Founder's message

Alhamdulillah. Your Islamic School, Intellicor International Academy was awarded Accreditation by Cognia, on June 27, 2024. 

Per an email from Cognia: "We are delighted to inform you that your institution ‘Intellicor International Academy’ has been awarded Accredited status by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement ( *NCA CASI* ), the Northwest Accreditation Commission ( *NWAC* ), and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement ( *SACS CASI* ). The three listed regional agencies provide your institution with a *highly regarded accreditation that is recognized throughout the world* . This action was conferred by the *Cognia Global Commission* on June 27, 2024."

On behalf of all Intellicor staff, current and past, I would like to express Intellicor’s gratitude for our Muslim community in Charlotte for the continued support.  We look forward to more collaboration, so we provide our young Muslims with a psychologically-safe school environment, where they lean, develop, and enjoy their accomplishments and life.

Intellicor International Academy, as a member of the Intellectual Hearts Schools, is a leading student-focused, educational entity, promoting students and community development according to the professional pedagogical and psychological knowledge and according to the tolerant teachings of Islam.​

Intellicor International Academy, as a member of the Intellectual Hearts Schools, works on providing a safe and motivational environment for students to learn and develop to their maximum potential and to become good, practicing Muslims who recognize current realities and understand future challenges of their local, national, and human community so they ably serve.

• Wisdom: Ability to make good decisions based on experience and learning
• Integrity: Strictly following what you believe is right and good 
• Sincerity: Genuineness and honesty; not fake
• Decency: Conforming to the standards of proper or modest behavior
• Optimism: Expecting the best possible outcome with bright hope
• Mercy: Compassion and Forgiveness

1.  Heart-Mind Interaction:

• The heart holds one’s core beliefs that guide the brain’s processes, especially comprehension.  "أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ أَمْ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبٍ أَقْفَالُهَا"

2. NeuroEducation:

• The study of how the physical brain and nervous system combine with the body, mind, intellect and other intangible factors of life to create patterns of thought and behavior.

3. Humanism:

• Emphasis is on the value of human life, experience, and how humans may act in the world.

4. Multiculturalism:

• Preparing students to consolidate the multiple cultures (mainstream and deep) they live in.

5. Social Responsibility:

• The ethical obligation of every individual in the school towards the welfare and interests of all.

6. School Mental Health:

• Empowering students to maximize their resources, so they reach their potentials, achieve their goals, and overcome their challenges.
• iHearts Schools provide assessment, guidance, and counseling.
• Assessment of Fluid IQ, Academic Achievement, Children Temperament, and Behavioral & Emotional Screening is done at admission and repeated at the end of each year to measure progress.

7. Triple-7 Parenting:

• The school operation adopts an approach of child rearing, socialization, and education that is based on Caring and Loving, Demanding and Disciplining, and Companionship, then trusting children independence.