NJDOE Model Program 2018 - 2020
​Heritage and Native Spanish Speakers
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​Meet one of the students:


​​Meet the teachers:
PictureLatino Visitation Day @ Stockton Univ. 2017
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Hispanohablantes students earn the Seal of Biliteracy
Program Description:
​Egg Harbor Township School District offers Spanish classes for heritage and native Spanish speakers (Español para Hispanohablantes).  The focus of the curriculum in each level is on developing students' literacy skills in Spanish.    Children who already speak Spanish develop their reading and writing proficiency in Spanish through through reading short stories, fables, poems, and novels.  The books pictured above are some of the texts used in the Hispanohablantes classes. 

Course Offerings:
Elementary and Middle School Courses: 
              5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Hispanohablantes 
High School Courses: 
               CP/HN Hispanohablantes 1
               CP/HN Hispanohablantes 2
               CP/HN Hispanohablantes 3
               AP Spanish Literature 

Senior year:
Students in the AP Spanish Literature course take two AP exams, both AP Spanish Literature and AP Spanish Language.  Students who score a 3 or higher on each exam earn 3 college credits, for a total of 6 credits.  Students in the AP Spanish Literature course also take the AAPPL proficiency Assessment.  They are are able to graduate with the Seal of Biliteracy if they score Intermediate-Mid or better on all 4 sections of the AAPPL.
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Video explicando el programa en español.
​Resources:
District profile on the national database for Heritage Language Programs compiled by the Center for Applied Linguistics is HERE.