Your questions.Answered here.
The questions families ask us most, about applying, costs, the school day, and Islamic life, answered plainly in one place.
Joining
Joining the school: the questions we hear first.
Ages • Dates • Enrolling
Which ages do you take?
Children can join from six months old. The school runs from Infant and Toddler care, through PreK-3, PreK-4 and Kindergarten, to Elementary, Middle School and a new, growing high school, currently up to Grade 9Needs fixing.
Can my child attend part-time?
No. Every place is full-time, at every age.
When does enrollment open?
In January for returning families and in March for new families, for the school year that follows.
Is there a deadline?
Register by May 31 to receive the discounted rate. If you are applying later than that, call the office on 501-565-3555 to ask about places.
How do we apply?
In three steps: register online, submit your child’s enrollment paperwork, then book an enrollment appointment with the Office Administrator. The Apply page explains each one.
The school day
The school day, from drop-off to pick-up.
Families want to know how the day fits around their own. These are the answers to the questions we are asked most about hours, naps and pick-up.
What are the school hours?
The school day runs from 8:00 to 3:25. Students who arrive after 8:05 are marked tardy.
Do infants and toddlers keep the same hours?
Yes. The youngest children follow the same 8:00 to 3:25 day as everyone else, shaped around their age.
Do the younger children nap?
Yes. Infants through Kindergarten take a nap during the day.
Can we pick our child up early?
For preschool children, yes: families can pick them up early, or at any time in the day. From Kindergarten to Grade 9, no. Arkansas law requires children at those grades to attend the full school day and meet the state’s educational requirements.
Is Kindergarten a full day?
Yes. Kindergarten is a full day only, to meet the requirements of the Arkansas Department of Education.
Is Jummah held at the school?
Yes, at 1pm on Fridays. Families of enrolled students are given the details.
Are there clubs after school?
Yes. Clubs are run after school hours by teacher volunteers. Any student can join with a parent’s consent and a sign-up fee.
Faith and classrooms
Boys and girls, prayer, and the Qur’an at school.
The Huda Academy provides mixed gender learning environments for all grades pre-k through 12th gradeNeeds fixing with a focus on creating inclusive, nurturing, and developmentally appropriate classrooms for all students. Based on school vision we educate students on how to appropriately interact socially with students of the opposite gender to prepare them for society.
Are sports teams mixed too?
No. Classrooms are mixed, but the teams are not. The volleyball team is for girls and the soccer team is for boys. The school is working with other schools to arrange games against them.
Which prayers do students pray at school?
Students from Grade 1 up pray Dhuhr together at school. Older students mentor the younger ones during salah, and on Fridays an older student gives the khutbah.
Do children learn the Qur’an?
Yes. Each grade memorizes its own portion of the Qur’an over the year, and the teacher tracks every student’s progress. Eleven of the school’s staff are huffaz, and this year the school began an Ijazah program with its Grade 9 students.
Is Arabic taught?
Yes, from Kindergarten. Qur’anic Arabic is used in the Qur’an and Qira’ah classes, and Modern Standard Arabic is taught as a language in its own right.
Costs
Costs in brief, with the full detail a page away.
Short answers to the money questions. The Tuition and Financial Aid pages set out each one in full.
How much is tuition?
$9,500 a year for Kindergarten to Grade 9, and $8,500 for PreK, each paid in ten monthly payments.
Can we use the Arkansas voucher?
Yes, for Kindergarten to Grade 9. The voucher pays $7,208Needs fixing, leaving the family $2,292Needs fixing for the year. The money must come through ClassWallet; if it does not, the family owes the full tuition.
Are there discounts?
In PreK, a second child receives $500 off, and paying the full year at the start takes $500 off. There is no sibling discount from Kindergarten to Grade 9. Registering by May 31 earns a discounted rate.
Is lunch included?
No. Lunch is $9 a meal. Families sign up by the month and commit for the whole month.
Is financial aid available?
Yes, decided case by case from the previous year’s taxes, household size and expenses, with approval from the board and administration.
The school will confirm
What the May 31 discount is worth, whether the PreK discounts can be combined, whether tuition includes the registration, building, book and cot fees in the parent handbook, and the financial aid deadline.
The answers in
more detail.
Still wondering?
Ask us anything at all.
No question is too small, so if yours is not answered here, the school office would love to hear it.
