Sumac Elementary School

About

K-5 L-STEM (Language Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) school in the Las Virgenes Unified School District

Story

Kindergarten thru 5th grade L-STEM (dual immersion English/Spanish Language, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) public elementary school in Agoura Hills, Calif. Part of the Las Virgenes Unified School District.

Sumac also has a very active Parent-Faculty Association, at http://sumacpfa.org; school's website is http://sumacelementary.org

Mission

To promote 21st century learning that goes above and beyond our standards-based instructional program in an effort to elevate global literacy for our students through dual Language immersion (English/Spanish) and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).

Impressum

Sumac Elementary is part of the highly-rated Las Virgenes Unified School District and offers a 50:50 dual language immersion program with a target language of Spanish. Students spend half their day learning math and science in English, and the other half of their day is spent learning language arts and social studies in Spanish. This beautiful model allows teachers to team up and plan instruction to meet all common core standards in English and Spanish through academic core areas. Our program was started in 2011 and is offered in for all grades. More info about the program is at https://www.lvusd.org/domain/303