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<v Virin Vedder>Public Schools.
I am Doctor Viren Vetter and have the</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>pleasure of serving as Director of Dual
Language Immersion and World Languages in</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Gwinnett County Public Schools.
And I am joined by our Coordinator of</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Dual Language Immersion and World
Languages, Diana Galindo.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>And our goal this evening is to give you
a little.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>A little bit more of some insight as to
what DLI continuation looks like after</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>middle school and then we'll have time to
answer any questions that you might have</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>at the conclusion of our of our
presentation.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>We will share also the link to the the
slides that we are going to show.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So you'll have that as well.
I I do want to make everybody aware we</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>are recording this and this will be
housed on the Dual Language Immersion</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>website,
the Gwinnett County Public Schools Dual</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Language Immersion website,
should you want to go back and reference</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>it or share it with any friends and
neighbors who may not be joining in this</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>evening.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>How?</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So let's begin with kind of taking a
chance to celebrate the the path that you</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>have already taken with your your
children and to also kind of share this</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>as an opportunity to say we encourage you
to continue kind of waving the the carrot</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>in front of them to keep going.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>You know,
reaching 8th grade is a milestone in and</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>of itself,
with 9th grade just around the corner.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>That is worth celebrating as it relates
to this language journey.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>I think what's really worth celebrating
is that we have recently gotten the</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Gwinnett County Public School Board to
approve a policy that is just uniquely</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>for dual.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Language immersion students.
And what that means is that if your child</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>successfully passes Spanish 3 this year
or French 3,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>then your child will receive 3 high
school credits.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>They're called Carnegie Unit credits,
and your child will have a credit on on</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>their high school transcript for Spanish
3 or French 3,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>and then there will be two additional
credits awarded.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>And you'll notice on this screen that
those credits awarded that are kind of</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>retroactive credits are not for Spanish
one.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>In Spanish 2 because they did not
technically take those courses. Instead,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>the way that they will appear on the
transcript is native language one credit</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>and then a second credit called native
language, not English.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So in total 3 credits are going to be
offered to your child at the conclusion</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>of this year when they pass.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>8th grade and these credits will not
appear as a letter grade on the high</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>school transcript.
They'll just show AP for passing.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>And that is because these credits do not
count into their GPA for high school,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>nor do they count into like Hope
Scholarship.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Calculations and that's just because they
they were not actually officially,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>you know, taken during high school.
But that is something certainly worth</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>celebrating and and congratulating your
child for having gotten this honor. Again,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>this is the only content area in in
Gwinnett County Public Schools where a</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>child can leave middle school with three.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Credits in the same area.
So I think that's a very special thing</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>and we wanted to make you aware.
Let me just do some housekeeping.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>By the way, as we're talking,
if you could hold questions,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>feel free to put them in the chat.
Miss Galindo is going to be monitoring</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>the chat and answering all those
questions when we are finished.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Some of the questions might get answered
along.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Along the way,
but please don't feel you have to hold</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>anything.
Just type it in the chat and we'll make</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>sure we get to it. And then of course,
when we're finished with the presentation,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>we'll open the mics up as well.
And if you want to ask questions,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>you're certainly welcome to. OK,
so this is just a reminder of where we</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>have dual language immersion within our
system that.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>And colored is color is where we have
Spanish DLI programs,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>blue in the Grayson cluster is for our
French program and then green in the</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Peachtree Rich cluster there represents
our Korean program.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So in order to best support your child
when they move on into their continuation</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>at high school.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>It's important to remain in the DLI
cluster where you're currently in middle</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>school,
and the reason for that is our high</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>school feeder schools offer the DLI
continuation sequence that may not be</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>offered at other GCPS high schools that
do not have students coming to them from</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>school.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Schools that are, you know,
not dual language immersion schools.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So if your child's in 8th grade at a DLI
school,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>your child's information will
automatically be transferred to the</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>associated DLI continuation high school.
Right now,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>high schools are kind of planning for
registration for next year in class.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Scheduling that information is going to
make it to the middle schools and your</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>child's 8th grade teacher is going to be
working with the high school teachers to</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>kind of coordinate the transition.
But basically just kind of again as a</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>reminder,
sticking within the same cluster is</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>important if you want your child to
continue with the DLI classes that we're</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>going to.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Mention tonight.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>As kind of a trip down memory lane,
let's go back in the time machine here</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>for a moment and just kind of review what
we've been doing so that it has some</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>context of kind of what we're doing
moving forward.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>As you are well aware from kindergarten
through 5th grade,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>if you've been in the program for that
long, your child was learning the.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Immersion language in the form of the
content of math,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>of science and that curriculum,
the AKS for those two areas were really</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>very heavily tied into what we were doing
with our our immersion language.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Literacy.
When we moved into middle school,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>we started pivoting and we started
shifting our focus from content driven</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>instruction to precision in the language.
So in that shift we were hoping to</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>prepare our students for very advanced
level language study as they were going</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>through.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Middle school and then continuing into
high school and potentially beyond.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So that pivot out of content only
instruction towards a balance that kind</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>of paired exploration of countries and
cultures with focused instruction in</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>grammar usage mechanics.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>And other language skills was an
intentional shift that we made.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>We aimed for precision through this
balanced model,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>again to kind of ensure that our students
have really strong reading,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>writing and conversational skills in the
immersion language with this whole aim of</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>preparing students for what comes next.
And that of course is here in.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>In high school right now on our doorstep.
And so again,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>please make sure you celebrate the
progress of your child.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>We just got back the Apple test scores
that your 8th graders took and Miss</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Galindo just shared those with schools
this week.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So those will be making their way to you.
