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Languages
offered at VCS schools:
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French,
German, and Spanish are offered at Flint Lake and Hayes Leonard Elementary schools. The number of "sections" (individual classes) will
be based on student registration numbers. |
| Grade
level: |
Students
in grades four and five may participate. |
| Day
and time: |
All
classes are held on Mondays after school from 3:30 until 4:30
pm. |
| Student
fee: |
The
student fee is $50 for the entire year to be paid at time of
application. The fee will be used to pay the Valparaiso University
tutors for their services and to cover the cost of supplies.
This fee is non-refundable after the classes begin. |
| Class
size: |
A
minimum of 12 students is required to form a class with a maximum
of 18 students. |
| Transportation: |
There
is no transportation offered as part of this program. If the
class is not offered at your child's home school, parents must
provide transportation to and from the assigned location. Parents
of children attending a class at their home school must transport
their children home. |
| Application: |
Parents
are to complete one application for each child enrolled. A check
made out to Valparaiso Community Schools for $50 (full year)
must accompany each application. The application and check should
be mailed or hand delivered to the Valparaiso Community Schools
Administration Building. Due to the popularity of the program,
students will be registered on a first come, first serve basis.
Bridges to World Languages
c/o Dr. George Vrabel
Valparaiso Community Schools
3801 North Campbell Street
Valparaiso, IN 46385 |
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In
this class, your child will...
• learn to speak and understand words and simple phrases
that talk about seasons, colors, household objects, animals, families,
emotions, etc.;
• hear the "target" language a lot of the time
-- we know that a child's ability to use new words and grammar
is directly related to how much the child hears this information;
• watch carefully selected video segments and listen to songs
that will help with language learning;
• do some very basic writing, in activites and worksheets;
and
• play games that reinforce vocabulary and phrases.
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