001Good afternoon families. We will get started in 1 minute. He. Good afternoon everyone. We are just waiting one more minute to get started with our presentation. All right, the audience says they can see us. So, we will get started. Good afternoon everyone. Thank you so much for joining us today. I am Wendy Bermuddez, the dual language coordinator for Arlington Public Schools and we're really excited to talk with you today about our DLI program at CL Imersion and Escuela K. Good afternoon everyone, thank you very much for joining us. I'm Wendy Bermudez, the investment program coordinator here in Arlington, and we're very excited to talk to you about the immersion program in our Clare elementary schools. Here is our agenda for today. First exp language is and why it matters. and we'll give you specifics about
002how the program works here in Arlington. And finally, we will walk you through the application process step by step. Um, feel free to down questions as we go and make sure to address them at the end of the presentation. This is our agenda. First we will explain what dual language immersion is and why it is so important. Then we will give you specific details about how the program works here in Arlington and finally guide you step by step through the application process. Feel free to write down questions as we speak, and at the end we'll have time to answer them. is dual language immersion. Students develop strong skills in English and Spanish. That means that speaking, reading, writing, and listening in the two languages is very important for us. Um, it's also important to remember
003that they learn the same content and meet the same academic standards as traditional classrooms. But instruction happens in two languages. What is bilingual immersion? Students develop strong skills in English and Spanish. We learn to speak, read, write, and listen in both languages. They learn the same content and meet the same academic standards as in traditional classrooms, in other schools, but instruction is conducted in two languages. Program rest on three equally important pillars that we always remember as educators. First, it's bilingualism and by literacy. Students becoming truly fluent in both languages are able to read and write at grade level in Spanish and English. Our second pillar is academic achievement. We hold high expectations for all of our students and we want them to meet the same rigorous standards as all APS students. And third, it's
004cultural competence. Students develop deep understanding and appreciation for different cultures and perspectives. The program is based on three equally important pillars. The first is bilingualism and biliteracy, that students develop fluency in both languages and are able to read and write at grade level, both in Spanish and English. The second is academic achievement. We maintain high expectations and want students to meet the same rigorous standards as all students at Arlington. And the third is cultural competence. Students develop a deep understanding and appreciation for different cultures and perspectives. So, why choose DLI for non Spanish speaking families? Your child will develop stronger Spanish than a traditional foreign language class. They will gain cultural experiences and build empathy. Bilingualism also supports problem solving and mental flexibility. And for all of our families, bilingualism prepared and career opportunities in
005the future. Why choose dual investment? For our families who speak Spanish at home, your child's Spanish will thrive while they learn English. Strong first language skills will make learning English easier over time, and research confirms this. For all our families, bilingualism will prepare students for more educational and professional opportunities in their future. that are full immersion schools and that's really special. Um, Clarmont is located in South Arlington and Eskuel Kei is in North Arlington. Both schools continue through middle school at Gunston and then high school at Wakefield. So your child can stay in the program all the way through graduation if they choose to. And our goal is that you will continue through the program. We have two primary schools that are fully bilingual. Of course, the school is in South Arlington, and the school
006here is in North Arlington. Both schools continue through middle school in Gunston and then high school in Wakefield, so your child can remain in the program until graduation, and we hope they will stay in the program until graduation. Now our school principals will greet you. Our directors will now introduce themselves, and we'll start with the director of Clarimon. Thank you very much, Mrs. Bermúdez. Good evening. Good evening everyone. I am Dr. Aldana Brofman. I am the very proud director of Clermont Immersion in South Arlington. one of the two immersion schools, as Mrs. Bermudez said in Arlington County. We have around 800 students and we really have a very nice school that starts from preschool through fifth grade. We have three models of immersion. One is the 8020, 80% of the day in English and 20%
