Australia and Switzerland!
April is poetry month, and we have been listening to, reading, and writing poems. Our novel, The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary by Laura Shovan, is written as a classroom journal of poems. There are 18 students in the story - just like our class! We´re enjoying reading the poem entries, learning about what´s happening at Emerson Elementary while we practice with different styles of poems.
April is poetry month, and we have been listening to, reading, and writing poems. Our novel, The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary by Laura Shovan, is written as a classroom journal of poems. There are 18 students in the story - just like our class! We´re enjoying reading the poem entries, learning about what´s happening at Emerson Elementary while we practice with different styles of poems.
Happenings in the Science Room
The 8th graders were working on creating the different stages of meiosis.
News from our Middle School
The 8th graders are in the middle of preparing radio/tv broadcasts about the five different communities involved in the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court case. The students will research information and record or perform a radio or tv broadcast and will be assessed on whether they shared enough pertinent information regarding their assigned community and the group’s ability to make it look/sound like a radio or tv broadcast.
The 7th graders are presenting group PowerPoint presentations on the countries in North Africa. As we shifted back to the Human Geography curriculum after we completed Black History Month and our Rosa Parks exploration, the students also created maps and gained background infomation on the region known as North Africa. Now, they are presenting their slides and teaching the rest of the students about their assigned country within the region.
The 6th graders finished up their Black History Month research projects and presentations and have shifted back into the study of Ancient Greece. We have looked at what we may already know about Ancient Greece and are now adding to our knowledge and understanding of the development of this civilization. The students have created maps and looked at how the geography directly impacted the development of Ancient Greece and what sort of global impact Greece has had throughout history.
Middle School English:
Students will be reading The Alchemist in 7th and 8th grade.
“Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories can, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, above all, following our dreams.”
Students in 6th and 7th grade will pair poetry with our novel Brown Girl Dreaming for the national poetry month of April. Students are working on writing their own free verse poems about memories from their childhood.
All students are working on a final project in English, which includes murals, paintings, diaries, poems, skits, theater, videos, and many others. They will take the rest of the year to work on these final projects.
In addition to all students writing poems, we will also explore flash fiction, composing fictional snapshots in only 1-2 pages. Students will also work on revising their work, peer editing, and reading their pieces out loud.
We continue with our study of language through weekly sentence breakdown activities and paragraph edits.
The 7th graders are presenting group PowerPoint presentations on the countries in North Africa. As we shifted back to the Human Geography curriculum after we completed Black History Month and our Rosa Parks exploration, the students also created maps and gained background infomation on the region known as North Africa. Now, they are presenting their slides and teaching the rest of the students about their assigned country within the region.
The 6th graders finished up their Black History Month research projects and presentations and have shifted back into the study of Ancient Greece. We have looked at what we may already know about Ancient Greece and are now adding to our knowledge and understanding of the development of this civilization. The students have created maps and looked at how the geography directly impacted the development of Ancient Greece and what sort of global impact Greece has had throughout history.
Middle School English:
Students will be reading The Alchemist in 7th and 8th grade.
“Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories can, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, above all, following our dreams.”
Students in 6th and 7th grade will pair poetry with our novel Brown Girl Dreaming for the national poetry month of April. Students are working on writing their own free verse poems about memories from their childhood.
All students are working on a final project in English, which includes murals, paintings, diaries, poems, skits, theater, videos, and many others. They will take the rest of the year to work on these final projects.
In addition to all students writing poems, we will also explore flash fiction, composing fictional snapshots in only 1-2 pages. Students will also work on revising their work, peer editing, and reading their pieces out loud.
We continue with our study of language through weekly sentence breakdown activities and paragraph edits.
Spanish Art Class!
Some Pictures from Our Art Class!
Updates from our Arabic Room
We in KIndi believe that teaching languages is best achieved through hands on activities, games are one of those methods.
Memory cards and the famous board game the chute and ladder, was used in our 8th graders Arabic for memorizing the irregular plural of words.
The Arabic department continues to find ways to make learning a language exciting and meaningful.
Memory cards and the famous board game the chute and ladder, was used in our 8th graders Arabic for memorizing the irregular plural of words.
The Arabic department continues to find ways to make learning a language exciting and meaningful.