Phone +1 404-378-4219 | Founded 1980 | |
Address 735 Fayetteville Rd SE, Atlanta, GA 30316, USA Similar The Paideia School, Alonzo Crim Open Campus, McNair High School, Decatur High School, Druid Hills High School Profiles | ||
Mohammed Schools of Atlanta is a 3K-12 Islamic private school system in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, near Atlanta. The schools are administered by the Atlanta Masjid of Islam. As of 2001 about 300 students attend the schools. It is located within the East Atlanta area. The elementary and middle schools within the system are called Sister Clara Mohammed School, and the high school within Mohammed Schools is Warith Deen Mohammad High School (WDMH). It is the only K-12 Islamic school campus in Metro Atlanta.
History
The school system was founded in 1980, as the Clara Mohammed School. In 1989 the high school component was renamed after Warith Deen Mohammed, while the elementary and middle school remained as the "Clara Mohammed School." In the 1990s the school announced that it would do an overhaul. The groundbreaking of a new gymnasium occurred in 1998. The renovation was scheduled as a six-month project, but completion took longer due to fluctuations in donations and volunteers. The renovation, which overhauled classrooms, the gymnasium, and science laboratories, was completed in 2001. As of 2007 Mohammed Schools has no special education teachers.