The ELL Program is a federally funded program for students who either speak a language other than English, or whose parents speak another language at home. Approximately 10% of the student population in the Quillayute Valley School District are qualified for services from our ELL Program. Among the languages that our students speak include: Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Ukrainian, Mam, and Cakchiquel. A student who is new to this country with no English language skills is expected to take from 5 to 7 years to be up to grade level in English. For a student starting in kindergarten, this may be a faster process. For students who come into school at 5th grade or higher, the process can take longer. Even when a student seems to have age appropriate oral language skills, he/she can still be 3 or more grade levels behind in reading, writing and other subjects because those skills take longer to learn.


For more information on this or any of the other programs we offer, contact Student Services.