Spanish Immersion

Early language program available to elementary students

Forest Lake Area Schools - a school district committed to providing new and better educational choices for its students and families - is proud to continue to provide Spanish Immersion as an optional program.

First graders attending our district have the opportunity to enroll in our Spanish Immersion program at either Forest View Elementary School or Lino Lakes Elementary School.

Spanish Immersion is a program designed for students whose first language is English and whose families place a high value on their child learning a world language. Those students who enroll in Spanish Immersion in first grade are able to continue with immersion throughout their elementary school years, if they choose.

More than 120 first- and second-grade students from the Forest Lake school district and around the metro area enrolled in the program for the 2011-2012 school year. We anticipate a strong enrollment again this year. The deadline for enrollment is February 17, 2012.

The Spanish Immersion program at Forest Lake Area Schools is available with:

• No tuition cost for parents
• Transportation fully provided, again at no cost to parents

This program is completely optional and, again, is tuition free with transportation provided. Spanish Immersion will be available to any first grader who resides in the school district, and it will also be an option for Open Enrollment students from other parts of the metro area. But a traditional first-grade program will also be available at all of our schools.

For more information, contact Jennifer Tolzmann at (651) 982-8115, or at jtolzmann@flaschools.org.