Aya Montessori

One of the most loved traditions at Aya is our Interactive Hajj experience, and every year, it gets even better. 🕋

What started as a school activity has become something far more special: a fully student-led experience, brought to life by our Upper Elementary students. Golden House, our 4th through 6th year students, take the lead each year, and the result is pure magic. The jokes, the simplicity, the genuine dedication they bring to recreating each station, it never fails to amaze us.

With passports and tickets in hand, our younger students move through different stations representing the stages of Hajj, learning through movement, imagination, and the guidance of their older peers. They collect stamps from every station.

This is what it looks like when children teach children, and faith comes alive through play.

The last day of school for our staff this year was spent exactly the way it should be: on the farm, together.

We closed out the 2025/26 academic year with a meaningful workshop on Managing Stress and Building Resilience, led by Sumayyah Taufique (Sumayyah), LCSW. The rest of the day was spent in good suhbah, reflection, and gratitude for everything this year held.

What a beautiful way to close one chapter and welcome the summer ahead.

To our staff: thank you for everything you gave this year. May Allah use us for good and never replace us.

By the grace of Allah ﷻ and the wisdom of our Elementary Islamic Studies instructor, Ustadha Zainab, our sixth year students in Upper Elementary just completed something special.

Over three years, they studied the entire Sirah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ through book “Revelation” by Meraj Mohiuddin, starting at age nine and finishing right before turning twelve, alhamdulillah. To mark the journey, they created a hand-made Sirah timeline with their own hands.

Three years of learning, page by page, until it became part of who they are.

جزاكِ الله خيرًا, Ustadha Zainab. And to our students, may the Prophet’s ﷺ life always be your light.

Last week, our Elementary classrooms transformed into something truly special.

Our Upper Elementary students stepped into history, becoming the historic figures they spent weeks researching and bringing their biographies to life as a Living Museum for their families. Watching them own those stories with confidence and depth was something else entirely.

Meanwhile, our Lower and Upper Elementary prepared a Word Wall that told its own powerful story, showcasing the beautiful progression of writing skills from our 1st through 6th year students. Seeing that growth laid out so visibly, side by side, is the kind of thing that stops you in your tracks.

This was the second part of a two-part experience for our parent community this Spring, following our webinar “The Ripple Effect of Writing and Reading”, presented by our incredible Elementary consultant Sr. Zahra Majeed. Together, these two evenings gave our families a real window into the depth of literacy work happening in our classrooms every single day.

First World Cup game of the day? Respectfully, we disagree. 🏆😄

Our friendly match with The Olive Branch Preparatory School was the most epic game on the field today, and we will not be taking questions.

There is something so special about watching 2nd through 5th year students from all three of our elementary environments come together as one team.

We are grateful to The Olive Branch Preparatory School for a beautiful afternoon of sportsmanship, laughter, and friendly competition. We hope this is just the beginning of many more.