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El programa bilingüe / ESL tiene personas que hablan español y podrán asistirle con sus preguntas, dudas y quejas en su idioma natal.
E-mail: esl [at] kalamazoo [dot] k12 [dot] mi [dot] us   
Teléfono: 269-337-1579

Our program supports students and parents who speak a language other than English. Our students come from approximately fifty different language backgrounds.

 

Goals of the Bilingual/ESL Program

  1. To enable students to become proficient in English.
  2. To enable students to achieve at grade level in content area instruction.
  3. To help improve the self-concept of students.
  4. To increase parental involvement.
  5. To increase the effectiveness of all mainstream teachers and other staff when working with English Language Learners.
  6. To increase awareness and understanding of language acquisition and the strategies that support the learning of ELLs.

Teachers/Educators: Click here to access graphic organizers.

To email the Bilingual/ESL program, click here to access the contact form, or use the contact information to the right.

ESL/Bilingual Staff

Bilingual, Migrant, and World Languages Coordinator, Manuel Brenes

Teachers

Rebecca Barajas, Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts
Rachel Baustert, Kalamazoo Central High School
Julie Devers, Bilingual / ESL Specialist
Steven Howell, Loy Norrix High School
Ryan LaBudda, Kalamazoo Central High School
Ann Marie Leising, Lincoln International Studies School
Amy Pachay-Kish, Woods Lake: A Magnet Center for the Arts
Glory Ward, Lincoln International Studies School

Support Staff

Holly Perkins, Bilingual Office Secretary
Tyler Bradley, Home-School Liaison

Paraprofessionals

Mary Brandao, Itinerant
Connie Brenes, Itinerant
Carmen Corbin, Lincoln International Studies School
Elizabeth Crane, Itinerant
Olga Gamboa, Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts
Ilda Hernández, Edison and El Sol Elementary
Hania Hussein, Itinerant
Yazmin Ibarra Delgado, Loy Norrix High School
Bella Kamber, Itinerant
Mary Martin, Kalamazoo Central High School
Josie Medrano, Woods Lake: A Magnet Center for the Arts

 

English / Language Arts Curriculum Area Information

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Welcome to Kalamazoo Public Schools’ English Language Arts Programs and Curriculum Area. Kalamazoo Public Schools’ motto, “Every Child, Every Opportunity, Every Time,” exemplifies the goal of helping every student learn to use language effectively as a tool for communication, as an instrument for communication and as an instrument for thinking, learning, and imagining.

The Michigan Curriculum Framework and the Grade Level Content Expectations guide the curriculum objectives for each grade level of the KPS English Language Arts Curriculum. The design of the curriculum provides balanced literacy instruction. "Becoming fully literate means, among many things, being able to independently use strategies to construct meaning from text, draw upon texts to build conceptual understanding, effectively communicate ideas orally and in writing, as well as possess an intrinsic desire to read and write." (Gambrell, Mazzoni 1999)

To view the previous English Language Arts Web Site please click on this link: http://www.kpsela.com.

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