Congratulations to our WYSE team for receiving Fourth Place at the state tournament
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WYSE Tournament
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Illinois State Bar Association
Congratulations to Jamiel Abed for receiving Outstanding Presentation as a Mock Trial Witness at the 2017 Illinois State Bar Association High School Mock Trial Invitational
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Boys Basketball
Congratulations to our Elementary Boys Basketball team for receiving 2nd place at the Southwest Conference.
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A Mosaic, by the CPSA MIST Chicago 2017 team
CPSA students’ short film, titled A Mosaic, won 3rd place over the weekend at MIST Chicago 2017. MIST is a yearly competition that brings together students public and private school Muslim students from all over the region, where they compete against one another in a wide variety of topics and competitions.
This year’s 3rd place winner for the MIST 2017 Short Film competition was created by the CPSA team and it’s a great must-watch. Shout-out to Team CPSA!
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Illinois Principals Association
On Monday, April 24th, CPSA seniors Sana Basheer and Ayesha Mohammad were honored for their outstanding achievements during the Illinois Principals Association (IPA) DuPage Region Student Recognition Breakfast.
Each year, principals in every school of DuPage County are eligible to recognize one or two students in their school for academic performance, exemplary citizenship, and overall achievement. Sana and Ayesha will be recognized along with about fifty other top scholars from the DuPage County area during the banquet.
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MIST Chicago 2017 Results
CPSA competed at the Muslim Inter-Scholastic Tournament at American Islamic College this past weekend (April 22nd and 23rd). MIST has many different competitions including Quran, academic competitions, art and athletic competitions. This year was very difficult with many more schools and competitors.
Alhamdullilah, our school got 1st overall and we swept the top 5 students! Ms. Ayesha Siddiqui, Ms. Saarah Mohammed and Br. Asim Gaffar accompanied the students as coaches and coordinator.
CPSA OVERALL Team Champion (4 years in a row)
Top Students Overall:
Champion- Sarah Syed (with special prizes)
2nd- Afreen Mohiuddin (with special prizes)
3rd- Sana Basheer (with special prizes)
4th- Ayesha Mohammed (12th)
5th- Zainab Siddiqui
KNOWLEDGE AND QUR’AN CATEGORY
Qur’an Level One- Girls
Champion- Suraiya Hashmi
Champion- Suraiya Hashmi
Qur’an Level Two- Girls
2nd- Sarah Syed
3rd- Areej Kalota
2nd- Sarah Syed
3rd- Areej Kalota
Qur’an Level Three- Girls
Champion- Zahra Irfan
2nd- Eram Fatima
Champion- Zahra Irfan
2nd- Eram Fatima
Qur’an Level Four- Girls
Champion- Maryam Ahmad
2nd- Rameen QadeerQur’an Level Two- Boys
Champion- Saurim Khan
Champion- Maryam Ahmad
2nd- Rameen QadeerQur’an Level Two- Boys
Champion- Saurim Khan
Qur’an Level Three- Boys
2nd- Hamid Mohiuddin
2nd- Hamid Mohiuddin
Qur’an Level Four- Boys
2nd- Yusuf Choudhury
4th- Mubashir Sayeed
Test One (Tazkiya Book)
2nd- Mehroz Mohammed
Test Two (Social Psychology Book)
Champion- Sarah Ahmad
3rd- Humnah Rehman
3rd- Humnah Rehman
Test Three (Cultural Commentary Book)
Champion- Sana Basheer
Test Four (Sociology Book)
Champion- Ayesha Mohammed (12th)
2nd- Hasan Saleemi
3rd- Zainab SiddiquiWRITING AND ORATORY CATEGORY
2nd- Hasan Saleemi
3rd- Zainab SiddiquiWRITING AND ORATORY CATEGORY
Original Oratory
Champion- Afreen Mohiuddin
4th- Amira DardarExtemporaneous Speaking
2nd- Sarah Syed
Champion- Afreen Mohiuddin
4th- Amira DardarExtemporaneous Speaking
2nd- Sarah Syed
Short Fiction
3rd- Hafsa Siddiqui
Poetry
3rd- Muhammad Saleemi
3rd- Muhammad Saleemi
4th- Shahnaaz Sakkaria
BRACKETS CATEGORY
Math Olympics
2nd- Sana Basheer
3rd- Asma Basith
Debate
3rd- Hasan Saleemi & Huzefa ChaudhuryMIST Scholastic Bowl (Covered 6 topics ranging from Islamic History to Current Events)
2nd place- Ayesha Mohammed, Afreen Mohiuddin, Eram Fatima, Maimoona Masood and Faraz Attar
3rd- Hasan Saleemi & Huzefa ChaudhuryMIST Scholastic Bowl (Covered 6 topics ranging from Islamic History to Current Events)
2nd place- Ayesha Mohammed, Afreen Mohiuddin, Eram Fatima, Maimoona Masood and Faraz Attar
Improv Boys
2nd- Zain Shaikh, Saurim Khan, Saude Chaudhry
Improv Girls
