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INTRODUCING... THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE
PARTIAL IMMERSION ACADEMY
Welcome to the Foreign Language Partial Immersion Academy at Christopher
Farms Elementary School, a program designed to offer students a foreign
language experience in the elementary school setting. Research has shown
that the optimum educational window for learning a foreign language is
during the elementary school years. Consequently, Christopher Farms has
developed the Foreign Language Partial Immersion Academy concept to provide
additional educational choices for students - the study of Spanish - that
will benefit them throughout their school careers.
The Foreign Language Partial Immersion Academy operates as a school-within-a-school.
This means that Academy students are considered important and essential
members of the entire student body at Christopher Farms Elementary School.
PROGRAM OF STUDY
The program focuses on high achievement in all academic areas. All Virginia
Standards of Learning are covered.
The curriculum is divided into two sections, one taught in English and
the other in Spanish. Because mathematics, science, and health employ hands-on
activities as well as the use of manipulatives, they are taught by the
Spanish language immersion teacher. In addition, this teaching process
enhances students' natural acquisition of the second language as well as
an understanding of and appreciation for the culture. The grade level English
teacher teaches the remaining core courses - language arts and social studies
- in English. However, both the language immersion teacher and the grade
level teacher work in tandem to integrate the total curriculum.
TRANSPORTATION
Since students enrolled in the Foreign Language Partial Immersion Academy
are Christopher Farms students, bus transportation will be provided according
to the normal bus routes scheduled for the school. |
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