Multilingual Department Newsletter

April 2025

Welcome to the April edition of our ML newsletter!

ML Department Updates

ML Folder and Checklist

At our monthly ML Facilitator meeting, we discussed how some ISBE Updates have impacted our ML Folder Checklist. We made some adjustments to our current form and hope you find it easy to use. All ML Folders are to be completed by the end of the day on June 6th. Please make sure to use the updated form.

Incoming Kinder Screening

The spring events to screen incoming Kinder students are scheduled for April 30th and May 6th. All appointments are taking place at the ELC from 4:00 to 8:00 pm. We will add some summer dates for August soon. Make sure to work with building admin assistants to collect HLS's.

Celebrate Multilingual Learner Advocacy Month

April is National Multilingual Learner Advocacy Month. To help celebrate and highlight our multilingual students, we are sharing a resource below. Attached you will find a BINGO card that has multiple ways to highlight, support, and advocate for ML students and their families. Each box has a link embedded in the image, click to read and discover new strategies and ideas.

Please print, sign, and date the completed boxes. If you complete at least 5 activities throughout the month of April, send your Bingo card to Libby Juskiewicz (juskiewicze@d62.org) by May 2nd to win a prize!

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K-2 Bilingual Spanish Program Update

The district has made an update to our bilingual service delivery model, which will begin to take effect in the upcoming 25-26 school year.

Please read this document for more details

Parent University

Parent University will be offered to all ML Families this summer. The program will run from June 9th to June 20th at the Forest/WELC Campus. Registration for Parent University is taking place at the May BPAC Meeting: May 15th at 6:00 pm. Please feel free to share the Flyers.

ML Committee Program Review

The ML Committee met again on April 8th. We have compiled a list of findings to help grow our department. We also created some recommendations based on those findings. The group will convene again on April 29th to begin action planning.

Registration for 25-26 is Open!

Registration for the 25-26 School Year is Open

The district website has an enrollment tab with information about registration. If you know of a family that needs support we are hosting three districtwide events. The next event is scheduled for May 22 at AMS 5:30 to 7:30.

Upcoming Dates

April 30- Incoming Kinder Screening (Must be certified yearly to support)

May 6- Incoming Kinder Screening (Must be certified yearly to support)

May 9- Professional Learning Day

May 12- PLC Monday

May 15- BPAC (Parent University Registration)

May 20- ML Facilitator Meeting

May 22- Family Registration Event at AMS