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Serving students from Pomona and Diamond Bar
Pomona Unified Launches English-Mandarin Immersion Program
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Mandarin or Spanish and 50 percent of instruction is in English.
The class comprises native English speakers
and native Mandarin or Spanish speakers, enabling both sets of students to interact and learn
new vocabulary skills.
“This program presents our students with
a unique opportunity to speak multiple languages both inside and beyond the walls of a
traditional classroom,” said Pantera Principal
Todd Riffell. “Students’ education will be enhanced because of the cultural awareness, acceptance and rich language that is shared and
exchanged between students enrolled in these
classrooms.”
For information, visit www.pusd.org/DLI.
ne class of Pantera Elementary kindergartners is learning to read, write and communicate effectively in both English and Mandarin
through the introduction of Pomona Unified’s latest
dual-language immersion (DLI) program.
“At this age, children are able to learn a foreign
language much easier than they would if they were
older,” said Pantera teacher Jie Gao, who has been
teaching students how to say and read numbers and
take classroom directions through song, dance and
hand movements.
The new program is in addition to SpanishEnglish DLI programs at Montvue and Westmont
elementary schools.
Each program follows a 50:50 model, where 50
percent of instruction occurs in the target language of
Distrito Unificado de Pomona impulsa
programa de inmersión inglés-mandarín
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na clase de niños de kínder de la Escuela Primaria Pantera está aprendiendo a leer, escribir y comunicarse efectivamente en inglés y mandarín
a través de la introducción del más reciente programa
de enseñanza con inmersión de doble lenguaje (DLI,
por sus siglas en inglés).
“A esta edad, los niños son capaces de aprender
un lenguaje extranjero con mayor facilidad que si
fueran mayores”, afirmó la maestra de la escuela
Pantera, Jie Gao, quien ha estado enseñando a los
estudiantes a pronunciar y leer números, y a seguir
las indicaciones del salón de clases a través del canto,
baile y de movimientos manuales.
El nuevo programa se suma a los programas de
enseñanza dual de español-inglés en las escuelas
primarias Montvue y Westmont.
Cada programa sigue el modelo 50:50; es decir,
que el 50 por ciento de la instrucción se brinda en
el lenguaje deseado, ya sea mandarín o español,
y la otra mitad en inglés. La clase incluye tanto
a angloparlantes como a estudiantes de habla
hispana o mandarín, propiciando en ambos grupos la oportunidad de interactuar y aprender nuevas habilidades de vocabulario.
“Este programa les presenta a nuestros estudiantes una oportunidad única de hablar varios
idiomas, tanto dentro como más allá de las paredes
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Pomona High Educator Named L.A.
County Teacher of the Year
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omona High School English teacher Cynthia
Hinton was born to teach. As a child, she
would often read the Little Golden Books collection,
newspapers and magazines at the encouragement of
her mother, a longtime teacher. She also used a slate
chalkboard to play teacher to her younger siblings.
Now a fifth-generation educator who has been
teaching in public schools for 41 years, Hinton has
earned one of the most praiseworthy distinctions of
her career: she is one of 16 educators named a Los
Angeles County Teacher of the Year by the Los Angeles
County Office of Education.
“I have always seen the potential in every child
to academically succeed,” said Hinton, a 25-year
Pomona Unified teacher and 2015-16 PUSD Teacher
of the Year. “My message to my colleagues is to be a
lighthouse of hope, light the classroom with the smile
of joy for learning and guide your students to be resilient, lifelong learners.”
The title puts Hinton in an elite group of teachers
who represent the best of 72,000 K-12 public school
educators in the county.
Hinton serves as the school’s English Department
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Pomona Unified School District
FALL 2015
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Andrew S. Wong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President
Adrienne Konigar-Macklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice President
Dr. Roberta A. Perlman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Jason A. Rothman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Frank Guzman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
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Richard Martinez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Superintendent of Schools
Stephanie Baker . . . . . . . . . Deputy Superintendent, Educational Services
Leslie Barnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Superintendent, Business Services
Darren Knowles . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources
Fernando Meza . . . . . Administrative Director, Pupil & Community Services