But we have some very impressive results</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>for many of our students showing very
high levels.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Of language use coming out of 8th grade,
and that's certainly worth celebrating.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>OK, so now that we're into high school,
we're going to kind of shift our</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>alliteration to the three C's.
And so we're going to now focus on</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>college or career,
whatever comes next to connect our</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>students when they leave us.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>And Gwinnett County Public Schools.
So we're honoring our commitment to DLI</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>parents and students with a seamless K12
program.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>And as students are entering into high
school,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>we are not losing sight of what we stated
from that first day of kindergarten.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Students in our GCPS DLI program will
become meaningfully bilingual and.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>And able to successfully navigate
multiple cultures in their lives and</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>careers,
if they're able to make that long term</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>commitment to the program.
So this is another plug to say, OK,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>we've made it this far.
We're celebrating the success of where we</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>have gotten.
But we do want to keep going because the</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>journey is not over yet.
And so now in high school,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>we're going to kind of.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Focus our attention to connecting
students learning to whatever is next.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>It might be college,
it might be career or whatever is after</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>graduation.
That's our aim is to kind of connect the</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>dots for where they've come and where we
would like them to go.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So you may have seen this slide before if
you've seen me present and it's a kind of</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>reminder that it does take time.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Time to become fluent.
And so this graphic basically from the</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>American Council for Teaching Teaching of
Foreign Languages kind of helps us see</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>that as students began in the program,
we were here at the bottom of the funnel.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>They were only able to navigate around a
very small amount of language through the</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>help of their teachers.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>And as we've been going through time,
we've been moving up this funnel and</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>we've been now able to kind of navigate
around a broader range of topics around</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>more sophisticated and complex language
structures.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>But our goal is really to keep moving up.
A majority of our students we know from</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>having just taken that proficiency test.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>The Apple test that you'll get the score
reports for in the very near future.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>We know that a lot of our students right
now are in this intermediate high level</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>of language abilities.
When we're looking at their reading,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>writing, speaking and listening skills,
we want them to become advanced level</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>language users,
which means we have to keep.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Going with the language.
The way to learn a language, of course,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>is to spend more time practicing it and
using it,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>and that's why we still have high school
continuation to go. As a reminder,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>in our elementary school years,
we spend a lot of time in that content,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>learning math and science,
developing some social language</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>appropriate for that elementary.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Pre school setting and now that we've
been in middle school and again moving</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>into high school,
our our sort of aim is to broaden the</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>types of topics that students are able to
navigate.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So in this stair step graphic you've seen
before and that will come with your</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>child's Apple progress report.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>You see that our students here,
if we're looking at the end of 8th grade,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>are in that intermediate range,
which is by the way the longest period of</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>language learning.
The intermediate stage takes the longest</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>to move out of.
It's where the most language growth</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>occurs.
It's where the most content actually</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>lives and and so to be in this
intermediate range for many, many.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Years is absolutely normal or typical,
I should say.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>But if we're aiming for this advanced
level language user,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>notice we really do need to strive to
move beyond middle school with the</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>language learning.
So those students will enter 9th grade</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>having received already 3 high school
credits,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>but they have the potential obviously to
earn.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Additional high school credits in a
language and we're going to look at how</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>that works momentarily.
One more reminder that our middle school</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>programs feed to high school and if you
are in the middle school listed on this</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>chart,
you really need to move to the high</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>school that is associated.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Associated with that middle school if you
want the full suite of DLI program</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>offerings because another high school,
while it may be a Gwinnett County Public</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>High School,
might not offer the same specialized</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>courses that we're going to talk about in
just a moment.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So if you are on a permissive transfer
because your home school is in a</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>different cluster than the one you attend,
you are very.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Used to this process.
Now you will not have to do anything</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>different.
That permissive transfer will continue to</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>be approved by the now high school
principal because you're in dual</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>immersion. But of course, as you're aware,
you're still responsible for</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>transportation.
If you've been providing it thus far,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>that should hopefully be.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Not any big new news.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>OK,
so let's take a look at what comes about</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>now.
Your child is sitting in a Spanish three</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>course or in a French three course,
which is this high school level</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>equivalent course that they've been
taking actually starting last year in 7th</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>grade and now are finishing the high
school equivalent as 8th graders.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So when they enter freshman year next
year,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>they will land in French for if they're
headed to Grayson High School,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>or then Spanish for if you're one of our
Spanish DLI parents.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>We have a special and separate track for
Korean, which is here in purple,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>but I'm not going to address that right
now.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Our oldest group of students in Korean is
is just in 6th grade this year.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So 4th year language study is what
happens in 9th grade year.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Then in 10th grade,
our students take the Advanced Placement</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Language and Culture course.
There's an AP French Language and Culture</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>course,
and then there's an AP Spanish Language</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>and Culture course. AP is.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Term that is sponsored by the College
Board and the College Board is basically</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>the organization that creates this
college level experience that is taught</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>at the high school level.
And so we have high school teachers who</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>have been trained by College Board to
deliver this college level course and our</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>DLI students will.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Take that as 10th graders.
That is typically a course taken by</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>juniors at the earliest,
or possibly seniors in high school.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>But because of your child's preparation
and where they've already come in terms</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>of their language learning,
they should be ready for a 10th grade</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>successful AP experience.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>As sophomores,
let me back up and say this. As you know,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>your children have been kind of cohorted
together all along this journey.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>And another reason why we encourage your
child to attend the high school that</v>

