Spanish Immersion at Pickett allows students to experience global concepts and cultures without leaving their school!  Our dual language program has a significant impact on student achievement by targeting language instruction to build strong foundations in bi-literacy development in English and Spanish.  Visit the participate learning website to learn more about Spanish Immersion!

Parents can support their dual language students at home even if they do not speak the target language. 

Explore these eight ideas parents can implement to reinforce the development of their students' second language.

Dual Language research suggests that students in dual language immersion programs not only achieve academically, but can also outperform their peers in monolingual programs. This is true for all student populations, including English-language learners.

Research also shows that bilingual people have an easier time with these key brain functions:

• Understanding math concepts and problems

• Developing strong thinking skills

• Increasing reading comprehension

• Cultivating greater cultural awareness

• Using logic

• Focusing, remembering and making decisions