A new school year can be a challenge for English learners - this Henrico Schools summer program aimed to make it easier

Elementary school students filled the classrooms of Elizabeth Holladay Elementary school this past July, singing songs in the music room, building with Legos in the library, and playing putt putt using a cardboard course in the gym. And for the first time, middle and high school students were a few hallways away, watching a video for their government class and studying packets that have lists of English words and phrases. All rising first grade through rising 12th grade students in the program were English learners. And almost all students had been in the United States for less than a year....Article LinkSupport the show