Background

Al Noor School was formed in 1994 as a non-for profit organization with Federal Tax exempt status. It started as a K-6 school with a population of 320 students in the year 1995-1996. In 2001, the school had developed into K-12 with around 500 students and 72 staff. This year, the student population is 580 with 82 staff. Today, Al Noor is one of the largest and best-known Islamic schools in North America. Al Noor is recognized for its managerial competence, leadership capacities, and academic achievements. Al Noor has a charter school status and

registered with the NYC Department of Education as a high school granting Regents Diplomas.

Al Noor Graduates from 2002 to 2021: 964 students.

Collaborative Partners of Al Noor School

Al Noor has been active in community affairs: social, political, cultural, and financial. Over the years, Al Noor has been able to establish contacts and working relationships with government and non-government agencies, Arab/American organizations, and professionals. Examples of those partners include: Maimonides Medical Center, Politicians- City and Boroughs, Police Department, Fire Department, Religious Institutions (Mosques, Churches, and Synagogues), Educators, Professionals, and Scholars. School Facilities

30 Classrooms; a Nurse Room; a Daycare for teachers' children; a Resource Room; Cafeteria; Auditorium; Computer Lab; Science Lab; Playgrounds; Parking Lot; Offices; Teacher Rooms; Kitchen; Art Room.

First Graduating Class, 2002

Al Noor School Community was proud to have its first graduating class members attending the following colleges:

• Sophie Davis Program, CUNY.

• Long Island University, Pharmacy Program

• Polytechnic University

• NYU

• St. John's University

• Bernard College

• City College

• Brooklyn College

• College of Staten Island

• NY Institute of Technology

• Hofstra University

• St. Francis College

• Buffalo University

• Pace University

• Rosemont College.

Our Graduates of the past 19 years (2002-2021) have attended the following institutions:

• Barnard College

• Bard College

• Brown University

• College of New Rochelle

• Columbia University

• Cornell University

CUNY

• CUNY- Sophie Davis Biomedical Program

• CUNY- Macaulay Honors Program

• CUNY- College Grove School of Engineering

• Embry- Riddle University

• Fordham University

• Harvard University

• Hofstra University

• John Hopkins University

• Long Island University

• Marymount Manhattan College

• New York Institute of Technology

• New York University

• Northeastern University

• Pace University

• Parsons New School of Design

• Penn State University

• Pratt Institute

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• Rutgers University

• St. Francis College

• St. John's University

• St. Joseph's College

• Stony Brook University

• SUNY at Buffalo

• SUNY at Albany

• Syracuse University

• University of Dallas

• Wagner College

• Wesleyan University

• Yale University

Al Noor School Capabilities and Potential

Over the years, Al Noor School has been able to:

• Accumulate excellent experiences in recruiting and retain excellent teachers and leaders

• Have the expertise, knowledge, and talents to provide rigorous curricula in all subjects.

• Create Professional Learning Communities in which teacher development is a daily practice.

• Build an Arabic curriculum to the levels of Regents and Advanced Arabic in a way that Arabic becomes a second language for the majority of students.

• Planning strategically and starting from the end goals

• Hiring individuals with higher qualifications in science and math and training them to become excellent teachers (Example, engineers, scientists, and medical professionals) interested in high school teaching.

• Selecting books, references, and texts aligned with rigorous standards and college

• requirements.

• Conduct several staff development sessions to enhance the teacher expertise and skills.

• Having considerable experiences in handling disciplines.

• Preparing the whole school for the future accreditation process by creating a positive school culture conductive for positive learning and effective teaching.

• Practicing a shared leadership as the best way of growth in institutions as schools.

• Adopting the Advanced Regents Diploma with Honor

• Running 7-11 AP Classes and motivating all students to take AP Classes

• Having SAT prep classes within the schedules.

• Creating the Saturday Al Noor Academy to have extra classes with experienced teachers in several subjects such as chemistry, biology, physics, and math (Algebra, geometry, and trigonometry).

• Offer financial help for teachers who may serve more than three years in the school and are willing to continue their education in a field needed in the school.