Western Gateway Elementary School is going to be the first public school offering bilingual and cross-cultural education.
Enrollment for the brand-new school is now open and school leaders are encouraging parents who are interested to act now.
As of right Tuesday, there are 140 spots available.
The school operates a little differently than traditional school. All the teachers will provide both English and Spanish instruction. The day will be divided in half. Half of the day students will learn in English and half of the day students will learn in Spanish.
Heather Zacarias, superintendent of Western Gateway Elementary School, thinks students who can speak both Spanish and English will have a leg up in the future.
Enrollment underway for new, dual-language charter school in Oklahoma City Share Updated: 6:37 PM CDT Apr 27, 2021 Share Updated: 6:37 PM CDT Apr 27, 2021
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Show Transcript GOING ON. WESTERN GATEWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL BE THE FIRST DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION SCHOOL IN THE METRO AN OFFICIALS ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLING STUDENTS RIGHT NOW FOR THIS FIRST YEAR TH EVENING. WE ARE NOW ENROLLING PRE-K KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE STUDENTS CONSTRUCTION CREWS. WELL ON THEIR WAY TO FINISHING WESTERN GATEWAY IN TIME FOR CLASSES BEGINNING MID-AUGUST. WE WILL OFFER A BILINGUAL EDUCATION FRAMEWORK FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN AND SPEAK AND READ AND WRITE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT. HEATHER ZACHARIAS SAYS THE 35,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WILL BE OPEN TO PRE-K KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADERS THE FIRST YEAR ADDING A GRADE LEVEL EACH YEAR AFTER UP TO FOURTH GRADE. WE HAVE A CAPACITY FOR 200 STUDENTS IN THIS FIRST SCHOOL YEAR WHEN WE REACH FUL