International Spanish Academy (ISA)
BILINGUAL
Students speak, understand, and interact in Spanish at an advanced level.
BILITERATE
Students read and write Spanish at an advanced level.
MULTICULTURAL
Students can understand multiple perspectives, and thrive in both cultures.
CREATIVE
Student have the tools to become leaders and creators of a future, multicultural world.
What’s Happening at the ISA
Tillicum Middle School ISA student, Olive Isbell has taken up flamenco dancing thanks to a Bellevue School Foundation Grant that introduced the students to this dance form. She is performing with her dance studio at Bellevue High School.
Abby Wilson and Maya Ghewaala are pictured with the Honorary Consul of Spain, Fernando Esteban. They won first and third place in “Escribo en espanol” for 2019 in the middle school category for non-native Spanish speakers.
With support of Bellevue Schools Foundation, Tillicum PTSA, and the Honorary Consul of Spain, Fernando Esteban, Casa Patas visited Tillicum Middle School to teach students the history of flamenco.
ISA Middle School Students study the first peoples of the Americas.
Kenzie Chen, Nicole Pinkley, and Regan Matsudaira, the winners of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese poster competition for Washington State in the middle school category.