Inter-American Magnet School (IAMS) strives to promote academic excellence through bilingual and multicultural education. We are IAMS’s parent-teacher association. ------ Somos la asociación de padres y maestros de IAMS. Inter-American Magnet School (IAMS) promotes academic excellence through bilingual/multicultural education.Students attain proficiency level 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 and understanding, appreciation and acceptance of other cultures, and demonstrate social consciousness in a pluralistic world.A model two-way bilingual curriculum is implemented which integrates into all subject areas the history, contributions and cultures of the peoples of the Americans, 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 the active partners in the formal schooling of their children.