Dual Language
The Sheboygan Area School District offers a Dual Language program for students starting in 4-year-old kindergarten or 5-year-old kindergarten. The Dual Language classes include native Spanish- and English-speaking students who receive content-based instruction in both languages. The program is offered at the Early Learning Center (4K), Sheridan Elementary School (K-5), and Horace Mann Middle School.
The Sheboygan Area School District offers a Dual Language program for students starting in 4-year-old kindergarten or 5-year-old kindergarten. The Dual Language classes include native Spanish- and English-speaking students who receive content-based instruction in both languages.
The program is offered at:
- Early Learning Center (4K)
- Sheridan Elementary School (K-5)
- Horace Mann Middle School (6-8)
Components of a Dual Language Program
- Made up of 50% English-speaking and 50% Spanish-speaking students
- Delivers literacy through content in two languages
- Delivers services that enrich both language groups
- Recognizes and develops an appreciation of our diversity
- Promotes global awareness
- Produces students who are bilingual, biliterate, and culturally aware
Benefits of a Dual Language Program
- A second language is best acquired at an early age.
- Literacy skills are developed in both languages.
- All students are both language learners and language experts.
- Daily interactions among students in both languages facilitate second-language acquisition.
- Cooperative groups work together in all academic areas.
- Increase higher-order thinking skills, reasoning and problem-solving ability, verbal intelligence, cognitive flexibility, and divergent thinking.
Want to learn more? Contact the Sheridan Elementary School Office at (920) 459-3550.