{"id":4240,"date":"2018-11-25T12:10:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T08:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/?p=4240"},"modified":"2018-11-25T13:06:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T09:06:14","slug":"national-day-celebrations-and-commemoration-of-martyrs-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/2018\/11\/25\/national-day-celebrations-and-commemoration-of-martyrs-day\/","title":{"rendered":"National Day Celebrations and Commemoration of Martyr\u2019s day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear parents,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kindly note that leading up to the 47<sup>th<\/sup>\nNational Day of the UAE, there will be some changes to our daily\nschedules.&nbsp; Kindly note that school\nattendance is required as usual Sunday through Thursday but your children\nwill take part in activities related to National Day celebrations on Wednesday\nand Martyr\u2019s Day observance on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>-Wednesday, 28th November 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Day celebrations will be held at\nschool. Various events will be hosted to highlight the Spirit of the Union.\nChildren may dress in Abaya &amp; Sheila (Girls), Kandoura &amp; Qutra (Boys)\nor clothing representing the UAE National Flag colours (red\/ black\/\nwhite\/green). Any inappropriate material on the clothing will result in a call\nhome. Mobile phones, music players, etc., will not be permitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>-Thursday, 29th November 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commemoration of Martyr\u2019s day will take\nplace at school. At 8:00 am the UAE Flag shall be flown at half-mast. At 11:30\nam a minute of silence will be observed followed by the ceremony of raising the\nUAE flag that will be accompanied by the National Anthem. Children must wear\ntheir full school uniform or UAE military uniform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*There will be no stay back\/ after-school\nclasses, clubs or sports this day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>-Sunday, 2nd December 2018 and Monday,\n3rd December 2018<\/strong> the school will remain closed in\nobservance of the 47th National Day of the UAE, as declared by the UAE Council\nand prescribed by ADEK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We extend our greetings to The President\nHis Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, H.H Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed\nbin Sultan Al-Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme\nCommander of the UAE\u2019s Armed Forces, UAE Vice-President and Prime Minister and\nRuler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Members of\nSupreme Council, Their Highnesses and Rulers of Emirates on the occasion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also extend our wishes to all our dear\nparents and the people of the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear parents, Kindly note that leading up to the 47th National Day of the UAE, there will be some changes to our daily schedules.&nbsp; Kindly note that school attendance is required as usual Sunday through Thursday but your children will take part in activities related to National Day celebrations on Wednesday and Martyr\u2019s Day observance on Thursday. -Wednesday, 28th November 2018 National Day celebrations will be held at school. Various events will be hosted to highlight the Spirit of the Union. Children may dress in Abaya &amp; Sheila (Girls), Kandoura&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4240"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4240"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4248,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4240\/revisions\/4248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}