Academia Semillas del Pueblo is a public charter school dedicated to providing urban children of immigrant and native families an excellent education founded upon their own language, cultural values, and global realities. The school opened in August 2002 to 125 students in grades K-3. Semillas will continue to add a grade level each year, through the eighth grade. Semillas will enrich standard course offerings with dual-language immersion; global language and cultural studies; visual, performing, and martial arts instruction; and a living curriculum. The school offers a small school environment in order to give rise to a regenerative school culture that embraces the customs and traditions of those served. The communal Academia Semillas del Pueblo school culture will be emboldened my multi-age, looping class configurations that further accelerate learning through a collective educational practice.