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Averill Park teachers outline world language curriculum update, push Seal of Biliteracy awareness
Summary
World language teachers presented a district curriculum renewal aligning grades 7–12 instruction with new New York State standards, described use of the SOMOS comprehensible-input curriculum, reported 32 students have earned the Seal of Biliteracy and urged earlier outreach to middle-schoolers.
Averill Park, N.Y. — World language teachers from Algonquin Middle School and Averill Park High School presented a curriculum renewal update to the Board of Education on May 6, describing alignment with New York State’s revised world language standards and efforts to increase awareness of the Seal of Biliteracy.
The presentation outlined that the district has adopted comprehensible-input programs (including SOMOS) in Spanish and French for grades 7–12, revised pacing for checkpoint A (grade 8) and is preparing for checkpoint B at the high-school level in two years. “Through SOMOS, language is acquired. It’s through comprehensible…
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