South Academy of International Languages

South Academy of International Languages (formerly known as E.E. Waddell Language Academy, and before that, Smith Academy of International Languages) is a language immersion magnet school located in Charlotte, North Carolina. SAIL has teachers and staff from around the world, providing language immersion education in six languages to more than 1,300 students in grades K-8. We offer language immersion education in Chinese, German, French, and Japanese. Spanish is offered in middle school as an elective. Our school serves as a state and national model, and we are regularly visited by educators from around the globe. We are one of 172 public schools in the Charlotte – Mecklenburg School District.