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ISNA Canada

Coordinates: 43°36′13″N 79°34′07″W / 43.6035°N 79.5685°W / 43.6035; -79.5685
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{{Infobox Education in Canada |name=Islamic Society of North America Elementary School |streetaddress=1525 Sherway Drive |city=Mississauga |province=Ontario |affiliation=Islamic |superintendent= Mohamed Anjum |trustee= Kafi Ali |principal= Zakerie Farah |schooltype=Private |grades=K-8 |team name= Gentle Giants |homepage=isnacanada.com


Islamic Society of North America Elementary School is an Islamic elementary school in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The school is part of the Islamic Society of North America umbrella organization. ISNA Elementary School was founded in 1983, and moved to its current location in 1985; it is one of the oldest Islamic schools in the Greater Toronto Area. ISNA Elementary School offers all subjects required by the Ontario Ministry of Education: English, Math, Science, French (grades 4-8), Social Studies, Gym and Computer Studies. Additionally it also offers Arabic, Quran and Islamic Studies as part of the school's Islamic curriculum.

The school has an annual wiz quiz. the best year was th 09/10 year because of grade 8.

ISNA Elementary School also has a high school branch in Mississauga, which is called ISNA High School and is also run by the Islamic Society of North America. The high school is housed in the Islamic Center of Canada complex, which also houses a big mosque and the headquarters of ISNA Canada, among other amenities for Muslims such as an Islamic funeral service and an Islamic bookstore.[1] It is one of the few Islamic high schools in the Greater Toronto Area.

The school building's exterior underwent a facelift during the summer of 2005. The facelift added a cream-yellow insulation to the brick building and archways to the design, embodying Islamic architecture - resembling the design of its high school branch. ISNA Elementary School was also covered by the media as part of the faith-based school funding debate proposed by the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario if they won the 2007 general election.[2] ISNA Elementary School regularly faces other Islamic schools in the Greater Toronto Area in a yearly basketball tournament; the school's basketball team is called the ISNA Flames.

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43°36′13″N 79°34′07″W / 43.6035°N 79.5685°W / 43.6035; -79.5685