EIGHT A.V. DISTRICTS TO GET FUNDS NEARLY $702,000 TO HELP STUDENTS LEARN ENGLISH.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer PALMDALE -- Eight Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley school districts will receive nearly $702,000 in state funding to help students learn English. The funding is provided as part of the English Language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. Acquisition Program. ``It's targeted for students grades 4 to 8. It's meant to be used for students to develop English fluency flu·ent adj. 1. a. Able to express oneself readily and effortlessly: a fluent speaker; fluent in three languages. b. ,'' said Raul Maldonado, the Palmdale School District's director of biliteracy. ``We can provide before- and after-school programs with those funds.'' The Palmdale district will receive $355,900 in this latest round of funding. The district has been getting the state money for seven years. Other districts awarded grants were Eastside Union, $46,300; Keppel Union, $58,000; Lancaster, $148,700; Mojave Unified, $15,200; Southern Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. Unified, $8,600; Westside Union, $29,700; and Wilsona, $39,400. The $701,800 in funding was part of $55.5 million awarded statewide to 625 school districts and county offices of education. ``One in four California students is learning the English language and the achievement gap between them and our highest-scoring students is unacceptable,'' state schools Superintendent economic one, because it threatens the future of our students and the economic health and security of California. These grants will help our fastest-growing student population learn English and meet their full potential.'' The English Language Acquisition Program provides funds to assist students in grades four through eight to learn English as efficiently and as quickly as possible, as well as progress academically to meet grade-level standards, promotion, and graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. requirements. The program also provides assistance to English-learner students who have recently been reclassified as having attained at·tain v. at·tained, at·tain·ing, at·tains v.tr. 1. To gain as an objective; achieve: attain a diploma by hard work. 2. English proficiency pro·fi·cien·cy n. pl. pro·fi·cien·cies The state or quality of being proficient; competence. Noun 1. proficiency - the quality of having great facility and competence . The funds must be used to provide supplemental instructional programs and support, and to coordinate services and funding sources for English learners. karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 |
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