We are opening our doors March 4th at 2:00 pm for an open house! This event is the perfect opportunity to get a closer look at our programs and facilities, meet our experienced teachers, and learn more about what makes our school so special.

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SAVE THE DATE! Intiwasi will be hosting our Spring Carnival on March 19th from 11:00 - 3:00pm. This will be a fun-filled day of games, food, and camaraderie, providing the perfect opportunity for students, parents, and the local community to come together and enjoy a day of celebration.

Spring Carnival!

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A 100% Spanish immersion program for children ages 2 to 5 years old.



"Play is the Real Work of Childhood." -Mister Rogers

We look forward to having your family join our Intiwasi community. 

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Spanish Immersion Preschool

Preschool

Preschool Program

Weekly Half Day

Weekly Full Day

Weekly Extended Day

Every parent's schedule is different and every child's development is unique. Our preschool plans are tailored to meet you and your child's needs. All our prices are annual and we require a 10 month commitment for the whole school year that runs September - June. Please refer to our academic calendar for specific dates. Students attending for summer will be subject to summer camp preferential pricing for Intiwasi families and enrollment is weekly. Snacks are included in tuition. 

Flexible preschool programs for every parent and child

We work with multi-level classrooms through stations of exploration. Each station has different levels allowing children to learn at their own pace and allows children to explore a field of study such as math, art, language, and science through hands-on activities. During station time, children have the opportunity to choose where to work and rotate through different stations at their own pace and lead by their own curiosity, forming their independence and freedom of choice.

Our preschool program follows a STEAM curriculum that places high emphasis on arts and science. Music, art, sports, and dance are embedded into our school day allowing children to express themselves kinesthetically and visually.

A great foundation

All of our students participate in yoga and gardening twice a week. In yoga class, children learn to control their bodies, understand concepts of balance, and meditation. While gardening, children get to explore the outdoors, see how food grows, and try new flavors.

At Intiwasi, we care about our Los Angeles community, and most importantly our environment. We are committed to teaching our children how to love our planet and the principles of 'reduce, re-use, and recycle'. Our goal is to raise caring, inquisitive, responsible individuals with a global perspective.

More than anything, Intiwasi is a place created with love, in which we see each and every one of our students as individuals. We cherish our differences and celebrate our similarities. At Intiwasi, we create a space of love and tolerance meant to allow each of our students to develop in a caring and loving environment.

Our values

Our Preschool offers a variety of schedules including a half-day schedule perfect for transitioning your child to our Preschool. Classes are specially developed to help children get their feet wet with preschool while exposing them to Spanish through diverse activities such as music, movement, and art.

This schedule is recommended for children between the ages of 2 - 3.5 years who are not yet ready for a full schedule but want the opportunity to smoothly transition to preschool. Once in our transition program, students are introduced to the basics of preschool life through fun activities and a variety of stations including gardening, yoga, music, art, and lots of play!

The classes are taught 100% in Spanish, giving your child a full Spanish immersion and helping them acquire the language in a natural way.

Transition your child to Preschool

A bilingual STEAM school where Spanish is the primary language.

Spanish Immersion Elementary School

Elementary School

General

Regular

Extended

Every parent's schedule is different and every child's development is unique. Our elementary school plans are tailored to meet you and your child's needs.

Flexible elementary school plans for you and your child

Our elementary school program follows a STEAM curriculum that places high emphasis on Arts and Science. Music, Sports, and Dance are embedded in our school day to allow children to be more kinesthetically aware of their bodies.

Throughout the day, students navigate through different subjects of study including Math, Science, English, Geography, History, Language (Spanish), Art, and Music.

In class, students learn first through teacher-directed lessons which then later are relevant to apply to our exploration stations. These exploration stations are meant to allow the students to fully grasp the lesson by applying the concept. The core of our philosophy is learning through exploration and questioning. In class, we tinker students' minds to promote critical thinking by creating hypotheses and drawing conclusions. For more information click to  **[review our curriculum summary guide](https://docs.google.com/document/d/18u7zHRL72RwBooqmsLZPEOU4tGkwgKPS3LXk-BnKSgU/edit?usp=sharing).**

Our eclectic approach to education

At Intiwasi, we see all of our students as individuals and we teach them as such. We firmly believe that education does not come in a one-size-fits-all model and that we need to tailor our classes to meet our students' needs. Education and learning are dynamic processes and we are here to educate our students. All of our teachers are committed to working with our parents as a team to help our students thrive and learn.