2nd- Amira Dardar, Ayesha Shafeeq, Maleeha Rasheed, Nurulhuda Farooqui, Zainab Khan and Zainab Siddiqui
ART CATEGORY
Fashion Design
3rd- Sara Rajapkar
Culinary Arts
3rd- Ayesha Farhat
Graphic Design
Champion- Zainab Mohammad
2nd- Zainab SiddiquiScrapbook
Champion- Afreen Mohiuddin and Hafsa Siddiqui
Champion- Zainab Mohammad
2nd- Zainab SiddiquiScrapbook
Champion- Afreen Mohiuddin and Hafsa Siddiqui
GROUP COMPETITIONS CATEGORY
Community Service
2nd- Areej Kalota, Asma Basith, Eram Fatima, Iqra Naviwala, Mehroz Mohammed & Sana BasheerScience Fair
2nd- Areej Kalota, Asma Basith, Eram Fatima, Iqra Naviwala, Mehroz Mohammed & Sana BasheerScience Fair
Champion- Fatima Ala and Miftha Syed
Short Film
3rd- Faraz Attar, Humza Ahmad & Saude Chaudhry
Business Venture
2nd- Ammara Ashraf, Maryam Ahmad, Nabeeha Latif, Summayya Ather, Safiya Farooqui
Social Media
Champion- Afreen Mohiuddin, Ayesha Shafeeq, Zainab Siddiqui
Nasheed Boys
Champion-Mohammed Sami, Mubashir Sayeed & Muzammil Sayeed
Nasheed Girls
2nd- Ayesha Mohammed, Hafsa Nawaz, Sarah Syed
2nd- Ayesha Mohammed, Hafsa Nawaz, Sarah Syed
SPORTS CATEGORYBasketball-Girls- 2nd place
Soccer- Girls- 2nd place
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Groundbreaking Ceremony
It gives us great pleasure to inform you that the long awaited dream of constructing a new CPSA building has finally come through. This is a result of the efforts and prayers from each and every member of the community. We pray to Allah Almighty that this long cherished dream continues to create the leaders of our community.
Insha'Allah we will have the ground breaking celebrations on Sunday, May 14th between 3 pm and 5 pm. We invite all CPSA families to join us for this event. We look forward to your participation at this joyous and historic occasion.
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Washington Post: CPSA is the most-challenging high school in Illinois for 2017!
For the 5th year in a row, The Washington Post has named College Preparatory School of America as the number one most challenging high school in all of Illinois!
Nationally, CPSA is ranked as the 53rd school in the entire nation (up from 87th in 2016), and on a state-level CPSA has come in first place for the 5th year in a row masha’Allah, coming ahead of Whitney Young, Adlai Stevenson, Lincoln Park, and many other top schools in the state.
The full list of top schools in the nation can be seen on The Washington Post website.
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Ground-Breaking Contract-Signing Ceremony
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Groundbreaking Ceremony
Alhumdullilah, on May 14th students, parents, staff and CPSA community gathered at the school to celebrate the start of construction. The festivities included food, games, mendhi, face painting, and digging! It was a great turn out where everyone was able to relax and enjoy the festivities.
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The Daily Herald’s coverage of CPSA’s ground-breaking
Assalamu alaikum everyone!
I hope you’re all having a wonderful and blessed end to Ramadan. May Allah SWT accept from us all the fasting, qiyyam, and zakah in this holy month and count us from among those whose sins are forgiven in this special time.
I just wanted to share with you The Daily Herald‘s article covering CPSA’s ground-breaking ceremony on the 12th of May, 2017.
Read: Lombard private school breaks ground on expansion
Some quotes from the article:
“We’ve been hoping for this when I was in high school,” said [Asim Ansari,] the 2000 CPSA graduate who now works as a dentist and has a preschooler and second-grader enrolled at his alma mater. “And now I’m hoping my kids get to see it.”
“It’s wonderful because now my children are going to the school,” said 1996 graduate Filza Irfan, whose kids are in preschool, fifth grade and ninth grade. “This building is very old so they need a larger place, a cleaner place, more state-of-the art classrooms and equipment.”
[CPSA’s] 54 staff members include Bothaina Zahdan, who has taught Islamic studies and Arabic to junior high and high school students for the past 18 years. Devotion and lots of fundraising have allowed the high school to be ready for construction this year, she said.
“We were very patient,” Zahdan said. “And our dream came true.”
We’ll have more photos and possibly even a video or two to share with you later from this exciting event, insha’Allah!
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