We prepare students to realize their greatness.
IMSA’s academic program prepares students to become bold inquirers, problem solvers, and integrative thinkers. It challenges them to question, creatively probe, take risks and test/support their ideas. Talented faculty members, who are among the nation’s best, provide challenging opportunities for students to think critically and creatively, engage in exploration and discovery, and apply their knowledge to solve significant real-world problems.
Principal’s Office Staff
- Dr. Comfort Akwaji-Anderson – Principal & Chief Academic Officer
- Dr. Anita White – Dean of Academics & Equity
- Mr. Paul Gaszak – Dean of Student Support & Equity
- Mrs. Mirta Martinez-Olmos – Senior Assistant
- Mrs. Shari Katich-Rogers – Administrative Assistant
- Mrs. Lourdes Velazquez – Administrative Assistant
- Ms. Staci Marsden – Attendance Clerk
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Academic Program
The Academy’s Academic Program provides students with world-class opportunities to work with renowned scholars, explore questions of their own, and champion their ideas to market. It includes the major disciplines of mathematics, science, English, history and social sciences, world languages, fine arts and wellness.
Student Inquiry and Research (SIR), an integral part of the academic program, enables students to work independently and collaboratively with peers and world-renowned scholars and scientists. Through SIR, students have the opportunity to conduct investigations of their own design with guidance from professionals on-campus at IMSA or off-campus at facilities throughout the Chicago metropolitan area and beyond. Off-campus facilities include businesses, hospitals, museums, research laboratories, and universities.
Other specialized learning options at IMSA give students additional opportunities to design their personalized learning plan. Examples include Internship Program, Independent Study, international exchange programs, and leadership development programs.
Students have access to state-of-the-art science labs, computer labs and the Information Resource Center (IRC) are connected to specialized data bases, including the Illinois University Library System. The instructional technology laboratory is where students use high-tech equipment to tape interviews, produce programs and participate in interactive teleconferences with world-renowned leaders. All residence halls have broadband wireless Internet access.
