Our History

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.