• McHenry School District 15 Offers Four Types of
    Multilingual Programs:

    1. Transitional Bilingual Education - The Transitional Bilingual Program (TBE) is for non-native English speaking students who have difficulty with written or spoken English. The program provides support to help students succeed in academic subjects in their native language. They also have daily English Language Development (ELD) support where they learn social and academic English.​​

    2. Sheltered English Instruction - The Sheltered English Instruction program is for non-native English speaking students who have difficulty with written or spoken English. The program provides scaffolding and support to help students succeed in academic subjects while learning English in a sheltered environment. This program is currently only available at the middle school level. 

    3. Transitional Program of Instruction - The Transitional Program of Instruction is for non-native English speaking students who have difficulty with written and/or spoken English. The program provides support to help students succeed in academic subjects and learn English.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
    4. One-Way Dual Language - The One-Way Dual Language Program (DL) is for qualifying native Spanish speakers who have difficulty with written or spoken English. The program provides support to help students succeed in academic subjects in both the English and Spanish languages. The goal of the One-Way Dual Language program is for students to leave our district biliterate, bilingual, and bicultural.