Safwan Samsudeen - Al Qamar's latest Asset Talent Scholar

Safwan Samsudeen, Grade 5, of Al Qamar Academy, has been awarded the title of an Asset Talent Scholar.

Students scoring in the top 5 percentile in the prestigious Asset Talent Search exam are given this recognition. Safwan's performance placed him above 1,42,000 students in grades 5-7 in India & Middle East who took the exam.

The performance makes Safwan eligible for summer programs in top American colleges like Northwestern, University of California, Berkeley, Purdue and others as well as the Asset Summer Program in India.

MashaAllah he is the 5th student from Al Qamar to be awarded this recognition. Alhamdulillah, Al Qamar has had an Asset Talent Scholar consistently for the past 5 years.

All praise is to Allah SWT.

Al Qamar writes for Nanowrimo!

For the 5th year running, Al Qamar students participated in Nanowrimo. This year 51 students signed up to write a novel in just 30 days! MashaAllah, a collective 94000 words were written with stories
ranging from whacky space adventures, a nostalgic reminiscence, a horror story and many others - all testifying to the innate creativity and originality of Al Qamar kids. 

Country research presentations by Upper Elementary

Upper Elementary students at All Qamar Academy presented fantastic country research projects last Wednesday.

Featured countries included Spain, Japan, Iran, Argentina, Mexico, Kenya and Australia.

Children researched and presented the geographical features,  political set up, history,  food, dress, and many interesting facts about their country. Several students dressed up in the national attire - we met a Japanese doll, a matador, a Maori, a Kenyan lady, an Argentine gaucho, and an Iranian gentleman. Students  greeted "visitors" with sentences spoken in Swahili, Japanese and Spanish. We relished the green tea and the Argentine chimichurri sauce.

The highlight was the bullfight - one kid was the Matador and another was the bull. The team sold tickets in Euros - and other country nationals had to convert their own (fake)  currency to purchase tickets to the show.

Absolutely fantastic work by the kids!! They totally rock!