School of the Week: Mandarin & Spanish Immersion School – GALA

School of the Week: Mandarin & Spanish Immersion School – GALA

Global Ambassadors Language Academy (GALA), which opened in August 2016, is Cleveland’s first international Mandarin and Spanish immersion school.

The K-8 school is committed to ensuring all students achieve lifelong academic success, bi-literacy and an appreciation for diversity, in an engaging and academically rigorous language immersion environment.

As a dual language immersion school, GALA provides instruction in all core subjects (math, language arts, science, social studies), in two languages: English and a target language (Mandarin or Spanish). This evidence-based model leads to dual language proficiency in reading, writing, listening and speaking by the end of third grade. Students at GALA spend 70% of the day learning in the target language and 30% of the day learning in English.

GALA is tuition-free, open to all Ohio residents, and no prior language skills are required for students to enroll.

Click here for more information about GALA.

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