Casa Abierta / Open House December 7th, 2017

5pm-6pmDr. Daniela Bylaitis - Principal

Ms. Betsy Santana - Assistant Principal

Escuela Inter-AmericanaInter-American Magnet School

“La escuela con el programa dual más completo y de más tiempo en el Medio Oeste de los Estados Unidos”

Inmersión Completa en Dos Idiomas desde Pre-escolar hasta 8vo. Grado Celebrando Nuestro 40 Aniversario!

“Oldest and most comprehensive dual language school in the Midwest Two Way Immersion Grades Pre-K -8th

Full Time Model 80% - 20%Celebrating our 42nd Anniversary this year!

Inter-American Magnet School (IAMS) strives to promote academic excellence

through bilingual and multicultural education. Spanish dominant, English dominant

and bilingual speakers develop fluency and literacy skills in both languages.

Through its dual language program, students affirm the values of their own cultures

while acquiring an understanding, appreciation, and acceptance of other cultures and

demonstrating social consciousness in a pluralistic world.

At IAMS, a caring, cooperative and accepting school climate is fostered to promote

the social, affective and cognitive development of the whole child, and in which

parents are active partners in the formal schooling of their children.

MISSION

La escuela Inter-Americana se enfoca en promover excelencia académica a través de una

educación bilingüe y multicultural. Estudiantes dominantes en el Español y dominantes en

Ingles desarrollan destrezas de lecto-escritura y fluidez académica en los dos idiomas.

Por medio del programa dual, los estudiantes de Inter-Americana afirman el valor de sus

propias culturas al mismo tiempo que desarrollan un nuevo entendimiento y apreciación por

otras culturas, demostrando así conciencia social del mundo pluralista en el que viven.

En Inter-Americana creamos un medio ambiente en el cual nos enfocamos en el desarrollo

social, afectivo y cognitivo de cada estudiante y en el cual los padres son un componente

esencial para el crecimiento escolar de sus hijos/as.

Nuestra Misión

Población de estudiantes en la Inter-AmericanaCurrent Student Population at IAMS

Two way immersion

Servimos mas de 700 estudiantes desde Pre-escolar a 8vo grado

Nuestro personal de la escuela es diversoOur Faculty is Committed and Diverse!

Nuestros maestras/os son bilingües y con certificaciones apropiadas para el contenido/materia y grupos de estudiantes que ensenan. Representantes de varios países de Latino-América / grupos étnicos / nacionalidades

Guatemala España

México Puerto Rico Perú

Colombia Cuba Argentina

School OrganizationPreK - ½ day program - 80 students

Morning 9-11:30 & afternoon 1:15-3:454 classes of 20 Day Care available through Escuelita for a cost (limited space / 40)

Kindergarten through 8th grade, 9:00am - 4:00pmK-1 4 classrooms, 25 students each2nd-6th 3 homerooms, 25 students each7th-8th 2 homerooms, 25 students each

Organización de la escuelaPrograma Pre-escolar de Medio Día - 80 estudiantes• 4 clases de 20 estudiantes • 2 clases en la mañana - 9 a 11:30• 2 clases en la tarde - 1:15 a 3:45• Guardería disponible por un costo en el program de Escuelita

(espacio limitado)

Jardín de niños a 8vo grado – 75 estudiantes por grado • Jardín de niños - 1 grado 4 clases por grado, 25 estudiantes en cada

salón• 2nd-6th - 3 clases por grado, 25 estudiantes en cada salón• 7th-8th - 2 clases por grado, 25 estudiantes en cada salón

Distribución de idioma por grado

Language Allocation by Grade

GRADOS ESPAÑOL % INGLÉS %

Pre-escolar - 2 80% 20%

3 70% 30%

4 60% 40%

5-8 50% 50%

Language of Instruction Grade & Core Minutes

Spanish/EnglishDistrib.

Core Content taught in Spanish

Core Content Taught in English

PRE-K150 minutes

80/20

120 minutes

30 minutes

K280 minutes

80/20

Language Arts 120 minMath 90 min210 minutes total

Science 40 minSocial Science 30 min70 minutes total

1ST

280 minutes80/20

Math 90 minLanguage Arts 90 minScience 40 min220 minutes total

Social Studies 30 minLanguage Arts 30 min 60 minutes English

2ND

280 minutes80/20

Math 90 minLanguage Arts 80 minScience 40 min210 minutes Spanish

SS 30 minLanguage Arts 40 min 70 minutes English

Language of Instruction Grade & Core Minutes

Spanish/EnglishDistrib.

Core Content taught in Spanish

Core Content Taught in English

3RD

290 minutes70/30

Math 60 minLanguage Arts 60 minScience 50 minSocial Studies 30 min200 minutes Spanish

Math 30 minLanguage Arts 60 min 90 minutes English

4TH

290 minutes60/40

Math 90 minLanguage Arts 80 min170 minutes Spanish

Science 50 minLanguage Arts 40 minSocial studies 30 min120 minutes English

5TH

290 minutes50/50

Math 90 minScience 50 min 145 minutes

ELA 120 minSocial Science 30 min 145 minutes

Language of Instruction Grade & Core Minutes

Spanish/EnglishDistrib.

