Wyoming Dual Language Immersion Program - Parental Task Force

Wyoming Dual Language Immersion Program - Parental Task Force Learn more at our Open Houses and Informational Meetings. Please check back for updated times and locations. Absolutely not! How do we know this can work?

Imagine a Wyoming classroom of first graders having a conversation in Chinese. Imagine a Wyoming born and breed student giving a presentation entirely in Spanish. With both of these situations, imagine that these students’ test scores are at or above their English only peers. Are these two scenarios impossible for Wyoming’s children? A group of parents, teachers, businesses and community members a

re striving to allow Casper families the option of enrolling their children in either a Spanish, Mandarin or French dual language immersion program. The dual language immersion philosophy is based on a young child’s openness and predisposition to learning language. For those families that choose to enroll them in a dual language immersion program, the student would receive 50% of their instruction in English and 50% in a second language taught by a native or highly advanced speaker. Both teachers would work as a two person team to ensure that ALL subject material is presented clearly, understood and is mastered. The teacher who is teaching in English would incorporate appropriate reviews of the subject material taught in the second language. This is to ensure that all students are understanding the material and making progress needed to pass the annual standardized tests. The successful model we are emulating is the State of Utah’s Dual Immersion Program. The idea was first conceived as an economic engine for attracting businesses to the state as well as preparing Utah’s students for the global economy. The State of Utah has over 26,000 students learning in a second language every year at 85 schools. The program offers five language immersion programs; Spanish, Chinese, French, German and Portuguese. Utah’s goal is to have its dual immersion high school freshman capable of taking and passing the AP language exam. Utah is providing their students with the opportunity to prepare for the global economy. Will Wyoming?

Natrona County students and parents, FYI!
04/30/2025

Natrona County students and parents, FYI!

For our Natrona County families:
12/18/2024

For our Natrona County families:

🌟Happening Tonight: December 17th, 2024, at 6:00 PM!

Dual Language Immersion Parent Meetings: NEW Kindergarten Families for 2025-2026 School Year!

All meetings held at NCSD's Central Services 970 N. Glenn Rd.

*Information on the upcoming School Choice Registration process for the 2025-2026 School Year will be coming soon!

10/23/2024

Natrona County DLI friends: As you may or may not know, I have been passionate about creating a world class DLI program here in NCSD since we first began our efforts 12 years ago. I am currently running for school board to help strengthen DLI and the other amazing programs the district offers for our community's children. I ask for your vote on or before Nov. 5th. I also ask for your vote for these other four candidates. They all support DLI. Check them out!
- Thea True-Wells

This is so exciting for our Mandarin DLI students!If interested, please RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3SfViOG
02/07/2024

This is so exciting for our Mandarin DLI students!

If interested, please RSVP here:
https://bit.ly/3SfViOG

Wondering about the benefits of being multilingual? Check this out!
12/15/2023

Wondering about the benefits of being multilingual? Check this out!

It's Thursday, but you don't have to wait until tomorrow because today is also Science Friday.

In our newest podcast episode, we explore what happens inside the brains of multilingual speakers. 🎧

https://pod.link/73329284

For our Natrona peeps!
12/04/2023

For our Natrona peeps!

Dual Language Immersion Parent Meetings: NEW Kindergarten Families for 2024-2025 School Year!

🌟Upcoming Meeting: December 5th, 2023, at 12:00PM!

*Information on the upcoming School Choice Registration process for the 2024-2025 School Year will be coming in the next few weeks!

For our Casper friends!
11/28/2023

For our Casper friends!

CASPER, Wyo. — NCSD kindergarten enrollment for the upcoming 2024–25 academic year begins during the school choice registration window. NCSD will release

For the older kids interested in language immersion.
09/06/2023

For the older kids interested in language immersion.

The 2024-2025 Summer and Academic Year application is now open! The application is available to all eligible applicants until November 2nd at 4 pm ET. As a reminder the NSLI-Y application is now combined with and . You can now apply to all of these programs with one application. Check out or website for more information!
Apply online at: https://ais.americancouncils.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/AIR.woa/wa/login?brand=highschoolstudyabroad.

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