Al-Aqsa Islamic Academy

Al-Aqsa Islamic Academy is an Islamic private day and weekend school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, established in 1996.^[1] It has a coeducational Kindergarten through 8th grade program and an all-girls' high school for grades 9 through 11.^[2] It is affiliated with the Al-Aqsa Islamic Society and is located in a common building.

In 2004 the Al-Aqsa Islamic Society building received murals and decorative tiling. In 2006 volunteers added more decorative work to the building.^[3]

References

↑ "About Al-Aqsa." Al-Aqsa Islamic Academy. Retrieved on September 26, 2016.
↑ "Home." Al-Aqsa Islamic Academy. Retrieved on September 26, 2016.
↑ Salisbury, Stephan (2016-01-11). "Interfaith effort works to beautify Philadelphia mosque". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2016-09-26.

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Coordinates: 39°58′26″N 75°08′29″W / 39.9739°N 75.1413°W / 39.9739; -75.1413

Al-Aqsa Islamic Academy

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Schools

School District of Philadelphia

5-12 schools	Girard Academic Music Program Julia R. Masterman School

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K-8 schools	Andrew Jackson John Story Jenks Eliza Butler Kirkbride William M. Meredith George W. Nebinger George Sharswood Southwark Spring Garden Vare-Washington (formerly Abigail Vare)

Middle schools	Gen. Louis Wagner

Elementary schools	Francis Scott Key Samuel W. Pennypacker William Rowen

Former public schools	Edward W. Bok Technical High School Charles Carroll High School Communications Technology High School Stephen A. Douglas High School Fairhill Elementary School Thomas FitzSimons High School Robert Fulton Elementary School Germantown High School Leslie P. Hill Elementary School John L. Kinsey Elementary School Joseph C. Ferguson Elementary School Joseph Leidy Elementary School Robert E. Lamberton High School George Pepper Middle School Anna B. Pratt Elementary School General John F. Reynolds Elementary School The Young Women's Leadership School at Rhodes High School Anna H. Shaw Middle School Sheridan West Academy Walter G. Smith Elementary School Spring Garden School No. 1 University City High School Roberts Vaux Promise Academy George Washington School John G. Whittier Elementary School Alexander Wilson Elementary School

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Religious and religious background private schools	Chestnut Hill Academy Springside School Al-Aqsa Islamic Academy

Girls' schools in the Philadelphia area

Public girls' schools

Philadelphia High School for Girls

Closed	The Young Women's Leadership School at Rhodes High School (Philadelphia)

Private girls' schools

Pennsylvania	Al-Aqsa Islamic Academy (girls' high school) Saint Basil Academy Country Day School of the Sacred Heart J. W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls Merion Mercy Academy Mount Saint Joseph Academy Nazareth Academy High School Academy of Notre Dame de Namur Archbishop Prendergast High School St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls Villa Joseph Marie High School Villa Maria Academy

New Jersey	Our Lady of Mercy Academy (Franklin Township)

Delaware	Padua Academy Ursuline Academy (Coed elementary, girls' secondary)

Closed	Notre Dame Catholic Girls High School (Philadelphia)

Merged	Saint Maria Goretti High School (Philadelphia) West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Girls

Girls' schools in Pennsylvania

Public girls' schools

Philadelphia High School for Girls

Closed	The Young Women's Leadership School at Rhodes High School (Philadelphia)

Private girls' schools

Philadelphia area	Al-Aqsa Islamic Academy (girls' high school) Saint Basil Academy Country Day School of the Sacred Heart J. W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls Merion Mercy Academy Mount Saint Joseph Academy Nazareth Academy High School Academy of Notre Dame de Namur Archbishop Prendergast High School St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls Villa Joseph Marie High School Villa Maria Academy

Pittsburgh area	Oakland Catholic High School

Closed	Notre Dame Catholic Girls High School (Philadelphia)

Merged	Saint Maria Goretti High School (Philadelphia) West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Girls

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