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SCHOOL BOARD LAYS DOWN FOREIGN LANGUAGE PATHWAYS
Glendale News Press, CA
March 13 2014
The dual-language immersion programs will extend to middle schools,
high schools.
March 13, 2014| By Kelly Corrigan
With a formal vote this week, the Glendale school board established
the paths that students in dual-language immersion classes will take
through high school.
Of all the high schools, Hoover High will be home to the most
languages. The school will be home to French, German, Italian,
Spanish and Korean dual-language programs.
Hoover will also host an Armenian dual language program and the
district's Armenian heritage program where students study that
country's culture and literature.
Students who matriculate to Hoover High will come from language
programs offered at Roosevelt or Toll.
Although it is many years before current elementary students involved
in dual language programs will get to high school, Principal Jennifer
Earl is looking forward to seeing how the program evolves.
"I've been a supporter of [dual-language] all along," she said. "I'm
excited to keep building on what works at Hoover already. I look
forward to the challenge."
Glendale school officials have been plotting the future pathways for
the dual-language programs for months.
"Like everything else, we will be evaluating as we move forward,"
Supt. Dick Sheehan said, adding that the programs may eventually call
for further expansion or have the potential to not succeed.
Glendale High will eventually host Armenian, Japanese and Spanish
language programs.
Crescenta Valley High will provide the Korean program for those
students who matriculate to the school from Rosemont Middle School
and have studied it while at Monte Vista Elementary.
While students spend at least 50% of the day speaking and learning
in another language in dual-immersion programs, the classes at the
middle school and high school level will have students take an advanced
language as an elective.
They may also be granted a chance to take a science or social studies
course in their foreign language.
Roosevelt Middle School will be home to the Spanish students who
will matriculate from Franklin and Muir elementary schools, as well
as the students in the French, German and Italian programs currently
at Franklin.
Toll Middle School will host the Spanish, Korean and Armenian programs
from Edison, Keppel and Jefferson elementary schools.
Wilson Middle School will house the Armenian program from R.D. White
and the Japanese programs from Dunsmore and Verdugo Woodlands.
The ongoing popularity of the programs has brought hundreds of students
from out of the district over the years.
Glendale school board member Greg Krikorian said he wanted to
assure the community that with the expansion of the programs through
high school, "we will be balancing technology, digital arts, music,
athletics, the general P.E. classes for our kids -- to stimulate them
-- but without hurting the dual language programs."
http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2014-03-13/news/tn-gnp-school-board-lays-down-foreign-language-pathways-20140313_1_dual-language-immersion-programs-toll-middle-school-dick-sheehan
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Glendale News Press, CA
March 13 2014
The dual-language immersion programs will extend to middle schools,
high schools.
March 13, 2014| By Kelly Corrigan
With a formal vote this week, the Glendale school board established
the paths that students in dual-language immersion classes will take
through high school.
Of all the high schools, Hoover High will be home to the most
languages. The school will be home to French, German, Italian,
Spanish and Korean dual-language programs.
Hoover will also host an Armenian dual language program and the
district's Armenian heritage program where students study that
country's culture and literature.
Students who matriculate to Hoover High will come from language
programs offered at Roosevelt or Toll.
Although it is many years before current elementary students involved
in dual language programs will get to high school, Principal Jennifer
Earl is looking forward to seeing how the program evolves.
"I've been a supporter of [dual-language] all along," she said. "I'm
excited to keep building on what works at Hoover already. I look
forward to the challenge."
Glendale school officials have been plotting the future pathways for
the dual-language programs for months.
"Like everything else, we will be evaluating as we move forward,"
Supt. Dick Sheehan said, adding that the programs may eventually call
for further expansion or have the potential to not succeed.
Glendale High will eventually host Armenian, Japanese and Spanish
language programs.
Crescenta Valley High will provide the Korean program for those
students who matriculate to the school from Rosemont Middle School
and have studied it while at Monte Vista Elementary.
While students spend at least 50% of the day speaking and learning
in another language in dual-immersion programs, the classes at the
middle school and high school level will have students take an advanced
language as an elective.
They may also be granted a chance to take a science or social studies
course in their foreign language.
Roosevelt Middle School will be home to the Spanish students who
will matriculate from Franklin and Muir elementary schools, as well
as the students in the French, German and Italian programs currently
at Franklin.
Toll Middle School will host the Spanish, Korean and Armenian programs
from Edison, Keppel and Jefferson elementary schools.
Wilson Middle School will house the Armenian program from R.D. White
and the Japanese programs from Dunsmore and Verdugo Woodlands.
The ongoing popularity of the programs has brought hundreds of students
from out of the district over the years.
Glendale school board member Greg Krikorian said he wanted to
assure the community that with the expansion of the programs through
high school, "we will be balancing technology, digital arts, music,
athletics, the general P.E. classes for our kids -- to stimulate them
-- but without hurting the dual language programs."
http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2014-03-13/news/tn-gnp-school-board-lays-down-foreign-language-pathways-20140313_1_dual-language-immersion-programs-toll-middle-school-dick-sheehan
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress