“There is no equality of treatment merely by providing students with the same facilities, textbooks, teachers, and curriculum;  for students who do not understand English are effectively foreclosed from any meaningful education.” 

                                                                                                                        -Lau v. Nichols, 414 US 563 (1974)

      The Fond du Lac School District serves approximately 400 English Language Learners (ELLs). Majority of the ELLs speak Spanish or Hmong and a small portion of them speak Chinese, Telugu, Hindi, Korean, Arabic, Urdu, or Punjabi. ELL students from K-12 may be served through some combination of the following: the ESL teacher teaching balanced content-based curriculum using the Common Core State Standards, the classroom teacher and the ESL teacher team-teaching in the content area subjects in the classroom, the ESL teacher providing Resource hour to students for additional support as needed, an interpreter serving the students in content area subjects, or an interpreter providing support in content area subjects as needed.

Academic Success

Students will:
• Develop and maintain listening, speaking, reading, and writing competency in English as outlined in WIDA Standards
• Develop and apply academic language in content areas
• Utilize prior knowledge to develop critical thinking skills
• Meet grade level expectations

Cultural Competency

Students will:
• Participate in and are members of our school community
• Maintain and value cultural identity
• Develop an awareness and understanding of the dominant culture in which students live
• Increase the level of cultural competency within school community