007in Spanish, which is from preschool to second grade. 70% in Spanish, 30% in English in third grade and 50% and 50% English and Spanish in fourth and fifth grade. We also offer all the services that are offered in all schools in Arlington. Oh, and for children who require early extension, advanced academic performance, or support such as special education, all kinds of services that children in Virginia public schools should receive, we have them here in Clermon too. We have a very involved community, the Parents' Association is very involved with everything that happens at the school. We have a staff that is bilingual and helps us connect with families who speak English and Spanish. And also, obviously, we have Arlington County services for families whose language is other than Spanish and English. We are very happy to
008be starting the new year and to welcome our new families. So welcome to participate and apply. So um I'm the proud principal of CON Immersion. We are a school in South Arlington about 868 students. Uh we are just this very beautiful school in South Orlon. We have programs that uh start in VPI up to fifth grade. We have the 8020 model 80% in Spanish 20% in English. in VPI preschool up to second grade 70% in Spanish 30% in English 7030 in third grade and 5050 50% in Spanish 50% in English in fourth and fifth grade. As a public school we offer all the services that are required to be offered to students who attend public schools in the Commonwealth. So advanced academics, special education all types of services. We offer all the same services as
009any other public school in Virginia. We have very involved community. The PTA the parent and teacher association is very involved with the building with everything that we do. We have a bilingual family specialist that helps us connect with families who speak Spanish and English and also we offer language services for families that speak languages other than English and Spanish. Miss W Smith is my amazing assistant principal is a principal that works heavily with specialized instructions. So again all these services are offered in our building. Uh thank you so much for your interest in the dual language immersion program in Arlington and for your interest inmon and key. Thank you so much. Thank you. Now our main key, Francis Lee. Good evening. Thank you for being here. Wilson princip. Hi. Good afternoon. Good evening. Thank you
010for being here. I'm Francis Lee, the school principal here, and as I said, I'm here with Mr. Wilson Ramirez, who is the amazing assistant school principal here. Ah, I can't do this job without him. I could never do this job without him. As Dr. Lisa AB already spoke about, we have a very very rich program. I won't repeat everything she said because both of the schools align. And I just want to emphasize that we work together with everything that we do. Our school programs are aligned. We have the same percentage Spanish and English and we offer all of the same services. Mrs. Lisa AB already spoke very highly of the entire program we offer. What I want everyone to know is that we work together. We plan a lot, we are a community and we
011offer everything the same in the programs regarding which part of the program we have in English and which in Spanish. We do all that together. So the two programs are like sisters. We consider our two programs as sisters. Escuela key is the original school. We were wegan over 30 years ago. Thirty years ago the school here started a bilingual program and we have been growing as a bilingual program ever since. If there's one thing I would really like to stress to you about raising your children bilingual is that it provides them a gift that many parents are not able to give their children without having this education. to give them that little gift of being bilingual. It is something very special that many parents cannot give their children without this help from the school. As
012we spoke about it helps many children who wouldn't be exposed to Spanish to learn Spanish and it helps many children who have Spanish as their native first language connect with their family and their culture. Many children who did not speak Spanish at home can learn it. And also very important for me is that those who come from the Cotora and Pano languages and speak Spanish can now connect more with their Cotora and their family through the language. So incredibly important school here. is known as a community. We are a family. We are a community. We love what we do every day. We love serving our community and we have an incredible support system here. Lauela here is a community, we are a family and that is very important to me. We are very joyful about
