Forgiveness

لغيظ ظمني ٱ ـ لك

اء وٱ ذ لضذ

اء وٱ ذ لسذ

ين ينفقون ف ٱ لذ

لعافني عن ٱ

وٱ

لنذاس نني ٱ لمحس

ب ٱ ي للذ

)٤٣١ (وٱ

Those who spend (in Allah's Cause) in prosperity and in

adversity, who repress anger, and who pardon men; verily,

Allah loves Al-Muhsinun (the good-doers). (Surah Aal-

Imran, ayah 134)

“Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness

forces you to grow beyond what you are.”

-Cherie Charter-Scott

What is forgiveness? Every person has been wronged by

someone else one time or another in his/her life, whether

the person wronged him accidentally or intentionally. We’ve

all heard the saying ‘forgive and forget’ and we’ve all heard

that instead of holding a grudge and animosity, we should

forgive someone who has done something wrong against

you. But what if you feel that you are justified in your

anger towards the person who wronged you? What if

someone has hurt you so severely (emotionally or

physically) that it is hard to justify forgiving them? It can

be hard to follow the behavior of forgiving other people

that Allah used to describe al-Muhsinun, the doers of

good. The Shaytan will always be trying to make you think

about the satisfaction you will get by getting revenge, and

how you will seem weak if you forgive your opponent. We

must always remember that, after the Prophet (SAW)

liberated Makkah, he gave a general pardon to 10,000

Makkans, many of which who had persecuted his followers

and tried to spread falsehood and lies about him and his

teachings for the past 20 years. May Allah help us become

forgiving people and guide us to the straight path. Ameen!

The Student Council presents

The Buzz! ISSD Newsletter

Humans of ISSD

The Student Council will be starting

a new project named, “Humans of

ISSD.” This project is based on the

project known as Humans of New

York. Every month, the Student

Council will select a student from

each class to interview and learn

more about. Their stories will be

typed up alongside a picture of

them, which will be posted on our

Student Council wall in front of the

middle school campus. The purpose

of this project is to get to know

students at school better and to

foster new friendships. We will be

starting this project in April, after

Spring Break, Inshallah.

Debate Club

The Student Council will be starting a new

Debate Club, Inshallah. The main goal of

this club is to provide a training platform

for the development of students'

communicative abilities, critical thinking

skills, and teamwork collaboration. Students

will have the opportunity to practice and

share their skill development. If you are

interested, please email the Student Council

by

March 30:

issdstudentcouncil101@gmail.com

Objectives of the club:

To promote school and community relations

through participation in an intellectual

activity.

To meet and interact with students from

other schools in the context of a social and

intellectual activity.

To realize the simultaneous opportunities for

leadership and group participation.

To understand and communicate various

forms of argument effectively in a variety of

contexts.

To develop the ability to analyze

controversies, select & evaluate evidence,

and construct & refute arguments.

We are so happy to announce that the

Debate Club coach will be

Ms. Neveen Alayian

First meeting will be April 7

Arabic Day

On Saturday. March 18th the class of

Arabic 5/6 was lucky enough to be able to

attend a fun event called Kaleidoscope of the

Arab World that displayed Arab culture and

foods. The students preformed a play based off

an Arabic T.V show called “Ali Baba”. They also

watched a presentation that displayed some

Arabic dances, songs, and poetry. The class was

also able to enjoy some delicious Arab foods

such as shawarma and more. The day was an

amazing one and a true eye opener to what the

Arab culture is like.

Career Fair We are pleased to announce that we will

be holding a career fair on Wednesday,

April 19. We encourage students to come

dressed up as their favorite professional

representing their favorite career. We

will be having numerous activities

including, but not limited to:

Guest Speakers

Job Booths

Create Your Own Resume

Career Show-and-Tell (displaying

your career and why you like it)

Career Parade

Robotics Club

Since its inception in 2010, the ISSD Robotics Club

partakes in two competitions at the regional and

international levels; FLL (First Lego League, 32,000

teams from around the world) and Botball (90% of the

teams are high school teams). Teams train during

study hall time and after school. Students are judged

on core values, robot performance, research/solution

involving a real-world problem, and an oral

presentation. The purpose of the club is to stimulate

and encourage students to pursue their interest

in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

MashAllah, The FLL season is over this month and we

are so proud to share our results with you:

First Place in innovative solution to animals'

problems out of 33 teams at the Anaheim FLL

Qualifying tournament.

