Eye-Opening Learning Experience

Grade 4 Field Trip

Some people think learning is boring, and I agree. But in Scitech, they make learning exciting. Let me introduce you to my amazing experience during my field trip to Scitech. I think the teachers made a fantastic choice in Scitech for the field trip, because this is where we learn and have fun at the same time. Isn’t that awesome?!

First, we went to the science rooms, everything there was interesting, but what I liked most was the earth quake house. Its a room that looks like a house on the outside and you go inside and somebody from the outside has to press a green button constantly, & the house shakes! Its really fun. At the same time, it set us thinking about how people might be surviving and managing an earthquake experience. See how that’s learning the experience of an earthquake and having fun at the same time? Another example of this is the tornado room. The tornado room is a tube that fits one person, and you experience the tornado. See? education and entertainment!

Last, we come to the cinema, the best part in all of Scitech. I know your thinking, “Yeah, whatever, we’ve all been to cinemas before”, but hold your horses, the Scitech cinema is no ordinary cinema, NO WAY. The Scitech cinema is the best cinema in the history of the world. When we first got out of the bus, we were puzzled by the way the top of the building looked, there was a giant dome on the roof of scitech, like the ones in mosques, but when we entered the cinema, that answered all our questions. The inside of the gigantic dome was actually the screen of the cinema, so its 3D without glasses! I loved when the sharks popped up in the screen and we jumped with fear.

Because of all the running, jumping & all the excitement, we started to get hungry. We voted on KFC and McDonald’s, and McDonald’s got the most votes, so we enjoyed the burger goodness. I thought we were going to make a mess, but we didn’t, well… some of them did, but we cleaned it up. We got tired and it was time to go back to school. I always love the bus rides, they’re the most fun. We played, sang songs, ate candy, and it was really fun. We reached school and we had a full hour left, so we decided to watch a movie. We finished the movie exactly three minutes before it was 2 o’clock, so we had time to pack up. We went home, and that was the best experience in my life. You should go to Scitech too, believe me! But in our school, its a hundred times better, so go ahead and join our school, its not like any other.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              GO LEOPARDS!

– Amnah Aldabbagh, Grade 4B

(Reviewed by Ms. S. Ashraf, LA Teacher, Grade 4)

Arabic Language Day

A Common Language Takes Over

To celebrate language is to celebrate origin. And sometimes language is more than just words, it is meanings. That is why, in celebration of the factor that units all Arab countries of the Middle East, Arabic Language Day is annually held. On the 18th of December, students of Grade 1 and 2, supervised by our two beloved Arabic teachers: Hana Alkhayalli and Mai Hajjan, have come together to celebrate this notable day. To showcase its significance, students roamed around the school campus, telling everyone how proud they are of being Arab. They sung a beautiful song along with wearing simple crowns holding the letter ض, the most important letter in the Arabic language. At the end of the day, they signed their Arabic names on a board holding the phrase “our language is our identity”.They were joined by our Principal Mr. John Rutten, who engaged in the spirit by signing his name in Arabic aswell. Though their day might’ve been over, their celebration will never cease, for their young hearts are proud to showcase what their tongue speaks.

 – Mrs. Safaa Ebrahim

Edited and Reviewed by Mohammed Al-Bakshy (Copy Editor) and Noor Ra’fat (Layout Editor)

A Festival of Fall Color

Thank you all for making the Fall Festival a truly fun filled and eventful day. We’d like to thank from the bottom of our heart all the teachers, teacher assistants, volunteers and the support staff for making it happen.

 Thank you Mrs. Mathew for your guidance and continued support. We would like to acknowledge all the Fall Committee members for their cooperation, dedication, and tireless efforts.Thank you Lona, Doreen, Linda, Antonette, Usha, Neelam, Marian, Anandhi, Inba and Fely.

A special thanks to Huda and Geetha, Aarthi and her team of teacher assistants and volunteers, the fund-raising committee, Ravi and his team, and the Technology group. Also, a special mention to all the volunteers for games from the High School and the team of High school student Council members.

Big thank you to Jayanthi for updating food orders, Faye and Cristelle for photography, and to all the teachers. We appreciate every person that helped make this event fabulous!

If we didn’t work together like a swarm of bees, we would have never achieved success as sweet as honey. Thanks for an excellent job, Fall Festival Team!