013the community, about how we give to everyone else to help within our community. program. I began teaching at Esquela Key as a young teacher in 2002. I taught for over 10 years at Esquela key. I then worked all within bilingual education in Arlington public schools and a little bit in DC and very proudly return to Escuela Key. Now is your principal. The school here is where I started being a teacher many years ago, in 2002. Ah, I taught at the school for 10 years. After that, I went on to do other things within Arlington County and in Washington DC, but always within the program of being bilingual and helping others learn two languages. So, now that I'm returning to the school here, I feel very proud to be the school principal here. I also have
014my children in theion program. That's how strongly I believe in the program. I have a child who is a fifth grader and I have a child who is a ninth grader. My plan is for both of them to graduate from Wayfield High School in the Spanish immersion program. I also have my own children in the immersion program here in Arlington County. My son is in fifth grade and my daughter is in ninth grade. And my plan is that they will both graduate from Wfield School's Bilingual program. Ah, then I want to welcome you and if you have any questions about the schools, we are always here ready to help you. So, welcome. We are really excited that you are applying to our immersion program and any questions that you have, please do not hit. Thank
015you so much for coming and listening to us. Thank you very much, directors. Let's continue. Next is a question. In our program of Spanish speaking students and English speaking students in each classroom. This is really important because we want kids to learn from each other. They're modeling language for each other all day long. and our teachers are language models as well. Now the language allocation changes as students progress and Dr. AB shared a little bit about this. In kindergarten through second grade 80% of instruction is in Spanish and 20% in English. We start heavy on Spanish because that early exposure is crucial for language development. In third grade it ships to 70% Spanish and 30% English. And by fourth and fifth grade it's 5050. Half of the day in Spanish and half of the day
016in English. We aim for a balance of 50 Spanish-speaking and English-speaking students in each classroom. This is important because children learn from each other and are modeling language among themselves all day long, and our teachers do that too. Ah, the percentage of language instruction changes as students progress through the grades. From kindergarten to second grade, 80% of instruction is in Spanish and 20% is in English. Ah, we started strong in Spanish because it is very important to start early; it is crucial for our students' language development . In third grade it changes to 70% Spanish and 30% English. By fourth and fifth grade it's 5050. Half the day in Spanish and half the day in English. In our next slide, we see which subjects are taught in Spanish and which are taught in English for
017K2. I'm just going to focus on K2 um because that's probably what you're most interested in. So kindergarten through second grade, Spanish instruction includes language arts. That's reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Uh plus math, science and social studies. Um and their special classes as well as PE and music. English time focus is primarily on language development which includes instruction. Here we see what material is taught in Spanish and what is taught in English for students from kindergarten to second grade. I'm going to focus on kindergarten through second grade because I imagine many families are watching to learn about kindergarten. Ah, from kindergarten through second grade, instruction in Spanish includes arts and language. It's reading, writing, speaking, and listening plus math, science, social studies, and your special classes like physical education or music. The English time
018focuses on language development and includes teaching English phonetics. Now, let's talk about how you can actually apply for children to join the program. We're going to talk now about the application process for this program. So here's the great news. Any family living in Arlington can apply to the immersion program in kindergarten regardless of where you live in the county. So the schools listed here on the left can apply to Clarmont and those on the right can apply to Esquela key. So if you live outside the school's walk zone, please don't worry because APS provides transportation. So location should not be a barrier. Here's the good news. Any family living in Arlington can apply to any of the fun schools. Ah, the schools on the left can apply to Clairman, those on the right can apply
019to school here. And if you live outside the school's pedestrian zone, don't worry, because Arlington provides transportation, so location shouldn't be a barrier for your son or daughter to attend the program. quickly so you can see the boundary map. The map shows you the immersion boundary neighborhood schools north of the boundary the dark purple line those school that's the boundary for the schools that apply to the school and south of the boundary to clermaion. This map shows you the boundaries to determine which elementary school to apply to. If your neighborhood school is north of that purple line, you will apply to K school, and if it is further south, you will apply to Clarma school. For kindergarten, here's what you need to know. The application window already open November 10th and it closes on January