We firmly believe in creating an environment of tolerance and respect. Our goal is to raise caring, inquisitive, responsible individuals within our Los Angeles community. With our world history and geography classes we aim to teach young students the traditions, cultures, customs, and mistakes of our past.

Creating a brighter future for your child

Our  Spring camp incorporated many different daily activities such as sports, dance, yoga, gardening, cooking, science projects and much more!

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Spring is in the air!

Spring Camp

Pricing

Weekly Sign up

Daily

Half Day

Take $50 Dollars off if enrolling before March 31st.

Sign up Now and Save: Take Advantage of our Early Bird Special

Elementary Spring Camp

F﻿or children ages 4.5-9 years old. Students are separated in age appropriate groups. Spanish prior experience is desirable whether it is in a formal or informal setting. Classes are intended to be taught immersion style and activities are developed to promote Spanish oral proficiency. 



P﻿reschool Spring Camp

F﻿or children ages 2- 4.5 years old. No prior Spanish experience is needed. Students in our preschool program are offered a 2 hour nap window. No napper can be accommodated but please inform your admissions specialist when enrolling. Nap time is from 1 PM- 3 PM so most of the classes take place in the morning.

Spring Camp Information

Our Critters and Crawlers series will focus in STEAM based activities that will allow student to learn about amazing creatures that live in our garden. So many times children and adults are scared of bugs and little critters in we find in the outdoors, but so little we know on their importance in our life. During this series we will focus in learning more about this little creatures and maybe learning how to love them and protect them.


During camp students will practice Spanish immersion style. Our classes will be designed to learn new target vocabulary. We will also learn how to create a composting bin and what to feed and not feed our worms. We will also learn fun facts about worms, and places where they like to hang out and why. We will learn a bit about arthropods, the parts of the body of an earthworm, and their amazing contribution to humans.

T﻿his week we will focus in learning more about our 8 legged friends. We will distinguish between venomous and non venomous spiders and learn more about how they help humans.

S﻿o many times we are terrified when a bee passes close to us, but so little we know as their important work and how bee communities are now endangered. During this week we will learn more about this amazing pollinator and see how beneficial vital they are for humans.

w﻿e will learn more about these marvelous creatures and whiteness their metamorphoses first hand. We will learn more about different types of caterpillars, what they eat and how they slowly morph into beautiful butterflies or even moths.

Fun and dynamic classes with a broad array of activities scheduled daily.

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Spanish Immersion Summer Camp

Summer Camp

REGULAR

HALF DAY OPTION

TAKE $50 OFF PER WEEK IF ENROLL BEFORE MAY 31, 2023

ENROLL NOW

Check out Our Weekly Thematic units for this Summer

Students will learn how to collaborate and work as a team to elaborate fun DIY projects such as bath bombs, lip balm, boats, and other creative fun creations. By the end of the week, the students will have a show and tell to share with classmates their favorite creations. 

Friday Fun Activity: Water bouncy House Extra fee $15 (Student ages 3.5 and up)

Students will explore delicious pastry and bread recipes from around the world. Based on what they have learned with a few ingredients given. At the end of the day, we will all get to sample each other's creations.

Friday Fun Activity: Bubble party! (all students)


Our students will discover the dances, costumes,  flavors, and traditions of our closest Spanish-speaking neighbor. 
Desired Field trip: Visit Placita Olvera (Elementary only, Extra fees apply)

through fun team-building activities, engineering projects, and difficult challenges our students will learn how to work with a team speaking-only

in Spanish to create a final project and then present it to the class. 

Friday Fun Activity: Water bouncy House Extra fee $15 (Student ages 3.5 and up)



In this thematic unit, students will learn about famous buildings and builders from the old and new Worlds. We will learn about different famous buildings from the famous Pyramids of Giza to the Sagrada Familia. Travel with us around the world to discover architectural marvels from the old and new worlds.

