Include Spanish in the Curriculum in D34 Elementary Schools

It will benefit the kids when they get older.

I strongly support this petition.

I support learning other languages as early as possible

Strongly Support

I support adding Spanish to the elementary curriculum.

I support adding Spanish to the primary school curriculum.

I would love to see language added to the curriculum at a younger age!

I strongly support this initiative.

I fully support this effort and am happy to contribute in helping this get implemented. It is so critical for language skills to be taught at a young age. My kids have both asked for it and would be elated to see the option available.

I fully support this effort

I strongly support this initiative. Plant the seed young and the roots of language will grow deep!

I hope that this gets passed, kind of concerned that it isn't already part of the curriculum. Kids need to learn this early in there education!!!

This really need to happen.

So IMPORTANT!

Please consider modernizing the curriculum to include Spanish in the younger grades. Many, many other districts do, leaving 34 students at a disadvantage.

I think this is so important!!

I strongly believe in this initiative. Studies for years have shown profecinecy in language is best learnt at a young age, and the younger the brain the more brain pathways are built to enable more languages to learned easier and easier.

Yes! Thank you - this is incredibly important!!

In our increasingly global world, it's imperative to expose children to a second language--and the earlier the better. Would love to see D34 integrate Spanish language into the curriculum as opposed to solely offering as a before- or after-school additional-fee option, which is cost- and schedule-prohibitive to some families in the district.

I agree 100%. As a child of a native Spanish speaker/ESL who benefitted greatly in his demanding career by being bilingual, I support every child learning a second language in school. The cost of the language enrichment program has increased significantly in past years and does not fit many families' budgets.