"He who has two languages has two souls."
~Quintus Ennius
"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."
~Nelson Mandela
"Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own."
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world."
~Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow."
~Oliver Wendell Holmes
"A different language is a different vision of life."
~Federico Fellini
"Language is wine upon the lips."
~Virginia Woolf
"To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery."
~Charles Baudelaire
"Our language is the reflection of ourselves."
~Cesar Chavez
"Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides."
~Rita Mae Brown
"Nothing exists except through language."
~Hans-Georg Gadamer
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Welcome to my collection of resources, experiences, and advice for launching and growing a quality two-way immersion bilingual program. I am deeply committed to bilingualism and biliteracy for every child and firmly believe that this approach is key for preparing traditionally underserved English Language Learners for short and long term academic, cognitive, and sociocultural success. My personal mission as an educator is to do everything I can to close the achievement gap and to provide every student with an excellent college prep education--particularly ELLs. If you're looking to launch something similar, or simply want ideas and resources for your bilingual classroom, I want to help in any way I can!