{{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Universal Learning Academy | logo = | address = 28015 Joy Road | city = Westland | state = Michigan | zipcode = 48185 | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|42.354669|-83.31827390000001|display=inline,title|format=dms}} | type = Charter school | grades = K-12 | authority = Bay Mills Community College | established = 2004 | founder = Nawal Hamadeh | superintendent = Nawal Hamadeh | president = Hassan Alaouie | principal = Layal Boussi | enrollment = 702 | enrollment_as_of = 2014-2015 | teaching_staff = 41.14 (on a FTE basis) | ratio = 17.06 | website = {{URL|http://www.ulapsa.org/}} | footnotes = <ref name="ed.gov">{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=260030007820|title=Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Universal Learning Academy|website=nces.ed.gov|access-date=14 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="mhsaa.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.mhsaa.com/Schools/westland-universal|title=MHSAA > Schools|website=www.mhsaa.com|access-date=14 December 2017}}</ref><ref name=Saab>Saab, Nada (Hamadeh Educational Services Arabic Language Department Director). Letter to the Editor. Published in: ''The Language Educator, Volumes 2-3''. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2007. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=KCZXAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Universal+Learning+Academy%22 6]. "Universal Learning Academy has been authorized by Bay Mills Community College since 2004 and currently operates grades K-3 (eventually K-12), and over 90% of its students come from Middle Eastern and/or Arabic{{sic}} background."</ref> }} '''Universal Learning Academy''' is a charter school in Westland, Michigan, in the Detroit metropolitan area, serving grades Kindergarten through 12.<ref name="ed.gov" />
==History== It was established in 2004 by Hamadeh Educational Services, a company created by Lebanese American woman Nawal Hamadeh.<ref>{{cite news|author=Farhat, Zahraa|url=http://www.arabamericannews.com/2017/07/07/nawal-hamadeh-education-is-my-passion/|title=Nawal Hamadeh: Education is my passion|newspaper=The Arab American News|date=2017-07-07|access-date=2017-12-15}}</ref>
Previously the school had a main campus and a kindergarten campus, both in Dearborn Heights.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20110508225701/http://www.ulapsa.org/about/locations/ Locations]." Universal Learning Academy. May 8, 2011. Retrieved on December 16, 2017. "Locations K-5 Building 24480 George St Dearborn Heights, MI 48127[...]Pre-K Building 22579 Ann Arbor Trail Dearborn Heights, MI 48127"</ref> The current campus for all grade levels, in Westland, opened on November 18, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.arabamericannews.com/2011/12/02/Universal-Learning-Academy-holds-grand-opening-in-Westland/|title=Universal Learning Academy holds grand opening in Westland|newspaper=The Arab American News|date=2011-12-02|access-date=2017-12-15}}</ref>
==Academics== Universal Learning Academy offers instruction in Arabic to students in grades K-5.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulapsa.org/our-programs/|title=Our Programs « Universal Learning Academy|website=www.ulapsa.org|access-date=14 December 2017}}</ref>
==Demographics== According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the enrollment for the 2014–2015 school year was 702 students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Native Americans and Alaskans made up 0.1% of the enrollment; Asians and Pacific islanders 1.3%; blacks 9.5%; Hispanics of all racial makeup 1.9%; whites 85.3%. Students claiming a multi-racial background made up 1.9% of the enrollment. 84.6% of the student body were eligible for free or reduced lunch. This is a Title I school.<ref name="ed.gov"/>
Nada Saab, Arabic Language Department Director of Hamadeh Educational Services, stated in a letter to the editor published in ''The Language Educator'' in 2007 that "over 90% of its students come from Middle Eastern and/or Arabic{{sic}} background."<ref name=Saab/>
==Athletics== The Universal Learning Academy Blue Jays participate in three Michigan High School Athletic Association sanctioned sports - soccer for boys, volleyball for girls and basketball for both boys and girls. The school colors are blue, gold and white. Universal Learning Academy is not affiliated with a conference.<ref name="mhsaa.com"/>
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.ulapsa.org/}}
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