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<v Latoya Grier>OK.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>comes from the elementary or from the
middle school is because our DLI students,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>if we have enough students continuing
into the high.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>School, 9th grade year.
They can be cohorted together so that</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>they will have a 9th grade Level 4 class
just with their DLI peers.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>A Level 4 class typically would be a
class that seniors would be in.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>But if we have a strong cohort in terms
of numbers,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>then a high school can schedule uniquely.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>The DLI students in that same course
altogether,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>which is kind of nice since they've been
obviously together their entire journey.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>It's a chance to give them some
familiarity.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Excuse me once they get into high school.
All right, so in 10th grade,</v>

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<v Latoya Grier>OK.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>that AP course.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Has an exam associated with it that
students take in May and that exam is the</v>

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<v Latoya Grier>.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Advanced Placement test and you can score
1234 or five on that test,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>the highest level being A5.
If students score A5A4 or a three on that.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>That test,
they can receive credits from</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>universities.
They can sometimes skip courses that are</v>

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00:14:36.313 --> 00:14:39.500
<v Virin Vedder>like prerequisite courses at other
universities.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Each university kind of has their own set
of rules of what they will honor in</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>regards to what a student's AP test score
will translate into.</v>

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00:14:49.310 --> 00:14:54.324
<v Virin Vedder>But that is something that is just
automatic and and that when the students</v>

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00:14:54.324 --> 00:14:58.085
<v Virin Vedder>take that test,
they'll get a grade on it and that grade</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>can carry some significant currency,
basically with respect to a higher</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>education.
Notice that in 11th grade after a student</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>has taken AP.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>In Spanish,
there is a second AP course called AP</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Spanish Literature that is available at
most of our high schools and might be an</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>option that a child who's very much
interested in continuing at Advanced</v>

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00:15:19.241 --> 00:15:22.170
<v Virin Vedder>Placement level of language study could
could take.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>It is not an option for French that only
exists in Spanish.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Students can, of course,
take another language. We have Latin,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>we have German at many high schools,
and that could be certainly something</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>that they might be interested in.
And frankly,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>after having spent this much time in
Spanish or French,</v>

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00:15:38.249 --> 00:15:42.190
<v Virin Vedder>moving over into another language would
be probably a very easy transition.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>The other option that we really are
encouraging students in 11th and 12th</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>grade,
and this only becomes an option starting</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>in 11th grade, is dual enrollment.
And what dual enrollment is,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>is that you as a parent pay absolutely
nothing,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>but the state of Georgia picks up through
our taxes.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>The tuition for your child to be dually
enrolled at the high school,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>but also in a college and your child can
be taking college level courses during</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>high school time and be able to get
credit for those high those college</v>

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00:16:14.510 --> 00:16:15.070
<v Virin Vedder>classes.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>You don't pay any tuition for that.
No books or tuition that's covered and</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>and your child is earning credit along
the way, you know,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>for college in that time and space.
So that's an option that's available</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>starting in 11th grade.
Your child's high school counselors will</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>talk about that option and and what kind
of.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Processes you have to do to kind of
pursue it,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>but that's something that we know our
students will be capable for of.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Now in terms of progress, as you know,
we have done a lot of testing along the</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>way.
Your child has taken every kind of</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>milestone test.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Just like their peers who have not been
in DLI,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>the same will continue in high school.
Milestones exist in high school.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>They look a little different in the form
of end of course tests.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>But the other thing that I referenced
that's unique to kind of DLI is that</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Advanced Placement test that students
will take in 10th grade.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So we will no longer do Apple testing.</v>

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00:17:11.950 --> 00:17:16.407
<v Virin Vedder>Because we will shift to this AP course
and the test that comes with it as 10th</v>

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00:17:16.407 --> 00:17:19.192
<v Virin Vedder>graders. So as a reminder,
if you just joined us,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>your child took in October basically,
or November I should say, the Apple test,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>this proficiency test and they took it
this year in listening, speaking,</v>

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00:17:27.715 --> 00:17:31.002
<v Virin Vedder>reading and writing.
This was the first year they took all</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>four domain.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Of the test,
we just got the scores back and I have</v>

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00:17:35.010 --> 00:17:39.599
<v Virin Vedder>processed them and so your child's
teacher should be sharing those with you</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>and and they actually will live in
synergy and you can pull those up and</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>you'll be getting that information
hopefully later this week.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>OK,
one thing that is a very nice perk that</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>we think a lot of our students in DLI
will be eligible for is something called</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>the Georgia Seal of Biliteracy.
And the the Georgia Seal of Biliteracy is</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>written into state law and basically it's
awarded to high school graduates who</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>demonstrate proficiency in.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>English,
but also at least one additional other</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>language.
It's a prestigious recognition that</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>highlights students,
obviously linguistic capabilities,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>and this can be used when applying for
colleges or certainly put on a student's</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>resume.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Maybe a future of LinkedIn account
scholarship applications,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>but it's something that's a testimonial
to the fact that they've got biliteracy</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>skills.
The way it works in Georgia is that there</v>

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<v Latoya Grier>I'm sorry.</v>

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<v LaToya Grier>Sure.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>are two components.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>For eligibility,
and the first one is that a student must</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>receive a 3.
0 GPA or higher on all four years of high</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>school English language arts.
So they have to complete all four years</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>and four years of English language arts
are required for a high school.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Diploma in Georgia.
So for all four years they will take</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>English language arts and they have to
score basically AB or higher average on</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>all four of those years.
So if they meet that criteria,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>then the second criterion is that they
will have to take that AP test.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>And remember,
they're slated to do that as 10th graders.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>And in the case of the AP test,
they have to score a four or a five.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>I mentioned to you the score range is one
to five,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>with five being the highest if a student
scores a four or A5 on the AP Spanish or</v>

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00:19:28.147 --> 00:19:30.270
<v Virin Vedder>French language and culture test.</v>

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00:19:30.750 --> 00:19:33.729
<v Virin Vedder>And they earn a 3.
0 or higher GPA in all four years of</v>

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00:19:33.729 --> 00:19:37.133
<v Virin Vedder>English language arts.
Then they will automatically receive the</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Georgia Seal of Biliteracy.
And what it is,</v>

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00:19:39.474 --> 00:19:43.729
<v Virin Vedder>is actually it looks like this very seal
on the screen that you see in front of</v>

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00:19:43.729 --> 00:19:45.910
<v Virin Vedder>you, and it's something that they can be.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>That that can go on their actual diploma
if you want to, you know, apply it to it.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>But it is a designation from the Georgia
Department of Education,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>again written into state law,
that will signify to others that your</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>child has this level of language skill
that is of really high and and of a</v>

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00:20:01.826 --> 00:20:02.750
<v Virin Vedder>functional level.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So we hope to celebrate a lot of DLI
students with that when they they</v>

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00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:11.430
<v Virin Vedder>complete their 10th grade AP experience.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>And I will say if a student takes the AP
course and takes the AP test and does not</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>score at that four or five level,
it is possible to retest and and take the</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>AP test again without having to repeat
the the course.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>I know that at that point it becomes the
responsibility financially of a of a</v>