Desired field trip: Watts Towers (Elementary only, extra fees may apply)

Discover the amazing biodiversity of the Great Coral Barrier, the amazing creatures that live there, their complex ecosystem, and the challenges it faces due to global warming. Through fun experiments, students will understand a bit about the bleaching process which threatens coral reefs around the world. 

In Addition, students will learn about Australian Culture and traditions and their language.

Desired field trip: Visit the Science Center (Elementary only, extra fees may apply)



Students will learn about all the wonderful creatures that live in the Amazon rainforest and the types of climate and vegetation one can find in different parts of the rainforest. In addition, we will get to try and cook some traditional foods from the region, and learn about traditional dances and how the people native to the region live.

**Friday Fun Activity: Reptile petting zoo (all students extra fees apply TBD)**

Pack your bags and take this imaginary trip to South America with us. Explore a different European country every day, cook delicious regional foods from the area, and learn, more about their landscapes music, culture, folk dances, and much more. 

S﻿special Activity TBD

Pack your bags and take this imaginary trip to Europe with us. Explore a different South American country every day, cook delicious regional foods from the area, and learn, more about their landscapes music, culture, folk dances, and much more. On Friday we will have a special surprise guest.

special Activity TBD

Students will explore and learn about great inventions that changed the world. They will use their imaginations to create their own revolutionary inventions. Then each child will get to share their inventions with classmates through slogans and commercial spots they will create themselves in Spanish.

Friday Fun Activity: Water bouncy House Extra fee $15 (Student ages 3.5 and up)

Spanish immersion after school classes and programs

Intiwasi's after-school program is a full Spanish Immersion program for children ages 2 - 8 years old where students will participate in enrichment classes filled with fun activities, homework help sessions, and creative themes.

We look forward to having your family join ours. 

Join Us! 

Spanish Immersion After School Program

After School Program

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5 days a week

3 days a week

2 days a week

Individual day

We offer parents the option to enroll by the week, choose various combinations of days, or to enroll by the day.

Reserve your spot today

With a small teacher-to-student ratio, our after school program makes sure that your child gets the personalized education they deserve. In addition, we divide the students into groups based on age. This combination of small class sizes and student age grouping creates the optimal environment for your child's social and cognitive development.

Designed to Help Your Child Get Ahead

A Ladino language and culture program teaching kids ages 3-10.

Rachel Kaufman is a PhD student in Latin American and Jewish History at UCLA. Her research focuses on New Mexico crypto-Judaism and the Mexican Inquisition. Rachel has spent much of her life in the classroom with students from preschool to high school, teaching courses on Color Theory, Writing about Art, Creative Writing, and History, and is so excited to have the opportunity to learn with and from the students at Intiwasi. Rachel studied opera in college and recently published her first poetry book, entitled Many To Remember (Dos Madres Press, 2021). She received a BA in English and History from Yale University.

What to Expect

Hebrew Language through Ladino Culture

Series Cost

Non Intiwasi Family Cost*

Intiwasi Family Costs

Drop In Classes

Costs include all class materials, class projects and guest speakers who might come to the class to share culture. Students must sign up for the whole series and there will be no makeups for missed classes. If student have to miss classes it is possible to speak with administration and get credit for camps or other fun activities.
Class Schedule: Class will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Ages 3-8: 3:30 PM- 4:15 PM
Start date: April 19th No class on May 17th 
Class will meet for 6 consecutive weeks twice a week , a total of 12 classes.

We are now Enrolling for Spring 2022

Ladino developed amongst Jewish populations expelled from Spain in the fifteenth century who then settled throughout the Ottoman Empire, Europe, and the Americas. These Sephardic Jews preserved the Spanish they took with them from the Iberian Peninsula and incorporated linguistic elements from their new environment into the language. Ladino thus adopted elements from Turkish, Greek, Serbo-Croatian, French, Italian, and Arabic. Many beautiful songs, stories, plays, and other forms of literary and artistic expression have been written in Ladino since the sixteenth century, and families continue to pass down Ladino to their children across the Sephardic diaspora.