Core Content taught in Spanish

Core Content Taught in English

6TH

240 minutes50/50

Science 60 minSocial Science 60 min120 minutes

Math 60 minLanguage Arts 60 min120 minutes

7TH

240 minutes50/50

Science 60 minSocial Science 60 min120 minutes

Math 60Language Arts 60 min120 minutes

8TH

240 minutes50/50 Science 60 min

Social Science 60 min120 minutes

Math 60Language Arts 60 min120 minutes

Specials PEComputersArtDanceMusic

SpanishSpanishSpanish (K)/EnglishEnglishEnglish

SpanishSpanishSpanish (K)/EnglishEnglishEnglish

Rationale / Razonamiento❏ Elevate minority language to achieve bilingualism by 5 and 6th grade.❏ Elevar el idioma de enfoque para alcanzar el bilingüismo para el tiempo que los

estudiantes llegan a 5to y 6to grados❏ Build students ability to gain minority language literacy in early grades.❏ Desarrollar la habilidad de los estudiantes de alcanzar destrezas de lecto-escritura

en los grados primarios

❏ Provide students opportunities to learn language, culture through a multi-curricular and enriched approach.

❏ Proveer un currículo que es integrado a diferentes culturas y que ayuda a los estudiantes a establecer una apreciación por diferentes culturas a través del currículo de las Américas

❏ Culturally integrated curriculum that provides students understanding and appreciation using Curriculum of the Americas.

❏ Proveer oportunidades a que los estudiantes aprendan otro idioma y su cultura por medio de un currículo diverso

Key Curriculum and Instruction / Currículo e Instrucción ClaveCurriculum of the Americas / Currículo de las Américas

Mayas AztecasIncas Tainos

Pre-escolar a 1er grado Somos una comunidadPre K - 1st grade We are CommunityGrades 2-5 We are Indigenous People2do a 5to grados Somos gente indígena Grades 6-8 We are Scholarly Activists6to a 8vo grados Somos activistas académicos

Temas:

Themes:

Instruction Informed by DataInstrucción basada en datos

Exámenes estandarizados del distrito incluyen: ACCESS, PARCC, REACH, y NWEA

Lecto-escritura: STEP (K-4), Alineado al Common Core

Matemáticas Everyday Math (evaluación de unidades K-5), Connected Math (6-8)

Ciencias naturales “Sepup” Evaluaciones creadas por maestros, NGSS

Estudios Sociales Creados por maestros, ejemplos de escritura

Students in DL programs meet and exceed grade level expectationsEstudiantes y programas duales alcanzan y exceden expectativas académicas

Thomas and Collier (1997, 2004 and 2010)

have conducted long-term studies of tens of

thousands of students (English dominant and

dominant in another language; mainly

Spanish) primarily in Texas, North Carolina

who have participated in Dual Language

Immersion Programs. They have found that

students who participate in Dual Language

Program have consistently met and exceeded

grade level expectations (based on the Norm

Curve Equivalent).

Preparing Students for High School SuccessPreparamos a los estudiantes para la secundaria

40% Registro selectivo / escuelas magnetLane Tech, Whitney Young, North-Side College Prep, Jones, Von Steuben

10% Escuelas privadas, Escuelas privadasFrancis Parker, Latin School, Loyola, St. Ignatius

30% Registro controlado, Controlled EnrollmentCharters, Lakeview, Lincoln Park

20% Escuelas del barrio y de vocación técnica, Neighborhood Schools

Applying to Magnet Elementary SchoolsApplying to magnet elementary schools is easy! Just follow the directions below, and contact the Office of Access and Enrollment at 773-553-2060 or gocps@cps.edu if you have any questions.

But first, please note the following:

● The application period begins October 10, 2017, and ends December 22, 2017.● You have a choice of applying through the online application site, or by using a paper

application. (We recommend the online site – you can submit your application, receive email/text notification, and receive and accept offers -- all online!)

● There is no testing required for magnet schools ‐ students are selected via computerized lottery, in accordance with the tier system of the Chicago Public Schools.

● You will be notified in April 2018 whether or not your child received an offer from any of the schools to which you applied. If you apply ONLINE, you will receive your notification on your online account. If you apply via PAPER application, your child’s letter will be mailed to your home address.

Registration Process:1. Apply through CPS

2. Receive letter - offer or waiting April 2018

3. Submit offer to IAMS

4. April/May Registration appointments assigned

5. May Registration - 5 days

6. Once all offers have submitted/registered we move to the waiting list (after the waiting list post-applications)

Proceso de registración:1. Enviar la aplicación a la oficina central

2. Recibir la carta de oferta - aceptación

3. Entregar respuesta a IAMS

4. 5 días de registro en el mes de mayo

5. Una vez que todas las ofertas han sido procesadas, seguimos con la lista de espera.

Tiers:1. Siblings (of students who are currently enrolled)2. Proximity (40%, who live within the school’s proximity, 1.5 mile radius) 3. Remaining Seats Split between Spanish and English - CPS criteriaNOTE: The tiers for the 2018-2019 school year have been updated.

How Tiers are Created - Every Chicago address falls within a specific census tract. We look at five socio-economic characteristics for each census tract: (1) median family income, (2) percentage of single-parent households, (3) percentage of households where English is not the first language, (4) percentage of homes occupied by the homeowner, and (5) level of adult education attainment. We also look at a sixth characteristic, the achievement scores from attendance area schools for the students who live in each census tract.

Based on the results of each of these six areas, each census tract is given a specific score; these scores are ranked and divided into four groups – or 'tiers' – each consisting of approximately the same number of school-age children. This is how we establish the four tiers. Consequently, every Chicago address falls into one of the four tiers, based on the characteristics mentioned above.

Orden de selección

1. Hermanos/as (de los estudiantes que ya están en la escuela)

2. Proximidad (40%, estudiantes que viven dentro de los límites de la escuela – un radio de 1.5 millas)

3. Niveles – Los lugares restantes están distribuidos igualmente entre los cuatro niveles y los lugares disponibles se asignan por lotería computarizada (hermandad, proximidad, Español, Inglés)

Gracias!Contact us:

Inter-American

851 W. Waveland Ave.

Chicago Illinois

773. 534.5490

http://iamschicago.com/

Classroom VisitRm 112Pre-K Ms. Aponte