K-8 Amigos, Spanish/English Dual Immersion School

Principal: Sarah Bartels-Marrero
15 Upton Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
617.349.6567

JK-8 Amigos is the Spanish/English dual language immersion school, open to all students in the Cambridge Public Schools (subject to availability). The program is designed for native Spanish speakers, bilingual and heritage Spanish speakers as well as native English speakers to develop speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in both languages while realizing their academic potential in all of their academic subjects. The program delivers rigorous, grade level instruction in both languages daily. Within day-to-day learning, intentional decisions to elevate the cultures and traditions where Spanish is the official language or a dominant language (including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Spain and Puerto Rico) distinguishes this program from a general education classroom.

JK-8 Amigos es la escuela de inmersión bilingüe en español e inglés, abierta a todos los estudiantes de las Escuelas Públicas de Cambridge (sujeta a disponibilidad). El programa está diseñado para hablantes nativos de español, bilingües y hablantes de español con herencia, así como hablantes nativos de inglés, con el objetivo de desarrollar habilidades de expresión oral, escucha, lectura y escritura en ambos idiomas, al tiempo que realizan su potencial académico en todas las materias. El programa ofrece instrucción rigurosa, acorde al nivel de grado, en ambos idiomas a diario. En el aprendizaje diario, decisiones intencionales para resaltar las culturas y tradiciones donde el español es la lengua oficial o dominante (incluyendo Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, República Dominicana, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, Uruguay, Venezuela, España y Puerto Rico) distinguen este programa de una aula de educación general.

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Manuel J. Fernandez, Chief Equity Officer
Leslie Jiménez, Director of Equity
Sam Musher, Youth Advocacy Specialist
Ailene Orr, Curriculum and Training Specialist
Mia Ferej, Special Assistant
Raymond Porch, Director of Family and Community Engagement
Manny Jeudy, Assistant Program Manager for Family Engagement
Debbie Bonilla, Family Engagement Specialist
Kasey Clermont, Social Worker For Students/Families Experiencing Housing Insecurity
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