Foreign Language Program

GEA provides a unique educational program to students and families in our neighborhood. GEA delivers Foreign Language in Elementary School (“FLES”) programs for Spanish and Korean. Students receive an average of 30 minutes of instruction in either language three-to-five times per week, with the goal of achieving functional proficiency in the language. 

Based on the level of English proficiency when students enroll at GEA, they are placed in either the Spanish or Korean cohort. The majority of GEA’s student population is Hispanic (94.6% in 2023-24), and the primary home language is Spanish. If the student is fluent in Spanish, they are placed in the Spanish cohort/strand to maintain their home language while they are supported in English language acquisition. If a student enters who is identified as English Only, Initial Fluent English Proficient, or shows proficiency in English, they are placed in the Korean strand to support their acquisition of a second or third language.