What happens at our Arts Integration Academy?

Arts integration is an approach to learning in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through art. Together with our campus Dual Language program, which provides students the opportunity to engage multi-language curriculum, students experience the creative process in a way that meets their own unique cultural, social, emotional and intellectual needs.

Dual Language Application for 2021-2022 school year – (click here)

If you are interested in applying to the Dual Language Program for 2020-2021 School Year and were unable to attend the parent information session, please contact Yuri Treviño at 512.428.3464 or yuri_trevino@roundrockisd.org for more information.

Dual Language Programs are those where students are taught literacy and content in two languages. The RRISD Dual Language Program goals are the same for both native English speakers and native Spanish speakers.

In the dual language program, the focus is to transfer language skills to develop bi-literacy and not to transition into one language instruction. In this way, all students become bi-literate, bi-cultural and bilingual.

At Wells Branch Elementary Arts Integration Academy we follow the 90/10 immersion program:

In this model, Prekindergarten and Kinder students are immersed in Spanish for the majority of the instructional day. All students in the program learn to read and write in Spanish first. Every year the student’s English instruction increases and the Spanish instruction decreases until 3rd, 4th and 5th grade where the instruction is 50% in Spanish and 50% in English.

We are committed to striving towards and working for racial and educational equity for all of our students at Wells Branch Elementary Arts Integration Academy. We believe that this is a journey for all of us as educators and community members, and it requires deep self reflection. Our Equity Team spent the greater part of a semester developing the following equity goals for our school community: 

1. By the start of the 2021 – 2022 school year, all Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) will create an equity goal in response to student data. Equity will drive the PLC and data meetings.
2. In the 2021-2022 school year, each student will demonstrate at least one year’s growth in reading as measured by (screener TBD). 
3. In the 2021-2022 school year, students will feel seen, heard, valued and welcomed at WBE AIA. Students will feel safe to be themselves, share different perspectives and celebrate their individualism as measured by qualitative survey data. 
4. By the start of the 2023 – 2024 school year, the percentage of students of color represented in all special programs will be at least representative of and proportionate to the population of students that we serve. 

As we engage in a culturally responsive community audit with the Excellence and Advancement Foundation, these goals will be subject to change slightly. We welcome your input and feedback in that process! Please consider completing the parent survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VQD8XM8 

Another excellent partner in this work is our own WBE AIA PTA. They have a Racial Equity Working Group that meets every other Friday and engages in conversation and action around racial equity in our school and community. You can find more information about them here! 

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Estamos comprometidos a esforzarnos y trabajar por la equidad racial y educativa para todos nuestros estudiantes en Wells Branch Elementary Arts Integration Academy. Creemos que este es un viaje para todos nosotros como educadores y miembros de la comunidad, y requiere una profunda autorreflexión. Nuestro Equipo de Equidad pasó la mayor parte de un semestre desarrollando las siguientes metas de equidad para nuestra comunidad escolar:

1. Para el comienzo del año escolar 2021-2022, todas las Comunidades de Aprendizaje Profesional (PLC) crearán una meta de equidad en respuesta a los datos de los estudiantes. La equidad impulsará el PLC y las reuniones de datos.
2. En el año escolar 2021-2022, cada estudiante demostrará al menos un año de crecimiento en lectura según lo medido por (evaluador TBD).
3. En el año escolar 2021-2022, los estudiantes se sentirán vistos, escuchados, valorados y bienvenidos en WBE AIA. Los estudiantes se sentirán seguros de ser ellos mismos, compartirán diferentes perspectivas y celebrarán su individualismo medido por datos de encuestas cualitativas.
4. Para el comienzo del año escolar 2023-2024, el porcentaje de estudiantes de color representados en todos los programas especiales será al menos representativo y proporcional a la población de estudiantes a los que servimos.

A medida que nos involucramos en una auditoría comunitaria culturalmente receptiva con la Excellence and Advancement Foundation, estos objetivos estarán sujetos a cambios leves. ¡Agradecemos sus comentarios y sugerencias en este proceso! Considere completar la encuesta para padres aquí: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VQ3MXCB 

Otro puente excelente en este trabajo es nuestro propio WBE AIA PTA. Tienen un Grupo de Trabajo de Equidad Racial que se reúne cada dos viernes y participa en conversaciones y acciones sobre la equidad racial en nuestra escuela y comunidad. ¡Puedes encontrar más información sobre ellos aquí!

A list of projects from Bond 2018 that impact our campus can be found on schools Bond Webpage.

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