Established 2004 Website Official site Number of students 691 | Director Cam Hedlund Phone +1 651-464-0771 Founded 2004 | |
Type Public, Elementary School, Charter School Grades Pre-K-6 Enrollment 691 students (as of October 2013) Address 246 11th Ave SE, Forest Lake, MN 55025, USA Similar Forest Lake Area High Sch, Forest Lake Area Schools, North Lakes Academy, Southwest Junior High School, Century Junior High School Profiles | ||
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Lakes International Language Academy (LILA) is a language immersion school located in Forest Lake, Minnesota. It is a public charter school and therefore does not charge tuition.
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History
LILA was founded by a group of parent volunteers in September 2004. Since its inception, the school has offered a Spanish Language Immersion program and in 2011, LILA expanded to include a Mandarin Chinese Language program as well.
Teachers plan and deliver lessons at LILA using primarily the target language, or L2. Teachers are either native speakers of the target language, or have acquired near-native speaking abilities. Subjects such as social studies, mathematics, science and technology, arts, and physical education are taught in the L2. English, including reading and writing, is introduced as a formal subject in second grade.
In spring 2009, the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) awarded LILA accreditation in its International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP). The success of the program also spurred the Forest Lake school district to develop its own language immersion programs.