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00:20:28.872 --> 00:20:32.257
<v Virin Vedder>parent to pay for it,
but it is a possibility that that does</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>exist.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Exist.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>OK.
I mentioned this idea of dual enrollment</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>and this is something that we are
beginning partnerships with different</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>universities.
Our biggest partnership right now that</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>we're having conversation with happens to
be at Kennesaw State University.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>They have put together something that
they're calling a bridge program that can</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>be done virtually,
I know with us living here in Gwinnett.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>When Kennesaw is not exactly around the
corner.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So they're working on some virtual
options that can be accessible to our</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>students and they're they're really
marketing dual language immersion</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>students,
knowing that our students are going to be</v>

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00:21:05.266 --> 00:21:09.070
<v Virin Vedder>coming with this high level of language
ability and still being in high school.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So back to that idea of a dual enrollment
option,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>if your child in 10th grade scores a four
or A5 on that AP test and therefore is</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>eligible for the Seal of Biliteracy,
they can automatically at Kennesaw get</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>credit for the first two years of
language study equivalent at Kennesaw</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>State.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>And if they were to take basically three
more courses at a junior level or higher,</v>

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00:21:33.426 --> 00:21:38.184
<v Virin Vedder>they basically could be receiving
equivalent of a college minor while still</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>in high school. And again,
with dual enrollment,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>you don't pay anything. So Mrs.
Galindo and I attended recently something</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>sponsored.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>By Kennesaw State and they are about to
unroll this and start communicating this</v>

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00:21:51.601 --> 00:21:53.763
<v Virin Vedder>in high schools at dual enrollment
meetings.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>But this is sort of a little preview of
what might be coming from a university</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>partner that is able to do some things
virtually.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>And there are other university
partnerships that exist beyond Kennesaw</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>State where your child can do dual
enrollment.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>But this was one that we wanted to kind.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Enough spotlight because I think it's
kind of unique in terms of what your</v>

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00:22:12.053 --> 00:22:16.831
<v Virin Vedder>students can get credit for by virtue of
their hard work and commitment and your</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>persistence and then continuing on.
So with that,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>I think we kind of hit on the highlights
and I again want to use this opportunity</v>

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00:22:24.616 --> 00:22:27.270
<v Virin Vedder>to answer any and all questions or
concerns.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>That you have.
I'm going to stop sharing and I'm going</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>to ask now Mrs.
Galindo to kind of take over and and help</v>

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00:22:33.473 --> 00:22:37.722
<v Virin Vedder>us with questions that you've had in the
chat or you certainly can come off mic</v>

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00:22:37.722 --> 00:22:40.750
<v Virin Vedder>and and we'll certainly address anything
you might have.</v>

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<v Diana Galindo>So there have been questions regarding
the credits that are received at the</v>

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<v Diana Galindo>middle school level and how they play
with the HOPE scholarship. So for example,</v>

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00:22:52.684 --> 00:22:58.994
<v Diana Galindo>how would that GPA be tallied up and are
these credits considered as going towards</v>

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00:22:58.994 --> 00:23:00.590
<v Diana Galindo>the HOPE scholarship?</v>

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<v Diana Galindo>Requirement.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So the because these credits are actually
earned in middle school,</v>

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00:23:06.144 --> 00:23:11.356
<v Virin Vedder>they will appear on the on your child's
high school transcript with the the</v>

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00:23:11.356 --> 00:23:14.373
<v Virin Vedder>credit listed.
But then instead of a grade,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>they will show AP for passing.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>And so because of that,
it does not factor into a child's GPA</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>with regard to hope eligibility.
Great question.</v>

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<v Diana Galindo>Another question that was mentioned and I
answered,</v>

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<v Diana Galindo>but just for the good of the group.
So in terms of dual enrollment,</v>

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<v Diana Galindo>is the acceptance based on the kids
overall grade?</v>

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00:23:43.950 --> 00:23:47.790
<v Diana Galindo>And that was a direct question from the
chat.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So in terms of dual enrollment,
each institution has kind of their own,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>I guess I will say requirements for what
eligibility looks like.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Majority of the institutions that we
partner with don't have an eligibility</v>

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00:24:01.751 --> 00:24:05.652
<v Virin Vedder>requirement. Kennesaw State,
the one that I mentioned to you,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>will likely look at.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Child's proficiency levels in terms of
language might do a quick screener kind</v>

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00:24:12.128 --> 00:24:17.211
<v Virin Vedder>of exam to sort of ensure that a student
is entering into the right level course.</v>

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00:24:17.211 --> 00:24:20.435
<v Virin Vedder>But for the most part that there are not,
you know,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>like disqualifiers for for dual
enrollment if if that's something that</v>

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00:24:24.836 --> 00:24:26.510
<v Virin Vedder>your child's interested in.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>And again,
it's kind of higher institution specific</v>

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00:24:29.872 --> 00:24:33.973
<v Virin Vedder>and also potentially course specific.
And that's something since I'm not,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>I don't feel tremendously equipped to
speak about dual enrollment. Generally,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>I can speak a little bit about how it
works in more languages.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>You'll have the opportunity in high
school to hear.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>It's usually a high school counselor who
kind of is is overseeing dual enrollment</v>

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00:24:49.123 --> 00:24:53.298
<v Virin Vedder>and who has the partnerships with a lot
of the universities and can speak more</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>specifically to requirements.</v>

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00:24:56.510 --> 00:25:02.029
<v Diana Galindo>Another question from the chat states if
you are unsure if your student is fully</v>

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00:25:02.029 --> 00:25:06.390
<v Diana Galindo>ready for Spanish 4,
is Spanish 3 in 9th grade an option? Also,</v>

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00:25:06.390 --> 00:25:10.614
<v Diana Galindo>are their Apple scores a good indicator
of readiness? If yes,</v>

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00:25:10.614 --> 00:25:12.590
<v Diana Galindo>what level should they be at?</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Great questions.
This is the advanced group. You know,</v>

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00:25:16.126 --> 00:25:20.333
<v Virin Vedder>we're going to have a rising kindergarten
meeting coming up in a couple of weeks</v>

