Urbana Early Childhood School (UECS)

Urbana Early Childhood School is for children ages 3-5. UECS serves linguistically and culturally diverse populations and supports families in maintaining and developing their home language and culture in order to give linguistically and culturally diverse children equitable opportunities to succeed socially, emotionally, and academically and to enable linguistically and culturally diverse families to participate in the education of their children.

Half-day sessions in Spanish or English: 9-11:30 a.m. or 1-3:30 p.m. (2 1/2 hours a day)

Yankee Ridge Dual Language School

Yankee Ridge Elementary school offers a Spanish and French Two-Way Immersion (Dual Language) program for Kindergarten through 5th grades. 

Spanish Dual Language: Students in the Spanish DL Program are taught in Spanish and in English through a 90/10 model. The following chart shows the Spanish DL program structure for students in K-5.

Grade	Language Arts & Reading	Bilingual Heritage Language	Math	Science	Social Studies	P.E.	Fine Arts
K	Spanish	Spanish	Spanish	Spanish	Spanish	Spanish	English
1st	Spanish	Spanish	Spanish	English	English	Spanish and English	English
2nd	Spanish	Spanish	Spanish	English	English	Spanish and English	English
3rd	Spanish and English	Spanish	English  with Spanish support	English	English	English	English
4th	Spanish and English	Spanish	English with Spanish support	English	English	English	English
5th	Spanish and English	Spanish	English  with Spanish support	English	English	English	English

 

French Dual Language: Students in the French Dual Language Program  are taught in French and in English through a 50/50 model. The following chart shows the French DL program structure for students in K-5.

Grade	Language Arts & Reading	Bilingual Heritage Language	Math	Science	Social Studies	P.E.	Fine Arts
K	French & English	French	English	English	English	English	English
1st	French & English	French	English	English	English	English	English
2nd	French & English	French	English	English	English	English	English
3rd	French & English	French	English	English	English	English	English
4th	French & English	French	English	English	English	English	English
5th	French & English	French	English	English	English	English	English

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School

Dr. King Elementary School offers the multicultural program for all students who speak another language that is different than English as their first language.  Dr. King school offers English as a Second Language (ESL) classes for students in K-5 through pull out and push in instruction. Native Language instruction is also available for some of the native languages spoken by the students.

Urbana Middle School

Urbana Middle School offers a Two-Way Immersion Program for Spanish speakers as well as an ESL Program for all other English Language Learners. The program provides a content area approach to language development for students with limited proficiency in English. Courses are offered in science, history, geography, and English, with the emphasis on both understanding of content and language acquisition. These classes may include students from grades six to eight. Students complete their schedules with instruction in mainstream classes. Students that have participated in the Spanish K-5 Two Way Immersion Program can elect to participate in classes that focus on the Spanish native language, cultures, and history of both the students’ native country and the United States.

UMS ESL/Bilingual Courses:

• ESL Newcomer 1
• ESL Newcomer 2
• Spanish Bilingual Social Studies
• Spanish Bilingual Language Arts
• Spanish Bilingual Science

Urbana High School

Urbana High School offers a Two-Way Immersion program for Spanish speakers as well as an ESL program for all other English Language Learners. The program provides a content area approach to language development for students with limited proficiency in English. Courses are offered in science, history, geography, and English, with the emphasis on both understanding of content and language acquisition. These classes may include students from grades nine to twelve. Students complete their schedules with instruction in mainstream classes. All ELLs are transitioned into a full grade level program of study when appropriate.

UHS ESL/Bilingual Courses

• ESL 101/102
• ESL 103/104
• ESL Biology
• ESL Geometry
• ESL Algebra I
• ESL Geography
• ESL American Studies-Social Studies
• ESL Civics
• ESL Consumer Education
• Dual Language Spanish Language Arts I, II and III
• Dual Language Spanish Latino Studies
• Dual Language Spanish Biology
• Dual Language Chem/Phys
• Dual Language American Studies- Social Studies
• Dual Language World Studies-Social Studies
• Dual Language Spanish Speech
• Dual Language Spanish Creative Writing
• Bilingual and ESL Health
• SIFE