Annoor Academy of Knoxville

Ms. Dena will be joining our middle school team as the 6th/7th ELA teacher. She earned her B.Arts in English and is almost done with Masters in Education in Secondary English instruction as well as her Education Specialist (EdS) degree at UT.

Fun fact, she also has her Masters in Architecture and teaches Architecture courses at the college-level, mashallah!

Dena is a former graduate of Tayseer Seminary and enjoys hiking, reading, and poetry. Welcome, Dena!

✨New Staff Highlight ✨

We’re so excited to share our new AAK staff for the 2026-27 school year!

First in our series is Hawa Adula. Hawa has joined our high school team to provide additional administrative capacity and to continue building out the high school apparatus. She recently graduated from Tayseer Seminary, after a decorated career as an analyst with Deloitte Consulting. She earned her Bachelors from Yale University and has also completed a summer venture in management at the Harvard Business School.

Hawa enjoys reading, baking, hiking, and Quran recitation. Fun fact: she learned Korean in high school!

Welcome, Hawa! We’re so excited to have you join the AAK team!

There are no “what is your why” on a post-it note or cheesy ice breakers at our inservice week. We welcomed teachers and faculty back today with creativity, design, prototyping and battling with battle bots!

Staff were able to go through the steps of the design process, including ideating, fabricating, testing and refining together before a fun, friendly, and at times fierce, competition. This was not only an energetic kickoff, but a great activity for staff to think outside the box and generate ideas to benefit our students, mashallah alhamdulillah!

Welcome back, staff!

Alhamdulillah, our 5th annual Quran and Early Childhood summer camps have concluded after 5 incredible weeks of learning, outdoor adventures, Quran recitation, problem solving, making new friends, and of course, play! Students went on exciting field trips, practiced and reviewed Quran, created beautiful art with nature, and much more. A big thank you to our wonderful summer camp staff and volunteers for creating a fun filled summer for our students.

We are looking for excellence to join our team! Check out the job descriptions and e-mail your resume!

Moments from Annoor Academy of Knoxville’s first ever High school graduation, mashallah Alhamdulillah. Our hearts are so full and grateful for this day and to everyone who made it possible, especially our beloved 7 graduating seniors. May Allah protect and preserve each of them and their families and keep them on the path of beneficial knowledge and service always, Ameen.

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Over the past months, Honors Algebra students have worked with Mrs. Maria to design and build their own remote control racing cars while following the engineering design process. During this project, students applied important math concepts and real-life skills such as measurement, organization of materials, and careful construction while assembling a remote control car kit.

Students also demonstrated creativity by designing the car body using cardboard, paying attention to symmetry, accurate measurements, and how weight distribution can affect speed and performance.

We are very proud of the dedication and teamwork the students showed throughout this project!

Congratulations to our awesome students for an amazing showing at the regional Southeast Appalachian Science & Engineering Fair held at the University of Tennessee.

Dozens of local middle and high schools participated and Annoor Academy was a bright light among the winners. Three AAK students received four industry-specific awards. Three AAK students won Certificates of Excellence in their division and two AAK students placed in the top five overall! Not to mention that all of our participating students received an honorable mention.

Finally, one of our students was invited to participate in the international Thermo-Fisher STEM Fair Competition! MashaAllah! Way go to AAK! Of course, a massive congrats and thank you to Ms. Anna Edwards, our phenomenal middle school science teacher and STEM Fair coordinator!

Our Early Childhood Department’s annual parent training on conflict resolution is Thursday, April 2 at 6:00pm, inshallah! Come learn all about big feelings, parenting styles, and the six steps of conflict resolution that our teachers practice every day and that you can implement at home. Childcare is provided, see you there!