French language immersion program will debut at Norman's new elementary school

 
BY JANE GLENN CANNON jcannon@opubco.com
Published: February 2, 2012

NORMAN — When the new Ronald Reagan Elementary School opens in August, some students will begin the day speaking nothing but French.

A kindergarten class and a first-grade class will be the first participants in a French immersion program, a method of instruction in which the regular curriculum is taught in a foreign language.

“From day one, the students will speak or hear no English at all for hal...


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