Interamerican Metro Academy | |
Motto: | Veritas |
Motto Translation: | Truth |
Native Name: | Academia Interamericana Metro |
Established: | 1928 |
Type: | Private, Coeducational |
Affiliations: | Catholic, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico |
Streetaddress: | Ave. Ponce de León 1308, Parada 19 |
City: | Santurce |
Zipcode: | 00910 |
Country: | Puerto Rico |
Coordinates: | 18.4485°N -66.0721°W |
Grades: | K-12 |
Principal: | Mrs. Emely Astacio |
Accreditation: | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (1999) |
The Academia Interamericana Metro (before Academia del Sagrado Corazón) was founded in 1928 as a private and religious school in Santurce, Puerto Rico by Inter American University of Puerto Rico- Metro Cumpus.[1] The school provides elementary and high school education and is located in Avenida Ponce de León, at the Parada 19 in Santurce.
Before the school was founded, a small school affiliated with the church had existed on the current parking lot grounds of the church. This early school was housed in a wooden structure that was destroyed when Hurricane Philip struck Puerto Rico in 1928. This early school had only been an elementary school that had added a new grade every year.[2]