Abu-Talib Learning Center is a full time deenyaat school which meet at Al-Ghadeer Education Foundation every Sunday from 11AM to 2PM. While we only meet once a week, students are given a prgress sheet which we call Star Sheet, to keep track of how they are doing all week long. These sheets are collected and tabulated every sunday and their results are posted at the end of each semester.
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Abu-Talib Learning Center consists of 8 different levels in both Qur'anic Studies, and Deenyaat. Students are evaluated and placed in to a specific level based on their current level of knowledge. At the end of school year in the month of Ramadhan, all the students paricipate in the Knowledge Contest where they take both written and verbal tests. The results of the Knowledge Contest are announced at the Eid-ul-Fitr gathering and determine which level the student will pariticpate in for the next year. Details regarding the curriculum of each level can be found in the Curriculum Section of the site.
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Abu-Talib Learning Center's school is divided in to five semesters consisting of three full semesters, a Mohurrum/Safer semester, and a Minisemester in Ramadhan. During the three full semesters, ATLC meets every sunday at 11:00 AM except for on specific eid sundays. For exact dates you can view/download our Calendar for the 2004-2005 school year. During the Mohurrum/Safer semester, ATLC meets every night at the daily majlis. Because we meet every night, we do not meet at 11:00 AM on sundays. During the Mohurrum/Safer semester, teaching is focused around the tragety of karbela. For the first 13 days of Mohurrum students of ATLC deliver a 5-10 min speech before the maulana's speech. Also, throughout the entire semester, students recite Quran and Soaz khani on a daily basis. The last of the five semesters is the minisemester in Ramadhan. During this semester ATLC meets 1 hour before mughribain prayers. This semester consists of rigerous preperation for the Knowledge Contest held at the end of the month.
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