Oregon Islamic Academy
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The Oregon Islamic Academy is an Islamic based, private sixth through twelfth grade school in Tigard, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Muslim Educational Trust (MET) which is divided into a community outreach committee, a pre-kindergarten through fifth grade named the Islamic School of the Muslim Educational Trust (ISMET). The Oregon Islamic Academy (OIA) holds classes for those students in grades six through twelve.
The National Center for Education Statistics, in statistics collection, groups the elementary and secondary schools together.{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=97219&Miles=5&NumOfStudentsRange=more&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&SchoolPageNum=3&ID=A9903532|title=Islamic School Of Met/oregon Islamic Academy |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=2025-04-10}}
History
The Muslim Educational Trust was founded in 1993 by Wajdi Said, Gail Ramjan, and Ayoob Ramjan.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} In 1997, the trust opened an Islamic-based school in Tigard.{{cite news|last=Kjellstrand|first=Torsten|title=Oregon Islamic Academy in Tigard has first high school graduation|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2011/06/oregon_islamic_academy_in_tiga.html|accessdate=25 June 2011|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=June 10, 2011}} By 2006 the school had grown to 89 students at its campus near Washington Square, all in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.{{cite news|last=Blackmun|first=Maya|title=Leap of faith|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/08/leap_of_faith.html|accessdate=25 June 2011|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=August 31, 2007}} The next school year, the school had grown to 125 students, and had 16 teachers.
In September 2007, the Oregon Islamic Academy opened as the high school for the educational group with a class of six students, and was the first Islamic high school to open in the Northwestern United States. A seventh grade student at the school won the poster contest held by the Human Rights Council of Washington County in 2010.{{cite news|last=House|first=Kelly|title=Seventh-grader at Oregon Islamic Academy wins Washington County human rights poster contest|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/index.ssf/2010/12/seventh_grade_student_at_oregon_islamic_academy_wins_washington_county_human_rights_poster_contest.html|accessdate=25 June 2011|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=December 1, 2010}} Following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, seven students at the academy traveled to Japan to assist in the recovery.{{cite news|last=Haught|first=Nancy|title=Religion notebook: Oregon Islamic Academy helps out in Japan, Catholic Human Development funds local grants and Jewish Federation looks for next big idea|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2011/06/religion_notebook_oregon_islam.html|accessdate=25 June 2011|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=June 8, 2011}} The Oregon Islamic Academy graduated its first high school class in June 2011, with two students earning their diplomas.
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External links
- [http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=130757901537436000 Oregon Islamic Academy celebrates first two graduates]{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} - Portland Tribune
- [http://w3.osaa.org/scorecenter/schools/details/445 Oregon School Activities Association]
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Category:High schools in Washington County, Oregon
Category:Private middle schools in Oregon