More wonderful news for Evansdale!
Dr. McGuire received notification from Dr. Mike Buck, Chief Academic Officer for Georgia Department of Education, that Evansdale was named one of only twenty schools in Georgia to receive a Georgia Dual
Immersion Grant for the 2013-2014 school year. Evansdale was selected for dual immersion of French and English.
As recipients of this grant, Evansdale will will receive
$15,000 ($5,000 for dual immersion professional development, and $10,000 to
offset some costs for textbooks/materials).
In 2012, State Superintendent Dr. John Barge set a goal
for Georgia to have in place twenty dual-immersion programs by the year
2020. These programs support the goals set forth in the Georgia Workforce
Development Initiative (GWI) by providing the means to develop advanced-level
speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in world languages deemed vital
to the economic development of our state and region.
The program will be implemented starting with kindergarten and will be built upon each year moving forward, pending positive indicators of program efficacy. Students will receive instruction in core subjects in French for half the day and in English for half the day.
This dual immersion program will complement the current program of French exposure that is available to the Evansdale students.
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