At DePue, bilingual students learn all the core subjects in Spanish, with subjects such as art, physical education and music still being taught in English. In kindergarten, 90 percent of instruction is in Spanish; by first grade it drops to 80 percent.

“When some DePue kindergarten, and first-grade students arrived for the first day of school, instead of Good morning, welcome!, they heard Buenos días, bienvenidos! That’s because kindergarten and first-grade families this year had the option to enroll their students into bilingual education.

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