• To provide curriculum content for ELL students to ensure an
academically challenging schedule.
• To provide students with the curriculum necessary to meet high
school and college requirements.
• To deliver curriculum through sheltering techniques.
• To prepare students to successfully make the transition into
English only classes.
• To integrate the curriculum with the development of the English
language skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening.
• Your son or daughter is enrolled in a special program
where English speaking students and English language
learners come together to explore and discuss core
curriculum.
• The focus of MELD or Model English Language
Development is to place students in a safe and
comfortable environment to practice their English
language skills while mastering core content.
• The teachers in the MELD program pace their curriculum
to provide opportunities for students to move between a
quicker paced course, the EO side of the MELD, and the
EL side of the MELD.
• Torrance High offers MELD classes for English 1, English 2,
English 3, and English 4.
• We also offer MELD classes for World History, US History, and
Government/Economics.
• MELD also is offered for Biology and Physical Science classes.
• Torrance High MELD teachers are all highly qualified teachers
who have been trained to provide instruction that will help your
son or daughter develop their English language skills
• Our ELL Elective courses are designed to help your son or
daughter develop their English language skills.
• Our ELL Electives can help prepare your son or daughter
to pass the CAHSEE, the Senior Project, and sharpen their
skills for life beyond high school.
• We offer four different electives, Beginning English
Workshop, Intermediate English Workshop, Advanced
English Workshop, and ELL Intervention.
• For the 2014-2015 school year we have introduced a new
counsellor who focuses on the success of the EL students. Her
name is Ms. Lozano. As an intervention counselor, she is
available for both career and academic advice and for other
issues as well. She is bilingual and she speaks Spanish.
There are five requirements a student must meet
to exit the ELL Program.
• Grades 9-10
• The student has received no grade in the Spring Semester that is a
D or an F in any class or any subject. Student must have above a
2.0
• The student has achieved an overall score of early advanced on the
CELDT with no subsets below an intermediate score.
• The student has a prior teacher’s recommendation and the approval
of the school coordinator
• The student has submitted the pre-assessment essay administered in
the student’s English class and that essay, scored by the Language
Assessment Team, has been deemed proficient in writing using the
same rubric used for the CELDT writing assessment.
• The student’s Guided Reading Level is taken into account and
compared with the student’s CELDT reading score and a
determination is made by the Language Assessment Team.
• The student has received no grade in the Spring Semester that is a D or an
F in any class or any subject. Student must have above a 2.0
• The student has achieved an overall score of early advanced on the CELDT
with no subsets below an intermediate score.
• The student has a prior teacher’s recommendation and the approval of the
school coordinator
• The student has passed both sections of the CAHSEE with a passing score of
350 or higher.
• The student’s Guided Reading Level is taken into account and compared
with the student’s CELDT reading score and a determination is made by the
Language Assessment Team.
• Torrance High needs
parent volunteers to serve
on our English Learner
Multicultural Advisory
Committee (ELMAC).
• We must fill the following positions:
• Chairman
• Vice-Chairman
• Secretary
Torrance High encourages students to attend the ELMAC meetings with their
parents.
• Torrance High is the most diverse high school in the Southern
California region.
• We offer mutual respect and an environment that teaches our
students about the richness of other cultures and beliefs.
• It is safe.
• We are one of the only high schools in Torrance to offer the
Principals in Engineering Courses.
If you have questions,
please call Tracy Clark at 310) 533-4389 x7915
Or email me at [email protected]