A week at SII
What a week looks like, for your child and for you
Families who choose an online school deserve to know the time it takes before they start, including the time a parent spends. Here is our plan for each grade band: live minutes, self-paced minutes and how much of that is away from the screen, the on-screen time we plan for a day and its ceiling, and the hours a parent or other learning coach should expect.
These numbers are our proposal, to be confirmed by our founding faculty. Once confirmed, the live minutes become a written promise in our Terms of Enrollment.
Full-Time Online School
Grades 1 and 2
Young children learn best in short live lessons, with an adult close by. Your child learns in a locked "Learn with" view inside your Family Portal, so they cannot wander into messages, billing, or a sibling's work.
| Each week | Grades 1 and 2 |
|---|---|
| Live classes, in small groups | 300 minutes (5 hours) Daily reading and math groups |
| Qur'an, live | 100 minutes (1 hour 40 minutes) |
| Self-paced lessons, on and off the screen | 600 minutes (10 hours) |
| Of those, work away from the screen | 300 minutes (5 hours) |
| Islamic studies (counted within the above) | 90 minutes (1.5 hours) |
| Advisor | A weekly group check-in |
| Parent or learning-coach time | About 3 hours a day |
| On-screen time, as planned | About 2 hours 20 minutes a school day |
| Screen-time ceiling (on-screen minutes only) | At most 2 hours 30 minutes on screen a school day |
These numbers are proposed and will be confirmed by our founding faculty. The screen-time ceiling counts on-screen minutes only: live classes, live Qur'an, and the self-paced lessons done on a screen. Work away from the screen (reading, handwriting, math on paper, and Qur'an practice from a printed mushaf) is part of the self-paced minutes, counts toward the school day when a parent confirms it, and is not screen time.
A sample day
An example only. Times move with your family's prayer times and your time zone.
Morning
Qur'an practice with the printed qaida, with you beside your child. Then a short live Qur'an group with the teacher.
Mid-morning
A live reading group with the teacher, then a break away from the screen.
Late morning
A short self-paced math lesson, math practice on paper, then a live math group.
After Dhuhr
Lunch and salah. Then an Islamic studies story and activity, read together.
Afternoon
Reading aloud together and handwriting, off the screen. The school day ends in time for Asr.
Your part
In grades 1 and 2, a parent or another adult you choose (the learning coach) sits with your child for a good part of each day: starting lessons, reading together, and confirming offline work. The table shows how many hours to plan for.
The learning coach can be a grandparent or another trusted adult. You name them in the Family Portal. They see your child's coursework (with grades, report cards, and Qur'an progress), schedule, attendance, class discussion, and class announcements as you see them, and they can report an absence, since they supervise the school day. They see nothing else: never private conversations between your family and staff, consents, billing, health notes, requests for school records, the record of who opened your child's file, your household's settings or the other adults in it, or your family's data download. In the portal's settings they see only their own: how we email them, and their Learn with PIN when a child learns beside them.
Once a week, your child's advisor holds a short group check-in, with families.
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Grades 3 to 5
Your child gets their own Learning Hub account and begins to manage more of the day. You stay close, check the plan, and help when it gets hard.
| Each week | Grades 3 to 5 |
|---|---|
| Live classes, in small groups | 450 minutes (7.5 hours) |
| Qur'an, live | 150 minutes (2.5 hours) |
| Self-paced lessons, on and off the screen | 750 minutes (12.5 hours) |
| Of those, work away from the screen | 350 minutes (5 hours 50 minutes) |
| Islamic studies (counted within the above) | 135 minutes (2 hours 15 minutes) |
| Advisor | Weekly |
| Parent or learning-coach time | About 2 hours a day |
| On-screen time, as planned | About 3 hours 20 minutes a school day |
| Screen-time ceiling (on-screen minutes only) | At most 3 hours 30 minutes on screen a school day |
These numbers are proposed and will be confirmed by our founding faculty. The screen-time ceiling counts on-screen minutes only: live classes, live Qur'an, and the self-paced lessons done on a screen. Work away from the screen (reading, handwriting, math on paper, and Qur'an practice from a printed mushaf) is part of the self-paced minutes, counts toward the school day when a parent confirms it, and is not screen time.
A sample day
An example only. Times move with your family's prayer times and your time zone.
Morning
Today's plan in the Learning Hub. A live Qur'an group, then revision of last night's pages.
Mid-morning
Live reading and writing class, then a self-paced reading lesson.
Late morning
Live math class, then practice. A break away from the screen.
