Student Acheivements
AREAS OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
SIM CITY
7th and 8th graders at AHS compete annually in the National Engineers’ Week Future City Contest (Sim City) Competition. They placed 1st in the regional contest in 2001 -2002 and again in 2007-2008 and represented AHS at the National Competition in Washington DC. Students design a city on the computer, write an essay on an assigned topic, build a model of their city and make oral presentations before judges, under the guidance of an engineer mentor and a supervising teacher.
Click here for the Future City (SIMCITY) website
Check out a sample essay and abstract by AHS students Al-Jannah
HOUSTON CHRONICLE SPELLING BEE
Each year, the school champion participates in the city wide contest, and winners proceed to the national contest. Students in grades 4 through 8 compete in class spelling bees, which is followed by a school-wide contest to determine who will represent the school in the city-wide comptition.
Click here for the Chronicle Spelling Bee website
Students in grades KG through 12th participate in the Quran Comptition. Students compete at 5 levels of difficulty and are judged on memorization and recitation.
2006-07 Surah List for Quran contest
UNHCR POSTER CONTEST
Middle schoolers at AHS express their compassion for refugees around the world by participating annually in the poster contest sponsored by the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees. The poster designed by one of the 8th grade students received notable mention in this contest in the 2004 contest, and is currently on display in Washington DC.
