World Language Program

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The World Language Program at Irving School is an introduction to different languages and cultures. In these classes, students will learn basic communication vocabulary. The relaxed class environment will help students overcome their apprehension to speak a different language. Their language skills will grow over years of instruction.

Lunch/Recess Sessions

German Lauren VanderBerg Mon 2&5; Fri 3&4 grades

French Lori Robert Tues K&1, 2&5; Wed 3&4 grades

Mandarin Chinese Paul Chen Tues K&1, 2&5; Thurs 3&4 grades

Portuguese Carrie Goldbeck Wed K&1 grades

After School

Amer. Sign Lang. (ASL) Melissa de Jesus-Vasquez Monday K thru 5

The World Language Program is sponsored by the PTO, endorsed by the School Board, and encouraged by the staff and principal of Irving School. WLP is completely independent, funded solely by tuition paid by families of participating children.

WLP will run for 10 weeks from February 5 through April 19.

The fee for WLP will be $115 for one child, $210 for 2 children or 2 languages.

If you have any questions, please email us at IrvingWorldLP@gmail.com.

  • Scholarships are available! If your child qualifies for free/reduced lunch you are eligible for one scholarship per session per child.  If your child does not currently qualify for free/reduced lunch, but you have a financial hardship making it difficult to pay for a class, there are additional funds available for these circumstances as well.
    • Free/Reduced Lunch: If you already have qualified for free/reduced lunch, you will receive an email from Ms. Mura with a list of codes that will enable you to sign up for a class for free. While these codes you receive will work on all classes, your student is only eligible for one class per session. If you have more than one student at Irving, each student is eligible for one class per session. Please do not use the codes to enroll in more than one class per session. You will be asked to pay for additional classes.
    • Not qualified for Free/Reduced Lunch, but have a financial hardship? If you are in need of financial help and are not currently qualified for free/reduced lunch, please email Ms. Mura, smura@op97.org, requesting a scholarship so she can get you the assistance needed to register your child.

We do have a registration minimum and some classes may not run if the number is not met.  All classes will meet for an hour once a week (after school classes will start approx. 5-10 minutes after dismissal). *Depending on enrollment, some languages may not be available for all grades.

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Umm… but what about lunch? Don’t worry! Your student will still be able to bring a lunch from home or get hot lunch on their world language days. For at least the first few weeks, the students will be picked up from their regular class a few minutes early, either by their language teacher or by our World Language Program coordinator, to make sure they have their lunch before going to their language classrooms. This way we can ensure everyone knows what to do and where to go!

Please note that we do have a registration minimum and some classes may not run if the number is not met.  All classes will meet for an hour once a week during lunch/recess on their assigned day. 

Questions? Concerns? Please email us at irvingworldlp@gmail.com.