Programs

Quran and Arabic | Islamic Studies | Creative Writing | Science Club | Public Speaking

Quran and Arabic

Houston Peace Academy implements its own Arabic-Islamic curriculum. Houston Peace Academy is proud of our diverse families. We serve students from Arabic-speaking families as well as students who are new to learning Arabic language. Houston Peace Academy teachers find an individual approach to every child depending on his/her lever to instill love for the Quran and the prophet PBUH.

Creative Writing

Through partnership with WITS (Writers in the Schools) (https://www.witshouston.org) Houston Peace Academy enhanced the creative writing part of our English Language Arts curriculum. Students are encouraged to explore their creativity through writing fiction, poetry, and other imaginative works. One way to celebrate and motivate young writers is by holding an Annual Young Authors event. For this occasion, students spend time drafting and revising their creative pieces, going through the writing process just like professional authors. The polished works are then "published" by compiling them into individual books or anthologies. During the Annual Young Authors event, students get to share their stories by reading excerpts aloud. Family and friends attend to support the young writers. The students beam with pride while autographing each other's published books. This authentic publishing experience makes the creative writing process more meaningful and memorable.

Science Club

Houston Peace Academy has partnered with the Children's Museum to bring fun and engaging science experiments to all our students. Students will work on different events involving hands-on activities.

Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

HPA Social Emotional Learning (SEL) classes are designed to support students' cognitive, behavioral and emotional wellbeing. The curriculum is focused on developing Emotional Intelligence and strengthening Executive Functioning Skills. Emotional Intelligence helps to understand, use, and manage emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges, and defuse conflict. Developing Executive Functioning Skills provides students with tools to help with task initiation, impulse control, time management, flexible thinking, self-regulation, organization, working memory and focus to support students’ academic and social success.

Gardening

The students are enjoying the new green areas immensely and it is used during lunch, play and Salah times, Alhamdullilah! Houston Peace Academy is sincerely grateful to all the contributors who stepped up to outer play area upgrade. A Zikr Garden for the students was completed during the second phase where planter boxes have been installed with one planter box allotted to each grade. School gardens can make lasting differences in the lives of children. The lessons taught through these outdoor learning laboratories transcend gardening to impact children, their families and entire communities for years to come. Schools that have garden programs incorporated into their science curriculum score significantly higher on science achievement tests than students who are taught by strictly traditional classroom methods.

Archery

The National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) is an in-school program aimed at improving educational performance among students in grades 4th – 12th. And through it, students are learning focus, self-control, discipline, patience, and the life lessons required to be successful in the classroom and in life. In January 2024 Houston Peace Academy archery team participated in the NASP State Qualifying Tournament. We are eagerly looking forward to training hard and giving it our best during the next tournament.

Public Speaking

Daily morning assembly is an important part of Islamic education in Houston Peace Academy. It also plays a paramount role in helping students develop public speaking skills from a young age. Students take turns preparing skits and plays, memorizing and reciting surahs, hadith and nasheed and presenting them in front of the school during the assembly.

TaeKwon-do

TaeKwon-Do is a Korean art of self-defense and means “The way of the hand and foot.” TaeKwon-Do focuses on teaching self-defense and developing character through the following tenets: Courtesy Integrity Perseverance Self-Control Indomitable Spirit "Available to community members 4 years old and up all levels"

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Soccer Club

The program is focused on teaching the essential skills of soccer, motivating the students to learn the fundamentals rules of soccer, help build a greater sense of teamwork among peers, knowledge, and appreciation of the game and good sportsmanship. The fundamentals that will be taught are how to receive, pass, and kick the ball. The goal is to prepare the students to play using the skills taught in this program.