Tomball ISD Announces Two-Way Dual Language Academy For 2019-20

TOMBALL, TX — The Tomball Independent School District is launching a dual language academy that will unite native English speakers and native Spanish speakers in a biliteracy program. The academy, which district leaders are calling the Two-Way Dual Language Academy, will open to kindergarten students in August.

According to a district press release, students will receive instruction in both languages through the core content areas of Math, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies, which is designed help students become bilingual, biliterate and bicultural while promoting high academic achievement.

This program is available to incoming kindergarten students during the 2019-2020 school year across Tomball ISD.

Applications will be available beginning April 1 for the 2019-2020 school year and will be due by 3:30 p.m. on April 19.

Anyone who is interested in the Two-Way Dual Language Academy, should plan on attending any of the 3 parent informational meetings before applying.

Parent meetings will be held on the following dates:

• Tuesday, March 26 (5:30 to 6:30 p.m.)
• Thursday, March 28 (5:30 to 6:30 p.m.)
• Monday, April 1 (5:30 to 6:30 p.m.)

All three meetings are scheduled at Rosehill Elementary.

(For more news and information like this, subscribe to Patch for free. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app; download the free Patch Android app here.)

Send your news tips and story ideas to bryan.kirk@patch.com