QUESTIONS
What families
ask us.
ENROLLING
Our classes begin at kindergarten, with 5 year-olds. The school teaches children through age 18.
The cost is $60 for one student and $100 for a family. Financial assistance is available.
Financial assistance is available and it is handled quietly. It is a normal part of how this school works, not an exception to it.
Arabic class placement is determined by placement test. Deen class placement is determined by the age of the student.
The Arabic test is short, it happens on the first day of school, and nobody passes or fails it. It exists so a child sits with others reading at the same level rather than others born the same year.
Through the enrollment form on this site. It takes a few minutes, and someone from the school will write back about placement.
THE PROGRAM
A well-established approach to teaching Arabic recitation, which builds up from letters and their sounds to reading whole words and verses. It is what we use to teach children to read the Quran.
Deen is taught thematically rather than from a fixed textbook. The school takes a theme and every grade works on it in a way that suits its age, so a family with children of different ages is having one conversation at home rather than several.
The school's name for everything that happens outside class: the friendships, the questions asked in hallways, the habit of showing up.
Children have enough homework during the week. We don't give homework to children - we give it to the parents!
In practice: the school asks families to reinforce what is taught by doing it together. Praying, giving, serving the community.
PRACTICAL
Sundays, from 10:00 AM until Salat al-Dhuhr, September through May.
Classes are held at the Islamic Education Center, 7917 Montrose Rd, Potomac, MD 20854.
Parent feedback and volunteering is encouraged.
The school is run by the families in it. If you have an hour, a skill, or a strong opinion about how something should be done, the school would rather hear it than not. Write to info@ispmd.org.
Yes. The Islamic School of Potomac is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, EIN 52-1989063. You can give through PayPal or by check.
By phone at (301) 929-1441, or by email at info@ispmd.org.
We are more than a Sunday School. We are a community.
