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English Language Learners (ELL)

 

English Language Learners (ELL)
Welcome to the English Language Learner Department.  Students who qualify for program services through an English language proficiency screening receive EL services at their school. Students receive varying levels of language and content support based on the English proficiency level, academic and language needs of the student. The majority of the instruction takes place in the general education classroom with push-in support from the EL teacher.  

    • All students whose parents have indicated on a Home Language Survey (HLS) that a language other than English is spoken in the home or by the student, must take an English language proficiency test to determine if they qualify for EL services and to identify program placement.
    • Students who are assessed with the Screener and qualify for EL services are required to participate in the ACCESS for ELLs™ annual assessment.

  • ACCESS Assessment

    Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Language Learners.  

    What is ACCESS for ELLs?

    • ACCESS for Els is an English language is an annual proficiency exam administered to students who qualify for English learner services.
    • ACCESS measures what students know and can do in English in the domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. 

    Why administer ACCESS? 

    • Gives teachers a proficiency level of where the students are in building language skills.
    • Test scores also help teachers track your child’s progress in academic English acquisition and help schools decide what English language support services to provide

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    • The Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee (BPAC) consists of parents/guardians of students enrolled in the bilingual or English as a Second Language (ESL) program, bilingual and ESL teachers, administrators, and community leaders.
    • The committee participates in the planning, operation, and evaluation of the Transitional Bilingual and ESL programs.
    • Parents of EL students, and community members are encouraged to attend the meetings.

     

EL Teachers

Contact information for Dr. Socorro Mendoza, Director of English Language Learning at La Grange School District 105.

  • Bonnie McAuley 

    Krystal Schmidt

  • Sarah Cruz

    Johanna Enright

    Lisa Ritter

    Carolyn Regan 

  • Stefanie Mellender

  • Jane Falvey

    Martha Ramirez

D105 Language Diversity

A flat lay image featuring flags, headphones, a microphone, and a toy airplane, with the text 'Language Diversity within D105'.

 

District 105 is a diverse community of families with 29 different home languages spoken by our students: Akan (Fante, Asante, Twi), Albanian, Gheg (Kosovo/Macedon) (2), Albanian, Tosk (Albania), Arabic (3), Bosnian (2), Cambodian (Khmer), Cantonese (Chinese) (4), Croatian, Czech (2), English (629), German (1), Greek (2), Gujarati (2), Haitian-Creole, Japanese, Kannada (2), Lithuanian (4), Macedonian (6), Marathi, Mongolian, Pilipino (Tagalog) (2), Polish (4), Russian (4), Serbian (32), Spanish (213), Ukrainian (7), Urdu (5), Vietnamese (5).


The official language used for the content of the District website is English. To help address our diversity, readers of our website can use the "Google Translate" link located at the top of this screen to the right of the Popular Links.  The tool generates a computerized translation of many of the different languages listed above. The translation should not be considered exact and in some cases may include incorrect language. While not a perfect translation, it should assist many non-English website readers.