Ada Merritt Elementary School

What is the Dual Language Program?

Designated as a Bilingual School Organization (BISO), Ada Merritt offers students the opportunity to pursue a dual language education in English/Portuguese or English/Spanish.  This successful program is based on the philosophy of the transfer of skills from one language to another.  Every student spends sixty percent of their day in English language instruction and forty percent of their day in the other language of instruction.

What is the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme?

A dual language international school where both the minds and hearts of all who enter are nurtured, developed and respected.

As the region's first "commuter" school, Ada Merritt is open to students from Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties. 

With its remodeled facilities and unique academic programs, the school is building a legacy as rich and promising as Miami — the Latin America gateway— itself.

The Ada Merritt Elementary School curriculum design was created to expand multilingual education and increase opportunities for students to become bilingual and biliterate.  The instructional program includes the highly rated Dual language Program and the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program.  In addition, students pursuing English/Spanish proficiency will have the opportunity to enter the Spanish Section of the International Studies (IS) Program (1st through 5th grades).