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   San Antonio de Padua Spanish Immersion Program

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Spanish Immersion is the fastest-growing and most effective language learning program nationwide for kids whose native language is not Spanish.  Children are immersed in the target language 90% of the school day in Kindergarten and 1st grade.  Instruction in English is slowly increased beginning in 2nd grade and by 5th grade instruction is 50% in English and 50% in Spanish.  At that point, the children are fluent in both languages.  They follow the same curriculum as all other Des Moines Diocesan Schools.  Come see what all the excitement is about!
 

  

San Antonio de Padua Spanish Immersion Program News



Welcome

Welcome to the Spanish Immersion Program at St. Anthony School.  Please look through the information on this page and feel free to contact any of the  Steering Committee members with any questions.  We are very excited to be able to provide this wonderful, enriching program for our community.

Teacher:     Mrs. Marisol Guerra - Kindergarten     mguerra@stanthonydsm.org

Steering Committee Members:
Msgr. Frank Chiodo - Pastor
Dr. Joe Cordaro - Principal (jcordaro@stanthonydsm.org; 515-243-1874)
Vince Scavo - School Board President
Karen Zenti - Bilingual Advisor (kzenti@msn.com; 515-280-1652)
Louie Zenti, Jr. - Board of Education
Sara Eide - Chair, Diocesan Centennial Celebration Education Committee
Mark Paris - Business Office Manager
Darcie Tallman - Des Moines Diocesan Schools Marketing Committee

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Bookmarks

· Sioux Falls Spanish Immersion Video - 18 minutes - Sioux Falls, SD Spanish Immersion Program
· Minnetonka Spanish Immersion Video - 5 minutes - Minnetonka, MN Spanish Immersion Program
· Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) - University of Minnesota
· Our Lady of Guadalupe Spanish Immersion Program - Holy Family Catholic Schools - Dubuque, IA
· Our Lady of Guadalupe ITBS Results - Holy Family Catholic Schools - Dubuque, IA
· Facebook Group - San Antonio de Padua Spanish Immersion Program
· National Foreign Language Resource Center - at Iowa State University
· St. Anthony Spanish Immersion in the blog community! - Moms Like Me dicussion board
· St. Anthony Spanish Immersion in radio news! - Radio Iowa
· St. Anthony Spanish Immersion in the news! - WHO-TV online

Poll

poll We are considering other Spanish language options for children beyond Kindergarten age. Which program are you most interested in? (Please include contact info, # of kids & ages in comments section).
Summer Immersion Camp
Spanish Class during school hours
Evening Spanish Classes
Both Summer and School-Day programs
Both Summer and Evening Programs
Both School-Day and Evening Programs
All 3 programs - Summer, School-Day and Evening
Other Idea (Please explain in comments section)
  9 Votes - 1 Posts
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