Islamic Academy of Alabama

I have been at this school for my whole life! ITS GREAT!! All the negative reviews are full of lies. This school is an amazing school! Advanced math is available, the students enter CARSEF and win honors and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places every year. We also get to compete in sate spelling bees! It is an excellent school, that people would be lucky to have there child in!

My daughter attended IAA in K-3 and K-4. Since she has attended public school and another Islamic School in Florida. The worst part of IAA was not their organization or failure to do basic things (such as empty a bucket of putrid smelling water from beneath a water fountain) but that the teachers would allow the children in K-4 to watch television in the classroom. They regularly showed the children PG films that were not only not age appropriate but not in keeping with the values that the children should be learning at a private religious institution.
--Submitted by a parent

The best thing i could have done for my son.great school,great teachers,great adminstration...
--Submitted by a parent

This is my first year at IAA for my preschooler. I have found it amazing. The teachers are great, my child has learned more in the 3 months there; where as I have tried to teach her before nothing compares to her teachers and how they love my child and how they work with her. I love that fact my child has learned more surahs and arabic letters in a short period. I love the all the staff, from the awesome principal they have, he is a man of importance. He lives and loves his students. His office staff is on top of their game everyone day. His teachers are all very well groomed for thier job. The teachers at IAA are very well educated and understanding of their students. . I pray to Allah the school always does well. Thank you
--Submitted by a parent

This previous review is not true, this school is the best. I have been in iaa for 9 years and am in my tenth, and this school is the best school anyone can wish for. The math here is advanced, in which 6th graders take 7th grade math, and eighth ninth, and so on. The curriculum is very advanced, and any child who grows up in this school will be proficient in Arabic and mini scholars in Islam. The environment is extremely safe, and comforting, and Islam is really in the air here. The children pray the midday prayer at school every day. The school has also recently opened a ninth grade, and it is a successful endeavor. I hope that the muslims in our area will attend this school because this is really the best school any muslim child can attend.
--Submitted by a student

A great school with a well-rounded curriculum for students and teachers. If parents are eager to give their children a comprehensive education that is both engaging and culturally sophisticated, then this is a great place. The students from IAA were consistently invited to attend ASEF after winning top awards at IAA as well as top accolades at Regional Sciecne Fair organized by the University of Alabama.

This school is awsome. I love math and science they are the best part of the day and language it is breataking and p.E well its ok my only regrat is that they need more powere in socil studies and hire a permant teacher.
--Submitted by a student

This is a great school! my child goes to it! perfect! the children here interact with each other in a very nice way. The teachers help students - unlike in other schools! they take things that are way above their level, and they're very good at it....100'S every time. They have an art class, and the teacher is very creative. The sports (p.E.) Teacher isn't really just focused on the physical part, but the eduacation part as well (physical.Eduacation.) The parents hear are also so kind. And they have fun activities every once in a while, as well as suitable breaks. The principal is absolutely wonderful.
--Submitted by a student

This is still a new school, so it has many challanges ahead of itself. Most of the staff is really helpful and give 110 percent of their heart into the school. The problem with this school is micro managed beyond belief by its board of directors. As a parent if you have to many concerns, you will be labled as a 'problem parent'.
--Submitted by a parent

This school has no organization. It is the worst school i have ever attended i had a math credit for Alegrebra already and instead of teaching me Geometry like they should have they just gave me Algrbra again they put me a year behind in my new school in math and science i regret i ever went to it please do not send your children hear. It is also very weak in Arabic and Quran.
--Submitted by a former student