Amigos School

Infobox School
name = Amigos School


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established = 2001
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type = bilingual, primary, public
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district = Cambridge Public School District
grades = K-8
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principal = Deborah Sercombe
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faculty = 31 [http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/home.asp?mode=so&so=3662-6&ot=5&o=373&view=enr Amigos School - Enrollment/Indicators] . Massachusetts Department of Education. Accessed 2007-06-25.]
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enrollment = 315
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free_text = Shore Educational Collaborative
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location = 100 Putnam Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139
country = USA
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website = http://www.cpsd.us/amigos/

The Amigos School is a dual-language bilingual primary school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The Spanish-immersion program began in 1986 at the Maynard School and became an autonomous school within the Cambridge Public School District in 2001.

History

The Amigos School began as a Spanish immersion program in 1986 at the Maynard School. During the 1990s it outgrew its allotted space at the Maynard building, housing its K-3 students at Maynard and grades 4-8 at the Robert F. Kennedy School building until the grades were consolidated at Kennedy.

The program became an autonomous school within the Kennedy School building in 2001 by a vote of the Cambridge School Committee. [Hurley, Mary (2001-04-01). "Immersion Class Divides Parents". "Boston Globe".] Marla Pérez-Selles, assistant director of the Cambridge Public School District's bilingual program, was appointed the first principal of the school. ["Pérez-Selles Chosen To Head New School" (2001-07-15). "Boston Globe".]

Bilingual students housed at the Longfellow School were incorporated with Amigos in 2002 and in the 2003-04 academic year, as a result of the School Consolidation Plan passed by the Cambridge School Committee, the Amigos School moved to the King Open School building. [Hurley, Mary (2003-04-09). "Cambridge To Shut Two Schools". "Boston Globe".]

Curriculum

The Amigos School uses a dual-language immersion model, which gives students half of their instruction in one language and half in another language.

The school enjoys a high level of community involvement in day-to-day activities at the school, such as "reading buddies" that visit the school weekly to read aloud to students. [Potier, Beth (2004-04-08). " [http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/04.08/13-buddies.html 'Literary luncheons' inspire Cambridge schoolchildren] ". "Harvard Gazette".]

Extracurricular activities

After school programs offered to the community and students of the Amigos and King Schools include Artes Por Las Tardes, [http://www.scienceclubforgirls.org/ Science Club for Girls] , and classes sponsored by the Cambridge Performance Project. The school also has a [http://www.citysprouts.org/ CitySprouts] garden.

References

External links

* [http://www.cpsd.us/amigos/ Amigos School]