Mrs. Wedad's Message 

 A big thank you to those parents who were able to attend Mrs Heba's Parent Association meeting Friday. 

I  want to remind everyone of our upcoming Parent-teacher conferences held on March 24th and 25th. Your teacher will be sending direct communication on arranging to meet with them. We encourage all parents to attend.

Grade 8 High School Assemblies will be hosted this week to introduce students to Ignite High School and what they can expect inclusive of course options, Career and College Counseling and much more. Following the student assemblies, we will be hosting parent workshops introducing the High School, too, on March 22nd and 24th. American High Schools are about the voice and choice of students along with guidance all throughout their four years to best prepare them for college or career after High School.

We continue with MAP testing this week and wish the students well. Reminder to ensure they are rested and start their day with a healthy breakfast. The next two weeks before we have Spring Break are full of educational activities, field trips and events for our Ignite families. I look forward to seeing everyone on campus over the next few weeks.

The school will be open March 13th from 9 - 11 am for parents to come re-register their students in person. We will also be hosting an Open Day for prospective families. Don't forget to place your referrals in the link below.

PARENT ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED!

March 22 - 8:30 - 1:00pm

Parents who are able and willing to help would have the following responsibilities:

• Monitor the “color pavilion” for a certain team.

• This will be a shaded area where students can come to get water and snacks, get their team swag and hang out together as a team.

• There will be no need to set up anything – the PE teachers will handle this.

• At 1:00, volunteers could help take down stations and pavilions, but not required.

We would LOVE your help! If you are available to support us on this day, please let us know as soon as possible. We will let you know exactly which “color” team you will be at so that you can dress in that color and join in on the fun!  Reach out to @Kerry O'Brien if you are available to assist us.

Tuesday, March 22

 KG1-G1 Sports Day 8:30-10:00 am

Students will join in a variety of sports stations.  They will learn new skills, practice already learned skills, and have a great time participating in sports!

G2-4 Sports Day "Color Wars" 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Students working in pairs will join a variety of sports stations. Each pair will be assigned a team color and compete in events earning points for each event. Color teams will be awarded ribbons for 1^st-6^th place.

Wednesday, March 23

G5-8 Sports Day "Color Wars" 8:30 am - 11:30 am

Students will be assigned a team color and compete in a variety of sporting events, earning points for their team based on how they place in each event. Color teams will be awarded ribbons for 1^st-6^th place.

The first week brought about some fresh changes, particularly in our Middle School. I’m happy to announce the names of our newly elected student officials.

These fortunate and well-deserving students successfully ran for elections in their homerooms and have now been recognized as our new crop of leaders. All students got a taste of representative democracy and our new class of student leaders has already begun receiving leadership development training from myself and Ms. Mayra.                      

In next week’s edition, I will announce our Elementary Division Student Council.

One of the skills our young leaders will begin to develop is the ability to debate an issue or topic; in other words to inform and persuade an audience of their peers about the validity of their opinions. Fortunately, some of our students have already begun training in this key life skill in their classes. See the included sample of wonderful pictures from Ms. Jasha's 5th Grade classes!

As you know our Winter MAP testing has begun and we are expecting good progress! Does your child know their MAP testing goals? If not, they need to ask their homeroom teachers!

Another exciting event concerns our 8th graders who have started to hear more about what next year will look like in their first year of high school!

We are so excited to finally begin discussing this next chapter of Ignite’s development and we are looking forward to sharing it with the parents of our incoming freshman class at two upcoming events:

Tuesday, March 22nd, 11:00 am-12:00 pm in the Multi-Purpose Room

Thursday, March 24th, 2:00-3:00 pm in the Multi-Purpose Room

A third session to be held upon our return from Spring Break will be announced shortly.

Parental Involvement

Following our 6-point parental involvement program mentioned in the past few newsletters, a third main way that we work with parents is called

Volunteering. There are many ways we recruit and organize parent support: One way is by eliciting your support through providing your opinion and preferences by completing our various surveys. We sincerely appreciate the time you take to complete these surveys.

Spring Break Camp

For Ignite Students, friends and family!

Gulf Star is excited to announce that we are teaming up with Ignite School to deliver an action-packed Spring Camp this March.

The Camp will start on the 28th of March and will run for two weeks until the 8th of April. The Camp will run from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm. Drop off will be between 8:30 am and 9:00 am and pick up will be between 1:45 pm and 2:00 pm. All additional information can be found in the Info Pack attached.

We will be adhering to strict COVID-19 protocols and ensuring that all our activities are run safely.

To make your bookings please click the below links to log in and secure your spot.

All children will participate in 4 activities across the
day and activities will vary dependent on the
“theme of the week.”

There will be a range of activities on offer. In a typical day, you can expect your child to have at least two sports-based sessions, one `calming creative’ i.e. art and one `active creative’ i.e. dance or martial arts.

Activities on offer include:
football, dodge ball, gymnastics, martial arts, swimming, racquet sports, basketball, cricket, rugby, handball, gardening, performing arts (all kinds of dancing including hip hop for boys and girls), drama, and art. We also run team-building activities throughout the week.

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