Judges' Trophy for outstanding team

performance at the Anaheim FLL Qualifying

tournament.

First Place in Robot Performance out of 40

teams at the FLL tournament at Legoland.

First Place in Core Values out of 40 teams at

the FLL tournament at Legoland.

Fifth Place Robot Performance out of 66 teams

in the FLL Cup at Legoland.

Second Place in Core Values out of 66 teams in

the FLL Cup at Legoland

Engineering Olympics

The Student Council of ISSD will be

hosting the Engineering Olympics on

May 3. The purpose of this event is to

engage our young generation to seek

interest in the field of Science, ,

Technology, Engineering and Math.

Students can form teams of up to 4

members. All of the designing and

building will occur before the day of

the competition at home. Details about

the Olympics events and rules will be

sent in a different email this week,

InshaAllah.

Spirit Day

International day

March 22nd will be our next spirit

day. We encourage all students to

participate by wearing their

traditional cloth.

Interfaith workshop

7th and 8th grade students are invited to

attend the interfaith workshop held on

March 24 after school.

Speaker: Sr. Rebecca Darif

Place: Library

Science Fair

MashaAllah, 26 of our 7th and 8th grade students

participated in the Greater San Diego Science and

Engineering Fair.

Students who participate in the Science Fair

develop skills in the following areas:

Scientific investigation: develop an idea,

plan an experiment, and conduct an

experiment

Project management: manage a project and

meet deadlines

Scientific analysis: keep a logbook, analyze

data, create a chart or graph

Communication: write results, create a

presentation board, present and discuss

results

Our students presented their projects to the fair

judges on March 14

Please check results on the last page.

Congratulations also to Ms. Arwa for her award at

the science fair award ceremony

The Student Council encourages all students to be leaders. We believe all students should have the opportunity to have a say in what goes on around the school. We want all students to contribute by giving us ideas for more events or activities for the school. Ideas that we choose to do will be led by the student who came up with the idea, but the Student Council will be supervising and offering assistance. We also encourage students to contribute to the newsletter so we can have a variety of texts.

Jazak’Allahu Khairan,

Student Council

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Upcoming Events: Spirit Day, March 22

End of the quarter, March 24

Interfaith workshop for Middle school students, March 24

Spring break, March 27th-31st

Debate Club First meeting, April 7

Parent-Teacher Conferences: April 12-13-Short Days

Career Fair, April 19

Engineering Olympiad May 3

Science Fair Results

First Place Winners

Name Category Special Awards and Advancements Omar Eldegwy Chemistry Advanced to State Fair

Qualified for Broadcom

Ashhal Usmani Behavioral Science

Reem Awad Chemistry Advanced to State Fair

Qualified for Broadcom

Elina Omran Consumer and product

testing

Alternate List to State Fair

Association for Women in Science award

Sadaf Chougle Environmental

Ziyad Soliman Computer Science Advanced to State Fair

Qualified for Broadcom

Red Special Award

Yusuf Usman Physics Advanced to State Fair

Qualified for Broadcom

Yusuf Amanullah Electrical Engineering Advanced to State Fair

Qualified for Broadcom

Water Reuse association award

Izzah Kamran Energy Engineering Advanced to State Fair

Qualified for Broadcom

March for Science award

The Scientific Research Honor Society award

Fatimah Siddiqah Consumer and product

testing

Alternate List to State Fair

Association for Women in Science award

Nadia Salah Behavioral Engineering Advanced to State Fair

Qualified for Broadcom

Hillcrest Mission Valley Lions Club award

Association for Women in Science award

San Diego Psychological Association

Suha Memon Computer science Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Associations award and advancement

Ayoob Al-Delaimy Computer science

Nadeen Morsi Material Engineering

Hamza Dehaini Engineering

Ro'aa AlKhawaja Behavioral Science

Shaheer Imran Computer science Journal of Youths in Science award Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Associations award and advancement

Hamza Thange Energy Engineering

Qurat Ahmed Consumer and

product testing

Musab Kazmi Chemistry

Saalim Abdi Computer Science

Haniyah Bilal Behavioral Science

Yasser Aly Electrical

Engineering

Professional Engineering in California Government award San Diego Water Authority award

Ayoub Toumi Material Engineering American Society of Materials International award

Fayza Elshafie Chemistry

Nada Muradagha Consumer

Second Place Winners

Third Place Winners