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Greece launches first year of dual-language kindergarten at English Village
Summary
The Greece Central School District board heard a progress report on a newly reintroduced dual-language (Spanish-English) kindergarten at English Village, with 40 students enrolled and district plans to expand one grade a year.
Shauna Sweet, the district’s director of multilingual education, told the Greece Central School District Board of Education that the district has reintroduced a dual-language (two‑way bilingual) kindergarten at English Village and plans to add one grade level per year.
Sweet said the district enrolled 40 students across two bilingual kindergarten classes this fall and described the program as a “two way” model intended to make students “equally become bilingual, biliterate, bicultural, all while improving their academic achievement.” The district reported 17 of the 40 students use Spanish at home and 10 of those students were identified as English language learners.
The program returns to the district after…
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