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00:25:20.333 --> 00:25:24.487
<v Virin Vedder>and I don't know if you can rewind and
remember that that's what you were doing</v>

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00:25:24.487 --> 00:25:28.070
<v Virin Vedder>years ago, but I really appreciate these,
these great questions, so.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>If your child passes Spanish three,
that is a Gwinnett County Public School</v>

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00:25:33.622 --> 00:25:39.380
<v Virin Vedder>course and therefore your child will be
eligible to enroll in high school level 4.</v>

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00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:44.722
<v Virin Vedder>They will not take the same Level 3
course again as high schooler if they've</v>

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00:25:44.722 --> 00:25:47.150
<v Virin Vedder>already, you know, passed it in in.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>8th grade. With that said,
we have some students who obviously come</v>

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00:25:52.310 --> 00:25:56.991
<v Virin Vedder>in a little stronger than others.
There are in some high schools Level 4</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>distinctions,
like there might be a Level 4 honors</v>

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00:26:00.261 --> 00:26:03.082
<v Virin Vedder>class,
and then there might be a section of</v>

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00:26:03.082 --> 00:26:05.070
<v Virin Vedder>Level 4 that is a college prep.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Class and your child's 8th grade teacher
in in kind of partnership with the high</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>school will usually make determinations
based on your child's grades,</v>

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00:26:13.630 --> 00:26:18.123
<v Virin Vedder>maybe based on their their, you know,
interest and motivation to make sure that</v>

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00:26:18.123 --> 00:26:20.819
<v Virin Vedder>the placement is appropriate for freshman
year.</v>

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00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:24.750
<v Virin Vedder>But that will be something that your
teacher will be able to kind of.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Help guide.
I would say with regards to those Apple</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>scores,
a Level 4 class and certainly then the</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Advanced Placement class is kind of
expecting students to be really operating</v>

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00:26:36.713 --> 00:26:41.309
<v Virin Vedder>at that advanced low level in terms of an
Advanced Placement class.</v>

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00:26:41.309 --> 00:26:44.350
<v Virin Vedder>The aim in trying to get a Level 4 or A5
is.</v>

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00:26:44.390 --> 00:26:48.193
<v Virin Vedder>Is to sort of hit the advanced low bar in
terms of those ratings.</v>

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00:26:48.193 --> 00:26:51.362
<v Virin Vedder>So if your child's in the intermediate
high range now,</v>

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00:26:51.362 --> 00:26:55.856
<v Virin Vedder>they're right on track and they may be in
the intermediate mid range on their</v>

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00:26:55.856 --> 00:26:59.371
<v Virin Vedder>writing abilities,
but if they're in their intermediate high</v>

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00:26:59.371 --> 00:27:03.750
<v Virin Vedder>range in their speaking and listening
abilities, I would say that they are.</v>

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00:27:04.110 --> 00:27:08.289
<v Virin Vedder>Right on track with kind of where we
would expect students to be when they get</v>

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00:27:08.289 --> 00:27:09.030
<v Virin Vedder>to 10th grade.</v>

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<v Diana Galindo>And I believe those are all of the
questions in the chat.</v>

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<v Diana Galindo>If you would like to, you know,
unmute yourself and ask questions,</v>

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<v Diana Galindo>please feel free to do so.
Perhaps you can raise the hand first.</v>

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<v Diana Galindo>That way it's not multiple individuals
talking at once and then we can answer</v>

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<v Diana Galindo>questions that way.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Miss Candelier.</v>

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<v Leidy Candelier >Quick question. What if your child,
let's say, although she's doing great,</v>

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<v Leidy Candelier >she feels that she's struggling.
Although her grades are not bad,</v>

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<v Leidy Candelier >she feels like she's struggling with
she's in 8th grade.</v>

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<v Leidy Candelier >In Spanish 3,
if she goes to Spanish 4 in high school.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Mhm.</v>

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<v Leidy Candelier >How? How intense is it gonna be?
My question. OK, it's a great question.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>OK. It's a great question.
So level 4 is a continuation of three and</v>

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<v Leidy Candelier >So Level 4 is a continuation of three and
students is see, I'm gonna send people.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>other students is see,
I'm gonna send feedback.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Let's see if that's on my end, OK.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So your your child should be well
prepared for level 4.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>If they if you mentioned that you know
her her grades are are good,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>then I would say that that's a great
indicator of of preparedness for for the</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>next level.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Now as far as the the feeling of
struggling,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>I I I don't know because obviously I
don't know your daughter.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>But I can say sometimes that our students,
because they've been in DLI for so long,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>they've kind of put a really high bar on
themselves and it may be that, you know,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>she has a really high standard for her
own.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Success and performance and this feeling
a little bit like she she is struggling</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>in her own mind, but maybe isn't.
My thought would be there to have a</v>

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<v Catherina Guzman>From reality, what's this?</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>conversation with her teacher to really
just share what you shared with me and</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>maybe get some additional insight and
perspective from the teacher standpoint</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>to see if you might be able to have a.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Some more insight there,
but a good grade in the class right now,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>and if she's been getting good grades,
I would say is the best kind of predictor</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>of future performance as well.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>What else?</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Um, it's clear.</v>

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<v LaToya Grier>Yes, good evening.
My question is if they are in Spanish 3.</v>

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<v LaToya Grier>Is there a Spanish for gifted in high
school?</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Depends on the high school.
Most high schools, yes,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>will have a gifted. Well,
it may be if the teacher is gifted,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>endorsed and certified,
then that the class will count as a</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>gifted section.
There may be other students in the course</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>who are are not, you know,
identified as gifted,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>but we do have some of our high schools.
It's it's driven by.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>The teacher has received training in in
supporting students who have been</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>identified as gifted as to whether or not
the the course section can count as a</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>kind of gifted credit section.</v>

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<v LaToya Grier>OK. OK.
Does does that impact him in any way if</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>No, it it does not. I mean,
I would argue that at that level,</v>

