World Languages Elementary Specialty Programs
World languages instruction in French or Spanish is available in five elementary schools strategically located throughout the School Division. Student in grades 1–5 receive 45 minutes of instruction at least once each week. Transfers will be accepted only for current kindergarten students entering first grade in September. Acceptance will be based on a space available basis.
The program model, called content-related world languages instruction, is a research-based model that focuses on the reinforcement and integration of the key academic concepts included in the Standards of Learning for social studies, math, science, and language arts as is possible and linguistically appropriate in French or Spanish.
All students of these schools develop some communication skills in the target language and a much deeper understanding of the many cultures represented by the French and Spanish languages. The five goals of the National and State Foreign Language Standards are: communication, cultures, comparisons, connections, and communities which are the foundation of the program instruction integrated into the cross-disciplinary curriculum.
The early learning of any world language serves as a strong foundation for the future study of all other languages.
Program Locations (French)