Brief background on Ladino

Reinforce your child's Spanish through the Winter

In our Saturday Camp, your child will have a super fun time doing DIY projects, cooking, baking, painting, and playing while practicing their oral fluency in Spanish. The best way to learn is while having fun!

Welcome Back To Saturday Camp

Spanish Saturday Camp

Series

Individual class

4 class option

Sign up to our Saturday Classes Today!

At Intiwasi, we believe that kids learn language best when they're having fun, so we design our Spanish camps to promote Spanish acquisition while children are enjoying themselves.  Every Saturday our students will participate in creative and hands-on learning activities intended to bolster their Spanish oral fluency. Classes will center on fall themed activities including Día de los muertos, hispanic heritage month and other fun cultural elements. 

Schedule:

Saturdays: 10:30 AM-12:30 PM

8 week session

April 22, 2023 - June 10, 2023

**Current Series still in session until March 25th.**

***10:45am-11:30am***

**Tuesday mornings:** 

*Sensory Playtime (10 months-3 years old)*
Children learn through their senses by feeling, hearing, touching, and smelling. This class will allow your child to use all of their senses through fun sensory projects

**Thursday mornings:** 

*Messy Art (10 months- 3 years old)*
Let's have fun and get messy with fun art projects

 Classes Available! 

Guardian & Me Classes (Spanish)

Guardian & Me Spanish Immersion

Drop In Class

February 8 Classes

March 9 classes

Pricing Options 

Research proves that children start developing language basically from birth. Neurological studies show that different languages light up different areas of the brain. Exposing your child to a foreign language when young will help create new neural pathways and improve cognitive development.

Why Start Spanish Now? 

A Home & School partnership for children ages 4.5 to 8 years old.

[](https://app.tryplayground.com/listings/yrqdgE3TKXIeFmsGrGAX)References on the benefits of Home & School Partnerships:

Brooking, K. (2007). Home-school partnerships. What are they really? *Set: Research information for teachers, 3,* 14-17.

Daniel, G.R., Wang, C., & Berthelsen, D. (2016). Early school-based parent involvement, children’s self-regulated learning and academic achievement: An Australian longitudinal study. *Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 36*(3), 168-177.

Galindo, C., & Sheldon, S.B. (2012). School and home connections and children’s kindergarten achievement gains: The mediating role of family involvement. *Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27*(1), 90-103.

Home-school partnerships involve collaborative working relationships between families and schools. They can support students in more productive and consistent work and behavior, which in turn can improve students’ interest, motivation and engagement in learning both at home and at school.

Hybrid Home School Program

Hybrid-Home School/In Person School Option

4 days a week

Every parent's schedule is different and every child's development is unique. Our hybrid school programs are tailored to meet you and your child's needs.

Flexible hybrid school programs for every parent and child

Our hybrid program offers you the opportunity to enjoy your children a bit more without the strict commitment of attendance of a normal school.

The program includes monthly field trips, as well as home study packs to ensure all students are meeting all state requirements.

Home & School partnership

Experiences build connections in the brain, which helps children develop physically, cognitively, socially and emotionally. It's important for children to have plenty of different types of play experiences.

Playing with others also teaches a child how to manage one's emotions and behavior, while also being considerate of other children's feelings. Prepare your child for school in a safe, warm environment with you just around the corner.

We will offer storytime, free-play, messy art, yoga, music and more! 

Let's Play! 

Inti-Tots (12 months and up)

Inti Tots

Options

Inti Tot February 2023- 8 classes

Inti Tot March 2023- 9 classes

Try our Inti tots Program Now. Classes meet twice a week from 12:00 PM- 2:00 PM



Inti Tot

Join us for a Winter Break full of fun and excitement!

Winter Wonder Spanish Camp

Winter Spanish Camp

Weekly

Half-Day

We offer you the option to signup by the week or by the day.

Signup to our Winter Camp today!

At our Winter Camp, your child will participate in group activities, engage in daily games, and embark on an exciting journey of learning. We create a fun and safe environment to make learning Spanish enjoyable! We believe children learn best when they are immersed in fun and engaging activities. Through play, discovery and creative activities, our goal is to build their oral fluency and educational development.

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