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<v LaToya Grier>it's not OK?</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>a Level 4 course is kind of already a
really high level of rigor and study.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So the experience will be probably
similar whether a a teacher you know has</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>gotten that training officially or or has
not.</v>

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<v LaToya Grier>OK. Thank you very much.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Yeah, thanks for the question.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Miss Carter.</v>

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<v Sarah Carter>Hi, I'm sorry if I missed this earlier,
but I wasn't sure how to reconcile this</v>

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<v Sarah Carter>program and everything the kids have
achieved at this point with what I recall</v>

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<v Sarah Carter>from going to Parkview with the college
prep seal.</v>

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<v Sarah Carter>So and I think there were like a few
years of language requirements in order</v>

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<v Sarah Carter>to achieve that seal.
What is that already accomplished with?</v>

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<v Sarah Carter>What they've done.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>That's a great question. So officially,
the state of Georgia does not have a</v>

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<v Sarah Carter>So.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>minimum number of credits that you have
to take of world language.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>University System of Georgia schools like
to see a student have three.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Kind of consecutive years of language
study.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So I guess the answer to your question,
Miss Carter,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>is technically and sort of officially
when your child completes 8th grade this</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>year by University System of Georgia,
meaning the state schools.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Like Georgia Tech, University of Georgia,
Kennesaw, Georgia State,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>your child's already met kind of the
entry level requirements for admission at</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>one of those state schools.
So that is a huge, I guess again,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>celebration. So yeah.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Yes, Carter,
the rules have sort of changed from what</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>they previously were in terms of,
you know,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>graduation requirements and language
study. But your child has already,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>after this year and a successful passing
of 8th grade,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>kind of met college level credits.</v>

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<v Tamara Massey>This may have been mentioned,
but would they also be courted?</v>

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<v Tamara Massey>Immunity.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So yeah, I'm so glad that Mrs.
Galindo has joined our team because she</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>is working hard to encourage us to award
our students who are DLI students when</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>they get to graduation in high school
with some acknowledgment like a a cord,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>a special cord.
So we're kind of working out the details</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>of that. We actually our oldest pioneer.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Cohort of kids right now this year is in
11th grade,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>so we haven't actually reached that
milestone yet. But our hope is that yes,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>if your child has been in DLI along the
way,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>they will have a chance to be showing
that when they walk across the stage and</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>receive their diploma as 12th graders.</v>

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<v Tamara Massey>And would also be on their,
I guess diploma as a seal as well or</v>

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<v Tamara Massey>it'll just be that bilingual seal if they.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So the Seal of Biliteracy will come about
automatically if your child gets that</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>four or five on the AP test as 10th
graders and then additionally gets a 3.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>0 GPA or higher on all four years of
English Language Arts.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>What will happen is our our our data team
will do a.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Audit of all students who kind of meet
both of those criteria and then our</v>

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<v Tamara Massey>Good evening.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>office will actually mail your your
student a letter of congratulations that</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>includes inside the letter that that seal.</v>

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<v Tamara Massey>Mhm.</v>

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<v Tamara Massey>And so another thing with so the 11th
graders are currently either in dual</v>

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<v Tamara Massey>enrollment or they are continuing with AP
Spanish. I mean,</v>

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<v Tamara Massey>so technically they don't have to
necessarily keep that language until 12th</v>

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<v Tamara Massey>grade. They can once they've.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Yeah.</v>

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<v Tamara Massey>Completed. OK, I heard you say,
but I want to make sure that that was</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>You you're correct. Yes, Miss Messi,
that's correct.</v>

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<v Tamara Massey>clear.</v>

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<v Tamara Massey>Thank you.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Thank you for the question.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>What else?</v>

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<v Diana Galindo>So I have two questions on the chat.
Someone states I thought there was an</v>

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<v Diana Galindo>option for students to test out of DLI
once they reach high school.</v>

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<v Diana Galindo>Perhaps you can provide some clarity on
that doctor Vedder.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>As far as test out,
I'm not certain I fully understand the</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>question.
The what I can I guess say is that if you</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>go back to the three credits will be
earned at the conclusion of this 8th</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>grade year,
if a child did not want to pursue and</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>continue with language study,
you know nine years.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>A language is a lot,
and if they've been doing this since</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>kindergarten,
that's what they will have done at the</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>conclusion of this school year.
If they determined that they didn't want</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>to do any more of language study,
then they officially could be done at the</v>

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00:36:06.875 --> 00:36:10.801
<v Virin Vedder>conclusion of this school year and have
earned the credits that would be kind of</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>expected were they to continue maybe
looking at at college.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So I I don't know if that my test out
might be one of the what what may be</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>thought of.
I I could say one thing I could say</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>regarding test out is if a child does
continue into high school and takes in</v>

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00:36:29.006 --> 00:36:30.710
<v Virin Vedder>10th grade the AP test.</v>

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00:36:31.150 --> 00:36:34.680
<v Virin Vedder>If they score at a certain level on that
AP test,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>then they can test out of future like
college requirements depending on the</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>college that they might be interested in
going to.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Each college sort of has a a rule of what
they will award in the way of credit or</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>allow for students to.</v>

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00:36:51.070 --> 00:36:54.134
<v Virin Vedder>Classes based on what they score on a
particular AP test.</v>

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00:36:54.134 --> 00:36:58.097
<v Virin Vedder>And in the case of some colleges,
they will let a student like just skip a</v>

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00:36:58.097 --> 00:37:02.324
<v Virin Vedder>whole lot of courses and give them credit
as if they took those classes because</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>it's assumed that with that language
stability,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>they know the content that would have
been taught in those.</v>

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00:37:08.590 --> 00:37:12.843
<v Virin Vedder>Previous classes and other schools that
they won't maybe do that,</v>

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00:37:12.843 --> 00:37:17.741
<v Virin Vedder>but they will essentially award credit
and then tell them that they have to</v>

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00:37:17.741 --> 00:37:23.155
<v Virin Vedder>enroll in this particular level of course.
So there is definitely some reward and a</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>test out kind of option that it comes
from.</v>

