Lottery Registration Process

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Give your child the gift of a second language!

Kenosha School of Language is a 4K-5 public choice school. Students receive instruction in English and Spanish, beginning in Kindergarten, where students receive instruction in Spanish and in English. Our 4K class begins with 90% instruction in Spanish and 10% instruction in English. The percentage of English instruction increases by 10% as the student progress to each grade, until the instruction is 50/50 in grades 3-5.  Our school’s test scores exceed state expectations for student achievement, student growth, educational equity and preparing students for educational milestones, including college and career readiness.

Benefits of our Dual Language Program:

  • Students become bilingual, bi-literate, and bicultural.
  • Greater cognitive development
  • Advanced language skills for future academic and career opportunities
  • Improved problem solving and decision making
  • Opens up new social opportunities

Procedures for Applying to the Dual Language Program

  • The KSOL enrollment procedure begins every year during the month of November.
  • Parents who are interested in enrolling their child, in the Dual Language program, need to complete the KUSD Dual Language Program Student Interest Form. This form is available in Spanish as well
  • The following factors are taken into consideration to meet our program goals of a Dual Language Program:
    • English dominant
    • Spanish dominant
    • Bilingual
    • Language other than English or Spanish

The following guidelines are used in determining enrollment for the Dual Language program:

  1. Students in starting 4k, K or 1st grade may apply for enrollment in the program. If there are more applicants than space available a lottery process is used. See the lottery process guidelines above.
  2. Siblings of students currently enrolled in dual language are given preference for enrollment up to the end of 1st semester of 1st grade.
  3. In grades 2nd -5th a Spanish Screener (our ENIL assessment) is used to determine the student’s reading level and whether or not the student understands Spanish instructions. If the student is within a year’s reading level of the grade level average, and can understand Spanish instructions we will accept them (pending space available).

Ms. Barbara Sanchez, Principal (262-359-2301) or Ms. Sarah Smith, Coordinator of Language Acquisition Programs (262-359-5905) are available to provide more information or respond to questions regarding the dual language program.