Lectures

Middle and high school are challenging times for young Muslims and Al-Furqan School schedules several lectures on a regular basis for these students, focusing on issues relevant to this age group.

In the past, Al-Furqan School has invited lecturers to the middle and high school classes who gave talks dealing with a variety of topics including:

• Career Choices for the Future
• How to Establish Salah or a Muslim Student Association at your Public School
• Health Education Lecture - Muslim teenagers growing up in America are faced with huge challenges to an Islamic value system and these students are bombarded with information for which they have little or no Islamic perspective. Thus the goal of the lecture is to provide an Islamic perspective to many health and development issues that are vital to young Muslim teenagers, so as to equip them with the tools they need to make good choices growing up as Muslims in America.

Discussions

Al-Furqan School host variety of discussions for Al-Furqan parents to help with challenges they are faced with raising families in non-Islamic society.

• Internet Security Basics - Al-Furqan School presented a workshop to the parents intended to educate and raise awareness about today's Internet dangers. With the rapid growth of the Internet, parent must learn how to keep their children safe from cyber space.
• Parent Discussion Panel - Al-Furqan School hosted a panel discussion for parents focusing on discussing the issues and problems our youth face in as they grow up. Parents need to able to guide their children in the right direction and provide support to them in their times of need. The lecture shared insights with parents on the many ways they can help their children. The discussion included viewpoints from an Islamic perspective, a youth perspective and the perspective of a professional psychiatrist. Insha'Allah, Al-Furqan School plans to host another round of discussion panel for 2009-2010 academic year in 2 part series.
• Presenting Ramadan and Eid in Public Schools - Al-Furqan School presented a workshop for parents entitled "Presenting Ramadan and Eid in Public Schools." The workshop gave parents a chance to speak about Islamic Festivities in their childs public school.