NJ Maarif School

Bu yazıyı sadece bir Maarif çalışanı olarak değil içinde bulunmaktan onur, gurur ve mutluluk duyduğum Maarif ailesinin bir üyesi olarak yazmak istedim. Sevgili müdüremizi daha önce dost meclislerinde tanımıştım. Onun Maarif School’un müdüresi olduğunu öğrendiğimde çocuklarımı bu okula gönderme konusunda hiç tereddüt yaşamadım çünkü onun bu işi layıkıyla yapacağına hiç şüphem yoktu. Sonrasında Sr. Pam’i ve diğer eğitim kadrosunu tanıdıkça ne kadar isabetli bir karar aldığımıza şükrettim. İçinde bulunduğumuz bu zor şartlar altında göstermiş oldukları basiret taktire şayan. Bu takımın içinde yer almaktan duyduğum gururu anlatacak kelime bulmakta zorlanıyorum. Allah hepinizden razı olsun. Translation: I wanted to write this blog post not only as a Maarif employee, but also as a proud and happy member of the Maarif family. I had met Sr. Ozlem in our community. When I found out she was the principal of Maarif School, I had no hesitation in sending my children to this school because I had ...

What does online school look like for me? - Online schooling looks like dedicating one subject to each day of the week. - Online schooling looks like sending out 3 reminders a day for work that is due via three different modes of communication (i.e. Google Classroom posts, emails, and direct messages) - Online schooling looks walking away from my computer for 10 minutes and coming back to 11 more emails. - Online schooling looks like 5 of those 11 emails being just about how to use a computer, rather than what the actual assignment is asking. - Online schooling looks like spending hours recording my lessons as videos to send to the kids. - Online schooling looks like spending more hours of lesson planning just looking for different videos and apps I can use to make learning more enjoyable. - Online schooling looks like Live Sessions with the entire class as well as additional one on one time with each student who needs help. I’m sure by now, many of y...

        Dear respected Maarif parents and families, We pray that this post finds you and your dear ones well and safe.  While the covid19 crisis is developing rapidly and the statistics can be daunting, we wanted to take a moment to assess where we are as a community two weeks into our online learning. First, we would like to thank both our students and their families for taking on the challenge of online learning. Our teachers have worked hard to bring education to all our students and the parents have played an integral part in motivating their kids and keeping them on track, Masha’Allah. Three weeks ago, none of us could have imagined that we would need to take these steps or that there would be no clear end date. We also realize that the stress can be enormous. All of the children are at home, spouses may be working from home, finances may be strained. Keeping our children and ourselves healthy and safe in itself is a tremendo...