Programs & Services
English LearnersOverview
The School District of La Crosse provides English Learner (EL) services for EL students from Pre-Kindergarten through high school. The vast majority of these EL students are Hmong from Laos, Thailand, and the U.S. However, EL’s representing a number of other language groups are served as well. Some of these languages include Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, Urdu, Chinese, French, Japanese, Bulgarian, Laotian, and Arabic. This representation often shifts from year to year.
Currently, we are serving 351 EL students across the District.
Program/Course Offerings
The district’s EL program is a “Content-Based EL” program. This model supports “Push In,” and “Intervention” approaches to meeting EL student needs. The EL program serves students in all district elementary, middle, and high school buildings.
Beginner English Class for Parents
The EL program is hosting beginner English classes for parents on Thursdays 6 pm – 8 pm, January – May at Logan Middle School.
i-Ready Resources
- Family Guides: English | Spanish | Additional Language Translations
Starting School in the United States
- English – https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/
edlabs/regions/northwest/pdf/ newcomer-guide-infographic.pdf - Spanish – https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/
edlabs/regions/northwest/pdf/ newcomer-guide-infographic-es. pdf - Arabic – https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/
edlabs/regions/northwest/pdf/ newcomer-guide-infographic-ar. pdf - Somali – https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/
edlabs/regions/northwest/pdf/ newcomer-guide-infographic-so. pdf
Quicklinks
Contact Information
Aimee Zabrowski
Director of Student Services
(608) 789-7655
Olga Dedkova
EL Coordinator
(608) 789-5871
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns not addressed on our web page, please feel free to contact us using this form.
Mainstream EL Program
- Direct Support Programs in all schools
- Serving 351 students
188 El.
90 MS
73 HS students
- 15 active second language groups served: Hmong, Spanish, Mandarin, Laotian, Vietnamese, Bulgarian, Russian, Telugu (Indian), Thai, Urdu (Pakistan), Albanian, Romanian, Hindi (Indian), Khmer (Cambodia), Amharic (Ethiopia)
EL Staff
Aimee Zabrowski
Director of Student Services & EL Program Director
(608) 789-7655
Olga Dedkova
EL Coordinator and District Interpretation / Translation Coordinator
(608) 789-7655
Shirley Levendoski
Administrative Assistant
(608) 789-7634
- Hamilton
- SOTA I
- Lincoln
- Spence
- Logan High
- Longfellow
- Logan High
- Summit Environmental
- Southern Bluffs
- Central
- North Woods
- North Woods International
- Northside/Coulee Montessori
- Central (on-call)
- Lincoln
- Longfellow
- Emerson
- State Road
- District Interpreter
- Emerson (on-call)
- Hamilton/SOTA I (on-call)
- Lincoln (on-call)
- Longfellow (on-call)
- Northside/Coulee Montessori
- District Translator
- Hamilton/SOTA I
- Logan Middle (on-call)
- Southern Bluffs (on-call)
- Spence
- Summit
- Hintgen
- Southern Bluffs
- State Road (on-call)
- Hintgen
- Central (on-call)
- Logan High
- Logan Middle
- North Woods (on-call)
- Summit (on-call)
- Spence
- Logan Middle School
- Logan Middle
- Logan High
- Central High
- Emerson
- State Road