Inter-American Magnet School - Mission, Vision

Mission, Vision

Inter-American Magnet School (IAMS) promotes academic excellence through dual language and multicultural education. Students attain proficiency levels in Spanish and English that enable them to participate in communicative, academic and workplace contexts. Spanish-dominant, English-dominant and bilingual speakers develop fluency and literacy skills in both languages. Students affirm the values of their own cultures while acquiring understanding, appreciation and acceptance of other cultures, and demonstrate social consciousness in our pluralistic world. A model two-way dual language curriculum is implemented which integrates into all subject areas the history, contributions and cultures of the peoples of the Americas, and includes studies utilizing the scientific advances of our society. In order for our students to achieve their potential and to make positive associations with bilingualism, a caring, cooperative, and accepting school climate is fostered to promote the social, affective and cognitive development of the whole child, in which the parents are active partners in the formal schooling of their children.