August 2011
High School Spanish Immersion Program planning underway

As the district’s Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion students grow and move on to the middle and high school levels, the district works to ensure appropriate programming is in place.

Beginning in 2010-11, the first set of 6^th grade Spanish Immersion students began at Cottage Grove Middle School. This class will enter high school in the fall of 2013 – just two short years from now. With the scheduling and staffing process for high school students, it is important to ensure appropriate programming is in place by late fall, 2012.

Woodbury High School Principal Linda Plante and Cottage Grove Middle School Principal Elise Block are the administrators who will lead the efforts of the Spanish Immersion Pathway Planning Team.

The group is meeting and is working through a number of issues involved to accommodate the students, their families and the district needs.

The intent of this web page will be to keep interested persons updated on the progress of the team’s work.

Questions can be directed to either
Linda Plante at Woodbury High School (lplante@sowashco.k12.mn.us)  or
Elise Block at Cottage Grove Middle School (eblock@sowashco.k12.mn.us)