This school is for those who are part of the elite. One student's parent told me to come there because I'd be given extra tutoring and extra classes to help me on the standerized tests and AP Exams. This school is great for those who are part of the elite. Those elite students are the ones that boost
... Read more the school's high standerized test scores. The rest of the school don't receive much attention at all. Not only that, but the extra curriculars are lacking. There has to be something related to service and not just academic activities. CPSA also fails to give a realistic environment of the real world. They emphasize math and science, and becoming a doctor like that is the only profession that one can go in. If you are more interested in English and History, get out of there. CPSA doesn't care about the average student much. Read less
Posted by a other on 11/07/08
The golden years of CPSA have passed. The original staff Dr. Nafe PhD, Dr Parvez PhD, and Mr. Iftikhar MS that built the school under the founder Dr. Saleem are nearing the end of their tenure at CPSA. These individuals dedicated their lives to provide quality education to our teenage youth. The new
... Read more staff that are coming in are far less productive, but it's not their fault. The problem is that CPSA has been increasing the class sizes to 35+ for the last several years (in the elementary grades). But now those elementary children have reached middle and early high-school. Can you imagine having 37 students in a single classroom with one teacher??? How can they teach that many kids in one class? The answer: They Can't! The teachers are frustrated and the quality of education has dropped considerably. The problem has now reached middle school as well as 9th grade. Read less
Posted by a parent on 04/06/08
CPSA was a great experience. Socially, the friends I made there are the best friends I've ever had. Cpsa gives the opportunity to develop relationships with your peers that public schools (which I also attended) could never offer. Although there are no music and art programs available, there is some
... Read more focus on sports and and academia after class. Most students are involved in the Debate Team, Decathlon Team, WISE Team, peer tutoring, SAT classes, ACT classes, and long after school study sessions with the teachers themselves. I have never met more dedicated teachers in my life. The teachers stay extra hours to help the students. The results are astounding; show me one school that offers higher testscore averages, percentage of students in tops schools, and high moral values all in one. CPSA is a winner. Read less
Posted by a student on 10/27/07
CPSA has the best educational program in its area and is totally cool and fun, having gone there myself! CPSA is the best!
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Posted by a student on 11/22/06
Really good academic progarams, very interactive activities.
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Posted by a parent on 04/21/06
CPSA lacks in morality and respect. The staff is very unorganized and not effective at all. The students are very loud and rude. I had an awful experience there.
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Posted by a student on 06/02/05
CPSA is an excellent institution providing top notch education and preparing students very well for college. The Islamic environment and discipline is what takes its students a long way-and what the students really need. It is sad that many people take Islamic schools for granted and don't appreciate
... Read more for what it is giving us. The staff and teachers are always willing to help whether its teachers helping students with homework or parents needing assistance in paying tuition. Read less
Posted by a former student on 06/02/05
CPSA IS THE BEST! It has the most devoted teachers and the Principal is one of a kind who can handle everything and the extracurricular activities are wonderful and many parents are involved, for there seen all around school, and it has one more thing no other school lets happen: fun. And on top of that
... Read more we all learn what truly matters, once again, unlike any other school: Islam, so yes, it is better than all of you say, although it being not all high tech. So in the end, cpsa is the best! Read less
If you want a 'rude' but highly educated child then you would send them here. This school pushes high achievement on tests but sorely lacks in the basics such as respect and good behavior. But why should they when you have a principal who is known to have a problem respecting both Muslim women and
... Read more African-American Muslims. (But you will not have the problem if you are neither of the above.) I would not recommend CPSA if you want to wholly develop your child in both discipline, respect for other ethnicities, and good character development. Why teach the good principles of respect in Islam but not actually practice it? Socially the kids are really lacking. My advice, is try to visit them during recess. It has been cancelled due to the boys constantly fighting. What does that tell you? Read less
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Vocational Education
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Computer Programming, Computer Science
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Economics, Sociology and Anthropology
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general intellectual ability or talent - high intelligence test score (usually two standard deviations above the mean), and high levels of vocabulary, memory, abstract work knowledge and abstract reasoning;
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creative and productive thinking, the ability to produce new ideas;
leadership ability, the ability to direct individuals or groups to a common decision or action;
visual and performing arts, special talents in visual art, music, dance, drama, or other related studies;
psychomotor ability, such as practical, spatial, mechanical, and physical skills.
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