I visited Global Village Academy last week and was reminded of how great a school they are. GVA has a unique mission to teach students in two languages. Students must be proficient in at least one of the languages. Currently they offer Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. They will be adding French in the future. Content delivery is about 50/50 in the primary grades, but raises to about 80% in the foreign language by fourth grade.
Part of the school's philosophy is to offer diversity to the students. Students who don't speak English are the same as English speaking students learning another language. It's a difficult program and families simply wanting something "different" may not be prepared for the school's level of rigor.
Part of the school's philosophy is to offer diversity to the students. Students who don't speak English are the same as English speaking students learning another language. It's a difficult program and families simply wanting something "different" may not be prepared for the school's level of rigor.
GVA is in its second year of operation and on the far east side of Aurora near Alameda and Airport Road.
Picture: L to R, Kirk Loadman, GVA Board President; Doug Hering, CFO-The Classical Academy and CSSI team member; Merlin Holmes, Consultant-National Heritage Academies and CSSI team member; and Bill Bethke, Kutz & Bethke, LLC.
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