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GRCES Spanish Immersion

Mission Statement :  Preparing students to be effective servants of Christ in contemporary society.

Vision Statement: Through a faith-based education, students will...
 * Attain mastery of GRCS grade level curricular standards and benchmarks
 * Achieve functional proficiency in Spanish
 * Develop strong English literacy skills
 * Foster cross-cultural understanding
 * Actively participate in the Hispanic Community
 * Be encouraged to be actively engaged in God's Kingdom by being Christian disciples.

**GRCES Spanish Immersion is a Total Immersion Program -100% Spanish.** The goal of this program is full immersion in Spanish. At the teacher’s discretion—the teacher will use English to ensure the emotional, physical, and spiritual development and well-being of a student or the group.

Preschool: 100% Spanish K: 100% Spanish 1st: 100% Spanish 2nd: 30 min/day language arts in English 3rd: 45 min/day language arts in English 4th: 1 hr/day language arts in English

__Iroquois Campus__ Preschool meets every weekday either in the morning or in the afternoon. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">Full day options are available for preschools with half of the day in an English-speaking preschool room.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">Kindergarten-4th grades <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">meet all day everyday.

__<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">Rockford Christian Campus __ <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">1st/2nd <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 21px;">Rockford is offering a 1st/2nd Spanish Immersion class for the 2013-2014 school year.

Spanish Immersion students will maintain their language proficiency through classes taught in Spanish through 6th grade. Maintenance courses may be offered through teaching courses like Social Studies, History, Science, or Writing/Literature IN SPANISH in 7th and 8th grades. When these students reach the high school, they will be able to participate in other language classes (French, German, Mandarin or Latin). We also plan to offer advanced Spanish courses.
 * Beyond 4th grade… **