GIS curriculum consists of three components:
- Academic Subjects: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies which comprise 54% of weekly instructional time for students in grades one to four and 61% of instructional time for students in grades five to eight.
- Islamic Education Classes: Quran, Arabic, and Islamic Studies, which comprise about 30% of weekly instructional time for all students.
- Enrichment classes: physical education, art and computer, which comprises 13% of weekly instructional time for students in grades one to four and 8% of instructional time for students in grades five to eight.
The total instructional minutes compared to California code are detailed in the following table.
| Instructional Minutes |
| |
KG |
1-2 |
3-4 |
5-6 |
7-8 |
| CA Educational Code |
36000 |
50400 |
50400 |
54000 |
54000 |
| GIS Minutes |
58086 |
63066 |
63356 |
63356 |
61758 |