Al-Ghazaly High School

Al-Ghazaly High School in Wayne, in Passaic County, New Jersey, is one of the oldest Islamic high schools in the United States. The school was founded in 1984, and serves students in seventh through twelfth grades. The principal is Sr. Khaldiya Mustafa. Most students at Al-Ghazaly High School come from Al-Ghazaly and Al Hikmah Elementary School, located at Communipaw Avenue in Jersey City and North 8th Street in Prospect Park, respectively.

Al-Ghazaly Junior/Senior High School
Address
970 Black Oak Ridge Road

Wayne
,
(Passaic County)
,
NJ
07471

United States
Coordinates40.973197°N 74.272435°W / 40.973197; -74.272435
Information
TypePrivate, Coeducational
MottoNever Give Up
Religious affiliation(s)Islam
Established1984
OversightIslamic Education Fund of New Jersey
School code310594
PrincipalSr. Khaldiya Mustafa
Faculty25.8 FTEs[1]
Grades7–12
Enrollment345 (as of 2015-16)[1]
Average class size30
Student to teacher ratio13.4:1[1]
Classes offeredAP Biology, AP Physics B, AP Calculus (AB and BC), AP Chemistry, AP English Literature, AP World History, AP US History, AP Environmental Science
Team nameWarriors
NewspaperSNAP
School fees$150 Book fees
Tuition$720 each

As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 345 students and 25.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4:1. The school's student body was 75.9% White, 22.9% Asian and 1.2% Black.[1]

Al-Ghazaly's dress code has remained the same for many years to in order to show equality between students. Boys wear navy blue pants and white polo shirts while girls wear long navy blue Islamic dresses often referred to as "abaya" or "jilbab" and red/maroon headscarves.

History

Between 1984 and 2013, Al-Ghazaly was located on 441 North Street in Teaneck, New Jersey. The new facility in Wayne (formerly Neumann Preparatory School and Lake View Learning Center) opened its doors to students in September 2013, with the Teaneck facility repurposed to serve students in pre-Kindergarten through third grade.[2]

Curriculum

The students at Al-Ghazaly study standard subjects, such as Math (from Algebra to Calculus), English, Science, History. Additionally, the school includes Arabic, Quran (memorization of the holy book), Tafsir (analyzing/finding deep meaning to Quran), and Islamic Studies as part of the curriculum. In Islamic studies, the students learn the morals and teachings of Islam, Sunna and Shariah.

The students pray Zuhr together everyday, and on Fridays, they have a Khateeb (imam) preach to them, after which they pray Jumu'ah.

Extracurricular activities

Al Ghazaly offers Forensics, Model UN, Beta Club, Art Club, Mock Trial, Model Congress, Science Olympiad, Math League, and many other extracurriculars. Students partake in random acts of kindness. Ghazaly's basketball team is the Ghazaly Warriors.

With the opening of the new school building, new sports team are being founded by the students, including a boys and girls soccer team and a flag football team.

References
  1. School data for Al-Ghazaly Jr./Sr. High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 20, 2017.
  2. Burrow, Megan. "Al-Ghazaly Elementary School in Teaneck readies for opening", Teaneck Suburbanite, August 29, 2013. Accessed October 3, 2013. "Iman El-Dessouky, a board member at Al-Ghazaly School, said the change was precipitated when the school secured a bigger building for its high school students in Wayne.... Originally, El-Dessouky said, the school planned to use the Teaneck campus for pre-kindergarten through first grade students, but after the school held an open house for parents and prospective students earlier this month, the board decided to expand its offerings up to third grade."
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