District 41 to Host Parent Meeting for Dual Language Program

Parents can learn more about the district's dual language program for students starting in kindergarten at Churchill at April 4 meeting.

Glen Ellyn School District 41 on Thursday will hold an informational meeting on the Dual Language Kindergarten program that will be offered starting in the fall at Churchill Elementary School. District 41 provided the following information about the new foreign language immersion program: By the time students are ready for Hadley Junior High, they will be "well on the way" to being able to speak, read, write and understand two languages, District 41 ELL and Bilingual Director Katie McCluskey wrote in an email. "Research shows that Dual Language is more effective than traditional foreign language instructional approaches," she wrote. For more information, read the Dual Language FAQs. The parent information session will be 6 p.m. Thursday, …

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District 41 Approves Foreign Language Instruction Program for 2013-14 School year

Dual Language and Foreign Language at the Elementary School programs will be implemented at schools in the district in 2013-14.

District 41 Approves Foreign Language Instruction Program for 2013-14 School year

Dual Language and Foreign Language at the Elementary School programs will be implemented at schools in the district in 2013-14.

District 41 has approved a Dual Language and Foreign Language at the Elementary School language instruction program for its elementary students.  The Glen Ellyn School District 41 Board of Education approved the measure during its business meeting Monday night. The approval means that the district will begin phasing in foreign language instruction to students in the 2013-14 school year.  The district is incorporating two forms of foreign language instruction: Dual Language, an immersion program and Foreign Language at the Elementary School (FLES). “I am in support of this,” Board Member John Kenwood said. “I am a big fan of doing this. We need to push how we divergently think more.” The Dual Language program will be implemented at …

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