Weekend School Committee

Salaam Alaikum,

Welcome back to the 2022-2023 school year!

We have already had a fantastic start to the new school year. We have seen an impressive increase in the number of admissions for weekend school, with a steady increase in year over year registrations, and are now looking at near capacity for almost all of our grades in Saturday school, and are at capacity for Sunday School. We have added some fresh new faces to the Weekend School Education team, as well as changed the management structure in order to ensure collaboration between both days. The Chair for Saturday School is Sr. Asma Abbas and for Sunday School is Sr. Aisha Kajtezovich. They have both been the respective Chairs for the weekend school since last year and are active and dedicated members of the weekend school education committee for many years. I am confident that along with their teams, they will continue to ensure a smooth school year and engaging activities for our students.

We have conducted extensive teacher development workshops under the leadership of Sr. Maherukh Mumtaz who both have wide-ranging teaching experiences. In addition, Sr. Menal, Sr. Sherene, Sr. Aisha Aziz, and Sr. Sydra have joined the Education committee. All of these education committee volunteers are dedicating their time, effort and experiences in making sure our students receive the best Islamic school experience.

We were once again able to utilize Mufti Farhan’s knowledge and experience to expand and update our weekend school curriculum as well as the Salah curriculum, and Sr. Aswita Taizir’s extensive teaching and leadership experience to further enhance our curriculum and teaching methods. The Salah curriculum has been further developed by the addition of new teachers, and each student continues to receive individualized testing, as well as individualized quarterly assessments and are grouped based on their current Arabic and Quran understanding. This has allowed for a more customized and personalized approach to their current knowledge and development. We are also utilizing Yaqeen Institute’s curriculum for our older grades for an enhanced learning experience.

We plan to bring back our previous years’ activities such as Seerah Competition, Speech Competition, and Graduation celebration, which the students eagerly anticipate each year. We remain very excited about the upcoming school year and grateful for all the support and encouragement from our students, parents and the community at large.

Naz Daniyal Khan Executive Committee of ICLI Liaison, Weekend School ICLI

Weekend School In Session