WHAT WE TEACH
Arabic, Deen,
and in between.
وَقُلْ رَبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا
“…and say, ‘My Lord, increase me in knowledge.’”
20:114
The program has three parts. Children look forward to reading the Quran, the yearly theme they share with the whole school, the Showcase, the Competition, and the friendships in between.
01
العربية
Arabic
Children learn to read the Quran in Arabic.
Classes are grouped by a placement test rather than by age, so a nine-year-old who reads well and a thirteen-year-old who is starting out are each in the right room.
Recitation, taught through the Noorani method
Basic Quranic vocabulary
The shorter suras, committed to memory
02
الدين
Deen
Deen has a yearly theme. Every grade explores it at its own level, so a family with three children of different ages is having one conversation at home instead of three.
Deen classes are grouped by age.
03
...and in between
Outside class, it is the friendship a child makes with someone they would never have met at their weekday school, the question asked in the hallway, and an older student helping a younger one find their room. Children often remember this part best.
HOW CHILDREN ARE PLACED
Arabic: by placement test
A short placement test on the first day of school, so a child sits with others reading at the same level. It is not an exam and nobody passes or fails it.
Deen: by age
Deen classes are grouped by the age of the student.
OUR TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
Children have enough
homework during the week.
We don't give homework to
children. We give it to the parents!
What that means in practice: the school asks parents to reinforce what is taught by doing it, not by quizzing. Praying as a family. Giving as a family. Serving the community as a family.
