It may seem as though we’ve been a little quiet lately, but here at TA headquarters it’s been anything but! Summer’s out and fall is in, and that means school is back in swing… With so many new faces!
This year, TA welcomes a student body increase of over fifty percent, and six new additions to the faculty. Our young learners are well into their first Unit of Inquiry with this term’s chosen unit “Wo We Are”, and one of the ...
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: We are absolutely thrilled to announce that, after 4 years of planning, developing, recruiting, and implementing…. Tarbiyah Academy is now not only open for classes, not only certified by the Maryland State Dept of Education, but now officially recognized as an International Baccalaureate Candidate School – IB Primary Years Programme!!
This HUGE announcement was made at yesterday’s Back2School night and reflects the hard work, dedication, perseverance, faith, and quality of the TA leadership under our ...
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(“What’s The Big Idea” is a series of posts detailing TA’s educational philosophy; this is part one)
“Every school says it’s going to be different. Why does Tarbiyah Academy think it’s going to be different?”
There is a lot that makes Tarbiyah Academy different. One of those things is concept-based learning.
I want you to think about a regular school day in your child’s classroom. Your child will most likely go from one 45-minute class to another. In English he may study ...
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One of the first questions I get asked by parents is “How did you hear about TA? What made you join TA?” Many parents know that before joining Tarbiyah Academy, my family and I had been living in AlAin, a small, quiet suburb in the United Arab Emirates. I had been there for five years working as an IB Coordinator and IB Teacher. So what made me come back to the U.S?
To be honest, I had no intention of returning to ...
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