Multilingual Education

Students become bilingual, bilterate and bicultural while improving academic ability. Students receive a percentage of instruction in the home language and another percentage in English. 

One-Way Dual Language

• Students with same home language are taught instruction in both English and the primary home language (Spanish).

Two-Way Dual Language

• Includes both native English speakers and MLLS. Students receive half of the instruction in their primary/home language and the remainder of the instruction in the targeted language (Spanish). This program begins in Kindergarten. 

Our Transitional Bilingual Education programs offer English Language learner students of the same primary home language the opportunity to speak, understand, read, and write in English while continuing to learn content areas such as science and math in their primary or home language.  The student's primary or home language is used to help them progress academically in all content areas while they acquire English.

Instruction emphasizes English language acquisition. Classes are taught in English using ENL strategies, using the home language as support. In a stand-alone ENL class, students receive English language development instruction taught by an NYS-certified teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). This program services MLL students from different home/primary language backgrounds whose only common language is English.