Locally Grown Northfield » Northfield Schools http://locallygrownnorthfield.org The people, issues, and events of Northfield, MN Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:21:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 School District’s Compañeros Program is under review. What are the issues? http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/14070/ http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/14070/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:22:00 +0000 Griff Wigley http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/post/14070/ The Northfield Public School District is hosting public feedback sessions today and tomorrow (PDF of Supt. Chris Richardson’s memo) on the Compañeros Partial-Immersion Spanish Program currently offered at Bridgewater and Greenvale Park Elementary schools.

It’s hard to discern what the issues are. I thought the program was for English-speaking kids to learn

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]]> campaneros-image The Northfield Public School District is hosting public feedback sessions today and tomorrow (PDF of Supt. Chris Richardson’s memo) on the Compañeros Partial-Immersion Spanish Program currently offered at Bridgewater and Greenvale Park Elementary schools.

It’s hard to discern what the issues are. I thought the program was for English-speaking kids to learn Spanish but the 11/28 Nfld News story titled Public will opine on immersion program says:

When the program began, the district had only a handful of students with a limited proficiency in English. But as its Latino population has blossomed, Companeros has become a place where Spanish-speaking students have gained Spanish literacy skills and a proficiency in English.

Huh? The program has become a type of ESL (ELL) program? If so, how did that happen? And what have been the pros and cons of this development?

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