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Bienvenue! 欢迎 ¡Bienvenidos!
MURRAY ELEMENTARY IS A WORLD LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOL
On behalf of the Murray World Language community, we want to welcome you to our World Language Program. Our mission at Murray is to provide the highest quality programs, and educate our students about other cultures, and teach them to communicate in critical languages spoken around the world.
Murray currently offers daily foreign language instruction in Mandarin, French, and Spanish beginning in Kindergarten. We are all stakeholders and are committed to creating a World Language program that provides our children with a variety of learning opportunities. We hope our scholars become appreciative of the similarities and differences of other cultures from around the world.
We strive to continue to build our language programs, improving each year, giving our students more and more opportunities to communicate in the languages they study with the community around them. One of our goals, in addition to building language proficiency, is to prepare your scholar for our global society.
Save the date!
Save the date!
Join us Thursday, March 6 as the World Language Department presents a fun-filled evening with cultural activities, food tastings, and performances. Bring the whole family 5:00-7:00 pm.
Japan fest
Japan fest
February 1st 12:00-4:00pm
Learn about Japan, its language and its culture.
The fest will have music, food, and a number of activities.
***THIS EVENT IS NOT AT MURRAY, BUT AT OAK PARK RIVER FOREST HIGH SCHOOL!!!
Class schedule
Class schedule
1st and 3rd quarter schedule
Grades
Grades
In world language classes, students grades will be based on their performance in the following categories:
Reading 20%
Listening 20%
Writing 25%
Speaking 25%
Culture 10%
Achievements
Achievements
Each year several 5th and 8th grade Murray students earn the Pathways to the Seal of Biliteracy award for achieving a certain proficiency level within their language of study
Mandarin students won 1st place in the National Chinese Singing Contest
Multiple gold winners at the Annual Midwest Chinese Teachers Alliance Chinese Speech Contest
Bronze winner and Honorable Mentions in the National French Contest
Enrichment Activities
Enrichment Activities
Each year the world language department offers an array of enrichment activities to our students and their families. Each year provides new opportunities and events. Some activities include:
International Travel: 2025 We are going to Italy! 2023 and 2019 we took students to France
World Language Night: An annual fun-filled night of international exploration with an array of activities, food, and performances
Annual cultural parades for Chinese New Year, Mardi Gras, and Dia de los Meurtos
Culturally focused field trips: to the Alliance Française for cooking lessons and a movie, to the National Museum of Mexican Art and an authentic Mexican lunch, to Chinese dance performances, for a performance of Stories Around the World, and so many more
In-school cultural activities: Chinese Artist in Residence teaches students a variety of cultural crafts, flamenco dance lessons, and afterschool cultural clubs
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