The application deadline for the Dual Language program has been extended until all spaces are filled. Please call the school to find out how to apply.
Elementary School Dual-Language Choice Programs
What are Dual-Language and Immersion Programs?
What are the benefits for your child becoming bilingual, biliterate and bicultural?
Which schools offer dual-language programs?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Spanish/English Dual-Language Choice School
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elementary is set to open for the 2023-24 school year, and it is the first time VPS will offer a school that is entirely a Spanish/English dual-language program.
Since beginning this model at an early grade is essential for success, RBG will enroll students in kindergarten and first grade the first year it is open, and grades offered each school year will expand as the students progress until all grades preschool through fifth grade are offered.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is considered a school of choice and will be open to students across the district with no “neighborhood school” boundaries.
Will transportation be provided to RBG?
Yes, transportation will be provided from the students’ neighborhood schools.
Spanish/English Dual-Language Choice at Neighborhood Schools
Spanish/English Dual-Language programs are offered in the following neighborhood schools:
All students must apply for the dual-language program of choice, even if this is their neighborhood school.
Students who live in a neighborhood schools’ boundaries are given preference, followed by other students in the district hoping to join the program.
Students within the schools’ boundaries can also choose an English-only traditional learning program.
Mandarin Dual-Language Immersion Choice at a Neighborhood School
Our Mandarin Dual-Language program is offered at Franklin Elementary neighborhood school.
Students who live in a neighborhood schools’ boundaries are given preference, followed by other students in the district hoping to join the program.
Students within the schools’ boundaries can also choose an English-only traditional learning program.
How are students selected?
The Vancouver Public Schools board approved an equity-based selection policy for choice schools and programs of choice which states, “The district will provide all students an equitable opportunity to participate in and benefit from the district’s academic and extracurricular programs, including the district’s programs of choice.”
Based on this, the selection process for all programs of choice, secondary and elementary, will allot a designated number of openings based on the student’s neighborhood school’s population size and factors of that school community. This selection process is an effort to assure the enrollment within programs of choice mirror those of the district.
Acceptance Notification Timeline
Students who have applied for a Spanish/English Dual-Language Choice program will begin getting notified by May 19, 2023 and will be required to accept or decline by May 26, 2023.
Students who have applied for a Mandarin Language Learning program will begin getting notified by March 17, 2023 and will be required to accept or decline by March 24, 2023.
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