Salam School

I'm sorry to say that this is not a School ,it's just an "institution " to employ Muslims who has poor skills and can't find good jobs ! My kids used to go to Salam School for couple of years ,and honestly it was the "worst school " they have ever been to ! If you are "new immigrant " ,I advice you to look up all other different public or private Schools in your area first , comparing between them ,then you will soon realize that Salam School is very low rank.If you are worried about teaching your kids Arabic and Islamic studies ,I strongly advise you to just use Salam's School Sunday program .
--Submitted by a parent

This school is the worst soon I have ever seen in my life! I have 5 kids in this school curently and am planning on taking them out as soon as possible. I can't seise to imagine a worse school than this. The teachers in this school are bullies that never want to teach. After 5 mins of class they sit at their desk and just say I'm done. They go around the hall way making fun of their students and gossip about them to other teachers.I have personally heard the principle call a student ugly then going to the next student and calling her fat. I'm not saying the kids are perfect but they're just rebeling against the way the teachers treat them. They just need to be a little more paitient with the student and I guarantee they will have the best student body ever. They also have a very low curiculum for the kids. My kids recently went to publice school before this and are now repeating what they have already learned. Don't send your child to this school I guarantee you'll regret it.
--Submitted by a parent

I have a 5th grader and a 2nd grader who have been in Salam School since K4. I can't imagine having them anywhere else. It is not just a school where they go to learn, but a community. I feel a sense of comfort when my children are there. I do not need to worry, as everyone in the school is a family and treat the kids as if they were their own. The curriculum is challenges my children, and allows them to excel. My children are reading and writing Arabic and learning the Islamic manners that I want to instill in their minds.
--Submitted by a parent

Salam school by far is the worst school I know of. I used to go to this school for four years. and stopped going when a new school opportunity opened up for me. and as soon as i could i quit. the kids at this school dont learn anything. they basically go there to hang out with friends or drive the teachers nuts. the kids are all about race and need to be diciplined they go there by force with no intention to learn anything. the teachers are not experienced with the subjects they teach in. and some of the students don't attend half the classes.

I have 4 children who attend Salam school. I do like the school for my children, they are learning what they need to know, they have many friends, and they like their teachers. My only complaint would be is I wish they would learn Arabic . I did talk to the principal and she said what they focus on is teaching to read the Quran not so much conversational Arabic. All and all I love the school and would never send my children anywhere else. I personally love all the teachers my children have had. I plan on sending my 2 other children there as well.
--Submitted by a parent

Sadly, I would have to agree with all the negative comments. Interestingly enough, all the positive comments seem as if they were written by the same person. My child attended the school for one year and that was enough for me. It is very heartbreaking to see 6 and 8 year olds crying because they hate going to school. There is no "Islamic" environment whatsoever. Teachers lack "passion" and competence for their job and no one seems happy to be there...from the administration to the teachers to the students. The Arabic & Islamic Department, which are the main reason why parents choose the school are the weakest and worst departments. If you cannot help your child with Arabic, there is no way that he/she will learn by just going to class. I know former non-Arabic students that graduated from Salam School and still cannot converse in the language or even read simple paragraphs. Also, the school board president and other on the board don't even have their own kids registered there -- that should be a huge hint. Do your child a favor, take them out of the school and just hire a private tutor for Arabic and Quran.
--Submitted by a parent

Salam school is the worst school i have ever been to, the teachers are just random people off the street, plus every year the arabic and islamic studies teachers are fired because they cant teach and because of the threats they recive from the students ( students only threaten teachers because they are not fair with there jugement when it comes to disipline). Also the principle and vice principle think that they are write and us parents/students are wrong. if you tell them the teachers dont know how to teach both of them always say that ur child is just not listining. plus would u want your child to go to a school everyday not to learn but to compete with other students on who has better shirts or who has more money or , also students get picked on for being fat or skinny or short or tall, What kind of school is that?? 1 more thing i want to say is that during the school year of 2009/2010 the pricipal told the students that if they gave the school a good rating and good comments that he would give them 5 extra credit points to any class they choose. Isint that called BRIBERY? You tell me

i really feel bad to say that, but the school is going down from the princible to the teachers. i am thinking to take my kids out of the school but i am still waitting may be they will get the idea that they need to think about the way school is dealing with the students and the parents, my kids hate quran and arabic and every other subject, they treat all students the same bad students are the same as the good ones behave or missbehave. always punshmintes and no way to accept any opinions and they don't wan't to change the very old way in teaching, i don't even think the princible knows what's going on.
--Submitted by a parent

Dear parents,I don't advise you to enroll your kids in Salam School as my kids have been suffering from lots of problems with teachers and administrations as well. My kids have attended Salam School for three years 2008,2009 and 2010 .During these years they experienced problems in their academic level for most of the subjects specially Math ,Language Art ,Arabic, High School Math and some other subjects. Most of the teachers in this School have their kids enrolled ,so they take care of their kids and some other kids of their friends giving less time to other kids who they are not friends of their parents.I study hard with my kids when they come home every day,however they were still struggling and when I discussed this with the principal,he just blame it on me instead of helping or check out how is his staff doing with the kids.
--Submitted by a parent

That would be your least choice for your kids.Before deciding to enroll your kids in this school ,I strongly advise you to compare between Salam School and other good reputation Public Schools around you.My kids used to go to Salam School for couple of years and frankly speaking it s a very regular standard School,which means that there is nothing special about Salam School.They don t adopt amazing Math,Reading or Science programs like what they do in Public Schools.In Salam School,teachers would let the kids to open the text book and just read from it.While in Public Schools,and that is what my kids experiencing now,they adopt the most new education programs that let the kids to have there hands on instead of just reading from the text book.I have to tell you about the big difference that I noted in my kids academic level as well as the great self confidence that they earned since I transfered them from Salam School.The new Public School unlocked there potential in all subjects thinking too.Teachers in Public Schools usually have very long experience as well as they know how to promote kids to do there best.I m really impressed and so happy that I discovered a way better school than Salam School.Can you know what you don t know?
--Submitted by a parent