Ms. Macintosh

Welcome!

All students new to public schools in California who speak a language other than English at home and all returning students in the ELD program are required by law to take an English language proficiency test each year until they qualify to exit the program.

New students take the Initial ELPAC to determine their level of English proficiency and the results are used to determine the amount of language support they receive during the school year. 

ALL students in the ELD program take the Summative ELPAC in the spring. It tests each student's progress towards acquiring English proficiency and the results are used to determine the amount of support he/she will receive the following school year, or if he/she is ready to be reclassified as fluent in English and qualified to exit the program. The official results are sent home as soon as they become available, hopefully by the end of the school year in early June.

Second Language Acquisition Stages and Time Frames

ELAC Meetings

Please join us for English Language Advisory Committee (ELAC) Meetings. Learn more about the ELD program and get suggestions for making the most of your time at Hugo Reid and within the community.  The "big things" you need to know about ELD are discussed in the slideshows below:

All About ELD (Modified presentation from ELAC 1 - 2020)

Chinese - All About ELD (Modified presentation from ELAC 1 - 2020)