Overview

Within the Dual-Language Immersion program, students can become proficient in two languages. English-speaking students  learn and improve their English skills and receive Spanish instruction. Spanish-speaking students learn and improve their skills in Spanish and receive English instruction.

Goals

• Develop high levels of proficiency in the first and second language
• Perform at or above grade level in academic areas in both languages
• Demonstrate positive cross-cultural attitudes and behaviors

Program Benefits

• Provide a learning environment that develops bilingualism, bi-literacy, and cultural understanding among English language learners and native English speakers
• Offer unique opportunities for participating students to develop two languages

Resources

There is an abundance of information available for dual-language students. Contact the Language and Cultural Education Office for more details about the topics below.

• A lending library consisting of a variety of resources and instructional materials
• Information on community services in the native languages represented in CPS
• Workshops on parenting skills, gang and drug  prevention, CPS policies and practices, and more