Mr. Thomas
Armbruster, Consul General of the United States in Vladivostok, Russia, visited the Turnagain Elementary School Russian Immersion
Program in August 2008.
Odeen, dva, tri!
Odeen, dva, tri! (one, two, three!) While the majority of ASD’s
kindergarten students are learning numbers in English, the students in the Russian partial immersion program at Turnagain Elementary this year are
learning the same skills, only in Russian! By
Janice Gullickson, October 2004
Students from Mr. Shakhov's sixth grade class recite Russian moon poems
Includes Mr. Shakhov, Ina Flood, Sophia Fast, Sophia Elias, Talia Bowles, Triston Veltkamp, Sofia Jepson, Alyssa Berger, Tara Degeorge, Kendra Pierce, Dmitry Hamm, Alanis Berger, Dennis Kalinin and Alexandra Berger
In the classroom at Turnagain
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TURNAGAIN ELEMENTARY K-6 RUSSIAN IMMERSION PROGRAM
For parents
MIR (Mission is Russian) Parent Advisory Committee meets every third Thursday of the month, 7 p.m. (immediately following the 6:30 PTA meetings)
Parent orientations and classroom visits
2012 Dates
Thursdays, Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Jan. 19, 2012
Jan. 26, 2012
Feb. 2, 2012
Feb. 9, 2012
Feb. 23, 2012
March 1, 2012
March 8, 2012
March 22, 2012
About the program
The Russian Language Partial Immersion Program helps students become functionally proficient in speaking, reading, and writing both English and Russian. Turnagain Elementary has approximately 324 students participating in the program, grades K-6.
The Russian language program continues through Romig Middle School and West High School. Students who continue with the program in middle and high school earn an immersion program completion cord to wear at high school graduation. Romig's Russian immersion program has approximately 44 students participating.
