English Language Learners

(ELL Department)

At Catoctin Elementary, we take pride in giving our ELL students the best possible learning experience!

Here are some of the components of our program:
Listening: Students learn to understand English spoken in a wide range of contexts.
Speaking:Students learn to speak English, with increasing accuracy and fluency.
Reading:Students learn to read in English with increasing comprehension for a variety of purposes.
Writing:Students learn to produce written English with increasing fluency and accuracy.
Culture: Students learn concepts that result in knowledge and awareness of the history and culture of their classmates.
We have two ELL teachers:
Miss Baker- Kindergarten, Third, Fourth and Fifth Grades
       Mrs. Rhyne- Assistant

Mrs. Kakkad- First and Second Grades
       Mrs. Dongieux- Assistant

We currently provide services to students who speak:
            Spanish          Farsi              French
            Cambodian       Chinese           Bosnian
            Arabic            Tagalog         Urdu        Vietnamese


We welcome these students and their cultures to the Catoctin Family!