Spanish Immersion Program
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Elementary Level
Clearview Elementary hosts the Spanish Immersion program for students in grades K-5.
- Grades K-5: Students are taught math, science, social studies, language arts and health in Spanish, based on the Minnesota State Standards.
- Grades 3-5: Students receive formal English instruction. Many students exceed non-immersion students in their English language arts skills by the end of 5th grade.
- Research has consistently shown that immersion students do as well or better than comparable non-immersion students on measures of verbal and mathematical skills.
Clearview Elementary School
7310 Highway 24, Clear Lake, MN 55319
320-743-2241
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Middle Level
South Junior High School hosts the Spanish Immersion program for students in grades 6-8.
- Grade 6: Students take Spanish Immersion Language Arts, Spanish Immersion Social Studies and Spanish Immersion Science.
- Grades 7-8: Students take Spanish Immersion Language Arts and Spanish Immersion Social Studies.
- Grade 8: Students have the opportunity to participate in the Spanish Immersion Capstone Trip, a two-week trip in March that immerses students in the target language they have learned for nearly a decade.
- The Capstone trip requires fundraising by the student with family support.
South Junior High School
1120 S. 15th Ave., St. Cloud MN, 56301
320-251-1322
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High School
The Spanish Immersion students at the High School level are blended into the World Language classes. Many students will be ready for Spanish 4 or Spanish AP Language and Culture.
- Grade 9: Students will have the opportunity to participate in the Spanish Immersion Capstone Trip in March that immerses students in the target language they have learned for a decade.
- Students will continue to work on their proficiency levels with the expectation of taking AP Spanish Language & Culture and AP Spanish Literature & Culture
- Students may also choose to participate in the High School Spanish trip to Costa Rica.
Technical High School
233 S. 12th Ave., St. Cloud MN, 56301
320-252-2231