02016th at 4 p.m. You must apply online during this window. That's really important. Um, if you apply after the deadline, your application goes to the bottom of the weight list in the order it was received. So my advice, families, don't wait until the last day to get your application in early. For kindergarten, this is what they need to know. The application period opens at 10:00 AM. It already opened on November 10th and will close on January 16th at 4:00 PM. They must apply online during this period. That's very important. Oh, if you apply after this deadline, your application will go to the end of the waiting list in the order we receive it. So my advice to families is please don't wait until the last minute, submit your application early. Everyone has to go to
021school. previous year you already have an account and you can just log back in. Um you may need to select for forgotten username or forgotten password if that's the case. Um they will help you log in. But if you're a brand new uh parent to APS or you never applied before, you have to create a new account. It only takes a few minutes. The application itself is pretty straight forward, but if you need help, the welcome center staff can help you. Their number is listed on here. Applying to Tien means applying through school. If you're applying to an optional school, oh, if you applied to an optional school a previous year, you already have an account and can simply log back in. If you have forgotten your password or username, you can click there and
022they will help you to regain access to your account. But if you're new to Arlington and have never applied before, you'll need to create a new account. It only takes a few minutes. Ah, the application is simple, but if you need help, the staff at the Welcome Centre here in Arnington can guide you. Your number is here. Alr. Now, this is really important. The application will ask Spanish the primary language your child speaks at home? We want you to think carefully about this question. We're asking, does your child think in Spanish? Does your child communicate with you? any siblings in Spanish. Is Spanish the language that your child uses most frequently to communicate? For families applying to kindergarten or first grade, if you answer yes to this question, we will contact you to schedule a
023Spanish language assessment for your child at CFAX Education Center. This helps us understand applicant current oral language skills which helps us balance our classrooms appropriately. Don't let the assessment worry you. It's conversational and age appropriate. If your Spanish speaker passes the assessment, they will remain on the Spanish side of the lottery. If they do n't pass, they will be transferred to the English side of the lottery. We'll work with your family to schedule the assessment at a time that works best for you. V studion Spanish primary language. This part is very important. The application will ask you, is Spanish the primary language your child speaks at home? We want you to think about these questions. Your son thinks in Spanish, and communicates with you and his siblings in Spanish. Is Spanish the language your child
024uses most frequently to communicate? For families applying to kindergarten or first grade, if you answer yes to this question, we will contact you to schedule a Spanish assessment for your child at CFX, the district's central office . This helps us understand applicants' oral skills and maintain a balance between Spanish and English speakers in our classrooms. Please don't let the evaluation worry you. It is conversion-oriented and appropriate. It is an age-appropriate assessment for the students. If your Spanish-speaking son or daughter passes the assessment, they will remain in the Spanish lottery group. If they don't pass, we'll simply transfer the student to the English group, but it's always a matter of chance. We will also work with your family to schedule the evaluation at a time that is most convenient for you. For students who are already
025in BPI and indicate that they speak Spanish, ah, we'll give them the exam at school. There is a priority system in the lottery. Um, this is the specific order. First priority goes to students currently enrolled in our BPI pregate program who apply by the deadline. Second priority is siblings. If you already have a child attending one of the immersion schools, your kindergartener will get priority. Third is everyone else who applies by January 16th. These applications go into two separate lotteries as I mentioned before. One for Spanish speaking students and one for non-Spanish speaking students or English speakers. After the lottery, any new applications that come into the weight list in the order received. The lottery occurs in a specific order. We have priority. The first priority goes to students currently enrolled in our VPI program.
