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PSJA expands dual‑language CTE courses and highlights student success in Seal of Biliteracy
Summary
PSJA Dual Language Director Olivia Martinez said the district has expanded career-and-technical-education (CTE) courses taught in Spanish to about 10 offerings (up from about eight last year), highlighted the Seal of Biliteracy (18th cohort, ~550 students), and celebrated students qualifying for the state Spanish spelling competition.
PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (PSJA) Dual Language Director Olivia Martinez said the district has expanded career-and-technical-education courses taught in Spanish so students can develop technical skills and bilingual communication valued by employers.
"We have about 10 courses that are being offered in Spanish," Martinez said, adding that last year the district started with about eight. She said embedding dual-language instruction into CTE classes — for example, offering welding or other technical pathways in Spanish — gives graduates "that edge" when seeking jobs because they can serve Spanish- and English-speaking customers.
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