K – 5 Spanish Dual Language Program - West Linn

West Linn-Wilsonville
School District
Who can participate
The Dual Language Program seeks to
enroll students of varying backgrounds
and all abilities. Applications are open to
all students entering Kindergarten.
Registration:
When registering for Kindergarten in
January, parents can indicate an interest
in the Dual Language Program at either
school.
Program Information Meeting:
In mid-January, interested families will be
encouraged to attend an Information
Meeting to learn about the Dual Language
Program.
Lottery:
If there is more interest than space
available, a lottery will be held in early
February for placement into the program.
A wait list is created for those who wish to
enter the program as space becomes
available.
Families will be expected to commit to
long-term participation in the program.
For more information contact:
Lowrie Primary School
Principal: Dr. Patrick Meigs
meigsp@wlwv.k12.or.us
503-673-7700
Trillium Creek Primary School
Principal: Ms. Charlotte Morris
morrisc@wlwv.k12.or.us
503-673-7950
District Office
Assistant Superintendent
Dr. Kathy Ludwig
ludwigk@wlwv.k12.or.us
503-673-7031
West Linn-Wilsonville School District
22210 SW Stafford Road
Tualatin, OR 97068
www.wlwv.k12.or.us
K – 5 Spanish
Dual Language
Program
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Why a Dual Language
Program?
“One langu age se ts you in a
cor ridor f or lif e. Tw o lang uages
open every door along the w ay.”
More than forty years of research
consistently documents the power
of immersion programs to help
students attain high levels of
bilingual and biliteracy proficiency.
No other type of instruction, short
of living in a second language
environment, is as successful.
‒ Frank Smith
What to expect in a Dual Language Program
Proven Benefits
Students achieve high proficiency
in the immersion language.
Students typically develop greater
cognitive flexibility, demonstrating
increased attention control, better
memory, and strong problem
solving skills.
Students are more aware of, and
show more appreciation towards,
other cultures and people different
than themselves.
Students are better prepared for
the global community and job
markets where a second language
is an asset.
Students are more curious about
and find it easier to acquire a third
or fourth language in the future.
A Dual Language Program offers a rich
bilingual experience for young learners when
their minds are developmentally best able to
acquire a second language and develop
curiosity and positive attitudes towards
learning something new.
Currently, West Linn-Wilsonville School
District offers a K-5 Spanish Dual Language
Program at two of the primary schools:
Lowrie Primary School in Wilsonville and
Trillium Creek Primary School in West Linn.
Lowrie Primary – Two-Way Program
The program at Lowrie Primary School is a
two-way program. This means that about
half of the students are native Spanishspeaking and about half of the students are
native English-speaking.
Trillium Creek – One-Way Program
The program at Trillium Creek is a one-way
program. This means that most, if not all, of
the students are native English-speaking and
learning Spanish as their second language.
The West Linn-Wilsonville Dual Language
Program is designed with a 50:50 model.
This means that teaching and learning
occurs in Spanish for half of the day and in
English the other half of the day.
In Grades K-2, students develop their
Reading, Writing and Mathematics in
Spanish. Social Studies, Science, Music
and PE are taught in English.
In Grades 3-5, Reading and Writing in
English is added. Science is taught in
Spanish instead of English.
Teacher Qualifications
Our Dual Language teachers have an
Oregon Teaching License and are
bilingual/biliterate in both Spanish and
English. Some teachers have an added
endorsement of English for Speakers of
Other Languages (ESOL).