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My son attended the school for 2 years. The first year he was with Miss Nesreen and he made a lot of progress. However this year he made none in English (This was with Ms. Kiran). I personally believe this is due to a number of factors. One is that he was not given a daily reader. She was supposed to send them home on Friday but did not until I pointed it out. I had to ask multiple times. She hadn’t been sending them because a book hadn’t been returned but I told her I will pay you for the book— please just send the readers and I would prefer he gets one a day (because he is behind in reading and needs practice). This did not happen. The other big part is that the class that she teaches has gotten bigger and bigger. She currently has 20 kids spanning 4 grade levels from Kindergarten to 3rd grade. This is a vast age range and there is no way even with the help of 1 TA that she can administer learning for each student on their grade level for a class this big with 4 grades. While multi-age teaching is common in Montessori the most you will see is 3 grades, not 4. And you typically wouldn’t put 2nd and 3rd graders with kindergarteners. Kindergarteners need more help and teachers and so having 1 TA with a class that size and kindergarteners — is ridiculous. Also, administration is hardly there. The teachers essentially run the school. The woman who is the principal left for quite a long time to go to Umrah, and has been sick a lot lately. Sometimes she left Ms. Nesreen in charge of the school— but she’s supposed to be teaching a class— and other times she had her husband come in. Her husband—- is not an administrator. And if he is qualified he’s the worst one I have ever seen. If he answers the phone he says he will leave a message (he doesn’t) or call you back (he won’t). In the end the principal (Ms. Zara) made me some promises — I tried to communicate with her for 4 months regarding my son’s improvement very regularly and even fro the last year and the beginning of this year we have had discussions— but the English teacher didn’t follow through with it. And Ms. Zara is not there often enough to make sure she is doing any of it. I think the teacher doesn’t have enough support, has too many grades, and is overwhelmed. She didn’t even take his book report from Friday. He wasn’t getting his readers. And when I tried to bring it up to her husband (family should not be subbing in for administration spots— this is a school) he tried to put me off and I told him straight to his face the way he treats me is haram, he’s just dumping me. It’s been two years and my son can’t read. They made so many promises but in the end they misused my trust. I placed an Amana on them putting my son in that school but they didn’t follow through.

The Islamic environment is good. The prayer times for the kids are nice. Miss Nesreen is a wonderful teacher, and the science and math teacher too. They work hard and are good with children. Ms. Kiran is also great with kids. But she’s overworked and the administration there is flawed. Last year when they were at Naml and Ms. Zara only had one school to manage it was great. This year …. She doesn’t even know what her teachers are doing. She didn’t know Ms. kiran had a penmanship book. She didn’t know the Qaida teacher was giving candies every day and had a candy system. She just wasnt there enough. They’re all polite. They’ll tell you what you want to hear. But I wouldn’t put my kid in Ms. Kiran’s class with the current situation. There’s no way those kids are learning on the level they need to consistently. Some things in the school really need to be fixed.

ILM Academy is a great school based in Islamic Montessori concepts. The teachers spend one on one time with students and apply self-paced learning Montessori approach. My daughter started kindergarten but with the help and encouragement of teachers she excelled to grade 1 in academics. Now in Grade 1, she’s learning grade 2 Math, English, Science and Social Studies and Islamic Studies + Coding class. The Quran teacher is phenomenal and helped children memorize surahs in a fun environment. Besides academics the school is contributing in shaping children’s personality and consider mental/Emotional health. My daughter’s teacher is Ms. Kiran who has put a positive influence on students. She’s very patient and humorous with children to make learning environment enjoyable f yet humble and a good listener. The teachers and the principal are receptive to parents feedback and do incorporate it at times where feasible. Alhumdulillah I’m happy with the school and have experience with other Islamic schools too.

The teachers are the only bright spot here. The staff is highly disorganized and downright rude. We have had the worst experience. If you are looking for an Islamic education for your kids, there are several other options that are better. I would highly discourage any parent from enrolling here. If you provide any constructive feedback on their processes, procedures, or hours, they will essentially terminate the enrollment. The Principal, Ms Fakhra is especially unprofessional. After we brought our concerns, she decided to label us “as not following policies” – which we have never been notified of in writing or in person. I am sure this is exactly the privacy-violating reply they will have.

7 years of childcare for our kids and this is the first time a school has attempted to say this for us. Very shameful of the admin to use such a cheap tactic.