Spanish is the second language of California and becoming bi-literate in two languages opens opportunities for students and improves educational outcomes, most notable for Latino/Hispanic students. Currently, our district offers a Bilingual Program (Spanish-English) in one classroom at each grade level at Thousand Oaks Elementary School. The Two Way Immersion Bilingual Program Model is in place at three other elementary schools: Cragmont, LeConte, and Rosa Parks. Both the Bilingual and TWI programs are currently offered as a strand of classrooms within a school that also has English Only classrooms.
A study: Effectively Implementing Two-Way Immersion in Berkeley was presented to the School Board in May, 2011 and one of the recommendations was the consolidation of all TWI classrooms at one elementary school. Currently, the Superintendent’s TWI Task Force is studying the possibility of one TWI elementary school as well as the effect this would have on the Thousand Oaks Bilingual Program.
More information on these programs is available by calling the Office of Family and Community Partnerships at 644-8991.
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