Iman Academy Southwest

Iman Academy is an Advanced Ed/SACS Accredited Islamic K-12 private school system in Greater Houston with two campuses serving grade one through grade twelve. Iman Academy was established in 1995 by a group of community members and families.

Iman Academy Southwest is located in west Houston on Highway 6 between Westhimer and Bellaire unincorporated Harris County, and has students that attend its school from all over Houston including Sugarland, Galveston, The Woodlands, and Katy. Iman Academy teaches IB PYP in the elementary school and teaches Pre-AP in the middle school followed by AP courses in the high school. Iman Academy Southwest Alumni are attending Harvard, Stanford, Davidson, University of Texas, Texas A&M, Penn State, Rice, and the University of Houston Honors Program and in the 2011-2012 & 2012-2013 academic were awarded over 3 million dollars in scholarships including students who were awarded the Bill and Melinda Gates Scholarship, among many others. Iman Academy Southwest has National Merit Scholars and AP Scholars scoring perfect scores on multiple AP exams.

Iman Academy Southwest also offers an international program dubbed "The Bridge" which is for transient students who travel between the U.S. and the Middle East. It is a special program that is taught completely in Arabic with the exception of English and History. The Bridge also focuses heavily on English as a second language skill sets and includes double periods of English labs and English coursework. The Bridge also adds additional maths, sciences and higher level Arabic in order to help Bridge any gaps that students may face when transitioning back into their home countries curriculum. Iman Academy Southwest also offers I-20s for incoming international students who may be interested in either The Bridge Arabic Immersion Program or the Traditional IB/Pre AP/AP track.

Iman Academy offers Arabic K-12 along with Quran and Islamic Studies in addition to its rigorous academic coursework. Iman Academy also believes in service based learning and requires all students to complete a minimum of 120 hours of community service before graduation. Iman Academy has certified teachers many of whom hold Masters and PhD's. Iman Academy has a little over 100 employees across the two campuses.

Iman Academy has between 700-1000 students across both campuses. The student body is very diverse made up of Arabs, Hispanics, African Americans, Africans, Indian, Bengali, Pakistani, Indonesian, etc. Many students are American born and raised along with students who are immigrants to the U.S. Iman Academy has students who come from single family homes and traditional family homes. Iman Academy has special needs students as well.

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