Immersion 5K Registration Happy New Year, and welcome back to school for 2020--a year to continue improving our vision. As the new year begins, we also begin preparing for 5K immersion registration. The online registration site will open at 4:00 p.m., February 18th. We will also have parent information meetings at the following times:
Here is a link to the informational flyer. Here is a link to the website where registration will take place. German Center of Excellence Lexington One was recently awarded the honor of being named a German Center of Excellence. This national honor recognizes districts with exceptional curriculum, highly qualified teachers, and a growing and thriving German program. The American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) said this about our program, "The jury was impressed in particular that the German program is so very well established and growing. There is clear evidence that the program has strong support from the administration, professional colleagues, parents and students, and has strong ties to the wider community." They also went on to praise our curriculum, and the value we place on student feedback saying, "This is truly a program that is designed to meet the needs of students." We are so proud of all of our immersion programs, and are especially pleased to have our German program become nationally recognized. School Updates Elementary Schools These students from GES are describing a project they made on landforms in science. Notice their beautiful accents as well as their knowledge of science content and their creativity in the creation of landforms out of play doh. Great job girls, and thank you Sra. Arias for providing fun opportunities for students to show their knowledge of science and language. Middle Schools Hear also what these middle school french immersion students have to say about immersion and what a great experience it is for them. If you have friends or neighbors who are contemplating registering for 5K, feel free to share this link with them as well. Thank you Mlle. Hamner for highlighting your students' points of view. High Schools
RBHS has recently created a partnership with a sister school, St. Martine de France in Paris, France. Students from St. Martine will visit RBHS in February 2020, and RBHS students will visit St. Martine in April of 2020. Students from St. Martine sent videos to our students and our students are now creating videos to send back. We also received this photo collage from St. Martine to help our students know what to expect when they arrive in Paris. Lexington One also has the following sister schools: Blaise Pascal in Clermont Ferrand, France, Adolfinum Gymnasium in Bückeburg, Germany and No. 1 Middle School in Chengdu, China. Immersion Completer Guidelines Last week I had the honor of advocating for our students on Capitol Hill. Educators from 44 states assembled in Washington D.C. through our national language conference. We met with senators and representatives and asked them to support funding for World Language programs. As I was advocating for your children and our school district, I thought of you since you are your child's biggest advocate. Thank you for trusting Lexington District One to give your child a world class immersion education. I am pleased to offer you a tool that will help you continue to advocate for your children on their immersion journey. As they enter middle and high school, you will be faced with many decisions about which courses to take. We want you to have clarity as you make those choices, and to understand what it means to be considered an Immersion Completer upon graduation. These official guidelines explain how students qualify as Immersion Completers. This process is similar to all Center of Study completion guidelines, and will go into effect for the current 2019-2020 academic year. We are publishing the guidelines now so that students graduating this year will have time to follow up if they feel that they should be recognized but do not meet the minimum requirements. We also want current middle schoolers to plan well for high school so that they will be recognized when they graduate as well. School Updates Elementary immersion teachers gathered for Professional Learning in November. We focused on activities to get students talking, and that also motivate kids to have fun with language. Teachers gave feedback on performance assessments that will be integrated with science. This will help teachers assess student language growth and prepare students for the types of integrated performance assessments (IPAs) that they will be getting in middle and high school. |