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Welcome to Regional Multicultural Magnet School
A community committed to empower students to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners.
An IB Education
The Regional Multicultural Magnet School (RMMS) is a kindergarten through grade 5 magnet school in New London with a multicultural, International Baccalaureate (IB) theme. It is the only authorized IB Primary Years Programme in southeastern Connecticut.
A Kindergarten - 5th Grade Magnet School
RMMS offers students an innovative program demonstrating the best educational practices within a multicultural curriculum.
Mission & Vision
RMMS is a community that is committed to empowering students to become active, compassionate, lifelong learners. We work with families as well as local and global communities to implement challenging interdisciplinary programs of international education. We develop students that are respectful, inquiring, knowledgeable, and reflective change agents who are empowered to create a sustainable planer and a more just and peaceful world.
Tools for Success
The Regional Multicultural Magnet School (RMMS) is a K-5 magnet school and the first elementary International Baccalaureate (IB) authorized school in southeastern Connecticut.
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RMMS is a community that is committed to empowering students to become active, compassionate, lifelong learners.
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The Regional Multicultural Magnet School (RMMS) is a K-5 magnet school and the first elementary International Baccalaureate (IB) authorized school in southeastern Connecticut.
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School choice means students can choose to attend an academic institution other than their assigned (based on residency) public school.
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The Regional Multicultural Magnet School recognizes every child’s right to grow up literate in a learning community that values the richness of linguistic, ethnic, and cultural diversity.
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The purpose of the RMMS PCO is to support and supplement the educational experience at RMMS in meaningful ways.
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There is an application process and lottery system for acceptance into RMMS
By The Numbers
K - 5th
Magnet School
The Regional Multicultural Magnet School is a K-5 magnet school and the first elementary International Baccalaureate (IB) authorized school in southeastern Connecticut
500
Students
RMMS was established in 1992 to offer the diverse student population of our region an innovative program demonstrating best educational practices within a multicultural curriculum.
20:1
Student to teacher ratio
Along with one class per grade in the Puentes program
120
Puentes program students
Puentes is a highly rigorous dual language program where children learn to read, write, and converse in English and Spanish by studying literacy, science, social studies and math in both languages.
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