The American Dream School 3.45

ADS is a dual-language (Spanish) charter middle school that cultivates a welcoming, encouraging environment for English language learners and immigrant students in the South Bronx. The majority of our scholars come from Spanish-isolated homes, meaning the only language spoken at home is Spanish. About 90% of our scholars' parents are immigrants, which is the key to helping our scholars preserve and develop their own cultural identity and sense of self. We are able to use our students' cultural experience as a driving force in our curriculum. We work to have an environment that resembles that of a "village" or "familia" where scholars, teachers, families, and the community are active participants in the academic life of the school.

Through our dual-language program, we strive to maintain the scholars' native language and develop their English language skills as it is proven to accelerate language learning. We also strongly believe that through Project-Based Learning, our students are able to create projects that resemble real-life situations while hitting on the core standards required for success in high school, college and beyond. We believe strongly that scholars learn by doing.