PGCPS Immersion Programs

Full Immersion

Spanish

• Overlook Elementary School

• Phyllis E. Williams Elementary School

The Spanish Full Immersion Program will be K-5 beginning with Kindergarten and expanding by one grade every year through grade 5.

French

• Maya Angelou French Immersion School

• Dora Kennedy French Immersion School

French Immersion is K-8 with continuity for 9-12 as Partial Immersion at Central High school.

In all Full Immersion schools during Kindergarten and First grade, students will not receive English Language Arts classes. They will begin receiving English Language Arts in second grade. The goal for this program is to immerse students in the language using the one-way immersion model of instruction.

In the full Immersion model, the Spanish/French Language will be used as the main language in Mathematics, Science and Social Studies and Reading/Language Arts. Specials/Electives are taught in the language where possible as the program grows.

Dual Language – César Chávez

The dual language program requires enrollment of 50% native speaking students and 50% English speaking students. Instruction is provided as follows:

• English Language Arts -50% of the time and Spanish Language Arts-50% of the time

• Math-100% Spanish

• Science-100% in English

• Social Studies-100% Spanish

• Health-100% in English

Cultural themes will be woven and mapped through the core content and arts.

Partial Chinese/STEM Paint Branch

The Partial Language with STEM programs are designed to meet the needs of all learners. STEM and Math are taught 100% in the Chinese language, all other content instruction is taught in English.

Dual Spanish STEM at Capitol Heights (Comprehensive students only)

The Dual Spanish STEM program, designed to teach Spanish language, began in Kindergarten in the 2014-2015 school year.

Currently in grades K-5

See more at: http://www.pgcps.org/immersionprograms/

Maintenance Bilingual Program at Cool Spring ES

Students spend about half of the day learning in English and half of the day learning in Spanish.

• English Language Arts -50% of the time and Spanish Language Arts-50% of the time

• Math-50% English, 50% Spanish

• Science-100% in English

• Social Studies-100% Spanish

• Health-100% in English

Cultural themes will be woven and mapped through the core content and arts.

Multiple Pathways

At Kettering Middle School, all the elementary Spanish Immersion programs combine to continue their Spanish immersion experience for grades 6-8. To accommodate the combining of all the models, students are able to choose how many and which classes they take in Spanish. All students must take Spanish Language Arts and at least one other class in Spanish (Science, Math, Social Studies). Students also study English Language Arts. All Spanish Immersion students study Chinese as the third language at Kettering Middle School.

Immersion Programs Video