Author Archives: SGuilfoyle

If you are fluent in Spanish, Mandarin or French and are graduating this year with your bachelor’s degree, consider a career in teaching.  There are many bilingual teaching positions available;  dual-language immersion programs at the elementary and secondary level are … Continue reading →

The Mandarin immersion program at Bergeson Elementary School, in Laguna Niguel, is off to a great start.  During a recent visit, I was greeted by youngsters that were not only happy to be in a classroom, but eager to learn … Continue reading →

Orange Unified School District recently announced that they will be opening a Mandarin dual language immersion program at Fletcher Elementary School for the new 2012-13 academic year.  This will be the second public Mandarin dual language immersion program in Orange … Continue reading →

More than 10,000 graduating high school seniors earned the new State Seal of Biliteracy on their diplomas this past June.  This is the first time that the state has given out this award.  In the past, school districts awarded their … Continue reading →

I was intrigued by this article since the subjects were adoptees of Korean descent raised in a French speaking home.  Although I am not an adoptee, I am half Korean and was raised in a predominately Spanish speaking home.  I … Continue reading →