Faculty & Staff

Faculty & Staff

Administration

Zina Bakha, Principal

Education:

CASAS Assessment. CASAS  (Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems, Virginia. 2016)

Montessori Lower Elementary Certification (North American Montessori Center. 2008)

Pre-K and Kindergarten Montessori Certification (World Montessori Institute, Atascadero, CA. 2001)

Masters in Comparative Cultural Studies (International Islamic University Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2000)

Bachelors in Social and Cultural Studies (University of Constantine, Algeria. 1995)

 


 
Administrative Assistants

Halimah Abdul-Mateen, – Assistant Principal – 

Sameen Rafi, Finance Manager

Nadia Maqsher, Front Desk Manager

 

 

Middle/High School

Olya Mariam: Middle/High English Literature and Language Arts
Education: BA – Education, MA – English Literature, Post Graduate Diploma in English Language Teaching, Virginia certified teacher

Usamah Townsend: Middle/High Sciences
Education: BS – Science ; Biology Degree, State Certified Teacher of Biological Sciences, Certification in Diversity Awareness Training

Sumaila Moeen Khan: Upper School Social Studies
Education: Scholarship in Religious Sciences, Post Graduate in Education, Research Oriented Teacher, Ijaza in Tafsir, Certification in Usul al-Waqf and Tajweed Pursuing Ijaza in Hadith -2nd year.

Quran, Arabic, Islamic Studies Department (QAIS)

Wafa Ben – Said, Qur’an Instructor & QAIS Department Lead
Education: Hafidha, Al-Noor’ania certified, Bachelor’s of Psychology

Sheikh Tanveer ShahidArabic Reading and Recitation
Education: Hafiz-e-Quran;  Al-Noor’ania certified; Currently seeking Ijazh in Quran

Hiba AlsalehiQuranic Grammar / Arabic
Education: 

Mounira El Khayat, Arabic // 6th grade – 12th
Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Interior Architecture. Arabic and Islamic sciences (Tafseer, Seerah, Aqidah, and Fiqh)

Amira Alsalehi, Conversational Arabic // 6th grade – 12th Tech Teacher KG – 5th
Education: 

Sumaila Moeen Khan, Upper School Islamic Studies
Education: Scholarship in Religious Sciences; Post Graduate in Education; Research Oriented Teacher; ‘Ijaza in Tafsir, Certification in ‘Usul al-Waqf and Tajweed Pursuing Ijaza in Hadith -2nd year-

Elementary School

Aminah Martinez: KG Homeroom Lead Teacher
Education: AAS Early Childhood Education , BS Child Studies, Montessori Trained

Aya Saleh: Co-Teacher KG 

Faye Malik: First Grade Homeroom
Education:  23 years classroom teacher, reading specialist;  15 years in Forensic Science at the State Laboratory

Samar Maqshar: First Grade Assistant

Nasirah Rollins: Fourth Grade Homeroom
Education: BS from Georgetown University; MS – Johns Hopkins University

Javeria Mir: Fifth Grade Homeroom
Education:
BS and MPH from University of Massachusetts Amherst; Montessori certification- Houston Montessori Center

 

Pre-Kindergarten 3-4

Reguia Seffah: PK 3-4 Teacher/Montessori, Qur’an, Culture and Islamic Studies
Education: Early Childhood Education; Nooraniya Certified

Monique Orr: Co-Teacher