el-iman school
Pinner
In USA, education is the right of every child and the Government has set up
schools to ensure that right is fulfilled. However, they cater to the secular
needs only, whereas a human being is both a temporal and spiritual creation and
needs abound in both these aspects of the human being. Hence Al-Iman School has
taken it upon itself to provide a balanced education that caters to both the
needs: secular and spiritual. Parents who feel the need to train their children
for the Here and The Hereafter send their children to Al-Iman to ensure that not
only academically but morally and spiritually their children attain the ‘whole’
(secular) and ‘holy (religious) values. The School is accredited by the New York
City and the New York State Board of Education. INCEPTION AND GROWTH On the
orders of Ayatollah al-Khoei, Al-Iman School in New York opened its doors to
four children in September 1990; with that it started an evolutionary process
that, within four years, resulted in the first fully fledged Pre K-12 Islamic
school in North America. The growth from Kindergarten to Grade School to Junior
High to High School can only be described as phenomenal. Every year, between
1990-1994 several grades were added simultaneously as applications poured in,
pregnant mothers registered their children and waiting lists grew by the day. In
September 1994, Al-Iman School added the high school component and in 1998 the
first class of seniors – a historic moment – graduated to go to various
reputable universities and colleges such as Stony Brook, St John’s, Columbia,
New York University, Baruch etc. in the country. Since 1994, many an Al-Iman
Junior High School students sat for and aced the Specialized Entry Examinations
to High Schools and Academies. Al-Iman alumni can be seen inter alia, in medical
colleges, nursing colleges, law schools and institutions of higher learning and
repute.
