Pioneering bilingual program at Mastery Schools of Camden provides students with multiple advantages inside, outside classroom
TAPinto Camden
By Janel "Jaycee" Miller
Students whose primary language is Spanish were not always encouraged to speak that language in the classroom, a scenario that Sandra Dominguez, a bilingual teacher at Mastery’s Molina Elementary School in Camden said she knows all too well.
“I did not have the opportunity to really express myself in my native language and grow in both (Spanish and English) during my K-12 journey,” Dominguez said. “At one point, I did not want to speak Spanish anymore because doing so made me feel isolated.”
That was then, and this is now.
In the fall of 2024, Mastery Schools of Camden will expand its bilingual offerings for native Spanish-speaking students. Building on the success of a pioneering bilingual program at Molina Elementary, one-way dual language immersion programs will be launched at Cramer Hill Elementary, McGraw Elementary, and Molina Elementary for incoming multilingual kindergarten students.
If you have questions or need more information about Multilingual Education, please email Mastery’s Multilingual Education team ([email protected]).