Academics
Noble Leadership Academy prepares students to be successful leaders and life-long learners. We take pride in our students’ amazing achievements and provide them with the necessary guidance and tools to help them reach their fullest potential. Each department at Noble Leadership Academy has a specific mission that they adhere to in order to prepare our students.
The mission of Noble Leadership Academy’s Arabic department is to develop the language skills necessary for students to read, write, and speak the Arabic language. Furthermore, we want to foster a love of learning the language of the Quran so that students may read fluidly and think deeply about the word of Allah (SWT).
We teach Arabic as a second language at Noble Leadership Academy. It is divided into nine levels, each level breaking down the language acquisition objectives. Upon entering Noble, we test each student and place them in the appropriate level. We expect students to improve at least half a level each school year. We do not give honors, accelerated, or regular distinctions for language learners, as we expect all students to advance based on their own abilities for language acquisition. Levels progress backwards from Level 9: Basic Novice to Level 1: Advanced Proficient.
The mission of Noble Leadership Academy’s English department is to foster a love of reading and an appreciation for good writing; furthermore, we want our students to better understand their commitment to be effective readers and writers. In our student-centered classrooms, we guide our students to communicate effectively, access information by various means, think critically, and problem solve creatively.
The mission of Noble Leadership Academy’s history department is to introduce our students to the vast and varied histories of the world. Our curriculum exposes our students to civics, geography, government, and history from an early age. As well as fundamental understandings of historical events, the history curriculum facilitates in-depth development of skills in chronological and spatial thinking, historical research and interpretation, academic literacy and writing, as well as interdisciplinary learning.
Students regularly engage in discourse beyond rote memorization of names and dates in order to sort out the facts to create coherent systems of understanding the human experience. Students learn to interpret the correlation and causation of events; analyze the impact of a historical event on a region’s—or the world’s—economy, politics, society, and technology; think and write critically about historical events; and explain how they have affected the modern world.
The mission of Noble Leadership Academy’s Islamic studies department is to foster a love of Allah (SWT) and His messenger, Prophet Muhammad (SAW), through an in-depth study and understanding of Allah’s divine guidance. In our discussion-based classrooms, we foster critical thinking and a deep understanding of how to live morally and spiritually upright lives that are pleasing to Allah (SWT).
The mission of the Noble Leadership Academy math department is to create an environment that empowers students to become confident, competent, problem solvers. It is our goal that students engage in the learning of mathematics that will challenge them to be independent learners and develop sound reasoning, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills necessary to compete in a global society.
The mission of Noble Leadership Academy’s physical education program is to teach students to live active and healthy lifestyles. Through guided activities and regular physical benchmarks, we encourage and guide our students to improve their physical health and to understand the role physical fitness has on emotional well-being.
Physical education is a course that will include a variety of physical activities and individual physical fitness testing. This course aims to provide every student a wide variety of physical activities and challenges that will contribute to the development of their physical, cognitive, and affective well-being. Students go through a progression of skill sets that work to build their physical skill, strength, and coordination. Students also learn key components of maintaining proper nutrition and eating habits.
The mission of Noble Leadership Academy’s Quran department is to foster a lifelong love, understanding, and appreciation of the word of Allah. In our student-centered classroom, students work at their own pace to first read fluidly, memorize, and then to understand the Quran, surah by surah, from chapter 30 to chapter 1. We hope to help our students complete the memorization of the Quran by the time they graduate.
Quran classes are individualized with students building on their work year to year. On the transcript, the course is listed based on their matriculation year. For example, Quran I is for freshmen, Quran II is for sophomores, Quran III is for juniors, and Quran IV is for seniors. However, there is no set curriculum for each grade level or standard of accomplishment. Teachers, in consultation with the student, set the goals and report the progress through traditional numerical grades, based on whether students meet the expectations.
The mission of the Noble Leadership science department is to create knowledgeable, scientifically literate problem solvers. By fostering a spirit of inquiry, nurturing our students’ curiosity, and bringing current, relevant, and real-world science into the classroom experience, we prepare our students to become educated citizens, capable of comprehending and analyzing global issues.