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00:37:26.150 --> 00:37:30.016
<v Virin Vedder>Performance on the Advanced Placement
test that you know your child will take</v>

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00:37:30.016 --> 00:37:30.710
<v Virin Vedder>in 10th grade.</v>

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00:37:36.430 --> 00:37:41.136
<v Diana Galindo>But just for added clarity,
and please correct me if I'm wrong,</v>

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<v Diana Galindo>Doctor Vedder,
in order for a student to have officially</v>

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00:37:45.328 --> 00:37:51.357
<v Diana Galindo>completed, have completed the DLI pathway,
they do have to have completed that AP</v>

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00:37:51.357 --> 00:37:55.990
<v Diana Galindo>Spanish course in order to finalize the
path and then receive.</v>

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00:37:56.110 --> 00:38:00.161
<v Diana Galindo>The recognition that will be given to
them in high school during graduation,</v>

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00:38:00.161 --> 00:38:00.950
<v Diana Galindo>such as a cord.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Correct. Yes. Thank you, Mrs.
Gullingdough. Again,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>our goal and the motivation behind that
is that while our students certainly have</v>

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00:38:08.339 --> 00:38:12.057
<v Virin Vedder>achieved a level of proficiency that see
that we want you to celebrate,</v>

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00:38:12.057 --> 00:38:16.033
<v Virin Vedder>we really want to keep that going so that
we can get to that higher level of</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>language proficiency,
which is the level that really is</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>expected.</v>

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00:38:19.470 --> 00:38:24.150
<v Virin Vedder>In kind of the job market to have
meaningful language proficiency.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Anything else?</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Well,
we certainly want to conclude by again</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>thanking you. You have been pioneers.
You took a leap of faith and many years</v>

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00:38:43.577 --> 00:38:47.915
<v Virin Vedder>ago decided that this would be a program
that you would want to support for your</v>

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00:38:47.915 --> 00:38:50.378
<v Virin Vedder>child.
We certainly hope that the journey has</v>

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00:38:50.378 --> 00:38:52.788
<v Virin Vedder>been a mostly +1 for you and for your
child.</v>

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00:38:52.788 --> 00:38:56.590
<v Virin Vedder>We know it's been challenging with COVID
and all the things like that.</v>

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00:38:56.710 --> 00:39:00.813
<v Virin Vedder>Kind of getting in the way of of progress,
but the fact that you're here tonight</v>

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00:39:00.813 --> 00:39:04.663
<v Virin Vedder>still supporting your student after
having been in this program for so long</v>

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00:39:04.663 --> 00:39:08.715
<v Virin Vedder>is certainly a testimonial to to the I I
think trust that you've placed in this</v>

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00:39:08.715 --> 00:39:12.615
<v Virin Vedder>program and and hopefully the positive
benefits that have come from this and</v>

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00:39:12.615 --> 00:39:16.110
<v Virin Vedder>getting to see your child kind of act in
in a different way. I know.</v>

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00:39:16.430 --> 00:39:20.412
<v Virin Vedder>This is Galindo and I get to go into
classrooms and see kids in action and it</v>

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00:39:20.412 --> 00:39:24.547
<v Virin Vedder>really is amazing to see the growth that
your kids have made from when they were</v>

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00:39:24.547 --> 00:39:27.866
<v Virin Vedder>really small, you know,
like knee biters in elementary school to</v>

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00:39:27.866 --> 00:39:31.950
<v Virin Vedder>now being really high and and so I tall.
I should say it's just really neat and</v>

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00:39:31.950 --> 00:39:35.830
<v Virin Vedder>it's fun to kind of sometimes be at the
balcony level, but I know you live.</v>

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00:39:36.110 --> 00:39:40.526
<v Virin Vedder>In the day-to-day and and so thank you
very much for for your partnership and</v>

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00:39:40.526 --> 00:39:44.148
<v Virin Vedder>commitment to this program.
It's obviously success would not be</v>

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00:39:44.148 --> 00:39:45.790
<v Virin Vedder>possible were it not for you.</v>

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00:40:16.750 --> 00:40:20.507
<v Virin Vedder>Oops. Glad to know, Missus Greer,
that you got to make it to Spain.</v>

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00:40:20.507 --> 00:40:24.429
<v Virin Vedder>That is super neat. And was it?
Do you mind sharing right now since we</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>have a couple of seconds?
Was it were you able to finally see sort</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>of your your kid in in a sort of
authentic environment and anybody like,</v>

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00:40:32.163 --> 00:40:32.550
<v Virin Vedder>oh, OK.</v>

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00:40:32.590 --> 00:40:34.992
<v LaToya Grier>Yes,
it when I tell you I this probably we</v>

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00:40:34.992 --> 00:40:38.902
<v LaToya Grier>never probably would have went if it
wasn't for this the DLI program.</v>

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00:40:38.902 --> 00:40:43.539
<v LaToya Grier>He's been in it since kindergarten and he
had several objectives he had to do when</v>

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00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:46.443
<v LaToya Grier>we were there.
He had to order his food in Spanish.</v>

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00:40:46.443 --> 00:40:50.856
<v LaToya Grier>He had to talk to the locals and I was
recording him and I'm just looking like</v>

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00:40:50.856 --> 00:40:51.750
<v LaToya Grier>like like he'll.</v>

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00:40:52.150 --> 00:40:57.064
<v LaToya Grier>Do little things around the house.
But when he was in full conversation with</v>

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00:40:57.064 --> 00:41:01.085
<v LaToya Grier>the with the people,
I was just like I I was in awe and I just</v>

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00:41:01.085 --> 00:41:04.596
<v LaToya Grier>sent the pictures,
the videos to my family. It it was,</v>

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00:41:04.596 --> 00:41:07.978
<v LaToya Grier>it was a a awesome experience.
So he he's done very,</v>

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00:41:07.978 --> 00:41:09.510
<v LaToya Grier>very exceptionally well.</v>

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00:41:09.710 --> 00:41:12.150
<v LaToya Grier>In in this program for sure.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Well, thank you.
Thank you for letting me put you on the</v>

