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Bilingual Buds names Director for NJ campus; announces expansion plans to Grade 5 Bilingual Buds Tuesday, May 22, 2012 • 3:06pm Bilingual Buds, a preschool/primary school on the forefront of immersion education, has named Renee Reyes to head its Summit, NJ campus. The school, known for its pioneering approach to academics in an immersion setting,…

Lakes International earns top state education award ‘Promising practices’ award Lakes International Language Academy, a K-6 language immersion charter school and International Baccalaureate World School in Forest Lake, was honored on Thursday, May 17 with a Minnesota Promising Practices in Character Education Award at the State Capitol in St. Paul. During the ceremony for the…

Alhambra’s All Souls School to offer dual language immersion ByLauren Gold, SGVN twitter.com/laurenkgold Posted:   05/24/2012 04:33:36 PM PDT   All Souls School principal Anne Bouvet meets with parents and expains the school’s curriculum, during an open house at All Souls School in Alhambra, Sunday, May 20, 2012. (Correspondent Photo by James Carbone) ALHAMBRA –…

SPEAKING two languages rather than just one has obvious practical benefits in an increasingly globalized world. But in recent years, scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more fundamental than being able to converse with a wider range of people. Being bilingual, it turns out, makes you smarter. It can…

By Eleanor Yang Su At Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School, students are taught lessons every week in a combination of Spanish, English and Mandarin. The public school, which has more than 400 students on its wait list, is hoping to eventually add a fourth language, the principal says, to better prepare pupils for the…

LAFAYETTE — Fifty-eight Paul Breaux Middle School students received special diplomas from the French Ministry of Education on Monday, recognizing their proficiency in writing, speaking, listening and reading in the French language. “It shows that they have the competencies we have as French speakers,” said Philippe Aldon, attaché of the Cooperation and Cultural Service for the…

The Lake Oswego School Board appears ready to commit to an elementary school language immersion program that continues through the fifth grade. The district currently offers pre-K and kindergarten language immersion classes in Spanish, and last month agreed to offer 28 spots each for new first and second grade Spanish language immersion classes next year. Please…