| |
|
The mission of DoDEA (Department of Defense Education Activity) is to provide a quality education for eligible dependents of the Department of Defense military and civilian employees stationed overseas and in various states and territories within the United States. Recognizing that some military and civilian employees may have dependents whose dominant language is not English; the ESL (English as a Second Language) program has been designed to meet their unique linguistic, academic, cognitive and social needs. ESL teachers, in collaboration with general education teachers, provide these students the opportunity to attain success in their academic setting. |
The Osan American Middle / High School ESL program is a comprehensive, challenging instructional program that helps ESL students attain the goals and benchmarks as set forth in the DoDEA Community Strategic Plan. The specific goals of the ESL program are to:
- Provide ESL students with equal opportunity and access to services so that they may become fully proficient in English.
- Ensure that ESL students reach full educational parity with comparable English-monolingual students by the time they reach the completion of their school career.
|
|
|
To achieve these goals, professional staff, teachers and parents work together to maximize student academic and social success. The present curriculum utilizes both North Star and Visions educational materials in addition to other beneficial academic enrichment activities and supplies. |
| |
|
The Osan American Middle / High School students participate in the annual Foreign Language and ESL Festivals. The highly anticipated and regarded festival was held at the Osan Air Base Officer’s Club in 2008. Join us for the fun, festivities, and competition in 2009 again at Osan! |
|
|
