Valley Vista Expands Dual Language Immersion Program

9 March 2018 - by John John

The Chula Vista Elementary School District (CVESD) is the largest K-6^th grade elementary school district in the state of California and is located in the southern San Diego County and enrolls approximately 30,000 students within 46 schools. The district serves diverse communities and starting the 2018-2019 academic year, every kindergarten class at Valley Vista Elementary School will be a Dual Language Immersion (DLI) classroom.  This program expansion will help Valley Vista to become “the first non-charter DLI school in the Chula Vista Elementary School District (CVESD) and reaffirm its mission to embrace diversity through multicultural language courses.”

The dual immersion program provides both English and Spanish instruction to students needing help to develop their language skills.  The kindergarten students will receive personalized instruction to build their skills in speaking, reading, writing and listening skills in the two languages.

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