WDMCS Board Brief
For West Des Moines Community Schools Board of Education
Nov 30, 2018
Stilwell/Indian Hills Orchestra Concert
Dec. 3
Stilwell - 6 p.m.
Indian Hills - 7:15 p.m.
Staplin Performing Arts Center
Eighth-Grade Girls Basketball
Dec. 4
Indian Hills v. Waukee
4 p.m. | Indian Hills Jr. High
Stilwell v. Urbandale
4:30 p.m. | Stilwell Jr. High
Sixth-Grade Band Concerts
Dec. 6
Northside Band
10:15 a.m. | Clive Learning Academy
Southside Band
10:30 a.m. | Fairmeadows Elementary
Students Bloom in WDMCS’ Spanish Immersion Classroom
When Molly Babbitt comes home from kindergarten, she likes to be the teacher instead of the student. Like lots of kids, she sets up her own make-believe classroom and students to teach—but also borrows her mother’s scarves. “Now I’m in English,” she says, putting on a blue scarf. When the red scarf goes on, “Now I’m in Spanish.”
Molly is mimicking what she’s seen in her own classroom—the kindergarten immersion classroom at Western Hills Elementary.
Just like in Molly’s imaginary classroom, the real immersion class started the year by using different colored scarves and materials to give students a visual cue about what language they should operate in at that moment. West Des Moines Community Schools (WDMCS) World Language curriculum lead Reba Abraham helped plan the strategy and selected red for Spanish, blue for English, and purple for flexible time.
School/Community Relations Team
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515-633-5023
Alexandra Wade
515-633-5022
Aaron Young
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515-633-5016
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Location: 3550 Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines, IA, USA
Phone: 515-633-5023
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