It is our responsibility as citizens to allow our students to appropriate the essential values of our society: democracy, tolerance, freedom, respect for the law, acceptance of cultural and religious diversity, equality between men and women, work well done and any other value conveyed by other cultures and religions who join the guiding principles of Islam.

It is also our historical responsibility, as Muslims, to preserve the Arabic language and religious heritage of our children through Muslim moral of local programs, Arabic and cultural and religious activities. These programs allow our youth to appropriate principles and great values of Islam in their clarity, simplicity and clarity.

Our school focuses on the common values of our society, a rich and diverse society. We believe that Islam and Muslims are an integral part of this society since we share with all our citizens the essential values such as the meaning of the effort, the desire for success, love of others, self-respect and for others, openness, respect for adults, cooperative spirit, brotherhood, good neighborliness, common language, etc. These are all common values we offer to our students and to which we are educating. This progressive initiation is done in respect of the child’s progress throughout his school attendance.

Our vision is not different from that of all Quebec schools that aim to develop in their students a sense of citizenship requiring each person living in Quebec of the time, energy and talent to ensure vitality and development of a fair society ethical, tolerant and inclusive. To do this, each individual must enjoy full rights as a citizen responsible, positive and involved in the daily life of society.

Our conception of the role of the school joins that of the French philosopher Althusser which stated that “the school is the only non-dogmatic ideological institution.” This means that the school is not conceived as a body that holds the absolute truth. It has not the role of training generations of superman, but rather to allow its students to construct their own knowledge and in particular develop a sense of self-criticism. In this perspective, the error is not perceived as a fault to blame, but rather as an element or an inherent step in the learning process in the long road of seeking truth.

The school is not only a place of knowledge transmission and skills development, but also an environment where spreads education, life skills and expertise.

Thus, teachers of École internationale des Apprenants does not have the sole function of transmitting knowledge. They are also educators who have by their conduct and their testimony, to be role models for young people. We conceive the school as a privileged places promoting the full and balanced development of the individual as well intellectually as physical, moral, social, emotional and religious.

This ambitious vision that designs cultural and religious diversity as a fundamental factor and inexhaustible wealth favoring progress and vitality of Québec society allows us to train generations, scholarly, active and because well underway, will able to make a positive contribution to our society.

This vision translates into some guidance and some objectives that are supported in many ways in the school’s success plan.