The Kindergarten Enrichment Program allows kindergarten students to attend class for an entire school day, by participating in enrichment learning opportunities beyond our standard half day core kindergarten program. The total fee for the program is $3,724.00. A deposit of $574.00 is due at time of registration.  Students will be entered into a lottery system based upon pre-registration and be chosen randomly for available Kindergarten Enrichment seats. After pre-registration, kindergarten enrichment will be based upon availability. Click here to watch an informational video.

The Spanish Dual Language Program teaches students to become bilingual, bicultural and biliterate in Spanish. The program begins in kindergarten, where 80% of the day is instructed in Spanish and 20% is instructed in English. Parents who desire to have their incoming kindergarten students enrolled in the program must complete an application during the application period. Click here to watch an informational video.

The Chinese Immersion Program begins in kindergarten, where 50% of the day is instructed in Mandarin and the other 50% is instructed in English. The 50/50 model continues through 5th grade. The program teaches students to become bilingual, bicultural and biliterate in Mandarin. Click here to watch an informational video.

Student Selection:

• Students with a Chinese language background (pre-school, home language, etc.) are weighted 2 times. This background must be substantiated with a proficiency assessment interview or proof of previous, significant study and approved by the program manager before weight will be given in the lottery. 
• To determine which English dominant students are selected for the program, there will be two lotteries.
• Students from the host school will be selected through a Host School Lottery. (12 students)
• Host school students who are not selected will NOT be entered into the other lottery.  Instead, they will be placed on a Host School Waiting List based on the order in which their names were drawn in the Host School Lottery.
• District-wide students (who are not from the host school) will be entered into a District-Wide Lottery.
• District-wide students who are not selected will be placed on a District-Wide Waiting List based on the order in which their names were drawn in the District-Wide Lottery.

For more information, please contact:
Becky Wiegel, Director of Languages rwiegel@barrington220.org

The Half Day Chinese Immersion + Enrichment Program allows students to attend class for an entire school day, instead of a half day. Half of the day is spent in the Mandarin program. The other half of the day is spent in enrichment. Students will be entered into a lottery system based upon pre-registration and chosen randomly for available kindergarten enrichment seats. After pre-registration, kindergarten enrichment will be based upon availability.