The Sioux Falls School District s first class of Spanish Immersion students will graduate this spring, and parents and students are praising the program s success.
The district s school board heard report from school officials at Monday night s meeting about how the program, which opened in one elementary school in 2008, has gone for the last 13 years. And that included first-hand accounts from those about to cross the stage.
From its inception in 2008, the program’s first kindergarten class included 25 students at Rosa Parks Elementary School. Now, those students are graduating from high school, and the district boasts five schools and more than 1,100 students in the program.