Parent Information Booklet
In this booklet, you will find answers to the most frequently asked questions (FAQ) regarding the policies at IQRA Islamic School.
We are pleased and wish to extend a friendly welcome to our students and parents to Iqra Islamic School. In order to ensure that both you and your child have a joyful, beneficial and satisfying school year, we have prepared this information booklet which we request you to keep and read carefully.
Philosophy
Iqra Islamic School offers the Montessori program which follows the educational method developed by Dr. Maria Montessori. The Montessori philosophy seeks as its goal, an independent, self directed child. Our program fosters the development of responsibility, collaboration, cooperation, and enjoyment of learning. Specially designed Montessori materials are integrated with other developmentally appropriate activities to provide the child with progressive learning in the areas of Practical Life, Sensorial, Mathematics, Language and Cultural activities.
Our program provides total curriculum, which allows for the optimal growth of children in all areas including social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. The children are supported in a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment that promotes self-esteem and emphasizes child-selected and child-directed activities.
- Safe, Nurturing & Stimulating Environment
- Emphasis on Child-Directed Activities
- Social, Eomotional & Cognitive Growth
- Secular & Islamic Curriculum
Attendance & Punctuality
In order to minimize classroom disruptions and to give the student a sense of order and punctuality, it is important for all students to arrive on time for the program that begins at 8:45 am. Children arriving on time are More prepared for the day of learning. A late arrival for class is both disruptive and distracting for the ongoing learning presentations. Children also miss out on the introduction of new topics and materials presented by their teachers.
Arrival & Departure
To ensure your child’s safety upon arrival, please accompany your child to the gym, greeting the teacher on duty. It is advisable to inform the staff of any changes on routine or behaviour that may affect your child’s participation in the program. When picking up your child, please pick them up from the gym. We do not allow children to wait in the hallways.
- Arrive before school starts at 8:45 AM
- Come rested and prepared
- Accompany your child to the gym
- Advise teacher on duty of any special requirements
Releasing Students
When anyone other than the parent/guardian, who ordinarily takes the student home, is asked to pick up a student from the school, the following procedure must be followed:
The teacher must be given a signed letter form the parent/guardian stating the full name and identification of the person, who will be picking up the child. Anything short of this information in the letter will not be acceptable, to ensure the security of your child
Releasing Students (Cont'd)
If it is not possible to get a written letter to us in time, we need a phone call authorizing us to release the student, and the full name of the person and identification number to whom the student may be released. The authorized full name of the person with identification must be on the release form.
Releasing Students (Cont'd)
Parents/guardians are to inform the authorized person picking up their child to have some form of identification with them, as they will be required to show it to the teacher. The identification produced will be compared to the release form, with the name given by the parent either verbally or in writing, and only if it is the same name, will the student be released. In case of any doubt, it is our policy not to release the student and parent/guardian will be called.
Behaviour Management
Children appear to learn best when they are given reasonable limits and freedom to choose. Discipline is planned to assist the child to become self-disciplined through the use of choices and logical consequences. Children are disciplined in a positive manner at a level that is appropriate to their action and their ages. Methods of discipline are discussed at staff meetings and consistent disciplinary measures are agreed upon. Staff and parents/guardians are welcome to exchange ideas during parent teacher interviews when needed.
The school will not permit the following disciplinary methods:
- Corporal punishment
- Derogatory comments
- Confinement in locked form or structured as a form of punishment
- Deprivation of food, clothing or shelter
Ilness Policy
It is in highest interest of your child and the other children at Iqra Islamic School to keep your child at home when he/she is ill.
After a fever, your child’s temperature must be normal Celsius from hours before returning the child to school. Any child with a loose bowel movement may not return to the school until he/she has had a normal stool or no stool for 24 hours.
This usually means an absence of 24 hours. Any child with discharging eyes may not come to school until the eyes have been free of discharge for 24 hours. Any child, who has vomited, may not come to school until he/she has not vomited for 24 hours and taking and retaining a regular diet.
If your child becomes ill at school, and you are called, you are requested to please pick up your child promptly. You will not be called unless your child needs to be at home. [More]
