Stay Connected with AKEB Southwest:
Programs and Initiatives
Aga Khan Education Board for the Southwestern USA provides resources, guidance, and opportunities for intellectual development, academic success, and career advancement for various age groups.
Pre-Primary – #AKEBSWECDC
- Early Childhood Education Centers across the Southwest Region
- Selecting an ECD Center – Sessions & Resources
- ECD Violations Search Website – bit.ly/violationsearch
- Texas Child Care Financial Aid Info – https://www.childcareaware.org/state/texas/
- AKEB External ECD Checklist – https://bit.ly/ECDChecklist
- AKEB External ECD Checklist How-to Video – https://bit.ly/englishECD
Primary – #AKEBSWPrimary
- SMART Core Robotics – https://www.smartcorelabs.com/akeb
- School Quality Sessions – https://akebsw.org/school-quality/
Secondary – #AKEBSWSecondary
- Apollo Advisory Program for students in 8th, 11th, and 12th Grade
- Begins in the fall for 8th and 12th-grade students
- Begins in the spring for 11th-grade students
- Features monthly sessions around topics like financial aid, college selection, essays, etc.
- College Expedition – https://www.collegeexpeditionusa.org/
- EFAS Scholarship – https://efas.theismailiusa.org/
- 50% Grant/50% Loan scholarship
- For 12th graders attending a 4-year university or students transferring from junior or community colleges
- Application period is December 13 to March 21, annually
- Scholar Quarterly – https://akebsw.org/scholar-quarterly/
- Secondary Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/AKEBSecondaryNewsletter
- 11th & 12th Grade: Preparing for College – https://the.ismaili/usa/secondary-students-grades-7-12#Secondary%20-%20Programs
- 2022 Guidance for Standardized Testing – tinyurl.com/SecondaryTestTips2022
Higher Education – #AKEBSWHigherEd
- Ismaili Student Network
- Fields of the Future – https://fieldsofthefuture.com/
Lifelong Learning
- Ismaili Learning Network – https://learning.ismaili.network/
- Ismaili Professionals in Education & Academia – https://ipnonline.net/ipea
Inspire, empower, and enable the Jamat to become global leaders in the acquisition, advancement, application, and sharing of knowledge, rooted in the ethic and values of Islam.
– Aga Khan Education Board Mission Statement