SANDY — The Canyons School District is currently taking applications for its dual language immersion programs for the 2020-21 school year.
Parents can apply online at dual.canyonsdistrict.org/dual/#!/home to have their children learn Spanish French or Mandarin.
Parents who have questions about the programs are invited to an information night on Wednesday, Oct. 23, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Jordan High School, 95 E. Beetdigger Blvd. (9880 South).
Students with siblings currently enrolled in a dual language immersion school must still submit applications by the Nov. 26 deadline. A lottery will be held to determine entrance into the programs if the number of applicants exceeds the 56 seats available per entering class.
Parents will be asked to list their top three preferred languages and schools. Parents will be notified of their children’s acceptance into a program, or be given a choice of possible programs, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020.
All programs, except for the one at Midvale Elementary, are for students entering first grade in 2020-21.
Midvale Elementary’s Spanish-English program starts in kindergarten and is only open to students who live in the school’s boundaries. But Spanish is offered at Alta View and Silver Mesa elementaries. French is taught at Butler and Oak Hollow elementaries. Mandarin is taught at Draper, Lone Peak and Ridgecrest elementaries.