Chinese Immersion

AT-A-GLANCE

GRADES SERVED: K-9

LOCATIONS: 

• Paint Branch Elementary School
• Greenbelt Middle School
• Largo High School

PROGRAM INFO:

Immersion Programs Office
9201 E Hampton Dr
Capitol Heights, MD 20743
(240) 455-5899

WEBSITE: Immersion Programs

SOCIAL MEDIA: @PGCPSImmersion

TRANSPORTATION: Transportation provided for in-boundary students

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Students learn another language (Chinese, French, or Spanish) while learning the same grade level material as other PGCPS students.  Students learn Math, Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts in a second language (depending on the Immersion model of the school).  Immersion Programs schools prepare students to bilingual, biliterate, and bi-cultural.  Many of our graduates have earned the Maryland State Seal of Biliteracy on their diploma.

Program Features

• Many students qualify for the Maryland State Seal of Biliteracy
• Immersion Programs schools prepare students to be college and career ready by learning another language and learning about another culture.

Choose this program if your child...

• Shows interest in learning another language
• You would like your child to learn another language

APPLICATION INFO

Who can apply

Students can apply for our lottery programs the January before they will be Kindergarteners.  Students can test in for any available spaces in Grades 1 and above for our lottery programs.  Capitol Heights Elementary School, Paint Branch Elementary School, and Cool Spring Elementary school are neighborhood programs and students must live in those boundary areas to attend those programs.

When to apply

• There is no lottery for Chinese Immersion at K and no testing 2-5.  
• The application for testing into the program for Grades 6 and above opens in October and closes March 15th for the next school year. 

Access Grade 9 and above Testing into the Chinese Immersion Program