026The second priority is for siblings. If you already have a child attending one of the immersion schools, your kindergarten student gets priority. The third is all others that apply before January 16. As I mentioned, these applications are entered into two separate lotteries, one for Spanish-speaking students and one for English-speaking students. And after the lottery, any new applications that come in go onto the waiting list in the order they were received. did um from first to fifth grade also have the opportunity to apply. First grade admission is based on available space. Um if there's room and you indicate it Spanish as your child's primary language well says their Spanish oral skills um and new applicants go to the waightlist based on the lottery number. For second through fifth grade um it's also based on available space
027but students need to pass a Spanish language assessment. This makes sense because students entering in upper grades need to be able to keep up with the instruction that's ready at a higher level in Spanish. We want to ensure that we set up your student for success in the program. For first through fifth grade, this is the process. Admission to first grade is always based on available space. Oh, and if you say that your child speaks Spanish as their primary language, we will give them the evaluation. As I mentioned, new applicants go on the waiting list according to their lottery number. For second through fifth grade, it also depends on the available space, and students need to pass a Spanish language assessment. This is because students entering the upper grades need to be able to understand
028instruction given in Spanish, which is at a slightly higher level, and we want to ensure that students enter and succeed in the program. All right. So, I'll just highlight the dates you absolutely need to remember. January 16th, 4 p.m. That's your application deadline for kindergarten. February 16th, this is when the lottery happens and you'll hear whether your child is in or you're in the waight list. In February 20th if you receive an offer, you need to accept or decline by this day. These are the dates here that you absolutely need to remember. January 16th at 4 pm, that's the application deadline for kindergarten. On February 6th, this is when the lottery takes place and you will find out if your child got in or if they will be given a number on the waiting list.
029February 20th is the date on which, if they receive an offer, they will have to accept or reject it. Alr, we've made it until the end. What questions can we answer for you? I know that there were some already in the Q&A. Now, what questions can we answer for you? Q. It says we are an English only at home. No Spanish exposure at all. How can I as a parent help with homeworker learning aids if I don't speak understand Spanish? Um I'm happy to jump in on that one to start and then please my colleagues feel free to add in. If you're an English speaking home, I still want to encourage you to apply. You want to show your children that you value the language, that you value learning and that you value your child
030being part of a multicultural setting. For the academics, as long as you are reading at home in English, considering reading at home, practicing, having those dinnertime conversations, we will be able to start to slowly give you the materials in Spanish that you can also have at home, such as books on tape or other resources and we have many of them that will help you be able to support your child. There are many, many families that do not speak Spanish at home and yet their children have very successfully gone through the program. Um, children when we bring homework, it's something that they should be able to explain to you. Something that they should be able to say, "This is what I'm doing." And then again, if for any reason they can't, those are just send it
031back to the teacher and the teacher will help out. But when it comes to the literacy skills, there are many ways you can expose your children to Spanish at home. You can do it through books, you know, we can do it through audios. You can do it through different science curriculum that we have. We have a pluther of resources that provide oral language practice at home for your children um if you don't happen to speak the target language. And vice versa, we have a lot of resources for our students that are learning English too. Thank you. I'm also answering some questions in the chat. Um, does Clarmont accept non-Sanish speaking children in first grade? The application on the school on school seems to indicate yes. Yes. We do accept non-Spanish speaking children as long as
032their space available. Is there any expectation for the parent household to be Spanish speakers? No, as I mentioned before um we want half um English speakers or non-Spanish speakers and then the other half to be Spanish speakers. So anyone can apply to the program. Um if learning a new language causes frustration or anxiety, how do teachers support emotional comfort while still encouraging language growth? Do children receive social emotional coaching in English initially if they're upset? I would love to answer this question. We actually had a wonderful conversation with some of our teachers today. Um yes, absolutely yes. Um I know that um both at Key and Clermon um as principles, we strongly believe in socioemotional learning and the importance of of um socioemotional learning in scaffles in just learning a second language or quite a
