West Linn-Wilsonville School District



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For more information contact:

Lowrie Primary School

Principal: Dr. Patrick Meigs

meigsp@wlwv.k12.or.us

503-673-7700

Trillium Creek Primary School

Principal: Ms. Charlotte Morris

morrisc@wlwv.k12.or.us

503-673-7950

District Office

Assistant Superintendent

Dr. David Pryor

pryord@wlwv.k12.or.us

503-673-7031

Who can participate

22210 SW Stafford Road

Tualatin, OR 97068

wlwv.k12.or.us

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West Linn-Wilsonville School District

K – 5 Spanish

Dual Language

Program

The Dual Language Program seeks to enroll students of varying backgrounds and all abilities. Applications are open to all students entering Kindergarten.

Registration:

When registering for Kindergarten in January, parents can indicate an interest in the Dual Language Program at either school.

Program Information Meeting:

In mid-January, interested families will be encouraged to attend an Information Meeting to learn about the Dual Language Program.

Lottery:

If there is more interest than space available, a lottery will be held in early February for placement into the program. A wait list is created for those who wish to enter the program as space becomes available.

Families will be expected to commit to long-term participation in the program.

West Linn-Wilsonville

School District

A Dual Language Program offers a rich bilingual experience for young learners when their minds are developmentally best able to acquire a second language and develop curiosity and positive attitudes towards learning something new.

Currently, West Linn-Wilsonville School District offers a K-5 Spanish Dual Language Program at two of the primary schools: Lowrie Primary School in Wilsonville and Trillium Creek Primary School in West Linn.

Lowrie Primary – Two-Way Program

The program at Lowrie Primary School is a two-way program. This means that about half of the students are native Spanish-speaking and about half of the students are native English-speaking.

Trillium Creek – One-Way Program

The program at Trillium Creek is a one-way program. This means that most, if not all, of the students are native English-speaking and learning Spanish as their second language.

nstruction initing inThe West Linn-Wilsonville Dual Language Program is designed with a 50:50 model. This means that teaching and learning occurs in Spanish for half of the day and in English the other half of the day.

In Grades K-2, students develop their Reading, Writing and Mathematics in Spanish. Social Studies, Science, Music and PE are taught in English.

In Grades 3-5, Formal Reading and Writing Instruction in English is added.

Teacher Qualifications

Our Dual Language teachers have an Oregon Teaching License and are bilingual/biliterate in both Spanish and English. Some teachers have an added endorsement of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).

“One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.”

Frank Smith

What to e‒ Frank Smith

What to expect in a Dual Language Program

Why a Dual Language

Program?

More than forty years of research consistently documents the power of immersion programs to help students attain high levels of bilingual and biliteracy proficiency. No other type of instruction, short of living in a second language environment, is as successful.

Proven Benefits

Students achieve high proficiency in the immersion language.

Students typically develop greater cognitive flexibility, demonstrating increased attention control, better memory, and strong problem solving skills.

Students are more aware of, and show more appreciation towards, other cultures and people different than themselves.

Students are better prepared for the global community and job markets where a second language is an asset.

Students are more curious about and find it easier to acquire a third or fourth language in the future.

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