Fairfax Adding Foreign Language in the Elementary Schools (FLES)?

[Anonymous]

Why would these other 80 plus schools even be able to say to administration that they didn't want foreign language included in their schools? Either it is something FCPS wants for every student and will implement as money becomes available or it is just an enrichment that shouldn't be funded for any school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:21:18 Both the FLES program and the immersion program teach core math and science instruction. One just teaches less of it. In other words, even in the FLES schools, children are pulled away from math and science instruction in English and taught math and science instruction in the foreign language instead during their FLES time.

My children were at a FLES school until they switched for AAP. They were taught math and science in English and their FLES language instruction was not at all math or science related. It was just treated as another special during the week.

[Anonymous]

According to FCPS's website on FLES:
The foreign language instruction is linked to all content area subjects taught in the regular classroom (i.e., math, science, social studies, health).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. The school where I teach is adding FLES next year. We've had a couple of staff meetings about it. We also currently have an immersion program.

Which school(s) will have both immersion and FLES?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would these other 80 plus schools even be able to say to administration that they didn't want foreign language included in their schools? Either it is something FCPS wants for every student and will implement as money becomes available or it is just an enrichment that shouldn't be funded for any school.

LOL, remember how long it took to institute full day kindergarten to all schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would these other 80 plus schools even be able to say to administration that they didn't want foreign language included in their schools? Either it is something FCPS wants for every student and will implement as money becomes available or it is just an enrichment that shouldn't be funded for any school.

Several years ago, our school wanted it, but was denied. So, the school pursued a grant, received it and now has a Chinese program that is not FLES but is similar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. The school where I teach is adding FLES next year. We've had a couple of staff meetings about it. We also currently have an immersion program.

Which school(s) will have both immersion and FLES?

THey wouldn't happen simultaneously. The FLES is for the non immersion students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. The school where I teach is adding FLES next year. We've had a couple of staff meetings about it. We also currently have an immersion program.

Which school(s) will have both immersion and FLES?

THey wouldn't happen simultaneously. The FLES is for the non immersion students.

Thank you for the clarification.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. The school where I teach is adding FLES next year. We've had a couple of staff meetings about it. We also currently have an immersion program.

Which school(s) will have both immersion and FLES?

THey wouldn't happen simultaneously. The FLES is for the non immersion students.

16:32 here again.

This is correct. The immersion students will not participate in FLES.
It starts next year and will be implemented in stages (it won't begin with all grades year one).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. The school where I teach is adding FLES next year. We've had a couple of staff meetings about it. We also currently have an immersion program.

Which school(s) will have both immersion and FLES?

Orange Hunt is one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. The school where I teach is adding FLES next year. We've had a couple of staff meetings about it. We also currently have an immersion program.

Which school(s) will have both immersion and FLES?

Orange Hunt is one.

Anyone know the others?

[Anonymous]

One in Centreville, Powell will have both, right?

[Anonymous]

I'm at Kent Gardens and we have both as well - both in French.

[Anonymous]

Any update on which schools are adding FLES?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any update on which schools are adding FLES?

Bailey's will be adding Spanish FLES for students who aren't in the Spanish Immersion program.