033second language. the instruction matters we make sure that our instruction is scaffolded because there will be students who are going to come you know prepare to receive instructions in Spanish there will be students who will come to receive instruction in English every single student in our schools is a language learner every single teacher is a language teacher so we understand the process we ourselves have gone through that process in our lives through dailys Yeah, absolutely. And we understand it can be frustrating. Sometimes we may feel, you know, more shy than other days. And it's just a process and we understand the process. Our teachers also understand the process. Our most of our teachers have either learned a second language or in the process of learning a second language. So we all understand that process. We
034also have school counselors, we have school psychology. We have an entire support team, student support team that is also available to support our students but also you guys as families because sometimes as parents when our children come home saying I don't understand I'm frustrated I don't like it can also be very frustrating and challenging for a family. We get it. We understand that that's why we are a team and we be supporting our student of course first they're here with us but also supporting you throughout that process um so yeah absolutely we provide those scaffles and also those supports thank you one question is there an advantage to applying earlier in the lottery window blind lottery to ensure fairness um is there an open door date for parents to walk through school and see the
035facilities. Yes. Francis, do you remember the dates? Do we have those yet? I was just going to say, did we Oh, I don't have them in front of me off the top of my head. Le, we will have them out on the website to confirm and they are mid February, right? February 10th. 10th is it the 10th Tuesday. Yeah. So, we will have those times. They will be two separate times. One for Esquirmont and they will primarily be for families that have been accepted to the program. Or if you're on the wait list and you're not too far down on the waight list knowing that some families may drop off, you're still welcome to come. But it's not for families that have not yet applied because at that point you will have already applied and
036we know kind of where you are on the weight list. So we will have that open house. The times will go out on our website and essentially both schools will do a presentation and overview of what makes each of our communities special and then a tour of an aspect of our school building so you can get a sense and a feel for the school. Thank you. Um the next question is how do you individualize instruction for children at different learning levels? Do you have a gifted program and how are they assessed to enter it? Um yes um just like any other school, any other program we are always individual individualizing instruction for students. Um we do have an advanced academics program. There is a process for applying or recommending students. Um and we will let
037us share that information. Um we do that every single year. Um families can recommend students themselves can recommend themselves or um teachers. Uh how much of the learning is hands on versus digital? That's a wonderful question. We actually as a as a school division uh there's a very um just good discussion around technology in classrooms and we understand that of course you know our learners are like different types of learners from when we were going to school and we know that technology is important we but we also understand that there should be balance and as a school division we understand that and Um there there there there is technology in schools but at this time uh there's also a discussion around like when um you know iPads and this type of devices um should be
038most used in classrooms and um absolutely balance we understand that especially learning a second language you need language models you need your teachers you need your classmates you need that social interaction that is personal that is human so We we do that and obviously as a school division we have access to technology to applications that are enhancing learning but we it's a very balanced view of you know what this means to students in the classroom and in their learning. Yeah. And just to add on to that we follow all the same guidelines as every other elementary school in Arlington. So when we have those discussions and we have some changes to our policy, we follow all of the same procedures. So we will have the same amount of technology or iPad usage with the same
039apps that are allowed from every other elementary school here in Arlington. So we're all aligned. Thank you. How can we read Spanish books to students at home if we ourselves are a non-Spanish speaking household? don't know how to read a Spanish book. Um, there's that's no problem. Um, we actually have a program called Rask Kids with many Spanish books that are available on there including audio books. Um, so students can listen to them at home. However, we always encourage families to read to their child in the home language. It's a learning opportunity. So please read in the language that you're most comfortable in and then we'll support in the second language as well. What is the homework policy at these two schools? I would say that depending on the grade level and the teacher, it
040can be a little bit different from classroom to classroom. However, we do try to always align. We try to ensure that like all in one grade level are following the same policy. There have been slight adjustments over the years. Overall, and I can speak to you from both being a principal and watching my children go through the emergence program. The homework is very limited, but it is work that is there to reinforce concepts or skills. So, it really depends on what your child's needs are, too. If your child possibly really is an advanced academic learner and wants to continue on a subject and has an idea, the teacher may say like, "Wow, that's great. I'm going to have you why don't you go home and research this and bring this back to school?" If your
