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Edison Language Academy touts test-score gains, dual‑immersion milestones
Summary
Edison Language Academy principal Elizabeth E. Pina told the board the Spanish-immersion elementary school earned a California Distinguished School award, is closing achievement gaps for English learners, and is tracking improved attendance after targeted MTSS strategies.
Elizabeth E. Pina, principal of Edison Language Academy, presented school-site highlights to the board on April 23, citing a California Distinguished School award and improved academic results for English learners. "We are in fact closing the achievement gap," Pina said while summarizing recent ELA and math state scores and district dashboard indicators.
Pina outlined school improvements that she said support academic gains: two years of focused designated ELD, project-based learning and outdoor education, social-emotional learning practices (daily morning meetings, calming corners, staff SEL check-ins), a schoolwide support team (psychologist and counselors), and an attendance MTSS that reduced chronic absence from 11.25% to about 6% during tracking. She also noted recent facility upgrades, a garden grant with community partners, and plans to celebrate the program’s 40th anniversary of dual-immersion next year.
