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Arabic
We teach children to read Arabic so that they can meet the Quran themselves. Recitation through the Noorani method, basic Quranic vocabulary, the shorter suras committed to memory, and a love for the Quran as a book of guidance.
POTOMAC, MARYLAND · SUNDAY MORNINGS
We are more than
a Sunday school.
We are a community.
A school for children ages 5 to 18, one morning a week, built by the families who send their children to it.
WHY WE EXIST
Every member
of the family.
The Islamic School of Potomac was founded with a commitment to uplift every member of the family, not just the students registered in our school. When the spiritual needs of each member of the family are nourished, everyone thrives.
وَقُلْ رَبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا
“…and say, ‘My Lord, increase me in knowledge.’”
20:114
Our teaching philosophy
Children have enough homework during the week.
We don't give
homework to children.
We give it to
the parents!
Parents reinforce what their children learn by doing it with them: praying together, giving together, showing up for the community together. It is the part of the program that happens at your kitchen table, and it is the reason a Sunday morning here works.
WHAT WE TEACH
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Deen
Taught by theme rather than by textbook. A six-year-old and a sixteen-year-old spend the same Sunday on the same idea, each at the depth their age can hold.
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...and in between
The school's own name for the part that is on no syllabus. The friendships. The question asked in a hallway. The habit of showing up on a Sunday when you could be anywhere else.
2026 - 2027
Thirty-three Sundays.
The school meets on twenty-five of them. Eight Sundays are off, for holidays, for Camp NWMI, and for the Nights of Power. Three of the twenty-five the whole school looks forward to.
- Class
- No school
- Milestone
- Ramadan
Scroll the year
DECEMBER 13, 2026
Deen Showcase
The end of the first semester, and what the children have been working toward since September.
MAY 9, 2027
Arabic Final Exams
A year of reading, in one morning.
MAY 16, 2027
Quran Competition
The last day of school.
SUPPORT
Tuition is $60.
That is not what
a year costs.
The difference is made up by people who believe a community should have a school in it. The Islamic School of Potomac is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, and every dollar goes into the Sunday morning: the books, the room, the year.
