Dual Language Immersion

A Dual Language Academy meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 10 at 9 a.m. at Arroyo Elementary School. Please sign up at bit.ly/ArroyoDLITours. For more information, please go to arroyo.simivalleyusd.org. After this date, please contact Arroyo Elementary School. Thank you.

Mission

Simi Valley Schools commits to providing an equitable, rigorous and engaging Dual Language Immersion program that meets the needs of all participating students. 

Vision

The Dual Language Academy at Arroyo Elementary School will empower students to become multilingual global citizens, to take them from here to anywhere. 

Studies show that the human brain is more open to language development earlier in life. Children have an easier time acquiring languages. Studies also show children who learn more than one language:

• Value their own and other cultures more;
• Perform better academically;
• Possess a stronger self-awareness;
• Develop greater awareness of global and social issues;
• Tend to respect differing perspectives; and
• Have greater career opportunities.

Generally, it takes children four to five years to master a second language. Along the way, they will progressively gain skills in reading, writing and speaking in their second language.