Chicago Islamic Academy is an Islamic education academy launching in Chicago. We're building three programs — Quran, Arabic, and a Sunday weekend school — with clear levels, qualified teachers, and the patience this learning deserves.
Programs
Every program is being designed level by level so students are placed where they are, not by age alone. Each description below is the plan for our opening year.
Ages 5 to adult — weekday evenings planned
From first letters to fluent recitation, and onward to memorization for students ready for it. Progress is tracked per student in a simple record book parents can read.
Opening with the academy's first term
Youth and adult sections planned
Reading, grammar, and vocabulary taught toward one goal: understanding what you recite and hear. Levels from alphabet to reading simple classical texts.
Curriculum in development
Ages 5–14 — Sunday mornings planned
Islamic studies for children: belief, worship, seerah, and character — taught by age group, with take-home sheets so families can continue the conversation.
Enrollment interest open
Our approach
An academy is judged by its teaching, not its brochure. These are the standards we are building the academy around, written down now so families can hold us to them when doors open.
Teachers will be qualified in what they teach — ijazah or formal study for Quran instructors, and teaching experience for children's classes. We will publish our teacher standards in full before the first term, and every adult working with children will be background-checked.
Admissions
We're finalizing the academy's location and teaching staff. Waitlist families will receive term dates, tuition, and placement-session times before anything is announced publicly.