Welcome to Al-Qalam Academy
Announcements
The first Parent Teacher Conference (PTC) will be held on Monday, November 3rd 2008. This is a good opportunity for the parents to meet the staff of Al Qalam. We hope you will take advantage of it.
Reminder: There will be no school for the students on this day.
Open House Week - August 25th - 29th 2008
On behalf of the administration, staff and board members of Al-Qalam Academy we would like to thank you all for attending our annual graduation ceremony. The success of Al-Qalam goes to the hard work and dedication of teachers, students, and most importantly loving and caring parents. I would Insha'Allah just like to inform everyone that report cards were mailed last week. Alhumdulillah registration for the upcoming 2008-2009 is open. Please mail or drop off all registration paper work to the front office, so Insha'Allah we can start mailing you important calendars and schedules for the upcoming year. Our Open House Week will be from August 25th -29th 2008. We strongly encourage you to attend our Open House, this will give you an opportunity to get more information and meet your child’s teachers before school starts. Insha'Allah the staff and administration is excited to meet all our previous students and their parents during the summer and we welcome all of the new upcoming students and parents to our Al-Qalam family.
Thursday,
June 5th, 2008
Finals Week -
June 16-20th, 2008
Please note that classes will dismiss early (1pm) during exam week. Study Hard and Insha'Allah best of luck on your exams!
Thursday,
June 5th, 2008
Graduation
Ceremony 2008 -
June 13th, 2008
Reminder:
Please mark your calendar for the annual Al-Qalam Academy graduation ceremony which will be held on June 13th, 2008 from 5-7:30pm at Comfort Inn (6560 Loisdale Court, 22150)
Tuesday,
May 27th, 2008
Field Day 2008 -
May 30th, 2008
Insha'Allah we are planning to take grades 8-12 to Burke Lake Park for field day. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Field day shirts available for $10 ea. Please contact office to get yours!
Monday,
April 21st, 2008
Annual Community Bazaar
- May 10th, 2008
Al-Qalam, Iqra and Al-Qiblah schools would like to invite you to our Annual Community Bazaar which will be held on May 10th, 2008 from 11am-5pm. In case of rain the event will be rescheduled for the following week (May 17th, 2008). (See flyer here)
Monday,
April 21st, 2008
Successful Parent Teacher Conference
- April 7th, 2008
The school teachers and administration would like to thank all the parents who took the time out to attend PTC. Jazak'Allah Khair for your continued support and concern for the students!
Monday,
March 10th, 2008
Parent Teacher Conference
- April 7th, 2008
Monday,
March 10th, 2008
Quran Competition -
March 25th, 2008
Monday,
March 10th, 2008
Spring Break -
March 17th-21st,
2008
Friday,
March 7th, 2008
School Calendar
School calendar for year 2007-2008 had been posted here. Please refer to it for Semester breaks, Exam weeks and Parent teacher conferences. Jazak'Allah Khair
Tuesday,
February 26, 2008
Regarding School Closing due to Inclement
Weather
Please check NBC4 to see if the school is closed or opening late due to inclement weather. Alternatively you can also use this link or call Al-Qalam Academy at (703) 924-6000 or (703) 922-5001.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Exam Week - Monday, June 18 - 22, 2007
Al-Qalam Academy hours are from 8:00 am - 1:00 pm for this week.
Students, please be reminded to clean out your lockers and to return all textbooks to your teachers.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Graduation
Ceremony 2007
Al-Qalam Academy cordially invite the community to our Graduation Ceremony.
June 14th, 2006 from 5-8pm at Comfort Inn (6560 Loisdale Court, 22150)
Field Day 2007 - "Feel the Love"
Monday,
April 23, 2007
Al-Qalam Academy Spring Formal 2007, A
Success!
Al-Qalam Academy had its first ever Spring Formal on Friday, April 20th, 2007.
Alhamdulillah, it was a success and we had over 80 attendees at the event.
One of the purpose of the event was to promote bonds of sisterhood among our students and more importantly to make available a venue where our girls are given the opportunity to dress up, socialize and have fun in a halal environment.
We hope that we will have another opportunity to host such an event next year, insha'Allah.
Congratulations Team Al-Qalam @ M.I.S.T!
Over the weekend of March 30th - April 1st, 12 of our very own Al-Qalam students and 3 coaches made their way the University of Maryland @ College Park, MD to participate in the D.C. Muslim Inter-Scholastic Tournament.
MIST is a fun, educational, interactive program of competitions and workshops geared towards bringing high school students together from around the nation to develop leadership, communication, and other creative skills in order to develop a strong identity.
Alhamdulillah, we are happy to announce that Salwa Al-Husseini of 7th grade won 1st Place in the Tajweed Competition. Insha'Allah she will be participating in the National MIST Tournament that will be held in Washingtion, D.C. in the next coming months.
The rest of the team members worked hard in putting together their group work as well as individual tasks.
Insha'Allah, we hope to send more of our students to the MIST competitions next year and would appreciate it if our parents would support us in this endeavor.
Jazzak Allahu Khairan.
Visit http://www.dcmist.com to learn more
about MIST.
Monday, March 26th, 2007
Al-Qalam Community Night '07 A Success!
Alhamdulillah, this year's Community Night was a success. Al-Qalam Academy would like to give thanks to all those who took the time out to attend this event. A big thank you to our guest speakers, Brother Kamal El-Mekki and Brother AbdulRahman Chao. We know that without your help, this event would not have been a success. We would also like to thank our staff and our students who worked hard in putting this event together.
We pray that we will have the opportunity to come together again next year for yet another successful community night.
We hope to see you at our upcoming Community Bazaar on Saturday, May 5th, 2007.
Al-Qalam Academy Fundraising Iftaar 2006 a success!
Jazzak Allahu Khairan. May Allah reward all those who came out and support our event.
Principal's Remarks
Sister Zarmina Hotaki
This year our Ramadan
fundraiser was a success Alhumdulillah. We would like to thank the speakers,
volunteers and faculty for their dedication and hard work. We ended the
fundraiser with a final count of $50,000. InshaAllah we will use this money to
invest in new books and curriculum for classes, our science lab and inshaAllah
our Islamic Studies department. The staff of
Al-Qalam Academy would like to offer a special thanks to the guests who came out
to support our event and our school.
We understand that without
dedicated individuals like you, Islamic Schools cannot and will not be
successful. We must all understand that these Muslim children are our trusts and
we owe them an environment to grow and strengthen their deen. Allah (SWT) says:
Certainly successful are the
believers …they who to their trusts and their promises are attentive / And they
who carefully maintain their payers – those are the inheritors / Who will
inherit al-Firdaus wherein they will abide eternally.
May Allah make us from those who are
attentive to our trusts and promises so we can be successful.
