Request to Submit the DCPS Letter of Interest for a Language Immersion Program at Miner ES
As a current parent, future parent, or teacher at Miner Elementary School in Washington, DC, I am interested in learning whether language immersion is a feasible program option for our school. I therefore respectfully request that Miner Elementary School’s principal, Dr. Anne Evans, submit a Letter of Interest to the Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL), the Language Acquisition Division (LAD) and the school’s Instructional Superintendent by April 15, 2016 to inform them of the school’s interest in starting a language immersion program.
The Letter of Interest will start a process for determining the feasibility of a language immersion program at Miner in collaboration with OTL and LAD. It is not a commitment to a language immersion program. It is a necessary step to determine whether it is feasible and if so, how it can be implemented so that all students benefit.
My request is supported by the findings from the Visioning Team Survey, commissioned by Miner’s Parent Teacher Organization (PTO), which found that a majority of those surveyed support the idea of adopting a language immersion program. In addition, there are sufficient data to show that an immersion program has proven benefits for students, including improved cognitive functions and greater academic achievement in other areas of study. In addition, it is a cost effective program option; DCPS data shows that schools with an immersion program have budgets that are similar to or less than schools that do not.
Respectfully, the undersigned
Updates
February 22, 2016
Dr. Evans is still hiding behind her silence while our kids lose out on a proven academic advantage. We are not asking for a miracle but just a simple letter to start a conversation that this community clearly demands.
February 22, 2016
The momentum behind this petition is proving that our community refuses to be ignored by Dr. Evans and the administration. The leadership at Miner needs to stop dragging their feet and submit that Letter of Interest immediately because our students deserve better than inaction.
26 Comments
Children East of the River are solicited for summer camps and social service programs and studies; however, with regards to academics, rarely are those same opportunities and outreach afforded to our youth. Level the playing field and give us immersion!
Still doing research so an in-house forum would be great. Thinking globally and about Miner's students- Mandarin is sounding better. May work with STEAM.
On Saturday, the presentation really established that language immersion is being acknowledged as "best practices" for early education. And I heard from so many parents who are seeking an immersion program because they are envisioning the ways this would open opportunities for their children and believe they can do it!
I would LOVE an immersion program at Miner. We left Miner last year and this would bring us back
A Immersion program at Miner would help create a valuable identity for the school and attract many families and community support. My two children will enter PK3 in 2016 and 2018, and I would be highly interested in enrolling both of them in a Spanish immersion program at Miner.
As a parent of an upcoming prek3 child we would love to have a immersion program at a school we are IB for.
We really need this program at our school... Please support..
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Request to Submit the DCPS Letter of Interest for a Language Immersion Program at Miner ES
As a current parent, future parent, or teacher at Miner Elementary School in Washington, DC, I am interested in learning whether language immersion is a feasible program option for our school. I therefore respectfully request that Miner Elementary School’s principal, Dr. Anne Evans, submit a Letter of Interest to the Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL), the Language Acquisition Division (LAD) and the school’s Instructional Superintendent by April 15, 2016 to inform them of the school’s interest in starting a language immersion program.
The Letter of Interest will start a process for determining the feasibility of a language immersion program at Miner in collaboration with OTL and LAD. It is not a commitment to a language immersion program. It is a necessary step to determine whether it is feasible and if so, how it can be implemented so that all students benefit.
My request is supported by the findings from the Visioning Team Survey, commissioned by Miner’s Parent Teacher Organization (PTO), which found that a majority of those surveyed support the idea of adopting a language immersion program. In addition, there are sufficient data to show that an immersion program has proven benefits for students, including improved cognitive functions and greater academic achievement in other areas of study. In addition, it is a cost effective program option; DCPS data shows that schools with an immersion program have budgets that are similar to or less than schools that do not.
Respectfully, the undersigned
Updates
February 22, 2016
Dr. Evans is still hiding behind her silence while our kids lose out on a proven academic advantage. We are not asking for a miracle but just a simple letter to start a conversation that this community clearly demands.
February 22, 2016
The momentum behind this petition is proving that our community refuses to be ignored by Dr. Evans and the administration. The leadership at Miner needs to stop dragging their feet and submit that Letter of Interest immediately because our students deserve better than inaction.
26 Comments
Miner is rising and the community is vested in the evolution of programming at the school. A language immersion program would be phenomenal for current student body as well as to attract future and maintain enrollment.
Children East of the River are solicited for summer camps and social service programs and studies; however, with regards to academics, rarely are those same opportunities and outreach afforded to our youth. Level the playing field and give us immersion!
Still doing research so an in-house forum would be great. Thinking globally and about Miner's students- Mandarin is sounding better. May work with STEAM.
On Saturday, the presentation really established that language immersion is being acknowledged as "best practices" for early education. And I heard from so many parents who are seeking an immersion program because they are envisioning the ways this would open opportunities for their children and believe they can do it!
I would LOVE an immersion program at Miner. We left Miner last year and this would bring us back
A Immersion program at Miner would help create a valuable identity for the school and attract many families and community support. My two children will enter PK3 in 2016 and 2018, and I would be highly interested in enrolling both of them in a Spanish immersion program at Miner.
As a parent of an upcoming prek3 child we would love to have a immersion program at a school we are IB for.
We really need this program at our school... Please support..
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Miner is rising and the community is vested in the evolution of programming at the school. A language immersion program would be phenomenal for current student body as well as to attract future and maintain enrollment.