My daughter attended language immersion schools for 4 years (school taught 80-100% in a foreign…read morelanguage by native speakers) when we decided to homeschool. Our biggest concern with this choice was losing the years of language we had invested in our daughter and her losing a something she absolutely loved learning. We discovered chicle when exploring Carrboro and decided to write them about a possible group class for homeschoolers. I worked with Sara Biondi, their office manager, and she was able to organize a homeschool group class. However, the first day of class we were the only family in attendance as all the other families had decided to cancel at last minute. Sara and the Chicle team worked with us and our budget to find a tutor solution for our daughter. We now have daytime classes at Chicle twice a week with two different teachers, Alma Manso and Perla S. which provide a fun and diverse learning experience. We feel our daughter has grown her Spanish skills more this year tutoring with Chicle than spending her entire days at an immersion school. We have been very impressed with her progress!! We have been attending Chicle classes for almost a year now and it has been an all around fantastic experience. From the organized office manager to the awesome teachers to the convenient location. We feel blessed to have found this little jewel in Carrboro!!! Keep up the amazing work you are doing CHICLE!!!! :)

I signed up at Chicle after wanting to freshen up my Spanish after almost 10 years wanting to try…read moreout a private lesson and it really is the best thing I've done to help dust off the language and get into practice again. I really like how they tailor a class or lesson to your needs. If you know of several people who want to do a class they can set that up or put you in one that is already set up. They also do private tutoring which is what I am doing now after my teenage daughter and I did a group class together over the Summer. It's a little more expensive but for me having the personalized attention and ongoing interaction has been very helpful and worth the extra cost. I took Spanish in grad school and didn't learn as much as I am learning now. I really love my instructor, Pilar. She is good at drawing you out and giving you feedback real time to help you speak more fluently. She is also very personable and warm and entertaining. I had Perla once and she was very nice and got both my daughter and I to practice and we enjoyed her instruction style as well. They offer children's programs (though might be in the summer), study abroad experiences and translation services as well.

As a translator I will not work with them again. They pay you as late as possible. I don't know…read moreabout their language school.

I'm very pleased with my two private classes with Christian, a native Spanish speaker. I wanted to…read moredust off my conversational skills for my upcoming trip to Costa Rica, and he gave me a useful and memorable review of pronunciation, and grammatical and verb-related rules while role-playing situations a tourist encounters abroad. I'll continue working with him and recommend classes with Christian to anyone learning Spanish at really any level.

My wife and I are professors at UNC and Duke, respectively. We have researched most of the schools…read morein the area and decided to send our older child to Duke School with mixed results. With our youngest, we tried IMS and have been amazed at the level of dedication by teachers and administration. Solid education with emphasis on intercultural competence and language acquisition. Simply the best school in the Triangle. Excellent management of Covid issues by the administration and staff. Cannot recommend it more in terms of education and community. They have their priorities straight!

My children finished 6 years at this school and it was a wonderful experience. Bilingual education…read moreis an amazing academic foundation and they blend this with everything that is wonderful about the Montessori Method, making this a beautiful and peaceful-filled refuge for your child's first home-away-from-home.

My kid has been there for a month now. We are extremely happy about the place, so does the child!…read moreThe mandarin 2 class teachers, Ms.Cherry and Ms. Rachel take pride of their work and they genuinely care about the kids in their class. They help the little pumpkins grow so well. They share their daily curriculum on app; they have very consistent photos/videos sharing everyday. They tell you how your kid did today and share every growth progress they make. They make sure the kids get plenty of outdoor time. The entire L'academy crew is very loving and welcoming! We are so glad we joined them and kind of wish we did it sooner.

The Immersion piece is misleading and I am disappointed by the inconsistent and untrustworthy…read moreleadership. Through honest conversations with other families, it became clear that my Husband and I were not alone in our concerns and several families had already decided to leave. The teacher-to-student ratio felt unbalanced, and my child was treated more like a number than an individual. Please do extensive research before enrolling, as I can't recommend it based on our experience.

This place was closed during COVID and recently hosted their first public event in June 2023. We…read morestopped by and had to fit our car into a tight spot in the limited parking area. Bring good shoes since you have to traverse some grassy/muddy trails to get to the actual center. We signed some waivers and walked around to see some of the birds and other animals inside the cabin. It looks like they have summer camps and other activities for kids. It was interesting but did not take a lot of time. There are also some old, historic buildings that you can peek into. It was free to visit but we left a donation.

We did my son's 5th birthday party here and it was a huge hit! The kids met 5 animals, then went…read moreto see the birds and played outside. They all loved it. Also it was all outside which is what we wanted.