Multiingual Family Update
September 2023
WIDA Score Reports
You should have received your child’s WIDA report in the mail. The WIDA test was taken in February/March 2023 and scores were received in late August. If your child is new to Hudsonville Public Schools they were screened this fall and you would have received their screening report.
WIDA score reports are used to determine the level of EL support a student receives during the school year. Students will take the WIDA assessment again in February/March 2024.
Save the Date
Join us at our next Multilingual Family Event
Thursday, October 12th at 6:00-7:00 p.m. at Hudsonville Highschool! We look forward to seeing you!
Fun for the whole family! Come connect with other EL families and enjoy donuts & cider.
Let us know if you can make it.
Multilingual Family Event
Thursday, Oct 12, 2023, 06:00 PM
Hudsonville High School, 32nd Avenue, Hudsonville, MI, USA
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
Early Release
5/6G, middle schools and the highschool are dismissed at 11:15am
Elementary students are dismissed at 12:15pm
Sack lunches are available for order on early release dates.
New EL Staff
Acacia VandeBunte
Acacia was raised in southern Brazil near Iguazu Falls. She is married to Eric for about 17 years and has 4 kids: Lilianna is a 6th grader at the 5/6 building, Julia is a 4th grader, Matheus is a 2nd grader and Joshua is a Pre-K student at Bauer Elementary. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her family, reading, doing arts and crafts, playing board games and baking. Acacia is fluent in Spanish, Portugueses and English. She will be supporting our 5th grade students from Brazil at the 5/6G, teaching at Alward and then supporting our HS EL students as a para in the afternoon.
David Edwards
David Edwards will be joining our EL Staff. He has worked in schools in Spain for the last ten years. He is fluent in Spanish and is looking forward to getting to know the staff and students in Hudsonville. Fun fact, he graduated from Hudsonville and during his interview commented on how much things have changed! David will be supporting our EL students at Riley MS & Jamestown Lower, Georgetown, and Bauer elementary buildings.
How many languages are represented in Hudsonville Public Schools?
Our EL Team
Aimee Dittmer- EL district facilitator
Breanna Brink- Jamestown Upper EL Multilingual Newcomer Program EL teacher
Jesse Dueck- Baldwin MS & Riley MS EL middle school teacher
Hannah Le (Yoskovich)- Jamestown Lower EL elementary teacher
Katie Schwerin- 5/6G EL teacher
Amal Shohate- Bauer, Georgetown, & Park EL elementary teacher
Darien Stimley- HS EL teacher
Sarah VanWieren- South & Forest Grove EL elementary teacher
Grace Kim- EL apprentice at South & Forest Grove
Acacia VandeBunte- Alward EL teacher, para at 5/6G and HS
Paras: David Edwards- Riley MS & elementaries, Erin Temple- elementary