Looking forward to Dual Language 2021-2022

 Hola Colegas,

This year we are celebrating the graduation of 248 students with the Seal of Biliteracy which is a State of Wisconsin Credential that communicates a student's bilingualism and biliteracy at Intermediate high-Superior levels in Spanish-French-English, Italian and Hindi.

Celebrations are scheduled at South 5/17, West 5/19 and North 5/27!

Shout out to ALL DL Teachers for keeping language development, multicultural learning viable during our unprecedented year.  Your care, concern and investment in each other, your community, individual students and families is unmatched.

Virtual Dual Language Teachers will be appreciated on5/14-If you know one, show them some love!  These staff have provided the ongoing bilingual education to a section of our students 4K-5th grade this year serving more than 200 students.  Teaching language acquisition and bilingual literacy virtually has been an exercise in new learning, community and family collaboration.  As virtual DL students return to school in the fall

Program Updates:

Our DL program is growing and growing.  We will celebrate that all three High Schools will now offer one content and one language course in Spanish or more, in 9th grade (Including West).  We celebrate the offering of Dual Language Integrated Math 1 and 2, Biologia, Quimica, AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP Spanish Literature and Culture, and AP Dual Language Seminar.  West will grow 10th grade courses 2022-23.

Our DL 4K Virtual will be maintained and moved into a building for face to face instruction for 2021-22.  In 2022-23, Bethesda Elementary will offer full day Dual Language 4K so that each of our schools can serve all of our students.

Evaluacion de lectura independiente (ENIL), our formative assessment tool for planning small group group instruction and conferring will add an additional elementary school to Heyer, Bethesda, Butler, Les Paul and Horning.  ENIL is aligned to our CLM and CPL instructional models and to standards in Spanish Language Development.

Staffing, Summer Institute and DL curriculum updates and shifts will be communicated in a few weeks!