Inter-American Magnet School ( IAMS) is one of the oldest and most comprehensive dual language (also known as two way immersion) schools in the Midwestern United States. Children learn to speak, read and write fluently in both Spanish and English. One of few public schools to be founded by parents, the school currently serves over 650 ethnically and economically diverse preschool through 8th grade students from all over Chicago. The school is affiliated with the International Spanish Academy of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Sciences and is presently located at 851 West Waveland Ave. Chicago, IL 60613; Phone: (773) 534-5490.
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