Inside Brown Station Elementary’s Dual Language Immersion Program

Students in Brown Station Elementary School’s Two-Way Language Immersion program receive their instruction in two languages every day: 50% of instruction is given in English and the other 50% of instruction is given in Spanish.

On the first day back to school on Tuesday, Montgomery County education leaders and politicians had the opportunity to look into the Brown Station classrooms in Gaithersburg and see how students learn in the dual language immersion program.

Check out these tweets to see how the tour went:

🧵 THREAD🧵 : This morning I went to Brown Station Elementary School (@BrownStationES) in Gaithersburg to learn about @MCPS’s Two-Way Language Immersion Program. pic.twitter.com/IIllLeyQvC

— Deirdre Byrne (@DeirdreByrne_) September 3, 2019

Students in this @MCPS program at @BrownStationES receive 50% of instruction in Spanish and the other 50% of instruction in English. pic.twitter.com/TLXHL9fJZO

— Deirdre Byrne (@DeirdreByrne_) September 3, 2019

https://twitter.com/DeirdreByrneMCM/status/1168991604188823554

Here’s Mrs. Tono teaching @BrownStationES students in Spanish. These @MCPS students are also in the two-way language immersion program. #MCPS1stDay pic.twitter.com/8LB9Fx1Ugl

— Deirdre Byrne (@DeirdreByrne_) September 3, 2019

Here’s Mrs. Sorto’s class at @BrownStationES practicing turning into sharks when they hear a doorbell as a reminder to quiet down. 🦈 🤫 🦈 🤫

This is another group of students in @MCPS two-way language immersion program. #MCPS1stDay pic.twitter.com/veVTZfANVT

— Deirdre Byrne (@DeirdreByrne_) September 3, 2019

According to @MCPS, the two-way language immersion program is comprised fairly equally of native English-speaking students and native Spanish-speaking students. pic.twitter.com/iPQQ4bue8p

— Deirdre Byrne (@DeirdreByrne_) September 3, 2019

And here are some photos of the first day back to school at Brown Station.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B19vhPbnhEH/

And here are some bonus photos from the first day of class at Brown Station Elementary.

About Deirdre Byrne

Deirdre Byrne is a social media coordinator for Montgomery Community Media. She can be reached at dbyrne@mymcmedia.org or on twitter at @DeirdreByrneMCM.

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