Learning through language
Time flies when you’re having fun, especially when you’re immersed in a second language.
This May, several fifth graders at Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School will become the first students to graduate from the school’s dual language immersion (DLI) program—a program they first enrolled in as kindergarten students.
Oglethorpe Avenue’s DLI program is the first and only Spanish-English language immersion program in Athens. Originally developed as an after-school offering, the program—which was created in part by clinical associate professor Lou Tolosa-Casadont—quickly transitioned into a full-fledged, in-school program.