1. 1 Santa Fe Elementary School A++ School of Excellence 2009 & 2013 Spanish Immersion 2008-2014 Principal Rob Miller Department Name

2. Terminology: World Languages vs. Foreign Languages

3. 50/50 model – English/Spanish – Learned through Math and Science Entrance Criteria – Fluent English – Parental Choice Santa Fe Spanish Immersion Program 3

4. Enrollment 2013 100 th Day School/Sig. Program Name Home/ChoiceIn Dist.Out Dist.Total Enrollment Santa Fe Elementary 400236108744 Santa Fe Spanish Immersion 13712570332

5. Grade LevelTeachersStudents Kinder250 1 st 255 2 nd 258 3 rd 254 4 th 256 5 th 240 6 th 240 7 th 140 8 th 140 Spanish Immersion Program 5

6. AIMS Reading Meets/Exceeds *Immersion students always receive formal Reading in English K-8 and informal Spanish reading grades 1-8

7. AIMS Math Meets/Exceeds *Immersion students received Math in Spanish grades 1-5, English review for 2 weeks before AIMS to ensure vocabulary transfer, concepts transfer automatically from Spanish to English. Current 7 th Graders

8. The Benefits CognitiveSocialEconomic LinguisticCultural

9. The Research A relationship between world language study and increased mathematical skill development, particularly in the area of problem solving, points to the fact that second language learning is more of a cognitive than linguistic activity. Duke University Online Newsletter for Parents of Gifted Youth, http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=4724

10. Brain Dominance & Language Learning Some language skills involve analytical, sequential, and left-brain processing. Others involve right-brain skills such as guessing, associating, and getting the main idea. Good language learners learn to use both left and right-brain skills depending on what works best for the activity at hand. SIL International 1999

11. K-12 Continuum Replication Future Plans 11

12. We are truly preparing our students for the world!

13. Questions? 13