Granada Islamic School is a K-12 school in

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established in 1988 by the Muslim Community Association. Granada Islamic school is the largest Islamic school in the

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, and is accredited by the

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. Granada Islamic School (GIS) was founded in 1988 in Santa Clara, California, in memory of

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(

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) - the beacon of Islamic civilization in the West. Non-profit, Granada currently has a student body of about 500 students PK-12th Grades. Granada currently has a preschool, an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school. The high school is relatively new and is yet to fully develop.

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