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Two IMS campuses form one community: the Academy Campus in Durham and the Barbee Chapel Campus in Chapel Hill. The Academy Campus houses the Toddler and Early Childhood programs and is in central Durham with close proximity to Duke University. The Barbee Chapel Campus serves the Lower and Upper Elementary programs and the Middle School, and sits on 37 acres of land in Chapel Hill. IMS was founded in 1996 and emphasizes multilingual, multicultural education across languages and cultures.
Language immersion in French, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese is integrated into Montessori classrooms. Programs run from Toddler (18-36 months) through Middle School (12-14 years), with Summer Camp offered. The school is American Montessori Society accredited. IMS serves children from 18 months through eighth grade.
International Montessori School (IMS) is a language-immersion Montessori program serving children from 18 months through eighth grade across campuses: the Academy Campus in Durham and the Barbee Chapel Campus in Chapel Hill. IMS offers Montessori classrooms with immersion in French, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese. Programs run Toddler (18-36 months), Early Childhood (3-6), Elementary (6-12), Middle School (12-14), and Summer Camp (3-6). Lower Elementary is taught entirely in immersion language with English language arts taught separately; Upper Elementary uses roughly 70% English and 30% immersion for core subjects; Middle School features a project-based curriculum with a foreign language requirement and optional third language, plus Socratic seminars and a micro-economy. The school is American Montessori Society accredited. IMS serves campuses as one community, with Barbee Chapel on 37 acres enabling outdoor learning and field trips. The program emphasizes bilingualism and biculturalism as lifelong assets, alongside arts, music, PE, and collaborative projects.
