Diversity & Community Life
IQRA' Academy is committed to diversity, inclusion and the development of an educational environment that best prepares students to become contributing members of a multicultural and interconnected society. This goal is supported through admissions efforts, attention to diverse learning styles, multicultural curriculum development and behavior that demonstrates respect for the individual.
Diversity Statement
IQRA' Academy is a diverse community that strives to expand and enrich students’ perspectives on the world. Recognizing the value of diversity in our community, IQRA' Academy has an unwavering commitment to provide a respectful, supporting and nurturing environment in which to explore individual differences and commonalities and prepare students for today’s pluralistic society.
IQRA' Academy believes that diversity, inclusion, equity and justice are essential to the excellence of our community, culture and curriculum. We recognize that the pursuit of this excellence requires thoughtful, deliberate and sustained action and that this effort is critical to our educational mission.
Community: We value diversity in all of its dimensions including but not limited to gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, physical abilities, family composition and socio-economic status. We seek to reflect multiple perspectives, backgrounds and interests in all facets of our community. We recognize that students who are exposed to and embrace diversity are better prepared to engage in a pluralistic world.
Culture and Climate: We strive to be an inclusive community in which each individual feels safe, respected and valued. In building a community that values similarities and differences among its constituents, we seek to embody in our actions and in our relations with one another the principles of equity and justice as well as IQRA' Academy’s core values of honesty, respect, compassion, responsibility and fairness.
Curriculum: We believe that exposure to multiple – and even sometimes competing – points of view best equips students to explore, understand and apply complex concepts, building the basis for a rigorous education. By weaving diversity into the fabric of our curriculum, we equip our students with the interpersonal and critical thinking skills that are essential to success in the complex, multicultural world in which we live. Columbus Academy adheres to the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Principles of Good Practice for Equity and Justice.
Approved by Board of Trustees, April 2013