Comprehensive, interdisciplinary middle school programs for continued language development.
Elementary schools offer different models of dual language programs, but students need support in bridging elementary and more advanced high school language courses.
Our middle school immersion programs ensure continued growth in Spanish / Mandarin language proficiency while cultivating global competencies in students. They consist of a comprehensive, interdisciplinary middle school curriculum and teacher professional development support.
We designed our middle school immersion programs to support post-immersion and heritage language learners as they transition out of elementary school and prepare for the rigors of middle school and on to high school. The programs are flexible as they can be incorporated into a variety of schedules.
Our middle school programs strengthen the cultural and linguistic backgrounds of heritage speakers by providing them with opportunities to practice their language skills in a variety of contexts while exploring cultures from around the world as well as their own.
Students are empowered to use their language skills to complete projects grounded in the Sustainable Development Goals. By working with their local communities and connecting with classrooms abroad, students are cultivating global competencies, learning about different cultures, and gaining the necessary skills to become bilingual global leaders.
Conexiones is a program that ensures continued growth in Spanish language proficiency while cultivating global competencies in students.
Quan Qiu Hua (QQH) cultivates global competencies that enable students to lead and thrive in a competitive global world while ensuring growth in Chinese language proficiency.
Hear from Jason Straus, Conexiones Program Manager, and students in the Conexiones program about their experiences and the power of being bilingual from an early age.
Through its emphasis on project-based learning, Conexiones and Quan Qiu Hua programs help prepare students for the global marketplace and to become active contributors to society while developing Spanish or Chinese language proficiency.
The curriculum covers three levels with units distributed across the school year. Each unit offers increasing rigor as students explore different content and develop effective language and global competencies.
Students explore the connectedness of the world’s people, the meaning of culture, and similarities and differences between cultures in the U.S. and other countries. They also apply their knowledge of global competencies and SDGs through examining and sharing their own cultures.
Students investigate global environmental challenges, including population growth and world health issues solutions. They explore how protecting the environment involves political, economic, and social responses that influence the daily life of the global population.
Students address many issues that different countries face in providing education opportunities for their citizens. They explore global literacy and educational access issues as well as human rights issues such as racial and gender equality.
Students explore the increasing economic dependency between countries, their financial institutions, and the movement of goods and services.
Our services support in-person, blended, or online learning. We provide a variety of flexible options and approaches to meet the specific needs of our partners, such as:
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Being a former foreign language teacher myself, before I went into administration, I think the Conexiones program is a fabulous bridge between that dual language immersion that students are getting all day at the elementary level going into high school where they are taking Spanish credits.”
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Seeing them in 8th grade as bilingual students with improved skills and ready to go to high school, is an amazing part of our job. Current events that we teach in middle school in Spanish help them realize how important the language is for their careers.”
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