Students will be given a wide range of subject areas in the various courses all tying in to Qur'an and the Sunnah. This package will arrive in their home each month (September through June) or they can pick it up directly online via special arrangement.
Monthly Enrichment Packet includes:
FAQ's for the month
Pen pals
Units Studies for Science/History
Activities
Student worksheets
Halal Recipes
Art and craft ideas
Islamically Based Seasonal
Projects
Multi-cultural teaching
strategies
Ideas for motivation and
discipline how to avoid parent burnout.
Arabic lessons for various levels and suggestions on how to teach.
Reprints of Islamic articles
Inspirational Ayats to use
for discussion
However, students are empowered and encouraged to create and develop their own learning activities and resources; to add to or refine their learning contracts as an ongoing process; and to engage in and benefit from unplanned or spontaneous learning.
Our goal is simple: success in strengthening Islamic character while educating the family. Since we view learning as a lifelong experience. We care that each individual student is learning, and is happy with his/her learning style, not how that student is learning, as deter-mined by attendance, mandatory curriculum, and regimented routine.
Learning Tools: a few examples of the types of learning activities and resources typically utilized by Academy students are computer software and the Internet, educational TV and videos, textbooks, paperbacks, books on tape, the print and broadcast media, and experiential learning.
Students are encouraged to make use of community resources for learning. Learning can take place in or be facilitated by masjids, community college and public libraries, most with Internet access, by museums and galleries, by community groups devoted to specific study, such as Halaqah clubs, tajweed and calligraphy, organizations, merchants, sports leagues, 4H, and many, many others.
We help and encourage global
learners, students who are traveling the world with family or in vocational
pursuits. Some recent examples include a home schooling family living in
Egypt while studying the Nile, students studying Desert Habitats while
being in Yemen. Working with Gold SuQ with a merchant in order to
study business or trade. Types of credits which can be earned while
traveling include Geography, Islamic Studies, World History, English, Art,
and Foreign Languages, among others.
As mentioned earlier, we recognize Unschooling as a viable way of learning and earning credits. Examples of students earning credits in nontraditional ways include Science/Islamic Studies credits by working in masjid or Hafiz programs w/approved Imams or overseas programs, health credits earned by volunteering or working for medical professionals, science credits from working with veterinarians, P.E. credits for snow boarding, shop credits from home projects or apprenticeship, etc.
Once Learning Contracts have been designed, our staff will begin an ongoing monitoring of the student's progress. Students will submit their work, whether tests, reviews, responses to materials, or projects, for evaluation as part of the agreed goals of the learning contract. When terms of the learning contract have been met, the student is given a grade that is entered on an official transcript. When required 19 credits is met, we can issue a ArabesQ Academy high school diploma.
Phone: 206-362-0204
Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Pacific Time, Sat/Sun/Monday.