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Academics & Support

Bridges Academy at Melrose is a 50-50 Simultaneous Dual Language School.

What is Dual Language?

A program that develops bilingualism and biliteracy in English and a second language by integrating students of different language proficiencies.

Program Goals

All students, regardless of language, racial or socioeconomic background become fully bilingual, bicultural, and biliterate by 8th grade. In K-5 programs, students are at grade level minimally in one language and approaching grade level in the other language.

DL Goals

Program Features

Throughout the grades, 50% of instruction in partner language, 50% in English

DL Program Features

 

Bilingual Benefits

 

DL Benefits

Research

Dual Language has been found to be the program type with the highest long term success, with students achieving well above grade level

DL Research

 

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