Bilingual Education Programs

  • Our Bilingual Education programs are research-based programs comprised of the following instructional components:

    - Language Arts, which includes Home and English Language Arts
    - English as a New Language instructional time
    - Bilingual Content Areas

    The Rochester City School District offers the following programs within its Multilingual Network of Schools:

  • Dual Language Program  

    The Dual Language program helps students achieve bilingualism (the ability to speak fluently in two languages), biliteracy (the ability to read and write in two languages), cross-cultural competence, and academic proficiency equal to that of students in mainstream programs. The Two-way Dual Language model includes both native speakers of Spanish and native speakers of English. The One-way Dual Language model is composed of students who come from the same home language, Spanish.

    The following schools offer Two-Way Dual Language Programs:

    • Anna Murray-Douglass Academy School No. 12
    • Enrico Fermi School No. 17
    • John James Audubon No. 33
    • Dr. Freddie Thomas Middle School*
    • Thurgood Marshall Middle School @Charlotte Campus*
    • Joseph C. Wilson Magnet High School Commencement Academy*
    • East Upper*
    • East Lower*

    The following schools offer One-Way Dual Language Programs:

    • Abraham Lincoln School No. 22
    • Henry Hudson School No. 28
    • Pinnacle School No. 35
    • Northwest Jr. High School @Douglass Campus

    Transitional Program

    This program provides instruction in the student’s native language to help them progress academically in content areas such as math, science, and social studies while they acquire English. Instruction in English increases gradually until the student is ready to be transitioned into an English monolingual setting.

    The following schools offer Transitional Programs:

    • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School No. 9
    • Edison Career & Technology High School*
    • James Monroe Upper School*

    *Students who have exited ELL Services in Intermediate and Secondary Schools continue to receive academic levels of Spanish classes but will not receive bilingual content areas.