The 90/10 instructional model is being implemented at Bijou Community School. Inherently, it allows for the most efficiency in learning both languages. Students in kindergarten and first grade receive 90% of their daily instruction in Spanish and 10% in English. Each year, students receive more instruction in English as the percentage of Spanish instruction time begins to decrease. By 5th grade students receive 50% of their daily instruction in Spanish and 50% in English.
Bijou Community School
Grade Level
Spanish
Instruction
English
Instruction
Program Duration:
Research has shown that students need a minimum of 6 years to fully develop both conversational and academic proficiency in the second language to that of a native speaker. For that reason, the Lake Tahoe Unified School District will continue to support two-way immersion students at the middle and high school.
South Tahoe Middle School
Academic Core
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
Social Science
Social Science in Spanish
Social Science in Spanish
Social Science in Spanish
Language Other than English
Spanish language
Native Spanish I (first semester)
Native Spanish I (second semester)
Visual and Performing Arts
South Tahoe High School
A-G Requirements
9th Grade
10th Grade
11th Grade
12th Grade
Mathematics
3 years required
4 years recommended
Laboratory Science
2 years required
3 years recommended
Biology in Spanish
Anatomy and Physiology in Spanish
Physics in Spanish
History/Social Science
2 years required
3 years recommended
World Geography in Spanish
Visual and Performing Arts
1 year required
TV Production in Spanish
Sports Journalism in Spanish