We are a group of Irvine parents in favor of Spanish immersion for our elementary-aged children. We are calling on the Irvine Unified School District to add Spanish immersion to their K-6 instructional offerings beginning in the 2016-2017 school year.
Language immersion schools are highly valued and proven to be successful in other communities. We believe Spanish immersion instruction at the elementary level will bring significant academic, cross-cultural and economic benefits to Irvine, especially considering the increasing population of Spanish speakers in the United States and in California.
Our vision is an Irvine Unified School District that nurtures early development of bilingual or multilingual children who excel academically across subjects, interact effectively with people from different cultures, and compete successfully in the global marketplace. Early language immersion is critical to realizing this vision in our world class school district.
Language immersion schools are highly valued and proven to be successful in other communities. We believe Spanish immersion instruction at the elementary level will bring significant academic, cross-cultural and economic benefits to Irvine, especially considering the increasing population of Spanish speakers in the United States and in California.
Our vision is an Irvine Unified School District that nurtures early development of bilingual or multilingual children who excel academically across subjects, interact effectively with people from different cultures, and compete successfully in the global marketplace. Early language immersion is critical to realizing this vision in our world class school district.