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MSOA Strategic Planning: The Breakdown

Our North Star

is the best education for Muslim children. Our design process is with the future Mohammed School Graduate in mind.

Lift Every Voice:

Student, teacher, leader, parent/caregiver, community stakeholder - your voice matters!

 Liberation is a Priority

This process honors our spiritual, religious, and cultural traditions, promotes healing, uplifts diverse voices, disrupts harmful practices, and builds on our past and present achievements.

Shura in Action:

This process involves collective brainstorming sessions. We'll use surveys, focus groups, group discussions, community gatherings, and other tools to gather everyone's ideas and insights to create solutions together.

Creating Brave Space:

This process promotes pushing boundaries and embracing constructive discomforts for better outcomes through self-reflection, honoring perspectives, experimenting with new methods, and challenging narratives.

Actions Speak Louder

Talking is great, but doing is even better. This process isn't just about finding problems; it's about identifying priorities and creating step-by-step solutions for improvement. 

“Whosoever of you sees a wrong, let them change it with their hand; and if they are not able to do so, then [let them change it] with their tongue; and if they are not able to do so, then with their heart — and that is the weakest of faith.” Prophet Muhammad 

Transparency is key!  

Everything will be out in the open, and everyone will have a chance to weigh in. This is OUR school and OUR process and OUR responsibility.

We're All in This Together:  

Think "synergy"!  Everyone has a role to play, and we'll all be held accountable for making this plan a success. Hold Tight - All Together, to the Rope of Allah (3: 103)

Under Construction:

The final design is yet to be defined. This process is an open and adaptable approach to create a map for the excellence our scholars deserve now.

Our Partner in Excellence:

We’ve hired the North Star Team  to help our MSOA community design an educational system that liberates each scholar’s unique potential. The North Star teamis a team of educational experts with a mission to help their partners design unique solutions to complex problems.

Executive Team:

  • Imam Plemon El-Amin

  • Natasha Basheer

  • Dr Zenobia Day

  • Dr Quran Shakir

  • Principal Khalil Ali

  • Stephanie Williams

  • Imam Suleiman Hameed

  • Ihsan Saleem

Our Teams

Guiding Team:

  • Zahporrah Shamsid-Deen

  • Sakinah Williams

  • RaEssa Coleman

  • Kinda Abdus-Saboor

  • I. Klyne

  • Tiffany Green-Abdullah

  • Michael Champion

  • Haniyyah Numan

  • Shahidah Sharif

  • Fatima Khokhar

  • Dr. Zakiyyah Ware

  • Dr. Zaheerah Shakir-Khan

  • Saudia Muwwakkil

  • Rukiya Stamp

  • Fatymatou Saleem

  • Nasheed Sabree

  • Yahya Muhammad

Communications Team:

  • Ash Exantus (Ash'Cash)

  • Fatyma Khokhar

  • Stephanie Williams

  • Aminata Kah

  • Shahida Sharif

  • Rasheedah Ziyad

We need your input!

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