1. WHY BILINGUAL EDUCATION?
The 5 C’s

2. COGNITIVE

3. COGNITIVE
TIME: a multilingual brain is nimbler, quicker, better able to deal with ambiguities, resolve conflicts and even resist Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia longer.

4. COGNITIVE CONTINUED
NEW YORK TIMES: the bilingual experience improves the brain’s so-called executive function – a command system that directs the attention processes that we use for planning, solving problems and performing various other mentally demanding tasks

5. COGNITIVE
The cognitive control required to manage multiple languages appears to have broad effects on neurological function, fine-tuning both cognitive control mechanisms and sensory processes.

6. COGNITIVE
Higher proficiency in a second language, as well as earlier acquisition of that language, correlates with higher gray matter volume in the left inferior parietal cortex

7. COGNITIVE
Researchers have shown bilingualism to positively influence attention and conflict management in infants as young as seven months. (DANA FOUNDATION)

8. COGNITIVE
LA TIMES: This constant back-and-forth between two linguistic systems means frequent exercise for the brain's so-called executive control functions, located mainly in the prefrontal cortex. This is the part of the brain tasked with focusing one's attention, ignoring distractions, holding multiple pieces of information in mind when trying to solve a problem, and then flipping back and forth between them.

9. COGNITIVE, IN SUM
Bilingual brains are very active and flexible (Zelasko and Antunez, 2000). Research also shows that bilingual people have an easier time:
understanding math concepts and solving word problems more easily (Zelasko and Antunez, 2000);
developing strong thinking skills (Kessler and Quinn, 1980);
using logic (Bialystok and Majumder, as cited in Castro, Ayankoya, & Kasprzak, 2011);
focusing, remembering, and making decisions (Bialystok, 2001);
thinking about language (Castro et al., 2011); and
learning other languages ( Jessner, 2008).

10. CAREER
A poll carried out by Korn/Ferry International, the world’s largest executive search firm, found that 64% of executives spoke two or more languages.

11. CAREER
Salary.com: positions with bilingual pay differentials averaged between 5% to 20% more per hour than the position’s base salary

12. CAREER
Research shows that they also earn an average of $7,000 more per year than their monolingual peers (Fradd, 2000).

13. COLLEGE Higher average ACT and SAT scores
More academic success in college
Bilingual children show better self-control (Kovács & Mehler, 2009)

14. CULTURAL
Today, more of the world’s population is bilingual or multilingual than monolingual. (DANA FOUNDATION)

15. CULTURAL
Percentage of the U.S. speaking a language other than English: % % %
2010 – 20% (more than 60 million people)
U.S. Census Bureau

16. CULTURAL Becoming bilingual supports children
to maintain strong ties with their:
entire family
culture
community
All of these are key parts of children’s developing identity (Zelasko and Antunez, 2000).
Bilingual children are also able to make new friends and create strong relationships in their second language—an important personal skill in our increasingly diverse society.

17. CATHOLIC

18. CATHOLIC
Tower of Babel V. Pentecost

19. CATHOLIC

20. CATHOLIC
Our Pope, Archbishop, and Pastor!

21. CATHOLIC
Bilingualism has been in Catholic schools since 1800s

22. CATHOLIC
“Catholic” means universal