The Language Academy- French and Spanish Immersion- San Diego, CA

Thank you all for your continued determination to your health and education. If we all adhere to COVID safety protocols, wearing masks, social distancing, and staying home when sick, we will be doing our small part to help the greater community. This is one way to hopefully stop the COVID spread so that we may open schools safely for more students. Thank you all for your support of Language Academy students.

Thank you ABTLA crew for continuing to support and inform us during this difficult time. It's great to see kids being kids and kids teaching us adults a thing or two. Please watch and enjoy another broadcast from our marvelous ABTLA crew!

Thank you all for your continued support during these trying and difficult times. You and our students have been extremely resilient...and the real-life learning experiences are the true test of our character and education. Surviving this Pandemic and online learning will only make us stronger and better. Go, Explorers!

Welcome back. We wish you all a Happy New year. May your hopes and dreams be realized. Now, tune in to our ABTLA broadcast for important updates and tips to stay active and productively engaged.

Language Academy Community. We the staff at Language wish you all peace and joy during this Holiday season. This great video by our ABTLA crew will help you get a jump start on how to stay safe while enjoying quality time cooking, baking, or decorating with your family during the Winter break. Thank you all for your continued support of ALL our students! See you again in 2021...Happy New Year!

Our ABTLA (Amazing Broadcast Team Language Academy) is back for the 2020 school year. Please view to get updates about our academics, social issues, historical and current events, and information to be a better Explorer. Our students are truly Amazing and want to share their learning and input. Please remember our Character Strength for October, Friendship; "to makes friends, be a friend".... Have a great week!

The long-awaited yearbooks from the 2019-2020 school year have arrived! Thank you for your patience and understanding. Families who purchased yearbooks are invited to pick them up on campus. Where: Drive through on Language Academy blacktop (enter through Montezuma parking lot). All occupants must remain in the vehicle and wear masks. We continue to practice safe COVID protocols. When: Tuesday 9/29 from 2:30 - 4:30 pm, Wednesday 9/30 from 3:30 - 5:30 pm... Please direct any yearbook-related questions to Thalia Holingue at [email protected] or Rhonda Teggin at [email protected]. Thank you!

Dear Language Academy Community, Thank you for making the start to our school year as smooth as possible. Soon we will be back at school, in the meatime wear your marks, social distance, and wash your hands to do your part to control this pandemic. Lets make the best of our current situation and come to Zoom class everyday with Enthusiasm.

Dear San Diego Unified community: We hope you are in good health and that you and your family are finding ways to enjoy what’s left of summer, because the start of the 2020-21 school year is quickly approaching! Although we wish we could share our summer stories and begin the new school year together on campuses as usual, we’re not able to do that yet as we continue to closely monitor health conditions associated with COVID-19, both here in San Diego and across the state....Continue reading

News Release San Diego Unified Leaders, Teachers Union Announce 2020-21 Online Learning Plan Designed with Input From Teachers, Parents and Students, Online Learning Plan to Resemble Traditional Classroom Instruction July 30, 2020 ...Continue reading

Dear Language Academy Community, Thank you for your support this school year. Please take the moment to review this video...with very important and informative infromation from your Language Academy students!!! Stay tuned for our next LA Video Bulletin towards the end of August. Happy Summer...wear your masks and conitnue to practice social distancing!

LA Community, The following news has just made the headlines. SDUSD will be opening schools for ONLINE LEARNING only on August 31st. As soon as I, we, have more detailed information, we will be sharing. Safety and health of all, students and teachers, are being given priority. We realize that this will be welcome news to some and that it will bring further frustration to others. https://www.sandiegounified.org/newscenter/node/2285

Language Academy Community, "Cooperation" is the strength of focus for this month of July. Thank you for taking a monent to view our messages from our students and staff. We are in this together, and cooperating with one another will helps us persevere. Students, you did an amazing job...Go Explorers!

Hello Language Academy Families, BIG CALENDAR NEWS: First, our Board of Education and superintendent has determined that after several years of being unable to transition - all remaining year-round calendar schools will finally transition to the traditional calendar effective August 31, 2020. I hope that this will be exciting news for those families who have students in another middle and high school, which may have been operating a different calendar. It is also excitin...Continue reading

Language Academy, Please take a moment to view our latest video bulletin. Thank you to our crew and our participants who shared their stories and hopes. Take a moment to reflect on the actions you are taking or can take to contribute to positive change. Thank you for continuing to hang in there and persevering with Distance Learning.

Dear Language Academy Community, This past Tuesday the SDUSD Board of Education voted to reopen schools in August to commence the 20-21 academic school year. Just as the community was informed on Tuesday, so were we as administrators. We are currently working with our District leadership team to identify strategies to reopen schools with safety and academic equity for all, as priorities. If you were not able to view the meeting live on Tuesday, you can access HERE: https:/.../www.youtube.com/watch?v=984LONlZ5QY(starts at 1:11:41) and review the presentation at this LINK: https://go.boarddocs.com//Board%20Workshop%20%20Reopening% In the coming week, as more information is made available, I will be holding a community forum to engage you all in a dialogue on the next steps for Language Academy. In the meantime, the District has emailed a survey for all you to complete to gather more feedback from the community. Please take the time to provide your feedback by June 25th, 5 PM. The links are also here: Parent Survey-English and Spanish: https://forms.gle/i7k1Lyov9imRoJXFA Parent Survey-Somali, Swahili, Vietnamese: https://forms.gle/4Hdy7MPywoat9yny6 Sincerely, Mr. Villareal and Ms. Rosas

Language Academy Community, We are grateful for the support and LOYALTY we have seen displayed in the last two weeks as we support each other in finding solutions to combat racism in our nation and across the world. Community members are invited to continue to send photos and videos of themselves standing up against racism. Photos and videos can be uploaded here https://www.dropbox.com/request/xIVhgZ54Vt94WBA7xLWy What is your action against racism?