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00:41:13.743 --> 00:41:17.031
<v Virin Vedder>spot and for sharing that testimonial
that yes, Miss Massey,</v>

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00:41:17.031 --> 00:41:20.320
<v Virin Vedder>that's exactly the reaction I'd like to
give as well. It is.</v>

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00:41:20.320 --> 00:41:24.470
<v Virin Vedder>I'm beaming from from ear to ear with
that and what pressure you put on your</v>

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00:41:21.510 --> 00:41:22.110
<v LaToya Grier>Yes.</v>

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00:41:24.470 --> 00:41:27.328
<v Virin Vedder>son. My goodness,
filming it and making him perform.</v>

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00:41:26.390 --> 00:41:29.334
<v LaToya Grier>Listen, yes, he did a good job. I'm like,
listen,</v>

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00:41:27.328 --> 00:41:28.190
<v Virin Vedder>I'm glad he did.</v>

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00:41:29.334 --> 00:41:33.633
<v LaToya Grier>you better show what you've learned. This,
this is it. This is the time.</v>

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00:41:33.633 --> 00:41:35.870
<v LaToya Grier>And he he did awesome. He did awesome.</v>

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00:41:37.150 --> 00:41:40.560
<v Virin Vedder>That's wonderful. Well,
thank you everybody again for your time</v>

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00:41:40.560 --> 00:41:43.437
<v Virin Vedder>this evening.
We will hang out for just a couple more</v>

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00:41:43.437 --> 00:41:47.539
<v Virin Vedder>moments and and answer any individual
questions that you might have and wish</v>

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00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:49.350
<v Virin Vedder>you certainly a wonderful evening.</v>

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00:41:52.750 --> 00:41:52.990
Thank you.

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00:42:14.590 --> 00:42:16.070
<v Virin Vedder>Mr. George.</v>

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00:42:16.710 --> 00:42:21.887
<v Tonya DeGeorge>Hi, this is Mr. De George with Mr. George.
I asked a question earlier in the chat.</v>

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00:42:18.350 --> 00:42:20.790
<v Virin Vedder>Oh, excuse me, I'm sorry.</v>

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00:42:21.887 --> 00:42:26.752
<v Tonya DeGeorge>Do we as parents have access to the
curricula for Spanish 3 and Spanish 4 for</v>

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00:42:26.752 --> 00:42:27.750
<v Tonya DeGeorge>Gwinnett County?</v>

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00:42:28.510 --> 00:42:32.536
<v Virin Vedder>Well, let's see.
I guess the short answer is the AKS are</v>

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00:42:32.536 --> 00:42:38.188
<v Virin Vedder>certainly available and those are our
standards that we use to build the course</v>

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00:42:38.188 --> 00:42:41.719
<v Virin Vedder>materials from.
And then in terms of like actual,</v>

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00:42:39.190 --> 00:42:39.710
<v Tonya DeGeorge>Mhm.</v>

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00:42:41.719 --> 00:42:45.110
<v Virin Vedder>you know,
like like from a weekly or or a daily</v>

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00:42:45.110 --> 00:42:48.430
<v Virin Vedder>lesson plan,
we don't have anything like that.</v>

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00:42:48.430 --> 00:42:51.366
<v Virin Vedder>That's public facing because our teachers
have a lot of, you know,</v>

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00:42:51.366 --> 00:42:54.873
<v Virin Vedder>kind of autonomy and how they craft their
lessons and what they use to do that.</v>

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00:42:54.873 --> 00:42:57.064
<v Virin Vedder>I would say,
I guess if you did have a particular</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>question about something that you
certainly could start with your child's</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>teacher,
they might be able to give you some</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>guidance. Is there something?</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Specific that you're maybe looking for.</v>

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<v Tonya DeGeorge>Well, I mean,
our son's in 7th grade at North Gwinnett.</v>

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<v Tonya DeGeorge>And so, I mean,
he's going to be going through it.</v>

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<v Tonya DeGeorge>I'm actually a Spanish teacher in De Kalb
County Schools,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Uh, OK.</v>

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<v Tonya DeGeorge>and I know that the curriculum is
different, the resource is different.</v>

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<v Tonya DeGeorge>I just looking forward to what can I do
to help support him. I mean,</v>

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<v Tonya DeGeorge>I trust the teachers. They've been great.</v>

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<v Tonya DeGeorge>I just kind of, you know,
want to go a step further and, you know,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Sure.</v>

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<v Tonya DeGeorge>make sure he's.
I want to get him a 5A cinco, you know?</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Sure. I love it.
I would say that right now, no,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>there is not anything that is like kind
of public facing that we have in that</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>regard. But having said that,
I think especially now that you've shared</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>some context in terms of your school,
your child's teacher is.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Is certainly very much dynamic,
go guarding, supportive teacher.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>I know she'd be willing to probably share,
you know,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>general guidance about what she might be
using and moving forward.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>The beauty of the course that he's in now,
it is the high school Level 3 course and</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>it's unpacked over this year and next
year. So he's doing right.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Right now,
the equivalent of semester one high</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>school in 7th grade and then he'll
complete semester 2, you know,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>as an eighth grader.
So she's able to go deeper than what</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>would be typically happening in a high
school because frankly,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>she's got more time in terms of seat time
with the students to be able to do that.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>So she's weaving in additional cultural.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Components.
I know having seen some of her lessons,</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>she's doing a lot of infusion of
technology to kind of help bring it to</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>life with the students.
And so if you wanted to ask her</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>specifically,
maybe for some additional things that</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>maybe she could maybe recommend that you
could help with given that you.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>You know, certainly have that ability.
I I know she'd be happy to do that.</v>

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<v Tonya DeGeorge>That sounds good.
I plan on doing that at the end of the</v>

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<v Tonya DeGeorge>semester to give him some homework over
the summer to get him better prepared.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Sounds really good.</v>

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<v Tonya DeGeorge>You know, he may not like it,
but it's happening. Thank you very much.</v>

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<v Virin Vedder>Thank you, Sir.</v>

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<v Tonya DeGeorge>Alright.</v>