Spanish Immersion Academy (iInspire Academia)

Parent Information Meeting - January 11, 2024

 

California Elementary School is a public TK-6th grade school in the Orange Unified School District.  After extensive surveying of parents in the community during the 2013-2014 school year it was determined that parents were interested in a Spanish Immersion program to better prepare students to compete in a global economy. The Spanish Immersion program called the iInspire Academia started in the 2015-2016 school year with our first Kinder class.  

The iInspire Academia is a one-to-one iPad academy integrated into a Spanish Immersion curriculum.   

* 50% of the instructional day is conducted in Spanish and 50% is conducted in English. The academia offers a balanced program that emphasizes both English and Spanish Language development. 

* A class set of iPads is dedicated to each classroom.

* The teacher utilizes an iPad and Apple TV to stream multimedia teacher and student presentations and multimedia information. 

* Intensive Professional development support is provided  to integrate technology seamlessly into an immersion curriculum to meet the high demands of 21st century learning.

Vision Statement

The iInspire Academia at California Elementary School is an innovative and premier one-to-one iPad program that seamlessly infuses 21st century learning and technology into a Spanish Immersion curriculum.  Students learn to be bilingual and biliterate in both English and Spanish while mastering 21st century skills. Students will continue their language skills in middle School and high school having the opportunity to earn college credit  by taking Advanced Placement (AP) courses in Spanish.  Student will graduate with a Seal of Biliteracy on their diploma and college transcripts. Students will enter the global economy with 21st century skills and will be prepared to communicate and collaborate with the over 500 million people worldwide that speak Spanish. We are a Gold Ribbon School,Title I Achieving School, Apple Distinguished School, and a Golden Bell award winning school.  

Parent Information Presentation