E. E. Waddell Language Academy was formerly known as Smith Academy of International Languages is public K-8 magnet school (elementary and middle language immersion school combined) in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States and part of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School (CMS) District. All tuition takes place in the medium of the second language. The school educates 1,311 students in grades K-8. In the School year 2012/13 891 students were enrolled in the elementary program (K-5) and 420 in the middle school (6-8).
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