Dear parents!
Please do not miss an exciting opportunity for your children to develop foreign language skills – very important skills for 21th century global economy. All studies show that early foreign language learning increases cognitive development. Big Learning is offering French, Spanish and Chinese for after-school curriculum class. This class is particularly important for former fifth graders who took foreign language last year and is serving as a bridge for those who plan to take foreign language in the 7th grade. FLES classes upcoming session is scheduled to begin the week of February 2. Please note that with recent weather related class cancellations, some classes may not start until the following week, or even later. Big learning offers small-size class of 6-8 children for verbal language skill development. You can look up your class and register online at the Big Learning website at www.biglearning.org/fles. Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Big Learning directly or 6th-grade coordinator Olga Maupin at [email protected].