Ethel Phillips is in a working class community, that hosts an Early-Exit Transitional Spanish Bilingual Program. All students receive Free Lunch, over 50% of the students are English Learners and we have very diverse student population with over 10 different languages spoken. We have a SIPPS program to improve all readers skills, we have a student support center to provide support for Social Emotional Learning support. This is the home of the dragons.
Copies of each school’s School Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) are linked below. The 69ÊÓƵ Board of Education will vote to approve them at the June 20, 2024 Board of Education Meeting.
Copies of each school’s School Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) are linked below.
This is a free program based on family size and income. This option is a combination of Head Start and State Preschool services. Classes are in session 6 1/2 hours, Monday through Thursday and 3 hours and 45 minutes on Friday.
The Transitional Bilingual Program utilizes Spanish as the primary language of instruction from kindergarten through grade 3. The mission of this program is to transition Spanish-speaking students into mainstream classrooms by the third grade. In kindergarten, 90 percent of the instruction is provided in Spanish and the remaining 10 percent is done in English. As the students matriculate through grades one, two and three, the percentage of Spanish instruction is gradually reduced and English is increased by 10 percent. Afterwards, gradually adhering to the transition of the students to instruction in English, the goals are to facilitate the content classes, to develop their literary abilities, and to get students to become fluent in their own native language. This method will facilitate a transition from the Spanish into English language in a less stressful way for the students.