Learning through two languages
Students build language skills while continuing to learn the same core academic curriculum.
A parent-led WCSD effort
Spanish Immersion for WCSD
Walnut Creek families are organizing to ask the Walnut Creek School District to seriously evaluate a Spanish-English immersion program for our children.
More languages. More opportunity. A brighter future.
Why it matters
Two languages. A wider world.
Spanish immersion is not an extra class competing with math, science, reading or writing. In an immersion model, students learn core academic subjects through both English and Spanish.
Connection across cultures
Biliteracy can help children communicate with more people and navigate an increasingly interconnected world.
A skill that travels with them
Whatever higher education and careers look like in the future, the ability to communicate across languages remains broadly useful.
Prop 58 / CA Education Code § 310
Parents can start a formal district review
California law and its implementing regulations establish a process for parents to request a new language acquisition program.
When enough families request the same or substantially similar program:
30students at one school
or 20students in the same grade
Reaching the threshold starts a required review — it does not automatically create or enroll anyone in a new program.
WCSD says it will review the costs and resources needed and, within 60 calendar days of reaching the threshold, determine whether implementation is possible and provide written notice of that determination.
How parents participate
All it takes is a copy-paste email to your school principal
Choose the WCSD elementary school within your child's attendance boundary where your student is enrolled. We'll show you the current principal, the email address, and ready-to-send request text.
Three quick steps
- Replace the bracketed items with your family's information.
- Copy the text below, or use the pre-filled email button.
- Send it to the principal. WCSD will document the request and track requests for the same or substantially similar program.
The template includes the information WCSD says a written request should contain: date, parent/guardian name, home address, student name and grade, requested school year, program description, and preferred languages of instruction.
Interested? Join us.
Connect with other Walnut Creek families, get updates, and help build district-wide parent interest in Spanish immersion.