Albemarle Road Relief SchoolWhat to Expect!

Dual Language Planning Committee

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Mission

Maximize academic achievement by every

student in every school

Create a seamless and cohesive school that fosters high academic achievement, multicultural competencies, and meaningful discourse through languages

Goal

Location

Albemarle Road Relief Attendance Area

Parcel

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6108 Wilora Lake Drive

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Enrollment Projection

Total projected enrollment- 972 students

Neighborhood School Dual Language Magnet

• 486 students• Serves K-8 • (While giving 7th and 8th graders

options to remain at Albemarle Road MS for their last year)

• 486 students• Serves K-1 students pulled from

the Green Transportation Zone• (Allowing students currently

attending Collinswood to be grandfathered.)

Language of Instruction

Home School Students Only All Students

Dual Language Students Only

Taught in Spanish

Curriculum Content in Home Language & FLES Spanish*Spanish ISpanish for Native Speakers

Cultural Dance

Spanish Language ArtsMathSocial Studies K, 5-8Science K-4

Taught in English

MathSocial Studies K, 5-8Science K-4

English Language ArtsSocial Studies 1-4Science 5-8

*FLES (Foreign Language in the Elementary School) is an approach to teaching languages which follows the natural sequence of language learning: understanding > speaking > reading > writing.

Celebration of Culture

• High academic achievement, stronger vocabulary

and enhanced brain development

• Promotes bilingualism, biliteracy, and multicultural

proficiency through global and diverse learning

• Enhances cultural awareness

• Takes advantage of the optimal window of learning

a second language during the primary years.

• Give students an upper edge in high school, college,

and the workplace.

Benefits of Language Exposure

• Starting fall of 2018, students living in the attendance area will begin attending Albemarle Road Relief.

• Students currently in 4th, 6th and 7th grade will stay and graduate from their current school.

– These students can attend Albemarle Road Relief with transportation by completing the Request for Reassignment process.

• Students interested in the Dual Language program will need to apply through the lottery.

Who will attend?

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Themes & Schools

Q:How does my family apply to enroll in CMS School Choice?

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Studies have shown that all students learn better in diverse schools.

To support a high quality education led by choice for ALL students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, CMS seeks to provide access and choices for families from every socio-economic background.

The goal is high quality education for all students

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• CMS seeks to increase equity, maximize resources, and reduce the number of schools with high concentrations of poverty/need.

• Socioeconomic Status (SES) is considered in student assignment because many SES factors influence the overall learning environment.

• CMS used Census data to determine SES of block groups, the smallest geographic unit of analysis available. Families will be asked to provide additional information.

• The combination of Census data and family information help to determine an individual student’s SES priority in the lottery.

• School options and magnets seats will be allocated across SES categories to achieve the greatest diversity possible.

• The lottery will seek to match student SES priority with like SES seats.

Socio Economic Status (SES)

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Get Started – CMSchoice.org

Go tocmschoice.org

• December: CMS Staff and Community members will work together to select a principal:

– Develop the principal profile– Interview candidates

• January: Principal candidates presented to the Board.• February and Beyond: Principal will collaborate with

community to prepare for 2018 opening. – Name the school– Host events enabling the community to connect with

the school– And More

Next Steps

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Questions

Please contact nicolette.grant@cms.k12.nc.usOr Natashaf.Thompson@cms.k12.nc.us

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