Services Provided
Curriculum
The curriculum of the Multilingual Multicultural Education Program is aligned with the state and District standards. Second language learners are held to the same high expectations established for all students. A focused approach will develop literacy and proficiency in the native language and the second language in listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Bilingual/ESL instruction is offered for English language learners in grades K-12, representing over thirty-seven (37) languages.
Staff
The Staff consists of highly qualified and trained native and non-native speakers of English and other languages including:
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African dialects
Arabic
Dari
Hindi
Kirundi
MayMay
Nepali
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Pashto
Somali
Spanish
Swahili
Urdu
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Multilingual Welcome Center
Provides bilingual families, students and staff with outstanding customer service:
- Intake, assessment and placement of newly arrived students
- Orientation to District services and programs
- Parental engagement opportunities
- Resources and referral services
- Professional development
- Educational coaching
- Student placement consulting
- Support for academic intervention
- Assessment support
- Federal and state compliance
- Student and family advocacy
- Student and family engagement
- Translation services
Services for students:
- English as a second language
- Bilingual instruction
- Dual language program (Spanish/English)
- Newcomers program
- Bilingual special education
- Sheltered model
- Content-based English as a second language
- Tutorial services after school and summer
- School enrichment programs