Foreign Language
Foreign Language Graduation Requirement
Students in LISD are required to graduate with languages other than English (LOTE) credits. Depending on their graduation plan, students will need either two or three years of the same LOTE (i.e. Spanish I, II, and III). Students have the opportunity to take the high school credit Spanish 1 course in eighth grade at CRMS. Successful completion of this course will allow students to earn 1.0 credit toward their LOTE requirement.
earning credit via testing
CRMS only provides Spanish I instruction due to staffing limitations and low enrollment for other languages. A student who wishes to take a different language than Spanish I or does not have room in his/her schedule for Spanish I may either wait for high school to take their language course or attempt to earn credit in a non-traditional way. Below are alternatives for 8th grade world languages:
Proficiency Exam: LISD will pay for the first administration of the AAPPL. Through the AAPPL, a student can skip levels of a previously known language and earn credit for the levels skipped.
AP Exam: Paid for by the family and coordinated through VHS, a student with a prior knowledge of a language can skip levels, earn high school credit, and earn college credit.