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Sun Valley Middle DLI Parent Night
The 6th grade Spanish Immersion parents met November 19, 2018, to learn from the Sun Valley Middle School principal, Ashley A Smith, middle school immersion teacher, Luis Rebolledo, Jessica Garner, UCPS Director of College Readiness & Innovation, Participate Program Manager, Ynez Olhausen, and Dual Language Immersion Instructional Coaches, Vera Woolard and Donna Podgorny, about middle school Spanish immersion instruction and about Colombia.
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UCPS to Present on DLI at 7th International Conference on Immersion and Dual Language Education
Jessica Garner, Tom Bulla and Donna Podgorny have been invited to present "Establishing, Growing, and Expanding K - 6: Lessons Learned" at the February 2019 international conference on immersion and dual language education in Charlotte. This conference was begun by the Center on Applied Research on Language Acquisition at the University of Minnesota. Four UCPS immersion programs are part of the School Visits offered at the conference: Kensington, Shiloh, Sun Valley, and Unionville.
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UCPS DLI Programs featured in NC DPI Dual Language / Immersion September 2018 Newsletters
The growing number of dual language / immersion programs in Union County Public Schools were featured in the quarterly Dual Language / Immersion newsletter from the North Carolina Deparment of Public Instruction September 2018.
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Marshville Elementary Launches Dual Language Immersion Program
Marshville Elementary opened the doors this year to learning in both Spanish and English. Kindergarten students are studying in Spanish and English from Day 1 throughout the year to acquire two languages at once.
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First group of dual language students prepare for middle school
In 2012, nearly 60 kindergartners enrolled in the first Spanish and Mandarin immersion programs offered in UCPS. Those students are now fifth graders who will continue to increase their fluency as they take science and social studies in Spanish and Mandarin at Sun Valley and Marvin Ridge middle schools next school year.
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For information about the DLI programs in UCPS, please contact:
Jessica Garner
Director of College Readiness and Innovation
(704) 292-7999 X 2120 (Phone)
(704) 289-2457 (Fax)
jessica.garner@ucps.k12.nc.us
Donna Podgorny
Dual Language / Immersion Instructional Coach
(704) 290-1508 (Phone)
donna.podgorny@ucps.k12.nc.us
Vera Woolard
Dual Language / Immersion Instructional Coach
vera.woolard@ucps.k12.nc.us
Dr. Tom Bulla Jr.
Director of Human Resources Operations
704-296-3073 X 2204 (Phone)
tom.bulla@ucps.k12.nc.us
