Dual Language Program

Our Dual Language Program is an additive bilingual program where bilingualism, biliteracy and biculturalism are the focal points for the development of the learner.  In the Dual Language Program, the language majority students (in this case, English) and the language minority students (in this case, Spanish), are served in the same classroom.  Both groups of students share the same instructional strategies either in English or Spanish, to promote learning and cross-cultural cooperation.  For a child enrolled in our program from PK4 or Kindergarten, the expectation is that he or she will have acquired an advanced level of proficiency in a second language (Spanish or English) and have fully developed his or her primary language (Spanish or English) by 5th grade. Through the Dual Language Program, the students understand and appreciate the cultural differences and perform at high levels of academic rigor.  In Middle School, the students “refine” the academic language through some content classes in Spanish or through Literature and Grammar.