The Chicago World Language Academy was opened in 1894 to serve children from the crowded
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community surrounding the Polk Street Station port of entry for immigrants. That year was started one of the first public schools
kindergarten
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s in
Chicago, Illinois
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Since 1981 this school has offered foreign language instruction to Chicago's students. In 1988, the Chicago World Language Academy moved into a new and up-to-date facility.
History
The Andrew Jackson Language Academy was renamed to The Chicago World Language Academy in May 2020 due to concerns of being associated with
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who participated in the slave trade and owned over 300 slaves in his lifetime.
Languages
The Chicago World Language Academy has five different languages to offer. They are
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
,
French,
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
,
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
, and
Chinese.
Grades
The Chicago World Language Academy offers kindergarten through eighth grade. Each grade has two classes and two teachers. An exception is 7th and 8th graders. They have a teacher for each subject. Classes normally have around 32 children each.
References
Educational institutions established in 1894
1894 establishments in Illinois
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