Under its new director, Puerta Abierta Preschool — Evanston’s sole Spanish-immersion preschool — has begun forging partnerships with the community through fundraising initiatives. Puerta Abierta was the Main-Dempster Mile’s annual Evanston Wine Walk charity partner. Thirty-seven local businesses hosted wine tastings along Main Street on Sept. 15. Crowds walked down Main Street and Chicago Avenue,.
Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s Two-Way Immersion program has enriched the bilingual education of native Spanish and English speakers. The program places English as a second language students in a bilingual classroom rather than an isolated class. It has helped native Spanish speakers grow fluency in Spanish as well as English for more than 20 years,.