Dual Immersion Overview

PLEASE NOTE: To be considered for the program you must also enroll your child into Fremont Unified School District. See our Enrollment Section for information.

Immersion education is an educational model designed to provide students with fluency and literacy in two languages. Fremont Unified School District offers two Immersion programs, Spanish and Mandarin, for students in grades TK-8.

Program Offerings

The Immersion program is offered in Spanish and Mandarin for students in grades TK-8. The district's Immersion program is open to non English-speaking and English-speaking students. In these programs, all students develop literacy in the target language first with the gradual addition of English. Students in the Immersion program are taught using the same California State Standards as all other students in the district.

Eligibility

The Immersion program is open to students enrolled in FUSD through an application process. All students are eligible to enter the Immersion program in kindergarten and first grade. Students who wish to enter Immersion in grades 2-8 must demonstrate fluency and literacy skills in English and the target language in order to be eligible for enrollment. All Immersion enrollment is dependent upon space.

Click here to learn more about the Dual Immersion enrollment process. 

Locations

In 2022-23, the Mandarin Immersion Program (MIP) will unify at Lila Bringhurst Elementary as that school opens to serve its home attendance area students, and the Spanish Dual Immersion (SDI) program will unify at Blacow Elementary. 

Immersion Master Plan

Immersion Program Master Plan - Chinese 
Immersion Program Master Plan - English 
Immersion Program Master Plan - Spanish

Brochures

Mandarin Immersion Brochure - English
Mandarin Immersion Brochure - Mandarin

Spanish Immersion Brochure - English
Spanish Immersion Brochure - Spanish

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