#LanguageLearning cultivates cultural awareness, offers many cognitive benefits, and opens up a whole world of opportunities! bit.ly/3rfzfbJ

A CCUSD Spanish immersion alumni talks about easily pairing Spanish with his major #spanishasaskill Cave Creek USD #spanishimmersion flipgrid.com/s/snaz7pgxMz33…

This is a perfect week to celebrate writing 福luck 春spring 禄wealth for Chinese Year! Aaron J. Pettinato Cave Creek USD #chineseimmersion #chinesenewyear

Horseshoe Trails students showed off how much they love having a Chinese New Year Parade today! #YearOfTheOx Cort Monroe Ed.D. Cave Creek USD #chineseimmersion Aaron J. Pettinato

During Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) people often hang their wishes for the new year on trees. Here’s what this looks like at CSHS in the World Language hallway! Bring the world to school! Cave Creek USD Cort Monroe Ed.D. Cactus Shadows #SpringFestival

The whole school turned out for the LMES Chinese New Year parade! Thanks to Liu Laoshi and Chen Laoshi for all the preparation involved! Best Chinese teachers ever! #YearOfTheOx #ChineseNewYear Patty Cave Creek USD

Chinese students at CSHS practiced their calligraphy with authentic paper, ink and brushes. If you post the red paper upside down in your house it will bring good luck in the new year! #YearOfTheOx #ChineseNewYear Cave Creek USD Cactus Shadows

Did you vote for the winner? Zhang Laoshi’s 7th grade students did research projects on China for Chinese New Year. Stay tuned for first place announcement! #ChineseNewYear2021 #YearOfTheOx Cave Creek USD Cort Monroe Ed.D. @STMSStingers

And at DSA its 3 languages!

Not too many places start evaluating proficiency in another language in 3rd grade! Chinese immersion AAPPL evaluations started today at HTES as we prepare students for the world! #aappl Cort Monroe Ed.D. Cave Creek USD Aaron J. Pettinato #chineseimmersion

World Languages are not only needed to go to college. Share the pdf below showing how world language study leads to better employability skills. In this regard, CCUSD prepares students for life! Cave Creek USD Cort Monroe Ed.D. Cactus Shadows actfl.org/sites/default/…

HTES Chinese Immersion kindergarteners received their official Chinese names in a Naming Ceremony. They will continue with that name whenever they interact in Mandarin fro the rest of their life. #globalchildren Cave Creek USD Cort Monroe Ed.D. Aaron J. Pettinato Lead with Languages

As part of the AZ Language Association Executive Board, we were honored to bring the infamous Leslie Grahn (albeit virtually) to our statewide spring workshop, focused on “Creating Confident Communicators” #azleaders #preparingkids Cave Creek USD Cort Monroe Ed.D.

Did you know US business need employees with language skills? Cave Creek USD Cort Monroe Ed.D. AZLA #jobskills #becompetitive

CCUSD French teachers- love this- every day is an IPA day!

AAPPL testing is in full force across CCUSD immersion schools! Let’s see what they CAN DO in their immersion language! #pathtoproficiency Cave Creek USD Cort Monroe Ed.D.

STMS Spanish Immersion students will see where they are on the path to professional proficiency with the AAPPL test #globaleducation #spanishimmersion Cave Creek USD @STMSStingers

It is imperative that the United States recognize multilingualism as an essential element in supporting the educational pipeline that prepares students to succeed as global citizens. Thank you Congresswoman Julia Brownley and Brian Schatz for your leadership. #lad21 languagepolicy.org/post/biliterac…

Can you write in a logographic language on a chromebook? Our HTES 6th graders can. Today marks the 1st time our Chinese immersion students have taken a writing performance proficiency assessment.#skillsforlife #chineseimmersion Aaron J. Pettinato Cave Creek USD Cort Monroe Ed.D.

Got to give a shout out to our Chinese teachers that worked so hard to pull off these schoolwide Spring Festival Parades. Front page news in all of our local papers! #chineseschools #globaleducation Cort Monroe Ed.D. Cave Creek USD