All teachers use IB Teaching Philosophies as the foundation of daily instruction. Every class at Speas is an IB class, although the language of instruction differs. Students learn the same content they would in a traditional North Carolina classroom, but they also receive a critically engaging, intellectually stimulating, personally uplifting and inspiring education at the same time.

At every grade level there are two types of classrooms:

English-Only Classroom - English is the only language of instruction (Students learn Spanish during an encore/specials class once a week)

Spanish Immersion Classroom - English and Spanish are used daily to learn the same content they would in a traditional English-only classroom. Students acquire both languages no matter their native/home language. (Students receive Spanish during an encore/specials class once a week focusing on cultural traditions and vocabulary building.)

***This classroom choice must be made in Kindergarten or First Grade. Learn why here.