After Dhuhr
Lunch and salah. A self-paced science or social studies lesson.
Afternoon
A live Islamic studies or Arabic class, then independent reading off the screen, before Asr.
Your part
Plan for the learning-coach hours in the table: checking the day's plan in the morning, being nearby for questions, and looking over the week with your child. Your Family Portal shows what is due, what is missing, and whether each course is on pace.
Your child meets their advisor every week.
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Grades 6 to 8
Middle schoolers carry most of the day themselves, with more live seminar time, longer projects, and an advisor who helps them plan.
| Each week | Grades 6 to 8 |
|---|---|
| Live classes, in small groups | 600 minutes (10 hours) |
| Qur'an, live | 150 minutes (2.5 hours) |
| Self-paced lessons, on and off the screen | 900 minutes (15 hours) |
| Of those, work away from the screen | 350 minutes (5 hours 50 minutes) |
| Islamic studies (counted within the above) | 180 minutes (3 hours) |
| Advisor | Weekly |
| Parent or learning-coach time | About 1 hour a day |
| On-screen time, as planned | About 4 hours 20 minutes a school day |
| Screen-time ceiling (on-screen minutes only) | At most 4 hours 30 minutes on screen a school day |
These numbers are proposed and will be confirmed by our founding faculty. The screen-time ceiling counts on-screen minutes only: live classes, live Qur'an, and the self-paced lessons done on a screen. Work away from the screen (reading, handwriting, math on paper, and Qur'an practice from a printed mushaf) is part of the self-paced minutes, counts toward the school day when a parent confirms it, and is not screen time.
A sample day
An example only. Times move with your family's prayer times and your time zone.
Morning
A live Qur'an group, then a live math seminar.
Mid-morning
Live English seminar: discussion of the week's reading, then writing time.
Late morning
Self-paced science lesson with a lab or investigation at home.
After Dhuhr
Lunch and salah. A live Islamic studies seminar or Arabic class.
Afternoon
Social studies, independent reading, and Qur'an revision, before Asr.
Your part
Plan for the hours in the table: a daily look at the plan and a weekly look at grades and pace. Your child meets their advisor every week, and you can join any time.
From grade 5, Islamic studies and Qur'an are taught in separate groups for boys and girls, and from grade 7 all live classes are. Classes, cameras, and modesty.
Part-time
Islamic Studies Program
For children in public school or homeschool. Live classes meet two evenings a week or on the weekend, with a little self-paced work between them, and a monthly advisor check-in.
| Each week | Islamic Studies Program |
|---|---|
| Live classes, in small groups | 90 minutes (1.5 hours) Two evenings, or the weekend |
| Qur'an, live | 60 minutes (1 hour) |
| Self-paced lessons, on and off the screen | 60 minutes (1 hour) |
| Of those, work away from the screen | 30 minutes |
| Islamic studies (counted within the above) | 90 minutes (1.5 hours) |
| Advisor | Monthly |
| Parent or learning-coach time | As needed |
| On-screen time, as planned | About 1 hour 30 minutes a class day |
| Screen-time ceiling (on-screen minutes only) | At most 1 hour 30 minutes on screen a class day |
These numbers are proposed and will be confirmed by our founding faculty. The screen-time ceiling counts on-screen minutes only: live classes, live Qur'an, and the self-paced lessons done on a screen. Work away from the screen (reading, handwriting, math on paper, and Qur'an practice from a printed mushaf) is part of the self-paced minutes, counts toward the school day when a parent confirms it, and is not screen time.
A sample week
An example only. Your child's group sets its own evenings.
Tuesday evening
A live Islamic studies class, then a live Qur'an group. Classes never run across Maghrib; in winter they start earlier or pause for the prayer.
During the week
A short self-paced lesson and a few minutes of Qur'an revision each night, from the plan your child's teacher sets.
Thursday evening
A second live class. Weekend groups meet instead on Saturday or Sunday mornings.
Screen time
Less screen, more learning
Each grade band's table shows two screen numbers: the on-screen time we plan for a day, and the ceiling on it. Both count on-screen minutes only: live classes, live Qur'an, and the self-paced lessons done on a screen. Part of every week's self-paced work is done away from the screen, and the table shows how much: reading books, handwriting, math on paper, science at the kitchen table, and Qur'an from a printed mushaf. That work is not screen time.
Offline work counts toward the school day. A parent confirms it in the Family Portal, and it is reported in minutes alongside live and self-paced time. Nobody is marked present for a day because a browser tab was left open.