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Spanish Academy of Asheville

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Grades PreK-5

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A child on the playground at Spanish Academy of Asheville
A child on the playground at Spanish Academy of Asheville
A teacher works with a student at a classroom table at Spanish Academy of Asheville
A teacher works with a student at a classroom table at Spanish Academy of Asheville
Two students play with modeling dough at Spanish Academy of Asheville
Two students play with modeling dough at Spanish Academy of Asheville

About Spanish Academy of Asheville

Spanish Academy of Asheville was started by Maria Salomé Loomis Ramirez, an Ecuador-born educator who taught Spanish immersion in Buncombe County Schools from 2013 to 2021, and her husband Taylor Loomis. We are a private, full Spanish immersion school where children begin a second language as young as age 2, and teachers stay in Spanish during instruction instead of translating.

Our preschool has one classroom for ages 2 to 3 and three multiage classrooms for ages 3 to 5, each named for an animal and a continent. Children attend three, four or five days, on a morning schedule (8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.) or a full day (8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.), with early care from 7:15 and extended care until 5:30. Two playgrounds keep the youngest children apart from the 5-year-olds.

Our five-day Spanish Immersion Kindergarten teaches the same North Carolina standards as other schools, and kindergarten families can apply for the North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship. An after-school Spanish Club runs until 5:30, and summer camp weeks explore gardening, Legos, art, ocean life, STEM and sports. Children from any home language are welcome, and families pack snacks and lunch.

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Who this school serves

Grades and ages

  • Private
  • Preschool (Ages 2-5)
  • Elementary (K-5)

Specialties

  • Spanish immersion
  • Multiage classrooms

Learning and support

Curriculum and therapeutic services

Services and supports

  • Preschool
  • Spanish immersion kindergarten
  • Before and after care
  • Spanish Club after school
  • Summer camp

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Programs at Spanish Academy of Asheville

Other programs and supports

  • Preschool
  • Spanish immersion kindergarten
  • Before and after care
  • Spanish Club after school
  • Summer camp

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Tuition and funding

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  • North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship

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11 Rocket Dr #100, Asheville, NC 28803

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