041child maybe has where it happens most is when your child has some type of assessment coming up, especially in the upper grade levels, there will be study guides or some reviews to do so you as a parent can kind of see, okay, we're working on these math skills today. We know on Friday there's going to be some type of assessment and class assessment on it and your child has some practice they can do at home with you prior to that assessment. Um, sometimes a teacher may have a special project, a book project or some type of oral language project that will have a home component to it. But I don't find that the homework has been a lot and it's always been something that really aligns well with where your child is academically and that
042grade level. I totally agree with a Miss Lee, with Francis. Um, it all depends. Uh honestly in in fourth and fifth grade those grade levels the demands are different. The kids are also getting ready for middle school and in middle school I mean there is there are assignments and we need to get our students ready for that. Otherwise it will be very shocking for them just for the transition. Uh but homework comes in many different ways. It's um like Francis says it's like it's practicing practicing what the students learn by applying it to their life to real life and making sure that they see homework more like this home practice. Uh reading it shouldn't be considered just homework. Reading is a habit that we should all build. So, so we try to be very careful
043with it in terms of you know what we want to get out of this practice at home. Um, and also making sure that you guys can also support students while they bring these practices um to your homes. Thank you. Um, this next one's a really great question. For my rising kindergartener who is English only, the other half of his class will be Spanish speaking children who also speak English. Um, wouldn't that mean the already bilingual 5-year-olds have an advantage over the English only students? Not necessarily. Some of our Spanish speaking students are actually English learners. Um, so they're also learning the language. We also have students either on the Spanish dominant or English dominant side that are also bilingual students. Um, everyone um is in a different language learning journey. Um, and remember language learning
044takes time as well. Um, so we do have a variety of students with different language skills in our program which is why we differentiate just like any other program would. Do the schools offer ESL in addition to Great question connected to what we just answered. In addition to or in support of the 20% English in K2. My child speaks neither Spanish nor English as the home language. Yes, it's we offer all the same services as any other schools in the Commonwealth A services, special education services. I saw questions about special education fib force individualized health plans, advanced academics. All those are services that are not just individual to school are Monday. So we operate just like any other uh public school. What is fascinating about our programs is that we do that on top having
045as well ang immersion program which is wonderful because that shows how much of um you know of the support our students receive in our schools. Thank you and thank you for answering the special education question. Um, what does a typical day look like? How many recess periods can students buy lunch at school? So there are mandated instructional minutes by video and we follow video um at this time I mean each one of the content areas has specific instructional minutes English I'm sorry language arts which is combined with English and Spanish language arts the language arts blog is about 90 minutes. Math is suggested 70 minutes. We also have to navigate science social studies for which is 60 minutes 45 to 60 minutes and then specials which is arts um music pe mandatory one uh rees
046and in and launch have to be embedded in that school day which is 7.5 5 7 hours 50 minutes of instruction and we need to have about 30 minutes for res and 25 minutes or 30 minutes of lunch. So that's for everybody. Every single level has to have the same the same amount of time uh for reasons in at lunch and it's just you know because of per like the Virginia Department of Education Regulations. And I see in one of the questions they were asking about if you can buy lunch and yes just like all other Arlington schools you can buy your lunch daily if that's what you choose to do. You can also bring your lunch. Great. Um, our last question. Is there any possibility for a lottery applicant to get accepted to more
047than one option school? Yes, because it's a double blind lottery that can happen. Um, you as a family, you have to make a decision and that should be before February 20th the deadline to accept or decline an offer. But please do keep in mind, you cannot apply to both key and CL because we are boundary. So, our program is the same but we serve our specific boundaries. Very good. And that was actually one of the questions. So that is it. No more questions. Um we are happy to help you answer any other questions you might have. Um I think the last slide um in the presentation which we will share and post to our dual language immersion um APS page um included some contact information. You can reach out to the welcome center. Um, you
048can reach out to me as the dual language immersion coordinator. Um, and I can support you with any other remaining questions you may have. Thank you so much for joining us, joining us this afternoon. Thank you to all the families who were able to join us here this afternoon to answer your questions and learn about our amazing program. Thank you again. Thank you for being here with us. Thank you.