K12Translate Honors Three Schools/Districts with Grants to Build Home-School Connection with Non-Native-English-Speaking Students and Families
Summary
CVSD will use its grant to support translating core materials, such as the “Student Responsibilities and Rights” publication and documents related to special-education services, into languages such as Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic and Marshallese.About K12Translate K12Translate, a division of viaLanguage, lowers language and cultural barriers to help school districts and educational institutes clearly and effectively communicate with their limited-English-speaking parents, students and communities.Through the unique combination of its Online Language System (OLS), expert linguists and integration capabilities, K12Translate offers school districts a comprehensive, affordable solution for meeting today’s increasing need for effective multilingual communications.CVSD will use its grant to support translating core materials, such as the “Student Responsibilities and Rights” publication and documents related to special-education services, into languages such as Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic and Marshallese.At Rock Island School District #41, located in western Illinois, new ELL teacher Korah Winn will use the $500 in-kind translation grant to expand the materials the district has available for communicating with its growing refugee population, with languages ranging from Spanish and Arabic to Swahili and Russian.K12Translate offers translation services for any project a school district might have – from small projects, such as health notices or field trip permission slips, to larger documents, such as school manuals and educational materials.Through the unique combination of its Online Language System (OLS), expert linguists and integration capabilities, K12Translate offers school districts a comprehensive, affordable solution for meeting today’s increasing need for effective multilingual communications.